1^92-93.] 



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rian, W. F. G. Downs. Among the committee are Thos. Eedson, John 

 Simpson, Jas. Boulton, J. D. Latouche, B.A , Sam. Risley, Jno. Whitelaw. 

 There is also a catalogue printed by Wm. Kerby in 1861, then number- 

 ing about 1 ,000 volumes. The library has gone through many vicissitudes ; 

 being closed for some time, it was greatly revived through the exertions 

 of Dr. Withrow while a resident of Niagara, and has always owed much 

 to the great interest shown in it by Wm. Kirby, F.R.C.S. It now 

 numbers 4,000 volumes and has received much praise for its judicious 

 selection of books. 



When we think of the influence in any community of a good library, 

 •of the pleasure and profit derived, wc think of the words of Ruskin. 

 " We may have in our bookcases the company of the good, the noble, 

 the wise. Here is an entree to the best society. Do you ask to be the 

 companions of nobles, make yourself noble ; you must rise to the level 

 •of their thoughts, to enter this court with its society, wide as the world, 

 multitudinous as its days ; the chosen and the mighty of every place and 

 time, here you may always enter. Into this select company no wealth 

 will bribe, no name overawe ; you must fit yourself by labour and 

 merit to understand the thoughts of these great minds. You must love 

 them and become like them." Judge, then, how much the people of 

 this vicinity owe to the proprietors of the Niagara Public Library, furnish- 

 ing to the young people of so many households reading of so high an 

 order, fitting them to fight manfully the great battle of life. 



CATALOGUE OF BOOKS. 



Received into Library 2nd March^ 1801 — / to 80. 



I, 2, 3 — Blair's Sermons. 



4, 5 — Walker's Sermons. 

 ■6, 7, 8 — Divine OEconomy. 

 9, 10 — Fordyce's Sermons. 

 II — Newton's Prophecy. 

 12 — Smith's Prophecy. 

 13 — Watt on Son of God. 



14 — " Improvement of Mind. 



15 — " Memoirs. 



16— " Holy War. 

 17 — Dyer's . 



18 — Willison on the Sabbath. 

 19 — Boston's Character. 

 20 — " Regeneration. 

 21 — Anderson on Psalmody. 

 22 — Cloud of Witnesses. 

 23 — Scott's Essays. 



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24 — Wilberforce's View. 



25 — Rise and Progress of Religion in 



the Soul. 

 26 — Watson's Apology for Bible. 

 27 — " " Christianity. 



28 — Religious Courtship. 

 • 29 — Owen on Trinity. 

 30 — Brown's Christian Journal. 

 31 — Burton's Feeling. 

 32 — Muirhead's Differentiation. 

 33 — Brown's Oracles. 

 34 — Robertson's History of South 



America, £\ lis. 

 35,36 — -Robertson's History of South 



America. 

 37 — Stanton's Embassy to China. 

 38, 39-^Residence in France. 



