. Rand McNally, Boston guide de la ville et ses environs, avec des cartes et des illustrations ... McNallj Rand ij Co., Chicago. Bibliothèque publique. Documents et statistiques de rez-de-chaussée, avec un grand et en growingcollection de publications statistiques et de nombreuses espèces rares de m.anuscripts. Ornant l'escalier central sont lions de marbre par LouisSt. Gaudens, donnée par la deuxième et 20e Régiments,Massachusetts bénévoles, dans mem.ory de camarades qui fellin la guerre civile. Les décorations sur les murs au-dessus sont thestairways par Puvis de Chavannes. L'autre panelsrepresent la chimie, la physique, la philosophie, et

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. Rand, McNally Boston guide to the city and environs, with maps and illustrations ... Rand McNallj ij Co., Chicago. PUBLIC LIBRARY. GROUND FLOOR Documents and Statistics, with a large and constantly growingcollection of statistical publications and many rare m.anuscripts. Adorning the central staircase are marble lions by LouisSt. Gaudens, given by the Second and Twentieth Regiments, Massachusetts Volunteers, in mem.ory of comrades who fellin the Civil War. The decorations on the walls above thestairways are by Puvis de Chavannes. The separate panelsrepresent Chemistry, Physics, Philosophy, etc. At the left of the stairs as we reach the second floor, are thechildrens rooms. Some ten thousand volumes are here onopen shelves, so arran[:;;cd that the children can make their ownselections of books, and read thein at large tables suited to theirconvenience. Special attendants instruct the children in theuse of the library and help them in the choice of books.Copies of school books used in the city are kept in the chil- RAND McNALLY BOSTON GUIDE 55. PUBLIC LIBRARY, SECOND FLOOR Rand McNallj k Co., Chicago. drens reference rooms, and many pupils come here to study orwrite compositions. Across the long corridor is the delivery room. Here areto be seen the well known mural paintings by Edwin A. Abbey, illustrating The Quest of the Holy Grail. Bates Hall occupiesthe full length of the Copley Sq. side. This is the main readingroom of the library—218 feet long, forty feet wide, and fiftyfeet from floor to crown of arches. It is named in honor ofJoshua Bates, a native of Massachusetts who became head ofthe banking finn of Barring Brothers of London. He gave$50, 000 in cash and an equivalent amount in books whenthe Boston Public Library was first established, in 1852.This was the first free circulating library supported by generaltaxation. A large collection of reference books is kept onopen shelves in Bates Hall, where anyone can take them foruse at the long tables. Here, too, w

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