. King's handbook of Springfield, Massachusetts : a series of monographs, historical and descriptive. as inCanada. The library cataloguenow shows 49,325 volumes, andmore than 5,000 pamphlets. Itis rich in every department ofliterature. In addition to the volumes belonging to the association, the librarycontains a collection of the public documents of the United States, depositedfor reference by the Trustees of the State Library, numbering over vol-umes. This is one of the most complete collections of public documentsin the United States. The present officers of the association are: Presi
. King's handbook of Springfield, Massachusetts : a series of monographs, historical and descriptive. as inCanada. The library cataloguenow shows 49,325 volumes, andmore than 5,000 pamphlets. Itis rich in every department ofliterature. In addition to the volumes belonging to the association, the librarycontains a collection of the public documents of the United States, depositedfor reference by the Trustees of the State Library, numbering over vol-umes. This is one of the most complete collections of public documentsin the United States. The present officers of the association are: Presi-dent, Ephraim W. Bond; vice-president, James M. Thompson; clerk andlibrarian, William Rice; treasurer, James D. S afford; directors, CharlesMerriam, John B. Stebbins, James Kirkham, Horace Smith, Orick H. Green-leaf, George E. Howard, Samuel Bowles, Azariah B. Harris, William Merrick,and, ex-officio, the mayor of the city, the president of the common council,and the chairman of the school committee. A vacancy was made in thisboard by the decease of Chester W. Chapin during the present year. Rev. Dt. William Rice A/AGS HAADBOOK OF SPRIAGFIELD. 153 Dr. William Rice has been in charge of the library since the foundation ofthe association, and its excellences are in a great measure due to his assi-duity, taste, and judgment. The library is free to all for use in the rooms,but an annual fee of one dollar is required to entitle one to take booksaway from the building. It is open on Mondays from 12 M. to 9 , onother days from 10 to 9 The reading-room is open at the samehours, and also on Sundays from 1 to 6 The museum is open, free,on Wednesdays and Saturdays from 1 to 8 The Hampden-County Law-Library is in the south-west corner of thesecond story of the Court House on Elm Street. It was established in 1S60,at the request of the bar, by means of an appropriation made by the countycommissioners, and is maintained by the county. It contains over 2,000volum
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