| 单词 | circulating library |
| 例句 | Lee’s essay reminds me of my time renting books from a circulating library in Mahim, a Mumbai suburb, in the 1960s. Reflecting on a Lifetime of Reading and Other Letters to the Editor 2021-04-30T04:00:00Z The renovation would largely entail locating a circulating library inside the 42nd Street main building by removing a good portion of the stacks. Library Renovation Plan Awaits Word From de Blasio 2014-02-26T21:34:43Z With the expansion the main branch will become the largest circulating library in the United States, Mr. Marx said, with publicly accessible stacks. New York Public Library Revives Its Overhaul Plan 2012-02-15T23:43:53Z They also hoped to build a brand-new circulating library in the hollow. The New York Public Library Comes Around 2014-05-12T04:00:00Z Officials make a decent argument for concentrating on a new central circulating library instead. Critic’s Notebook: Norman Foster’s Public Library Will Need Structural Magic 2013-01-29T23:35:04Z The project would convert the main library, now strictly a reference operation, into a hybrid that would also contain a circulating library, many computer terminals and possibly a cafe. New York Public Library Counters Critics of Renovation Plans 2012-04-15T21:05:53Z Currently, nothing leaves the 42nd St building; I’m concerned about protecting the research collections from theft, etc. once there’s a circulating library in the same building. ArtsBeat: Anthony Marx, New York Public Libary President, Answers Reader Questions 2012-04-20T16:11:38Z In an interview the library’s president, Paul LeClerc, explained that the new building was part of an effort to integrate many functions of the research and circulating libraries. New York Public Library Sorts Books by Scanner 2010-04-21T22:46:00Z The library said architects at Foster & Partners were developing plans for the mid-Manhattan circulating library. Main Library Revises Storage Plan for Research Books 2012-09-19T21:48:42Z The plan would involve selling two of the system’s libraries and designing a new circulating library inside the main branch, above. New York Public Library Revives Its Overhaul Plan 2012-02-15T23:43:53Z Among its innovations, the store established a circulating library for travelers wintering in Pasadena’s grand resort hotels, who often preferred to rent a book rather than lug it home. Place History: How Vroman's made Pasadena a literary capital 2022-04-14T04:00:00Z Mr. Foster’s design would replace the stacks with a circulating library overlooking Bryant Park that features a four-level atrium with bookshelves, sitting areas and desks. Critics Prompt New Review of Library Plan 2013-06-27T22:04:48Z A total of 50 subscribers invested 40 shillings each to start a circulating library. Crowdsourcing: It's Always Been About the Benjamin 2013-01-26T23:10:06Z It will consolidate the operations of the Mid-Manhattan circulating library across the street and the Science, Industry and Business Library, on Madison Avenue at 34th Street, both of which will be sold. New York Public Library Offers Peek at Renovation 2012-12-19T05:10:06Z I'm like some cheap novel in a circulating library gradually getting more and more dog's-eared, more and more dirty and greasy, and all the time being passed on and on—oh! Rich Relatives 2012-04-05T02:00:45.670Z George Eliot's novels certainly are not run after and devoured by the average circulating library readers, as "The Woman in White," and "Lady Audley's Secret" were. Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches 2012-04-01T02:00:10.050Z When this was exhausted he subscribed to a circulating library in Peebles. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" 2012-03-25T02:00:05.717Z So well are these unfortunate persons' names known by those who read the book in England, that in the copy which I have from a circulating library, they are all filled out in pencil. Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe 2012-03-19T02:00:26.650Z A rendering of what would be the New York Public Library’s new circulating library overlooking Bryant Park, as envisioned by Norman Foster. New York Public Library Offers Peek at Renovation 2012-12-19T05:10:06Z The young librarian of the circulating library of a Sunday-school, whose pupils came largely from the tenement-houses, was occupied a considerable part of a day in covering and arranging the books. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z A sort of circulating library had started since the rainy night the Shadow Club read its first volume. The Little Colonel at Boarding-School 2012-02-22T03:00:28.473Z I was glad to see several new book-sellers' shops; also a fine edifice devoted to a reading-room, supplied with periodicals, globes, and maps; and a circulating library. Oregon and Eldorado or, Romance of the Rivers 2012-02-07T03:00:09.010Z It is believed that Robert Bell, an Englishman or a Scotchman, who came to Philadelphia about 1772 or 1773, was the first person who kept a circulating library in this city. The Poems of Philip Freneau, Volume II (of III) 2012-01-10T03:00:15.980Z The question was such an one as circulating libraries knew very well. The Passionate Elopement 2011-12-02T03:00:19.930Z One of my earliest acts in Venice, after the first preliminaries of living, was to get from a circulating library the first volume of Mr. Ruskin's Stones of Venice. From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey 2011-11-26T03:00:12.337Z Do not expect that, because she writes, she must necessarily keep a free circulating library, or a gratuitous stationer's shop. The Ladies' Guide to True Politeness and Perfect Manners or, Miss Leslie's Behaviour Book 2011-11-13T03:00:12.183Z Fortunately for him, there was a small circulating library in the house, of which his brother-in-law was librarian, and, in the absence of all company and amusements, that attracted his attention. Homes of American Statesmen With Anecdotical, Personal, and Descriptive Sketches 2011-11-04T02:00:19.293Z He found a circulating library in the house. The Brothers' War 2011-11-01T02:00:24.007Z What is all this but the first step towards turning the Bodleian into a vast and vulgar circulating library? Remarks on the practice and policy of lending Bodleian printed books and manuscripts 2011-10-27T02:00:27.377Z The Brontës, in their young years, obtained much of their intellectual food from the circulating library at Keighley. The Bront? Family, Vol. 1 of 2 with special reference to Patrick Branwell Bront? 2011-10-27T02:00:24.317Z Besides the Public Library, the circulating libraries are numerous and well supplied, and the harmonic concerts and local institutions of a literary character, are easily accessible. Curiosities of Great Britain: England and Wales Delineated Vol.1-11 Historical, Entertaining & Commercial; Alphabetically Arranged. 11 Volume set. 2011-09-26T02:00:29.140Z The latter is a much simpler plan, for the brandy is always at hand, whereas the novels must be procured at the Deurlich circulating library at G�ttingen, at some hours' distance. The Prose Writings of Heinrich Heine 2011-09-21T02:00:27.670Z You read a penny newspaper and take books out of a circulating library. Mortmain 2011-09-09T02:01:10.217Z Such, I say, is the general tenor of the answers, but few who know anything about circulating libraries will accept such answers as satisfactory. Remarks on the practice and policy of lending Bodleian printed books and manuscripts 2011-10-27T02:00:27.377Z That the circulating libraries are stocked with superfluous copies of unknown novels waiting to be read. Mr. Punch at the Seaside 2011-08-24T02:00:23.487Z He could get no money to purchase them; circulating libraries had not yet established agencies upon the open Downs. World's End A Story in Three Books 2011-08-16T02:00:47.740Z Now his readers consist only of the patrons of the circulating libraries. The Prose Writings of Heinrich Heine 2011-09-21T02:00:27.670Z Its success was prodigious and it is still one of the most popular novels upon the shelves of every circulating library. Women Novelists of Queen Victoria's Reign A Book of Appreciations 2011-07-08T02:00:23.177Z Martha," said she, when her maid appeared, "where is that novel I had yesterday from the circulating library? A Book of Ghosts 2011-07-08T02:00:19.203Z "I am told you keep a circulating library?" Mr. Punch at the Seaside 2011-08-24T02:00:23.487Z The number of volumes would have stocked a circulating library. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846 2011-06-29T02:00:23.750Z Having lately found a large circulating library, he had been enabled to content his taste in this respect to the full; and erelong half the world was figuring in his faithful memory. Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Travels, Vol. I (of 2) 2011-06-22T02:00:23.137Z We revel in literary abundance, even German and French books are in the circulating libraries, and I often wish the days longer to read and to work. The Life, Letters and Work of Frederic Leighton Volume I 2011-05-22T02:00:16.657Z The great novelists have generally written rapidly, rather too rapidly; but such a cataract of ink as these heroes of the circulating library spill is absolutely inconsistent with even second-rate work. The Victorian Age The Rede Lecture for 1922 2011-05-11T02:00:18.513Z We were therefore more interested in Ibsen and Shaw, in Hauptmann and Nietzsche, in William Morris and Anatole France, than in the current novels from the circulating library. I Walked in Arden 2011-04-10T02:00:06.137Z He procures heavy sheep-skin-bound volumes from the circulating library, and his taste in literature, for one of his age, is unique. Peeps at People 2011-03-26T02:00:17.597Z The handsomest editions of the works of Amp�re and Mommsen lay on the tables, but she held on her lap a ragged volume of a novel from a circulating library. Our Own Set A Novel 2011-03-26T02:00:12.923Z Yes, cannot her brother do far more, and has he not read out all the circulating libraries, particularly the plays, which he also performs on amateur stages into the bargain? Titan: A Romance v. 1 (of 2) 2011-03-25T02:00:11.007Z There are night classes, public lectures, educational excursions, and circulating libraries. Socialism and Democracy in Europe 2011-03-15T02:00:12.887Z He subscribes to the circulating library, reads a series of novels aloud to his wife, and illustrates every amatory passage with a kiss. How to be Happy Though Married Being a Handbook to Marriage 2011-03-11T03:00:13.410Z He found that her life was a very idle one, and that she was perpetually reading the same books,—the dear dilapidated volumes of popular novels that were to be had at every circulating library. The Doctor's Wife 2011-03-06T03:00:18.770Z Oh, no; I am by no means so feudal"--a favourite word of hers, learned from a circulating library to which she subscribed--"as you think. 'O Thou, My Austria!' 2011-03-04T03:01:01.630Z Oh, my dear Miss Cox! if there be "sermons in stones," there are romances in pictures,—and romances far more truthful than the circulating libraries supply us with. The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. I 2011-03-03T03:00:56.130Z She seldom wasted her time, even after her marriage, in reading what she called trash, and other people spoke of as a “circulating library.” The Little Vanities of Mrs. Whittaker A Novel 2011-03-01T03:00:46.487Z Who would read a clean new copy of Robinson Crusoe when he might have one that had seen service in a circulating library, or had been well thumbed by several generations of adventure-loving boys? My Unknown Chum 2011-03-01T03:00:38.307Z A crabbed little old woman who kept the only circulating library in Graybridge noted a falling-off in her best customer about this time. The Doctor's Wife 2011-03-06T03:00:18.770Z But Lori, with her talent for research, that would have especially qualified her for archaeological unearthings, discovered amongst some fine needlework and knitting materials less elegant books from a circulating library. Withered Leaves. Vol. II. (of III) A Novel 2011-02-25T03:01:17.540Z When Robert settled at Ellisland he aroused an interest among the people of the district, and succeeded in establishing a circulating library. The Real Robert Burns 2011-02-18T03:00:20.253Z Wishing to borrow some books, to while away the long solitary hours in which I am obliged to rest, I asked for a circulating library, and was directed to the only one in the place. Sketches in Canada, and rambles among the red men 2011-02-10T03:00:51.280Z His books were always at the service of his friends, who availed themselves of the old gentleman's kindness to such an extent that his collection might have been called a circulating library. My Unknown Chum 2011-03-01T03:00:38.307Z She left the Albany Road seminary in her sixteenth year, and set to work to educate herself by means of the nearest circulating library. The Doctor's Wife 2011-03-06T03:00:18.770Z And one large and cow-like lady with a shopping-bag containing circulating library books and other commodities said to her companion, in Kitty Grammont's hearing, two things that accorded strangely with her aspect. What Not A Prophetic Comedy 2011-02-09T03:00:50.423Z There are no circulating libraries in the city, nor I believe in the state. The South-West By a Yankee. In Two Volumes. Volume 2 2011-02-05T03:00:13.817Z Books from the circulating library have been known to be treated almost like proof-sheets, and corrections are jotted down in pencil on the margin of the leaves. A Lame Dog's Diary 2011-02-04T03:00:23.707Z Its advantages in a place like this, where there are no circulating libraries, are very great. The South-West By a Yankee. In Two Volumes. Volume 1 2011-02-02T03:00:22.253Z There were no free public libraries, and few circulating libraries. Organizing and Building Up the Sunday School Modern Sunday School Manuals 2011-01-25T03:00:24.873Z They told me they owned a large circulating library and intended shortly to open an art shop in Berlin, and so on. The Song of Songs 2011-01-01T03:00:25.907Z Alas! we poor creatures who live in the country, we must read what the circulating library or the bookseller sends us. Problematic Characters A Novel 2010-12-26T03:00:15.780Z She read a little, mostly the magazines from the circulating library, but as a rule she did nothing but dream. The Hidden Force A Story of Modern Java 2010-12-24T03:00:34.823Z Some books from a circulating library were on the table, and some volumes also of engravings. Willing to Die 2010-12-20T17:12:00.040Z This library aims to be emphatically a circulating library. Organizing and Building Up the Sunday School Modern Sunday School Manuals 2011-01-25T03:00:24.873Z It seems to me I once heard that for every book taken from a circulating library you have to leave three marks deposit. The Song of Songs 2011-01-01T03:00:25.907Z “I won’t wait any longer; I was up first;” and she banged down the circulating library novel she had been skimming. A Double Knot And they felt that, in spite of the circulating library and the Italian opera at Surabaya, they were no longer in touch with the world. The Hidden Force A Story of Modern Java 2010-12-24T03:00:34.823Z Karel, for appearance' sake, would undo the parcel from the circulating library. Small Souls As yet there were no circulating libraries; only the small second-hand booksellers sometimes lent books to trustworthy acquaintance. Pictures of German Life in the XVIIIth and XIXth Centuries, Vol. I. Lilly good-humouredly advised her to go to one of the other circulating libraries, which were said to be larger and more aristocratic. The Song of Songs 2011-01-01T03:00:25.907Z Even the copy of Balzac, I see you have ordered from a circulating library. The Children of the World Even after novels were sold at reasonable rates artificial prices were maintained for books of travel and biographies, so that the circulating libraries were practically the only customers for the first editions. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" Not much short of sixty thousand volumes are to be brought together from four different places of temporary deposit, and assigned to their final resting-places in this hall and the circulating library below. The Library and Society Reprints of Papers and Addresses To this most curious of circulating libraries the owner accorded free access to the few neighbors who occupied the clearings around. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 119, September, 1867 "You are engaged here in the circulating library?" he asked. The Song of Songs 2011-01-01T03:00:25.907Z A small circulating library in the town, and a copy of the Encyclopaedia Britannica which his father had purchased, furnished him with stores of reading of which he eagerly availed himself. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" She was carrying a book with the yellow label of the circulating library. On the Heights A Novel The circulating library will furnish every home with books, and Miss Hewins, who has devoted her life to this town, is always ready to help the younger readers. The Library and Society Reprints of Papers and Addresses Such things become more useful if they are passed on from one person to another, like books in a circulating library. Political economy "Oh, you are the young lady in charge of the circulating library?" he asked. The Song of Songs 2011-01-01T03:00:25.907Z The great mass of readers—those who support the circulating libraries—are ladies. My First Book: the experiences of Walter Besant, James Payn, W. Clark Russell, Grant Allen, Hall Caine, George R. Sims, Rudyard Kipling, A. Conan Doyle, M.E. Braddon, F.W. Robinson, H. Rider Haggard, R.M. Ballantyne, I. Zangwill, Morley Roberts, David Christie Murray, Marie Corelli, Jerome K. Jerome, John Strange Winter, Bret Harte, "Q.", Robert Buchanan, Robert Louis Stevenson, with an introduction by Jerome K. Jerome. Common carriers, news-vendors, proprietors of circulating libraries and others who are merely unconscious vehicles for carrying defamation generally escape liability for its publication. Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman This was as good as getting a circulating library without paying a subscription. The Duchess of Wrexe Her Decline and Death; A Romantic Commentary It was wonderfully fitted up, contained a small circulating library, piano, and everything needed for the canteen side of things. The Romance of the Red Triangle The story of the coming of the red triangle and the service rendered by the Y.M.C.A. to the sailors and soldiers of the British Empire Where now are all the novels portraying fashionable life with which the shops of publishers teemed, and the shelves of circulating libraries groaned, not ten years ago? Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, No. 359, September 1845 The first circulating library in Upper Canada was founded at Niagara in 1800. The Makers of Canada: Index and Dictionary of Canadian History The Guardsman insisted he was a valet; my own impression was, the fellow had kept a small circulating library, and gone mad with the three-volume novels. A Day's Ride A Life's Romance Henceforward he contented himself with his bookselling, the management of his circulating library, and the superintendence of the numerous editions of his Collected Poems, his Gentle Shepherd, and his Tea-Table Miscellany.' Allan Ramsay Famous Scots Series Inquiries made of publishers show that they expect to sell to the circulating libraries seventy to seventy-five per cent. of the copies printed. A Novelist on Novels Books, they brought me, but alas! the only volumes a German circulating library ever contains are translations of the very worst French and English works. Arthur O'Leary His Wanderings And Ponderings In Many Lands Nor was a circulating library so much needed in Poketown as a reading and recreation room for the youth of the village. Janice Day The books provided by the circulating library, the reviews and magazines, the daily newspapers, are read whilst they are novelties, but the standard authors are left on their shelves unopened. The Intellectual Life Founded a Philadelphia library, first circulating library in America. The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 1 March 1906 To sell to a circulating library is not selling; it is lending at one remove; it means that a single copy bought by a library is read by anything between twenty and a hundred people. A Novelist on Novels The books which prisoners receive from time to time from England are passed round, thus forming a sort of circulating library. On the right of the British line So twenty of us chipped in $25 apiece around and started a circulating library, appointed one of our number librarian, and in this way we were well supplied with reading matter for a long time. In and Out of Rebel Prisons A basket of socks and stockings in various stages of repair stood on a table by the window, but pushed aside to accommodate the Saturday society papers and a novel from the circulating library. Ancestors A Novel Culture implies college: life allows a daily paper, a monthly magazine, the circulating library, and two gift-books at Christmas. Vocal Expression A Class-book of Voice Training and Interpretation All his leisure time during the months he remained at Chatham was devoted to reading the contents of the circulating library of the town, and getting up by heart Lowth’s English Grammar. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" Nor did the circulating library, even then a flourishing institution, lack hands more or less eminent to work for it, or customers to take off its products. A History of Nineteenth Century Literature (1780-1895) When they could not get to a horse-race, a petty-ball, or a strolling play, with some company as idle and as smart as themselves, they were driven for amusement to the circulating library. The Shepherd of Salisbury Plain and Other Tales Let those who have any doubt or illusion on the subject make inquiries at booksellers’, at circulating libraries and public libraries, at London clubs. German Problems and Personalities I am not one of those who trouble the circulating libraries much, or pester the booksellers for mail-coach copies of standard periodical publications. Hazlitt on English Literature An Introduction to the Appreciation of Literature They have either to read it from a circulating library, which does not give them possession of the book, or they purchase a sixpenny paper-covered edition, which makes possession a doubtful delight. The Recipe for Diamonds Therefore some of these places became veritable circulating libraries for the subordinate houses. Books Before Typography A Primer of Information About the Invention of the Alphabet and the History of Book-Making up to the Invention of Movable Types Typographic Technical Series for Apprentices #49 The utility of a public circulating library is too obvious to need arguments to demonstrate it. Seaport in Virginia George Washington's Alexandria T—— has his work in many a public building and sacred edifice; G—— has his books on our tables and in the circulating libraries; and you have done things, too, in dramatic literature. An Ocean Tramp As it is full of "go," it is sure to be continually on the march in the circulating libraries. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, May 3, 1890. In later times, especially on the lamented death of Dr. Smith, and the creation of circulating libraries, such as that of Messrs. Mudie, in London, the numbers of subscribers fell off considerably. A History of Horncastle from the earliest period to the present time A circulating library, composed of Science Fiction books, magazines, articles, etc., is being constructed to circulate among members who desire to read any of the contents. Astounding Stories of Super-Science January 1931 “And here is money——” For he had learned from his schoolmates, who had infected him with this craving for romance, that at the circulating library strangers must deposit a forfeit. Walter Pieterse A Story of Holland She was aware also that great progress was then made with the novel which happened to have last come into the house from the little circulating library round the corner. Marion Fay It was a very happy life, for I subscribed to a circulating library, and wrote the beginnings of books continually. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 364, February 1846 On May 17th, 1894, the Rev. J. Conway Walter, with three others, was commissioned to obtain a supply of books from a circulating library at Lincoln. A History of Horncastle from the earliest period to the present time Mr. George Moore’s work stands on a very much higher plane than the facile fiction of the circulating libraries…. The Industries of Animals Mr. Motto conducted Walter into the circulating library. Walter Pieterse A Story of Holland They have also plenty of conversation on other than local subjects, though there are no circulating libraries within reach, and the supply of books and newspapers must necessarily be limited. The Last Voyage to India and Australia, in the 'Sunbeam' Florence has the largest and the most choice circulating library in all Italy and one that ranks among the best on the Continent. Italy, the Magic Land I always think well of Belpré, because here was established the first circulating library in the Northwest. Afloat on the Ohio An Historical Pilgrimage of a Thousand Miles in a Skiff, from Redstone to Cairo The idea of men in our position recklessly ordering three-volume novels because the circulating library copy happened to be greasy, was one I could not get over for a long time. The First Violin A Novel The cigar store occupied only half the width of the house, and was connected with the circulating library by a side door. Walter Pieterse A Story of Holland There are public and circulating libraries, two daily morning newspapers, an evening newspaper, two weekly newspapers, two weekly journals of fiction, and two monthly religious periodicals. Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2) or Settler and Maori in Northern New Zealand The other circulating library, while far preferable, is still in crowded rooms and the assortment is limited. Italy, the Magic Land The time not occupied with school tasks he devoted to reading whatever books he could borrow or obtain from a circulating library. Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 7 A Series of Pen and Pencil Sketches of the Lives of More Than 200 of the Most Prominent Personages in History For the next two years he learnt nothing except from his studies at the circulating library. The Life of Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, Bart., K.C.S.I. A Judge of the High Court of Justice Might not prints, assorted for the purposes which we have mentioned, be lent at circulating libraries? Practical Education, Volume II No circulating library, no book society, then existed, even in the capital; but in the capital those students who could not afford to purchase largely had a resource. The Private Library What We Do Know, What We Don't Know, What We Ought to Know About Our Books Sir Anthony Absolute, two or three years before Evelina appeared, spoke the sense of the great body of sober fathers and husbands when he pronounced the circulating library an evergreen tree of diabolical knowledge. Critical and Historical Essays, Volume III (of 3) This also was a reference library, not a circulating library. Handbook of The New York Public Library A circulating library in a town is as an evergreen tree of diabolical knowledge. Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature If the demon gets too strong for you, try and produce a stone with a good readable inscription on it—not three globes of hair for the circulating libraries.' The Giant's Robe By a curious felicity we got into Miss Geddes’ lodgings, where the village circulating library was kept, the whole of which we aver he read in ten days. Spare Hours It is debating society, club, lecture course, parliamentary society, theater, and circulating library. Chapters in Rural Progress It is a free reference library combined with a free circulating library. Handbook of The New York Public Library In one case the grocer has not only a chemist's store but also keeps a circulating library—a charming confusion of trades that enables the visitor to do his shopping within very limited range. The Cornwall Coast One circulating library here has taken twenty-five copies, and wants more. Chips From A German Workshop. Vol. III. Essays on Literature, Biography, and Antiquities What can our own circulating libraries be about? Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 385. November, 1847. We put down our names at one of the circulating libraries, and, it coming on to rain, could think of no better than to go upstairs to the reading-room. A Sheaf of Corn In this transaction was involved the principle of the modern circulating library. The Printer Boy. Or How Benjamin Franklin Made His Mark. An Example for Youth. In this respect the neighborhood was a free, unorganized, irresponsible circulating library. Her Mother's Secret But even rich English people do not carry about with them a circulating library assortment of cheque books. The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol I then proceeded to pump one of the gals—er—to interrogate one of the assistants—at a circulating library Mrs. D. subscribes to, with a similar result. The Big Drum A Comedy in Four Acts He has himself hinted that he read "The Vicar of Wakefield" in later days out of a tattered copy from a circulating library, yet I would willingly move the occasion forward, coincident to this. Chimney-Pot Papers I thought she was—a sort of circulating library, you see. The Dark Tower In this way a circulating library system is established, and every Keeper well supplied with abundance of wholesome and entertaining reading matter. Illustrated Science for Boys and Girls If I were a stationer and kept a circulating library, I think I should try to turn an honest penny by selling sand to my customers along with their packets of linen-wove and blue-black writing-fluid. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, June 3, 1914 But her influence seemed to have left a distinct impression, judging from the run on Buddhist literature at the different circulating libraries of the town. The Mystery of a Turkish Bath The French novels are making rapid way into our circulating libraries. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 62, No. 384, October 1847 We are working for a circulating library, to give reading to the people tied up in the hills. The Girl Scouts at Bellaire Or Maid Mary's Awakening WORLD.—'There is invention and fancy enough in these three hundred pages to furnish all the circulating libraries in the kingdom for a year.... He The system of cheap publishing has not yet much affected the circulating libraries in England, while in this country it has destroyed them. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1, April, 1851 People read more; many instructive books met with a large sale, and circulating libraries were established in the larger towns. The Political History of England - Vol. X. The History of England from the Accession of George III to the close of Pitt's first Administration "He's gone to the circulating library," said Rollo. Rollo in Scotland So much for the measure of the maw of the circulating library. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 343, May 1844 In this way he got through the greater part of the circulating libraries' contents. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 11 At London there are circulating libraries which lend out books, not only in the city itself, but all over England: the railroads have extended their business very greatly. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1, April, 1851 In order to inform themselves on the subject, they made researches in the works of Voltaire, Bossuet, Fénelon; and they renewed their subscription to a circulating library. Bouvard and Pécuchet A Tragi-comic Novel of Bourgeois Life "How does he know there is any circulating library?" asked Mr. George. Rollo in Scotland In this devout conviction, devote we to the infernal gods the memory of the Athenian republic—the first keeper of a circulating library. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 343, May 1844 There is usually a School of Arts, with a circulating library. Wheat Growing in Australia For instance, such a circulating library has two hundred copies of Macaulay's History, a hundred of Layard's Nineveh, a hundred of Cumming's hunting adventures, and so on. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1, April, 1851 Every day I run across one or two of them in the circulating library in the town, and always try to get them to take out a forbidden book. Trapped in 'Black Russia' Letters June-November 1915 They were covered with paper, in the manner usual with the books of circulating libraries. Rollo in Scotland No bookseller would publish them, because "no circulating library would take them;" for these bibliopoles know to a page what will be taken. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 343, May 1844 In the mean time both Howe and Johnston supported the increase of grants to education, the establishment of circulating libraries, and the appointment of a superintendent of education. The Tribune of Nova Scotia A Chronicle of Joseph Howe Called upon Francis Taylor who keeps an extensive book store and has also a circulating library. A Journey to America in 1834 We drag the covers off the beds and wrap ourselves up in them while we read books from the circulating library or play three-handed bridge. Trapped in 'Black Russia' Letters June-November 1915 "I am very glad to find that you take an interest in reading about Scotland; but you ought to have asked me, before you went away to get books from a circulating library." Rollo in Scotland Such, such are the demoralizing results of the ascendancy of the circulating libraries! Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 343, May 1844 I was fond of books, and possessed some good ones, besides I had made diligent use of a circulating library in the neighbourhood. The Story of My Life Being Reminiscences of Sixty Years' Public Service in Canada Every Saturday, and more frequently during the vacations, we used to retire, with three or four books from the circulating library, to Salisbury Crags, Arthur's Seat, or Blackford Hill, and read them together. Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume I (of 10) Now the wagon of the circulating library ceased to come as in the old days. Confessions of a Book-Lover There was a small circulating library in his native town, and he began by reading all the books in it, without skipping one. Strange Stories from History for Young People "The public of the present day"—Ang. the subscribers to the circulating libraries—constitute, to his cultivated mind, a world unknown. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 343, May 1844 There was a circulating library that Warren patronized occasionally. A Little Girl in Old Boston The allowance for copy-money furnished a little fund for the menus plaisirs of the circulating library and the theatre; and this was no trifling incentive to labor. Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume I (of 10) And I fancy that the circulating libraries will feel the same about "The Questing Beast." Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, February 25, 1914 Again, for three months, the hole served for a circulating library. Flamsted quarries Conceive the interlarding of a funny Mrs Friday to eke out the matter, with a comical king of the Cannibal islands "to lighten the story"—according to circulating library demand! Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 343, May 1844 There were several doors leading off from this apartment, one of which led to a room where a circulating library was kept, and another to the reading room. Rollo in Rome Any one who will take the trouble to examine the records of any large circulating library, will be astounded at the immense demand which there is for these average novels. The Education of American Girls Nor was a circulating library so much needed in Polktown as a reading and recreation room for the youth of the village. Janice Day at Poketown To this state of feeling we are probably indebted for the Geisterseher, a novel, naturalised in our circulating libraries by the title of the Ghostseer, two volumes of which were published about this time. The Life of Friedrich Schiller Comprehending an Examination of His Works In order to augment this amount, the bibliopole naturally consults the taste of his customers; and nearly the sole remaining customers of the modern bookseller are—the circulating libraries. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 343, May 1844 First, that instead of purchasing books, and putting them into their libraries, people have now formed themselves into societies and book-clubs, or trust entirely to obtaining them from circulating libraries. Diary in America, Series Two Before breakfast on the following morning Madeline had sent off to the Alston circulating library a list of all the best new novels of which she could remember the names. Orley Farm Sir Anthony.—In my way hither, Mrs. Malaprop, I observed your niece's maid coming forth from a circulating library! The Ontario High School Reader To anyone whose literature has consisted for years of nothing but novels of the circulating library type, a sudden application to the great writers would indeed be depressing. The Book-Hunter at Home The favourite author of the circulating libraries has a great deal to envy in the treadmill! Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 343, May 1844 For a circulating library, on the other hand, composed chiefly of what the public most seek to read, half that average would perhaps express the full commercial value of the collection. A Book for All Readers An Aid to the Collection, Use, and Preservation of Books and the Formation of Public and Private Libraries Of much more importance, however, is the fact that at 132, Strand a bookseller named Wright started, about 1730, the first circulating library in London. The Book-Hunter in London Historical and Other Studies of Collectors and Collecting Sir Anthony.—Madam, a circulating library in a town is an evergreen tree of diabolical knowledge,—it blossoms through the year! The Ontario High School Reader If recreation be our object, better far to join a circulating library than garner volumes which, once read, are never to be opened again. The Book-Hunter at Home Under the circulating library tyranny, Johnson himself would have been forced to break up his long words into smaller pieces, to supply due volume for three volumes. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 343, May 1844 In a large circulating library in a city, it might require the entire time of two assistants to collate the books before re-issuing them. A Book for All Readers An Aid to the Collection, Use, and Preservation of Books and the Formation of Public and Private Libraries In his 'Conversations with Northcote' he speaks of having been obliged to pay five shillings for the loan of 'Woodstock' at a regular bookseller's shop, as he could not procure it at the circulating libraries. The Book-Hunter in London Historical and Other Studies of Collectors and Collecting A large circulating library connected with the establishment enabled him to gratify an ardent love of reading, and brought him into contact with persons of strong literary tastes. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume V. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century Joyce had bought a selected lot of good reading matter in paper covers, with which to start a circulating library, and with the assistance of the Bonnivels, was getting it in shape. Joyce's Investments A Story for Girls Above all, we have no hesitation in declaring that the circulating libraries are indictable for manslaughter, in the matter of the death of Scott. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 343, May 1844 In a circulating library, a fixed rule limiting the time for which a book may be kept, is essential. A Book for All Readers An Aid to the Collection, Use, and Preservation of Books and the Formation of Public and Private Libraries He was educated at Colston’s Blue-Coat School in Bristol; and, while at school, read his way steadily through every book in three circulating libraries. A Brief History of the English Language and Literature, Vol. 2 For all such works of general uplift and inspiration as the intending tourist in Europe might expect to profit by, he depended on circulating libraries or the shelves of friends. On the Stairs The book-stall and the circulating library supply the novel and the cheap magazine to give smack to the jaded palate that cannot relish good literature. Society Its Origin and Development Yes, that Nancy; and a sweet, modest young creature she was then, and had been well brought up too; she could read and write beautifully, and subscribed to a circulating library, they say. The Poacher Joseph Rushbrook In public circulating libraries, a rule of registration is required, and in some libraries of reference also; but in the Library of Congress all readers over sixteen are admitted without any formality or registration whatever. A Book for All Readers An Aid to the Collection, Use, and Preservation of Books and the Formation of Public and Private Libraries The ladies patronised her circulating library; the officers and gentlemen purchased her stationery. Percival Keene He loved poetry; he founded a circulating library; and both before and after he went to Kenyon College, he was clerk in a bookstore. Stories Of Ohio His father, at the teacher's suggestion, subscribed to a circulating library and the same kind friend selected books for the cripple's reading. The Little Gold Miners of the Sierras and Other Stories During his first year of soldier life he subscribed to a circulating library at Chatham, read every book in it, and began to study. Pushing to the Front Let us suppose that a resident in a community which has never enjoyed the benefit of a circulating library conceives the idea of using every means to secure one. A Book for All Readers An Aid to the Collection, Use, and Preservation of Books and the Formation of Public and Private Libraries I need not say that Miss Amelia did not lessen the attraction at the circulating library, which after her arrival was even more frequented by the officers than before. Percival Keene Talk of story-books, as Betty said,—talk of three volume novels,—talk of a whole circulating library at once, and never, no never, could you think of anything more exciting or romantic! Betty Trevor Miss Blunt's only luxuries are a subscription to the circulating library, and an occasional walk on the beach, which, like one of Miss Bronté's heroines, she paces in company with an old Newfoundland dog. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 100, February, 1866 Even on shipboard, we had no pigskin library or five-foot shelf of sleep-producers, but each member had some favorite books in his cabin, and they helped to form a circulating library. A Negro Explorer at the North Pole It now only remained to rummage the circulating library, for some piece of sufficient celebrity to command attention, and which should be at the same time suited to the execution of their project. St. Ronan's Well She explained to him how to get books from the circulating library, and let him read hers until he could arrange for a card. The Lovely Lady It has never lost its popularity and is still in constant demand at circulating libraries. Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin His great intelligence, industry and ingenuity in devising reforms, and the establishment of the first circulating library, soon won for him the esteem of the entire country. Hidden Treasures Or, Why Some Succeed While Others Fail Mercedes, who was thus given a high-school education and some few of the lonely luxuries of life, passed quickly beyond the circulating libraries in her demands for more. Pirate Gold The plan was not carried out in detail, but was left to the judgment of the trustees, who modified it considerably, making an institution for reference instead of a mere circulating library. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No. 2, August, 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Sir A. Madam, a circulating library in a town is as an evergreen tree of diabolical knowledge! Standard Selections A Collection and Adaptation of Superior Productions From Best Authors For Use in Class Room and on the Platform He got home the next day at about noon, and immediately sent one of the children down to the circulating library to get the second volume. Autobiography of Seventy Years, Vol. 1-2 Joining a circulating library, he soon acquired an acquaintance with books; he early wrote verses, and became the intimate associate of Tannahill, who has honourably mentioned him in one of his poetical epistles. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume IV. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century Youths have manifested a decided taste for the works of Carlyle, Emerson, and Parker, while the Phases of Faith is one of the most thumb-worn of all the volumes of our circulating libraries. History of Rationalism Embracing a Survey of the Present State of Protestant Theology “What with croquet and archery in the Gardens, meeting friends on the Esplanade, concerts at the Rooms, shopping, and changing one’s novels at the circulating library, one really never had a dull hour.” Six to Sixteen A Story for Girls This benign whooping, however, failed to awaken the enthusiasm of the mass of novel-readers and brought but meagre orders from the circulating libraries. A Book of Prefaces Or how many have so much as borrowed from the circulating library Mrs. Cunninghame Graham’s first-rate book? Santa Teresa an Appreciation: with some of the best passages of the Saint's Writings In 1834, Nicoll opened a small circulating library in Dundee, occupying his spare time in reading and composition, and likewise taking part in public meetings convened for the support of Radical or extreme liberal opinions. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume IV. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century The circulating libraries abound in its books, and the newspaper and six-penny pamphlet are used as instruments for its wider dissemination. History of Rationalism Embracing a Survey of the Present State of Protestant Theology She was a great novel-reader, and I think a good many of the things she told us of, as having happened to herself, had their real origin in the Riflebury circulating library. Six to Sixteen A Story for Girls I found in our state library, the other day, a bundle of books, all ready to be sent to one of our country schools--a circulating library. The Red Conspiracy I am thinking of visiting a circulating library from sheer dulness. Charlotte Brontë and Her Circle Madam, a circulating library in a town is an evergreen tree of diabolical knowledge! History of English Humour, Vol. 2 Talking of Dr. Socrates, just guess whose lover he is—why, the lady who keeps the circulating library in the Rue Mazarine. A Mummer's Tale By its extension work, summer courses, circulating libraries, correspondence courses, lectures, etc., the university would unite our activities, eliminate waste of energy and direct our combined efforts. Catholic Problems in Western Canada A hundred men have taken out books from the circulating library, while others are scanning the home papers and the latest news from the front. With Our Soldiers in France We do not subscribe to a circulating library at Haworth, and consequently “new novels” rarely indeed come in our way, and consequently, again, we are not qualified to give opinions thereon. Charlotte Brontë and Her Circle This afternoon they were sitting together in their superlatively neat drawing-room, and Miss Dobson was knitting while Miss Frances was reading a novel from the circulating library. Enter Bridget Such grave matters, however, did not alone occupy him; for I never saw a more eager and indiscriminate reader of even the ephemeral trash loading the shelves of circulating libraries. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 61, No. 376, February, 1847 Has not the circulating library become the sole home of the passion? Dreamthorp A Book of Essays Written in the Country Here he sold many imported books, and in seventeen hundred and sixty-five, when the population of Boston numbered some twenty thousand, he started the “earliest circulating library, advertised to contain ten thousand volumes.” Forgotten Books of the American Nursery A History of the Development of the American Story-Book I recollect his writing to me from Caernarvon, where he had the charge of some pupils, that he was weary of his stay, for he had read the circulating library twice through. Memoir of Jane Austen In this way a weary, well-read novel-reader, worn out in all lines of light letters, enters a circulating library, and queruously asks: "Have you any new books?" The Golden Censer The duties of to-day, the hopes of the future In the westerly part of the town was a circulating library of some one hundred and fifty volumes, gathered about 1816—the books were dog-eared, soiled and torn. The Bay State Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1 Its sale is said to have reached a fabulous number of thousands of copies, and the testimony of the public press and the circulating library is unanimous as to the supremacy of its vogue. The Land of Contrasts A Briton's View of His American Kin It may not be a favorite in the circulating libraries or on the bookstalls. Adventures in Criticism The intention was to exchange these cases in rotation, and so establish a circulating library in the most comprehensive sense of the term. Witchcraft and Devil Lore in the Channel Islands Transcripts from the Official Records of the Guernsey Royal Court, with an English Translation and Historical Introduction Sent parcel books to hospital as library; decided to divide miscellaneous books into four small circulating libraries. Woman's Endurance Undeniably ours is an age in which fond memory fills not only the heart of man but the shelves of the circulating libraries to a degree bordering upon excess. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, 1920-09-29 The most active circulating library 'hasn't got it yet,' they say. The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Volume II A circulating library is usually connected with the Y.M.C.A. or Church Army huts, so that practically every taste is catered for. Over the Top With the Third Australian Division Every one must have observed that when his box of books comes from the circulating library, it by no means contains the books he has asked the librarian to send. p. Lost Leaders His own library was good, and he had a ticket for the British Museum Reading-room and belonged to two circulating libraries. Memoirs of Arthur Hamilton, B. A. Of Trinity College, Cambridge Extracted From His Letters And Diaries, With Reminiscences Of His Conversation By His Friend Christopher Carr Of The Same College She explained that she thought there was a circulating library in every town. What Necessity Knows A novel, of some pathos and considerable popularity, was founded on this unhappy transaction, and "The Letters of Mr Hackman and Miss Ray" long flourished in the circulating libraries. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 340, February, 1844 To those who read men like books, the Greco offers a valuable circulating library. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No. 1, July, 1862 Hence the market is choked, and the circulating libraries are overwhelmed with rubbish, and good books, as the Americans of the West say, “get no show.” Lost Leaders Certainly not one of the demands of the circulating libraries is unfulfilled. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-01-14 A volume of short stories comes into the house from the circulating library; they are clever and apparently absolutely harmless. The Power of Womanhood, or Mothers and Sons A Book For Parents, And Those In Loco Parentis One of them is now used as a youths' club, providing games, a circulating library, and reading and lecture rooms. The Food of the Gods A Popular Account of Cocoa A few copies of it got into circulating libraries, but, in point of fact, it was never placed before the public at all. The Black Baronet; or, The Chronicles Of Ballytrain The Works of William Carleton, Volume One "Thiodolf the Icelander" and others have also been current in English circulating libraries. A History of English Romanticism in the Nineteenth Century They have always managed it, one generation succeeding another, and they have in it to-day the largest circulating library in America. Lippincott's Magazine, December, 1885 A weak sadness fills great space in literature, stocks the circulating library, and counts its Werthers by the thousand in every age. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 76, February, 1864 Books are cheap and easily procured, and the circulating library renders it almost unnecessary for any one to buy books at all. Side Lights The daughter obtained and read a certain book from the circulating library. Books and Persons Being Comments on a Past Epoch 1908-1911 On my way I passed the gas works, the City Hall, many banks, several circulating libraries, saw the signs of almost innumerable insurance companies. Children of the Market Place The apparent facility of fictitious composition has deceived great numbers of literary aspirants, and has filled the circulating libraries with a vast collection of thoroughly worthless productions. A History of English Prose Fiction He could not resist an affable nod to Bab and Betty, for they stood under the maple-tree, and the memory of their circulating library made him forget his dignity in his gratitude. St. Nicholas, Vol. 5, No. 4, February 1878 In a circulating library the books most in use should be shelved in floor cases close to the delivery desk. A Library Primer I can tell a true tale about one of the three great circulating libraries. Books and Persons Being Comments on a Past Epoch 1908-1911 They see nothing inherently or necessarily mischievous, either in the theatre or in the concert-room, or in the ball-room, or in the circulating library, or in many other places of resort. A Portraiture of Quakerism, Volume 1 The "Arcadia," standing almost alone in the department of fiction, and far superior to its few competitors, took the place of a small circulating library. A History of English Prose Fiction I was complaining of my bad luck to a plain-spoken woman in charge of a circulating library, and she gave me grand advice. Memories and Anecdotes There had never been a library in the village except a small circulating library. A Library Primer But if you desire to read a masterpiece of social fiction, some mirror of crass stupidity in a circulating library will try to save you from yourself. Books and Persons Being Comments on a Past Epoch 1908-1911 Miss Languish's maid Lucy returns after having traversed half the town, and visited all the circulating libraries in Bath. A Book of the Play Studies and Illustrations of Histrionic Story, Life, and Character The circulating library of those days was not the epidemic and ubiquitous influence to which it has grown; and there were many places where it could not find you out. Uncle Silas A Tale of Bartram-Haugh A general library has 2,400 volumes divided into eight circulating libraries. The Foundations of Japan Notes Made During Journeys Of 6,000 Miles In The Rural Districts As A Basis For A Sounder Knowledge Of The Japanese People "Absorbed" in more senses than one: for the institution of circulating libraries, while it facilitated reading, naturally tended towards the destruction of the actual volumes read. The English Novel Each branch has a circulating library, patronized by the class which has only heard of Mudie, and has not heard of the Grosvenor. Books and Persons Being Comments on a Past Epoch 1908-1911 I could not do better than go down to Barbet's circulating library, and look out some good works there. The Doctor's Dilemma But she had, notwithstanding, ten times the cleverness of half the circulating library misses one meets with. Uncle Silas A Tale of Bartram-Haugh I go to a circulating library and order home forty novels—any novels that are sleeping on the shelf. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 333, July 1843 The circulating library itself, though not the creation of the novel, was very largely extended by it, and helped no doubt very largely to extend the circulation of the novel in turn. The English Novel Apparently the circulating libraries also have noticed the growing frequency of such words in their lists. Books and Persons Being Comments on a Past Epoch 1908-1911 Her aunt was sitting by the bureau, reading a novel from the circulating library. Queed He was my first actual vision of that awful and distant world of fashion, of whose splendours I had already read something in the three-volumed gospel of the circulating library. Uncle Silas A Tale of Bartram-Haugh Jack handed me a volume, evidently popular among circulating library students, for it was very dirty; and I was just going to commence when Jack interrupted me. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 333, July 1843 The circulating library has survived both the decease of the three-volume novel and the competition of the so-called free library. The English Novel And there is not a circulating library that does not feel an authentic need of economies. Books and Persons Being Comments on a Past Epoch 1908-1911 The influence of Mudie on literature, the baneful influence of the circulating library, is clearly on the wane. Reviews In 1775 we find Miss Lydia Languish's maid ransacking the circulating libraries of Bath, and concealing under her cloak novels of sensibility and of fashionable scandal. The Tale of Terror A Study of the Gothic Romance They procured all their music from a circulating library, where the choice of novelties was limited to late editions of the classics and a good deal of sheer trash, poor dance music and the like. Edward MacDowell On the other hand, the private-adventure circulating libraries tended more and more, with few exceptions, to rely on novels only—"Mudie's" and a few more being exceptions. The English Novel Remove the superior stolid comfortable, and the circulating libraries would expire. Books and Persons Being Comments on a Past Epoch 1908-1911 Nevertheless, the work may suit club-room tables and circulating libraries, though it will not be allowed place for vivid display of Wild Sports. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 574, November 3, 1832 Title Johnson, and we can imagine their consternation and disgust on the arrival of the book from the circulating library. The Tale of Terror A Study of the Gothic Romance But what books in the circulating library circulate?—Lowell. An English Grammar And, in the palmy days of circulating libraries, the price given by second-hand booksellers for novels made a very considerable addition to the reviewer's remuneration or guerdon. The English Novel And exactly when the circulating libraries breathed their last sigh the publishers of fiction would sympathetically give up the ghost. Books and Persons Being Comments on a Past Epoch 1908-1911 At this moment, in every public and circulating library in England or America, the novels of Cooper will be found to be in constant demand. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 51, January, 1862 As you stroll along Broadway, up from Seventy-second Street, you observe, being a person of highly alert mind, an astonishing number of circulating libraries, devoted exclusively to the latest fiction. Walking-Stick Papers All the little girl's studies from the circulating library seemed about to be realised. Tales of a Traveller Even then, though we may get rid of a few copies to the circulating libraries," he would observe, "do not expect, sir, to obtain readers. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 339, January, 1844 Still, it appears that my chief purchasers are the circulating libraries. Books and Persons Being Comments on a Past Epoch 1908-1911 Do not get them from a contemptible circulating library, but buy them. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, February 21, 1891 You remember what a celebrated irascible character said about a circulating library in a town. Walking-Stick Papers He was the first to introduce the circulating library into Scotland, and among his other enterprises was an unsuccessful attempt to establish a theatre in Edin. A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature There was a circulating library in Fryeburg, and this he read through in his usual rapacious and retentive fashion. Daniel Webster It appears that without the patronage of the circulating libraries I should either have to live on sixpence a day or starve. Books and Persons Being Comments on a Past Epoch 1908-1911 But who obliges us to wade through the piled-up lumber of an ancient library, or to skim more than we like off the frothy foolishness poured forth in ceaseless streams by our circulating libraries? Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 3 Robert has exhumed some French books, just now, from a little circulating library which he had not tried, and we have been making ourselves uncomfortable over Balzac's 'Cousin Pons.' The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1 of 2) Was never a circulating library like this one. The New North Such romance as was to be had in Walton, without the aid of a circulating library, certainly gathered about Swan Day. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 64, February, 1863 Though he disliked the drudgery of the office, he loved his father and was ambitious, and the allowance which he received afforded the pleasures of the circulating library and the theatre. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 10 — Lives and Letters The publishers say that there is a small but steady demand, chiefly for circulating libraries in America. Kimono The day after, Mr. Yatman purchased some smelling-salts at the shop, and afterwards appeared at the circulating library to ask for a novel that would amuse an invalid lady. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 06, April, 1858 The religious association known under the name of Conferences of St. Vincent de Paul had a small circulating library of religious works duly approved by the censors. The History of Puerto Rico From the Spanish Discovery to the American Occupation It is the commonest question asked at the circulating library by dainty ladies just out of the carriage; and the librarian, after looking them over, can usually tell. Tommy and Grizel It has a room of its own in the Lower Temple, with circulating library, piano and all the cheerful furnishings of a parlor in the home. Russell H. Conwell The keepers of the circulating libraries reported that every body was asking for Evelina, and that some person had guessed Anstey to be the Author. Famous Reviews He established a subscription and circulating library, the first in America. Four Great Americans: Washington, Franklin, Webster, Lincoln A Book for Young Americans Jane had visited the stationer, who kept a circulating library, and seen holiday visitors selecting books to read. Potterism A Tragi-Farcical Tract If the idea is developed, we may perhaps have circulating libraries which issue phonograms, and there is already some talk of a phonographic newspaper which will prattle politics and scandal at the breakfast-table. Heroes of the Telegraph Hartford, which has now no free circulating library, but hopes for one within two years, still keeps the old district system of schools, and several of these schools have a library fund. Library Work with Children They remind us of nothing so much as of those profound and interesting annotations which are penciled by sempstresses and apothecaries' boys on the dog-eared margins of novels borrowed from circulating libraries; "How beautiful!" Famous Reviews There was a circulating library in Boscawen, and Daniel read every book that was in it. Four Great Americans: Washington, Franklin, Webster, Lincoln A Book for Young Americans We slightly bowed to each other as we entered or left the dining-room or smoking-room, and as we met on the wide-spread sands or in the shop that had a small and faded circulating library. A. V. Laider Jack, the romantic, is the hero of three goodly volumes, and the delight of the circulating libraries; and the theatres have been smitten with the universal enthusiasm. Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 1 There's a circulating library at the Glen store—but I don't think the committee who pick the books for Mr. Parker know what books are of Joseph's race—or perhaps they don't care. Anne's House of Dreams When Thomas Aquinas asserted the spiritual liberty of man, he created all the bad novels in the circulating libraries. Heretics When he came back from his dinner in the evening, he found two circulating library subscribers stamping their feet on the door-step, and he afterwards heard that several others had called and gone away. The Magic Egg and Other Stories The news stand includes tobacco and a circulating library, and is close to the office, and if I missed any human nature at the spring I got it there. Where There's a Will They subscribe to the circulating library, and borrow Good Words and the Monthly Packet from the curate's wife across the way. The Early Short Fiction of Edith Wharton — Part 1 There were none in her father's house; but wealth is luxurious and daring, and some of hers found its way to a circulating library. Mansfield Park His reading, you see, lay more in circulating library lore, and he was not deep in Johnson—as few of us would be, I'm afraid, if it were not for Boswell. Wylder's Hand It must be very pleasant to manage a circulating library—a small one like this, I mean. The Magic Egg and Other Stories "There's one on the care and feeding of infants in the circulating library," I said, "and he can have my Anatomy." Where There's a Will Can we wonder, then, that the circulating libraries are besieged by literary dowagers and their grand-daughters, when a new novel is announced? The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 267, August 4, 1827 The circulating libraries were being fretted to death for copies, and the whirlwind of talk was constantly rising. A Writer's Recollections — Volume 2 The book has struck root below the stratum of the circulating libraries. Memoirs of the Life and Correspondence of Henry Reeve, C.B., D.C.L. In Two Volumes. Volume II. And she particularly instructed him in the management of the circulating library. The Magic Egg and Other Stories Again, he treated Radville to its first circulating library, establishing a branch in the store. The Fortune Hunter Thus was established the first circulating library in this country. From Boyhood to Manhood Life of Benjamin Franklin The great dog left his canine antagonist that moment, flew at your baronet, and would have eaten him up at three mouthfuls, if Sir Philip had not made good his retreat to Dangerfield's circulating library. Tales and Novels — Volume 03 He will, therefore, discourage indiscriminate reading, and that worse than waste which consists in skimming the books of a circulating library. A Dish of Orts : Chiefly Papers on the Imagination, and on Shakespeare And then he told them how he was going back to his business in the neighboring city, and he told them what it was, and how he had come to manage a circulating library. The Magic Egg and Other Stories She was taking out novels from the circulating library now. Life and Death of Harriett Frean Since that day the library scheme has proved so beneficial to individuals and the public, that there are thousands of circulating libraries in the land. From Boyhood to Manhood Life of Benjamin Franklin There are many such to be had at any circulating library, written by abler and more fantastic pens. With Edged Tools In their way home, Mad. de Rosier stopped the carriage at a circulating library. Tales and Novels — Volume 01 Handsome town, good shops: walked whilst dinner was getting ready to a circulating library. The Life and Letters of Maria Edgeworth, Volume 1 She read more and more novels from the circulating libraries, of a kind demanding less and less effort of attention. Life and Death of Harriett Frean And all this, be it added, costs the subscriber vastly less than the fees of English circulating libraries, with their restricted advantages and heavy expenses of delivery. Dutch Life in Town and Country Like the poet of my country, for many years of my life,— "My only books were woman's looks," and certainly I subscribe to a circulating library. Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon, Volume 2 This sum, with the profits of her Poems, enabled her to set up a circulating library, at the Hot Wells. Reminiscences of Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Robert Southey Hence arose such publications as the Literary Gazette and others, which are set up for the purpose—not a useless one—of advertizing new books of all sorts for the circulating libraries. Specimens of the Table Talk of Samuel Taylor Coleridge The first one he tried was establishing a circulating library of technical books on trades and agriculture, and of polite and scientific literature, in the Workmen's Club. Cæsar or Nothing The people are all fond of reading, and it is very common to see circulating libraries carried from house to house on the backs of men. Handbook of Universal Literature From the Best and Latest Authorities It was seldom that he had any money, there was no circulating library in Treliss at that time and he knew no one who could lend him books. Fortitude In 1751 what was probably the first circulating library of modern times was opened at Birmingham, and soon thereafter similar institutions were established in other English cities. The History of Education; educational practice and progress considered as a phase of the development and spread of western civilization In Kansas City I saw in operation the method of working through the circulating library and cottage-meetings. Trials and Triumphs of Faith This was the circulating library; for not only did the papers whisk about the court to begin with, but the books they afterward made went the rounds among the neighbors till they were worn out. The Louisa Alcott Reader: a Supplementary Reader for the Fourth Year of School No one will be surprised to find, then, that in the year 1783, a circulating library in Quebec numbered nearly 2,000 volumes. Picturesque Quebec : a sequel to Quebec past and present She dreamed wistfully of those brusque cavemen of whom she read in the novels which she took out of the village circulating library. The Clicking of Cuthbert There must be some reason that explains why men of genius go wrong where every newspaper critic, every milliner's girl acquainted with circulating libraries, can detect the offence. Rob Roy — Volume 01 A new world was opened to me: I forgot the reality, and gave to the circulating library that which should have provided me with a dinner. True Story of My Life Collections of books have been superseded, as a fashion, by collections of pictures, and the circulating library encourages the habit of reading books without buying them. A Publisher and His Friends Memoir and Correspondence of John Murray; with an Account of the Origin and Progress of the House, 1768-1843 He published many novels—gone where the bad novels go, and unread in the present day, unless in some remote country town, which boasts only a very meagre circulating library. The Wits and Beaux of Society Volume 2 In two years his dislike to reading was so thoroughly overcome, that he spent the pocket-money allowed him by his mother in hiring books from a circulating library. Lives of the English Poets From Johnson to Kirke White, Designed as a Continuation of Johnson's Lives This club contrived to purchase about fifty books, which were lent round, and formed the nucleus of a circulating library, which grew into the famous Franklin Library, one of the prominent institutions of Philadelphia. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 11 American Founders She permitted me to read aloud to her the works which she had from the circulating library. True Story of My Life The majority of books drawn from the circulating libraries were novels. Halleck's New English Literature For the Germans and Austrians there is a good circulating library, containing English, French and German books. Turkish Prisoners in Egypt A Report by the Delegates of the International Committee of the Red Cross Mathematicians do not write for the circulating library. The Principles of Success in Literature Zachariah was not, therefore, on a level with the most ordinary subscriber to a modern circulating library. The Revolution in Tanner's Lane You will be happier without all that extravagance of romantic affection which fills circulating libraries. Hold Up Your Heads, Girls! : Helps for Girls, in School and Out She now subscribed to a circulating library, and conceived a passion for the heroes of all the stories that passed under her eyes. Theresa Raquin For some writers, and writers dear to the circulating libraries too, might, for all that appeals in their works, lie in bed all day, and write by night under the excitement of green tea. Lectures and Essays Not content with devouring the elegant pages of Mackenzie, Radcliffe, and Lee, she flew with voracious appetite to sate herself on the garbage of any circulating library that fell in her way. Thaddeus of Warsaw Subsequently, Mr. Mackenzie established a circulating library at Dundas, in connection with drugs, hardware, jewellery, and other miscellaneous wares, it being evidently impossible, in those days, to live by books alone. The Intellectual Development of the Canadian People Books I tried, both those of the little circulating library, and of the more rational subscription collection maintained by this intellectual people. The Monastery One has a fair trade almost entirely with the middle-class people of the town; farmers when they drive in call for stationery, or for books if there is a circulating library, as there usually is. The Life of the Fields Mr. Morritt, writing to Scott in March, 1815, hopes he will "restore pure narrative to the dignity from which it gradually slipped before it dwindled into a manufactory for the circulating library." Waverley That work of running after critics, editors, publishers, the keepers of circulating libraries, and their clerks, is very hard, and must be very disagreeable. Autobiography of Anthony Trollope By 1836, however, even Mrs. Jameson, ready as she was to point out the defects of Canadian life, was obliged to acknowledge that Toronto had 'two good book-stores, with a fair circulating library.' The Intellectual Development of the Canadian People As for the conventional artificial dialect, he could get it from any of the "romances" in the nearby circulating library. Love's Pilgrimage Sir Page lvii Anthony Absolute, two or three years before "Evelina" appeared, spoke the sense of the great body of fathers and husbands when he pronounced the circulating library an evergreen tree of diabolical knowledge. The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay — Volume 1 When he had devoured our slender store of fiction, which was soon done, he took books from a small circulating library on Sixth Avenue. The Queen of Sheba & My Cousin the Colonel Madam," says Sir Anthony in the play, "a circulating library in a town is an evergreen tree of diabolical knowledge. Autobiography of Anthony Trollope This was a realisation of those delights of life of which she had read in the thrice-thumbed old novels which she had gotten from the little circulating library at Bungay. The Way We Live Now On Saturday he went over to Newtown, hearing there was a circulating library there. Laicus; Or, the Experiences of a Layman in a Country Parish. My little book, I am told, is now at all the circulating libraries. The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay — Volume 1 He had subscribed to a circulating library, and thus obtained new publications recommended to him in the literary paper which again taxed his stomach. Born in Exile A bookcase full of works on the Woman Question and allied topics served as a circulating library; volumes were lent without charge to the members of this little society. The Odd Women Now she was growing rather weary of flats and sharps, and much preferred to read of persons to whom the same nomenclature was very applicable in the books she obtained from a circulating library. Demos Sick of reading—she had read through a whole circulating library in the past six months—Nancy bestirred herself about the house; but she avoided her father's room. In the Year of Jubilee This he was fortunate enough to discover without any great delay; he obtained a place as assistant in a circulating library. The Unclassed This book, which he had just brought from the circulating library, was altogether to his taste. Born in Exile Glazzard perceived that she had read diligently, and with scope beyond that of the circulating library; the book with which she had been engaged when they entered was a Danish novel. Denzil Quarrier He spent this evening very idly, sometimes pacing his large, uncomfortable room, sometimes endeavouring to read one or other of certain volumes new from the circulating library. Thyrza By force of habit he continued to read, but only books from the circulating library, thrown upon his table pell-mell—novels, popular science, travels, biographies; each as it came to hand. The Whirlpool He couldn't resist an affable nod to Bab and Betty, for they stood under the maple-tree, and the memory of their circulating library made him forget his dignity in his gratitude. Under the Lilacs From this time on, Honoré de Balzac devoted himself for a time, with a sort of feverish zeal, to the trade of novel-maker for the circulating libraries. Honore de Balzac He established the first circulating library in Philadelphia, and one of the first in the country, and an academy which grew into the University of Pennsylvania. The Age of Invention : a chronicle of mechanical conquest Lucy had begun to take juvenile books out of the circulating library of the Educational Alliance, so her mother would read them also. The Rise of David Levinsky In like manner he sedulously avoided those horrible circulating libraries, where daily are seen to congregate the 'reading men' of our schools. The Paris Sketch Book I read it in an old, old book, in a mouldy old circulating library. Burlesques With respect to making our College libraries circulating libraries, there is much to be said on both sides. Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay Volume 1 What you don’t know would fill a circulating library. A House-Boat on the Styx He also orders a dessert-service painted with the Mitford arms; Mrs. Mitford is supplied with a carriage, and she subscribes to a circulating library. Our Village On the wings of a novel, from the next circulating library, he sends his imagination a-gadding, and gains acquaintance with people and manners whom he could not hope otherwise to know. The Paris Sketch Book I was glad to see several new booksellers' shops, and also a fine edifice devoted to a reading-room supplied with periodicals, globes, and maps, and a circulating library. The Naturalist on the River Amazons At the end of his work Macaulay has written: "A most stupid worthless performance, below the lowest trash of an English circulating library." Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay Volume 1 They remind us of nothing so much as of those profound and interesting annotations which are pencilled by sempstresses and apothecaries' boys on the dog-eared margins of novels borrowed from circulating libraries; " How beautiful!" Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 2 It would be more in request at the circulating libraries than the last novel. Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 1 She was one Miss Mary Berwick, whom I had never heard of; and she was to be addressed by letter, if addressed at all, at a circulating library in the western district of London. Legends and Lyrics Part 1 My sisters took them from a circulating library, many more, perhaps, than came to my parents' knowledge; but it was not often that one escaped me, wherever it was hidden. A New England girlhood, outlined from memory (Beverly, MA) You will find it in books in the circulating library. Strictly business: more stories of the four million He established a circulating library upon most liberal terms, and it became an educational institution of benefit. My Memories of Eighty Years There's the lady who keeps the circulating library on the place Saint-Michel; she is always coming here after thirty francs they owe her,—and she needs it, God knows! The Brotherhood of Consolation There was nothing new in what I told him; it was the commonplace rubbish of the circulating libraries. Armadale In point of fact, it is a gratuitous circulating library open to all Boston, rich or poor, young or old. North America — Volume 1 A rainy day drove him to the circulating library, and as he was looking along the shelves for something readable a voice near at hand asked the attendant if he had anything 'by Edwin Reardon.' New Grub Street If, in your forthcoming article in Frazer, you would bestow a few words of enlightenment on the public who support the circulating libraries, you might, with your powers, do some good. Life of Charlotte Bronte — Volume 2 Godefroid paid his bill; also that of the circulating library, which was brought soon after. The Brotherhood of Consolation Of all the volumes beneath my hand, not one bore the badge of the circulating library, or wore the flaring modern livery of gilt cloth. After Dark What were the names of the old novels, and who were the authors, and in the circulating library of what undiscoverable watering-place are they to be found? Essays in Little He exploded in the three words which mean three volumes in every circulating library in the kingdom. Man and Wife Even when Franklin first visited London in 1724, circulating libraries were unknown there. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 1 Lucy opened the scene in these words: "Indeed, ma'am, I traversed half the town in search of it: I don't believe there's a circulating library in Bath I haven't been at." No Name She was one Miss Mary Berwick, whom I had never heard of; and she was to be addressed by letter, if addressed at all, at a circulating library in the western district of London. Miscellaneous Papers The local administration, it is true, conceived the idea of forming a museum and circulating library, but in my time the project was never realised. Russia We had, however, not then any circulating library. The Provost No circulating library, no book society, then existed even in the capital: but in the capital those students who could not afford to purchase largely had a resource. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 1 The back numbers, which are not worn out, are the circulating library of the village. Lavender and Old Lace A superficial person might be rendered miserable by the simple question: What would become of us if the circulating libraries ceased to exist? Notes on Life and Letters For observe: the circulating libraries are human institutions. Notes on Life and Letters To see the fair and the brave of this free country surrendering themselves with unbounded trust to the direction of the circulating libraries is very touching. Notes on Life and Letters |
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