28 A HALF CENTURY. 



teachers' library was established. This was a reference library, 

 and consisted principally of commentaries and works on the 

 Bible. The next year a catalogue of the books for the youth's 

 department, with twenty-two pages and 600 titles, was printed. 

 During the next four years new books were added, so that the 

 catalogue published in 1875 had in all 890 volumes. In this 

 catalogue the books for the senior department, or older mem- 

 bers of the school, had a distinctive mark, and the 160 volumes 

 in the teachers' library w^ere catalogued separately. In 1878, 

 after the senior department had been removed to the church, 

 two catalogues were issued, one for teachers and the senior de- 

 partment, of thirty-two pages, including the teachers' or refer- 

 ence library, and 766 volumes; and one of twenty pages and 

 480 volumes for the junior department, in all 1,246 volumes. 

 Supplements were printed two years later with 121 new books. 

 In 1881, additions were made to the teachers' library, and for 

 the first time, a separate and complete catalogue issued, with 

 more than twice the number of books that were in this library 

 at first. In 1882, there were 180 books purchased for the pri- 

 mary department and a four-page catalogue printed. 



In 1884 large additions were made to both departments of 

 the general Sunday-school library, the books were classified, 

 analytical accounts of the more important were prepared, and two 

 catalogues, one for each department, with an aggregate of sev- 

 enty pages, were published, with titles of more than 1,400 vol- 

 umes. Between 1884 and 1890, six supplements, in all thirty- 

 five large pages, with 510 new books were issued. In 1891-92, 

 the teachers', or reference library, was re-classified and the 

 books numbered anew, additions of new and standard works 

 were made to several classes, a larger catalogue was published 

 which embraced over 500 volumes, a new case was procured, 

 and the library carefully arranged for convenience of use. 

 Arrangements were also made for a department of books on 

 missions. New books were added to the circulating library in 

 1892 and a new catalogue issued for the senior and junior 

 departments. 



