Greater Indianapolis ;the history, the industries, the institutions, and the people of a city of homes . it remaineil foi-nearly fifty years. It also .<ei)arated the liwlibrary and provided a room for it adjoiningthe Supreme Court. From that time forward the office was ]jartlyon a political and partly an tleemosynary basisfor many years, though some very creditablepeople held it at times. Cook was succeeded bySamuel P. Daniels, a tailor and a Democrat,1844-5; John B. Dillon, the historian. 1845-51;Xathaniel Bolton, 1851-4; Gordon Tainier,1854-G ; S. D. Lvons, 1856-9 : James E. Bryant,1859-6
Greater Indianapolis ;the history, the industries, the institutions, and the people of a city of homes . it remaineil foi-nearly fifty years. It also .<ei)arated the liwlibrary and provided a room for it adjoiningthe Supreme Court. From that time forward the office was ]jartlyon a political and partly an tleemosynary basisfor many years, though some very creditablepeople held it at times. Cook was succeeded bySamuel P. Daniels, a tailor and a Democrat,1844-5; John B. Dillon, the historian. 1845-51;Xathaniel Bolton, 1851-4; Gordon Tainier,1854-G ; S. D. Lvons, 1856-9 : James E. Bryant,1859-61; Robert D. Brown, 1861-3; DavidStephenson, 1863-5: B. F. Foster, 1865-0; ^ McClain, 1869-71: James DeSarro, 1871-3;Sarah A. Oren, 18T3-5. Librarian Bryant at-tained fame by firing the Ephesian domewith a catalogue that attracted the followingcomment in the Xntinn of February 16. 1882: To the Editor of the Xation:If there is to be a bibliograjihy of bibliog-raphies, vour note of last week contributes cer- 7iVr. Sldls. ISJi-l. ji. :!4. |). 142. niSTOlO OK (MtKATKi; 1 XDl 107. ] OS HISTORY OF GREATEE IXDIANAPOLIS. tainlj a curious instance toward the materialfor such a work. But 1 beg that the futurecompiler of that work may not overlook theCatalogue of the Indiana State Library for18o9, which has long been my wonder andadmiration. So far is it from attempting thecomplexity of the catalogue raisonnc that itsrigorous alphabeticism sets down A ManchesterStrike between Agriculture and invites us to such tours de force as Auto-biography of Sir Simonds DEwes by Halli-well, and the ^Autobiography of Sir WalterScott, by Bart. Banks (Rankes) History ofthe Popes appears under the letter B. Strongin the historical department, it offers a choicebetween the Life of John Tyler, by Harper& Brothers, Memoirs of Moses Henderson,by the Jewish Philosophers, Memoirs and Cor-respondence of Viscount Castlereach, by theilarquis of Londonderry, and Memoirs ofBenvenu
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