Excerpt from Classified Catalogue of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, 1895-1902, Vol. 1 of 3: General Works, Philosophy, Religion, Sociology, Philology, Natural Science, Useful Arts The Board Of Trustees Of the Carnegie Library of Pitts burgh wa's organized in 1890' The following year permission was Obtained from the city to erect in Schenley Park a central building dedicated to its purposes, to be followed by the erection of branches in other parts of the city. AS this first structure approached completion, the work of the Library proper began early in 1895 withthe organization of a staff under the leadership of Edwin H. Anderson and in November Of that year the-library was opened to the. Public with a col lection Of about volumes. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.