The Historical Evolution of the Free Public Library in
America and Its True Function in the Community; Dedication
Address at Sage Library. (_Library Journal_, 1884,
p. 40) 17
MOSES COIT TYLER.
The Library as a Field for Philanthropy. (Extract from
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Review_, December, 1889.) 33
ANDREW CARNEGIE.
The Idea of a Popular Library. ("Life, Letters, and Journals,"
Vol. 2, 1851.) 49
GEORGE TICKNOR.
The Function of a Town Library. ("Protection of Majorities,")
1875 55
JOSIAH P. QUINCY.
The Free Public Library. (Extract from "Men and Women,"
1888.) 63
THOMAS W. HIGGINSON.
Two Fundamentals. (_Library Journal_, 1896, p. 446.) 67
MARY SALOME CUTLER.
What a Library Should Be, and What It Can Do. (_Public
Libraries_, 1899, p. 269.) 75
MELVIL DEWEY
The Public Library in American Life. (_Library Journal_,
1905, p. 925.) 79
HUGO MUNSTERBERG.
Books and the Public Library; Dedication Address of Chelsea
Library. (_Library Journal_, 1886, p. 10.) 87
JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL.
The Influence of Good Books; Dedication Address, Spencer
Library, Mass. (_Library Journal_, 1889, p. 380.) 101
ROBERT COLLYER.
Books and Life. (_Library Journal_, 1906, p. 203.) 109
EDWARD ASAHEL BIRGE.
Address at the Dedication of the Boston Public Library.
("Orations and Speeches", Boston, 1859; Vol. III.) 127
EDWARD EVERETT.
Address at a Meeting in Favor of the New York Free Circulating
Library. (_Library Journal_, 1890, p. 107.) 139
GROVER CLEVELAND.
Addresses at the Opening of the Wadsworth Athenæum Library,
Hartford, Conn. (_Library Journal_, 1893, p. 18.) 145
CHARLES DUDLEY WARNER.
CHARLES HOPKINS CLARK.
Libraries as Leaven; Dedication address, Madison Public
Library. (_American Bibliopolist_, 1875, p. 189.) 149
JAMES DAVIE BUTLER.
The Free Public Library. (_American Magazine of Civics_,
1895, p. 469.) 169
HENRY HERVEY BARBER.