Excerpt from Report on Public Libraries, Traveling Libraries, Traveling Pictures and Study Clubs, 1906 Libraries in villages. Outside the cities we find that most of the larger villages have public libraries, but the number of books is not always in proportion to the population. Catskill, with 5294 inhabitants, has 6604 books while Cazenovia, with 17 56 population. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Report on Public Libraries, Traveling Libraries and Study Clubs, 1907 The reports of this year Show 245 of these libraries receiving money from local taxation. AS compared with 238 a year ago this registers a very slight gain, but 161 approved free libraries, as compared with 157 a year ago, are still without public recognition and support. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Vols. for 1894-19 include Extension bulletin no. 9-11,13-29 and the Division's Bulletin no. 30-

Reports for 1863-90 include accession lists for the year. Beginning with 1893, the apprendixes consist of the various bulletins issued by the Library (Additions; Bibliography; History; Legislation; Library school; Public libraries)