_Tacoma._ Public Library. Gift of $50,000, for a public library building, from Andrew Carnegie. Accepted with the proviso that $7500 will be appropriated for maintenance annually if the gift is increased to $75,000. A site has already been selected. WEST VIRGINIA. _Wheeling._ Public Library. Gift of $75,000, for a public library building, from Andrew Carnegie. WISCONSIN. _Appleton._ Public Library. Gift of $663.54, from directors of Prescott Hospital. -- Gift of $500, for furnishing room, from women's clubs. _Ashland._ Vaughn Library. Bequest of the Vaughn Library, valued at $60,000; also property which will give it an income of $1200 a year, from Mrs. Vaughn-Marquis, of Chicago. -- Bequest of 540 volumes, from Mrs. E. Vaughn-Marquis. _Columbus._ Public Library. Gift of $1300, $1000 for endowment and $300 for immediate use, from Mrs. C. A. Chadbourne and F. A. Chadbourne. _De Pere._ Public Library. Gift of $2000, towards furnishing a library of 10,000 volumes and upwards, if accepted before September, 1902, from A. G. Wells. _Green Bay._ Kellogg Public Library. Gift of $20,000, for public library building, from Andrew Carnegie, the city to furnish site and $2500 yearly for maintenance. -- Gift of a building site for new Carnegie Library, worth $2000, from Bishop Messmer. _Janesville._ Public Library. Gift of $30,000, for a public library building, from Andrew Carnegie. The city council voted March 19, 1901, to appropriate $3500 yearly for maintenance. -- Bequest of $10,000, for a public library building, from F. S. Eldred. _Kenosha._ Gilbert M. Simmons Library. Gift of a library building and furniture, costing about $150,000, from Z. G. Simmons, in memory of his son, Gilbert M. Simmons. -- Gift of $20,000, for purchase of books, from Z. G. Simmons. _La Crosse._ Washburn Library. Gift of the Albert Boehm collection of stuffed birds, valuable but cost not stated, from citizens of the city. _Lake Geneva._ Public Library. Gift of 750 volumes, from several ladies. _Lake Mills._ Public Library. Gift of $1000, in addition, for building, from L. D. Fargo. -- Gift of $1700, for building site, from citizens of the place. _Madison._ Free Library Commission. Gift of $35, for German travelling library, from citizens of Milwaukee. -- University of Wisconsin. The Germanic Seminary Library, comprising 1700 volumes, relating especially to Germanic philology and literature; purchased from a fund of $3146, raised by German-American citizens of Milwaukee and presented Jan. 1, 1899.