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    Library Association Of The

    ^ T - aouis ov With with t , Mahomed inulii indifference tpreiJ an . ce , by uy or Christian found iuuuu « ers its vjjl of , ar libraries uuiariea e passed ..

    v The over IIJ . n JJ * \ auite practicall M UAVV affairs eno - " - y ug - minded of j h tho to do Chinaman to acquaint world ± finds within himself that his he

    with ken quiries the and abo so ut , with a future Confucius narrow state to , he go b allows y the board all in- . The metaphysical sides of pure Buddhism and

    in ^ Taouism fpllftp tellect . . t . are ana and too I t the ne _ ab . aegraaea degraded 1 struse J to A _ systems systems be 1- _ . congenial - wnicn which * 1 to J now now his "I

    represen absurd to , t these commend religi themselves ons are too to gross educated and

    minds . Christianity as yet finds no favour with ¦ V I I ; I I t ^ IIV he literati ' / 1 / \ S *>> ' 9 W v v , m the v- » --k . ^ r onl " » - *¦ * A * y » miss *** fc » JI »> i * o ^— ' n •_ -..- ary ¦) . *¦¦/ « . ^ W wor » ¥ N .-- * --U k A - _ . IVJ s

    ¦ which those on gain scientific admission subj Bl ects into . the But , libraries another being and ¦

    one do BM ¦ y I — P « no | l ^^ of ^^ t . ^ ^^ ^ exist ^^^ ^ the ^^^ Bp B - ^^ ^ ^ ^ ^ b ^ ^ ^ W ^ p- chief " ^^ in China —p reasons - — — — — -v was — — v — why — that —— — — public — p — books w -v -p- — V - ^ W —— libraries — were P ^^ P p— — ' , w p - ^ M ^ «— ¦ so -PB H - «^ ^^ ^ ^ . -m . student i " I , who " 1 could 1 ^ not afford / "W » m to .

    cheap supply that himself a with those he requires must be poor indeed . Havingthereforeall that

    they very require "within their reach , , they , have no desire rlpqirp . to +, o go pro aabroad broad to to read rekd . but but , retire TetirR to t . o their tliftir

    studies and to the well-worn , volumes which have possibly stood from generation to

    generation on their shelves . Lending libraries are to be found in all large cities bpth in China

    and Japan . The contents of these libraries are hawked about by colporteurs from door to

    tales door . make Novels , the plays sum , ghost total stories of the , and stock love -inup

    trade of a of these a volume itineran is t Mudies held to , and be a sufficient eighth penny

    remuneration the community for . the Their services patrons they are render mainl to

    and and poor girls fi peop rla and a le . nrl who women wnmon canno . ^ t With 7 afford i f , Vi these +, Vif » to qp > last lust buy writers - books orri +. ^ - y ,

    favouri of love te s authors tories and ghostly legends are the

    . expected expected Dr . Garnett , a rare ra . ro ' s address t f , rea r «« . f t . t i , n o was t f . h he , as assembled 2 mi i . saAmKI ght be < = » rl

    , said bibliopoles British that Museum at . the It suggestion referred since 1877 to of . Dr ' * Changes The Bond speaker he at had the

    culars tuiars undertaken of ot „_„„ v the the > v w vr to ^ xv nrocrress ^ tJU summarise hhVJk } U of of 1 VJ ' JL the tli the o JL . TBritish * r 5 rif . leading Ju iah 'V / llMi Museum TVTnsfiiim A . JLXJ parti J . A , lA /\ - progress

    , as and regards manuscri the pts Vl department omi JkJLJCA tting those of prin depar ted t UAAJl men books ts

    ^ u now t i tne tile immedia association assoniat ~™"^* ^ - * •*• f tel - ' »» J . y , « irvn V connec ^ . V m in UXAAm ted which wTi . VilVMV ip with . Vi / r » TTKrre - * the . \^ B ^^ ImWJL : > li 9 objects m . Vll had n rl

    ¦ ¦ perhaps inent rate of lias accession been under even in , the more no i ^ rinted material remarkable , progress book alteration depart . The . - Uio Parliamentary gone grant is at t it

    ¦_ | cations ^ ost a 3 formerl w is io apparen o . y ppcbrtJiiti . The tly j' number muc lauuu h of the un « British presen same Httmo . . publi as The jliiw

    -B ^ striking acquisition—the great Chinese ¦ ln ¦ JjKtyKvdia ! * iljlr — niu JLuui while 3 t be reckoned adding 5 , 000 sing volume le book uuuk s to

    |^ , , e » c oitrht total " ^ y years number , st ending uo of iei volumes ; tt . 1885 uiicu , as na including acquire < a % aiii ^ d during books . jhusic music and and volu volumes mes of of newspapers nflwftnanftrs is i « in in

    ¦ put mind numbers 31 , 000 for 250 the , 000 , giving . The an manuscri average , of t j ]) a j * tinen towe t has received year a grand acquisition p

    jn ¦ . a nuscri " ^ p Stowe ^ ts of extraordinary manuscrip mnnnanrinta ts , in includin inrln terest ^ inor boug g 901 901 ht W * special wri nt in 1883 The in number of

    » W ^< j s partment tten gra for the during catalogue the . eight the years printed under vtuo

    _ \ uo VJJL UllMMtJ JLUX V ^ ri « lJL l » M , l U «^ UJft . » ^ F :: ^ ^ - _

    -.---— ¦ ¦ - - ' - " — ' - ' ' - i m and Associa music tion ) ' s visit has in been 1877 316 print , 234 . has Since been the

    in-The troduced portion in the printed catalogues to this of dat printed e comprises books .

    the ception whole of the of letters great and A , B difficult , and C article , with the Bibl Ex e - '

    and one or two in C which it has been found advisable to postpone for the moment . The

    latter end ^^ ^^^ h ¦ h , « ^ has ^ ^ part ^ bi ¦ n ^ ^ also b ^^ p ^ a ^ of p w ni _ p— the been « i «« ^^ ^ Bpff al ^¦^¦ M p printed W habet ^^ ^^ «^>^ . ^ ^ r ^¦ v' , ^ B ^^ P from out ^^ r ^ a *^ ^ r of ^^ ' Virg p strict ^^ V ^^ ^ Bto ^ il bT V ' alp ^ r ^ to f ^^ ¦ k ^ ha the ^ b ^ v ^ ^ V ^ F -

    betical order . The long article * Periodical Publica ¦¦ - tions' is just ¦ through the pressand

    numero — - *¦ — ^— — - ^— - ^ ^^ u ^^ s - ^ ^^ ^ v ^ - - ^ olumes ^— ^^^ h — ^ v , ¦ ' ^ p- ^ the ^ ' ^^ v ^— ^^^^^ manuscri - ^ i ^ ^^^^^ ' ^ V ^^^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^ pt ^^^ 1 ' ^^ copies " ^* ' . ¦ P ^ ' ' . *^» ¦ , ^ fc ^^ ^ p »« of fc ^**^^> which were in bad condition , have been printed

    is in ei vario ther u printed s parts or of in the preparation alphabet . for Most the press of D ,

    and ground has been broken in E . Since the altogether commencemen comprising t 138 volu 523 mes volumes have been of prin manu ted - , '

    con scri t p ts . s on Assuming the a that each 4800 of titles these in volumes round verag

    numbers ~— - ^— - ^^— - ^ ^» — ^—^ —w ~ pi 60 ^^ ^ , 000 »» ^ " ^ ¦ v " ^— ^^ titles - ^ BP * ^^^ ^^ ^ " ] B" »^ Bfc ^^^ have ^^^ " , ^ H ^^^ i" ^ . ^ ^ . been ^ ¦ ^^ - ^^ " ^ B * * H , V ^ P * p - ^^ ^^ P » rinted BBt ^ B ^ ^ B » ^ " Bp » BI . ^^^ . ^ BBl Supposing , further , that the number of titles

    existing at the commencement of the work was 2 , 500 , 000 , and allowing 500 , 000 more for

    accession titles to be incorporated during its progressand assuming that they printed

    henceforth at the , rate of 150000 titles a their labourik might be concl , uded in abo year ut six , teen

    years of work from hacL the been present in time . A since useful the piece last progress

    visit of the Association in the affixing of third marks to the booksindicating the exact

    position of the volume , on the shelf . Jt is done by the attendants engaged in bringing books

    to the reading-room in the intervals of their regular work ; 104 , 000 such marks had been

    affixed during the period under examination . As to official publicationsit might be of

    interest to state that the cat , alogue of maps and plansedited from tjie original manuscript

    catalogue , by Professoi Douglas , has condensed 323 volumes for reading-room use into fourteen

    public manuscri in p t t volumes two . , It is published for issue t o t t he

    guineas and comprehensive , and is probab cat l alogue y the mos of i t ts impor class tan in t

    the world . Then there is the catalogue of EarlEnglish books previous to 1641

    pre-^ BB—^^ ^ b ^^ P ^^ B ^ PB ^ y W ^^^»^^^ *^ ^ " ^ ¦ lBB ^ h ^^ ^* ^^ P' ^ ^* »^ i ^ ^* ^ ^^ _ »*» ^^^^» r ^ m- a Bl ^ ^^» ^^^ » ^^ " ^^ - h ^» r ^ - ~ B — ^ ' ^ Bi ~^™ r - A ¦ » , V ¦ ^ ^ PP » - ^ l ^ i pared published under in the three direction volumes of at Mr ^^^ . ^^ 30 * . s Bullen . ^^^^^ ^ There ^ , and is ^^

    also the last the five subject index made to the bMr acquisitions . Fortescue of yearsy

    the superintendent , of the reading-room . Ex- , cluding novelspoemsand works of this class

    it contains abou , t 36 , , 000 entries of really , valuable W * . d . ¦— «^ PK B . BJ F ^^ ^ Bk ^ BP *^ works V V ^^^ pV ^ k ^^ P ^ p < . V ¦ Two ^ PPP ¦ ^> p ~ valuable V Bh ^^ P ^^ —P ¦¦ ' ^ P ' ^ P ^ l ^ ^^ 'BBp' catalogues ~^ v ^^^^ ^«> ^ v ^ «^ ^ BjBh ^ Pr ^ " ^^ PBP

    the apper list taining of the to larg the e number reading- of room special are— biblio first - ,

    gra direc phies tion of placed Mr . Bond in the in reading order -room to by l the in , suppy

    some measure the want of a classified catalogue of the library ; the other is a catalogue of the |

    reques 15 , 000 t volumes other than of book books s of mos reference t frequentl , which y in | Mr lVTr . Bond Rrvnrl has "h a . H caused naiiftftd to t , o Ybe > o placed nlanftd in in the the ii

    don reading in -room the preparation gallery . of Much Oriental has catalogues also been .

    All g the official publications are sold in the buildingor be obtained through the

    agents . , The subscription haa been virtually

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• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Oct. 1, 1886, page 1101, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01101886/page/51/