Leicester, Rev. Mr. Allen of Shrewsbury, Ira Barton, Esq., of Oxford, George A. Tufts, Esq., of Dudley, Joseph Willard, Esq., of Lancaster, Frederick W. Paine and William Lincoln, Esqrs., of Worcester, to act in pursuance of the measures recommended. The Association to be called the Worcester County Athenæum. The place of its meetings, and of deposit of its library are to be determined on by the foregoing committee. A lively interest was manifested by those present at the meeting. The objects and purposes of the Association were fully and ably discussed, and its importance and utility strongly urged. And as evidence of the sincerity of those who professed themselves the friends and patrons of the Association upwards of four hundred dollars were subscribed on the evening of the meeting."

While ours is a national society, and the Worcester County Athenæum was a strictly local association, I need make no apology, under the circumstances, for thus placing on record the foregoing items of special historic interest

to us.

We do not forget that our fellow-member, Senator Hoar, was wisely selected as the orator on occasion of the celebration of the Centennial of the Founding of the Northwest at Marietta, Ohio, April 7, 1778. Of his scholarly and patriotic address on that occasion I need not remind you, but his very recognition of the great historic value of our material used in its preparation, suggests a present work of preservation in our treasure-house which we are in duty bound to consider. Our Society will not fail, at this celebration period, to receive honorable mention for its early and valuable archæological and historical service in connection with the great Ohio country.

Reference may be made to an interesting sale at Webster, Mass., November 22, 1887, of a remnant of about twenty-five acres of land belonging to the Dudley Indians. As is well known they were of the family of Nipmucks, or as they were sometimes called Pegans, in the midst of whose once extensive lands this Society later established

its home, and from whose camping grounds many of our collection of stone implements were obtained. This sale has not only called attention to their rights and wrongs, but is also important from an historical point of view. The marked interest which this Society has always felt in the history and language of the red man is shown both in its own publications and in the valuable contributions of its members to this most interesting study, and is, perhaps, a sufficient excuse for this brief mention.

The compensations of a librarian's life are neither few nor far to seek. One of the most delightful is that he deals with scholars, and as Richter truly says, "A scholar has no ennui." And further than this, he is in the right school, for, according to "Owen Meredith," "It is, however, not to the museum or the lecture room, or to the drawing school, but to the library that we must go for the completion of our humanity." Following the same figure, it is a great pleasure to be able to say of our own schoolhouse--especially after the severe test of the past winterthat teachers, scholars and casual visitors have continued to enjoy a genial and safe atmosphere, which the introduction of modern methods of heating, lighting, et cetera, have made possible.

Respectfully submitted.

EDMUND M. BARTON,

Librarian.

Donors and Donations.

FROM MEMBERS.

ADAMS, HERBERT B., Ph.D., Baltimore, Md.-His "Study of History in American Colleges and Universities."

BARTON, Mr. EDMUND M., Worcester.-Eleven pamphlets; and "St. John's Echo" and "St. Andrew's Cross," in continuation.

BEDDOE, JOHN, M.D., Bristol, Eng.-His paper "On the Stature of the Older Races of England as Estimated from the Long Bones."

BRINTON, DANIEL G., M.D., Philadelphia, Pa.-Four of his own publications. CAMPBELL, Hon. JAMES V., Detroit, Mich.-His paper upon "The Small Perils of History."

CLARKE, Mr. ROBERT, Cincinnati, O.-The "Life, Journals and Correspondence of Rev. Manasseh Cutler, LL.D."; and "The Founders of Ohio, Brief Sketches of the Forty-eight Pioneers of the Northwest Territory." COLTON, Mr. REUBEN, Worcester.-Eleven numbers of Harper's Monthly. DAVIS, Mr. ANDREW MCF., Cambridge.-Five of his own publications. DAVIS, Hon. EDWARD L., Worcester.-Eight books; sixty-nine pamphlets; and a cabinet photograph of himself.

DAVIS, Hon. JOHN C. B., Washington, D. C.-"The Dawn of British Trade to the East Indies as recorded in the Court Minutes of the East India Company, 1599-1603."

DEANE, CHARLES, LL.D., Cambridge.-His "Remarks on Hubbard's Map of New England."

DEVENS, Hon. CHARLES, Worcester.-His Memoir of Alexander H. Bullock. EDES, Mr. HENRY H., Charlestown.-Twenty-four pamphlets; one map; and the "New York Commercial Advertiser," in continuation.

ELLIS, Rev. GEORGE E., D.D., Boston.-His "Puritan Age and Rule in the Colony of the Massachusetts Bay, 1629-1685."

GILMAN, DANIEL C., LL.D., Baltimore, Md.-His Twelfth Annual Report as President of Johns Hopkins University; and a collection of Dr. Joseph P. Thompson's publications.

GREEN, Hon. SAMUEL A., Boston.-His Groton Historical Series, II., 1–4; his Peabody Education Fund Report, 1887; three books; fifty-eight pamphlets; and one engraving.

GREEN, Mr. SAMUEL S., Worcester.-His Report as Librarian of the Free Public Library of Worcester, 1888.

GREENE, J. EVARTS, Esq., Worcester.-One hundred and thirty-eight numbers of American magazines.

GUILD, REUBEN A., LL.D., Providence, R. I.-Brown University Catalogue for 1887-88.

HALE, Rev. EDWARD E., D.D., Boston.-His History of the United States, written for the Chautauqua Reading Circles.

HITCHCOCK, Prof. EDWARD, Amherst.-His "Anthropometric Manual and
Data of Amherst College"; and Amherst College Catalogue, 1887-88.
HOAR, Hon. GEORGE F., Worcester.-His Address at the Ohio Centennial
Celebration at Marietta, Ohio, April 7, 1888; one hundred and thirty-five
books; two hundred and ten pamphlets; and one map.

HUNNEWELL, Mr. JAMES F., Charlestown.-His "Century of Town Life: A
History of Charlestown, Massachusetts, 1775–1887."

HUNTINGTON, Rev. WILLIAM R., D.D., New York.-His "Woman's Service of Christ: The Motive and the Methods"; and Year-Book of Grace Parish, New York, 1887-8.

JONES, Hon. CHARLES C., Jr., Augusta, Ga.-His Address before the Confederate Survivors' Association, 1887.

KINGSBURY, Mr. FREDERICK J., Waterbury, Conn.-Four of his own publications.

MERRIMAN, Rev. DANIEL, D.D., Worcester.-His Memorial of Charles M. Miles; and seven historical pamphlets.

NEWBERRY, JOHN S., LL.D., New York.-Eight of his own publications. NOURSE, Capt. HENRY S., Lancaster.-His "Story of the Fifty-fifth Regiment, Illinois Infantry, in the Civil War."

PAIGE, Rev. LUCIUS R., D.D., Cambridge.-An engraved portrait of himself. PAINE, NATHANIEL, Esq., Worcester.-Twenty-six books; thirty-six pamphlets; seven files of newspapers; and two photographs.

PAINE, Rev. GEORGE S., Worcester. Five numbers of the Spirit of Missions.

PEET, Rev. STEPHEN D., Mendon, Ill.-His American Antiquarian and Oriental Journal, as issued.

PERRY, Right Rev. WM. STEVENS, D.D., Davenport, Iowa.-Two of his own sermons; and the "Iowa Churchman," as issued.

POOLE, WILLIAM F., LL.D., Chicago, Ill.-His first Report as Librarian of the Newberry Library; and The Dial, as issued.

PUTNAM, Prof. FREDERICK W., Cambridge.-Massachusetts Inland Fisheries and Game, 1887.

SALISBURY, STEPHEN, Esq., Worcester.-Fifty books; three hundred and fourteen pamphlets; ten files of newspapers; and one map.

SMITH, Mr. CHARLES C., Boston.-His Report of 1888 as Treasurer of the Massachusetts Historical Society.

SMUCKER, Hon. ISAAC, Newark, O.-One book; and numbers of the Magazine of Western History, containing articles by him.

WALKER, Gen. FRANCIS A., Boston.-His Report for 1887 as President of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

WASHBURN, Hon. JOHN D., Worcester.-Eighty-one pamphlets.

WINSOR, JUSTIN, LL.D., Cambridge.-His "Cartographical History of the North-eastern Boundary Controversy "; his Tenth Annual Report as Librarian of Harvard College; and Harvard University Bulletin, as issued. WINTHROP, Hon. ROBERT C., Boston.-Proceedings of the Trustees of the Peabody Education Fund at their Twenty-sixth Meeting.

FROM THOSE NOT MEMBERS.

AIKIN, Mr. JOHN S., Worcester.-Twenty-four numbers of magazines relating to phonography.

ALLIBONE, S. AUSTIN, LL.D., New York.-Harrison's Collection of all the Lunacy Laws of the United States.

BAILEY, Mr. ISAAC H., New York.-His "Shoe and Leather Reporter," as issued; and Shoe and Leather Annual for 1888.

BATES, Hon. THEODORE C., Worcester.-One pamphlet.

BRADBURY, Hon. JAMES, Portland, Me.-Proceedings on occasion of a dinner in his honor.

BRADFORD, EDWARD H., M.D., Boston.-The Nineteenth Annual Report of the Children's Hospital.

BRADLEE, Rev. CALEB D., Boston.-Two of his poems.

BLADES, Mr. WILLIAM, London, G. B.-His paper "On the Present Aspect of the Question-Who was the Inventor of Printing?"; and his Haarlem the Birth-place of Printing, not Mentz."

BOARDMAN, Mr. SAMUEL L., Waterville, Me.-His Eastern Farmer, as issued. BOOTH, EDWARD C., M.D., Morristown, N. J.-Report of the State Asylum for the Insane at Morristown, N. J., 1888.

BOURKE, Capt. JOHN G., U. S. A.-His "Compilation of Notes and Memoranda upon the Use of Human Ordure and Urine in Religious Rites." CALDWELL, Rev. AUGUSTINE, Coventryville, N. Y.-The "One Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary of the Settlement of Boscawen and Webster, N. H."; and his "Early Caldwells of Nottingham, England."

CHALMERS, Mr. PATRICK, Wimbledon, G. B.-"The American Philatelic Association and the Adhesive Postage Stamp."

CHAMBERLAIN, Mr. A. F., Toronto, P. Q.-Six of his linguistic productions. CHICKERING, Prof. JOSEPH K., Amherst.-Two hundred and thirty-three pamphlets; and one map.

COOK, Mr. HENRY H., Barre.-His “Gazette," as issued.

CRANE, Mr. ALBERT O., Boston.-Three historic lithographs.

CULIN, Mr. STEWART, Philadelphia, Pa.-His "China in America: A Study in the Social Life of the Chinese in the Eastern Cities of the United States." CUTLER, Mr. SANFORD L., Ayer.-The Lawrence Academy Catalogue for 1886-87.

DARLING, Gen. CHARLES W., Oneida, N. Y.-His Poem on the Egyptian Obelisk in Central Park, New York,

DAVIS, Mr. OLIN S., Topeka, Kansas.-One pamphlet.

DAVIS, Mr. WALTER A., City Clerk, Fitchburg.-Fitchburg City Documents for the year 1887.