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 HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT 
 April, 1917 
 
TRINITY COLLEGE BULLETIN 
 
 Issued quarterly by the College. Entered January 
 12, 1904, at Hartford, Conn., as second class matter, 
 under the Act of Congress of July 16, 1894. 
 
 The Bulletin includes in its issues: the College 
 Catalogue, Reports of the President, Treasurer, and 
 Librarian; Announcements and Circulars of Information. 
 
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 CONTENTS. 
 
 Committee on the Library, ........ 4 
 
 Staff, 4 
 
 Publications, ........... 5 
 
 Prefatory Note, . . . . . . 6 
 
 Williams Memorial, ......... 7 
 
 The Library in General, ........ 8 
 
 Other Library Facilities in Hartford. ...... 10 
 
 Classification, . . . . . . . .12 
 
 Catalogue, ........... 13 
 
 Reference Books, . . . . . 14 
 
 Dictionaries, .......... 15 
 
 Encyclopaedias, ......... 15 
 
 Biography, .......... 16 
 
 Periodicals, .......... 16 
 
 Periodical Indexes, ........ 16 
 
 General Indexes, ......... 17 
 
 Special Indexes, 17 
 
 Aids for Debaters. ......... 18 
 
 Government Documents, ........ 19 
 
 Indexes to U. S. Public Documents, ..... 19 
 
 Carnegie Institution Publications, ....... 19 
 
 Trade Bibliographies, ......... 20 
 
 Reserved Books, .......... 21 
 
 New Book Shelves, ......... 21 
 
 Inter-Library Loans, ......... 21 
 
 Periodicals Currently Received. ....... 22 
 
 General Rules and Regulations. . . . . . . . 28 
 
THE COMMITTEE ON THE LIBRARY APPOINTED 
 BY THE CORPORATION. 
 
 The President of the College. 
 
 JThe Rev. Samuel Hart, D.D., D. Can. L., LL. D. 
 
 Sydney G. Fisher, L.H.D., LL. D. 
 
 Professor Robert Baird Riggs, Ph.D. 
 
 Professor Arthur Adams, Ph.D., Librarian. 
 
 THE LIBRARY STAFF. 
 
 Librarian. 
 
 Professor Arthur Adams, Ph.D. 
 
 Cataloguer. 
 
 Elizabeth Hardy Thompson, B.A., B.L.S. 
 
 Assistant to the Cataloguer. 
 
 Edith May Pratt. 
 
 Student Assistants. 
 
 Walter Bjorn. 
 
 Stanley Arthur Dennis. 
 
 Herbert Curtis Ferris. 
 
 William Grime. 
 
 Leslie Walter Hodded. 
 
 Thomas Kelley James. 
 
 Martin Brown Robertson. 
 
 Walter Goldsborough Smyth. 
 
 tDied February 25 , 1917 . 
 
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 PUBLICATIONS. 
 
 In addition to the annual reports of the Librarian to the 
 Trustees, the following publications have been issued by the 
 Library. 
 
 The Trinity College Bulletin, Vol. 2, No. 4. Official Publi- 
 cations, 1824-1905. 1905. [Edited by the Librarian, William 
 
 N. C. Carlton.] 
 
 The Trinity College Bulletin, Vol. 5, No. 2. A list of the 
 Early Editions and Reprints of the General Convention Journals 
 1785-1814 in the Library of Trinity College. 1908. [Edited 
 by the Librarian, William N. C. Carlton.] 
 
 The Trinity College Bulletin, Vol. 10, No. 2. The Russell 
 Collection, A list of books on Natural History in Trinity College 
 Library. 1913. [Edited by the Librarian, Walter Benjamin 
 Briggs.] 
 
 The Trinity College Bulletin, Vol. 10, No. 3. A list of 
 Pamphlets in the Trinity College Library relating to The Ban- 
 gorian Controversy. 1913- [Edited by Professor Arthur 
 Adams.] 
 
 Trinity College Bulletin, Vol. 11, No. 2. Sanitary Science: 
 A list of books in Trinity College Library acquired chiefly through 
 the J. Ewing Mears Foundation on Sanitary Science. 1914. 
 [Edited by the Librarian, Walter Benjamin Briggs.] 
 
 Trinity College Bulletin, Vol. 12, No. 2. Dedication of 
 Williams Memorial. 1915. 
 
 Trinity College Bulletin, Vol. 13, No. 2. A list of Current 
 Periodicals in the Libraries of Hartford. 1916. [Edited by 
 the Assistant Librarian, Howard Rice Hill.] 
 
PREFATORY NOTE. 
 
 The purpose of this little Handbook is to make the Library 
 a more useful part of the College equipment than at present it 
 is to some. It presents such facts and such information in re- 
 gard to the contents of the Library and in regard to methods 
 of their use as the experience of the Staff leads them to believe 
 will be helpful. The average student knows little of cata- 
 logues, bibliographies, books of reference, and the like, and 
 consequently sees in the Library little more than a quiet place 
 to study and to do the required reading. 
 
 It is believed that some elementary instruction in the meth- 
 ods of organization and administration employed in a modern 
 library will be useful, and will assist in the formation and de- 
 velopment of the library habit, and so to the attainment of a 
 liberal education. It will be agreed that one great benefit of a 
 College training is the development of the ability to procure 
 information as it is needed. No person is expected to remember 
 the vast number of facts and figures brought to his attention in 
 his undergraduate studies, but any well educated and well trained 
 person should be able to procure information and data as they 
 may be needed. Indeed, in these days, one might almost go so 
 far as to say that this ability is the chief note of distinction 
 of a well trained man. 
 
 The Library is the great storehouse of the accumulated 
 experience and learning of the ages. Consequently, a mastery 
 of the key to this storehouse becomes of the first importance ; 
 familiarity with the general principles and methods of library 
 arrangement and administration indispensable. 
 
 This Handbook, then, is presented with the purpose of 
 giving some hints in regard to library matters in general, and 
 more detailed information in regard to our own Library in 
 particular. It is offered in the hope that it may stimulate and 
 foster the use of the treasures of the Library, and above all in 
 the hope that it may promote the habit of cultural reading and 
 literary browsing. 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
THE READING ROOM. 
 
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 WILLIAMS MEMORIAL. 
 
 The Library occupies Williams Memorial. This building, 
 completed in 1914, was erected with money given by the late 
 J. Pierpont Morgan, LL. D., long a member of the Corporation, 
 for a library and administration building, to be a memorial to 
 his life-long friend John Williams, D. D., fourth President 
 of the College and Fourth Bishop of Connecticut. In 1916 
 J. Pierpont Morgan, Esquire, son of the donor, made generous 
 provision for the maintenance of the building and for the ad- 
 ministration of the Library. 
 
 Williams Memorial is a modern fireproof building with shelf 
 space for 170,000 volumes, and a Reading Room with seats for 
 one hundred readers. The ground floor of the east wing is 
 occupied by the administrative offices of the College. 
 
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 THE LIBRARY IN GENERAL. 
 
 The main purpose of the Library is to supplement the in- 
 struction of the class-room and laboratory. It provides printed 
 and other illustrative material which the students are required 
 to consult or study in addition to the subject-matter of the lectures 
 and text-books. Supplementary work of this nature is assigned 
 by almost every department of instruction, and it forms an im- 
 portant and necessary part of the various courses of study. 
 
 The literary material thus used comprises ( i ) the best of the 
 more recent works on the subjects taught, and (2) the most 
 important of the authoritative and indispensable older books. 
 To the first class belong over one hundred current periodicals 
 and journals of learned societies. Substantial additions have re- 
 cently been made in the modern literature of chemistry, econo- 
 mics, philosophy, history, psychology, physics, sanitary science, 
 and engineering. The second class includes, in part, a good 
 equipment for undergraduate needs in classical and other Euro- 
 pean lexicography, Greek and Latin epigraphy, modern European 
 and English literature; the best editions of the complete works 
 of many of the great astronomers, chemists, mathematicians, and 
 physicists from the earliest times to the present; and an unusu- 
 ally full series of the public documents and state papers of the 
 United States government from the formation of the Union to 
 the present Congress. 
 
 The Reference Room contains 8000 volumes placed on open 
 shelves for free and unrestricted use. These have been carefully 
 selected so as to facilitate the academic work of the students, and 
 to make readily accessible for purposes of general culture a rep- 
 resentative body of the best literature on all subjects. The 
 Librarian and his assistants aid the students in their use of the 
 books, and assist them in the many other ways which their 
 position makes possible. 
 
 Many single works of great value and interest are contained 
 in the collection. Among them are : two Greek manuscripts of 
 the twelfth century, several illuminated Latin Books of Hours of 
 the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, fine examples of books 
 printed before the year 1500 (Incunabula), rare mathematical 
 and medical works of the sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth 
 
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 centuries, an exceptionally fine copy of Audubon’s great work, 
 “Birds of America/’ and first editions of the books of many 
 English and American writers whose works form a permanent 
 part of literature. 
 
 The Library now numbers over 80,000 volumes and 45,000 
 pamphlets. The funds, from which its income for the purchase 
 of books is derived, are the following: 
 
 The Burgess Fund, founded in 1843 by a gift of $500 from the 
 Rev. George Burgess, of Hartford, afterward Bishop of Maine. 
 
 The Elton Fund, founded in 1854 by a gift of $5000 from John 
 P. Elton, Esq., of Waterbury. 
 
 The Sheffield Fund, founded in 1856 by a gift of $5000 from 
 Joseph E. Sheffield, Esq., of New Haven. 
 
 The Peters Fund, founded in 1858 by a legacy of $3000 from 
 the Hon. John S. Peters, LL.D., of Hebron. 
 
 The Thomas Ruggles Pynchon Alumni Library Fund, 
 founded in 1859 by subscriptions from the Alumni, and now 
 amounting to about $3300. 
 
 The Athenaeum Fund, founded in 1870 by a gift of $300 from 
 the Athenaeum Literary Society. 
 
 The Northam Fund, founded in 1887 by a legacy of $12,000 
 from Charles H. Northam, Esq., of Hartford. 
 
 The Samuel Hart Fund of $2500, founded in 1901 by Alumni 
 in honor of the Rev. Samuel Hart, D.D., D. Can. L., LL.D., of 
 the class of 1866, formerly Professor of the Latin Language and 
 Literature. 
 
 Other special funds are : 
 
 The Jacocks Library Fund, established in 1888 by a legacy of 
 $500 from the Rev. James G. Jacocks, of the class of 1847. The 
 income of this fund, amounting to about $20 annually, is ex- 
 pended in the purchase of text-books, which are loaned to stu- 
 dents of very limited means. 
 
 The Robert Hitchcock Canfield Library Fund, founded 
 April 29, 1905, by a gift of $2000 from Mrs. R. H. Canfield, of 
 Hartford, Connecticut, in memory of her husband. The income 
 of this fund is to be used exclusively for necessary binding in the 
 College Library. 
 
 In view of the great expense involved in the purchase of even 
 the works most necessary to keep the Library abreast of the de- 
 
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 velopment of modern science and learining, the generous aid of 
 the Alumni and friends of the College is especially invited to the 
 increase of these funds and the establishment of new ones. 
 
 Title XV, Section 2, of the Statutes of Trinity College pro- 
 vides that “A book shall be kept by the Librarian, in which shall 
 be inscribed the names of all contributors to the Library, together 
 with a list of the books which they have contributed. And if any 
 person shall make a donation of books to the value of five hun- 
 dred dollars, his name shall be conspicuously inscribed in some 
 appropriate place in the Library.” 
 
 Every book given to the Library is duly acknowledged, in- 
 scribed with the name of the donor, and recorded in the Annual 
 Report of the Librarian, a copy of which is sent to each donor 
 of a book or pamphlet. The Librarian will be glad to inform 
 Alumni and friends of the College of the departments in which 
 their gifts will be most effective in meeting pressing needs. 
 
 Books may be taken by the following persons : Members of 
 the Corporation, benefactors of the College, its officers, graduates, 
 and undergraduates. The privileges of the Library are also ex- 
 tended to the citizens of Hartford, and to other persons, as the 
 President may approve. 
 
 OTHER LIBRARY FACILITIES IN HARTFORD. 
 
 There are also available and accessible to the students the six 
 collections of books named below. These comprise, with the 
 College Library, over 400,000 volumes, exclusive of pamphlets 
 and manuscripts. 
 
 The Hartford Public Library. All students of the College are 
 allowed, upon special conditions prescribed by the authorities, 
 to make use of the well-selected collections in the Hartford 
 Public Library. The Library, which is located on the first floor 
 of the Wadsworth Athenaeum, consists of over 90,000 volumes, 
 and it is open on week days from 9 a. m. to 8 p. m. On Sundays, 
 its Reading and Reference rooms are open from 1 p. m. to 7.30 
 p. m. The Librarian prepares lists of references on current 
 topics, which are of considerable service to the students. The 
 current numbers of over 250 periodicals are on file in the Read- 
 ing Room. 
 
 The Watkinson Library of Reference. The collection of the 
 Watkinson Library, numbering over 75,000 volumes, is entirely 
 free for consultation by all students of the College. It is located 
 
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 on the second floor of the Wadsworth Athenaeum, and is open 
 on week days from 9.30 a. m. to 5.30 p. m. It is especially rich 
 in works on the Fine Arts, Romance Languages, English Philo- 
 logy and Literature, English and American History, and in sets 
 of the Transactions and Proceedings of Foreign Scientific and 
 Learned Societies. 
 
 Library of the Connecticut Historical Society. Through the 
 courtesy of the Connecticut Historical Society, its Library and 
 Museum, located in the Wadsworth Athenaeum, are accessible 
 to the public free of charge. The library contains over 30,000 
 volumes, 35,000 unbound pamphlets, and 50,000 manuscripts. 
 It is open on week days from 9.30 a. m. to 5.30 p. m. It offers ex- 
 ceptional facilities for thorough research, not only in all subjects 
 relating to the history of Connecticut and New England gener- 
 ally, but also in many departments of general American history. 
 
 Connecticut State Library. This collection of about 75,000 
 volumes and over 50,000 manuscripts relating to the early his- 
 tory of Connecticut is open to the public, for reference use, 
 from 9 a. in. to 5 p. m., except on Sundays. It comprises a Leg- 
 islative Reference Department, a Department of Archives and 
 History, and the Supreme Court Law Library. The last makes 
 accessible a commendably complete collection of the statute 
 and case law' of English-speaking people, and the more recent 
 codes of many of the other countries. Students who intend to 
 enter on the study of law may profitably avail themselves of its 
 resources. 
 
 Hartford Bar Library Association. A reference law library of 
 some 7000 volumes in the County Building. It comprises also 
 a small circulating department, from which books may be bor- 
 rowed by any member of the Hartford County Bar, or by any 
 one else on written introduction by a member. 
 
 The Case Memorial Library. The Case Memorial Library of 
 the Hartford Theological Seminary, on Broad Street, near 
 Farmington Avenue, is equalled in its special fields by few, if 
 any, libraries in this country. It numbers over 90,000 volumes 
 and 49,000 pamphlets. It is open every week day from 8 a. m. to 
 9.30 p. m., and students may have free use of its books both for 
 consultation and withdrawal. It is especially rich in collections of 
 documents relating to Church history; in works dealing with 
 textual criticism ; in the literature of the Reformation and in the 
 literature of modern missions ; in Patristics, Lutherana, Orien- 
 tals, and in English Hymnology. 
 
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 CLASSIFICATION. 
 
 The books in the library are arranged by subject by means 
 of two systems of classification : the Expansive, or Cutter Classi- 
 fication in the Reading Room, and the Decimal, or Dewey Classi- 
 fication in the Stack. 
 
 The Expansive Classification divides books and subjects 
 into twenty-six classes, designated by letters of the alphabet, 
 with additional letters for subject subdivisions, and numbers for 
 country and language subdivisions. The following outline gives 
 the principal classes used in the reading room. 
 
 A Bibliography, encyclopedias, indexes, general reference 
 books. 
 
 B Philosophy, logic, psychology, ethics, religion. 
 
 C Judaism, Christianity, Bible, theology. 
 
 D Church history, missions. 
 
 E Collective biography. 
 
 F History, social life and customs. 
 
 G Atlases, gazetteers. 
 
 H Social sciences, economics. 
 
 IK Education. 
 
 J Political science. 
 
 K Law. 
 
 L Science : mathematics, physics, chemistry. 
 
 M Geology, paleontology, biology. 
 
 N Botany. 
 
 O Zoology. 
 
 P V ertebrates, anthropology. 
 
 Q Medicine, hygiene, sanitary science. 
 
 R Technology. 
 
 S Engineering, construction. 
 
 T Engines. 
 
 U Military and naval science. 
 
 V Athletics, recreative arts, music. 
 
 W Fine arts. 
 
 X Dictionaries. 
 
 Y Literature. 
 
 Z Authorship, rhetoric, oratory, debating. 
 
 B for instance means philosophy, BG, metaphysics, BH, 
 logic, BI, psychology, BM, ethics ; J means political science, 
 JT, national constitutions, and JT83, constitutional history of 
 the United States ; F, history, F45, history of Great Britain ; 
 Y, literature, Y45, English literature. 
 
 The Decimal Classification has ten main classes for its 
 foundation, expressed as hundreds. 
 
 
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 ooo General works, bibliography, encyclopaedias, 
 ioo Philosophy, psychology, logic, ethics. 
 
 200 Religion, Bible, theology, church history. 
 
 300 Sociology, political science, economics, law, education. 
 400 Philology. 
 
 500 Natural science. 
 
 600 Useful arts; medicine, engineering, agriculture. 
 
 700 Fine arts; architecture, sculpture, painting, music. 
 800 Literature. 
 
 900 History, geography, travel, biography. 
 
 Each class is separated into nine divisions and these into 
 nine sections, and so on, by the decimal principle, as 
 300 Sociology. 
 
 310 Statistics. 
 
 320 Political science. 
 
 330 Economics. 
 
 340 Law. 
 
 350 Administration. 
 
 360 Associations and institutions. 
 
 370 Education. 
 
 380 Commerce, communication. 
 
 390 Customs, costume. 
 
 In the number 9 73.7 which is used for United States History, 
 Civil War period, 9 stands for history, 7 for North America, 3 
 for the United States, while 7 brings the classification down to 
 the period division. 
 
 THE CATALOGUE. 
 
 The catalogue forms a valuable key to the resources of the 
 Library, and practice in using it is advantageous for every user 
 of the Library. 
 
 Every book in the Library that has been catalogued is repre- 
 sented in the catalogue by one or more cards : an author card, 
 a subject card, and if the title is distinctive, a title card. These 
 are filed in one alphabetic order, so that the catalogue is called 
 a dictionary catalogue. Maeterlinck’s The Wrack of the Storm, 
 for example, has three cards in the catalogue, an author card 
 under Maeterlinck, a subject card under EUROPEAN WAR, 
 1914 — , and a title card under “The Wrack of the Storm.” It is 
 well to remember in a case like this to look for the first word 
 of the title not an article, for Wrack and not for The. 
 
 There are also cards referring from one subject to another, 
 and from one form of name to another. LITERATURE, 
 
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 MEDIEVAL, see MIDDLE AGES. LITERATURE refers 
 from a heading that is not used in the catalogue to one that is 
 used. Lubbock, John, ist Baron Aveburg, see Aveburg, John 
 Lubbock, i st Baron, is a name reference, while Pindar, Peter, 
 pseud, see Wolcot, John is another variety of name reference. 
 
 Many of the Library of Congress printed cards give full 
 contents notes for an author’s complete works and for col- 
 lections by several authors. When looking for an English 
 play, an examination of entries in the catalogue under ENGLISH 
 DRAMA: COLLECTIONS as well as under the author’s 
 name may save one considerable searching for the particular 
 title desired. 
 
 The catalogue should answer the following questions : 
 
 1 What works by a certain author are in the library? 
 
 2 What books about a certain subject or person does the 
 library have? 
 
 3 Does the library have a book by a certain title? 
 
 Each card has in the margin at the left a number known 
 
 as the call number. This is made up of two lines, the class 
 number which shows where the book is shelved, and the book 
 number, consisting of a letter followed by two or more figures, 
 which stands for the author’s name. Some of the older cards 
 do not have this form of call number. A star combined with the 
 call number means that the book is a quarto or folio in size and 
 is shelved with the oversized books of its class. Cards for books 
 in special collections, such as the Quick Collection or the Ferguson 
 Collection, are marked with the name of the collection. The 
 call number, together with the name of any special collection 
 to which the book may belong, should be given to the desk assist- 
 ant, who will find the book by this clue. If the author and title 
 are also given, he may be able to identify the book more readily. 
 
 The subject side of the catalogue is not complete at present, 
 but it is hoped that in time this weakness may be remedied, so 
 that the catalogue will more adequately represent the contents 
 of the library. 
 
 REFERENCE BOOKS. 
 
 Reference books are the foundation of a library of this kind, 
 for an immense amount of information is stored away in small 
 space, available for the student who knows where to look for it. 
 Bibliographies, dictionaries, encyclopaedias, and indexes are in 
 constant use in a reference library, and discrimination in selecting 
 the proper work to consult will greatly assist in finding material. 
 
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 DICTIONARIES. 
 
 Dictionaries offer much more than simply definitions of 
 words. Pronunciation, derivation, local and obsolete usage, 
 specimens of correct use of words and phrases are emphasized 
 to a greater or less degree in various dictionaries. Webster’s 
 International Dictionary is an authority for concise definitions, 
 giving a brief account of the derivation of words. The Standard 
 contains many newer scientific terms, and gives the preferences 
 of various authorities on pronunciation. The Century Dictionary 
 excels in definitions, many of which are nearly as full as ency- 
 clopaedia articles, while the Cyclopedia of Names and the Atlas 
 are useful volumes. Murray’s dictionary, known also as the 
 Oxford English Dictionary, which is not yet completed, repre- 
 sents most scholarly work and cannot be approached as an 
 authority for derivation and history of words. 
 
 The library has also a good collection of representative 
 foreign dictionaries. 
 
 ENCYCLOPEDIAS. 
 
 IIOW TO USE ENCYCLOPEDIAS. 
 
 (From Kroeger’s Guide to the use and study of reference 
 books pp. 20-21) 
 
 In using general encyclopedias, the student should bear in 
 mind the following points : — 
 
 (a) Whether the information wanted would be affected 
 by the date of the article. 
 
 (b) Whether the article wanted should be a brief state- 
 ment or a more exhaustive treatise on the subject. Whether 
 it should be technical or popular. 
 
 (c) Whether the encyclopedia in hand enters under the 
 general or the specific subject. In the Britannica one would 
 find the smaller subjects treated under the class which includes 
 them ; in the New International and others they are usually to 
 be found under their own headings. 
 
 (d) To use the indexes and cross-references if the subject 
 is not treated under the word for which one looks. 
 
 (e) To observe the bibliographic references at the end 
 of the articles and follow up a subject by consulting the best 
 authorities on it. 
 
 (f) To note whether or not the articles are signed. 
 
 On the reference shelves the student will find the best 
 [ American, English, French, and German encyclopedias. The 
 | New International, second edition, is an American work treating 
 specific subjects briefly under their names, and is more up to 
 date than the American, or Appleton’s Cyclopedia. The Eleventh 
 
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 Edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica offers more exhaustive 
 signed articles under more general headings, while the Index 
 Volume guides one to material that may be hidden in some article 
 related in subject. French encyclopaedias are represented by 
 Larousse’s Grand Dictionnaire Universel du XIXe Siecle 
 Frangais, and the Nouveau Larousse; German encyclopaedias by 
 Brockhaus’ Konversations-Lexikon, and Meyers Grosses Kon- 
 versations-Lexikon. Encyclopaedias and dictionaries of special 
 subjects, as Monroe’s Cyclopedia of Education, are shelved with 
 other books on the same subject in the reading room. 
 
 BIOGRAPHY. 
 
 For biography one should consult first the Dictionary of 
 National Biography, and Who’s Who, for Englishmen, Apple- 
 ton’s Encyclopedia of American Biography, Lamb’s Biographi- 
 cal Dictionary of the United States, the National Cyclopedia of 
 American Biography, and Who’s Who in America, for Ameri- 
 cans, Qui etes vous? for Frenchmen, and Wer ist’s for Germans, 
 remembering that biographical dictionaries of the Who’s Who 
 variety treat only of contemporaries. Encyclopaedias, general 
 biographical dictionaries, and biographical dictionaries of special 
 classes of men may also be used for this purpose. 
 
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 PERIODICALS. 
 
 Some of the most valuable reference material in the library 
 is in the form of periodical literature. Not only the latest dis- 
 coveries of science but leading thoughts in other departments of 
 knowledge make their first appearance to the reading world { 
 through sound articles in current periodicals. Back files of 
 bound periodicals are especially rich as a source for reference 
 material, and the library is well equipped with a good collection 
 of useful periodicals. A list of current periodicals received by \ 
 the Library is included in this Handbook. 
 
 PERIODICAL INDEXES. 
 
 It would take a long time to find a particular periodical 
 article in the large number of bound and unbound volumes if 
 it were not for periodical indexes. These useful library tools 
 make it possible for one to look up by author or subject articles 
 helpful in preparing papers or discussions, for the index will 
 give the volume and page, and often the date and year, of each 
 
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 article indexed. After some experience, one can readily select 
 the kind of article he wishes to read by noticing whether the 
 periodical containing it belongs to the popular or to the technical 
 and scholarly type. Several of the periodical indexes index 
 also a select number of books of essays or monographs on differ- 
 ent subjects. 
 
 The following indexes are kept on the north wall of the reading 
 room, and near them is posted a list of periodicals in the library which 
 are indexed in Poole, the Readers’ Guide, and the Readers’ Guide 
 Supplement. 
 
 GENERAL INDEXES. 
 
 Poole’s Index to Periodical Literature, 1802-1907. 2v. and supplement, 5v. 
 
 Indexes 427 general periodicals. 
 
 Annual Library Index, 1906-10. 5v. 
 
 Indexes about 100 leading periodicals, but is superseded by Poole’s 
 Index and the Readers’ Guide. Useful for index of dates. 
 Readers’ Guide to Periodical Literature, 1900-date. 
 
 Cumulations, 1900-1904; 1905-1909; 1910-1914. 3v. 
 
 Annual volumes. 1914-date. 
 
 Monthly numbers, with quarterly cumulations, for current year. 
 Indexes over 100 periodicals and reports. 
 
 Readers’ Guide to Periodical Literature ; Supplement, 1913-date. 
 Cumulation, 1907-1915. lv. 
 
 Annual cumulations, 1913-1916. 4v. 
 
 Bi-monthly numbers, cumulating throughout the year. 
 
 Indexes about 75 less popular and more specialized periodicals. 
 Magazine Subject Index, 1907-date. 9v. 
 
 Annual. Indexes over 150 American and English periodicals not 
 indexed in Poole or Readers’ Guide. 
 
 New York Times Index, 1913-date. Issued quarterly. 
 
 Useful even if the library does not have a file of the New York Times. 
 
 SPECIAL INDEXES. 
 
 A. L. A. Index : an Index to General Literature ; 2d ed. brought down 
 to Jan. 1 , 1900. 1901. 
 
 A. L. A. Index; Supplement. 1900-1910. 1914. 
 
 Indexes by subject parts of books. 
 
 A. L. A. Portrait Index. 1906. 
 
 “An index to portraits contained in printed books and periodi- 
 cals.” (Krceger.) 
 
 Dramatic Index (part two of Magazine Subject Index) 1909-date. 7v. 
 
 Annual. “Indexes about 150 American and English periodicals. 
 Covers books as well as the periodical press.” (Preface.) 
 
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 Engineering Index, 1806-1905. v. 3-4. 
 
 Indexes about 200 technical periodicals in six different languages. 
 
 Engineering Index Annual, 1906-1908. 3v. 
 
 Indexes 250 technical and engineering periodicals in six different 
 
 languages. 
 
 Richardson, E. C. Alphabetical Subject Index and Index Encyclopaedia 
 of Periodical Articles on Religion, 1890-1899. 1907. 2v. 
 
 AIDS FOR DEBATERS. 
 
 THEORY OF DEBATE. 
 
 Alden. The Art of Debate. 1904. 
 
 Baker and Huntington. The Principles of Argumentation. 
 
 Revised edition. 1905. 
 
 Laycock and Scales. Argumentation and Debate. 1904. 
 
 MacEwan. The essentials of Argumentation. 1904. 
 
 Intercollegiate debates. 1909-13. 4v. 
 
 Specimens. 
 
 Johnson. American Eloquence. 1896-97. 3v. 
 
 Library of Oratory. 1902. 15v. 
 
 Modern Eloquence. 1901-03. 15v. 
 
 References on Subjects for Debate. 
 
 Brookings and Ringwalt. Briefs for Debate on Current Political, 
 Economic, and Social Topics. 1906. 
 
 “Gives concise statements of the principal arguments, pro and 
 con, on a large number of important topics with reference to books , 
 and magazine articles where the various arguments may be found 
 treated at greater length. Contains no references of a later date 
 than 1895.” 
 
 Ringwalt. Briefs on public questions with selected lists of references. 
 1905. 
 
 “Does not duplicate all the subjects in 'Briefs for Debate,’ but 
 is more recent in its treatment of some of the topics.” (Krceger*.) 
 
 Matson. References for Literary Workers with Introductions to Topics 
 and Questions for Debate. 1892. 
 
 “Covers a wider range of subjects than either of the preceding, 
 including in addition to questions of politics and economics many 
 topics in the fields of biography, history, education, literature, art, 
 science, philosophy, ethics, and religion. Under each topic is given 
 a short analysis of the question followed by a list of references.” 
 
 Debaters’ Handbook Series, 1910-14. lOv. 
 
 “Each volume treats a separate subject and gives, in general, 
 briefs, a bibliography, and selected extracts from the more important 
 articles on the subject.” (Kroeger, Sup.) 
 
 Other references to more recent material may be found through 
 the periodical indexes. 
 
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 GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS. 
 
 The library is a depository for U. S. public documents, which are 
 shelved on the fifth floor of the stack. Here are to be found the 
 Congressional set of government documents arranged by serial number, 
 and many other documents issued by departments and bureaus. For 
 the student of history, economics, and sociology these may be of great 
 value. Connecticut state documents and a selection from the documents 
 of other states are also kept on this floor of the stack. The publications 
 of the Smithsonian institution, on account of their notable scientific 
 interest, are kept with the books on science on the fourth floor of the 
 stack. 
 
 INDEXES TO U. S. PUBLIC DOCUMENTS. 
 
 Poore, B. P. Descriptive Catalog of the Government Publications of 
 the United States, Sept. 5, 1774 — March 4, 1881. 
 
 “General arrangement is chronological, with author and subject 
 index.” 
 
 Tables and Annotated Index to the Congressional Series of United States 
 Public Documents. Wash. 1902. 
 
 “It gives a list of the documents of the 15th to the 52d Congress 
 inclusive, with a full annotated index.” (Kroeger.) 
 
 Ames, J. C. Comprehensive Index of the Publications of the United 
 States Government, 1881-93. Wash. 1905. 2v. 
 
 “Includes publications of departmental and congressional sets, 
 with author index.” 
 
 Comprehensive Index ; Catalogue of the Public Documents, March 4, 
 1893-date. 
 
 “Issued at the close of each regular Congress. Includes depart- 
 mental and congressional sets.” 
 
 Consolidates Index, 1895-date. 
 
 Known also as the Document Index. 
 
 “An index to the subjects of the documents and reports, and to 
 the committees, senators, and representatives presenting them. From 
 the first session of the 54th Congress to date. Includes only congres- 
 sional set. Alphabetic by author and subject.” 
 
 Monthly Catalogue, 1895-date. 
 
 “Priced list by bureau and division (formerly by department), 
 a monthly index, 1900-05, a cumulative index every six months, with 
 annual index in December. The special value of the catalogue is to 
 show how and where documents may be obtained and the prices of 
 those available for distribution.” 
 
 CARNEGIE INSTITUTION PUBLICATIONS. 
 
 The publications of the Carnegie institution of Washington, 
 covering as they do such a wide range of subjects in science, 
 
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 literature, history, etc., deserve to be mentioned here as a valuable 
 mine for research work. They include Hasse’s Index of 
 Economic Material in the Documents of the States. The books 
 are kept on the fourth floor of the stack, and a list of these 
 publications is kept at the desk. 
 
 TRADE BIBLIOGRAPHIES. 
 
 While the collection of trade bibliographies in the library 
 is far from complete, attention is called to the helpfulness of 
 these bibliographies in compiling lists for reading and reference, 
 and for ordering books for purchase. Students collecting 
 libraries of their own should familiarize themselves with Ameri- 
 can and English bibliographies, publishers’ and second hand 
 dealers’ catalogues. The following bibliographies are the most 
 useful. 
 
 AMERICAN. 
 
 U. S. Catalog: Books in Print, January i, 1912. 1912. 
 
 Author, title, and subject list. 
 
 Cumulative Book Index: Annual Cumulation, 1912-1916. 5 v. 
 
 Author, title, and subject list. 
 
 Cumulative Book Index. i 
 
 Monthly author, title, and subject list, cumulating monthly, 
 quarterly, and annually. 
 
 Publishers’ Weekly. 
 
 Author list, with monthly cumulation arranged by author, 
 title, and subject. 
 
 ENGLISH. 
 
 Reference Catalogue of Current Literature. 1913. 3 v. 
 
 Publishers’ catalogues of books in print in 1913, with author, 
 title, and subject index. 
 
 English Catalogue of Books, 1900-1915. 6 v. 
 
 Annual author and title list. 
 
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 RESERVED BOOKS. 
 
 Books assigned by Instructors for the use of the members 
 of their classes are withdrawn from circulation, and are placed 
 on shelves back of the Charging Desk. They may be taken 
 from the Library only at the closing hour, and must be returned 
 on the re-opening of the Library. The fine for a failure to 
 return a reserved book at the assigned time is twenty-five cents 
 a day. 
 
 NEW BOOK SHELVES. 
 
 On the shelves above the current periodical shelves are 
 placed the more interesting and more important of the new 
 books as they are catalogued. Students will find it profitable 
 to form the habit of looking over these shelves from time to 
 time. 
 
 INTER-LIBRARY LOANS. 
 
 Through the courtesy of other Libraries, the Library of 
 Trinity College is able to borrow for the use of members of the 
 Faculty books not in our collection. These books are loaned 
 to the Library not to individuals, on the express condition that 
 they be used only within the Library itself. 
 
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 PERIODICALS CURRENTLY RECEIVED. 
 
 A. L. A. Book List 
 
 Academy of Natural Sciences, Proceedings of 
 
 Actuarial Society of America — Transactions of 
 
 Advocate of Peace 
 
 American Defense 
 
 American Economic Review 
 
 American Economist 
 
 American Historical Review 
 
 American Iron and Steel Institute Monthly Bulletin 
 
 American journal of Anatomy 
 
 American Journal of Archaeology 
 
 American Journal of Philology 
 
 American Journal of Physiology 
 
 American Journal of Public Health 
 
 American Journal of Science 
 
 American Mathematical Monthly 
 
 American Museum Journal 
 
 American Naturalist 
 
 American Political Science Review 
 
 American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Journal of 
 
 American Statistical Association, Publications 
 
 Americus, The 
 
 Anatomical Record 
 
 Anatomischer Anzeiger 
 
 Annalen der Physik (mit Beiblatter) 
 
 Annales de Chimie et de Physique 
 Annales Politiques et Litteraires 
 
 Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 
 
 Annals of Mathematics 
 
 Archiv fur die Gesamte Psychologie 
 
 Army and Navy Journal 
 
 Art and Archaeology 
 
 Athenaeum, (London) 
 
 Atlantic Deeper Waterways Association, (Bulletin) 
 
 Atlantic Monthly 
 Babson’s Reports 
 
 Berliner Philologische Wochenschrift 
 Bird Lore 
 
 Book Review Digest 
 
 Boston Public Library (Bulletin) 
 
 Bulletin (New York State Industrial Commission) 
 
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 Bulletin of Agriculture and Commercial Statistics 
 Bulletin of the Alliance Frangaise 
 
 Bulletin of the American Association of University Professors 
 Bulletin of Bibliography 
 
 Bulletin of the Geological Society of America 
 Bulletin of the Pan American Union 
 Bureau of Standards — Technical Papers 
 California University Publications in Zoology 
 Carnegie Library of Pittsburg (Monthly Bulletin) 
 
 The Casualty Actuarial and Statistical Society of America — Proceedings 
 Century Magazine 
 Chemical News 
 
 Chemical Society (London) Journal 
 
 Chemisches Centralblatt 
 
 Chinese Student Monthly 
 
 Christian Science Journal 
 
 Christian Science Monitor 
 
 Christian Science Sentinel 
 
 Christian Workers Magazine 
 
 Chronicle, The 
 
 Church Helper, The 
 
 Church Times, The 
 
 Churchman, The 
 
 Clarion, The 
 
 Classical Journal 
 
 Classical Philology 
 
 Classical Review 
 
 Colby Alumnus 
 
 Colonnade 
 
 Columbia University Quarterly 
 Commercial and Financial Chronicle 
 Connecticut Churchman 
 Connecticut State Board of Health 
 Cumulative Book Index 
 Current Opinion 
 Dial 
 
 Doherty News 
 Eastern & Western Review 
 Economic Geology 
 Economic Journal 
 Edinburgh Review 
 Edison Monthly 
 Educational Review 
 Electrical World 
 
 Engineering News-Record ! 
 
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 English Journal 
 
 Faraday Society Transactions 
 
 Filipino People 
 
 Fins, Feathers, and Fur 
 
 Fliegende Blatter 
 
 Foi et Vie 
 
 Folia Neuro-Biologica 
 
 Friendens Warte 
 
 Geographical Review 
 
 Geologische Rundschau 
 
 Girls’ Friendly Society in America 
 
 Harper’s Monthly 
 
 Hartford 
 
 Hartford Courant 
 
 Harvard Graduates’ Magazine 
 
 Harvard Theological Review 
 
 The Health Bulletin — North Carolina 
 
 Health News 
 
 Hibbert Journal 
 
 Horae Scholasticae 
 
 Illinois Biological Monographs 
 
 Illinois Health News 
 
 Illustrated London News 
 
 L’illustration 
 
 L’illustratione Italiana 
 
 Independent, The 
 
 Insurance Age 
 
 Insurance Journal 
 
 Intercollegiate Socialist 
 
 International Journal of Ethics 
 
 International Music and Drama 
 
 Jahrbiicher fiir Nationalokonomie und Statistik 
 
 Jahresbericht u. d. Fortschritte d. klass. Altertumwissenschaft 
 
 Japan Society Bulletins 
 
 Johns Hopkins Alumni Magazine 
 
 Johns Hopkins University Circular 
 
 Journal of Agricultural Research 
 
 Journal of American Chemical Society 
 
 Journal of American Folk-lore 
 
 Journal of the American Medical Association 
 
 Journal of the American Public Health Association 
 
 Journal of the American Water Works Association 
 
 Journal of Animal Behavior 
 
 Journal of Comparative Neurology 
 
 Journal of Experimental Zoology 
 
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 Journal of Geology 
 
 Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry 
 Journal of Morphology 
 
 Journal of Philosophy, Psychology, and Scientific Method 
 
 Journal de Physique theorique et appliquee 
 
 Journal of Political Economy 
 
 Journal of Race Development 
 
 Journal de l’Universite des Annales 
 
 Library Journal 
 
 Literary Digest 
 
 Living Church 
 
 London, Edinburgh & Dublin Philosophical Magazine 
 London Times (weekly edition) 
 
 Medical Brief 
 Medical Times 
 
 Metropolitan Museum of Art (Bulletin) 
 
 Michigan Alumnus 
 Michigan Churchman 
 Mind 
 
 Modern Language Notes 
 
 Modern Language Review 
 
 Modern Philology 
 
 Monthly Weather Review 
 
 Museum of Fine Arts (Bulletin) (Boston) 
 
 Musical Quarterly 
 Nation (New York) 
 
 National Association of Corporation Schools 
 
 National Geographic Magazine 
 
 Nature 
 
 Nebraska University Studies 
 
 New York Libraries 
 
 New York Zoological Society Bulletin 
 
 North American Review 
 
 Numismatists (The) 
 
 The Other Side of Prohibition 
 Our Dumb Animals 
 Our Four-footed Friends 
 Outlook, The 
 Pacific Churchman 
 
 Panama Canal : Report of Dept, of Health 
 
 Parish of the Good Shepherd 
 
 Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture Bulletin 
 
 Pennsylvania Health Bulletin 
 
 Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography 
 
 Phi Beta Kappa Key 
 
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 Philippine Review 
 Philologus 
 
 Philosophical Review 
 Physical Review 
 Political Science Quarterly 
 Popular Astronomy 
 Power 
 
 Pratt Institute Free Library 
 Princeton Alumni Weekly 
 
 Proceedings of the Academy of Political Science 
 
 Protectionist, The 
 
 Psychological Bulletin 
 
 Psychological Review 
 
 Public Health (Michigan State Board) 
 
 Public Health Bulletin (Massachusetts) 
 
 Public Health Bulletin U. S. Treasury 
 
 Public Health Reports U. S. Department Public Health 
 
 Publishers’ Weekly 
 
 Quarterly Journal of Economics 
 
 Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science 
 
 Quarterly Review 
 
 Radium 
 
 Readers’ Guide to Periodical Literature 
 Readers’ Guide Supplement 
 Revue Chretienne 
 
 Revue d’ Histoire litteraire de la France 
 
 Revue Philosophique 
 
 Rheinisches Museum fur Philologie 
 
 Romania 
 
 Romanic Review 
 
 Royal Society of Canada, (Transactions) 
 
 Scandinavian Review 
 
 School 
 
 Science 
 
 Scientific American 
 
 Scientific American Supplement 
 
 Scientific Monthly, The 
 
 Le Semen r 
 
 Scribner’s Magazine 
 
 Social Hygiene 
 
 Spectator 
 
 Spirit of Missions 
 
 Square Deal 
 
 Survey, The 
 
 Technology Review 
 
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 Temperance 
 Travelers’ Standard 
 Trinity Tripod 
 Ober Land und Meer 
 
 United States. Bulletin of the Bureau of Labor 
 
 United States. Bulletin of the Bureau of Standards 
 
 United States. Bulletin of the U. S. Dep’t. of Agriculture 
 United States. Catalogue of Copyright Entries 
 United States. Congressional Record 
 United States. Crop Report 
 
 United States. Daily Consular and Trade Reports 
 
 United States. Experiment Station Record 
 United States. Farmers’ Bulletin 
 United States. Immigration Bulletin 
 
 United States. Monthly Catalogue U. S. Public Documents 
 United States. Monthly Consular and Trade Reports 
 United States. Monthly Summary of Commerce and Finance 
 United States. Naval Medical Bulletin 
 
 United States. Weekly News Letter to Crop Correspondents 
 Wall Street Journal 
 Washington University Studies 
 Western Electric News 
 
 William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine 
 Without the Camp 
 World Peace Foundation 
 Yale Review 
 
 Zeitschrift fur Annalytische Chemie 
 Zeitschrift fur Anorganische Chemie 
 Zentralblatt fiir Bibliothekswesen 
 
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 GENERAL RULES AND REGULATIONS. 
 
 All of the Rules of the Library are designed to secure the 
 greatest measure of usefulness to the largest number of the 
 users of the Library, and the hearty support and cooperation of 
 all in their observance is asked. 
 
 Loud talking in any part of the Library is prohibited. 
 
 The Library will be open daily, except Saturday and Sunday, 
 in term time, from 8.50 A. M. to 12.45 P- M.; from 1.45 P. M. 
 to 4.45 P. M.; and from 7.30 P. M. to 10.00 P. M. On Satur- 
 days the Library will be open only from 8.50 A. M. to 12.45 
 P. M.; On Sundays only from 7.30 P. M. to 10.00 P. M. 
 
 The Library will be closed on those days designated as 
 Holidays in the College Catalogue. 
 
 Students borrowing books for the first time must sign a 
 registration card at the Charging Desk, and must sign the charge 
 slip each time a book is borrowed. 
 
 Books must not be taken from the Library until they have 
 been charged. Failure to have a book charged is a serious 
 offence, and will subject the offender to fine or other discipline 
 as the case may require. 
 
 Ordinary books are loaned for a period of two weeks, and 
 generally may be renewed for a like period. Application for 
 renewal must be made in person, and the book to be renewed 
 must be presented at the Charging Desk. 
 
 Reserved books and current numbers of periodicals may be 
 taken out at the closing of the Library for the day, but must be 
 returned before 8.50 the next morning, except that such works 
 taken out at the closing of the Library on Saturday shall be 
 returned on the opening of the Library at 7.30 Sunday evening. 
 
 Readers must not write or otherwise mark on any book, 
 map, manuscript, or other property of the Library. 
 
 Any book is subject to recall at any time. Books recalled 
 must be returned at once; a fine of twenty-five cents a day will 
 be charged in case of delay. 
 
 The Librarian may at his discretion send a messenger for 
 an overdue book at the expense of the borrower. 
 
 Unbound books and other than numbers of periodicals may 
 be drawn for a period of one week. Current numbers of period- 
 icals may be drawn on the same conditions as reserved books. 
 
 A fine of two cents a day will be imposed for each day an 
 ordinary book is overdue. But a fine of twenty-five cents a day 
 will be exacted for failure to return a reserved book at the 
 
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 specified time. No books will be loaned to a person who has 
 incurred a fine till the fine is paid and the book returned. 
 
 All books must be returned to the Library on or before the 
 days immediately preceding the beginning of the Christmas, 
 Easter, and summer vacations. 
 
 Students leaving Hartford for a period longer than one 
 week must first return all books belonging to the Library. 
 
 A book lost or injured must be replaced or proper damages 
 paid. In case the missing volume cannot be procured sep- 
 arately, the entire set must be replaced. 
 
 Works which are rare, costly, or which for other reasons 
 are unsuited for general circulation, are lent only under special 
 conditions and at the discretion of the Librarian. 
 
 All dictionaries, cyclopaedias, and reference books generally 
 are permanently reserved, and must under no circumstances be 
 removed from the Reading Room except by special permission 
 of the Librarian. Such books are always to be used with due 
 regard for the rights of others. 
 
 The Library does not undertake to provide dictionaries for 
 the regular and continuous use of any student ; nor does it pro- 
 vide or lend text-books. The attention of students is called, 
 however, to the Jacocks Lending Library. 
 
 The book-stacks are not open to the students. But on 
 application to the Librarian, students may be admitted to the 
 stacks for specified periods and for approved purposes. 
 
 No student will be recommended for a degree until he has 
 paid all fines and has returned in good order every book he has 
 borrowed; or has deposited with the Treasurer a sum sufficient 
 to replace any unreturned book. In case the unreturned book 
 be one of a set, if the volume cannot be purchased separately, 
 the deposit must be equal to the value of the whole set. 
 

 
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Gaylord Bri 
 Makers 
 
 Syracuse, N . Y. 
 
 PAT. JAN. 21, 1908 
 
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