HOW CHAUTAUQUA CIRCLES HAVE PROMOTED PUBLIC LIBRARIES.-(Continued.) valued it, and allowed the library one-half the sum from the state, at the same time giving valuable suggestions about organizing. Following this, trustees were elected, a constitution adopted, and a librarian was engaged to catalogue the books. In October, 1899, the "Free Library and Reading-Room was opened to the public. The library is opened three times a week for loaning books, and on Sunday afternoons and evenings for a reading room, the women giving their services. At the last election in March two hundred dollars were given by the town. At present the library has 784 books, eight periodicals, and orders for new books at the publishers, and money in the treasury. ADA S. RICHARDSON, President of the Hawthorne C. L. S. C. CANTON, PENNSYLVANIA. The public library of Canton was opened to the public on New Year's day, 1900, with about one thousand volumes. When subscriptions were asked for, the Chautauqua circle decided that they would like to do something for the library. So a committee was appointed to see the members, and they succeeded in raising fifty dollars. This year they made up their minds that a circle of twenty members ought to pay ten dollars to help support the library. And this is only the second year of the venture. The books are kept in the borough building. We have a cozy room right in the center of the town, and this room is open to the public each Wednesday and Saturday afternoon and evening. The idea of the library and the efforts put forth are due very largely to Rev. W. D. Crockett, pastor of the Presbyterian Church. Last New Year's when the library was just a year old, a reception was held, and each brought a book or money enough to buy one. The clipping which accompanied the above report by Mrs. C. E. Black, secretary of the Alpha Kappa C. L. S. C., shows that the New Year's reception resulted in the addition of five hundred books. The library is now about to publish a new catalogue, and has set its mark at five hundred more books before the end of the year. CLEVELAND, TENNESSEE. Although the library of Cleveland, Tennessee, was not organized by Chautauqua students, yet as the woman's club which is responsible for it has recently become a Chautauqua reading circle, it is fitting that this most stimulating report should find a place in our Round Table. Miss Aiken spent last summer at Chautauqua, and as she says, "came home such an enthusiastic Chautauquan that I acted as organizer of the work here. We are thoroughly delighted with the course, and find it very beneficial.' We are glad to give you a short history of our library movement, in the hope that it may inspire other small communities to " go and do likewise," believing that nothing is impossible to him who hopes and perseveres. Lord Shaftesbury said, "Let no man despair in a good Let him persevere, persevere, PERSEVERE, and God will raise him up friends and helpers." cause. In 1895 our woman's club was organized under the name of the Magazine Club, the object being mutual help and improvement. For a while this met our demands; but soon a longing for something higher and better took possession of us. We felt that the true end of club life was not a selfish one, but to help others. With this longing came the thought of establishing a public library, and though the realization of the thought seemed a far-away dream, we began to devise ways and means to make it a reality. An article in the Ladies' Home Journal on the subject was read at one of our meetings, creating an enthusiasm that has not since abated. Our first effort to bring the matter before the public was a book reception. This was held in our club rooms; an appropriate literary program was rendered, and light refreshments were served. Each guest was requested to bring a book for the library; and when we found that more than one hundred volumes had been contributed, we were much encouraged to go forward with the work. From that day our library has been no idle dream, but a reality that has been of great benefit to our community. We have found other ways of adding to our library fund. We have had entertainments both by home and foreign talent. Then by subscription and donation the fund has been increased. Some of our great-hearted citizens, appreciating our efforts in the work, have voluntarily contributed to its support. By these simple means, "here a little and there a little,' our library has increased to more than five hundred volumes. We use the rooms formerly occupied by the Y. M. C. A., having no building of our own. This building, which is well-lighted and comfortable, is rented by the club and is a favorite resort for the book-loving people of our town. The library is entirely under the supervision of the Woman's Club. A committee with the first vice-president as chairman is appointed to look after its interests. It is the duty of this committee to buy all books, examine books presented, and to see that the library is kept open regularly. These women have the library interests at heart, and to them is due much of its success. We are not yet able to employ a regular librarian, but the members of the club voluntarily give their services, keeping it open from four to eight o'clock every Saturday. We are in communication with Mr. Carnegie concerning a contribution for our library, and if we can create sufficient interest in the town, we hope soon to have our library on a permanent foundation, with a building all our own. While our library is small, we feel that our work has not been in vain. The interest in reading the books is very great. Many who have not access to good literature are our constant visitors. It has placed within their reach the best literature, and stimulates them to read only the best. RUTH AIKEN. LIVINGSTON, MONTANA. The Yellowstone Club, one of the oldest in Montana, was organized in 1892 for the study of the Chautauqua Course in Sociology. This course was one of the Chautauqua series of "Read Lectures," and was prepared by Professor Small of the University of Chicago. The following year the club entered the regular C. L. S. C. course, and carried on its work under Chautauqua auspices until 1899. The following interesting account of its public-spirited work for Livingston comes to The us through the press too late to secure a personal report from the club itself, which, however, we shall hope to have later. clipping is taken from the Butte News: Recently the ladies who compose the membership of the club began a new departure in the work they have in hand. They decided that the city of Livingston needed a public library, and it was determined to supply this need by a well-directed effort of the club organization. Accordingly the members contributed what books they could spare from their private libraries, and then made a complete canvass of the city, soliciting books for the library from every citizen who had a collection of books. In this way they were able to complete a good-sized list of interesting books for the library, and will provide the collection of books with suitable quarters, and the services of one of the club members will be donated as librarian until the city gov ernment comes to the aid of the club and shares the burdens of the library project with the enterprising women of the city. Livingston is in that stage of its growth when its population is hardly large enough to support a free public library and to maintain a librarian upon a salary, so the efforts of the club women will be greatly appreciated. There are a great many men in the city who are employed in the shops of the Northern Pacific Railway, and this portion of the population generally patronizes a library constantly, and will find in the efforts of the club women of the city a great deal of encouragement in the work of improvement which many of them have undertaken. A portion of the city hall has been fitted up for a library, and the rooms will be nicely furnished and will be a pleasant place for studious young people to spend their leisure time. BOOKS RECEIVED. THE MACMILLAN CO., NEW YORK. Who's Who. 1901. An Annual Biographical Dictionary. Fifty-third year of issue. 5x73. Maurice Hewlett. Á sketch of his career and some review of his books. With portrait. The Classical Heritage of the Middle Ages. By Henry Selections from the Southern Poets. Selected and edited The Government of Minnesota. (Handbooks of American Government.) By Frank L. McVey, Ph. D. 51x7. .75. Elements of the Theory and Practice of Cookery. By Mary E. Williams and Katharine Rolston Fisher. 5 x 71. School Management and Methods of Instruction. With special reference to elementary schools. By George Collar, B. A., B. Sc., and Charles W. Crook, B. A., B. Sc. 4 x 7. Experimental Psychology. A Manual of Laboratory Practice. By Edward Bradford Titchener. Volume I. 6x8. $1.60. Outlines of Educational Doctrine. By John Frederick Herbart. Translated by Alexis F. Lange, Ph. D. Annotated by Charles De Garmo, Ph. D. 51 x 72. $1.25. History, Prophecy and the Monuments; or, Israel and the Nations. By James Frederick McCurdy, Ph. D., LL. D. Volume III. Completing the work. 5 x 81. $3.00. The Child: His Nature and Nurture. (The Temple The Common Sense of Commercial Arithmetic. By A History of Rome. For High Schools and Academies. By George Willis Botsford, Ph. D. 5 x 8. $1.10. HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN & CO., BOSTON. The Autobiography of a Journalist. By William James Stillman. In two volumes. Each 6x 83. $6.00 a set. A Soldier of Virginia. By Burton Egbert Stevenson. 5 x 8. $1.50. The Life and Literature of the Ancient Hebrews. By Lyman Abbott. 5x8. $2.00. $1.25. A Pillar of Salt. By Jeannette Lee. 44x7. The Turn of the Road. By Eugenia Brooks Frothingham. 5x7. $1.50. The Woodpeckers. By Fannie Hardy Eckstorm. With Illustrations. 5 x 72. $1.00. Greek Sculpture. (Riverside Art Series.) A Collection of sixteen Pictures of Greek marbles with Introduction and Interpretation by Estelle M. Hurll. 5 x 81. .40 net. King's End. By Alice Brown. 5x7. $1.50. The Light of the World. By Herbert D. Ward. 5x7. $1.00. The Curious Career of Roderick Campbell. By Jean Dog-Watches at Sea. By Stanton H. King. With Illustrations. 5x7. $1.50. N. McIlwraith. 5x8. $1.50. LAIRD & LEE, CHICAGO. Edison's Handy Encyclopedia of General Information and Universal Atlas. Compiled by Thomas F. Edison, A. M., assisted by Fred T. Bailey and Charles J. Westinghouse. 4x 5. .50. A Thrilling Romance of IllWed by Mighty Waves. Illustrated. fated Galveston. By Sue Greenleaf. 51 x 72. .75. The New Century Standard Letter-Writer. By Alfred B. Chambers, Ph. D. 51 x 72. .75. The New Conklin's Handy Manual of Useful Information and World's Atlas. Compiled by Geo. W. Conklin, of the Hamilton University. 4x 5. .25. Lee's American Automobile Annual for 1901. Edited by Alfred B. Chambers, Ph. D. Illustrated. 42x 6. HENRY HOLT & CO., NEW YORK. High School History of the United States. With maps, plans, and illustrations. (History of the United States for Schools, by Alexander Johnston, LL. D.) Revised by Winthrop More Daniels, M. A., and William MacDonald, Ph. D. 5 x 8. The German and Swiss Settlements of Colonial Pennsylvania: A Study of the So-Called Pennsylvania Dutch. By Oscar Kuhns. 51x7. The Rise of the Swiss Republic. A History. By W. D. McCrackan, M. A. Second edition, revised and enlarged. 5 x 9. Selections from the Poetry of Alexander Pope. Edited with an introduction and notes by Edward Bliss Reed, Ph. 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