Papers and ProceedingsAmerican Library Association., 1889 |
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... carried our railway system far ahead of any ; we run palace cars across the desert . So our libraries , be- gun modestly a century ago , by making the most of a little and by the use of mother wit , have , with the schools , opened up a ...
... carried our railway system far ahead of any ; we run palace cars across the desert . So our libraries , be- gun modestly a century ago , by making the most of a little and by the use of mother wit , have , with the schools , opened up a ...
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... carried away with the charms of this , its later application . But it is hardly rash now to predict that the system will not stand the test of practical use longer in the classification field than it has in the shelf arrangement ...
... carried away with the charms of this , its later application . But it is hardly rash now to predict that the system will not stand the test of practical use longer in the classification field than it has in the shelf arrangement ...
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... carried higher than three tiers , there is a slight advantage in its favor ; but in all the high stacks , thus far constructed at least , there are counterbalancing disadvan- tages . Unquestionably , however , the stack is at present ...
... carried higher than three tiers , there is a slight advantage in its favor ; but in all the high stacks , thus far constructed at least , there are counterbalancing disadvan- tages . Unquestionably , however , the stack is at present ...
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... carried out his wishes in the erection of a library building , a cut and descrip- tion of which are given in the Library journal , February , 1888. The building is of granite and of one story . The reading - room is 23 x 19 feet , the ...
... carried out his wishes in the erection of a library building , a cut and descrip- tion of which are given in the Library journal , February , 1888. The building is of granite and of one story . The reading - room is 23 x 19 feet , the ...
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... carry it on . The simplest figure cannot be bounded by less than three lines ; no more can the triangle of great ... carrying out their plans ; do not deny them a Sunday afternoon in a quiet place , relieved from the distractions of the ...
... carry it on . The simplest figure cannot be bounded by less than three lines ; no more can the triangle of great ... carrying out their plans ; do not deny them a Sunday afternoon in a quiet place , relieved from the distractions of the ...
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Сторінка 101 - For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little.
Сторінка 100 - The legislature shall also provide for the establishment of at least one library in each township and city, and all fines assessed and collected in the several counties and townships for any breach of the penal laws shall be exclusively applied to the support of such libraries...
Сторінка 81 - Give a man this taste and a means of gratifying it, and you can hardly fail of making a happy man, unless, indeed, you put into his hands a most perverse selection of books.
Сторінка 76 - One is sometimes asked by young people to recommend a course of reading. My advice would be that they should confine themselves to the supreme books in whatever literature, or still better to choose some one great author, and make themselves thoroughly familiar with him.
Сторінка 106 - Being a Topical Index of Printed Matter (other than literary or aesthetic commentary or criticism) relating to William Shakespeare, or the...
Сторінка 144 - Monday morning the party, to the number of nearly ninety, reunited for an eight-day trip over the Chicago, Milwaukee. & St. Paul; the Chicago, St Paul. Minneapolis. & Omaha : the Wisconsin Central, and the Milwaukee, West Shore, and Western railways, most generously given by these railroads.
Сторінка 81 - I were to pray for a taste which should stand me in stead under every variety of circumstances, and be a source of happiness and cheerfulness to me through life, and a shield against its ills, however things might go amiss and the world frown upon me, it would be a taste for reading.
Сторінка 48 - That the works thus appropriated by American booksellers are liable to be mutilated and altered at the pleasure of the said booksellers, or of any other persons who may have an interest in reducing the price of the works, or in conciliating the supposed principles or prejudices of purchasers, in the respective sections of your Union ; and that the names of the authors being retained, they may be made responsible for works which they no longer recognize as their own. That such mutilation and alteration,...
Сторінка 100 - As soon as the circumstances of the state will permit, the Legislature shall provide for the establishment of libraries; one at least in each township; and the money which shall be paid by persons as...
Сторінка 50 - We should be all shocked if the law tolerated the least invasion of the rights of property, in the case of the merchandise, whilst those which justly belong- to the works of authors are exposed to daily violation, without the possibility of their invoking the aid of the laws.