Part 2

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 Athenaeum 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.

THE COMMUNITY'S SERVICE TO THE LIBRARY 183

The Relation of the State to the Public Library. (Transactions of the Second International Library Conference, London, 1898, p. 19.) 185 MELVIL DEWEY.

Methods of Securing the Interest of a Community. (Library Journal, 1880, p. 245.) 193 WILLIAM EATON FOSTER.

FINANCIAL SUPPORT 199

Free Libraries: An Argument against Public Support. ("A Plea for Liberty," ed. by Thos. Mackay, 3rd ed., London, 1894, p. 260.) 201 M.D. O'BRIEN.

Arguments for Public Support of Public Libraries: a Rejoinder to the Foregoing. (Library Journal, 1891, p. 39, Conference No.) 215 WILLIAM EATON FOSTER.

Public Libraries and the Public, with Special References to San Francisco. (Library Journal, 1885, p. 223.) 231 FREDERIC BEECHER PERKINS.

The Levy of Library Tribute; Presidential Address to the A.L.A. (Library Journal, 1895, Conference No., p. 1.) 243 HENRY MUNSON UTLEY.

ALTERNATIVES TO TAX SUPPORT 251

If Not a Tax-Supported Library--What? (Iowa Library Quarterly, April, 1903, p. 21.) 253 ANONYMOUS.

Cooperation Between Library and Community. (University of New York, Home Education Bulletin 31, p. 131.) 257 M. ANNA TARBELL.

BOARDS OF TRUSTEES 265

Library Work from the Trustees' Standpoint. (Library Journal, 1890, Conference No., p. 23.) 267 JOHN CALVIN LEARNED.

Trustees of Free Public Libraries. (Library Journal, 1890, Conference No., p. 19.) 271 CHARLES CARROLL SOULE.

Duties of Trustees and Their Relations to Libraries. (Library Journal, 1890, Conference No., p. 24.) 279 SAMUEL SWETT GREEN.

THE LIBRARY'S SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY 285

Some Popular Objections to Public Libraries. (Library Journal, 1876, p. 45.) 287 WILLIAM FREDERICK POOLE.

How to Use a Library: Addresses at Pittsfield, Mass. (Library Journal, 1884, p. 25.) 297 JAMES MASCARENE HUBBARD.

Adaptation of Libraries to Constituencies; World's Library Congress, Chicago Exposition. (Education Bureau Report, Chap. IX., Part II, p. 658, 1892-93.) 307 SAMUEL SWETT GREEN.

Relation of Free Public Libraries to the Community. (North American Review, 1898, p. 660.) 315 HERBERT PUTNAM.

The Public Library: Its Uses to the Municipality. (Library Journal, 1903, p. 293.) 329 JOHN SHAW BILLINGS.

The Library: a Plea for Its Recognition. (International Congress of Arts and Science, St. Louis Exposition. Library Journal, 1904, Conference No., p. 1.) 333 FREDERICK MORGAN CRUNDEN.

The Library as a Factor in Modern Civilization. (Library Journal, 1906, Conference No., p. 18.) 343 WILLIAM HERBERT PERRY FAUNCE.