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Page 3
... Library , prepared in obedience to the fourth section of the Ordinance relative to the Public Library , passed on the 20th of October , 1863 . Very respectfully , your obedient servant , JUSTIN WINSOR , Secretary of the Board of ...
... Library , prepared in obedience to the fourth section of the Ordinance relative to the Public Library , passed on the 20th of October , 1863 . Very respectfully , your obedient servant , JUSTIN WINSOR , Secretary of the Board of ...
Page 6
... Libraries , however , like our own , and the Liverpool Free Library , based upon private munificence , and " supplemented , encouraged , and supported " by the intelligent action of the city government , afford no ground to their ...
... Libraries , however , like our own , and the Liverpool Free Library , based upon private munificence , and " supplemented , encouraged , and supported " by the intelligent action of the city government , afford no ground to their ...
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... Library is the only great library where such a process has ever been attempted . By the success of this innovation , it will secure a further step towards its full measure of usefulness . There is reason to believe that no public library ...
... Library is the only great library where such a process has ever been attempted . By the success of this innovation , it will secure a further step towards its full measure of usefulness . There is reason to believe that no public library ...
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... libraries ? Why , if our Library is freer than any English library , does it not circulate a larger number of books in proportion to the population admitted to its use ? Why , also , considering the extent of the collection , the large ...
... libraries ? Why , if our Library is freer than any English library , does it not circulate a larger number of books in proportion to the population admitted to its use ? Why , also , considering the extent of the collection , the large ...
Page 9
... libraries , for the most part , are not book - purchasers ; they resort to the library to obtain what they will not or cannot buy . Besides this , they have no institutions or conveniences in provincial cities at all comparing with the ...
... libraries , for the most part , are not book - purchasers ; they resort to the library to obtain what they will not or cannot buy . Besides this , they have no institutions or conveniences in provincial cities at all comparing with the ...
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