346 TRANSACTIONS OF THE CANADIAN INSTITUTE. [VoL. IV. 



£ s. £ .s. (I. 



In 1807 — 12}4 percent, on 9 =1 26 



1808—" " " 6 5= 136 



1809—" " " 10 =1 50 



1810 — 25 " " 9 =2 50 



1811 — " " " 10 10—2 12 6 



18 1 2 — " " " 10 10 = 2 12 6 



1815— " " " 24 0=6 00 



1817— 12>^ " " 2 5= 57 



1818—25 " " 1315 = 3 89 



It would be interesting to us to know how so many books were saved. 

 It is known where Mr. Heron Hved in the time of the war. The story is 

 told that his wife, with infant, was carried out on the street from a house 

 in the centre of the town. It is likely, as there were forty subscribers and 

 perhaps as many more non-subscribers, and each person might have out 

 three books, there might be two hundred books in circulation, many of 

 which might come back. Then as many articles of furniture were saved, 

 being carried out to the street, many of the books might be saved from 

 the library. The new catalogue gives a list of two hundred with spaces 

 left between. The spaces I at first thought represented books missing, 

 but I have now concluded that the numbers given represent books 

 bought to replace the old ones burnt or lost, as very often the prices 

 are different from the first catalogue, and that the spaces represent books 

 cither in the library or if lost not replaced, as in the list of issues of books 

 after the war many numbers occur representing books in these 

 spaces. 



It may be worth recording, as forming another link in the history of 

 our library, a strange coincidence which occurred while writing this paper, 

 by which one of the books was heard from. So far I had not met a 

 single person who had even heard of the existence of the library, but 

 calling on an old lady a resident of the town, to inquire about it, a 

 postal card was produced received that day from Ancaster, with this 

 question, " Can you tell me anything of a public library in Niagara 

 when the town was burnt, as I have a book which was the only one 

 saved from the fire." I have since then seen the book. It is number 5 r 

 in the catalogue. Blossoms of Morality, or Blossom on Morality, and 

 is remembered by the owner as charred with fire ; but these burnt leaves 

 are now torn away, and on an inner page is written, " This book was 

 saved by my father, who was an officer in the British army when the 

 town was burnt, December, 181 3. The only book saved from the library. 

 Thomas Taylor," As a matter of fact it is the only book in existence of 

 which we know anything, but it might be worth inquiry if other books 

 can be found belonging to the library, or what became of the library 



