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      Qtatistics Of The Progress Of Our Nation...

      children , should be opened in London each month for ten months in the year ! This is

      rather alarming for those who already groan

      1 under their weary load of taxation .

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      Judging From The Correspondence Which

      Judging from the correspondence which

      appears in our pages it seems that the Library Association of the United Kingdom

      has not yet accomplished some of the ' objects for which it Was formed . We are aware that

      it has done very good work in the cause of bibliography , while the librarians have not

      been slow to make their organisation a means of advancement in the direction of securing

      benefits for themselves , and no one can grudge them their modest and moderate success . One

      leading object of the association was to establish the honourable and learned labour of

      librarians as a recognised profession . Long before libraries were publicly spoken

      of as they are now , and before they took a place among the administrative institutions

      for national advancement , it was possible that talented men with a fair knowledge of books

      might be suitable' candidates for the post of librarian bA 1 ^ JL V . We V work b under 1 different »* 4- ^^ B conditions - - *^ «¦» ~~* - ^^ m r ~ m - ^ r ^^^ m - ^ . ^ ^ ^> W « fc ¦ -JL ^ -1 ^* * ^^ V * ^ m ^ ^ b ^ kp ^> ^ Jfc *^ ^ p *^ ^^ 4 ^ ^^^^^ pb ^» ^ p * . ^ fep ^^^ ^ p ^ ^ ^^

      now . The word ' classification itself forms a subject for disquisitions which would astound some of our older librarians . This is especially

      the case with free libraries which demand trained qualifications , and in which methodical

      arrangement and discipline have been largely developed during recent years . A librarian

      ^ k - ^* may be a very good scholar , but it does not follow that he could become an academic

      teacher , which requires a special training . In libraries the whole system has been reformed

      and workers must be trained to their special employment .

      Bearing this in mind—we have spoken of it over and over again—we must sympathise with

      the correspondents who think they have cause for remonstrance about the recent

      appointment of head librarian in the Edinburgh Free Library . We wish the new chief every

      suecess in his work , for we have nothing to say I < is to the qualifications -v he possesses — . We S only )

      desire again to draw attention to this system of making appointments , and to remind those

      whom it may concern that librarians are now trained and experienced men who look

      forward to the establishing of their profession

      upon a firm if not an exclusive basis .

      Report -^Wpv^ Education Juu Of Kjk. The ...

      report Education of the Commissioner iist America . — of According Education to the for

      - ^ wpv ^ juu KJk . UIJLC V > UUJ . UJl »» lUI .. tJJ . UJL XLtKLUUja >\ jL \ JlM . AUJ . s population 1884-5 , says was the Ame 17 ' , 169 rican , 391 Bookseller ; pupils , the enrolled school

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      11 , 169 , 923 ; and daily average attendance 6520300 . As the returns B ^ B » for 1883 r -4 were

      school — , H ^— — , ^ g ™ population ~^ ^ v ^ p ^«* ^^^ p > v ^ pv ^ v ^^^^ m 16 ^»^ ^^ , 794 ^^^ ^^ ^ p" ^ " ^^ , 402 ^^ W *^ ^^ M ; ^^ M pup ^^ A ^^^ ils " ^ pp * " »^^ enrolled ^^ B . ¦ V ^^ ¦¦ " ¦ * ¦ ^^ pV , \ 10738192 ; dail " ™ - ™~™ ™ ' y attendance - ™ 1 ¦ 6 pb 693928 pbp ; the f i

      — — — , ^ p w fl A , j — ^ m A r — ¦ ¦ 1 ^» ^ p- . ^ p" B ^ p " I ^ p »^^~ - ^ v ^ pr ^^ B ^ p * ^ pp" b -p ^ p- - ^ A ^ , ^—1 |— - pp- - ^^ K , ^ m ^^ ^ vpbv B - ^ ^ p ^ p ^ ^^^ pp ^ p ^ p- I result ^ is an increase of 374 ^^ - ^ , 989 . ^ n . . ^ - - _ - in school ^ ^ populationand of 431731 in ils enrolled ¦¦ BB and

      a decrease — — , J " *~ = V" ~~ ¦ of ~~ ^—^~ 173 ¦ ^ " — ^—^ , ^» , " ^ 628 y p ^ ~ P ^ P ^ »^^^^^ in ^~^ ~— ^^ PP dail pup pp ^ p" -P ^ r ^ pj ^ y ^ PP ^ ^ P ^ . ^ " ^ average ^^^ ^ P ^ P * ^ P ^^^^ B ^^^ " ^^^ ^ ' ™^ ^ pS ^ attend P ^^ P ^^^ P , ^ p ^ PP ^^» * PP *^^ B > ^ B ^ - ^^ ance . This falling off in . attendance cannot

      be attributed to the increase in private schools , for in 1884 ¦ i pup h ils ° " »^^ " in private schools were

      606 ~~ ^^—^ , 517 — ~ ~ ; and ~ -p- ——* in ~~ ~~ ^ r ^ v ' 1885 ¦ — ~ ^^ ~ " ~ , i ^^™ 661 BB ^™^ ^^^^ » p ^ , 921 pj —^ p ^» ^ B" ' ¦ p ^ p , or pr ^ pp "" w ^ p- v ^ ^^™ an ^^ p » ^ BP' P" ^» increase p- ^ BP' w ™ ^^^ ^^^^ ^ hb * , ^ m of only 55404 . The explanation seems to be

      that the statistics , of the report of 1884-5 , were not drawn up on the same system as

      those of 1883-4 . The latter includes under daily attendance : Arkansas , 56 , 291 ; Michigan ,

      263 , 775 ; Texas , 60 , 259 . If these estimated figures ^^¦ v v . ^ —^ - ^ - ^ »**¦ taken ^ ** »^*^ . » ^ i ^ ^^ ^ w ^ from ^ ^ . v ^ 1 ^ - ^^ i ^^ bv report ^» ^*» - pr ^^ - ^^ ^^ ^» of ^^¦ - ^ . a 1883 vfl . ^ ^^ r ^ m ^ ^^ r -4 ** mm , M amounting »^ w tmi ^ ^ ^^ ^ . ^^ ^» ^* r ^^ ^ . » ^ ^* y ^ %

      to 380 , 325 be added to the school attendance of 1884-5 the figures show an increase of

      206 , 500 of , daily attendance . The total number of . teachers in ail the States and Territories is

      319 , 549 reported , and when there is added 200 estimated for fdahowe have a total of 319749 .

      Of these 201883 are , womenand 117865 men , . According to , the reports made , , the , salaries

      women range from and $ from 21 . 28 ^ 20 to . 36 # 96 to . 00 $ 140 per . 50 month for men for .

      The total , annual income for public school purposesall the States and Territoriessave

      Kentucky , , reporting , was $ 113 , 521 , § 95 , , and the total expenditure , Montana alone failing

      to report , was $ 110 , 384 , 657 . The total value of —^^ i h school « - ^^ v —^^ ¦ ^^^ - ^^ r ~^ m ~ ^^ " propert ^ r ^ r ^^ " ^ ^^^ pj ^^ ^^^^ ^^^ ^^ y J ( ^ L Georg ^^^ ™ ^^^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^^^^ ^ ia ^^ ^^ ^^ , ^ p Mississi ¦ — ^^ - ^^ " ¦ »^^» ¦ ™ ^^^ ' ^ - ^ » ^ - » ¦ ¦ pp m ^^ h ¦»— i ¦ ¦ ¦ , ^ p Texas ^—^^ ^^ ~ ' ' ^^ ^^ » ™ , ^ p

      "Vermont , and Indian Territory not reporting ) , was $ 255396746 . Permanent school funds

      reported for , 31 , States and 1 Territory amount to $ 139911496 . Under the head of

      'Comparative , Statistic , s of Education in the South , ' the Commissioner calls particular attention to

      the educational condition and wants of this former former section . srave slavft The entire States States school is ia b 6 . dQ 859 population \) . jQZ 252 . ot of of whom whom the

      4315556 are whiteand , 2043 , 696 , coloured . The , enrolment , in public , schools ,, is 3707374

      viz . 2676911 whiteand 1030463 coloured ,, . , The , total ,, public school , expenditure ,, for both

      races amounted to $ 17 , 227 , 373 . Rogers' Recollections . —While

      reviewing the new edition of Rogers' ' Table-Talk , ' the Spectator remarks : — ' One interesting

      feature of the " Table-Talk" has not yet been mentionedand must now be dismissed with a

      word or two , . Rogers died scarcely more than thirty years agoyet his recollections carry

      the reader back to , old-world incidents and to a state of society curiously unlike that with

      which we are familiar . He remembered seeing the heads k of rebels upon MM « ¦ Temp _ K le Bar , and , ^^ ^ m ^ * . ^ . ^

      when a lad , saw " a whole cartful of young girl a * in dresses of various colourson their

      try f rfjf , way to t be t executed ill at Tyburn mi . " At A 1 . the jV _ sale ^ 1 of Dr . Johnson ' s books he met General

      Ogelthorpe , who , when a young man , had shot sni rb b in Conduit i f Street i . He recollected the p-p

      time r-m ^ * vp ^ r ^ pes v ^ - *^ r when »^^ " ^ q w ^>^ ^ f ^ it ^^^ v * ¦ ¦ was p ¦ ^ ^^ »^ " ^ ^^» the ^^ " ^ —^ ¦ ¦ ¦ fashion p ^ » - — ^— ^ to wear . ^^ - — ^— ^^^ ^ pp swords - ^ - ^ ^ ^ - ^ ^^ p . ^ , and when women ' s head-dresses ^* were so high

      that on taking a lady to Ranelagh she was forced to sit on a stool on the floor of the coach .

      He remembered Brighton before the Pavilion . ¦ .. ¦ ' " ¦ ¦¦ (&

  • Citation
    • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Aug. 15, 1887, page 855, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15081887/page/5/