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PORTER & COATES,

Publishers, Importers, and Booksellers, 822 CHESTNUT STREET,

PHILADELPHIA,

Have just issued a Priced Catalogue of choice English and American Books, selected expressly for the requirements of first-class Public and Private Libraries. It will be sent to any address, post-paid, on application.

J. MUNSELL,

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Gives special attention to PRINTING TOWN and COUNTY HISTORIES, GENEALOGIES, etc., as well as to all other kinds of BooKS, PERIODICALS and PAMPHLETS.

By recent additions of new fonts of Book Type of the most approved faces, for Letter-Press or Stereotype Printing, and the use of the latest improvements in Presses, moved by steam, he is enabled, by the assistance of skillful workmen, to execute every description of orders in superior style, and with satisfactory promptness.

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Descriptive Catalogues of our Publications sent free,

by mail, on application.

AN INDISPENSABLE requisite FOR EVERY TEACHER, ADVANCED STUDEnt, Intelligent FAMILY, LIBRARY, AND PROFESSIONAL Person.

WEBSTER'S UNABRIDGED.

THE BEST PRACTICAL ENGLISH DICTIONARY EXTANT.London Quarterly Review, Oct., 1873.

From the Chief Justice of the United States. WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 25, 1875.-The book has become indispensable to every student of the English language. A Law Library is not complete without it, and the Courts look to it as of the highest authority in all questions of definition.MORRISON R. WAITE.

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CHEAP AND VALUABLE EDWARD W. NASH (Successor to

BOOKS.

Priced Catalogue No. 41 of Cheap and Valuable

Books, New and Old, from various Private Libraries recently dispersed, including many Scarce, Curious, Cheap and Valuable Books, just issued, and will be sent free to any address.

DAVID G. FRANCIS,

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General History, Indians, Genealogy, Poetry, Biography, Trials, etc. Cata

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CHOICE BOOKS BY POPULAR AUTHORS.

IN PRESS.

AH-CHIN-LE.

ON THE CIVILIZATION OF THE WESTERN BARBARIANS. Some observations upon the Civilization of the Western Barbarians, particularly of the English, made during a residence of some years in those parts, by АH-CHINLE, Mandarin of the First Class, member of the enlightened and exalted Calao. Translated from the Chinese into English by John Yester Smythe, Esq., of Shanghai, and now first published out of China, and in other than Chinese. 12mo, cloth.

Abraham Lincoln's Favorite.

O WHY SHOULD THE SPIRIT OF MORTAL BE PROUD? By WM. KNOX. With Full-page and Initial Illustrations by L. B. Miss Humphrey. Uniform with "Nearer, my God, to Thee." Small 4to, gilt. LITTLE PEOPLE OF THE POETS. A volume of favorite Child Poems.

By the Author of "Life of Goethe." LIFE OF RUBENS. By George H. CalvERT.

CHARLES DICKENS' COMPLETE WORKS. (Household.) In a new style. DRAMATIC READINGS. Selected by Charles Dickens, from his own works. 16mo, cloth, illustrated.

THOMAS WENTWORTH HIGGINSON'S YOUNG FOLKS' BOOK OF AMERICAN EXPLORERS. Uniform with "Young Folks' History of the United States." Illustrated.

Another of the "Douglas Novels." NELLY KINNARD'S KINGDOM. By Miss AMANDA M. DOUGLAS. 12mo, cloth.

By the Author of the "Dick and Daisy Stories." DAISY TRAVERS; OR, THE GIRLS OF HIVE HALL. By Miss ADELAIDE F. SAMUELS. 16mo, cloth, illustrated.

Frank Forrester's New Book.

WINWOOD CLIFF; OR, THE SAILOR'S SON. By Rev. DANIEL WISE, D.D. (Frank Forrester). The first volume of a new series to be known as the "Winwood Cliff Series." PROJECTIONS FOR THE SCHOOL-ROOM. Illustrated methods of treating Natural Science. By Prof. A. E. DOLBEAR, of Tufts College.

SNAP AND WHIP, AND SOME OTHER BOYS. By Mrs. ELIZABETH A. DAVIS. 16mo, cloth, illustrated.

OLIVER OPTIC'S NEW BOOKS. LIVING TOO FAST; OR, THE CONFESSIONS OF A BANK OFFICER. 12mo, with full-page and letter-press illustrations. Uniform with "In-doors and Out.'

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By the Author of "The Marvelous Country." THE YOUNG TRAIL HUNTERS; OR, THE WILD RIDERS OF THE PLAINS. BY SAMUEL WOODWORTH Cozzens. Fully illustrated.

By GEORGE M. BAKER, Author of “Amateur Dramas."

THE READING CLUB, No. 4.

THE HANDY SPEAKER. A new collection of Choice Extracts for School and Home Speaking and Reading. 16mo, cloth.

HANDY DRAMAS, for Amateur Actors. A new collection of Plays, uniform with Amateur Dramas.

By MARY G. DARLING.

BATTLES AT HOME. Illustrated.
IN THE WORLD. Illustrated.

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THE CHINESE PROBLEM. By Prof. L. T. TOWNSEND, D.D. Paper, 50 cents; cloth, 75 cents.

A COMPLETE CONCORDANCE OF THE HOLY SCRIPTURES. New and condensed edition. By ALEX. CRUDEN, M.A. Edited by JOHN EADIE, D.D., LL.D. 8vo, cloth, $1.50.

THE HUNTER'S LIBRARY. illustrated. Per vol., $1.50.

The Australian Wanderers.

The African Crusoes.

Five vols., 12mo, cloth,

Mrs. Lee's Anecdotes of Animals, etc.

Mrs. Lee's Anecdotes of Birds, etc.

One Thousand Miles' Walk Across South America. This series is bound in rich cloth binding, with handsome dies.

THE MARVELOUS COUNTRY; OR, THREE YEARS IN ARIZONA AND NEW MEXICO, THE APACHES' HOME. The whole interspersed with strange events and adventures. By SAMUEL WOODWORTH COZZENS. Illustrated by upward of 100 engravings. Trade edition. Crown 8vo, $2.50. ACHSAH. A New England Life Study. By Rev. PETER PENNOT. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, $1.50.

THE CARPENTER'S AND BUILDER'S GUIDE. A Hand-book for Workmen, and a Manual of Reference for Contractors, Builders, etc. With Plates. By PETER W. PLUMMER. $1.

THOMAS WENTWORTH HIGGINSON'S WORKS.

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1. YOUNG FOLKS' HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES. Illustrated, $1.50.

2. OLDPORT DAYS. With ten Heliotype Illustrations, $2.

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4. MALBONE. An Oldport Romance. $1.50.

5. ARMY LIFE IN A BLACK REGIMENT. $1.50.

6. ATLANTIC ESSAYS. $1.50.

HEADLEY'S HISTORICAL LIBRARY.

By Rev. P. C. HEADLEY. Illustrated, per volume, $1.50.

1. THE ISLAND OF FIRE. The annals and description of the wonderful scenery of Iceland, including the Millennial Celebration of 1874.

2. LIFE OF THE EMPRESS JOSEPHINE. Illustrated with elegant steel portrait.

3. LIFE OF NAPOLEON BONAPARTE. with portrait.

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5. LIFE OF LAFAYETTE, Illustrated with portrait. 6. WOMEN OF THE BIBLE.

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AMERICAN

Library Journal

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ASSOCIATE EDITORS:

JUSTIN WINSOR, Boston Public Library; J. L. WHITNEY, Boston Public Library; FRED. B. PERKINS, Boston Public Library; CHAS. A. CUTTER, Boston Athenæum; EZRA ABBOT, Harvard University; JOHN FISKE, Harvard University Library; REUBEn A. Guild, Brown University Library;

J. CARSON BREVOORT, Astor Library; H. A. HOMES, New York State Library ;

S. B. NOYES, Brooklyn Mercantile Library; FRED. VINTON, Princeton College Library;

L. P. SMITH, Philadelphia Library Co.; A. R. SPOFFORD, Library of Congress;

J. EATON, Bureau of Education; J. S. BILLINGS, National Medical Library;

WM. F. POOLE, Chicago Public Library; CHAS. EVANS, Indianapolis
Public Library; THOMAS VICKERS, Cincinnati Public Library;
W. T. HARRIS, St. Louis; J. J. BAILEY, St. Louis Public School
Library; A. E. WHITAKER, San Francisco Mercantile Library.

Managing Editor: MELVIL DEWEY, I Tremont Place, Boston.

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"This most accurate and interesting book, which will long remain the standard English work on Central Asia."LONDON ATHENÆUM.

TURKISTAN: Notes of a Journey in Russian Turkistan, Khokand, Bokhara, and Kuldja. By EUGENE SCHUYLER, Ph.D., formerly Secretary of the American Legation at St. Petersburg, now Consul-General at Constantinople. Two vols., 8vo, with three Maps and numerous Illustrations, attractively bound in cloth, $3.75 per vol.

DR. FIELD'S TRAVELS AROUND THE WORLD. From the Lakes of Killarney to the Golden Horn. By HENRY M. FIELD, D.D., Editor of the New York Evangelist. One vol., 12mo, cloth, $2.

Dr. Field's letters to the New York Evangelist, written during his recent journey around the world, constitute an important and valuable addition to the literature of travel. They are by no means an itinerary. On the contrary, they touch only upon what is interesting to American readers in the life or institutions of the different countries visited. The descriptions are lively and spirited, and the discussions pertaining to the affairs of society or of governments are marked by a thoroughness of knowledge which indicates the quickest powers of observation and wonderful facility in presenting conclusions.

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Edward Everett Hale's Great Novel. PHILIP NOLAN'S FRIENDS; or, Show Your Passports. One volume, 12mo, illustrated, cloth, $1.75.

This novel is identified, through one of its leading characters, with the most famous of Mr. Hale's shorter stories, "The Man Without a Country." But it has a higher claim to permanent popularity than this, in the fact that it is a faithful study of one of the most interesting and romantic episodes in our history as a nation, when the South-west, early in the present century, was in a transition state-its allegiance divided between France, Spain, and the United States. The life of the Indians, their intercourse with the whites, the thrilling adventures of hunters and of spies, and all the unique features of wild frontier life-that, too, in an entirely unhackneyed region - are accurately and minutely described, and make the novel freshly and distinctively American.

Dr. Holland's New Book. The Eighth Edition. EVERY-DAY TOPICS: A Book of Briefs. By Dr. J. G. HOLLAND. One vol., 12mo, cloth, $1.75

An Addition to the "Sans-Souci Series." AN ANECDOTE BIOGRAPHY OF PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY. Compiled by RICHARD HENRY STODDARD. One vol., square 12mo, with Portraits of Shelley and Byron, and fac-simile of a Poem by Shelley, cloth, $1.50.

The title accurately describes this interesting volume, which is the third in the popular "Sans-Souci Series.' It is not a life of Shelley, for we have enough lives, so-called, but a selection of interesting Shelley anecdotes, illustrating the most striking incidents and episodes, grave and gay, in his strange, brief career. All his biographers-all Shelley literature, in fact-contribute to its racy pages, which present a truer picture of this phenomenal man of genius than can be obtained elsewhere. Mr. Stoddard, the editor, has done his editing justly.

A THIRD SERIES OF LECTURES ON THE HISTORY OF THE JEWISH CHURCH. From the Captivity to the Christian Era. By A. P. STANLEY, D.D., Dean of Westminster. Library Edition. One vol., 8vo, cloth, with maps, $4.

[The only authorized edition, printed from duplicate plates of the complete English edition.]

MEMOIR OF NORMAN MACLEOD, D.D. By his Brother, Rev. DONALD MACLEOD, B. A. With Steel Portrait and numerous Illustrations. Two vols., 8vo, cloth, $4.50.

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PLATO'S BEST THOUGHTS. Compiled from Prof. Jowett's Translation of the Dialogues of Plato. By Rev. C. H. A. BULKLEY. I vol., crown 8vo, cloth, $2.50.

"The volumes contain the ripe results of the studies of men who are authorities in their respective fields."—THE NATION.

MODERN HISTORICAL HAND-BOOKS.

Each volume neat x2mo, and compiete in itself. Per volume, cloth, $1.

EPOCHS OF MODERN HISTORY: A Series of Books narrating the History of England and Europe at successive Epochs subsequent to the Christian Era. Edited by EDWARD E. MORRIS, M.A., and others.

A New Volume Now Ready. THE EARLY PLANTAGENETS. BY WILLIAM STUBBS, M.A., Regius Prof. of Modern History in the University of Oxford. One vol., square 12mo, with two maps, cloth, $1.

A Prospectus of this Series, giving the titles of the previous Volumes published, notices of the press, etc., will be sent to any address on application.

AMERICAN

THE

LIBRARY

JOURNAL.

"We have no schools of bibliographical and bibliothecal training whose graduates can guide the formation of, and assume management within, the fast increasing libraries of our country; and the demand may perhaps never warrant their establishment: but every library with a fair experience can afford inestimable instruction to another in its novitiate; and there have been no duties of my office to which I have given more hearty attention than those that have led to the granting of what we could from our experience to the representatives of other libraries, whether coming with inquiries fitting a collection as large as Cincinnati is to establish, or merely seeking such matters as concern the establishment of a village library."-JUSTIN WINSOR.

IN

SOME POPULAR OBJECTIONS TO PUBLIC LIBRARIES.

BY WM. F. POOLE, CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY.

N this paper I shall use the term "public libraries" as meaning free municipal libraries organized under State laws and supported by general taxation. This definition will exclude from our notice a large number of libraries established on other foundations, some of them richly endowed and partially accessible to the public.

The rapid increase in the number and importance of public libraries, both in this country and in England, is perhaps the most marked feature of educational development during the past twenty-five years; for within that brief period the first of them was opened to the public.

My subject, as announced in the programme, requires me to speak of popular objections; yet I must confess that popular appreciation of these institutions, where they have been established, would have furnished a more attractive theme. As their foundation involves taxation, that prolific source of political controversy, it is somewhat remarkable that in the eleven States of our Union where public-library statutes have been enacted, so little public discussion has occurred, and so few objections have been offered. I have heard of no instance where such a bill was proposed in a State legisVOL. I., No. 2.

lature and was defeated. That all the Northern States, where general education and the common-school system are established, have not by legislation provided also for the public library-the natural ally and supplement of that system-is doubtless owing to the fact that the people have not asked for such legislation. The unanimity of the vote by which towns have accepted taxation for the support of public libraries is significant. The Commissioner of Education at Washington recently made inquiries on this point, and received replies from 37 towns and cities. In 32 of these the vote was unanimous; in 5 there was a divided sentiment, but the vote was 1730 in favor to 515 against taxation. The vote of the rate-payers in some English towns and cities where free libraries have been established was as follows:

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