Looking for a classic that has fallen into public domain? Free ebooks? There are lots of great ways to read books for free right on the internet! Lets look at just some of the options:

http://www.gutenberg.org/
"Project Gutenberg offers over 50,000 free ebooks: choose among free epub books, free kindle books, download them or read them online. "

https://openlibrary.org/
"The World's classic literature at your fingertips. Over 1,000,000 free ebook titles available. "

https://books.google.com/
Google Books is a great resource! One I use all the time. It has many searchable books, excerpts, etc. A great resource when researching or looking into a topic you would like to know more about. 

Every family has some skeletons in their closet. When it comes to Benjamin Smith -- the donor of the historic Meredith Public Library building -- he may have had a little more than he reckoned. After some inquiry into his Mudgett relatives (His mother being Mary Mudgett Smith), it was discovered that: "Benjamin M. Smith is a third cousin once removed to Herman W. Mudgett (better known as H. H. Holmes). The nearest common relative is John Mudgett (b. 17 Dec 1700 in MA) and Susannah Scribner (b. c 1746 in Brentwood)." We thank Ray Scriber for this information.

H.H. Holmes is best known as a notorious serial killer, originally from
Gilmanton, NH, who did most of his nefarious deeds during the Chicago's World Fair in 1893. He is sometimes known as America's First Serial Killer and his crimes were recently detailed in the wildly successful book Devil in the White City by Erik Larson (and soon to be a film staring Leonardo DiCaprio).

It just goes to show the incredibly varied individuals that make up a
family tree - both good and bad.

For more information, visit these links:

The Official page for the Erik Larson book Devil in the White City

Variety: Leonardo DiCaprio and Martin Scorsese Reunite for 'Devil in the White City'

A Documentary Film on Holmes, entitled: America's First Serial Killer

A Little Bit about the History of Meredith Public Library and Benjamin Smith

An Earlier Blog Post About Benjamin Smith's Donation to his Parent's Legacy

The current quilt on display is by by Carol Hoagland. 
"Memoriof Tuscany"

From Carol:

"I wanted to use the Cathedral Windows in a novel way so the idea is for a villa covered in stucco interspersed with stained glass windows. The potted flowers would be along the sidewalk. At least that was the plan!  This quilt is machine pieced with fused raw edge applique and Cathedral Window blocks; and machine quilted with the ‘Quilt As You Go’ method. The Country Village Quilt Guild holds its meetings at the Safety Building on Rt. 25 in Moultonborough.  The meetings and programs are held the first and third Wednesdays each month, year round, from 1:30pm – 4:00pm. Visitors are always welcome!  

Our artist of the month this month is Sundius Design from Meredith, New Hampshire.