TABLE 13.-Growth of public, society, and school libraries, 1875–1903.

NUMBER OF VOLUMES AND PER CENT OF INCREASE.

TABLE 14.-Growth of public, society, and school libraries, 1875–1903.

THE TWENTY-EIGHT YEARS DIVIDED INTO THREE PERIODS.

Public, society, and school libraries in the

[Column 5: Building-0, owned; R, rented; F, furnished free. 6: Supported by-T, taxation;

300

United States of 1,000 volumes and over in 1903.

C, corporation; D, donations. 7: F, free; S, subscription; Fr, free for reference. 8: C, circulating; B, both.]

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