The complete online text of In the Library by W. W. Jacobs.

W. W. Jacobs, remembered today almost exclusively for his horror story "The Monkey's Paw" (The Lady of the Barge, 1902), was one of the most popular English humorists of the early twentieth century. His stories, many of them amusing tales of life along t...

Library branches would be built in Burke Centre and Oakton and four of the county's oldest branches would be renovated if voters approve a $52.5 million bond issue on Tuesday. It is the county's first library bond issue in 15 years. The major...

Bill Hudson, information technology services manager for Library System of Lancaster County, said he's been thinking about Murphy's Law a lot lately. It started last Wednesday, when three hard drives helping to connect all 16 of the county's public libraries crashed. The malfunction blocked...

A convicted sex offender who was released from prison over prosecutors' objections has been charged with raping a 6-year-old at a public library while the boy's mother used a computer nearby.Corey Saunders was arrested outside a homeless shelter Wednesday evening shortly after a librarian saw...

A big, red "Closed" sign has been plastered across the front door of the library here since mid-April, when Jackson County ran out of money to keep its 15 branches open.In a few weeks, though, the sign will come down and the doors will be...