Excerpt from Twenty-Eighth Report of the Librarian of the Maine State Library: For the Years 1897 and 1898 To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Maine: In compliance with the laws of the State, I submit to your distinguished consideration a brief report of the Maine State Library for the years 1897 and 1898. During this period the library has received as a permanent addition 4,752 volumes, a catalogued list of which will be found in this report. It will be seen that the donations to the library are diminishing yearly, but that this loss is made good by the increase of exchanges. The accessions by purchase are also somewhat less in number than during the preceding two years, the fund of the library being less and many of the books purchased having a greater cost per volume. The appropriations for the past two years have not been found sufficient to meet the increased wants and necessities of the library. Not only has there been a persistent demand for many books which we are unable to purchase on account of lack of funds, but there has been also a rapid increase in the amount of work required of the librarian and his assistant. This demand for more service is likely to increase from year to year. With the near prospect of the establishment of a system of travelling libraries in the State, and with the certainty that the number of free public libraries will double within the next four years, it becomes apparent that the working force of the library should be increased by the constant employment of a second clerk. Law Reports. There has been spent for law reports during the past two years about $4,000, and for the same period about $3,000 have been expended in the purchase of literary, historical, and scientific works. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

This study describes the books produced by one of America's most controversial publishers, Thomas Bird Mosher, whose editions helped disseminate British literature and design to the American public. Variously described as literary pirate by some yet praised as prince of publishers by others, Mosher's passion for literary texts led him to reprint books without the author's permission, though he often paid royalties. Mosher never technically broke any copyright laws, and many authors defended him for assisting in introducing the American public to authors such as William Morris, Oscar Wilde, Robert Louis Stevenson, Walter Pater, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, George Meredith, Robert Browning and George Gissing in affordable editions. The designs of Blake, Rossetti, Pissarro, Strang, Morris and MacMurdo and presses such as the Vale, Chiswick and Kelmscott also appeared in The Mosher Books.

Die International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) ist der führende internationale Dachverband, der die Interessen von Bibliotheken und Informationsdiensten und ihren Nutzern vertritt. Sie ist das weltweite Sprachrohr der Bibliotheks- und Informationsberufe. In der Reihe IFLA Publications wird eine Vielzahl der Möglichkeiten diskutiert, wie Bibliotheken, Informationszentren sowie Angestellte in Informations- und Dokumentationsberufen weltweit ihre Ziele formulieren und ihren Einfluss als Gruppe wahrnehmen, ihre Interessen vertreten sowie Lösungen für globale Probleme entwickeln können.

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Excerpt from Twenty-Ninth Report of the Librarian of the Maine State Library: For the Years 1899 and 1900 To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of Maine: In obedience to the requirements of the laws of the State, it becomes my duty and pleasure to lay before you a report of the Maine State Library for the years 1899-1900. Growth Of the Library. The permanent growth of the library during the past two years has been remarkable. The appropriations for that period were not up to the average amount of former years, and the amount drawn therefrom in payment for extra labor and material has been in excess of any sum used for these purposes for any like period since 1893. Notwithstanding these facts the number of books and pamphlets placed on the shelves of the library during the past two years, is six thousand two hundred and ninety-one, nearly fifteen hundred more than have been secured at any former period of two years. There have also been purchased for the traveling libraries, two thousand one hundred volumes, which really form a permanent addition to the library, for the free use of the citizens of Maine residing in distant parts of the State. This flourishing condition has been brought about by earnest work in enlarging the exchange of documents, reports, and duplicates, with other state libraries and with universities and historical associations throughout the United States. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

"First report of the Library Commission of Maine, 1900" appended to 29th report.

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Excerpt from Tenth Annual Report of the Librarian of the Maine State Library: With Compliments of Joseph T. Woodward; List of New Books, for the Year 1871 The overdrawing of these appropriations has been caused by the payment of bills contracted prior to the time covered by this report. These overdue bills consisted largely of subscriptions for series of books or periodicals. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.