Memorial Sketch of Dr. William Frederick Poole, 1821 (Classic Reprint)
Description:... Excerpt from Memorial Sketch of Dr. William Frederick Poole, 1821 Rian of the Society of Brothers of Unity, connected with which 30 ciety was a library of about ten thousand volumes. A consider able part of this library consisted of bound volumes, and, in many cases, of complete sets of the lead ing foreign quarterlies and maga zines, and of the best American periodicals. At this time it was customary, in the college, for the topics for essays and other literary work to be announced from time to time in the college chapel, and Dr. Poole, in answer to an urgent demand for such information, presently commenced to post in the library, in connection with each of the topics thus announced, a list of the books in the library relating to such topics, and also a list of the articles in the various reviews and magazines which would be useful in the preparation of essays upon the topics ah.
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