Art and Handcraft in the Woman's Building
of the World's Columbian Exposition

_______________________________________ IN THE WOMAN’S BUILDING. 113 important department. These few rough notes, made when our volume is already in press, are entirely inadequate to the subject. They are made in the hope that they may call the attention of the visitor to a most interesting and valuable feature of our building. The following statement of the number of books received at our library was made on the 30th day of May, 1893. We hope and believe that on the 30th day of October the number will have greatly increased: Alabama............ 64 Alaska............. Arizona............. Arkansas........... 1 California........... 9 Colorado............ 46 Connecticut_______ in Delaware_______.... 8 District of Columbia. _ 100 Florida............. 8 Georgia............ 9 Idaho .............. ............. ............. Illinois___________ 100 Indiana_____________ 1 Iowa............... 2 Kansas........... . 3 Kentucky........... 6 Louisiana........... 72 Maine ... .......... 42 Maryland.....___________ 56 Massachusetts...... 100 Michigan........... 24 Minnesota.......... 34 Mississippi.............. 4 Missouri........... 3 Montana______________ Nebraska....■_________ 20 Nevada ........... New Hampshire____ 3 New Jersey........ 350 New Mexico........ .......... N ew Y ork_________2,500 North Carolina..... 26 North Dakota...... .............. Ohio_______________ 96 Oregon___•___________ 11 Pennsylvania...... 400 Rhode Island...___ 45 South Carolina..... 13 South Dakota...... Tennessee......... Texas............. 27 Utah.............. Vermont .......... .......... Virginia________... 14 Washington........ ......... West Virginia....... 5 Wisconsin__________ 4 Wyoming.......... ........... ........... Arabia............. Belgium____________ 350 Bohemia____________ 307 Cuba (included in Spain). Denmark.......... ............ Finland____________ 1 France............. 800 Germany (gift)...... 500 Great Britain....... 500 Italy (gift — more are coming)......... 150 Japan............__ 50 Mexico............ 9 Peru.............. i Portugal_____________ Spain........_____________ 300 Sweden............ 130 Turkey............ 1 The Editor.