The Englishman's illustrated guide-book to the United States and Canada (5th edition, London, 1878).-Montgomery Gibbs. Hilda among the broken gods. By the author of Olrig Grange, "Borland Hall" (Glasgow, 1878), is by the Rev. Walter C. Smith, Free High Church, Edinburgh.-A. D. W. Oxiane, ou la révolution de Saint-Domingue (Paris, 1826, 3v.).-M. Barthe, Professeur de belles-lettres à l'École militaire de Saint-Cyr. GENERAL NOTES. UNITED STATES. BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY.-A much-discussed question was settled August 26th by the election of the Hon. Mellen Chamberlain, Chief Justice of the Boston Municipal Court, to the librarianship, as they now term the Superintendent's post vacated just a year ago by Prof. Winsor. Judge Chamberlain was born June 4th, 1821, at Pembroke, N. H. He graduated at Dartmouth in 1844, and entered the Dane Law School at Cambridge, where he acted as librarian during his course. Graduating in 1848, he began the practice of law in Boston. In politics he was a Whig, but on the formation of the Republican party joined it, and was elected to the State Legislature in 1858 and again in '59. In 1863 and '64 the First Suffolk District sent him to the State Senate. He was appointed in 1866 Associate Justice of the Boston Municipal Court, and in 1871 Chief Justice of the same Court, succeeding Judge Bacon, appointed to the Superior Court. The experience in the law school would hardly count much, and it is the executive ability expected from Judge Cham berlain that makes his friends confident of a successful librarianship. Certainly he has the finest opportunity in the library world, and we shall hope for much good work from him. We extend to our new co-worker the heartiest sympathy and the most cordial welcome to our profession. He enters upon his duties October 1st, the date on which Mr. Winsor's resignation took effect last year. INDIANAPOLIS PUBLIC LIBRARY.-We regret to note that Mr. Chas. Evans, known to those present at the two conferences as one of the most active and useful workers in the A. L. A., Six to one; a Nantucket idyl (N. Y., 1878). has failed to secure his re-election to the libraEdward Bellamy. NOTES. WE are glad to state that the Rev. John Laing, of Edinburgh, has now finished his dictionary of anonymous and pseudonymous literature of Great Britain, chiefly according to the general catalogue of the Bodleian Library. Mr. Laing's work will also contain the full names of the authors whose initials only occur on their titlepages. We understand that there will be no less than 20,000 entries. Mr. Laing will have at his disposal the slips of the late Mr. Samuel Halkett, Keeper of the Advocates' Library of Edinburgh Athenæum. rianship of the Indianapolis Public Library. Mr. Evans has been among librarians one of the most popular of their number, and has made his library, in many respects, one of the most favorably known in the country. It is stated that the Library Committee favored his reelection, but that he failed of the necessary ballots in the final vote before the General Board of Commissioners of Schools. His successor is Mr. Albert B. Yohn, to whom the position was offered by the Board. Mr. Yohn has been a member of a prominent bookselling firm in Indianapolis, and his enterprising work in trade bibliography has shown his capacity for one part of the librarian's labors. If he prove to have the administrative ability to continue successfully the other features of Mr. Evans' work, and if some important library less well organized shall secure the experience of the latter gentleman, the result may prove satisfactory on all sides. We welcome the one into the profession, and trust shortly to hear from Mr. Evans in a new field of library labor. MISSOURI UNIVERSITY.--Not a day of the last year failed to bring calls for needed books not in the library. Scott Hayes, the librarian, urges the necessity of buying more books and getting a fire proof building, in place of the present room over the chapel, in danger of destruction by fire. They have now 10,824 v. and 10,336 pam., and he believes, and rightly, that active efforts to help themselves would bring aid from friends of the University. NEW ORLEANS MERC. LIB. Assoc.-A number of gentlemen of New Orleans are about to organize a Mercantile Library Association. Several of those interested in this subject met recently at the residence of Dr. Chander, on Carondelet street, and all the preliminaries were arranged for the organization of the association. THE Journeymen Plumbers' Benevolent Society of New York invites contributions of books and periodicals as the nucleus of a library and workingmen's reading-room. They may be addressed to C. F. Wingate, editor American Plumber, P. O. box 3037, New York. GREAT BRITAIN. BRITISH MUSEUM.-Mr. J. Winter Jones, the veteran librarian of the British Museum and the President of the Library Association of the United Kingdom, has resigned his office in the Museum, the resignation to take effect after the usual holidays. Mr. Jones entered the service of the Trustees of the British Museum in April, 1837, as an assistant in the Lower Section of the Department of Printed Books; and he became Sir A. Panizzi's locum tenens in June, 1866. Dr. Birch alone of the whole staff of the Museum is Mr. Jones's senior in service. The librarian is the chief officer of the several departments of the Museum, and holds the most important post in the profession in the entire kingdom. It is stated on good authority that the position has been offered to Mr. E. A. Bond, now Keeper of the mss. "free public reading-room and library" on October 1st, and remain open every week-day, during suitable hours, so long as the expenses, estimated at 2007. per year, are provided by local contributions. The management will be under the control of a local committee, and the funds will be quite distinct from the funds of the college; there will be no restriction as to age or sex, the rooms, books, etc., being freely at the service of any to whom they are useful. PROPOSED ADOPTIONS OF THE ACT.-Sir Julian Goldsmid, M.P., has offered to give 500 guineas to the city of Rochester towards the foundation of a free library, on condition that the burgesses provide for its maintenance by adopting the Free Libraries' Act, which they have hitherto been unwilling to do. A number of influential inhabitants are very anxious to induce the ratepayers to adopt the act for this important city. THE old free library building, Campfield, long condemned as insecure, recently fell to the ground. Three men who were at work upon it were buried in the ruins and were fearfully injured. 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