Library World, Volume 8Grafton, 1906 |
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Page 126 - There have been many greater writers ; but perhaps no writer was ever more uniformly agreeable. His style was always pure and easy, and, on proper occasions, pointed and energetic. His narratives were always amusing, his descriptions always picturesque, his humour rich and joyous, yet not without an occasional tinge of amiable sadness.
Page 5 - ... them, is to give pleasure, and that the library ought to be more closely and peculiarly associated with pleasure than any other institution supported by the public.
Page 159 - And, above all, the hospital is only a hospital; it is a definite, a limited good; it is a finished structure, a marble shaft; it cannot reproduce itself. A library, on the other hand, is a living organism, having within itself the capacity of infinite growth and reproduction. It may found a dozen museums and hospitals, kindle the train of thought that produces beneficent inventions, and inspire to noble deeds of every kind, all the while imparting intelligence and inculcating industry, thrift, morality,...
Page 101 - A collection indefinitely expanding, at once a monument of American literature and an exposition of the serviceable in all literature; resident at our national capital, but made available in non-resident service through the loan of material required for research, and through the exhibit in bibliographies of the material most important for research in particular subjects, and expounded by experts in response to particular inquiry; a central bureau upon matters bibliographic; a central bureau for cataloging,...
Page 159 - It furnishes information to teachers, ministers, journalists, physicians, legislators, all persons upon whose work depend the intellectual, moral, sanitary and political welfare and advancement of the people. 4 It furnishes books and periodicals for the technical instruction and information of mechanics, artisans, manufacturers, engineers and all others whose work requires technical knowledge — of all persons upon whom depends the industrial progress of the city. 5 It is of incalculable benefit...
Page 41 - That the principal text-books and auxiliaries recommended by various teaching bodies, including those directing technical studies, as well as University Extension centres, the National Home Reading Union, etc., be provided and kept up to date in the Public Library.
Page 37 - He had an intense desire for completeness and perfection, which was quite disinterested, because shy of publicity ; he had an intense desire of being useful, by imparting useful knowledge to others, unmindful of the amount of work it involved.
Page 126 - To Dr. Jonathan Swift, the most agreeable companion, the truest friend, and the greatest genius of his age.
Page 159 - List of the Benjamin Franklin papers in the library of Congress. Compiled under the direction of Worthington Chauncey Ford, chief, division of manuscripts.
Page 106 - The collation of books relates to the method of checking them by means of the characteristics already considered — title, place of publication, date of publication, printers or publishers, number of volumes, sizes, pagination, contents as regards illustrations and other extras, and even such external matters as binding. The word is also applied to the actual work of checking the makeup of a book, to see if it is complete. It is not always the practice of private book-buyers, or even public libraries,...