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on our work with as close economy as was consistent 

 with a liberal fulfilment of our educational pro- 

 gramme. But our very success compels us now to 

 make a new appeal. We have wholly outgrown our 

 pleasant home and we find our recitation rooms, halls 

 and reading rooms so overcrowded that an enlarge- 

 ment of the building is absolutely required. The house 

 is a delightful one, known to some of us for nearly 

 half a century, and in reality much older than that 

 one of the old-fashioned, comfortable and dignified 

 houses of New England. We value this character and 

 have endeavored to preserve it in our plans for en- 

 largement, to retain the character of a home while 

 giving it a greater fitness for the work within its walls. 

 For this we shall need from $20,000 to $25,000. We 

 have already received in recent subscriptions $3500, 

 and a friend has proposed to take upon herself the 

 cost of the Library which is to be one of the most 

 charming features of the establishment a room 

 fifty feet by twenty-seven, lighted from above, but 

 having charming windows beside among them a 

 deep oriel window, a large fireplace, excellent ar- 

 rangements not only for the books themselves, but 

 for their easy use. 



I would add that subscriptions may be sent to the 

 office of Lee, Higginson and Company, State Street. 

 ... It only remains for me to thank you for your kind- 

 ness in coming and your attention in listening. I hope 

 I have not tired you too much with my long story. 



As a result of this meeting a sum of money was speedily 

 raised sufficient to justify the commencement of the work 



