iefeii w Li WANS ph i) pie *f i i ie oh y° Ne aR i ita Gornell Auiversity Pibrary —EE BOUGHT WITH THE INCOME FROM THE SAGE ENDOWMENT FUND THE GIFT OF Henry W. Sage 1891 Cornell University Library contribution to the classification of ani BULLETIN THE FREE LIBRARY OF PHILADELPHIA se NUMBER 5 PROSE FICTION IN THE WaAGNER INSTITUTE BRANCH OF THE FREE LIBRARY OF PHILADELPHIA BY O. R. HOWARD THOMSON sf PHILADELPHIA, 1904 BULLETIN OF THE FREE LIBRARY OF PHILADELPHIA : Number 5 : A CONTRIBUTION TO THE CLASSIFICATION OF WORKS OF PROSE FICTION BEING A CLASSIFIED AND ANNOTATED DICTIONARY CATALOGUE OF THE WORKS OF PROSE FICTION IN THE WAGNER INSTITUTE BRANCH OF THE FREE LIBRARY OF PHILADELPHIA By O. R. HOWARD THOMSON Assistant Librarian-in-charge of that Branch $ Philadelphia, 1904 A. 11474 COPYRIGHT, 1904 BY 4 THE Free LIBRARY OF PHILADELPHIA GEORGE V. BAIRD 1336 CHERRY STREET PHILADELPHIA ’ NOTE The subject of the evaluation and classification of fiction has for several ‘years past been discussed very generally by librarians, library associations and library clubs. Both the value as literature and the educational and ethical value of the works of great novelists such as Dickens, Thackeray, Scott, Hugo, Balzac and Hawthorne have long been recognized, but of late years the floods of ephemeral fiction have submerged the instructiveness of many of the lesser writers. At a meeting of the Keystone State Library Association, held at Harris- burg in I9g01, a committee consisting of Messrs. Joseph G. Rosengarten, William M. Stevenson and John Thomson, was appointed to report on the question of the classification and evaluation of fiction. At a meeting of the same association, held at Williamsport in 1902, the committee made a report, in which, after affirming their belief in the utility and value of classifying fiction, they recommended that an actual trial should be made in some library, the classification used to be based as far as possible upon Mr. Dewey’s “decimal system.” A committee consisting of Messrs. William M. Stevenson, John Thomson and Albert R. Durham, was appointed to take the task in hand, secure the co-operation of some library and report results at the next meeting of the Association. The Free Library of Philadelphia offered to make the experiment at the Wagner Institute Branch. As this Branch was over ten years old, it was considered a fortunate selection, the more especially as it possessed a large number of books originally in some of the older small libraries of the city, and thus probably had a more varied collection of fiction than the newer Branches. It was felt that by analyzing and classifying every work of fiction in this Branch, a better test of the true value of fiction would be made than would be possible by working on any selected list or lists. This has been done with a few exceptions, and these exceptions are mentioned at the end of the Bulletin. The work was commenced without delay, the books being classified under the class headings “Philosophical,” “Ethical,” “Sociological,” “Religious,” etc., these classes being resolvable into Dewey numbers; i. e., “Philosophical”—100 ; “Ethical’—100; “Religious’—200; “Sociological”—300; etc. Small rubber stamps of the class headings (i. e., “Philosophical,” “Ethical,” etc.) were made and by this means, the headings were attached to the outside labels of the books themselves, as well as to the catalogue cards, thus assisting readers in their selection of books. The present Bulletin is a dictionary catalogue of the works of prose fiction contained in the Wagner Institute Branch; each work considered susceptible of classification (4. e., those that are distinctly didactic, controversial or his- torical) being supplemented under its author entry by a short statement of its theme or purpose, its period, etc., and in the cases of those which have been classified as historical, the names of some of the principal historical characters in the novel have been added. A short explanatory note also appears under the class entry of each book. The books classified as “Biographical,” in addi- tion to appearing under the heading “Biographical,” appear also in appendices to the various divisions of the heading “Historical.” ili To the residue, containing, of course, a great number of the best of all works of fiction, where thought desirable or helpful to readers and students, supplementary headings have been assigned, in the form of a descriptive note :— Author. Title. Note. Bjornson, Bjornstjerne Synndve Solbakken Norwegian life. Marryat, Frederick Jacob Faithful Sea tales. Milford, Mary Russell Our village English country life but beyond lists appearing under the headings “Norwegian life,” etc., it has not been deemed necessary to insert further information. Following the local usage of the Branch, all entries have been made under the author’s real name when known, while a cross reference has been inserted under the pseudonym. The abbreviation “juv” appears in the catalogue, only in cases where all copies of a book have been placed in the juvenile room. It should be borne in mind, however, that copies of many books such as Scott’s “Ivanhoe” and Cooper’s “Spy,” are placed in the juvenile room, although they are not marked “juv”’ in this Bulletin, as other copies are to be found in the main library room. he books which have not received any of the classifications have been marked “General.” Possibly “Unclassified” might have been a better designa- tion. A list of the classes derived from the Dewey decimal system and also of the supplementary headings is given on page v. On the suggestion of several friends and librarians, who have been con- sulted on the “unrevised” proof of this Bulletin, copies of which were sub- mitted at the Gettysburg meeting, the subject entries of novels classified as “Ethical” have been dispensed with, and the descriptive notes to such novels for the most part omitted. An index to the historical and legendary characters mentioned in the notes has been added. While the notes do not pretend to give complete lists of the historical characters who appear in the novels, an endeavor has been made to include in them, the names of the more prominent of the historical personages who appear as actual characters, as differentiated from those who are only introduced by comment. The amount of work entailed by this addition has been the cause of the delay which has occurred in putting the Bulletin finally through the press. It is proposed to make this Bulletin the basis of a report to be made to the Keystone Library Association at their meeting to be held in October of the present year. The report will recommend the formation of a committee to continue the work and to issue, not later than 1906, a classified and annotated list of the best ten thousand novels written in, or translated into, the English language and published prior to 1903. I wish to take this opportunity of expressing my thanks to Miss Marion V. Smith, the First Assistant of the Wagner Institute Branch, for her assist- ance, not only in attending to the detail of the work, but also for valuable help throughout. iv CLASS HEADINGS (resolvable into Dewey numbers) 100 ~=Philosophical Psychological Ethical 200 Religious 300 Sociological Economic Social classes Customs Legendary & Mythological 400 Philological soo Natural science Animal life 600 Useful arts 700 ©Fine arts 800 Literature goo Historical (sub-divided) gio Travel—descriptive B_ Biographical SUPPLEMENTARY HEADINGS Adventures American Indians Character sketches Detective tales Life (sub-divided and appearing under the names of countries). Military tales School tales Sea tales ABBREVIATIONS oD catataileraantandacahat Adventures Tnld) ssnuu seve eis earce aston Sneaais aa wae es $24 8 African Weal: eset due hcne hace wana a etien hase wieGuchtnass dao ee American Jape a accaditacen ses sesawe RistahGnitaGd tars ale ds dertetacatans Ancient POW saniud succinate keane Deda Ancect a nad ey aly Austrian JUW zarmsiioisbiitless axee'd Rhine sa ack Seen Australian LG o7 ees ne ahaa eaten aes arian nce in acne Biographical Witusicee Maa ene .......Bohemian Med oes vens owas ac eane sanieibes cegad Surveill Sebaulee ees Country MOR uae oidsves Raa aacaye Canadian OVE ais a his Sit cakes oh a hie citaeds apeaarterad Character Myth ......... puvewieeeweetee sane Chinese Nails = eayetatonanisate seats Oven ee Civil NOE weuiren aauiantda eviews Sig Pa ie hacaMawssltie tes eg Classes Bal. wens svasganiantaamaes aisint sia ete dse ays aplactaotet, ed Colonial Ret aise ye sitre sanakanieas Cuban Philly ers osccda aceon Sdtpudden swiss doce hatn Customs DO) savas anieniladiee Seay a hid ape ie Ree eases Rae Danish POtt 03058 dawinageanny MiAdaisemera nate Poets Descriptive Psych ........0005, Eom Ridie Adie ee Ama A GE Detective Rel crgseevis ness dsaties Kia thiiachaeead ee ooeies Economic REV apne sey acreraincn. England RUS aces tedees ene skeen we divas Gadiodaad bi ee REGIS English DEN aiecains Mae toe an RaRctiele ne Rustam cae fey cal A Ethical NCL esac og dealnews Meg tad European COE: Gcvoe' aagadeauien Gheew ce entanboaaen aa Geians Finnish NO. Seren sadeseawa see ane sad rosa eo tears Baa sa a French NOC: guia sees vada General S66 €lviceaciciie ees ee ee ee German DOU 2 ei cnnew wares oud Ie EAAS MR eee eS came s Grecian WPal- dentro eskan ne ames eee en teri enarite Hawaiian Swed cin eceava arn aueaien sdanttaacaarans mages Haytian Trav ccccdeaapndersemieess bebe ee Sclanemen eis Historical Turk 2.20... esses ee eee Lia pai es a ¥ Hungarian Pyroll eswsseewagers cide Sracdasuie esas deus Icelandic USE gy a retirees ameuele ecb toeses si cotriatatiaa Bo ta eeaeaeaineete Indian A) vii -..... Mythological Philosophical Psychological Social classes a PROSE FICTION IN THE WAGNER INSTITUTE BRANCH OF THE FREE LIBRARY OF PHILADELPHIA WoPols Hepworth, Gy Fyawee ieedy oy ace dicag cas usiaaseled sora nie Psych A—, A.: Forbes, Walter. ...... 0.0.2. cc ccc cece cee tet ne een nen nee c life Ada th (pseud) see Tucker, Charlotte..............00.00ce ee eee A Square (pseud) see Abbott, are wea ere csoue hon naa dk AARON in the wildwoods: Harris, Vii Geterdoittcald an sayeastere ns juv Animal life ABANDONED claim: Loughead, Mrs F. H.......... 0. cc cece cence ees Gen ABANDONED farmer: Preston, S. H............ cece eee cece eee eee Use arts Aspe Constantin: Halévy, Ludovic........... 0.0.0. cece ce eee eee Fr life Aspot: Scott, sir Walter bart... .... 6... cc ccc cee cece ence een ees Hist Scot Asgsott, Charles Conrad: Colonial wooing...............0 cece eens Col life When the century was new...........-. eee eee cece e ee ee Col life Apsort, E. A. (A square pseud): Flatland............ 0.0 ccc ccc eee Nat sci A humorous satire on mathematics. Asgott, Jacob: MHarper’s story books............... ccc cece ee eee juv Gen Lcy b0OKSwwesct ceeas saiueeead ey ee gaa eeteas ee Oe asda ee easa dare juv Gen RONG Bt plays oon eta cakes eae aah pie de Oued aa etned be ew juv Gen RONG 8 SCHOOl nia ces nia rataneaceeaeacabannia ya ve oo baa wlbeak eons juv Gen Rollo at works wi scie-nsac dae tteariasetce ae sare Oeiecm aiieseew Hale eae abe ats juv Gen Rollo learning to. ‘reads sisssispiskaas eoees'a os Edbeee eee or ae eR ae 4 juv Gen Rollo learning: to ‘talk: :5 24 sacseeeses cee ca nenwre rans ered ee ews juv Gen Rollo’s: experiments: o.%.a0084206scdaeonns dacs eet oe juv Nat sci Talks to children on astronomy, beetles, bees, magnetism, philoso- phy, etc. Riello's:- muse: 5 ocsvas edaade. eee eee saga hhe ee Pao Ge juv Gen Rollo’s philosophy (air)............ eee eee cee ee ee eee eens juv Nat sci Talks to children on gravitation, philosophy, air burning, etc. Rollo’s. philosophy. ((firé) « . c.c:cccueess cone taaae es eee s een juv Nat sci Talks to children on fire, combustion, radiation, conduction, gun- powder, etc. Rollo’s philosophy (Sky). ecisssiisc cee eg snares ee eres vgs aielersceng juv Nat sci Talks to children on the air, clouds, dew, astronomy, etc. Rollo’s philosophy (water) ......... 0.6. ce cece eee e cence ene juv Nat sci Talks to children on water, evaporation, hydraulics, pressure, bridge and dam building, etc. RoNG's: travelSwesuce wes escdsacin wack ea eee w oe4 she Snes juv Gen Rollois.-vacation. ACKERMAN, A. W. Price of peace....... cece cece cece eee ete eeeneeaee Biog Micaiah (895 B. C.) A tale of the Hebrew prophet Introduces Micaiah; Ahab; Zedekiah ; Joash; etc. Across an Ulster bog: Hamilton, M.............. cece cence :---Irish life Across India: Adams, W. T............ cece cece eee e eee cee eee juv Trav-des Across the campus: Fuller, C. M........ 0... 0c eee e eee eee nee Sch tales Actaone -Daintréy, Laurtaecsacanoae caves cen oninee ened gaameres sacs .-.Gen ACTIVE service: Crane, Stephen..........0... sc cee ce ee eee ee nees Mil tales Acror’s child: Westbrook, Mrs H. P......... cece cece ee eee Nat sci ADALET (pseud)'= Hadjita cis oas-so aces sian abence@aneia re penis oes 4 Turk life ApaM and Eve: Parr, Mrs L. (T.)..cccccccce ccc ce eee e eee neeeens Gen Avpam Bede: Cross, Mrs M. A. (E.) Li... eee e cece eee e ee ee ences Eng c life Apvam Johnstone’s son: Crawford, F. M............0e eee cece cence nes Gen ApamMs, Andy: Log of a cowboy...........:.cceeceecee cece .--. West life ADAMS, Henry Cadwallader: Tales of Charlton school........ juv Sch tales Apams, Mrs Leith (pseud) see Laffan, Mrs Bertha (Adams).......... ApAMs, Mary: Confessions of a wife............ cc cece ce eee e ee eeeee Gen Apams, Oscar Fay: Archbishop’s unguarded moment................ Gen Apams, William: Born in the whirlwind...............0. cc ec ceeceuuee Gen Apams, William Taylor (Oliver Optic pseud): Across India. .juv Trav-des A boy’s tale of adventures in India. PUD AUCs ek scr tes see ate hah AAR ae tes et vaccine alpen lead hhee ead eons juv Use arts A boy’s story, including descriptions of the rigging of a fore and aft schooner. American boys afloat............ ccc cee ece eee e eevee eecenes juvy Trav-des Gibraltar to Constantinople, chiefly on the African side. Pestatie- DO OZESir a x. o, 24. cecatecauscnsusiliandshe eedytes aS seach Bena Wonk Sars juv Trav-des Alexandria, the Nile, Cyprus, Sinai, Assyria, Babylonia, Arabia, with sketch of Mohammed and Islamism. At thé: 1Ofty iy ai oeenausis 8s oes ccs ba glapaben sin see ek juv Hist Am civ war A boy’s tale of the guerilla warfare in Kentucky and the battle of Murfreesboro (Dec. 1862) Introduces by comment much his- torical data and numerous historical characters. Cross and crescent......... 0.000. ce cee ce cece cee caeeuceces juv Trav-des Turkey and Greece, the Danube, Bosphorus, Black Sea, Sea of Marmora, etc. Dikes: aid ditches. 9 sc i242ceca was erug c444s eee ees eee ok juv Trav-des Adventures in Holland and Belgium. Down the? RHin@staca pre cedataee saa-ccuss ava nbanwk bore @eek juv Trav-des __ ,Germany—chiefly on the Rhine. : Fighting Joe.......... 00. ce ccc ccc e ee enceeeees juv Hist Am civ war A. boy’s story of the civil war Introduces Gen’l. Hooker, some of his campaigns, and by comment considerable historical informa- tion. Four young explorers........0......ccececececccscceeceee juv Tray-des Borneo, Siam, China, Philippines. Half round the world...........0. 0. cc cece ceeceeceeceece. juv Trav-des A boy’s tale of adventures in India and the East Indies. TSleS: OF tHE SCA ash dans sohtmncaws tis pve Puta cme e Pais soc juv Trav-des ; The Madeira, Canary, Azores, Bermuda and Cape Verde Islands. Lieutenant at eighteen.......................6... juvy Hist Am civ war A boy’s story written around the civil war Includes battle of Logan’s Cross Roads—tale chiefly in Kentucky Introduces con- siderable historical information. 2 Apams, William Taylor (Oliver Optic pseud) [continued] Northeti lands... 0 sea lereca oid tin GLohonth Myon eee ae juv Trav-des A boy’s tale of sight seeing in Russia and Prussia. Oni the: staff... cack vena ton Ng ecaieatag awed renege juv Hist Am civ war A juvenile story built around the guerilla raids in Kentucky and the army of the Ohio under Gen'l. Buell Introduces considerable historical information. Patihe: SHOCES wcaccsnare pire caG4 Mie eet coe hhaagene welts juv Trav-des Japan, Australia, New Zealand and the Fiji Islands. Palace. and cottages osincok wins 446 acigauin a 3084 5 Meee juv Trav-des France and Switzerland, with a portion devoted to Paris. Ready ‘aboutssncows oo cis aeemee ce dnt ieee aadeaee cso ea ve juv Fine arts A boy’s tale containing a great deal of instruction in reference to the rigging and sailing of boats. REC MCTOSS ss scanning WA Grose em airowaes dee aabmenie gS Ge eclay weet juv Trav-des England and Wales, London, Liverpool, etc. and the Isle of Wight. Shamrock and thistle.......... 0.0... cc ccc cee ce ee nce eeeee juv Trav-des Ireland’ and Scotland. Soldier ‘boys s s.c/c6ao ke. tA eigisse eae ded eae Sane juv Hist Am civ war A boy’s story written around the war; Bull Run, Williamsburg, etc. SUEM LOr-StEMN 6, Coc chek eas cade uname eee Cee a sess aindioas juv Use arts A boy’s tale containing a great deal of instruction in regard to the building of boats. Strange sights abroad............. 0c. eee e cece eee eee ee eee juv Trav-des The Bahamas, Canary Islands and Morocco. SUNY - SHOTS 55a -0 4520 sts ccessicensa ssid. osaceinrd omarion een S.6 bron panius juv Trav-des Austria and Italy, Cracow and the Tyrol. Up and down the Nile.......... cc cece cece eee eee juv Trav-des A trip up the Nile—Cairo, the Pyramids, Memphis, with a sketch of the history of Egypt. Up the Balti¢ascsos02 28 siciiedieg 044 ou kaitaiahuade ses awnbe juv Trav-des A trip through Norway, Sweden and Denmark. Vane “aNd OLIVE) sci caeoc.0 ge waviononaegel iacendeanae dine oie re juv Trav-des Spain, Gibraltar, and Portugal. Young knight errant.......................000- Heese juv 'Trav-des The Bahamas and Cuba. Young lieutenant............... 0. cece eee eee juv Hist Am civ war A boy’s tale written around the army of the Potomac and the Peninsular campaign Introduces by comment considerable his- torical information and numerous historical characters. Youne navigators. :isacsevandeicass cages ca/eaers Sus sibua juv Trav-des Constantinople, the Peloponnesus, Athens, Corinth, Delphi, Parnassus, Ionian Islands and Zante Contains account of Trojan war. Apams, William Taylor (Oliver Optic pseud) and Stratemeyer, Edward: Undivided union. ........... 0.0 c cece cece ee ee eee juv Hist Am civ war Al boy’s tale written around the operations of the army of the Cumberland Introduces by comment much historical information and numerous historical characters. ADELAIDE’S awakening: Marshall, Mrs E (M.)........... 00. eee ee eee Gen Avrie: Kavanagh; Julideo. oe ses sisuigens devs se xdewan ess pees see eee Nene Gen ADELER, Max (pseud) see Clark, Charles Heber................000c ee ADIRONDACK idyl: Vanamee, L. O........ 0. cece cence cece eee ene ees Gen ADMINISTRATRIX: Curtis, E. Goo... . cece cece cee ee cette ee erence _.. Cust ApmiraL J. of Spurwink: Kaler, J. O........ 0.00 ce eter ee ees juv Gen ApotpH and how he found the beautiful lady: Taylor, F. J......... juv Gen ADVENTURER of the North: Parker, sir Gilbert...................00. Can life ADVENTURERS: Watson, H. B. M.... 21... cece cece ee ee en ee eee tee ene Adv ADVENTURES : About, E. F. V: King of the mountains............... ccc eee ees Altsheler; J. At Bast, rebel saci iwsiscicpa tater ang. ah e-simies cttaatenian.e ins Anderson, Robert: Jack Champney.................eseeee eee eee juv Bache, R. M: Young wrecker of the Florida reef................ juv Badger, J. E. jr: Lost city..... 0... cc cece eee teen eee eee e een eee Baker, sir S. W: True tales for my grandsons.................. ; Barnum, Mrs F.C. (B.): Juan and Juanita...................0... Juv Barr, Robert: Face and the mask........-..+-- eee eeee ee eee eens Barr, Robert: Revenge .......... cece eee een ee eneeee Hage gas 8a Barr, Robert: Strong arm..........s cece e cece eee tee eee eee eens ADVENTURES [continued] Barr, Robert: Tekla 2.0.0.0... 0.0... ccc cece eee ce eee renee enn ene Barrett, Frank: Set of rogues... ........ce esse ce nee teen nee : Belisle, D. W: American family Robinson........-..++++e+ seers juv Besant, sir Walter: World went very well then.........-.----- Biart, Lucien: Involuntary voyage.....-...-.0-eeeeee reer rees Bickerdyke, John: Passing of Prince Rozan.........-.++-+++++ ; Billings, E. E: Marking the boundary...........0.-+ eee ee eee eens juv Bishop, W. H: Yellow snake...........-2 eee cece recent eens Black, M. M: House of Cargill......... 6.0: cece eee ce eee e eee Boothby, G. N: Dr. Nikola......... deere en een eee e enna Boothby, G. N: Fascination of the king...........-.-- sees ener Boothby, G. N: Long live the king. ........ 00. c eee ee ee ee ee eee Boothby, G. N: My Indian queen............ 60.0. cece eee e eee Bouvé, E. T: Centuries apart...........-. eee c cece cere eee eee : Bowman, Anne: Bear hunters. ......... 00.00 e cee cece teen ent eeeee juv Bowman, Anne: Kangaroo hunters............. 00s eee eee eer eee eee juv Boyesen, H. H: Modern vikings...........-.0 ec cece eee renee ees juv Brady, C. Ts Hohenzollernes::