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    The Guildhall Library, London.

    general , but possess a special- interest . They include an assemblage of works relating to the historythe guildsthe franchisesand the public

    affairs , of the City , of London , als , o a respectable collection of books in English history and literature t-nrp . Of Of British British n n ewspap ewsnan er ftr s it it . is i s said sn . irJ to fr . r * nnsspsa

    a series . which is the completest known wi possess th the tion of that in the JBritish MuseumBut

    works excep of fiction are excluded as rigorousl . y as would be a troop of coryphees if they presented

    themselves in ballet costume . The character of the readers here is , on the whole xvholfi . very verv different flif ? p > tfint , from frnrn the t / hft ¦ readers rps » rlp » rs of nf the t . Vio

    , Museum reading-room . In the latter place are not only many nationalities represented , but distinct types of humanitywhile the social

    grades many may be traced from the , poorest prototypes ml X . of old Grub Street ' to the lordly % fstudent

    fresh from a cabinet meeting . In the Guildhall reading-room there is not . at

    first sight , very much to call forth marked attentiont ¦*• h -r h it must be iv ^ borne " ^ * A \/ In < a ^ 4 . Jk mind that' no

    » - - * w . * .- ^ , —~ - oug ' ^ ^ J " ™ T . w * " * % *¦**¦ ^ ^ r f *^ V-rL ¦» - . ¦* " *• *« - * - *^^ , 1 / AAtVU J . XV ^ bu man t t h life at it is so woul poor d , so if tam honest e , a l nd wr so un tten inter form esting a , y ,

    source . of pleasure and profit for others to read . ' So here , though there ^ are no glaring instances of humanity , no violent contrasts , ' yet it will be no waste of time to spend a : few " minutes in this

    treasure-house . Immediately opposite to lis at the same table , iSj to use Elihu B urritt ' s words »_ la . poor but earnest learner exploring a volume which

    cost cost m more < Yrfi than tha . n a small STnnll far far m m in in . Illinpis Tllvnniis . , and a . nr \ transferring tlie whole harvest of its wisdom into his own stock of knowledges' He is most

    . probably a clerk out of a situation and prefers to spend his spare time here rather than haunt the

    inhospitable streets or loaf in the bar rooms . We may be sure that every one of tiie readers here is 1 earning from a wholesome and useful book . Nay , that statement is too hastyAt the next table Is

    . a youth absorbed in reading a' dirty , crumpled paper which , of a surety , does not belong to the sober brotherhood of this statellibraryHe is

    too intent in its perusal to notice y us as we . go by to to steal steal a a . o"lance la , Tir » f > at n . t , its its title t . it . lft . Shades Shares 01 nf Stow Stow and anrl

    g William of Wykeham , it is « Sweeney Todd ' 1 If it liad been * Dick Whittington , ' the founder of the City Library jj ! It is sacrilege ! 6 almost expects

    | I to v ^*« jr see x *_» a c * shaven JL jr A J . U J s * aint 0 U \ JJL of UV / gV the ^ 4 Black V ^ ne ilV C ^ J ^ XIXV Friars ^ O » J V- > - « . ^ start f ^^ V >> L / O angrily forth from one of the aisles , and < with terrible terrible birch birnh drive rlrive the the Jad lad rro fro m m these these almost almost

    sacred shades . But no such judgment overtakes the sacrilegious youth . He is , however , an exceptionall the others are earnestly poring f

    * ** WJ K / VJLV / AJ , ; * l l « A . VAJ . V V / UJlJLVi . U t > VJL V VL « A AX Vk « I / JL J K ^ V _* . * . **» Cm . over solid-looking literature—many of them , indeed - ¦ * v . v \> W 4 , , j w If i AU th ^ Jl pen k / UXX in JkJIJk han JL Jt ^ JIJLVl d , * are MIX V ^ Tous MUWA ily * T transcr I / AUIAJLMV * ibi X ^/ XJLlg ng

    from the pages before them . Most of them are apparently quite at home , they tain fresh know books exactly The what system , to do of in the order card to cata ob-

    -. logue , which is the largest in tlie kingdom , is in force here , and when a reader requires a book , lie or she , as the case may be , goes , and , having

    | j hands found founrl the W it \(\ to author anflinr one of and nnrl the fiflp title ever ! , - fills - courteous RIIr i in n a tiny tinv and t tinlrPif icket busi - , ness ness--like likp . attendants attfinfiants . and ntirl takes tn . kr > s his liis seat seat . , Within w ithin

    live minutes the book , is placed , on the table by his wideThis celerity extraordinary when

    ¦¦ it "' " is ¦' . kn own iim ijctciii that the y may xxj average cij' seem oc ; cu-i . attendance CyAVi . a > ujiujuajj is j some vvjuiv ^ ji - what over a thousand a day , but to the credit of the

    attendants let it be recorded as a fact . The little aisles on each side are cosy recesses , containing * a table with writing appurtenances and comfortable / t

    - - - > - a - *«* TWA VAX TV A A U AJLJ CnT vVM v' UJL Vv ^ lAAJLVVM ujia % - * , VV ^ aj-a a , x ^ a . L > vpvr « x ^ chairs , where the careful student may be almost as secluded as if he were in a private library ;

    une ot these ingles , lined with books , as all are ,

    is set apart and bears the legend ' For Ladijes , ' thoh some of the ladies seem to fer "fche (

    ug preopen pasture of the hall . . In 4 . M every V" * ¥ % - / J . T ^ library AAK / J > « . * . *_» one ^/ X ^ X ^ always l «* •» ^ " ^ ml comes ^^^^ * *¦* ^^<^^ —~ across s *^ - *^ - ¦^ - •^ , /¦ an —— —— - .

    uncomfortable or selfish member . This place affords no exception to the rule . At a table close to us there is a shabby individual who

    has developed a reprehensible habit of snoring aloud . He is leaning his head on one hand , and l holdin -inlrHncr the + "hp » book " hr » rYk \ which -roViirVh rest rost . s on nn the "t . ViG table table , wi with th

    the oth g er handwhile , with his nose he is strug , - lithh a stertorous

    shonyOccasionally gng a neig roug hbour glares \ at ym p , but . he is as oblivious oblivious as as the the Sphinx Snhinir - . "Members Members 01 of his his ilk ilk are are

    found in every library , and are a source of great ance to everybody within l Sometimes * fc *——

    he annoy UlUliVj var tVUVV ies th e m ^ - * onotony » K * r ± . J MV / Vt T by » ¥ XUUJ letting . 1 A range ^ . ^ VJLA off - ^ % an . ^/ ^ exp ^ _« - ^^ losive w .- »^^ - ^ sneeze snpft 7 . fi w wV hich » ir » V » almost a . lrnnst . startles st . a . rt . lft « one one int int o turning turninff

    somersault , s , with vague thoughts of dynamite filling 1 X 11 XAJC . his AlltJ 1 affri V 11 X'C g . hted 1 XV ^ U ! . breast MXVUAJU . * Then O . axWAJ . there v .- " -- » w- ~ -v is * ^ -- the «¦ — -- " ¦*¦

    stroller—the man who gets a heap of books , complacently admires them for a moment , and takes an idle stroll to see what is going onThere fc is

    UllX J . U . 1 V kJU'LV / J-J . » - /\^ - fcJV ^\ - ' IT UUIV JLk _ 7 ^ S ^^^^ S ^ - ' " ¦•*• . ^ . ^^^ - ' - ^^ - » - ^ also the selfish man—he who labours under the unalterable conviction that the library and all it

    contains , whether animate or indnimate , were instituted Tnsfvif . n + p »< r 1 for -fr » T » him "him alone 5 i . lr » nA _ . But Tint . these f . 'hfiSfi are flTft excep exnei ) -

    t a r ons tisa , ns , and great , generall majority y speaking , qonsisting , an extre clerks mely

    res T <^« p -n ecta fi nf , 5 » . bl hlp e r c l ass S ! « o f peo rxarml ple p * , enter ifinter t + he hp . place nla . ne . , t take ake r X their V egulations , C . UXC ^ seats UA \/ X 1 U | , . and Many Mr-M . % JLiJLJL con . T f of UX orm them KJ -1 .. I . r i -i g -LJL idl , } no AAV y to doubt \ AV the V * iv / vy , rules have ^^ ww * w and too w - ^ r - « -

    mu % h spare time on tbeir hands , which they seem desire desirous is fully of spending ciated use fullyV met which by Mt laudable . Overall

    appre and his efficient staff , There has been a proposal to enlarge the area of the usefulness of this 4 XUi ] splendid j \ . | library JL msVM It is . ——* to ¦*— be

    UliV tlkJVX U . AXJ . V » Jk 7 V /^ . VA ^ pAVXXX , VA ^ . * - ^ J . . J . — - ** — " - ' - ^ fervently hoped that this proposal will be completed l ^ iV ^ V'VyV ^ L in XJLL its X UO fullest JLUIXVOU iJ sense V- » J- * fcJ ^ - > . The J- UV Corporation V- / V ^ A . K ' x- ' * ** v ^ - ^^ - * allow ^ -v * - * -w - »

    £ 1 , 000 a year to the library ; but why not bririg it under the provisiqns of the Public Libraries Acts , and so give to it the which it deserves ?

    scope Such a library as this—so unique in its way and so of w the ell finest managed libraries - —would in the form &^/ king xaiCk the dom vavtxaa nucleus It - « - » for i - s the

    \ J JL mn t JH ± . M . KstZj % J 1 J . KJM CUJL JL \_/ k ? ^ . H . UA-j . » . « " ^ — —•— - *¦ only library of any public importance in the City , and "Q -n / l it if should aT-i /^ i-ilrl be Vko public -rkn"Klir » . in in pvr > rv sense sonsp of nf the + " , hft word WOrd .

    so that it would take the lead every and keep it over all , other \ Metropolitan libraries AV excepting that —¦—— of

    the V ^ UAl u British Mm JLfJLX- * U-M . V- Museum T KJKS A . JL VMJVJLM , an Jt *** M d « . ^* JU th -. e , C ^^ i ty *— ' ^ - * fathers »«* *** . *¦ -. v ~ — would . — — — add immeasurablto the lustre of their grand

    y heritage , the first city of the world .

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    Nov . i , 1 SS 7 : The Publishers' Circular 1287

    Magazines V Hbbf Pwvmv T Of ¦ ¦ . The — ...

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    Cassell ' s Family Magazine ( Cassell & Co . ) pres ance , nts equall , as y usual due , to a the brig numerous ht and apimated engravings appear with

    which whirVh its its pages rao-ns are are studded studded and and the the varied varied cnatty chatty nature of its articles . Among the contents we may draw attention to * Curious Corporation Customs , ' by TThiselton D' A Glance down 1--- the " Agony

    | L / V J , . JL All fcJV > A tVAA JL—* yer T X > JL ; * AA < V-f *»>¦ - * . *> - 'v ^ ^ fc *^ » w . w— — — — ^^ —^ Column , "' "b y Richard Pigott ; 'A Russian Wedtellin ding / by title Frederick that mi Hastings ht possibly ; and "be ' supposed Spoons ' — to a

    refer g to love , couples , g but in reality has only to do with the ordinary article of domestic use . * Remunerative Employments for Gentlewomen' is

    interesting , but among the methods proposed we should aWvnirl scarc flnarnfllv ely advise nrlvisf * the thft adoption a . dor > t > ioTi ot of Massage Massage as as

    a pursuit . The remainder of the number is fully to the standard of ithis useful and instructive

    up magazine . I ] 1 m

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Nov. 1, 1887, page 1287, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01111887/page/13/