226 ELIZABETH CARY AGASSIZ 
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 
