Excerpt from Duluth Public Library Twenty-Fourth and Twenty-Fifth Annual Reports: For the Years 1913 1914 I have the honor to present herewith the twenty seventh annual report of the Duluth Public Library, covering the work of the institution from January first to December thirty-first, 1916. For the first time in the incumbency of the present librarian, the circulation for the year shows a decrease from the previous one. There are a num ber of causes for this: first, the report for 1915 included thirteen months so that the actual differ ence in circulation between the two years is a net loss of instead of the large falling off which a casual reading of the figures would indicate; sec ond, a marked decrease in interest and patronage from the general public, in the rebound from the hard times and depression of the previous year; third, the inability of the library to grow with the city, and to reach the new centers of population with library facilities. This is due partly to the fact that the library fund is not large enough and partly because the main building requires more and more expenditure each year for up - keep. Many needed improvements and repairs were made in and around the building during the year. 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.