. Concord: some of the things to be seen there ... IUIJLIC LIBRARY. lie libraries. Besidesits 35,000 books, thelibrary contains paint-ings by Edward Sim-mons, Stacy Tolman,Edward W. Emerson,Robertson James, andAlicia Keyes, andbusts by Daniel , Erank E. El-well, Walton Ricket-son, and Anna Hol-land, all Concord A few rods from theSquare, at the junction ofMain and Sudbury Streets,is the Public Library. Thebuilding was erected andgiven to the town, withfunds for its maintenance,a generation ago, by Wil-liam Munroe, a native andcitizen of Concord. Thetown itself pays for thebooks and the

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. Concord: some of the things to be seen there ... IUIJLIC LIBRARY. lie libraries. Besidesits 35,000 books, thelibrary contains paint-ings by Edward Sim-mons, Stacy Tolman,Edward W. Emerson,Robertson James, andAlicia Keyes, andbusts by Daniel , Erank E. El-well, Walton Ricket-son, and Anna Hol-land, all Concord A few rods from theSquare, at the junction ofMain and Sudbury Streets,is the Public Library. Thebuilding was erected andgiven to the town, withfunds for its maintenance,a generation ago, by Wil-liam Munroe, a native andcitizen of Concord. Thetown itself pays for thebooks and the salary ofthe librarian. A specialalcove is devoted entirelyto books of Concordauthors, a feature unique,we think, among all pub-. TIIOREAU-ALCOTT HOUSE. 26

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