Henry Hobson Richardson & the Small Public Library in America

Preface viii Introduction 2(16) Strongholds of Noble Political and Civil Life 18(36) Handsome Bindings and Vistas of Shelves: American Library Design to 1875 54(50) Woburn: ``A Model Village Library'' 104(46) The Epitome of Design: Libraries in North Easton and Quincy 150(42) Et in Arcadia Ego 192(26) Competition in East Saginaw 218(36) Epilogue 254(16) Notes 270(44) Bibliography 314(22) Index 336