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PUBLIC LIBRARY , BOSTON , November 29 , 1869 . His Honor Nathaniel B. Shurtleff , Mayor of the City of Boston : SIR : I have the honor to transmit to you , herewith , the Seventeenth Annual Report of the Trustees of the Public Library ...
PUBLIC LIBRARY , BOSTON , November 29 , 1869 . His Honor Nathaniel B. Shurtleff , Mayor of the City of Boston : SIR : I have the honor to transmit to you , herewith , the Seventeenth Annual Report of the Trustees of the Public Library ...
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This would enable it from time to time to purchase libraries offered for sale , and for which special means are unprovided . ... Libraries , however , like our own , and the Liverpool Free Library , based upon private munificence ...
This would enable it from time to time to purchase libraries offered for sale , and for which special means are unprovided . ... Libraries , however , like our own , and the Liverpool Free Library , based upon private munificence ...
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It must , however , be borne in mind that the Boston Public Library is the only great library where such a process has ever been attempted . By the success of this innovation , it will ...
It must , however , be borne in mind that the Boston Public Library is the only great library where such a process has ever been attempted . By the success of this innovation , it will ...
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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 library ...
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 library ...
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The frequenters of the Liverpool and Manchester 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 ...
The frequenters of the Liverpool and Manchester 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 ...
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