Public documents of the State of Connecticut . COE PUBLIC LIBRARY, MIDDLEFIELD. HISTORY OF LIBRARIES. 221 books are largely used by the Sunday-school of the CongregationalChurch, where the library was originally placed. In 1891, the BillBrothers, of whom the founder of the library was oue, commenced alibrary building which was finished in 1892 and presented to the associa-tion at the annual dinner of the trustees the same year and was formallydedicated with appropriate services in 1893 and the books placed building is constructed of wood with outside finish of stained shin-gles and
Public documents of the State of Connecticut . COE PUBLIC LIBRARY, MIDDLEFIELD. HISTORY OF LIBRARIES. 221 books are largely used by the Sunday-school of the CongregationalChurch, where the library was originally placed. In 1891, the BillBrothers, of whom the founder of the library was oue, commenced alibrary building which was finished in 1892 and presented to the associa-tion at the annual dinner of the trustees the same year and was formallydedicated with appropriate services in 1893 and the books placed building is constructed of wood with outside finish of stained shin-gles and has a hall, book-room, and room for use of trustees or otherpurposes. Litchfield.—The circulating library began its life in 1870, and hasbeen since that time entirely dependent upon and supported by subscrip-tion fees, and the loan of books at five cents a copy with occasional smalldonations from local entertainments. We have no fund whatever. All ourincome comes in this way. It is composed of about two-thirds fiction,which, of course, has
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