The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 31, 1899, Page 16

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& ptain George rik.) his reader Clark Musgr r of “Under Three Flags in Iy od New York [ 1t w W A the iba,” rs that “Under Two Mlage 8, b vt, together bean publ ted in nd id & with thiree 1 and thoughtful comment. verses of Philip Henry ail Fair” and Other Verses) Tyl gy s girl lends t om hose winds which sighed and 1. while rain tides wept? fing on and tempest past—the Princess sleeps! smith a ks within books taken iring the r the pre- Phe sig- from 1s the new cem in thom. so far ar that some of the incre the fact that Sar to the usefulness c on which the o ; was brought here by the WAr beca of a character to infiuence tho ary circulation mate- rially? On the sing the more libes educ 1 3 ritical Review of the JBooks of the Uleek By Professor . B. Lathrop of Stanford University. circulation of the library. But ssible deductions have been rk’s figures prove-the wis- & some of the shelves to the much further now than a few years ago. Five vears ago $1 sustained a circulation of about eight books, while last year $1 2ia the same work for over thirteen books. Some of this economy is due to the mere fact that in libraries expenses naturally r sign of excellence in the admin- 1 18 the fact that a dollar goes do not grow as fast as facilities. One or two attendants are needed even in a very small library; but they can serve a pretty large one. Fixtures do not need constant renewal. Light, heat and telephone ser- vice are likely to be pretty constant sources of expense for a term of years. But here again, If we pare down Mr, Clark’s figures to needs a whole librar t his elpow, and upon a live to prove t . ) ficiency of ment. The t J > ments that ap nd pr ° are made f system of civil serv force, point the way to easy standing of the excellence of Mr. Clark's . ves w f work es by, not y e ) The city of San Fra r ulate itself that servant and a clate him at his true The figures a striking exe set forth by of the Mechanics' In ol this t examina it ha s report of some idea and scme ed for K librarian ! rt. the over or hundreds a nain are placed on open shelves. The the library | and more he the bra kept. These figure clally s main library prove that 100,000 ks supporte culation of only 24 while 17 books In the branches supported a 2 lation of 200,000. Nor is all. Of the Tt is g nt ¢ 100,000 books in the m library, 10900 were selected and placed how often th come cannot during the month the circulati ft sisted of these | was draw on the may far from t ude no books spe ent for to th 1 a helves that th only to the exte 10,000 on the ¢ of 193,000 branches had other words, the I tion went o1 tenths tim shelves w tenths tim branches went fraction. Or, to | another point v the shelves p circulation 10,000 more s ain stack w 5. Now the books that go ¢ the in stock is t expensa of clrenlating th 1 e reader has tal s math the boc see that cost more for mainte tion than all the rest achleve a third a proportic or three ey o out very eping up the c ks is a weigh Does it pay, select all the “live as completely as p the public and maintain the rest of t library as a refere ary for studen Du who could come to use it? s The trustees have in mind making their library useful to sct T purchases of great cc 1 be of no possible use except to selen and historical investigators prove % and prove that have the courage to use their money nconspicuous but generous and useful w Now a scholar s which n the day and especlal Books Received. ., New ¥ s t Place,” H and Othe r & She r Ve pard, S Pabo the Priest k Stokes Co. New Y 1" John n. $2.00 Seaman. John Yoh = 3 Oulda, Kk ohn Lane, New “The Rebel's Daughter.” J. G. Little, Brown & Co., Foston —_—— TRAMED TARANTULA THAT D STUNTS. Mr. Goodin of Texas owns a pet tarane tula which he calls Joe responds to his name a tokens of intelligence and 3 lies perfactly qui fangs be exhibited to use them to any master's command one of his long legs fondled und petted tivity more parently has no lox 1s large, ¢ allow any only _once in thr throws away his old new ones « vear matnly of large crickets and g Goodin is fond of animals of all sort has a great control over them. Wild bir. often follow him for long d other untamed creatures show inclinatic rner, than t DO NOT USE ESQUIRE The word “esquire, thers have no ri, I t to anything vond the simole prefix “Mg, = U0 be-

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