venport, John, booklover, 19.

Defoe, Daniel, "Essay on Projects," read by Franklin, 132.

Democracy applied to books, 23; an "unworked theory," 414.

Detroit Society Library, 27.

Dewey, Melvil,
on the relation of the state to the library; in full, 185;
editor of Library Congress papers, 307;
talk at Atlanta given in full, 75;
advocates card encyclopedia, 379.

Dickens's novels commended, 294.

District School Libraries.
_See_ SCHOOL DISTRICT LIBRARIES.

Dix, John A., establishes libraries, 27.

Donne, Dr. John, quoted, 89.

Dresden, beautification of, 43.

Drury, Gertrude G., aid acknowledged, 5.

Dudley, Gov., booklover, 19.

Duties of trustees, 273;
and their relations to librarians; paper by S.S. Green, in full, 279.

Easter, George, quoted, 211.

Education Acts, Great Britain, 202.

Education,
lengthening of, 110;
from libraries, 78, 115, 238, 244, 305, 331, 334, 440.

Educational influence of the librarian, 420.

Edwards, Edward, quoted, 296.

Eliot, Charles W.,
suggests reservoir libraries, 307;
quoted, 335.

Eliot, George, quoted, 192, 441.

Elmendorf, Mrs. Henry L., paper by, 359;
biog. sketch of, 359.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo, quoted, 337, 371, 389, 457.

Endowment of libraries, 30.

England,
_see_ BRITISH.

Entertainment a function of libraries, 221, 318, 331, 421, 427.

Everett, Edward,
letter to, from George Ticknor, 50;
answer, 53;
dedication address of Boston Public Library; in full, 127;
biog. sketch of, 127;
opinions on libraries, 176.

Evolution of libraries (Dewey), 185.

Ewart, William, moves library inquiry in House of Commons, 289.

Ewing, Thomas, quoted, 26.

Fairchild, Mrs. Milton, paper by, 67.

Fairservice, Andrew, quoted, 103.

Faunce, William Herbert Perry,
paper by, 343;
sketch of, 343.

"Feminization" of the library, 116.

Fiction,
use of in libraries, 154, 224, 294, 320, 331, 428;
circulation discussed, 180;
discouraged by J.P. Quincy, 55;
commended by Lowell, 97;
policy of British Museum, 322.

Finance Committee of library board, 275.

Financial Support; general editorial introduction, 199.

Fiske, John, quoted, 361.

Fletcher, William I., quoted, 177.

Flint, Mich., library, 27.

"Flower Band" in Pawtucket, 409.

Foss, Sam Walker,
paper on in