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    THE GUILDHALL LIBRARY, LONDON.

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    Obitua^ A. J. B. Beresford-Hope.—When Th...

    ~— r connected is Ure ' s excellent ' Dictionary of ArtsManufactures - ~ " ~ " ~~ and Mines / He edited

    three , editions — " » r " ^ " ^ ~ w of - ^ r ^ B ^ pv - ^ p ^ - this v ^^ , ^ PJ ^ m *^ J ^^*^ work ^ ^^^^™ *^^ ^^^^ ^ . ^ ^^^^ m ^^^ ^ Mr ** ~ . ^ " . ¦^^• pB Hunt ^^ P ^^ P *^ ^^*^» ^ V de ^^ ^ " ^^ ^^^ - voted — - his — attention — — ^ v m- ^^ ^ ^^ ¦ ^^ ^^ p chiefl - ^ m ^^^^^^ m - ^— ^——— y g to ^ v m the - ^^ ^— —^— ^ p ^ stud p ^ p- ^ pp- ^ p- ^ - ^ r ^ v y W of " ^^» P ^ V

    the chemical influence of solar rays . His work on * Photograp ^^^ " ^™ ^^^ ^ " ^ ™ ^^ ^^^^ M 1 ^^ ^^ pv ^ h »— *^^™ y w ' was » » ^^ ^ p ¦ publ pj ^ v ^ pp ^ p ' ^^^^ ™ ¦ ^ i ^™ v shed ^ b ^ ^^ . p ^ H ^ p ^ - ^^^ r ^ p ^ about - ^^ p ^ p P ^^ pP ^^^ ^ BP ^^ P ^^ r

    fifty years ago . In 1844 he published ' Researches on Li ¦ ght' whic i h was ¦ followed b

    4 0 The ^ P ^^ TV ^ fei Poetry ^^^^^^ - — — _ - - - of - — J ^^ p ^ h ^ - L ^^ r ^ - ^ Science J — ^^ , -y J A « v ^ - ^ ^— ' , ' - ~ ^—^ and ™ » ¦ ^ ^ P k -r ^ , in ' A ^^» ^^ " ^^ " 1849 ^^ p > » f ^ A ^^ ~_~ " ^^ , b P B ^^ " ~ y y W 'Panthea ¦ ^^ ^^ ¦ i ¦ ~~ ~— , or — ^ - ^— the —~ ~ —^ ^^^ Sp — ~^ p ~ p . ^^ iri ™ " ^^» v ^ h t i ^^ of ^^^ ¦¦¦ ^ Nature ^ ppv » ^^ p ^ p ^ p ^ p ^ v ^ p ^ H ^ ^^^ p ^ . P " . In P" ^ . * ^ PP * ^^ P 1 the ^^ P ^^ r P ^^ ^ pjpP

    yea , r 1851 * Elementary Physics' appeared , and in 1852 the -- well » -known ' ¦¦¦ Manual ¦¦¦ V * r of ~ BBV — — ¦ i ^ —^ ^^ ¦ - ^^ - ^^ I ^^^^^ ^ » ^^ ^^ B ^^^ ^ V ^ pBV ^^^ ^^^ ^^ B" — ^ p ^^ h ^^ ^ m _ ¦ ^ k A ^ a ^ ^ - ^ . ¦

    Photography , ' which went through j several and editions the in Hand a very book few years of the . The ' 51 ' Exhibitioii Synopsis '

    were also prepared "b y Mr . Hunt , and Ms series of * Mineral Statistics / published under

    the authority of $ he Treasury , originate ^ the publication of the statistical returns of the mineral produce of the country . * ^

    i Ed ^ aed Thring . —The late Hev . Edward ThringHead ~* Master of b i U t # ing i ham ip School !

    one of ^— j , the foremost — — - ^^^^ ~ " ~ —^ ' — l — ' ^ atid - ^ me inost pp m » ur ^™ ^^^ p * h ^ g ^^ ifted ^^» ^ ' ^ p- ^ mvmm ^^ m V ^ B ^ educa T ^¦ P' pap *^ . * ^ p ^^ ^^ ^^^ - , ^ B tionists - - ¦ - - of —¦ his -: » i v time - ¦— ¦ r r died 1 » on ~ ~ p » October 1 ir r 22 w b . - — — ^ " ^ ^— ^^ ^ ^^ ^^ , ^™ ^ ip ^ p ^^^ p ^^^^ v ^^ ^^^ p' ^ b ^^^ p ^ ^^ ^* p ^ ^^ v *^^^ p ^^ p

    The thoughtf ulnesSjthoroughness , and strength of his teaching are justlrecognised by the

    scholastic prof ession \ His y ideas on the ' instruction of youth are in a measure expounded in

    his books ' Education and School' and ' Theory and Practice of Teaching . '

    Frederic Hodgson . —On Friday , Sept . 23 , Mr- Frederic TTodorann ~ BK dHB . hnnksfillfir P- ^ i ^ - arid a + la-¦ (¦ ipFtf 4

    — — — ¦ " - ^ - —^^^ ^ - ^ ^* ^^ ^ ip ^ ^^^ Pp * ^ PT ^ P ^^^ - ^ . pr ^^ pl . ^ V ^ iy ^ P ^^ B F ^ IP ^ ^ P" ^ IPT ^» tioner , of St . Helens , aged 43 years .

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    g ;« - . - J ' - ^ ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ • ¦¦ - •• ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦ - ¦ ' = sffi 1286 Tlie Publishers' Circular Nov ; 1 , 1887 .

    The Guildhall Library, London.

    THE GUILDHALL LIBRARY , LONDON .

    One of the chief resources of our civilisation iswithout a doubt ~~¦ " the modern reading room

    — " , ¦ J — — — — -w —— — ~*— •^ rm .- ^ r ^ r *~ r — , y v ^^ ^ . p- j » -. » a a _» " V ^ L ^^ -fc A A JU V ^ VXvf . AXXC ^ , X \/ V / AXJit . We may go a long way farther even than that , and & with fc ^ tolerable t ^ iK / safety declare \ that it is a

    import * w m . * -- * r ^ » —• ant * p » ^^ v factor ^ ^ - ^ - ^ j ^ ^ . ^^ in vvxw our j present a vwACVA , V ^ ^ economy ^ " yU x U ij CAf . very V >* Its ^ V importance importance indeed indeed can can scarcely scarcelv bp be . measured - mftasurfifl . not nnf ,

    merely because of the pleasure impartedbut , on libraries n account cranes of m in the tne the solid country country effects produced complaints comnlaints . Fro are am m , heard hfia many / rri

    that the reading room is the chosen haunt of the loafer the books isi and borro wuaxvii vagabond we \ d fro ; m and a , dozen furthermore chosen , libraries that of

    «"" ^ w .. »> j va Aivjll co KA . \ JCi \ ji . X VliUOCU 1 JLU 1 < XL JLC 3 O for home reading , nearly 81 per cent , consist of fictionleaving only 16 centof solid matter

    for digestion , , though it per must in , fairness be mentioned ¦ that in the WAA % annual / reports from some of

    ¦* * * •** — — " - " **— w »> .- > m ^^^ -r ^ . a ^ , y «^ AAJ »>* * - « , C >* J »» , -1 _\> K «/ V- / X WtJ JL . X \_/ A X A tJ V »/ XJLJI , V ^ ^ _ f i ¦ the chief 1 libraries ••¦* ^ m it is m , with . _ pardonable ^_ _ _ pride _ -. , mentioned \ that the class \ l Vkl of literaturselected is

    ¦ " ¦*¦*• " * - - *— »* - * " * - ' » jw- ^ -w ^ . v *»* . wvv -ujk . * .- ^ yA |^ V- ^ A . J . J . UVii ^ VL ^ A V e UV * t >' vUU JO slowly , though steadily , improving . This v is notably notablv the tne case case in in manufacturing manufacturing towns towns , where wh ^ rp

    technical "books are sought . , The most important readiroom in the

    world is that of the British Mus ng eumwith its unri unrivaiiea valled collection collection ol of hooka books and and unique nrnm , -ia as a .

    s-semblage of readers . There ishoweveranother , , in reading the room Metropolis —technicall , right y in a reference the heart library of the — Citywhichthough lacking the cosmopolitan

    , , character of the British Museum in books as well place as readers , the is yet litera well reservoirs worthy of of a hi the gh

    among ry country belongin ' t is ~* O-- » . lg 3 l to ~ The VV ^ ' the ~ ww . Guildhall . ^*" Corporation -d W . < . J 7 WJ . UVA h M \/ library —* Mf , *» though VXAKJll ^ JLA is practicall ] £ j a yCh \ libra . J \ AK .. / CX ry > y H j

    as free , and indeed more so , than the Museum

    Library . In order * to join tW Museum Library a ticket must be obtained , supported by the Tecommen rnAnrl dation atinn of r > f S « . jjiouse householder holderand and the the reader reader must nrm «* -.

    , , be 21 years old . At the Guildhall persons , from 16 years old , may enter at any hour of the ^ ay by simplsi Jb fi ithei itt r nam ^ mh * es in a book ¦*—— ' ¦ at - « r «« t wj he

    , entrance Ivj . 1 " B I K ^ A y T *> . p' gn j Ha AAJ ng « M ving y conformed ^^ b pVAWV . ^>^ p ^ pr ^ o . this m r ^ r - regulation , « and gettifairly insidesome rather curious

    facts may ng elicitfed . , The old library was foun fnnnn 4 ' ed pfL hp between . fcween 1421 1421--2 2 . bv by Sir Sir Kichara Eichard Whit

    Whit-tingtpn , , thus being 330 , years older than the Museum

    < 1 X ^ LAJU / V 1-A . JULJl . The old * City fathers ever evinced a particular rd for their librarythey were indeed ¦^ f

    rega X worthy *> w C- * J . \ - > L foll O- 'V- *' A owers \ JM . M \ S-k . JL . of JL .-- ^ the - ^* MIX ^ J mo ; n ast - * . V ^ J ic ord . w x ^— . -w e rs , -a . ** with c-wJ >'^ - out out w which hich it it is is to to be be teared feared we we snouia should possess loossess

    very scanty records of past times ; when printing was unknown in Europe . Yet with all their care and jealous regard it seems they could not

    prevpnf vent the f-. liA L T . o rvrrl rd Protector Prnfpxrf-. nr Somer KoTniP . TSP set t .. , . in in 1522 1 ?» 22 . v f from rom bodily carrying off three cart-loads of their books , | ¦ | and JI » -f they I / UV J never - » - ¦ - V .- < F VptJL got hK . \/ ^ them !*¦ |^_* MH- back t ^ r ^^ V *^*^^ , ; m and mi » ^ J * . ^>» . worse ( la ^ ia . ptair - ^^ - followed »»¦«_»• _ . w ^— -v «» > - ^* - wv .

    in the great fire of 1666 , when the femamder was Nothing destroyed was , tog done ether after with this the until library 1824 buildings , when a committee was appointed and rooms set apart for

    library liVvr *> v * r purposes TvnTT »( nco ! S . Tri In 1840 1 S 4-O a ^ Catalogu si . f . nioorn e of 10 TD , . ODfl 000 vo 40 ^ lumes 000 vo was lumes print was ed , prepared and in . 1859 At ar the second present of time a new catalogiie of nearldouble that

    y number is being" prepared , under the superintenT flpirt dence f > . c >! of nf Mr Mr . W W . H . Ovprail Overall . tthfi he li librarian brarian the thft

    first part of which will be ready , when the library , re-opens after Lord Mayor ' s day ; it will be an author catalogue from b A to L . ^ w ^ v inclusive . The ¦

    ^¦ r ^ p ^ p <^ ^* ^^^ b ^^^ rfk ^ pp * 1 i' m * ^ pr ^ v v *^^^ ta ^ k ^^^ ^^^ 4 fl ^ ri ^ ^^ r p «^| . ^ . p ^ p . ^ «^ ^^ r v ^ i ^ ™ ^^ ^^ p > ** v pi ^ «« p ^ v p - ^—— ^^ second part will complete the catalogue . S In ^^ A ^ 1873 k ^ S V ^ v ^ the ^^ M p & ^^ present fs ^^ k ^^ P * 9 *** ¦ * Ll' ri ^ p « beautiful P ^ pT ^^^ ^^ V ^ 1 ^ ^ P ^^^^ ^^ P P ^ - building W ^^ ^ # ^ » ^ ^^ 'Va ¦ ¦ ^ ^—c f , V which V V ^ b ^ P » ^ w ** ^

    cost £ 90 . 000 , was opened as a free public library . Thornbury thus describes it : 'The library is a

    hall 100 feet in length , 65 feet wide , and 50 feet in in heig h & io- ht ht . divided ^ ivirJfid into into a nave navft and and aisles a . islfts . . The The

    latter are , fitted with handsome oak bookcases forming twelve b ays into which the furniture can be ¦ moved when the nave is ired on State

    occas r ^ . * ^^ r Tl ions ^ - ^ ? ^ p * ^^^ as a Jm \ Wfc ^ reception pp ^ ^ p ^ ^^ ^ >< -f ^ p * ^ p ** 4 t ^ ^ i . hall r ^ p ^ . ^ h f ^^ The requ >^ ^ w ^ % ^« w * h all ^ ^^ ^»^ b » is ^*^ < exceed ^ ^^ ^ W' *^ w ^^ ^^ ^ - >^ ingly light , the clerestory windows over the arcade of the « nave <^«^^/ with the large windows at the «»

    ^ those t north ^ . hnsp >^ v ^ ^ >^ v ^ k ^ pV ^^^ a in in n ^^ * d the f - . s hft ^ o ^^ uth p & aisles s ^ ialAfe en v ^^ , « d s transmit tran ^ ^ o f smit p the ^ p ^ a ^ ^^ ¦ b ^ 'W room 'pM a n . 7 *^ ^ flood fl nnrl * , i together ~ ' iB r ™ - * of of ^ ^ m ^ w v li licrh *—* m i ^^ h with ^ t ^ to to ^ ^^

    -, g every corner of the room . The oak roof—the arched ribs of which are supported by the arms of the pk «> twelve t City Companies h iv Btf with the pn « p ™

    addition ^^ pw ~^ p ^ ^ pr ^^ of p r ^ p ^ v ^ those v ^^ p > grea 7 ^*\ ^^ of ^^^ ^ ^^ the ^ p ^ ^^ ** Leathersellers p ^ ^ pr ^^ ^^^«^ yi f ^ p ^»^^ ^^ p * p ^^ , h and v v *^ ^ w «^ *^ Bor ^^ ^ - >^ derers , and also the Royal and City Arms—has its several % p _ a « timbers ¦^¦ richly mouldedand its

    drils * «* ** - *• ^*~ r filled * - ^ r s ^ v in «^ m with psb-ib ^ r » p- ^ ^ . tracery *_ r . a * . . » . v ^ - *^ , an p » . *< d ^ -p * conta l >^> ^ - ^^» . >^» v » i , n iVJ s t h ree A « - " ^^ span «^ l r a B ^ p- rge » - ^^ i « lloou uvres vres for tor lighting lie-htine * the tne root roof and and ventilating ventilating the tne

    hall . The aisle roofs , the- timbers of which are richly wroughthave louvres over each bayand

    the hall at ni , ght may be lighted with sun burners burners suspended snsTt & T \ c \ p ; c \ from from each each of of these t , l > pc . ! f > louvres

    ZnitAwsrsttogether with t & ose in the nave . Bach of the , spandrils of the arcade has , next the nave , a sculptured head representing History , Poetry ,

    PrintingArchitectureSculpturePaintingPhilo-, , , , sophy , Law , Medicine , Music , Astronomy , Geography , Natural History , and Botany . The personages chosen to illustrate these subjects are :

    tenberg Stow Stow and and and Camden Oarndftn Caxton . , S Sha , hak William , kt = espeare > sripnrfi of an n . Wy nr d . M Milt keham ilton . nn , an Gu O-ii d --Wren" Michael » i ^ t ^^^ vw h Angelo and Flaxman AVVilAlkA 4 Vi Holbein A < A and

    Hogarth » •— 'v ^ aMO . , ,, , Bacoii .-1-. and ^ , ^*^ - ^^« . ^ Locke p * WAAVV , , Cok e and JV . « , B l ac f * J X k & s JLJ- ton . »> V * - * e »*—*• , Haivey "FTai'VfiV and and Sydenham Svdpmhnm . Pnrnp Purcell . ll and » nrl . Handel TTsinripil

    -Linnaeus l Galileo -innseus and an and d . Cuvier Ouvier Newton . Kay Rav , Co , and and lum Gerard GfiraxrV bus and . ' 7 Raleigh , ,

    The contents of , the library are not merely Os

• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Nov. 1, 1887, page 1286, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01111887/page/12/