...Colonel Anderson's precious generosity ; and it was when reveling in the treasures which he opened to us that I resolved, if ever wealth came to me, that it...those for which we were indebted to that noble man. Even this teaching, however, as to how rich men should give is, if anything, less remarkable than what...

...treasures which he opened to us that I resolved, if ever wealth came to me, it should be used to establish libraries, that other poor boys might receive opportunities...those for which we were indebted to that noble man." •ANDREW CARNEGIE was born in Dunfermline, Scotland, November 25, 1837; came with the family to the...

...boys. Every Saturday afternoon he was in attendance himself at his house to exchange books. No one but he who has felt it can know the intense longing...those for which we were indebted to that noble man. Great Britain has been foremost in appreciating the value of free libraries for its people. Parliament...

...boys. Every Saturday afternoon he was in attendance himself at his house to exchange books. No one but he who has felt it can know the intense longing...for which we were indebted to that noble man." Mr. David Geddes, the librarian of the Blackburn Free Library, who died suddenly on 2?nd October last at...

...shared with me Colonel Anderson's precious generosity, and it was when reveling in these treasiires that I resolved if ever wealth came to me, that it...those for which we were indebted to that noble man." It was this belief in the usefulness of the free library as an educative force in the community which...

...boys. Every Saturday afternoon he was in attendance himself at his house to exchange books. No one but he who has felt it can know the intense longing...those for which we were indebted to that noble man. Many free libraries have been established in our country, but none that I know of with such wisdom...

...if ever wealth came to me, that it should be used to establish free libraries, that other poor Ixjys might receive opportunities similar to those for which we were indebted to that noble man." " Uo\v far that little candle throws his beams ! So slimes a good deed in a naughty world." Again Mr....

...hundred books to boys. Every Saturday afternoon he was in attendance himself to exchange books. No one but he who has felt it can know the intense longing...(1886), ^50,000 ; Ayr (1890), ^10,000; Dunfermline (1880), ^8000; Peterhead (1892-95), ^4000 ; Inverness (1890), ^1750 ; Aberdeen (1892-96), ^2000; Airdrie...

...Allegheny, opened his little library of four hundred books to boys. It was when revelling in those treasures that I resolved if ever wealth came to me,...those for which we were indebted to that noble man. No millionaire will go far wrong in his search for one of the best forms for the use of his surplus...

...partners through life, shared with me Col. Anderson's precious generosity,1 and it was when reveling in these treasures that I resolved if ever wealth...those for which we were indebted to that noble man." In a recent address to the industrious and clever boys of McDonogh school, June 3, 1899, on the subject,...