Ottawa, one from Boston, one from New York, and one from Chicago.

Boston Party

(Includes Eastern and Central New
England.)

Special sleepers will leave Boston early on the evening of June 25th, running probably via Boston & Maine, Central Vermont and Grand Trunk railways, due to arrive in Ottawa about noon June 26th, the opening day of conference.

The round trip fare Boston to Ottawa will probably be $19.40 and lower berth $2.50 one way.

Reservations for this party should be made with Frederick W. Faxon, 83 Francis St., Boston, and deposit covering Pullman will later be required.

New York Party

(Including Eastern Atlantic States.) This party will leave New York on the evening of June 25th by Albany night boat, thus ensuring a restful night journey. From Albany special parlor cars will be used, the party reaching Ottawa about supper-time, June 26th, thus giving a pleasant daylight trip through the Eastern Adirondack mountains.

The round trip excursion rate will be about $22.00 from New York City, which includes stateroom berth on boat and parlor-car seat going.

Tickets will be good returning all rail. Rate from Philadelphia will be $4.50 in addition to the above.

This party will be in charge of C. H. Brown, Brooklyn public library, and deposit covering stateroom berth and parlor car seat for going trip will be required later.

Chicago Party

(Including the Middle West.)

A special Pullman train will be run from Chicago to Ottawa without change, leaving Chicago the afternoon of June 25th, arriving at Ottawa on the afternoon of the next day. Round trip fare from Chicago to Ottawa will be $20.00, lower berth $5.00 one way. Reservations for this party should be made with John F. Phelan, Chicago pub

lic library, and deposit covering Pullman will be required later.

Attractive return trips with low rates by way of Boston, New York, Niagara Falls, Washington, Norfolk, etc., will be announced in the May Bulletin. Special rates from points west of Chicago will be made, based on the round trip fare from Chicago to Ottawa.

Those returning by way of Niagara Falls will have choice either of all rail to Chicago, or boat from Buffalo to Detroit, without extra charge.

Complete information regarding routes and rates will be announced in the May Bulletin.

POST-CONFERENCE TRIP

(July 3rd to July 9th.)

A post-conference trip is planned on the St. Lawrence and Saguenay rivers, ending at Montreal on the morning of July 9th. The cost of this week-long river trip will be well within $40-including stateroom (holding two persons), meals and side excursions. An outline of this trip follows:

The party will leave Ottawa on Wednesday morning July 3rd, arriving in Montreal for lunch and will spend the afternoon and evening in seeing the city, visiting McGill University and the Westmount public library. On Wednesday evening, July 3rd, the party takes special steamer and proceeds down the river, passing Quebec the next morning, calling in the afternoon at the little French village of Les Eboulements, and later at Tadousac at the mouth of the Saguenay. Between Tadousac and Capes Eternity and Trinity occurs the very finest scenery on the Saguenay; and this part of the route will be traversed while the sun is setting and the late moon rising, so that the Capes themselves may be seen by moonlight. Early next morning the steamer will be at Ha Ha Bay, near Chicoutimi, and chosen instead of the latter as the turning-point of the excursion. Having ascended the Saguenay by night the descent will be made by day with a long stop at the Capes, and at Tadousac. Thence the steamer will cross the St. Lawrence, here 18 to 20 miles wide, in order

to give the party an additional taste of salt water and also to get the effect of the sunset on the northern cliffs. The next day will be spent at Murray Bay; the next (Sunday) at Quebec. Three Rivers at the mouth of the St. Maurice river will be reached on Monday morning, and there a landing will be made for a day's excursion to Shawinigan Falls. On Tuesday morning at 6 o'clock the post-conference trip will end at Montreal in time for all home-bound trains.

C. H. Gould, McGill University library, Montreal, will make all arrangements for this trip.

The A. L. A. Travel Committee: FREDERICK W. FAXON, Chairman,

83 Francis St., Boston, Mass. CHARLES H. BROWN,

26 Brevoort Pl., Brooklyn, N. Y. JOHN F. PHELAN,

Chicago Public Library, Chicago, Ill. C. H. GOULD, McGill University Library, Montreal, Can.

OTTAWA HOTELS

Headquarters will be at the Chateau Laurier, the new hotel which has been in course of construction for the past three or four years and which the management is planning to open Empire Day, the 24th of May. Rooms (without meals) will be from $1.25 up to $3.50. Table d'hote dinner will be served for $1.00; other meals will be on European plan.

The New Russell Hotel, at present the best in Ottawa, is about a minute's walk from the Chateau Laurier. Rooms (without meals) from $1.00 up to $3.50. Meals on European plan.

Grand Union Hotel, about five minutes' walk from Chateau Laurier, offers rate of $2.50 a day, American plan.

BIBLIOGRAPHY OF FOREIGN

BOOKLISTS

Every now and then the executive office has a request for a list of books in some specified foreign language, suitable for public libraries. These requests come principally from libraries which have a large percentage of foreign born population to cater to. A good many libraries have compiled reading lists of books in various languages which have either been printed, multigraphed or typewritten and which they would be willing to furnish to other libraries at a reasonable price. The American Library Association will be willing to compile a list of such material, which list when prepared will be printed either in the A. L. A. Bulletin or in the other library periodicals. Any public library which has lists of books in foreign languages which it has found serviceable for its own use, and which is in a position to give, loan or sell these lists to those desiring them is requested to send one copy each of all such lists to the secretary of the A. L. A. Please mark conspicuously the price or conditions on which each list may be secured, both for single copies and for 25 or more to the same address.

We wish to include in such a bibliography good reading lists in all the following languages, or any others in which lists may have been compiled: Bohemian, Chinese, Danish and Norwegian, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Greek (modern), Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Lettish, Lithuanian, Polish, Roumanian, Russian, Servian, Spanish, Swedish, Syriac, Turkish, Yiddish.

COMMITTEE ON RELATION OF PUBLIC LIBRARIES TO MUNICIPALITIES

Dr. Arthur E. Bostwick, chairman of the Council committee to consider the relations of public libraries to municipalities, has completed this committee by appointing Samuel H. Ranck, librarian of the Grand Rapids public library, and Judson T. Jennings, librarian of the Seattle public library, as the other members.

In the following list of gifts and bequests to American libraries in 1911 are included gifts of money, buildings, building sites, books, miscellaneous and undescribed items.

Mr. Carnegie, as heretofore is the principal donor, no noteworthy amount of money having been given by any other individual. Mr. Carnegie's donations for 1911 are more than double what they were for the preceding year. Cash donations from other sources are over $250,000 more than in 1910, the full amount of money given to libraries in 1911 being $1,462,137.03 more than in 1910. The book donations which have been of sufficient size to warrant inclusion in this list total nearly three times those for 1910. The gift of the remarkable collection of books, manuscripts, photographs, original illustrative material, and other matter on the native races of North America, Hawaii and the Philippines, amounting in all to 33,407 items, from Mr. Edward E. Ayer, of Chicago, to the Newberry library forms one of the principal features of this year's report. This is without doubt one of the most superb collections in the world. Following is the financial summary: From Andrew Carnegie.. .$2,326,370.00 From other donors 1,038,452.69

Total

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In addition to these money gifts the fol

CALIFORNIA

Dixon. $10,000 from Andrew Carnegie. Glendale. $10,000 from Andrew Carne

gie.

Los Angeles. $210,000 from Andrew Carnegie for six branches.

Valuable library bequeathed by Paul de Longpre, the painter, to the Hollywood Board of Trade has been divided between the Hollywood High school and the Hollywood Branch of the Public Library.

Mill Valley. $100 from Mill Valley orchestra.

Monrovia. 100 vols. from W. H. Nichols. Oroville. $10,000 from Andrew Carnegie. Pomona. $10,000 additional from Andrew Carnegie.

Roseville. $10,000 from Andrew Carne

gie.

San Francisco. Lane Medical library of Stanford University. $10,000 from Dr. A. Barkan, to endow a library on the eye, ear, nose and throat, $5,000 from Charles G. Lathrop.

Sausalito. $100 from F. A. Robbins. Sebastopol. $7,500 from Andrew Carne

gie.

Sonoma. $6,000 from Andrew Carnegie. 138 volumes from Olga Hodistein. $413 from Woman's Club.

Ukiah City. $8,000 from Andrew Carnegie.

Upland. $10,000 from Andrew Carnegie.

Bristol. Collection of prehistoric relics, from Dr. Frederick H. Williams.

Chaplin. $2,500 by bequest of William Ross, for library building. Additional amount for completing building given by Mrs. Ross.

Cheshire. Homestead, remodelled for library building, from Dr. George C. F. Williams, of Hartford.

Coventry. $40,000 by will of Henry F. Dimock, late of New York and South Coventry.

East Haven. $1,075 by will of Harriet S. Metcalf.

East Lyme. Over 100 volumes from Wolcott G. Lane of Black Hall.

Enfield. $7,500 additional from Andrew Carnegie.

Hartford. Wadsworth Athenaeum. Valuable art books from J. Pierpont Morgan. Ledyard. 30 shares N. Y., N. H. & H. railroad stock from Frederic A. Bill.

Norfolk. Addition to library building, by Miss Isabella Eldridge.

Stamford. 100 volumes of Bibles, Bible commentaries and Bible criticisms.

Westbrook. $2,000 by will of Scott Spencer, late of New Rochelle, N. Y.

West Hartford. Library site given to local chapter of the D. A. R. for free public library building by Mrs. Mary J. Shepard. The D. A. R. expects to erect a library building and will turn it over to the town when completed.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Washington. Library of Congress. Valuable art books from J. Pierpont Morgan; 1,254 volumes and pamphlets, and nearly 2,000 numbers of periodicals, many relating to Mexico and Central America, from the Mexican Embassy; collection of 110 of the art productions of the Imperial printing press at Vienna; 137 volumes of recent English importations from the John Lane Co., New York; from Prince Roland Napoleon Bonaparte 19 volumes of his own works.

Public library. 505 volumes, estimated value, $500, from the Washington Evening Star.

FLORIDA

Bartow. $8,000 from Andrew Carnegie. Pensacola. $10,000 additional from An

drew Carnegie.

GEORGIA

Atlanta. Atlanta University library. $5,000 by will of Alice Marion Curtis, of Wellesley.

ILLINOIS

Chicago. 700 volumes comprising complete histories of all world's fairs and expositions, from H. N. Higinbotham, president of the World's Columbian Exposition.

John Crerar library. Medical library of about 5,000 volumes from Mrs. Henry Gradle.

Newberry library. From Edward E. Ayer, his collection of books and manuscripts relating to the early history of North America, the North American Indians, the Hawaiian and Philippine Islands, consisting of 16,944 printed items, 3,192 manuscripts, 324 printed maps, 297 manuscript maps, 2,575 pieces of original illustrative material, 9,681 items of illustrative material in photographic form, and several hundred other items making a total of 33,407 pieces. Many of excessive rarity and of extreme importance. Probably the finest collection on these subjects in the world. 780 bound volumes and pamphlets relating to the American Civil War from Charles G. Dawes of Chicago, originally formed by his uncle, Ephraim C. Dawes. 10 privately printed books from W. K. Bixby, of St. Louis, edited from original manuscripts in Mr. Bixby's collection.

Deland. (Deland village and Goose Creek Township.) $8,000 from Andrew Carnegie. Library site given by Miss M. E. Bondurant, valued at $800. Grayville. $6,000 from Andrew Carnegie. Hinsdale. Building and land valued at $35,000 for library purposes from Dr. D. K. Pearsons.

Pana. $14,000 from Andrew Carnegie. Park Ridge. $2,500 additional from Andrew Carnegie.

Rochelle. $10,000 from Andrew Carne

gie.

Sheffield. $4,000 from Andrew Carnegie. Vienna. $1,000 additional, from Andrew Carnegie.

Waverly. $4,500 from Andrew Carnegie.

INDIANA

Auburn. $300 for books from Charles Eckhart, who also donated the public library building.

Aurora. $300 for books by the will of Mrs. Jane Ann Wymond Gibson.

Culver. Military Academy. 400 volumes from Lowell H. Rousseau of St. Louis.

Earl Park. (Town and township.) $7,000 from Andrew Carnegie.

East Chicago. $40,000 from Andrew Carnegie.

Evansville. $50,000 from Andrew Carnegie for two branch library buildings.

Gary. $15,000 additional from Andrew Carnegie.

Goodland. $8,000 from Andrew Carnegie. Indianapolis. Property valued at $75,000, adjoining site for new library building, by James Whitcomb Riley. 2,000 volumes natural science given to City of Indianapolis by William Watson Woollen to be kept in the park also given by Mr. Woollen.

Knightstown. $9,000 from Andrew Car

negie.

Noblesville. $12,500 from Andrew Car

negie.

Pendleton. (For Pendleton and Fall Creek township.) $8,000 from Andrew Carnegie.

Plainfield. (Town and township.) $9,000 from Andrew Carnegie.

Plymouth. $10,000 from Andrew Carne

gie.

Richmond. Morrison-Reeves library. 500 music rolls from Clarence Gennett of the Starr Piano Co.

Rockville. Indiana tuberculosis hospital. $1,000 and his private library by will of Alfred Burdsal, for equipping a room for library purposes.

Sheridan. (Town and township.) $12,500 from Andrew Carnegie.

South Bend. 700 volumes on law from the private library of former Congressman A. L. Brick, given by his widow. A valuable medical collection from the physicians of the city.

Spencer. (Town and township.) $10,000 from Andrew Carnegie.

New Orleans. Howard memorial library. $10,000 by bequest of Frank Howard. $100 for books from Theodore H. Lyons.

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