Preface

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Preface v
3. CONTENTS ix
4. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS x
5. CHAPTER I. “Out of Small Beginnings” 1
6. CHAPTER II. The Founding of the Library 19
7. CHAPTER III. Narrow Premises in Mason Street 43
8. CHAPTER IV. Jewett in Boylston Street 55
9. CHAPTER V. The Winsor Decade 75
10. CHAPTER VI. In the Doldrums 103
11. CHAPTER VII. Building the New Library 131
12. CHAPTER VIII. The New Library under Herbert Putnam 164
13. CHAPTER IX. The Administrations of Whitney and Wadlin 185
14. CHAPTER Χ. Belden’s Fourteen Years 204
15. CHAPTER XI. Depression and Consolidation 221
16. CHAPTER XII. Towards the Second Century 240
17. Epilogue 258
18. APPENDIX 263
19. INDEX 265
20. Backmatter 275