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PREFACE. 
 
 The object of this handbook is to make known to 
 Londoners in general and to Students of the University of 
 London in particular the character of the numerous libniries 
 in London, and the facilities which they offer to readers. 
 
 Most Librarians find themselves unable to supply all 
 the wants of their readers from the shelves of their own 
 Library. The next best thing to placing the actual books at 
 their service is to be able to direct enquirers to some other 
 Institution better equipped in the subject which they 
 are studying. The libraries included in this paper, 
 with the exception of those of certain Schools of the Uni- 
 versity, and of that of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, lie 
 within the London County boundary. The list aims at being 
 as complete as possible, though no doubt there are a few 
 libraries which have escaped notice. The libraries which 
 belong to the University of London are marked with an 
 asterisk. 
 
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CONTENTS. 
 
 PAGE 
 
 General Libraries 13 
 
 Special Libraries 30 
 
 Libraries connected with Educational Institutions 65 
 
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 THE LIBRARIES OF LOJ^DON. 
 
 Boswell's pronouncement that *' in London I pnppose we 
 may find every book that can be found anywhere " is as far 
 removed from the truth now as it was in 1780 when these 
 words were written.^ The provision of libraries in fact 
 seems small in comparison with the vast population of the 
 Metropolis and the occasions for reference to books which 
 must constantly arise in the daily life of the community. 
 Though with few exceptions the libraries which are here 
 mentioned lie within the London County boundary, they are 
 of course easily accessible to the inhabitants of * Greater 
 London,' and serve in fact a still wider area. In 190G the 
 population of registration London was 4,721,217, and of the 
 'Outer Rmg,' 2,392,314, making a total for * Greater 
 London' of 7,113,561. The number of volumes in the 
 public and administrative libraries, and in the libraries of 
 Societies and Institutions, is approximately 8,000,000. About 
 500,000 of these being in libraries which should not be taken 
 into account for reason of their very restricted conditions of 
 admission, it is found that London provides a little over one 
 volume per head. Berlin, with a population of about two 
 millions and a half, possesses about 5,0(X),000 volumes in 
 public and Society libraries, mostly within the boundary of 
 the ' Ringbahn,' giving somewhat over two volumes per 
 head. In the case of Dresden, where there are about 
 500,000 inhabitants and about 1,500,000 volumes in the 
 libraries, the number of volumes per head is three.^ 
 
 There is no public or semi-public library in London other 
 than the British Museum with more than 175,000 volumes; 
 Berlin possesses two besides the Kunigliche Bibliothck.^ 
 
 * Letters to the Rev. W, J. Temple, p. 251. 
 
 - See Zentralhlatt fiir Bihliothekswesen, 28 Jahrganpr, Oktober, 1906, 
 p. 441. 
 
 ' Viz.^ the Universitiitsbibliothek. and Bibliothek dcs Koniglichcn Statia- 
 lischen Landesamtd. 
 
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 On the other hand, London possesses the largest library in 
 the world ; for though it would appear from the ofiicial 
 figures that the Bibliotheque Nationale with over 3,000,000 
 volumes is larger than the British Museum Library, this 
 impression must not be too hastily adopted. If the same 
 system of counting were used by the British Museum 
 as o Drains at the Bibliotheque Nationale, the number of 
 volumes in our national library would reach from 4,000,000 
 to 5,000,000. As it is, they are officially estimated at between 
 2,000,000 and 3,000,000 volumes. Other public libraries total 
 about 1,500,000 volumes, and an additional 1,000,000 volumes 
 are available in semi-public libraries for the free use of prac- 
 tically all Ijond fide Students. In a more restricted sense 
 about 1,000,000 volumes are available in libraries which give 
 free admission to duly accredited persons, and about 1,500,000 
 volumes are in libraries which admit only members or 
 subscribers. 
 
 About a quarter of the volumes in public and semi-public 
 libraries are in the British Museum. The number of 
 volumes and pamphlets in the various libraries belonging 
 to the University of London is about 216,500 ; those in the 
 libraries of Schools and Institutions connected with the 
 University number roughly 300,000. In libraries specially 
 devoted to those subjects. Science and Technology have 
 together the largest representation with about 750,000 
 volumes ; Theology, Law and Medicine come second with 
 about 275,000 volumes each ; then Economics with about 
 250,000 volumes. 
 
 It is not possible to make any very close comparison until 
 a uniform method of counting has been adopted by all 
 libraries, and complete statistics are available. In some 
 libraries an estimate is made of the number of bound 
 volumes as they stand on the shelves ; in others, the division 
 made by the printer and not the binder is taken as the unit 
 of calculation. In few libraries is the result arrived at by 
 the laborious process of actual counting. In most cases the 
 number of volumes given for each library is approximate, 
 and is only intended to convey a rough idea of the extent 
 of the collection. In the case of a few libraries not even an 
 approximate figure is obtainable. 
 
 The trend of the library movement in England has been 
 for some years towards an extension in the number of small 
 
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 general libraries, and this tendency is in some degree 
 exemplified in the case of London. About one-sixth of the 
 libraries of London which come within the scope of this 
 handbook, are general collections with less than 10,0()0 
 volumes each. Miniature general libraries have, however, 
 little chance of realising their intention in these daj-s of 
 cheap reprints. The great defect in our smaller English 
 libraries is their unsj^stematic selection of books ; instead 
 of building up strong special sections, they endeavour to 
 imitate on a feeble scale general libraries with large 
 resources. It is by means of concurrent and correlative 
 specialisation that the metropolitan library movement can 
 be most usefully developed. At present a great number of 
 the special libraries of London are so hedged about with 
 restrictions as to be of little use from the point of view of 
 University Students. Several Societies do not admit to 
 their libraries Students other than Members and Fellows. 
 
 All our large law libraries are likewise more or less 
 restricted in respect of admission ; though the Law Society, 
 as we shall see further on, offers certain facilities to articled 
 clerks whose Principals are Members of the Society, provided 
 they are attending the Society's lectures and classes. 
 
 The large club libraries are in some cases remarkable for 
 their intrinsic value as well as for the tine condition of the 
 books. The Atlienseum Club (70,000 vols.) has a good 
 selection of works on English history, topography, the fine 
 arts and archaeology, as well as a collection of carefully 
 selected pamphlets, including a remarkable series of 17th 
 and 18th century pieces formed by Edward Gibbon, and 
 another made by Sir James Mackintosh. The Reform 
 Club has a library of about G0,000 volumes, chiefly in 
 belles-lettres, and pays great attention to the collection and 
 arrangement of parliamentary papers. It includes sections 
 of political science, history, biography, topography and 
 geography. The Reform Club possesses a fragmentary copy 
 of the first folio of Shakespeare. The National Liberal 
 Club has a library of 27,000 volumes and :iU,l)00 pamphlets 
 dealing with history and politics. The Oxford and 
 Cambridg-e Club possesses 30,000 voIuuk's ; th*- Carl- 
 ton Club, 21,000 volumes; the Constitutional Club, 
 12,000 volumes; and the Windham Club, o,000 volumes. 
 At the Garrick Club there is a small dramatic library, 
 
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 and the United Service Club possesses the fine library 
 of Dugal Stewart, as well as collections on naval and military 
 subjects. All these libraries are exclusively for Members. 
 The same applies to the libraries of the Grand Lodg'e 
 of Free Masons, Great Queen's Street, W.C. (10,000 vols., 
 chiefly relating to Freemasonry and kindred subjects), the 
 Alpine Club (5,000 vols., chiefly on mountaineering), and 
 the "Working* Men's Club, 127, Clerkenwell Road, E.G. 
 (4,000 vols.). 
 
 The administrative libraries of London are not generally 
 accessible to outsiders. The libraries of the House of 
 Lords (50,000 vols.) and the House of Commons 
 (42,000 vols.) are for the use of Members only. The Library 
 of the House of Lords together with a considerable part of 
 that of the House of Gommons was destroyed by the Fire 
 of 1834. Of the surviving portion of the old House of 
 Gommons Library may be mentioned a number of historical 
 and political tracts, which formed part of a curious collection 
 ranging over a period from the reign of Elizabeth to that of 
 George II., which, after lying neglected and unknown 
 for a generation or two, was discovered in the Speaker's 
 Gallery. The Library of the Admiralty (40,000 vols.) 
 is very well equipped with works on naval history and 
 architecture, voyages and travels, and old maps and charts. 
 It is used for official purposes only, a few exceptions being 
 made in favour of well-known naval historians and geo- 
 graphical writers. The Libraries of the War Office (80,000 
 vols.), the Foreig'n Office (75,000 vols.), the Home Office 
 (8,000 vols.), the Colonial Office (23,000 vols.), and the 
 Bank of England (21,000 vols.), are exclusively for the 
 use of the Officials of those Departments. Trinity House 
 has a library (5,000 vols.), the special features of which are 
 early or first editions of famous books of travel and 
 discovery, such as Purchas, Hakluyt, De Bry, and the like ; 
 early printed maps and atlases ; and books on lighthouse 
 questions. The latter are dispersed in the various offices 
 where they are found to be most useful. The Library is not 
 open to outsiders, though the Elder Brethren are most 
 courteous in showing their rare books on special appointment. 
 The Library of the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, 
 contains about 14,400 volumes, which are arranged in three 
 separate libraries. The West Library (5,300 vols.) comprises 
 books on astronomy (gravitational and physical), geodesy, 
 
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 general physics, mathematics, and kindred subjects ; it 
 includes a collection of the regular observations of the 
 leading Observatories in all parts of the world, and a 
 number of astronomical works of the fifteenth and 
 sixteenth centuries. The North Library (5,800 vols.) 
 contains astronomical and scientific periodicals, transactions 
 of learned societies, and ephemerides published by various 
 countries. The East Library (3,300 vols.) is in connection 
 with the Magnetical and Meteorological Department of the 
 Observatory, and contains a collection of the regular 
 magnetical and meteorological observations of the principal 
 Observatories and Stations ; also books on meteorology, 
 electricity and magnetism, and a valuable collection of voyages 
 and travels, some of which are of an early date. The Library 
 is exclusively for the use of the Observatory Staff. The old 
 Library of the Board of Trade (10,000 vols.), now housed 
 at the Foreign Office, consists of a valuable collection of 
 economic books and tracts ranging from about 1625 to 1850, 
 which was probably made by J. R. Porter under the 
 direction of J. R. McCulloch. It was turned out of the 
 Board of Trade some twenty-five or thirty years ago to be 
 sold as rubbish ; but fortunately the Librarian of the 
 Foreign Office perceived its value, and induced the 
 authorities to transfer it to his care. It is still practically 
 inaccessible to Students. The Record Office, of course, 
 stands by itself as the repository of our national archives.* 
 
 All Metropolitan borough libraries are included, although, 
 of course, they are not formed on any definite plan of 
 catering for the requirements of Students in particular, 
 but are intended to meet the wants of the general public 
 in all branches of literature, the lighter departments 
 being as a rule well represented. Most of our large 
 borough libraries have made great advances in recent years, 
 and their book purchasing is in certain cases conducted on 
 the sound principle of buying representative works, and 
 gradually building up strong sections. Special borrowing 
 privileges have recently been accorded to Students of 
 the University of London at the Public Libraries in 
 the Borough of Woolwich. Several municipal libraries 
 
 1 With the exception of certiiin documents in the Briti-'h Museum, and 
 in a few puolic libraries, most of the public muniments of the Realm are 
 now pLiced in the Record Otfice. 
 
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 now give additional encouragement to Students by issuing a 
 second ticket, which allows the borrower to take out an 
 extra work other than a book of fiction. The reference 
 departments are invariably open to all comers ; the lending 
 departments are in most cases available for use by residents 
 and persons employed in the borough. Suggestions made by 
 Students for new books are as a rule carefully considered, 
 and suitable acquisitions are constantly made. 
 
 The chief function of circulating libraries, such as Mudie's, 
 Cawthorn and Hutt, the Times Book Club, and W. H. Smith 
 & Son's Library, which has been largely formed by amalga- 
 mating the Grosvenor Gallery Library with the Tabbard Inn 
 Library, is the supply of new books in light literature. 
 These, as well as the Railway Clearing House Literary 
 Society, 123, Seymour Street, Euston Square, (24,500 vols.), 
 the Sunday School Union, 56, Old Bailey, (7,200 vols.), and 
 small lending libraries, such as that on political and economic 
 subjects (4,000 vols.) belonging to the Fabian Society, the 
 Croydon Literary and Scientific Institution, containing about 
 10,000 volumes, in connection with W. H. Smith & Son's 
 Library, and Mudie's, and the Inns of Court Lending Library 
 (1,500 vols.), are outside the scope of this handbook. 
 
 Libraries fall conveniently under three headings : 
 General, Special, and Educational. By General Libraries 
 we understand libraries which aim at universality, and 
 which cater, more or less adequately, for all tastes and 
 requirements in all branches of knowledge. Even in 
 libraries of this class there are of course some subjects to 
 which more importance is attached than to others. Instances 
 of General Libraries are the British Museum Library, the 
 Guildhall Library, the Libraries of the London Institution 
 and of Sion College. Special Libraries are those which 
 specialise in one or more subjects, and are brought together 
 for the use of advanced students in particular branches of 
 learning. They are certainly not of less importance than 
 libraries formed for general readers ; their practical utility 
 may indeed be considered to exceed that of the general 
 library. Examples of these are the libraries of Learned 
 Societies and Departments of State, the Art and Science 
 Libraries of the Victoria and Albert Museum, and so on. 
 Educational Libraries are those connected with educational 
 
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 institutions, and are in the main devoted to teaching 
 purposes. A number of small libraries belonging to 
 Secondary Schools and Polytechnics are not included here. 
 
 General libraries and educational librarie.s are arranged by 
 the number of volumes they contain ; special libraries are 
 grouped under the specialised subjects. The intrinsic value 
 and rank of a library is not of course necessarily commen- 
 surate with its size in volumes, however important a factor 
 that may be. This is especially the case with borough 
 libraries which embrace a number of branch libraries, thus 
 considerably increasing the bulk of their collections by an 
 extensive duplication of literature. 
 
 I.-GENERAL LIBRARIES. 
 
 British Museum.— The Library of Printed Books 
 (officially estimated at between 2,000,000 and 3,000,000 
 vols.) was founded on the library of Sir Hans Sloane 
 (50,000 vols.), which consists chiefly of works on medicine 
 and natural history. To this was added in 1757 the 
 Old Royal Library (10,000 vols.), containing books collected 
 by the successive English Sovereigns, which was presented 
 to the nation by George II. In 1762 George III. presented 
 the Thomason Collection of Civil War and Commonwealth 
 tracts known as the * King's Pamphlets' (22,255 tracts, 
 bound in 2,008 vols.), which he had purchased in the 
 previous year for £300 ; and in 176G Thomas Birch 
 bequeathed to the Museum his library of historical and 
 biographical works. The collection of Sir William Musgrave 
 was acquired partly by gift in 1790, and partly by bequest 
 in 1799. The Garrick Plays, from which Charles Lamb 
 collected his Sj^ccimens of Eiiglisli Dramatic FoetSy were 
 bequeathed in 1779. In the same year the important bequest 
 of the collection of the Rev. Clayton Mordaunt Cracherode 
 (4,500 vols.) was made ; the books are remarkable for their 
 fine condition and rarity, and for the beauty of their bindings. 
 They contain manuscript notes by Bentley, Burmann, Burney, 
 Casaubon and other scholars. The Law Library of Francis 
 Hargrave was purchased in 1813. In 1817 and subsequent 
 years a collection of books and tracts on the French 
 Revolution amounting to 49,000 items was bought from 
 
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 the Right Hon. John Wilson Croker. The fine collection 
 of Dr. Charles Burney (from 13,000 to li,000 printed books) 
 was purchased in 1818 for £13,497 17s. 6d. It is rich in 
 editions of the Greek classics, many of which are from the 
 Pinelli Library, and includes a series of newspapers from 
 1603 to 1818 (700 vols.), and a series in quarto of from 300 
 to 400 volumes of material for a history of the stage. A 
 valuable collection of 16,000 volumes, consisting mainly of 
 books on natural history, and voyages and travels, was left 
 by Sir Joseph Banks. A large number of the books are 
 presentation copies from the authors. The library was 
 bequeathed in 1820 to the Trustees of the British Museum, 
 who were to receive it on the death of Banks' Librarian. 
 This gentleman was, however, induced to waive his right, and 
 in 1827 an arrangement was made for the transfer of the 
 library to the British Museum. In 1823 the British Museum 
 Library received one of its most notable additions. In this 
 year, the magnificent library of George III. (65,250 vols., 
 exclusive of pamphlets) was transferred from Buckingham 
 Palace to the British Museum ; the conditions of the transfer 
 are now well known, and the nominal gift by George IV. was 
 in fact a purchase by the nation. This library, which is 
 known as the * King's Library,' is rich in literary treasures, 
 and consists chiefly of books in belles-lettres and on modern 
 history. Sir Richard Colt Hoare presented his library of 
 books on the topography of Italy in 1825. The fine library 
 of the Right Honourable Thomas Grenville (20,240 vols.) was 
 bequeathed to the British Museum in 1846 — a munificent 
 return to the nation for a lucrative sinecure. The library is 
 remarkable for the large number of fine bindings, large paper 
 copies and editions printed on vellum, and is rich in early 
 voyages and travels, topography, poetry, romances and classics. 
 Other important collections are the Maskell collection of rare 
 liturgies and service books, the Kupitsch collection of early 
 German literature, the Tieck and Halliwell collections of 
 Shakespearian literature, the Emperor Maximilian's col- 
 lection of Mexican books ; the Nagy collection of Hungarian 
 books and the Grabowski collection of Polish books. In 
 recent years the early productions of the printing press before 
 the year 1501, consisting of over 10,000 books, have 
 been brought together as a special collection, illustrating in 
 a remarkably complete way the origin and development of 
 printing. 
 
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 Round these notable collections the Library of the British 
 Museum has grown rapidly, chiefly by the operation of the 
 Copynght Act, and the expenditure of the annual grant made 
 by Parhament. At the end of 18i8, the number of volumes 
 in the Department of Printed Books was found to be 435 000 
 
 o7mf i' nntr \S53'^10'110 ^^'^'^es; and at the 'end 
 of 1872, 1 100 000 volumes. The Library has almost doubled 
 ts size m the last thirty-flve years, and is now the largest of the 
 libraries of the world. The yearly accessions from all sources 
 amount to over 100,000 pieces, and a quarter of a million of 
 newspapers. 
 
 Department of Oriental Printed Books and Manuscrints 
 Joseph Fowler Hull's bequest of printed books and m Tnul 
 
 Srv", fr'"' ''"' ''"^" "^^^'""'"^ °f '^^ Chinese 
 Libiaiy which has now become so large. This bequest was 
 
 followed m 1843 by a gift from Queen Victoria of five cases 
 
 of Chinese books which had been captured by the troops 
 
 the Oriental collections was made in 1847, when the fine 
 
 brarj. of Chinese books belonging to John Robert Morrison 
 
 (11,500 vols, comprising 476 distinct works) was purchased 
 
 In 1877 ^r'n?'"'' "i" P'"'"'''"'' *° ^^^ British Museum. 
 In 1877 tie Chinese Encyclopisdia, or reprint of classified 
 extracts from the standard works in Chinese literature 
 (5,040 Chinese pen, bound in 748 vols.), was acquired 
 by the Museum. The Chinese Library includes lorks 
 on the religions of China, jurisprudence, history and 
 biography, besides novels, plays, poetry, encyclopaedias and 
 dchonaries. The collection formed by Dr. van Siebold 
 during his residence in Japan (1,088 works in 3,441 vols ) 
 IS the basis of the Japanese library. It embraces every das 
 of literature, including a large number of illustrated works. 
 Ihe Hebrew Library is founded on the gift of ISO volumes 
 made by Solomon Da Costa in 1759; and on the library o 
 H. X ai.chael of Hamburg (4,420 vols.), which was purchased 
 n 1848. A considerable selection from the fine Hebrew 
 ibrary of Joseph Almanzi of Padua, and other importan" 
 additions have since been made. The Hebrew collection 
 comi^ises books in all branches of Hebrew and Rabbinica" 
 
 ZhTT 1 n'"' '^™'"°' ^•"■""'^ ""'' T"rWsh literature are 
 pai ticularly well represented in the Department. The Cotton 
 lan, Harleian and Sloane libraries formed the nucleus of the 
 
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 collection of Oriental manuscripts ; it has been largely added 
 to from year to year by donations and purchases. 
 
 The Department of Manuscripts (55,000 vols. ; 75,000 
 charters and rolls ; 17,000 detached seals and casts of seals ; 
 1,820 ancient Greek and Latin papyri) was formed in the first 
 place by the union of the collections of Sir Robert Cotton 
 (1,013 vols., about 50 of which were destroyed by fire in 1731), 
 of Edward Harley, Earl of Oxford (7,656 vols. ; 14,000 rolls, 
 charters and deeds), and of Sir Hans Sloane (4,100 vols.) in 
 1753. Other collections have been added from time to time, 
 partly by purchase and partly by donation. The most 
 important collections which have contributed to the develop- 
 ment of the Department are : the Royal MSS. from the Old 
 Royal Library (1,990 vols.), the King's MSS., collected by 
 George III. (415 vols.), the Lansdowne MSS. (1,245 vols.), 
 the Arundel MSS. (550 vols.), the Burney MSS. (523 vols.), 
 the Hargrave MSS. (514 vols.), the Egerton MSS.i (2,873 
 vols.), the Stowe MSS. (1,085 vols.), and the Additional 
 MSS. (37,628 vols.). 
 
 The Cottonian and Harleian collections were formed with 
 a view to illustrating English history, though both have 
 spread beyond this limit. The former is especially rich as 
 regards the Anglo-Saxon period. The Sloane MSS. date 
 from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, and are mainly 
 scientific. The Royal MSS. of the Kings of England form 
 in many respects the choicest of the great collections 
 acquired by the British Museum, and include the famous 
 Codex Alexandrinus. The King's MSS., which include a few 
 important manuscripts that had been retained by George II. 
 when he made over the Royal Library to the nation, bear 
 largely upon the relations of England to France, and the art 
 of war. The Lansdowne MSS. afford valuable material 
 for English history and topography. The Arundel MSS. 
 are miscellaneous in character, and are particularly rich in 
 material for the illustration of the language and history 
 of England ; they also include Greek and Latin clas- 
 sics, cartularies and registers of monastic institutions, 
 hagiography and law. The Burney MSS. are largely 
 classical ; the Hargrave MSS. are mostly legal ; and the 
 
 ' A sum of money was bequeathed with the collection for the purpose of 
 making additions, and was subsequently augmented by a bequest from 
 Lord Farnborough. 
 
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 Stowe MSS., which were part of the Ashburnham Library, 
 embrace English topography, genealogy and political corres- 
 pondence, besides a number of Anglo-Saxon charters of 
 considerable interest. The Additional MSS. have been 
 partly acquired by purchase from the annual grant, and partly 
 by donation or bequest. Nos. 1 to 4,100 are Sloane MSS., 
 and Nos. 4,101 to 4,478, Birch MSS. (largely historical). 
 
 In the Department of Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities 
 a large part of the Royal Library of Nineveh (Kouyunjik) is 
 preserved. This Library was founded by Sargon, King of 
 Assyria (B.C. 722 to B.C. 705), and was added to by his successors 
 Sennacherib and Esarhaddon, and more especially by Ashur- 
 bani-pal (B.C. ^^% to B.C. 626). There are over 20,000 tablets 
 and fragments from the Royal Library of Nineveh in the 
 British Museum ; they are made of a reddish clay and are 
 inscribed in cuneiform characters. They include a large 
 number of important works upon every branch of learning 
 known at the time ; lexicology, astronomy, astrology, history, 
 poetry, and mythology occupy a prominent place in the 
 collection. 
 
 The British Museum Library is fairly accessible to the 
 public, though it is strictly speaking a library for purposes of 
 study and research. The regulations exclude (1) persons 
 under 21 years of age, (2) persons preparing for examinations 
 or engaged in writing prize essays and the like, and (3) novel 
 readers. The British Museum Library does not profess to 
 supply all the needs of London in the way of books ; Sir 
 Anthony Panizzi often expressed his opinion that it would 
 be advisable to form supplementary libraries in different 
 parts of the Metropolis to relieve the British Museum of 
 some of the pressure on its resources. The Reading Room 
 and supplementary Reading Rooms accommodate about r)70 
 persons ; the number of volumes issued per annum amounts 
 to a million and a half. It affords unrivalled facilities, and 
 will ever continue to be the Mecca of advanced students from 
 all parts. 
 
 The London Library, St. James' Square, S.W., (240,000 
 vols.) confines its benefits to subscribers who are required to 
 contribute an entrance fee and annual subscription. The 
 present rate of subscription is £3 3s. per annum, with an 
 entrance fee of £1 l.v. The object of the London Library is 
 to supply good books in all departments of knowledge. 
 
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 Dean Milman, Sir George Cornewall Lewis, Carlyle, Glad- 
 stone, Hallam and John Forster took part in its foundation, 
 and it has been used by Lytton, Dickens, Tennyson, Macaulay 
 and other writers of eminence. 
 
 Lambetli Public Libraries (152,875 vols.).— The Tate 
 Central Library, Brixton Oval, S.W., contains 52,000 volumes 
 of a general character, 32,000 of which are for reference. 
 There are Branches at Heme Hill Road (13,000 vols.), Ken- 
 nington (15,000 vols.), Knatchbull Roadi (18,875 vols.), North 
 Lambeth (12,000 vols.). South Lambeth Road (15,000 vols.), 
 Upper Norwood (9,000 vols.), and West Norwood (18,000 
 vols.). 
 
 The Library of the London Institution, Finsbury 
 Circus, E.C., (150,000 vols.) was formed with admirable 
 judgment by extensive purchases at the sales of the libraries 
 of the Marquis of Lansdowne and others. It is particularly 
 rich in historical and topographical works ; French, Spanish 
 and Italian literature are well represented. Amongst the 
 bibliographical treasures of the Library may be mentioned a 
 number of incunabula, and copies of the first four folios of 
 Shakespeare. It is a proprietary library, but is open to 
 readers on the introduction of Proprietors. 
 
 The Guildhall Library, King Street, E.C., (134,712 
 printed books and pamphlets, and 5,816 MSS.) as a public 
 reference library ranks second in London. The original Lib- 
 rary suffered severely at the sacrilegious hands of Protector 
 Somerset, who carried away a great part of its treasures. All 
 that remained, with the exception of the ancient charters and 
 records of the City, was destroyed in the Great Fire. It was 
 not till 1824 that the interest of the Corporation in the Library 
 was revived, and an attempt was made to repair the loss. 
 The new Library was opened in 1828, and contained 1,700 
 volumes, mostly relating to the City of London. From this 
 small beginning, the Guildhall Library has steadily grown 
 partly by donations and partly by purchases. It is especially 
 rich in books relating to the history and antiquities of London, 
 genealogy, history and topography ; and includes the libraries 
 of the Dutch Church, the Clockmakers' Com]5any, the 
 
 • The Minet Library, Knatchbull Road, is a joint library between the 
 boroughs of Lambeth and Camberwell. 
 
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 Gardeners' Company, and the Cooks' Company, the Alfred 
 Cock Memorial, consisting of books by, or relating to Sir 
 ihomas More, and the Willshire Collection of prints and 
 books illustrating the art of engraving. There is a special 
 collection of Hebraica and Judaica, and a good muster of 
 works on finance, banking, currency, shipping, insurance and 
 kmdred subjects. The Kitton Collection of books on Dickens 
 and editions of his works has recently been presented to the 
 Corporation of the City, and is now housed at the Guildhall 
 as a separate National Dickens Library. The Guildhall 
 Library has been thrown open to the public since 1873. 
 
 Westminster Public Libraries (112,000 vols.).— The 
 i^uckingham Palace Road Library (35,500 vols.) is strong in 
 works on the fine arts, and has a good collection of music ; 
 the South xVudley Street Library possesses 14,500 volumes of 
 a general character ; the St. Martin's Lane Library (35,000 
 vols.) possesses a special collection of works on London, 
 including a large number of local prints, maps, and 
 pamphlets. A bequest from Dean Stanley added 2,000 
 standard works to the Great Smith Street Library in 1881, 
 and 1,200 volumes in 1883. The books are not kept 
 together as a separate collection, but are embodied in the 
 general stock of the Library, both for lending and reference 
 purposes. This Library is a general collection of about 
 27,000 volumes. The Committee have for some time 
 had under consideration a proposal for the formation of a 
 Central Reference Library, in which to concentrate the 
 present separate reference collections. 
 
 The Library of Sion Collegre, Victoria Embankment, E.C., 
 (110,000 vols.) dates from about 1635. Considerable damage' 
 was done to the original collection by the Great Fire of 
 London, though many of the books were saved by removal 
 to the Charterhouse. Munificent gifts were made to repair 
 the loss, and in 1682 George, Earl of Berkeley, presented 
 several thousand volumes, comprising, it is said, one-half of 
 the library of his uncle, Sir Robert Cooke. The fact that 
 the Library is designed principally to facilitate the studies of 
 clergymen gives a certain pre-eminence to the section of 
 theology. An endeavour is made, however, to secure the best 
 works in every department of literature. History is well 
 represented, and the Library abounds in the controversial 
 literature of Puritan days. Mention may be made of a 
 8500 3 2 
 
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 number of books which were seized in a house of the 
 Jesuits at Clerkenwell during the 'Popish Plot,' and a 
 collection of theological pamphlets and sermons (bound in 
 357 vols.) formed by Edmund Gibson, Bishop of London, in 
 the latter part of the 18th century. There are six productions 
 of Caxton's press, including a copy of the first book printed 
 in English, besides a number of other early printed books, 
 and a collection of early Bibles. The Library is open to all 
 who provide themselves with recommendations of a beneficed 
 clergyman. 
 
 Wandsworth Public Libraries (89,000 vols.). — 
 Under the powers granted by the London Government Act 
 of 1899, five parishes, Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting, 
 and Wandsworth, were formed into the borough of Wands- 
 worth. In all these parishes except Tooting the Public 
 Library Acts had been adopted. Boards of Commissioners 
 appointed, and Libraries established. Consequently on the 
 formation of the borough no less than six Libraries, viz., 
 Clapham, Putney, Streatham (with the Balham Branch), 
 Wandsworth (with the Allfarthing Lane Branch), Avere 
 handed over to the Council, which then adopted the Acts for 
 the remainder of the borough. At present there are eight 
 libraries in the borough. The Public Library, North Side 
 CJapham Common, (16,000 vols.) is of a general character, and 
 possesses a reference library. The Newnes Public Library, 
 Putney, (12,000 vols.) contains a reference department, in 
 which the books are placed on open shelves. The Tate 
 Library, Streatham, (19,000 vols.) includes a collection of his- 
 torical and scientific works. There is a Branch Library at 
 Balham with 11,500 volumes, and a Public Library with 
 7,500 volumes at Tooting. The Public Library, West Hill, 
 Wandsworth, (23,000 vols.) possesses a local collection, and 
 the Blackmore collection of works on Gibraltar and North 
 Africa. It is provided with recent science text-books, mainly 
 to meet the requirements of Students at the Wandsworth 
 Technical Institute. There are Branches at Allfarthing 
 Lane and Earlsfield. The Libraries are well provided 
 with standard works from all branches of literature, and 
 are extensively used by Teachers and Students attending 
 University Extension and other lectures. 
 
 Camberwell Public Libraries (85,655 vols.). — The 
 Central Library, Peckham Road, S.E., (28,960 vols.) possesses 
 
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 besides a good general library special collections on 
 Shakesijeare (400 vols.) and London (400 vols.), and a music 
 library, including music scores, history, theory, &c., of 
 about 1,000 volumes. Students of French and German have 
 also been catered for. It is proposed to form a special 
 Ruskin collection, and some books have recently been 
 acquired from the library of John Ruskin. One of the 
 treasures of the library is an almost complete set of the 
 works of Sir Richard Burton. There are five District 
 Libraries in the Borough : Dulwich (18,115 vols.), Nunhead 
 (7,764 vols.), North Camberwell (G,521 vols.), the Livesey 
 Library, Old Kent Road (10,420 vols.), and the Minet 
 Library, Knatchbull Road (18,875 vols.), which is a joint 
 library between the boroughs of Lambeth and Camberwell. 
 The books are of a general character. 
 
 Islington Public Libraries (76,000 vols.). — At the 
 Central Library, Holloway Road, N., (33,000 vols.) there is a 
 good reference department and some special facilities with 
 regard to accommodation for Students. There is a large 
 supply of scientific, technical, art, and literary journals, 
 including American, French, and German magazines, and 
 the department has been specially designed to keep the 
 text-book side of the Library well up to date. A special 
 feature of the lending department is the provision of a 
 collection of the best music of all kinds in bound volumes. 
 There are two Branches : the North Library, Manor Gardens 
 (26,000 vols.), and the West Library, Thornhill Square 
 (] 7,000 vols.). The Libraries are organised on the safe- 
 guarded open access system, by which admission is granted 
 to the books as they stand on the shelves in close classified 
 order. At each of the Libraries, encyclopa3dias, dictionaries 
 of languages, historical reference books, atlases, and all 
 kinds of working reference books can be consulted without 
 the need of application forms, or the intervention of an 
 assistant. 
 
 Southwark Public Libraries (74,300 vols.).— The 
 Central Library, Walworth Road, S.E., (41,000 vols.) contains 
 special collections of works relating to Southwark, Harvard 
 and Harvard University, Shakespeare, Dante, and sociology. 
 There are four Branches : Borough Road District Library 
 (12,000 vols.), Southwark Bridge Road District Library 
 
(12,000 vols.), Blackfriars Road District Library (5,300 vols.), 
 and Old Kent Road District Library (4,000 vols.). 
 
 Kensington Public Libraries (66,600 vols.).—- At the 
 Central Library, Kensington High Street, W., (35,600 vols.) 
 is housed amongst other collections the greater part of 
 the library of Sir Richard Burton, which mainly consists 
 of travels and philology. The Library pays particular 
 attention to British, especially London topography, and to 
 books relating to art and artists. There are Branch Libraries 
 at Netting Hill (17,500 vols.), and in the Old Brompton 
 Road (13,500 vols.). 
 
 Stepney Public Libraries (66,300 vols.). — The 
 Borough Reference Library, Bancroft Road, E., (15,800 vols.) 
 is situated in the immediate neighbourhood of East London 
 College, Mile End Road, and possesses one of the most com- 
 modious reading rooms in East London. It is provided 
 with the best books of reference, students' aids and standard 
 works, and possesses collections of works on London, and 
 local history. There are three popular Lending Libraries : 
 Whitechapel (27,900 vols.), St. George-in-the-East (11,200 
 vols.), and Limehouse (11,400 vols.). A branch of the Borough 
 Reference Library, including a special collection of Judaica, 
 is attached to the Whitechapel Library. The policy of the 
 Libraries is, however, to centralise the reference work by 
 concentrating the more important and costly books at the 
 Borough Reference Library. Students' lockers are provided 
 free to persons who use the Library regularly for private 
 study. 
 
 The Library of the Royal Institution of Great 
 Britain, 21, Albemarle Street, W., (60,000 vols.) which was 
 founded in 1803 on the library of Thomas Astle, includes 
 works on science, British history, topography, literature, art, 
 archaeology, Greek and Latin classics. Fathers of the Church, 
 &c. It possesses an extensive collection of historical and mis- 
 cellaneous tracts, commencing with the 1 6th century, and an 
 interesting series of 56 volumes of manuscript correspondence 
 relating to the American War. The Library is reserved for 
 the use of Members only. Members pay an admission fee of 
 ten guineas on election (which includes the first annual 
 contribution), and in each subsequent year an annual H 
 
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 subscription of five guineas, or sixty guineas in lieu of all 
 payments. 
 
 Battersea Public Libraries (56,112 vols.). — The 
 Central Library, 265, Lavender Hill, S.W., (38,758 vols.) has 
 special collections of works on London and local history ; 
 architecture, decoration and allied subjects are well repre- 
 sented. There are two Branches : Lurline Gardens (0,054: 
 vols.), and Lammas Hall (8,300 vols.). 
 
 The Hampstead Public Libraries (55,823 vols.) are 
 generally strong in art and history ; theology, Greek and 
 Latin classics, science, and technology are fairly well repre- 
 sented. A number of publications of scientific, antiquarian, 
 and philological societies are available for reference, and 
 there is a local collection. At the Central Reference Depart- 
 ment some hundreds of works of general reference are 
 placed upon open shelves, and students' alcoves afford 
 special facilities for quiet research. The most notable 
 characteristic of the Reference Department is the library of 
 the late Professor Henry Morley, which contains a good 
 selection of early or contemporary editions of English and 
 foreign standard writers of the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries. 
 Amongst the first editions may be mentioned Francis Meres's 
 Palladis Tamia, 1593; Thomas Shelton's translation of 
 Don Quixote, 1612-20 ; and Lyly's Eiiphues and his England, 
 1580, of which no other copy is known. The Central 
 Library (31,973 vols.) is in Finchley Road, N.W. There are 
 four Branch Libraries : Kilburn (8,000 vols.), Belsize (8,500 
 vols.). West End (3,600 ^ols.), and the Heath (3,750 vols.). 
 
 Woolwicli Public Libraries (52,500 vols.).— The 
 Central Library, William Street, Woolwich, (25,000 vols.) 
 possesses what is probably the most important collection of 
 literature dealing with Kent that exists. It is also specially 
 rich in works on botany, horticulture, agriculture and several 
 branches of nature study. The Plumstead Reference Library 
 (19,000 vols.) in the borough of Woolwich contains the 
 sociological collection of Joseph Edwards, and the Skipwith 
 Collection, containing the proceedings of archa3ological and 
 historical societies, and many valuable works on cognate 
 subjects. The Eltham Lil)rary (8,500 vols.), also in this 
 borough, is particularly strong in literature and fine art. 
 Special borrowing privileges have been accorded to Students 
 
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 of the University of London, who are provided with an 
 introduction signed by the Goldsmiths' Librarian. 
 
 Lewisham Public Libraries (52,158 vols.).— The 
 Central Library possesses 16,584 volumes. There are four 
 Branches in the borough : Forest Hill (10,000 vols.). Manor 
 House, Lee (8,715 vols.). Lower Sydenham (8,513 vols.), and 
 Brockley (8,346 vols.). The Branch at Hither Green, 
 Catford, is only used as a news-room for the present. There 
 are no special characteristics attached to the Libraries. 
 
 The Chelsea Public Library, Manresa Road, S.W., 
 (50,000 vols.) is a good all-round general library, and includes 
 collections of local prints, drawings and portraits, which are 
 arranged in the galleries. Special borrowing facilities are 
 given to Students of the South- Western Polytechnic, with 
 which the Library co-operates ; consequently a good supply 
 of works on science, technology, art and history is 
 provided. 
 
 *The General Library at the Central Building of the 
 University of London, South Kensington, S.W., (45,000 
 vols, and pamphlets) consists of a number of standard works 
 on various subjects, chiefly chosen on account of their 
 rarity, cost, or general inaccessibility to Students, and of 
 special collections. The first of these special collections is 
 the library of the late George Grote, formerly Vice-Chancellor 
 of the University ; it consists mainly of Latin and Greek 
 classics and books on history, numbering in all about 5,000 
 volumes, and was bequeathed to the University in 1871. 
 The second special collection is the library of mathematical 
 and astronomical books formerly belonging to the late 
 Augustus De Morgan, which was purchased in its entirety 
 by Lord Overstone, and presented by him to the University 
 in 1871. The collection consists of about 4,000 volumes, 
 and includes a considerable number of rare and valuable 
 books. In 1880 a small library, chiefly of Russian books 
 collected by Sir John George Shaw-Lefevre, was presented 
 by Lady Shaw-Lefevre. By order of the Senate, theses 
 presented by successful candidates for the higher degrees of 
 the University are deposited in the Library, and are open for 
 public reference. The Library contains about 10,000 theses 
 of other Universities. There are also special reference sections 
 of Bibliography and Education. The Library is open to 
 
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 Members of the Senate, Members of Convocation, Examiners, 
 Teachers, Graduates and Undergraduates of the University ; 
 also to persons specially recommended. A large number of 
 books can be borrowed for home use. 
 
 For the Goldsmiths' Library of Economic Literature 
 (•40,000 vols, and pamphlets), and the Physiological Labora- 
 tory Departmental Library (1,000 vols, and 500 pamphlets), 
 which are also housed at the Central Building of the 
 University, see SPECIAL LIBRARIES, under Econotnlcs and 
 Physiology respectively. 
 
 Lambeth Palace Library (30,000 printed books and 
 
 11,000 MSS.) was founded by Archbishop I5ancroft, and is 
 distinguished by the fine collections of manuscripts and 
 early printed books which it contains. The manuscripts 
 comprise the Codices Lambethiani, which include the 
 gifts of several Archbishops ; three separate collections 
 bequeathed by Archbishop Tenison, called respectively the 
 Codices Whartoniani after Henry Wharton, the Codices 
 Carewani (rich in material for Irish history) after George 
 Carew, Earl of Totness, and the Codices Tenisoniani after 
 the donor ; Codices Gibsoniani, which originally belonged 
 to Archbishop Tenison and were bequeathed by Edmund 
 Gibson, Bishop of London ; the Codices Manners Suttoniani, 
 which were mainly brought from Syria and Constantinople 
 by Professor J. D. Carlyle in 1800, and are called after 
 Archbishop Manners Sutton ; and a number of miscellaneous 
 manuscripts, which were presented by various benefactors. 
 The collection includes Psalters, Missals, Martyrologies, 
 Biblical and historical manuscripts, Papal Bulls, Royal 
 letters, and a collection of State Papers and documents 
 from the reign of Henry VI. to that of Charles I. Special 
 mention may be made of Lord Burghley's papers, a volume 
 of documents belonging to Archbishop Laud, some of which 
 are in his autograph, and the correspondence of Anthony 
 Bacon in 16 volumes. The Records include registers of the 
 Archbishops of Canterbury from 1279 to 1747 ; Parliamentary 
 surveys, ciyxa 1650 ; Augmentations of Livings ; charters 
 and instruments relative to the See of Canterbury ; present- 
 ations to Benefices made during the Commonwealth ; leases 
 of Church lands ; returns giving an account of the state of 
 1,579 parish churches in the j^ear 1705 ; and surveys of the 
 possessions of the See of Canterbury and of Peculiars. 
 
Amongst the printed books, theology and British history 
 occupy a prominent plac^e ; the literatures of ancient Greece 
 and Rome, the Fathers of the Church, religious contro- 
 versialists of the 16th and 17th centuries, the works of 
 English Divines, and Church history, are well represented. 
 The Library contains a series of sermons and tracts ranging 
 in date from 1715 to 1768, which were bequeathed by 
 Archbishop Seeker. The early printed books include ten 
 productions of Caxton's press, and there are also collections 
 of printed Bibles and works on Kentish topography and 
 diocesan history. The Library is open to the public for 
 purposes of reference ; modern works are lent under special 
 conditions to the clergy and residents in Lambeth, South- 
 wark and Westminster. 
 
 Shoreditch. Public Libraries (42,375 vols.). — The 
 Hoxton Central Library (23,940 vols.) includes a local 
 collection. An effort is being made to meet the wants of 
 those engaged in the furniture and allied trades. The 
 Haggerston Branch Library possesses 18,435 volumes. 
 
 The Bishopsgrate Institute Library, Bishopsgate Street 
 Without, E.C., contains about 42,000 volumes representative 
 of all branches of literature, and includes an up-to-date collec- 
 tion of standard legal works, a representative art section, and 
 a good muster of dictionaries and works of reference. The 
 Library has a valuable section of books on the history and 
 topography of London, including a collection of London 
 prints, and is rich in Greek and Latin classics. It also 
 possesses the George Howell collection of works on economics 
 and sociology. The reference department is open to the 
 general public, and the loan of books for home reading, 
 though generally restricted to persons resident or employed 
 in the City, is granted to others on the production of a 
 satisiactory guarantee, or on payment of a deposit. 
 
 Hammersmitli Public Libraries (41,990 vole.) are 
 strong in history, biography and musical scores ; the fine and 
 useful arts, voyages and travels are fairly well represented. 
 The Carnegie (Central) Library, Hammersmith, W., possesses 
 17,742 volumes ; there are three Branches : Ravenscourt 
 Park, W. (11,543 vols.), Shepherd's Bush, W. (11,887 vols.), 
 and College Park, N.W. (818 vols.). 
 
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 Bethnal Green Public Library, N.E., (40,000 vols.) 
 was founded in 187G, and is supported by voluntary 
 contributions. 
 
 Bermondsey Public Libraries (39,281 vols.).— At the 
 Central Library (19,433 vols.) there are good collections of 
 works on architecture, the fine arts, the leather tanning 
 industry, and London topography. There is also a fairly 
 representative collection of Bermondsey literature. There 
 are two Branches : the Rotherhithe Library (11,023 vols.), 
 and the St. Olave Library (8,825 vols.). 
 
 Poplar Public Libraries (36,272 vols.) are fairly 
 
 strong in books on engineering and shipbuilding, and 
 possess a local collection. There are four Libraries in the 
 Borough : Poplar (13,332 vols.). Bow (9,276 vols.), Bromley 
 (8,915 vols.), and Cubitt Town (4,749 vols.). 
 
 Stoke Newing-ton Public Libraries.~The Library 
 in Church Street, Stoke Newington, N., (32,500 vols.) is a 
 general working library, in which biography, history, 
 topography and belles-lettres predominate. Science and 
 art are well represented, as are also general works of 
 reference, dictionaries and grammars of foreign languages. 
 
 Finsbury Public Libraries (31,700 vols.) possess 
 special collections on art metal work, optical trades, watch 
 and clock making, and costume and ornament. The Central 
 Library (26,500 vols.) is in Skinner Street, Clerkenwell ; 
 there are two Branch Libraries : Pentonville (2,200 vols.), 
 and St. Sepulchre (3,000 vols.). 
 
 Fulham Public Libraries (30,387 vols.) contain a 
 selection of publications on all subjects, and are not 
 particularly strong in any department. The stock of the 
 Central Library, Fulham Road, S.W., (about 17,500 vols.) is 
 under revision, prior to moving into temporary premises 
 during rebuilding. There are two Branches : the South 
 Lil)rary, Wandsworth Bridge Road (6,542 vols.), and the 
 North Library, Lillie Road (6,345 vols.). 
 
 The Library of the Cripplegate Institute, Golden Lane, 
 E.C., consists of a lending department with 23,339 volumes, 
 
and a reference department with 3,427 volumes. The refer- 
 ence department comprises a select collection of scientific, 
 artistic and other works, special attention having been paid 
 to books of design with coloured plates. The collection 
 of books of design is extensive, and is applied to the 
 following of our Home manufactures : — carpets, rugs, lace, 
 tapestries, embroideries, silks and other textile fabrics, 
 There is also a special collection of books on art design 
 as applied to bookbinding, pottery, furniture, stained glass, 
 and most of the industrial arts. Works on architecture, 
 painting, illumination and engraving are well represented. 
 The lending department is available for those resident or em- 
 ployed in the western half of the City, and in the Parish of 
 St. Luke's, Middlesex. The reference department is only 
 available for those resident or employed in the western half 
 of the City ; the news and magazine rooms are open to the 
 general public. There are Branch Libraries at St. Bride 
 Institute, Bride Lane, Fleet Street, E.C. (13,416 vols.), 69, 
 Queen Street, Cheapside, E.C. (7,127 vols.), and at St. Luke's 
 Institute, Radnor Street, St. Luke's, Middlesex (4,333 vols.). 
 
 Holborn Public Libraries (25,000 vols.).— There are 
 two Libraries in the Borough : 198, High Holborn (12,500 
 vols.), and 10, John Street, Bedford Row (12,500 vols.). 
 Neither possesses any special characteristic. 
 
 Greenwich Public Libraries (20,000 vols.).— Two 
 Libraries have recently been opened in the Borough, and 
 special prominence is given to modern scientific works. 
 The reference department is in course of formation. 
 
 The Library of the Royal Society of Arts, 18, John 
 Street, Adelphi, W.C, (11,000 vols.) is general in character, and 
 is especially strong in the transactions of English Societies, 
 and in matters relating to exhibitions, international and 
 other. Students are admitted to the Library on sufficient 
 introduction. 
 
 Paddington Public Library, Queen's Park, 666, 
 Harrow Road, W., (10,800 vols.) possesses no special 
 characteristic. 
 
 Deptford Public Libraries (9,800 vols.).— The Central 
 Library is in New Cross Road. 
 
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 The St. Pancras Public Libraries are in course of 
 development, and as yet, only one small Branch in Chester 
 Road, Highgate, with 8,000 volumes is open. It is of a 
 general character. 
 
 The Students' Free Library, Toynbee Hall, 28, Com- 
 mercial Street, E., (7,500 vols.) is open to all Students, whether 
 attending lectures or classes at Toynbee Hall, or not, on 
 Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays from 7 to 10 p.m. 
 Books may be borrowed for home reading. The strongest 
 section is that of sociology ; history and science are also 
 represented. There is a good supply of reference books, and 
 several magazines and reviews are regularly received. 
 
 Padding-ton Free Public Library (not a rate- 
 supported library), 7, Bishop's Road, Bayswater, W. (4,600 
 vols.). 
 
 The Officers' Library, Charterbouse, Charterhouse 
 Square, E.C., consists of about 3,000 volumes and tracts, and 
 was presented by the widow of Daniel Wray in 1785. The 
 books are of a general character, mostly of the 17th and 18th 
 centuries, and are for the use of the Officers of the Foundation. 
 Requests from others desirous of using the Library for 
 reference purposes are considered on their merit by the 
 Librarian. ' There is also a Library for the use of Pensioners 
 of the Foundation, known as the Brothers' Library (about 
 2,500 vols.) ; it has been collected during the last hundred 
 years, and contains modern books of a general character. The 
 old monastic library was swept away in the wanton destruc- 
 tion that took place at the dissolution of the monasteries 
 under Henry VIII. 
 
 The Mclntyre Ethical Library (2,500 vols.), belonging to 
 the Union of Ethical Societies, 19, Buckingham Street, 
 Strand, W.C., was founded in 1896 with a view to providing 
 members of the ethical movement, and more particularly 
 lecturers and students, with standard works on ethics, 
 philosophy, economics, and general literature. There are 
 also a number of works on the Higher Criticism of the Bible. 
 The Library is open free to Members and Associated Members 
 of the Union of Ethical Societies, to Students of the School 
 of Ethics, and to Members of the Emerson Club. Others 
 can obtain the privilege of using it on payment of a sub- 
 scription of 10s. Qd. per annum. 
 
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 The Folk-Lore Society possesses a Library of a general 
 character, consisting of a few hundred volumes ; it is 
 housed at the quarters of the Royal Anthropological Institute, 
 3, Hanover Square, W. It is open only to Members of the 
 Folk-Lore Society, and to Fellows of the Royal Anthropo- 
 logical Institute. 
 
 Amongst other general collections of small importance 
 may be mentioned the libraries of the Royal Society of 
 Literature, 20, Hanover Square, W., and of the Victoria 
 Institute, 8, Adelphi Terrace, W.C. The books are of a 
 miscellaneous character, and have in most cases been pre- 
 sented by Members, for whom the collections are alone 
 intended. 
 
 The Hackney Public Library, which is not yet 
 opened, promises to be one of the important libraries of 
 London. 
 
 II.— SPECIAL LIBRARIES. 
 
 Accountancy. ^The Library of the Society of Account- 
 ants and Auditors, King Street, Cheapside, E.G., (3,500 
 vols.) is intended to supply the needs of Accountants in prac- 
 tice, and of Students studying for accountancy examinations. 
 The collection mainly consists of treatises on book-keeping, 
 accounts and auditing, and legal works bearing upon the 
 duties of an Accountant in relation to auditing, trustee- 
 ships, bankruptcy, company law, arbitrations, receiverships, 
 etc. The library contains a very complete collection of the 
 latest issues of the published accounts of the leading 
 municipalities throughout the country. It is open only 
 to Members of the Society and Students preparing for the 
 examinations of the Society. 
 
 The Library of the Institute of Chartered Account- 
 ants in Eng-land and Wales, Moorgate Place, E.G., (1,350 
 vols.) is open to Members of the Institute, and also to 
 articled pupils of Members obtaining a card from the 
 Librarian. 
 
 Agriculture. — The Library of the Board of Agricul- 
 ture and Fisheries, 8, Whitehall Place, S.W., (7,000 vols.) 
 
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 is open to the public, and books may be borrowed by post 
 under certain conditions. It contains a large number of 
 colonial and foreign official publications relating to agri- 
 cultural science and statistics. The Library has not yet been 
 fully catalogued. 
 
 The Library of the Royal Agricultural Society 
 of Eng-land, 16, Bedford Square, W.O., (G,000 vols.) 
 possesses the chief standard books on agricultural subjects, 
 including the principal agricultural newspapers and periodi- 
 cals. The Library is for the use of the Governors and 
 Members of the Society. 
 
 See also Botany ; Horticulture, 
 
 Anthropology, — The Library of the Royal Anthropo- 
 log'ical Institute, 3, Hanover Square, W., (5,000 vols.) 
 is for the use of Fellows, but is also open for purposes of 
 reference to persons specially recommended. 
 
 Arcliceology. — The Library of the Society of Anti- 
 quaries, Burlington House, Piccadilly, W., (40,000 printed 
 books and MSS.) is rich in early printed books, topography, 
 heraldry and numismatics. It includes a collection of books 
 on pageants presented by Frederick William Fairholt, and of 
 lexicographical works formerly belonging to Albert Way. 
 The Library is available for use by Fellows of the Society. 
 Other Students who are introduced by a Fellow may be 
 admitted to the Library for a period not exceeding one week 
 to consult printed books, and manuscripts not of a private 
 nature. 
 
 The Library at Sir John Soane's Museum, 13, Lin- 
 coln's Inn Fields, W.C, (7,800 vols.) contains a collection of 
 books on architecture and antiquities published previous to 
 1837, and of architectural drawings from the 17th to the 
 early 19th century. It possesses an inlaid copy of the first 
 folio of Shakespeare, sumptuouslj^ bound by Mackinlay for 
 James Boswell the younger. There are no recent books in 
 the Library. It is open free to Students. 
 
 See also Heraldry ; Numismatics ; and the Yates Library of 
 Archaeology, under LIBRARIES CONNECTED WITH EDUCA- 
 TIONAL Institutions : University College. 
 
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 Archceology, Biblical. — The Library of the Society of 
 Biblical Archaeology, 37, Great Russell Street, W.C., 
 (1,000 vols.) possesses works on Egyptology, Assyriology, 
 and Biblical Archaeology in general. It is for the use of 
 Members only. 
 
 Archceology^ Classical. — The Library of the Society for 
 the Promotion of Hellenic Studies, 22, Albemarle 
 Street, W., (4,000 vols.) consists of classics and works on 
 classical archaeology, and a large collection of negatives, 
 photographs, and lantern slides. Members and Student- 
 Associates are entitled to read in the Library ; only Members 
 can borrow books. 
 
 Archceology, Oriental.— ^qq the Library at Jews' College, 
 under Literature^ Oriental, 
 
 Architecture. — The Library of the Royal Institute Of 
 British Architects, 9, Conduit Street, Hanover Square, 
 W., (16,000 vols.) includes an almost complete collection of 
 editions of Vitruvius. It is open only to Members of the 
 Institute. 
 
 The Library of the Architectural Association, 18, 
 Tufton Street, Westminster, S.W., contains 3,000 volumes, 
 mainly on architecture. It is open only to Members of the 
 Association. 
 
 The Library of the Society of Architects, Staple Inn 
 Buildings, Holborn, W.C, (800 vols.) consists mainly of 
 works on architecture and the allied arts, crafts and sciences. 
 The Reading Room is supplied with the principal archi- 
 tectural and building periodicals, and with the reports and 
 transactions of various architectural societies. The use of 
 the Library is confined to Members, Honorary Members, 
 and Students of the Society, who are entitled to borrow 
 books for home study. 
 
 See also the Library at Sir John Soane*s Museum, under 
 Archceology, 
 
 ^r^.— The Art Library of the Victoria and Albert 
 Museum, South Kensington, S.W., is devoted to works on 
 the fine and applied arts, and contains about 115,000 volumes 
 (including some manuscripts), 160,000 prints and drawings, 
 
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 and 175,000 photographs. In the same building are the 
 Dyce and Forster Libraries, which number together about 
 35,000 volumes. The Dyce Library is remarkable for its 
 wealth in English dramatic literature, and includes many 
 rare original editions of old plays. There are in it copies of 
 the first two folio editions of Shakespeare (both are also in 
 the Forster Library, and the first three editions in the John 
 Jones collection in the Museum), and several early quartos. 
 The Forster Collection is rich in later English literature, 
 and contains the original manuscripts of several of Charles 
 Dickens' novels, and many rare editions of works by him 
 and other English authors. It includes also three note-books 
 of Leonardo da Vinci, illustrated with drawings, the Garrick 
 correspondence, other autographs, collections of rare pamph- 
 lets, and proclamations. All these collections are accessible 
 to the public, works from all three libraries being issued in 
 the Art Library Reading Rooms. 
 
 The Library of the Royal Academy of Arts, Burlington 
 House, Piccadilly, W., (10,000 vols.) specialises in works 
 on the fine arts, and though small is choice and valuable. 
 Almost all the art galleries and collections in Europe are 
 represented by illustrated monographs, published by the 
 governments of the countries in which they exist. These 
 have been supplemented of late by autotype reproductions 
 of notable pictures, frescoes, drawings, statues, and archi- 
 tectural designs and monuments. Biographies of most 
 artists of note are to be found in the Library, as well as 
 writings dealing with the practice and methods adopted in 
 all times by artists. One of the features of the Library is a 
 large collection of engravings, ancient and modern, some of 
 which are of great rarity. The Library enshrines the note- 
 books of Sir Joshua Reynolds, and sketch and note-books of 
 Thomas Stothard, Benjamin West, Sir David Wilkie, Sir John 
 Gilbert, Lord Leighton, and other Members of the Royal 
 Academy. Anyone outside the Academy, who wishes to 
 consult the books, can obtain leave to do so on the production 
 of a letter of recommendation to the Librarian from some 
 well-known person. 
 
 The Eastlake Library at the National Gallery, Trafalgar 
 Square, W.C, was collected by Sir Charles Eastlake, formerly 
 Director of the National Gallery, and purchased by the 
 Government in 1809. Its contents have been added to by 
 
 8500 C 
 
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 purchases made out of annual grants voted by Parliament. 
 The Library is principally used by the Trustees and Director, 
 but any application for permission to consult any special 
 work is readily complied with by the authorities of the 
 National Gallery. 
 
 See also Architecture; Music; and the Field Fine Arts 
 Library, under LIBRARIES CONNECTED WITH Educa- 
 tional Institutions : University College. 
 
 Arts^ Fine, see Art, 
 
 Arts, Useful, see Engineering; Photography; Printing; 
 Science. 
 
 Astronomy. — "The Royal Astronomical Society, 
 Burlington House, Piccadilly, W., possesses a library of 
 astronomical works, ancient and modern (14,000 vols.), 
 including a large number of serial publications. Fellows 
 are entitled to use the Library and to borrow books. Special 
 permission to use the Library is sometimes accorded to 
 Students engaged in serious work who are not Fellows of 
 the Society, on application to the President or one of the 
 Secretaries. 
 
 The British Astronomical Association, Sion 
 
 College, Victoria Embankment, E.C., possesses a library of 
 about 2,500 volumes on astronomical subjects. It is restricted 
 to use by Members of the Association. 
 
 See also Horology ; Meteorology. 
 
 Banking and Currency, see Economics. 
 
 Bibliography. — See the General Library of the University 
 of London, under General Libraries ; and the Library 
 of the Bibliographical Society, under Econoinics and Political 
 Science : British Library of Political Science. 
 
 Biology and Microscopy. — The Library of the Linnean 
 Society, Burlington House, Piccadilly, W., (35,000 vols.) 
 consists of works on natural history, largely illustrative of 
 zoology and botany. Its chief treasure is the biological part 
 of the original library of Linnaeus ; the purely medical books 
 of Linnaeus's library were presented to fciweden some years ago, 
 
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 and are now in Linnaens's country honse near Upsala. The 
 Library is open only to Fellows of the Society and persons 
 introduced by them. 
 
 The Royal Microscopical Society, 20, Hanover 
 Square, W., possesses a library of about 4,000 volumes, in- 
 clusive of periodicals and pamphlets. The works are chiefly 
 on biology and microscopy. The Library is open only to 
 Fellows of the Society. 
 
 See also Botany ; Natural History ; Physiology ; Zoology, 
 
 Botany. — The Library of the Royal Botanical Gar- 
 dens, Kew, S.W., (2-l,0()0 vols.) consists of books on 
 systematic botany, geographical botany, pathological botany, 
 and practical botany ; it includes about 300 current 
 periodicals. The Library is worked in connection with the 
 Herbarium and Laboratory. Admission to the Library can 
 be obtained by Botanists engaged in original work, on 
 application to the Director or the Keeper. 
 
 See also Agriculture ; Horticulture ; Pharmacy. 
 
 Botany^ Zoology and Ethnology. — The Library of the 
 Horniiian Museum, Forest Hill, S.E., (4,000 vols.) is 
 restricted as closely as convenient to subjects represented by 
 the collections of the Museum, and is of great value to 
 Students. The strongest departments are those of Botany 
 (British Algae, Fungi and Musci), Zoology (recent text-books, 
 and illustrated monographs of special groups — invertebrates 
 in the main), and p]thnology (recent works). The Library 
 is under the control of the London County Council, and is 
 open to the public. 
 
 See also Biology ; Zoology. 
 
 Chemistry. — The Library of the Chemical Society, 
 Burlington House, Piccadilly, W., (20,000 vols, ami 4,000 
 pamphlets) is a fine collection of works relating to chemistry 
 and the allied sciences, including a special section of 
 alchemical and early chemical works. It is open to Fellows 
 and persons introduced by them, but only Fellows are entitled 
 to borrow books. An introduction from a Fellow must be in 
 writing, and is valid for one occasion only. 
 
 8500 2 
 
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 The Library of the Institute of Chemistry of Great 
 Britain and Ireland, 30, Bloomsbury Square, W.C, 
 (2,000 vols.) consists mainly of works on chemistry and its 
 practical applications. The use of the Library is restricted 
 to Fellows, Associates, and registered Students ; its main 
 object is, however, to provide books of reference for candi- 
 dates presenting themselves for the practical examinations of 
 the Institute. 
 
 See also Pharmacy. 
 
 Civil Engineering, see Engineering, 
 
 Climatology, see Meteorology, 
 
 Colonies, British, see India and the British Colonies, 
 
 Commerce, see Economics, 
 
 Dentistry. — See the London School of Dental Surgery, and 
 the National Dental Hospital and College, under LIBRARIES 
 CONNECTED WITH EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS. 
 
 East. — See India; Japan; Literature, Or iental ; Palestine; 
 and the Wesleyan College, Richmond, under LIBRARIES 
 CONNECTED WITH EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS. 
 
 Economics and Political Science. — The British. Library 
 of Political Science at the London School of Economics 
 and Political Science, Clare Market, W.C, (50,000 vols.) 
 includes standard works on political science, economics, and 
 administration, as well as reports of English and foreign 
 public administrative bodies, both central and municipal. 
 One of its features is the collection of 40,000 modern pam- 
 phlets classified by subjects. Amongst other special collec- 
 tions may be mentioned the valuable and extensive Webb 
 collection of documents on the history of trade unionism and 
 industrial democracy, and the Henry Hunt-Hutchinson col- 
 lection on Socialism. The Library is not exclusively in 
 connection with the teaching work of the College, and is 
 open gratuitously to all Students of political and economic 
 questions on certain conditions. 
 
 The Library of the Library Association has recently been 
 deposited at the School of Economics, where it is available 
 
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 for use by Members and Associates of the Association, and 
 (for reference only) by general readers. The Council of the 
 Library Association hope that some scheme may be devised 
 for co-ordinating the work of the library with that of the 
 Greenwood Collection at Manchester. The Libraries of the 
 Bibliographical Society (600 toIs.) and the British Child 
 Study Association (200 vols.) have been disposed of in the 
 same way. 
 
 The Library of the Royal Statistical Society, 0, 
 Adelphi Terrace, W.C., (50,000 vols.) possesses a large col- 
 lection of the otficial returns of all countries, and also works 
 of individual authors on statistical and economic subjects. 
 Fellows are entitled to use the Library and to borrow books. 
 In special cases Students recommended by a Member of 
 the Council may read in the Library. 
 
 The Gladstone Library (24,460 vols, and 20,152 pamphlets) 
 was founded in connection with the National Liberal 
 Club, Whitehall Place. S.W., as a memorial to the Right 
 lion. W. E. Gladstone ; it contains works on history and 
 politics. The Library is open only to Members of the Club. 
 
 *The Goldsmiths' Company's Library of Econo- 
 mic Literature, University of London, South Kensing- 
 ton, S.W., (40,000 vols, and pamphlets) is intended to 
 serve as a basis for the study of the industrial, commercial, 
 monetary, and financial history of the United Kingdom, as 
 well as the gradual development of economic science generally. 
 The history of economic thought is practically complete, so far 
 as England is concerned, and very full in respect of the French 
 Economists before and during the Revolution. There is a 
 representative collection of American economics, and a fair 
 representation of economic thought in Italy, Spain, Germany, 
 and Holland. The Library is also rich in works on the history 
 of Socialism and social movements, of labour and the poor law, 
 and the condition of the people generally ; the history of 
 money and banking ; the early history of trade, the Guilds 
 and Companies ; and in books illustrative of the growth of 
 the Colonies, and commercial law and practice. The history 
 of State control, the growth of towns, the history and theory 
 of statistics, the mathematical theory of economics, and 
 agricultural history are well illustrated. The Library includes 
 the Sabatier Collection, containing about 1,000 pieces on 
 French monetary history, Richard Oastler's own collection 
 
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 of tracts on factories, a valuable set of Factory Commission 
 and similar reports, and the Rastrick Railway Collection ; also 
 portraits of Economists, views of institutions, bank notes, auto- 
 graph letters of Economists and Statesmen, Acts of Parliament 
 of special economic interest, a number of broadsides, and a 
 collection of 1,500 political publications. As far as possible, 
 all sides in a controversy find due representation in the 
 Library, and the object has been to mirror opinions, not to 
 judge them. The books are for the most part picked copies, 
 and many of the volumes are presentation copies to Statesmen, 
 and in sumptuous bindings. In numerous instances the 
 Library possesses the author's own copy of his publication, 
 and in some cases his corrected proofs for a second edition. 
 The Library is of thirty years' growth, and it seems to 
 be generally admitted by English and foreign Economists alike 
 that no other economic library of equal interest and value 
 exists anywhere in private hands ; nor indeed is any public 
 library specially devoted to economic subjects known to 
 compare with it. It is restricted to purposes of research 
 and reference, and is open to Students whose applications 
 and recommendations are considered satisfactory by the 
 Goldsmiths' Librarian. 
 
 The County Hall Library, Spring Gardens, S.W., under 
 the control of the London County Council, consists of the 
 collection which belonged to the Metropolitan Board of 
 Works, together with extensive additions which have been 
 made by the Council. The Library is arranged in nine 
 sections, as follows : Municipal histories and records, 
 London histories and records, Local government, London 
 local government. Local taxation, London local taxation. 
 Statistics, Local government services, General reference 
 books. The Library is for the use of Members and Officers 
 of the London County Council only, but the Clerk of the 
 Council is always ready to consider favourably requests for 
 permission to use the Library from Students and others who 
 are unable to find elsewhere materials for their particular 
 work. 
 
 The Library of the British Institute of Social 
 Service, 11, Southampton Row, W.C, contains upwards of 
 1,400 volumes, 6,500 pamphlets, 230 photographs and 9,000 
 newspaper and magazine cuttings. Of these, about 817 
 volumes and 2,800 pamphlets are catalogued, and the 
 
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 cuttings are classified for reference. The most valuable 
 features of the Library are its detailed classification of 
 books, and its collection of pamphlets and other ephemeral 
 publi(?ations dealing with social questions. The Library is 
 open for the free use of any Student of social questions 
 
 The Library of the Institute of Bankers, 34, Clement's 
 Lane, E.G., (5,500 vols.) contains works on economics, dealing 
 mainly with banking and currency. It includes l)anking 
 periodicals and parliamentary reports. The Library is open 
 to Members only. Keference to the books by Students of 
 the University of London is allowed, provided a letter of 
 introduction from the Goldsmiths' Librarian is produced. 
 
 The Library of the Charity Org^anisation Society, 
 Denison House, Vauxhall Bridge iioad, S.W., (4,500 vols.) 
 consists chiefly of works on poor law, foreign and colonial 
 charity, housing of the poor, thrift, friendly societies, emi- 
 gration, temperance and other economic and social subjects. 
 The Library is intended for the use of Members of the 
 Society, and other persona known to Members, who are 
 interested in social questions. 
 
 The Library of the Peace Society, 47, New Broad 
 Street, E.G., possesses a library of about 3,000 volumes ; it 
 consists mainly of books, periodicals and reports bearing on 
 the objects of the Society, and includes works on questions 
 of International Law. The Library is available for use by all 
 hand fide Students who desire to consult it. 
 
 The Library of the London Chamber of Commerce, 
 Oxford Gourt, Gannon Street, E.G., (2,000 vols.) consists 
 mostly of commercial and legal handbooks and of official 
 trade returns and directories of all countries. The Library 
 is only available for reference to Members of the Ghamber 
 and their representatives. 
 
 The British Committee of the International 
 Federation for the Abolition of State Regulation 
 of Vice, 17, Tothill Street, Westminster, S.W., possesses 
 a library of about 250 bound volumes containing several 
 hundred pamphlets, periodicals and Parliamentary reports 
 relating to State regulation of vice (formerly known as the 
 Contagious Diseases Acts), prostitution, and cognate subjects, 
 especially in our own country and its dependencies. Serious 
 
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 investigators of the subject desirous of consulting the books 
 should make application to the Committee. 
 
 The Sociological Society, 24, Buckingham Street, 
 Strand, W.C, possesses a small library, which is provided for 
 Members of the Society. Students who are not Members 
 can make use of it by special arrangement. 
 
 See also the George Howell Collection, under GENERAL 
 Libraries : Bishopsgate Institute ; and the Ricardo Library 
 of Political Economy, under Libraries connected with 
 Educational Institutions : University College. 
 
 Education.— The Library of the Board of Education, 
 
 St. Stephen's House, Cannon Row, S.W., (20,000 vols.) is 
 confined almost entirely to books dealing with education. 
 There are a number of books on psychology, ethics and logic, 
 and some which treat of sociology and political theories ; but 
 these are only included as auxiliaries to the study of educa- 
 tion. The Library is open to the public, but accommodation 
 is at present very limited. More facilities will be offered in 
 the new building in Whitehall, which is now approaching 
 completion. 
 
 The Library at the Education Offices of the London 
 County Council, Victoria Embankment, W.C, consists 
 mainly of that taken over from the School Board for London. 
 The books deal for the most part with the theory and 
 practice of education. The Library is generally speaking 
 for the use of Members and Officers of the Council only, 
 but requests from Students for permission to consult it are 
 considered favourably by the Clerk of the Council in cases 
 where they are unable to obtain materials for their work 
 elsewhere. 
 
 The Colleg-e Of Preceptors, Bloomsbury Square, W.C, 
 has a library (10,000 vols.), which consists of school text- 
 books and works dealing with the theory and practice 
 of education. Its use is restricted to Members of the College. 
 
 The Library of the Teachers' Guild of Great 
 Britain and Ireland, 74, Gower Street, W.C, is com- 
 posed of 9,000 volumes, of which a large proportion are 
 pedagogic (including some hundreds of books from the 
 library of the late R. H. Quick), and the rest are school text- 
 bocks. The pedagogic books constitute the chief value of the 
 
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 Library, and are the largest circulating collection in England. 
 The Library is open only to Members of the Guild. 
 
 The National Education Association, Caxton 
 
 House, Westminster, S.W., possesses a li])rary containing 
 about 2,000 volumes and boxes of manuscript records, and 
 magazine cuttings on education. The collection includes 
 reports of proceedings in Parliament, debates, parliamentary 
 returns, reports of local autliorities, magazine articles and 
 pamphlets dealing with educational legislation, local ad- 
 ministration and school organisation. There are also files 
 of the chief educational periodicals. The Library is open for 
 reference to Members of the Association and to all accredited 
 persons who desire to consult it. 
 
 See also the General Library of the University of London, 
 under General Libraries ; and the Association for the 
 Oral Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb, and the Libraries of 
 Training Colleges, under Libraries COXNECTED with 
 Educational Institutions. 
 
 EgiJ2itolog\j.—^eQ the Edwards Library, under Libraries 
 CONNECTED WITH EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS : Univer- 
 sity College. 
 
 Electrical Science.— See Engineering ; and Faraday House 
 Library, under LIBRARIES CONNECTED WITH EDUCATIONAL 
 Institutions. 
 
 Engineering.— "The Library of the Institution of Civil 
 Engineers, Great George Street, Westminster, S.W., (40,000 
 vols., inclusive of 810 vols., in which are bound 15,000 pam- 
 phlets) contains, so far as can be ensured, all important works 
 and treatises in the English language on every branch of 
 engineering, as well as the transactions of the principal 
 engineering societies of the world, and the leading technical 
 journals, British and foreign. It is confined to the use of 
 Members and Students of the Institution. 
 
 The Library of the Institution of Mechanical En- 
 gineers, Storey's Gate, Westminster, S.W., (l.i,(J0O vols.) 
 consists of books and pamphlets relating to mechanical 
 engineering. It is rich in bound sets of the transactions 
 of engineering and other scientific societies, English and 
 
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 foreign, whicli are augmented each year by the addition of 
 about 130 current volumes. The collection includes bound 
 sets of the principal engineering and technical journals, which 
 increase at the rate of over GO volumes annually. The 
 Library is for the use of Members of the Institution ; per- 
 mission to refer to books in the Library is readily granted 
 to accredited Students. / 
 
 The Library of the Institution of Electrical En- 
 gineers, 92, Victoria Street, S.W., (11,000 vols.) is one of the 
 most complete collections of electro-technical literature in the 
 world. It includes the Ronalds Library of early works on 
 electricity and magnetism, which contains some unpublished 
 manuscripts by Sir Francis Ronalds on electricity, meteoro- 
 logy, drawing and surveying, as well as a journal of his 
 tour in the Mediterranean, Egypt, Syria, and Greece, in 
 1819-20. The Library is open to all Students ; those who 
 do not belong to the Institution must be introduced by a 
 Member. The qualification for studentship of the Insti- 
 tution is to be engaged in the study of electrical engineering 
 or science, either at some University or Technical College, or 
 at electrical engineering Works. 
 
 The Library of the Iron and Steel Institute, 28, 
 Victoria Street, S.W., (8,000 vols.) includes a collection of 
 standard works relating to iron and steel, many of which 
 were presented by Lady Siemens from the library of the 
 late Sir William Siemens, and a representative collection of 
 British and foreign technical journals and transactions of 
 engineering societies. It is available for the use of Members, 
 and of Students introduced by them. 
 
 The Library of the Society Of Engineers, 17, Victoria 
 Street, Westminster, S.W., (2,600 vols.) consists in the main of 
 works on engineering. The Library is not open to persons 
 other than Members of the Society ; but Engineers provided 
 with suitable introductions are allowed to consult the books 
 to a reasonable extent. 
 
 The Civil and Meclianical Engineers' Society, 25, 
 
 Victoria Street, Westminster, S.W., possesses a library of 
 about 200 volumes, the staple of which consists of the trans- 
 actions of engineering societies and technical journals. The 
 Library is for the use of Members. 
 
 See also Mining ; Shiphuilding and Maririe Engineering. 
 
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 Entomology. — The Library of the Entomolog-ical 
 Society, 11, Cliaado3 Street, W., (8,000 vols.) is especially 
 strong in works on butterflies and moths. It contains all 
 the important periodicals and transactions of societies con- 
 nected with entomology, both English and foreign. The 
 Library is open to Fellows of the Society, and to persons 
 introduced by them ; other applications are considered on 
 their merits by the Honorary Librarian. 
 
 E.yicmnto.— The British Esperanto Association, 
 133-13G, High Holborn, W.C, possesses a library of Esperanto 
 literature, consisting of about 200 volumes. It is available 
 for the use of Members. 
 
 Ethnology. — See the Library of the Horniman Museum, 
 under Botaiiy, Zoology and Ethnology, 
 
 French Protestantism^ see Huguenot History, 
 
 Genealogy, see Heraldry and Genealogy. 
 
 Geography.— The Library of the Royal Geograpllical 
 Society, 1, Savile Row, Burlington Gardens, W., (15,000 vols.) 
 contains works on the sciences connected with geography, 
 voyages and travels, governmental publications, maps, charts 
 and atlases. It is open to Fellows of the Society and to 
 persons introduced by them. Permission to read in the 
 Library is occasionally accorded, on application to the 
 Secretary, to persons engaged in serious geographical 
 research. The Map Room is open for public reference. 
 
 Geology.— The Library of the Geological Society of 
 London, Burlington House, Piccadilly, W., contains over 
 26,0UO volumes bearing upon geology and cognate subjects, 
 and about 1,000 geological maps. It possesses a large number 
 of scientific periodical publications relating to geology, and 
 transactions of English and foreign geological Societies. The 
 Library is open to Fellows of the Society and to persons 
 introduced by them. 
 
 The Library of the Geological Survey and Museum 
 of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street, S.W., (20,000 vols.) 
 is purely geological in its scope, and includes British 
 
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 and foreign geological literature and geological maps. It is 
 the working library of the Geological Survey and Museum, 
 and as such is private in character ; the public are admitted 
 by courtesy. In addition to the working library there is the 
 official series of maps and sections prepared by the Geological 
 Survey, including a large number of manuscript geological 
 maps on the scale of 6 inches to 1 mile. To these maps the 
 public have the right of access. The series of geological 
 photographs of the British Association and of the Geological 
 Survey and Museum are also kept in the Library. No 
 books, pamphlets, maps or documents of any kind may be 
 removed from the Library. 
 
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 Heraldry and Oenealogy. — The Oolleg'e of Arms, 
 Queen Victoria Street, E.G., possesses a unique heraldic and 
 genealogical library of about 15,000 volumes, the largest and 
 most valuable part of which consists of the manuscript 
 Official Records of the College, and ' Collections ' made by 
 Officers of Arms. The Official Records comprise (1) Visitation 
 Books from 21 Henry VIII. to 2 James II., containing the 
 pedigrees and arms of the nobility and gentry ; (2) entries 
 of miscellaneous pedigrees and arms of the nobility and 
 gentry, which were made both during the period when 
 Visitations were in use, and since that time ; (8) pedigrees 
 and arms of the Peers, pursuant to the standing orders of 
 the House of Lords of May 11, 1767 ; (4) pedigrees and arms 
 of Baronets, under a royal warrant of December 3, 1783, 
 *' for correcting and preventing abuses in the order of 
 Baronets " ; (5) funeral certificates of the nobility and gentry ; 
 
 (6) accounts of royal marriages, coronations and funerals ; 
 
 (7) Earl Marshal's Books from the time of Queen Elizabeth, 
 containing entries of such instruments and warrants under 
 the royal sign manual as relate to the blood royal, licences 
 from the crown for the change of surnames and arms, or for 
 the acceptance of foreign honours, &c. ; (8) books and arms 
 of the nobility and Knights of the Garter and Bath, and 
 dockets or copies of all grants of arms to the present time. 
 The ' Collections ' contain unofficial copies of Visitations, 
 pedigrees and arms, and copies and abstracts of various records 
 of great genealogical and antiquarian value. Historical 
 students will find a mine of interesting information in tne 
 Arundel manuscripts and the Talbot manuscripts (Shrews- 
 bury Letters). Transcripts of pedigrees and searches are 
 
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 charged for according to a fixed rate of fee ; these can be 
 made either upon personal application or by correspondence. 
 In exceptional cases individuals are allowed to examine 
 the Arundel and Talbot MSS., but this is not a fixed rule. 
 
 The Library of the Genealog-ical and Biograpliical 
 Society, 38, Conduit Street, W., (1,200 vols.) is for the use 
 of Members only. 
 
 The Library of the Grand Priory of the Order of 
 the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem in Eng-land, 
 St. John's Gate, Clerkenwell, E.G., (1,200 vols.) contains 
 books on heraldry, genealogy and the history of the Order 
 of St. John. It is open only to members of the Order. 
 
 See also the Library of the Society of Antiquaries, under 
 Arclueology. 
 
 History. — The Library of the Royal Historical 
 Society, 7, South Square, Gray's Inn, W.C., (5,000 vols.) 
 possesses the transactions of many foreign, American and 
 colonial societies, which are not easily to be found elsewhere. 
 Permission to read in the Library is occasionally granted by 
 the Council to Students w^ho are not Fellows, and are engaged 
 in special work. Only Fellows can borrow books. 
 
 See also Economics and Political Science; Heraldry; 
 Huguenot History ; India and the British Colonies; Law; 
 Naval and Military Science ; Quakeriana. 
 
 Horology.— ThQ Library of the British Horological 
 Institute, Northampton Square, E.G., (450 vols.) possesses 
 works relating to horology, astronomy and kindred subjects. 
 It is for the use of Members only. 
 
 Horticulture.— The Royal Horticultural Society, 
 Vincent Square, Westminster, W.G., possesses a library which 
 consists of about 6,000 volumes and pamphlets dealing with 
 horticulture and botany. It is called the Lindley Library 
 after Dr. John Lindley whose fine collection of horticultural 
 works formed the nucleus of the Library. The collection of 
 pamphlets is very important. The Library, which through 
 the generosity of Baron Schroder is now worthily housed at 
 the Society's new building, is for the use of Fellows of the 
 
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 Society ; others can gain admission, if in company with a 
 Fellow of the Society, or introduced by him. 
 
 See also Agriculture ; Botany, 
 
 Huguenot History and French Protestantism. — The 
 French Protestant Hospital (La Providence), 
 Victoria Park Road, Hackney, N.E., possesses a library of 
 between 2,000 and 3,000 volumes mainly relating to the 
 history of the Huguenots and French Protestantism. The 
 Library, which is known as the Bibliotheque de La Provi- 
 dence, is of especial value to those interested in the 
 emigration of Protestants from France after the Revocation 
 of the Edict of Nantes and their settlement in the various 
 Protestant countries of Europe. It includes a number of 
 works bearing upon the Reformation in the Low Countries, 
 which were presented by Judge Bailey, and a collection of 
 sketches and engravings, which was bequeathed by H. J. R. 
 Haines. In 1900 the library of the Huguenot Society was trans- 
 ferred to the Corporation of the French Protestant Hospital 
 under conditions which secure to the Fellows of the Society 
 the right to use the united collections. This notable accession 
 includes printed copies of the Registers of many Parishes in 
 which the Huguenot Refugees and their immediate descen- 
 dants lived ; the publications of nearly all the European 
 Huguenot and kindred societies, and of the Huguenot Society 
 of America ; and local histories of Protestant France. The 
 Library is recognised as the best collection of its kind in the 
 Kingdom, and can be used by Students on application being 
 made in writing to the Secretary of the Hospital. 
 
 Hygiene and Sanitary Engineering. — The Library of the 
 Royal Sanitary Institute, Parkes Museum, Margaret 
 Street, Regent Street, W., consists of about 10,000 volumes and 
 pamphlets, and embraces books in every branch of hygiene 
 and public health. There is a good muster of Home, Colonial 
 and foreign governmental publications, including a complete 
 set of the Registrar -General's Reports. Several periodicals 
 are taken in, but only current numbers are kept in the 
 Library. The Library is primarily intended for Members 
 and Students of the Institute, but permission is granted to 
 other Students to refer to books which they are unable to 
 find access to elsewhere. 
 
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 The Institute of Sanitary Engineers, 120-122, 
 
 Victoria Street, "Westminster, S.W., possesses a library of 
 about 350 volumes dealing with all subjects relating to 
 sanitary engineering. It is open only to Students and 
 Members of the Institute. 
 
 India and the British Colonies. — The Library of the 
 Royal Colonial Institute, Northumberland Avenue, 
 W.C, contains over 70,000 volumes and pamphlets relating to 
 the history, government, trade resources and development of 
 India and the British Colonies. The Colonial Law Reports, 
 which contain the decisions of the judges of the various 
 Colonial Courts, are of great interest to those engaged in 
 legal affairs. There is also a Newspaper Room in which 
 528 journals, magazines and reviews. Home, Colonial and 
 Indian, are regularly received and filed. Books may be 
 borrowed subject to the library regalations. The Com- 
 mittee of the Royal Colonial Institute have granted special 
 facilities to post-graduate Students of the University of 
 London who are at work on Colonial questions. All such 
 Students who wish to avail themselves of this privilege 
 are required to present a letter of introduction from the 
 Goldsmiths' Librarian of the University of London, when 
 immediate access to the Library of the Institute will be 
 obtained. 
 
 The Imperial Institute, South Kensington, S.W., 
 possesses a library of Colonial works (10,000 vols.), including 
 the principal newspapers and official publications of India 
 and the British Colonies. It is open for reference purposes 
 to all hand fide inquirers. A written application must be 
 made to the Director when more than an occasional use 
 is desired. 
 
 The East India Association, ^Vestminster Chambers, 
 3, Victoria Street, S.W., possesses a library of 1,416 volumes 
 and pamphlets chiefly bearing upon India. The Librarj- is 
 for the use of Members, but all bond fide Students, if properly 
 introduced, may use the books for reference purposes. 
 
 Insurance.— T\\Q Library of the Institute of Actuaries, 
 Staple Inn Hall, Holborn, W.C, (5,0U0 vols, and pamphlets) 
 possesses books dealing with all matters relative or cognate 
 to the subject of life assurance and annuities, and bearing 
 
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 directly or indirectly on the study and practice of those 
 engaged or interested in matters having relation to the 
 duration of human life. The Library is open to Members 
 of the Institute only. 
 
 Japcm.— The Library of the Japan Society, 20, Han- 
 over Square, W., (3,000 vols.) possesses works dealing with 
 Japanese matters. It is open to Members of the Society. 
 
 Lata. — The Library of Lincoln's Inn, Holborn, W.C., 
 (72,000 vols.) is the largest and finest law library in London. 
 It is also the oldest existing metropolitan library, and 
 originated in a bequest of forty works made by John 
 Nethersale in 1497. William Prynne was a benefactor of 
 the Library, and a copy of the Introduction to his Records, 
 believed to be unique, is one of its most treasured volumes. 
 The Library is particularly rich in foreign law books, for 
 which it is largely indebted to the bequest by Charles 
 Purton Cooper in 1843 of about 2,000 volumes on civil law, 
 comprising the codes and legal compilations of the chief 
 European countries and of the United States of America, 
 and commentaries on jurisprudence. History, including 
 the great historical collections, and topography are well 
 represented. Sir Matthew Hale's manuscripts are one of its 
 chief features, and include a fine series of State Papers 
 and Records, legal Commonplace-books, early Chronicles, 
 and transcripts from the historical collections of Archbishop 
 Ussher. Other special collections are the John Coxe Library 
 (5,000 vols.), the Coxe manuscripts, and the manuscripts of 
 Serjeant Maynard and Serjeant Hill. The Library is open 
 to Members ; in special cases permission to use the Library 
 is given to others engaged in literary work. 
 
 The Inner Temple, Fleet Street, E.C., possesses an ex- 
 cellently arranged library of 60,000 volumes, and includes 
 the valuable collection of manuscripts bequeathed in 1707 by 
 William Petyt, Keeper of the Tower Records, and a selection 
 of works on jurisprudence made by John Austin. It also 
 possesses the pamphlets collected by John Adolphus for his 
 History of England, and a collection of works on crime and 
 prisons made by William Crawford. The Library is for the 
 use of Members only, but the public have the right to use 
 the Petyt Collection in accordance with the terms of the 
 bequest. 
 
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 The Library of the Middle Temple, Fleet Street, E.G., 
 was founded in 1641 by Robert Ashley, who bequeathed 
 his own library, as well as a sum of money for its upkeep. 
 It has entirely removed the reproach made by Dugdale in 
 the latter half of the 17th century,^ and now consists of about 
 50,000 volumes ; the manuscripts are few in number. The 
 use of the Library is confined to Members. 
 
 The Library of the Law Society, Chancery Lane, W.C., 
 (47,000 vols.) consists of an up-to-date collection of English 
 law books and reports, including the best collection of 
 private Acts of Parliament in England, as well as complete 
 sets of the statutes and ordinances of the Colonies. The 
 Library also possesses the Joseph Mendham Collection, 
 which consists of some 3,800 volumes, and comprises 
 rare editions of the Bible, the Book of Common Prayer, 
 early Liturgies, and a large number of pamphlets relating 
 to * Anglo-Catholic ' controversies. Other features of the 
 Library are complete sets of The Times, the London Gazette, 
 Army, Navy, Clergy, and Law Lists, Court Guides, and 
 similar annuals, and an extensive collection of County 
 histories and topographical works. It is open only to 
 Members of the Society and to persons specially admitted by 
 the Council. Permission to use the Library is as a rule 
 granted, on the payment of certain fees, to clerks and articled 
 clerks whose Principals are Members of the Society, and free 
 to Members' articled clerks who are attending the Society's 
 lectures and classes as Students. The curriculum of the 
 Society includes classes for the University of London LL.B. 
 Degree, so that articled clerks attending those classes are 
 permitted the free use of the Library ; but this permission 
 would not necessarily be extended to Students who were not 
 articled to Members of the Society. Special arrangements 
 have been made by the Law Society with Messrs. Butter- 
 worth & Co., of 12, Bell Yard, W.C., for the establishment of 
 a lending library for the use of the Society's Students. 
 
 The Library at Gray's Inn, W.C., (21,000 vols.) contains 
 
 'Dugdale wrote of the Middle Temple in 1666, "They now have no 
 library, so that they cannot attaine to the knowledjre of divers learnings, 
 but to their great chardges, by the buying of such bookes as they lust to 
 study. They had a simple library, in which wert' not many bookes besides 
 the law ; and that library by mennes that it stood allways open, and that 
 the learners had not each of them a key unto it, it was at the last robbed 
 and spoiled of all the bookes in it." Origines Juridiciales, p. 197. 
 
 8500 D 
 
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 an extensive collection of books on law ; it is open only to 
 Members. 
 
 The Bar Library, Royal Courts of Justice, Strand, W.C, 
 (15,000 vols.) consists of law books, and includes a special 
 collection of Colonial and American statutes. It is open for 
 reference to Members of the Bar only, and not to Students of 
 the Inns of Court. 
 
 The Probate Court Library, Royal Courts of Justice, 
 Strand, W.C, formerly known as the Chancery Library, 
 (4,000 vols.) was founded in 1831 by Lord Brougham, Lord 
 St. Leonards, and other eminent members of the Bar. 
 Although considerable damage was done to the original 
 collection by the fire which destroyed the Houses of 
 Parliament in 1834, the Library continued to flourish until 
 1875, when the greater number of the books were removed 
 to the new Appeal Court, the remainder being sent to the 
 Stationery Office and sold. Owing to the good offices of 
 Sir James Hannen, who was then Judge Ordinary of the 
 Probate and Divorce Court, the books taken to the Appeal 
 Court were returned to the Chancery Library, which has 
 since been called the Probate Court Library. In 1883 the 
 Courts were removed from Westminster to the new Law 
 Courts in the Strand. The Library is well stocked with 
 recent editions of standard works on law, which can be 
 taken into the Courts and to other parts of the building 
 for reference. It is open to Members of the Bar who are 
 subscribers. 
 
 The Chartered Institute of Patent Agents, Staple 
 Inn Buildings, W.C, possesses a library of about 1,600 
 volumes, mainly upon patent law and practice, which is 
 provided for the use of Members and Students of the 
 Institute. 
 
 The Library of the Society of Public Notaries of 
 London, 1, Tokenhouse Buildings, E.C, is provided for the 
 use of Members and their clerks. 
 
 See also the Blackburn and Quain Law Libraries, under 
 Libraries connected with Educational Institu- 
 tions : University College. 
 
 Libraries and Librarianship. — See the Library of the 
 Library Association under Economics and Political Science : 
 British Library of Political Science. 
 
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 Literature^ Greek and Latin. — See the Grote Library, under 
 General Libraries : University of London ; the Library 
 of the Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies, under 
 Archceology, Classical ; and the Morris and Leighton Collec- 
 tions at Universitj' College, and the Dr. Blaydes Collection 
 at St. Paul's School, under LIBRARIES CONNECTED WITH 
 Educational Institutions. 
 
 Literature^ Italian. — The Library of the Dante Society, 
 38, Conduit Street, N., (2,000 vols.) is for the use of Members, 
 who are also entitled to the privilege of borrowing some of 
 the books. 
 
 See also the Barlow Dante Library, under Libraries 
 CONNECTED WITH EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS ; University 
 College. 
 
 Lite?nture, Oriental. — The Library of the India Office, 
 Whitehall, S.W., (70,000 printed books and 15,000 Oriental 
 MSS. and xylographs), which was founded in 1801 by the 
 East India Company, contains the finest collection of Indian 
 literature in Europe, as well as an extensive series of books 
 relating to the East. Persons who wish to use the Library 
 for purposes of reference may do so upon entering their 
 names and addresses in a register. Persons qualified to 
 borrow books and manuscripts are Members of both Services, 
 retired Members, and such individuals as are either well 
 known to the Librarian or produce a suitable introduction. 
 
 The Library at Jews' Colleg'C, Queen Square House, W.C., 
 (30,000 printed books and GOO Oriental MSS.) is open to the 
 public, and books are lent to persons properly introduced. 
 It consists of four collections : (1) the College Library, (2) the 
 A. L. Green Library, (8) the Albert Lowy Library, and (•!) the 
 Montefiore Library, w^hich contains about 400 manuscripts. 
 The books in the Library consist of Oriental literature and 
 archaeology. Biblical and Jewish subjects are well repre- 
 sented. There are also many important works on philosophy, 
 general philology, classics, English, French and German 
 literature, history, folk-lore, and travels in the East. 
 
 The Library of the Royal Asiatic Society, 22, Albemarle 
 Street, Piccadilly, W., (22,000 vols.) contains works dealing 
 with the history, literature, languages, archaeology, beliefs, 
 
 8500 D 2 
 
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 manners and customs of the East, and a number of Eastern 
 manuscripts. It is for the use of Members of the Society. 
 Resident Members can also borrow books. 
 
 The Hebrew Library, United Synagogue, Mulberry 
 Street, Commercial Road, E., (11,000 printed books and MSS.) 
 is rich in Jewish literature, including Hebrew law, belles- 
 lettres and critica. It is open to the public. 
 
 See also General Libraries : British Museum — Depart- 
 ment of Oriental Printed Boohs and Manuscrijots ; the 
 Chinese Library of Robert Morrison, the eminent missionary 
 and Chinese lexicographer, and the Frederic Mocatta Library, 
 under Libraries connected with Educational Insti- 
 tutions : University College ; and the Marsden Oriental 
 Collection, under LIBRARIES CONNECTED WITH Educa- 
 tional Institutions : King's College. 
 
 Lite7^ature^ Scandinavian, — The Library of the Viking 
 Club (Society for Northern Research), 59, Oakley Street, 
 Chelsea, S.W., possesses a library of about 600 volumes on 
 Northern (Scandinavian) literature and antiquities. It is open 
 to Members of the Club, and to Students introduced by them. 
 
 Marine Engineering, see Shijohuilding, 
 
 Mathematics.— The London Mathematical Society 
 
 possesses a library of about 3,000 volumes, which is housed 
 at 22, Albemarle Street, W. The books relate almost entirely 
 to mathematics and allied subjects ; the Library is particularly 
 strong in sets of mathematical and scientific periodicals. It 
 is open to Students who obtain permission from the Council ; 
 applications for permission should be made to the Librarian. 
 
 See also the De Morgan Library, under GENERAL 
 Libraries : University of London ; and the Graves Library, 
 under Libraries connected with Educational In- 
 stitutions : University College. 
 
 Mechanical Engineering, see Engineering. 
 
 Medicine and Surgery. — The Library of the Royal 
 Society of Medicine, 20, Hanover Square, W., (75,000 
 vols.) has recently been reconstituted, and comprises the 
 libraries of the Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society, the 
 
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 Laryngological Society, the Odontological Society and the Ob- 
 stetrical Society. The Library retains its original function 
 of providing "an extensive and select professional library.'* 
 It is open to Fellows and to Members of Sections. 
 
 The Library of the Royal Colleg-e of Siirg-eons, 
 Lincoln's Inn Fields, W.C., (55,000 vols.) possesses a tine col- 
 lection of medical and surgical literature, and is especially 
 rich in periodical publications and transactions of Societies 
 connected with surgery and medicine. It is for reference 
 purposes only. Persons, not Members of the College, 
 desirous of using the Library, must make application in 
 writing to the Librarian, enclosing a recommendation from 
 a Fellow or Member. Tickets are granted to such persons 
 for six months. Medical Students' tickets are issued for 
 three months, and can be obtained from the Librarian. 
 
 The Library of the Royal Colleg-e of Physicians, 
 Pall Mall East, S.W., (25,000 printed books and 200 MSS.) 
 includes besides its fine medical library a collection of Greek 
 and Latin classics bequeathed by Dr. Crow in 1751, forty-two 
 books printed before 1500, and over two hundred books 
 printed in England before 1640. A copy of the first book 
 printed in English, and a fifteenth century manuscript of 
 Chaucer are among the treasures it possesses. The original 
 library, which, with the exception of 140 volumes, perished 
 in the Great Fire of London, was based upon the collection 
 of Thomas Linacre, the Founder of the College, and was 
 augmented by the bequests of William Gilbert of Colchester, 
 John Selden, William Harvey, and Sir Theodore Mayerne, 
 physician to Charles I. Besides Fellows, Members and 
 Licentiates of the College, other medical practitioners are 
 admitted on the recommendation of a Fellow. Persons not 
 belonging to the medical profession are admitted on special 
 grounds by the Committee. 
 
 The Library of the Britisli Medical Association, 
 429, Strand, W.C, (20,000 vols.) includes text-books and 
 illustrated monographs on medicine and surgery, and a 
 selection of the most important English, Colonial and Con- 
 tinental medical journals. The Library is unique for its 
 possession of the 21ieses de Paris and the Theses de Lyon 
 since 1892, while the extensive collection of the Reports of 
 Medical Officers of Health is of special value for reference. 
 The Library is open to Members of the Association, and 
 
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 occasional permission is given to non-members to use it for 
 reference purposes. 
 
 The Library of the Medical Society, 11, Chandos 
 Street, W., (14,000 vols.) is exceptionally strong in historical 
 medical works, and includes a large number of fifteenth and 
 sixteenth century books. One of the features of the Library 
 is a collection of Greek medical manuscripts of the Byzantine 
 School formerly belonging to Dr. Askew. It is for the use 
 of Fellows of the Society for purposes of reference and 
 home reading. 
 
 The Library of the Medico-Psycholog'ical Associa- 
 tion, 11, Chandos Street, W., (5,000 vols.) contains books on 
 mental diseases, neurology and insanity. It is for the use of 
 Members only. 
 
 The Library of the West London Medico-Chirurgical 
 Society, West London Hospital, Hammersmith, W. 
 (1,600 vols, excluding duplicates and pamphlets) is open to 
 Members of the Society and to post-graduate Students of 
 the West London Hospital on payment of an annual 
 subscription of bs. Books can be borrowed from the Library. 
 
 The Hunterian Society possesses one of the oldest 
 libraries in connection with Medical Societies in London. 
 The Library, which consists of about 1,000 volumes, is housed 
 at the London Institution, Finsbury Circus, E.C., and is for 
 the use of Fellows of the Society. 
 
 See also Hygiene; Ophthalmologi/ ; Pharmacy; Physi- 
 ology ; and the Libraries of the Medical Schools, under 
 Libraries connected with Educational Institutions. 
 
 Meteorology and Climatology. — The Library of the Royal 
 Meteorological Society, 70, Victoria Street, S.W., 
 (22,000 vols, and pamphlets) possesses an extensive collec- 
 tion of meteorological literature. Students are admitted to 
 consult the Library, but only Fellows can borrow books. 
 
 See also Astronorny, 
 
 Microscopy^ see Biology, 
 
 Mining and Metalh^^gy.— The Institution of Mining* 
 and Metallurg-y, Salisbury House, B.C., possesses a library 
 of about 2,000 volumes bearing on the metalliferous mining 
 
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 and metallurgical industries. The Library is being constantly 
 increased by the addition of new technical publications. It 
 is for the use of Members and persons introduced by them. 
 
 See also the Royal College of Science, under Science. 
 
 Music. — The Royal College of Music, Prince Consort 
 Road, South Kensington, S.W., possesses the Library of the 
 now defunct Sacred Harmonic Society. It was purchased by 
 an anonymous gentleman to prevent its being dispersed by 
 auction or removed from the country, and was presented to 
 the College in 1883. It is undoubtedly one of the most 
 valuable musical libraries in England, and contains about 
 16,000 volumes of printed music, manuscripts and general 
 musical literature. The chief treasures of the Library consist 
 of collections of early printed musical works, many of con- 
 siderable rarity ; an almost perfect series of the productions 
 of the English madrigal writers of the IGth and 17th 
 centuries ; several hundred volumes of English and Italian 
 operas ; autograph letters of eminent composers ; treatises 
 and other w^orks on the theory and practice of music, 
 including nearly every important work, ancient and modern. 
 The history of music and the lives of musicians are well 
 represented. Access to the Library is generally granted 
 during term time on application to the Director. There is 
 also a working library at the College consisting of about 
 15,000 volumes. 
 
 The Library of the Philliarmonic Society, (4,000 vols.) 
 which for want of room at Queen's Hall, Langham Place, is 
 temporarily lodged at 23, Berners Street, W., contains a large 
 and valuable collection of printed and manuscript scores and 
 orchestral parts. The most highly-prized manuscripts are 
 preserved in a fire-proof box, deposited at the London and 
 Westminster Bank, Hanover Square. The Library is open 
 to Members of the Society. 
 
 The Library of the Madrigal Society is at present 
 deposited at the Royal College of Music ; its use is restricted 
 to Members of the Society. The collection consists of over 
 3,000 madrigals, anthems, &c., chiefly by composers of the 
 English and Italian Schools. Most of the works are 
 manuscript copies of the eighteenth century. 
 
 The Library of the Incorporated Society of 
 Musicians, 19, Berners Street, W., is in course uf formation, 
 
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 and the number of volumes is at present very small. It is 
 intended that its character shall be mainly musical, and it 
 will not be open to persons other than Members of the 
 Society. 
 
 See also the Westminster Chapter Library, under Theology ; 
 and the Libraries of Gresham College, the Guildhall School 
 of Music, the Royal Academy of Music, and Trinity College 
 of Music, under Libraries connected with Educa- 
 tional Institutions. 
 
 Natural History. — The Library of the Natural History 
 Museum (Branch of the British Museum), South Kensing- 
 ton, S.W., (84,000 vols.) includes some early works on natural 
 history, a selection of which has been on exhibition in the 
 Central Hall of the Museum. The Library is chiefly used 
 by members of the Staff in connection with their work and 
 researches on the specimens preserved in the Museum. The 
 books are available for the use of Students provided with 
 tickets of admission for the study of the natural history 
 collections. 
 
 &ee also Biology ; Botany ; Entomology; Geology; Zoology, 
 
 Naval and Military Science. — The Library of the Royal 
 United Service Institution, Whitehall, S.W., (32,000 
 vols.) contains works on both Services, and overlaps the 
 libraries of the Admiralty and War Office, both of which are 
 for official purposes only. The Library is open to private 
 Students on payment, application being made to the 
 Secretary. 
 
 The Library of the Royal Artillery Institution, 
 
 Woolwich, (5,500 vols.) consists of works on military history 
 and the science of artillery. It is open only to Members of 
 the Institution. 
 
 Numismatics. — The Library of the Royal Numismatic 
 Society, 22, Albemarle Street, W., (2,000 vols.) consists of 
 works on numismatics and ancillary subjects. The Library 
 is for the use of Fellows of the Society. 
 
 ^''- The British Numismatic Society possesses a library 
 consisting of a little over 100 volumes, which is housed at 
 43, Bedford Square, W.C. The books relate to coins 
 
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 principally of the British Empire ; important additions are 
 frequently made. The Library is open to Members of the 
 Society, but Students desirous of consulting it should apply 
 to the President or to the Honorary Librarian of the Society. 
 
 Ophthalmology. — The Library of the Ophthalmological 
 Society of the United King-dom, 11, Chandos Street, W. 
 (5,000 vols.) is composed entirely of works bearing on the 
 study of ophthalmology. It is open to Members of the 
 Society only. 
 
 See also the Library of the Royal London Ophthalmic 
 Hospital, under Libraries connected with Educational 
 Institutions. 
 
 Palestine. — The Library of the Palestine Exploration 
 Fund, 38, Conduit Street, W., (1,000 vols., pamphlets and 
 maps) consists of works bearing upon the topography, geology, 
 zoology, ethnography and archaeology of Palestine. It is a 
 reference library only, and is for the use of Members ; 
 Students studying some special subject are allowed to use it, 
 if properly introduced. 
 
 Pharmacy. — The Library of the Society of Apothe- 
 caries of London, Water Lane, Blackfriars, E.G., (2,000 
 vols.) is a collection of books on pharmaceutical chemistry, 
 and includes several rare botanical books and Herbals. It is 
 open only to Members of the Society. 
 
 The General Medical Council, 299, Oxford Street, W., 
 possesses a Library (170 vols.), censisting of pharmacopoeias 
 of various countries, and of works bearing on the subject. 
 The collection is available for the use of others than Members 
 of the Council, if application be ,made to the President for 
 permission. 
 
 See also the Library of the Pharmaceutical Society of Great 
 Britain, under Science. 
 
 Photography. — The Library of the Royal Photographic 
 Society of Great Britain, 06, Russell Square, W.C., 
 (3,000 vols.) is open to visitors on application to the Secretary. 
 
 Physiology.— *The Physiological Laboratory De- 
 partmental Library, University of London, South 
 
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 Kensington, S.W., (1,000 vols, and 500 pamphlets) is a collec- 
 tion of recently published reference books and periodicals 
 on physiology, established in connection with the Physio- 
 logical Laboratory of the University. These are provided 
 mainly for research students working in the Laboratory, but 
 other readers entitled to use the General Library of the 
 University of London may consult them there on application 
 to the Goldsmiths' Librarian. 
 
 See also Biology ; Medicine and the Sharpey and Grant 
 Libraries, under LIBRARIES CONNECTED WITH EDUCA- 
 TIONAL Institutions. 
 
 Political Science^ see Economics, 
 
 Printing. — The St. Bride Foundation Teclinical 
 Reference Library, Bride Lane, Fleet Street, E.G., (15,350 
 vols, pamphlets and prints) is the most complete collection of 
 works on printing and allied industries in the United 
 Kingdom. It includes the library of William Blades on the 
 history and practice of pointing, the library of Talbot Baines 
 Reed illustrating the development of typefounding and 
 printing, and the Passmore Edwards collection of modern 
 works, designed to complete the two former libraries. The 
 Library is open to the public. 
 
 Public Health, see Hygiene, 
 
 Quakeriana.— The Friends' Reference Library at Devon- 
 shire House, 12, Bishopsgate Street Without, E.G., 
 contains the largest collection in the world of writings 
 relating to the religious Society of Friends, numbering about 
 40,000 items in print and manuscript. Some of the features 
 of the Library are the original manuscript of the Journal 
 of George Fox, written about 1674 in Worcester gaol, 
 and several volumes of his correspondence ; a copy of Cran- 
 mer's Bible of November, 1541, once in Fox's possession ; 
 also a volume of tracts written by George Whitehead anno- 
 tated by himself ; and|the * Charter of Release ' granted by 
 Charles II., in 1672,|whereby nearly 500 Friends were liberated 
 from gaol, John Bunyan^and a few other imprisoned Noncon- 
 formists of other persuasions being, at Friends' instigation 
 and with Royal consent, included in the liberation. The 
 Library enshrines numerous Penn and Pennsylvania records, 
 
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 among which may be mentioned the originals of various 
 treaties with the Indians signed with their totem or tribal 
 marks, a copy of the second production of William Bradford's 
 press in Pennsylvania, 1685, and a copy, believed to be 
 unique, of the first printed utterance of the Philadelphia 
 Yearly Meeting, 1080. There is also a wealth of original 
 letters, manuscripts of well-known books, and written 
 records relating to the history of the Society of Friends. 
 FoT literary purposes access may be obtained to the Library 
 on proper application. 
 
 Sanitary Engineering, see Hygiene. 
 
 Science.— T\iQ Patent Office Library, 25, Southampton 
 Buildings, Chancery Lane, W.C., (103,000 vols.) contains sets 
 of the printed specifications, indexes and other publications 
 of the British Patent Office, and the full or abridged patent 
 specifications of the Argentine Republic, Australian Common- 
 wealth, Austria, Barbados, Belgium, Canada, Cape Colony, 
 Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Grenada, Hungary, 
 Italy, Japan, Mauritius, Mexico, Natal, New South Wales, 
 New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Queensland, Russia, 
 St. Lucia, St. Vincent, South Australia, Straits Settlements, 
 Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad, United States of America, 
 Victoria and Western Australia. In addition .).i possesses a 
 large collection of journals, transactions of Societies, and text- 
 books relating to the applied sciences and the arts. The 
 books are arranged in bays on three floors according to a 
 minutely divided system of classification, and can be con- 
 sulted without the formality of tickets. Guides to the 
 various sections of the Library are published at 6J. each. 
 The Library is open to the public, and becomes better 
 appreciated the more it is known. 
 
 The Science Library of the Victoria and Albert 
 Museum, South Kensington, S.W., (90,000 vols.) is 
 without exception the finest library of the kind in the 
 Kingdom. It is especially strong in works on pure science, 
 and in periodical publications and transactions of Learned 
 Societies, the current numbers of which are arranged alpha- 
 betically in pigeon-holes constructed in the bases of the 
 book-cases in the Reading Room. The Library posaesses the 
 only copy in the country of the bibliography of biology 
 issued on cards by the Concilium Bibliographiciim of Zurich. 
 A set of the Patent Office specifications and publications is 
 
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 available for free reference. About 30,000 volumes, in- 
 cluding a large section of works on mining and mineralogy, 
 were removed from the Library of the Geological Survey 
 and Museum of Practical Geology some years ago. A col- 
 lection of books, newspaper cuttings, and pamphlets relating 
 to balloons, aeroplanes, and aeronautics in general, has just 
 been added to the Library. The Library has recently been 
 moved from the east to the west side of Exhibition Road ; it 
 is practically accessible to all bond fide Students. 
 
 The Royal Society, Burlington House, Piccadilly, W., 
 once possessed the Arundel Library, which was presented in 
 1667 by Henry Howard, afterwards Duke of Norfolk^ A part 
 of this fine collection originally belonged to the library of 
 Matthias Corvinus, King of Hungary. The Arundel Manu- 
 scripts were sold to the British Museum in 1831, and all the 
 rare printed books have also been disposed of. The Library 
 of the Royal Society (80,000 vols.) now consists mainly of 
 serial scientific publications from all parts of the world. It 
 possesses a series of over 2,500 original papers, letters and 
 memoranda, on a great variety of topics, which were com- 
 municated to the Society or its Members. Many of these 
 have not been published and are of considerable interest. 
 In the Library is preserved the manuscript of Sir Isaac 
 Newton's Prmcipia, which is not, however, in his auto- 
 graph, as has been asserted. The Library is open only 
 to Fellows of the Society, and to persons recommended 
 by them. An introduction from a Fellow is valid until 
 the 1st August next ensuing. Books with certain exceptions 
 can be borrowed from the Library. 
 
 The Library of the Pharmaceutical Society of 
 Great Britain, 17, Bloomsbury Square, W.C., contains over 
 14,000 volumes and pamphlets, comprising the standard 
 works on chemistry, botany, materia medica, and the allied 
 physical and natural sciences. The current scientific, 
 medical, and pharmaceutical periodicals are regularly pro- 
 vided. One of its chief features is ^he library of the late 
 Daniel Hanbury, F.R.S. It is available for the use of sub- 
 scribers to the Society ; other Students desirous of using the 
 Library must obtain special permission from the Secretary, 
 and this will enable them to read in the Library, but not 
 to borrow books. 
 
 ' About 100 volumes relating to heraldry and the Earl Marshal's Office 
 were excepte^, and were given to the College of Arms, 
 
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 See also Astronomy ; Biology and Microscopy ; Botany ; 
 Chemistry ; Entomology ; Geology ; Mathefuatics ; Meteor- 
 ology ; Mi7iing and Metallurgy ; Natural History ; Physi- 
 ology ; Zoology ; and the Science Libraries at University 
 College and King's College, under LIBRARIES CONNECTED 
 WITH Educational Institutions. 
 
 Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering. — The Library of 
 the Institution of Naval Architects, 5, Adelphi 
 Terrace, W.C., (3,000 vols.) consists mainly of books on naval 
 architecture and marine engineering, including a number of 
 early works. The use of the Library is as a rule restricted 
 to Members and Students of the Institution. 
 
 Sociology, see Economics. 
 
 Statistics, see Economics. 
 
 Surgery, see Medicine and Surgery. 
 
 TecliJiology, see Engineering ; Photography ; Printing ; 
 Science ; and the libraries of Technical Colleges and the like, 
 under LIBRARIES CONNECTED WITH EDUCATIONAL INSTI- 
 TUTIONS. 
 
 Theology.— Bv. Williams's Library, Gordon Square, 
 W.C, (50,000 vols.) which was founded in 1716 by Dr. Daniel 
 Williams, a Presbyterian minister, and opened in 1729, is 
 primarily a theological library intended for use of persons 
 engaged in the study of theology, ecclesiastical history, com- 
 parative religion and kindred subjects. It will also be found 
 useful to students of history, philosophy, economics, the 
 history of language and literature, and classical literature both 
 ancient and modern. It includes the libraries of Dr. William 
 Bates and Dr. William Harris, and possesses a slightly imper- 
 fect copy of the first folio of Shakespeare, a special collection 
 of tracts and pamphlets of the Commonwealth period, the 
 original minutes of the Westminster Assembly, letters and 
 treatises of Richard Baxter, and several manuscripts of con- 
 siderable interest to students of English Church history. The 
 Library is open to anyone in the United Kingdom whose 
 introduction and guarantee are considered satisfactory by the 
 Librarian. Books may be borrowed for home reading. 
 
 The Library at the Clmrch House, Dean's Yard, West- 
 minster, S.W., (20,000 vols, and 1:3,500 pamphlets) is almost 
 entirely theological in character, and includes the Julian 
 collection of hymn books and hymnological works, consisting 
 
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 of 4,2o0 separate items bound in 3,500 volumes. The Library 
 is available for the use of Members and Associates of the 
 Corporation of the Church House. 
 
 St. Paul's Cathedral Library, E.C., (10,800 vols, and 
 10,146 pamphlets) was founded on the bequest of Henry 
 Compton, Bishop of London, in 1713 ; it contains Greek and 
 Latin classics, and a large number of old theological works. 
 English history is also represented, and there is a fine col- 
 lection of rare works relating to London, and especially to 
 St. Paul's Cathedral, including maps, plans and views of 
 London and of the Cathedral. The Library possesses a 
 number of early Bibles, including those formerly belonging 
 to Humphrey Wanley, which were purchased by the Dean 
 and Chapter in 1726. A copy of the Worms octavo edition 
 of Tindale's New Testament, 1525-26, of which only one 
 other copy is known to exist,^ may be specially mentioned, 
 as well as a collection of Paul's Cross sermons. Of the old 
 Cathedral Library very little remains. The Library offers 
 limited facilities for use ; applications for admission should 
 be made to the Librarian, whose decision in the matter is 
 absolute. 
 
 The Brompton Oratory, Brompton Road, S.W., 
 possesses the best library of Catholic literature in London 
 (20,000 vols.) ; it consists mainly of theological works, hagio- 
 graphy, patrology, and ecclesiastical history. It includes a 
 small collection of incunabula and early English books. 
 In 1907 the Archives of the Archdiocese of Westminster, 
 which had been housed in the Oratory Library for thirty 
 years, were removed to the Archbishop's House at West- 
 minster.- The Library is a private one, but the Librarian has 
 consented to admit male postgraduate students of the Uni- 
 versity who may wish to use it for reference purposes, on 
 producing a letter of introduction from the Goldsmiths' 
 Librarian of the University of London. 
 
 The Congregational Library, Memorial Hall, 15, Far- 
 ringdon Street, E.C., (16,000 vols.) consists mainly of the 
 works of the Ejected Ministers, their associates and Puritan 
 ancestors ; works illustrative of the history of the Free 
 Churches ; and books written by Congregationalists. A 
 
 ^ The other copy is preserved in the Baptist College at Bristol, Both 
 are imjerfect. Only a fragment of the uncompleted quarto edition sur- 
 vives and is in the British Museum. 
 
 - These manuscripts and printed books were reported upon in the fifth 
 report of the Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts, 1876. 
 
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 special Bection is devoted to hymnology. The Library is 
 open to Students on the recommendation of two Congre- 
 gational ISIinisters. Books can be borrowed for home use. 
 
 The Westminster Chapter Library (14,000 vols.), 
 which is housed in a room over the cloisters of Westminster 
 Abbey, has been immortalised by Washington Irving in a 
 well-known passage in his essay on the Mutability of Litera- 
 ture in the Sketch Book. The early monastic library suffered 
 much at the time of the Reformation, and at the hands of 
 the Commissioners appointed by the Council on January 25th, 
 1550, to "purge" all public libraries, and "to cull out all 
 superstitious books." The salvage is very small. In the 
 Chapter Library Caxton's press is only represented by one 
 leaf from his Chronicles of England of 1480, though the birth- 
 place of English printing was within the Abbey precincts. 
 The Library consists chiefly of Liturgies, Bibles, w^orks of the 
 Fathers of the Church and early theulogical writers, and 
 Canon Law ; it includes a large collection of sermons and 
 tracts relating to controversial theology, a number of early 
 w^orks on topography and ecclesiastical history, early editions 
 of Greek and Latin authors, and works relating to classical 
 antiquities. There is a collection of music (chiefly in manu- 
 script) which comprises works of about a hundred composers, 
 and a fine collection of early printed madrigals, English and 
 Italian, published between the years 1559 and 1695. A 
 number of books printed in the fifteenth century should 
 also be mentioned. The Library is open during the 
 summer months for two hours a day, and permission to use 
 it is granted by the Dean. Books are sent, if required, 
 to the British Museum, where they can be more con- 
 veniently consulted. 
 
 The Library of the British and Foreign Bible 
 Society, 146, Queen Victoria Street, E.C., (11,000 vols.) is 
 almost entirely a collection of editions and translations of the 
 Bible. It is of importance not only to the biblical but also 
 to the philological student. The Library is supported by a 
 collection of grammars, dictionaries and books bearing on 
 the languages of various races. Duly-accredited people are 
 admitted to the Library. 
 
 The English Church Union Theolog-ical Library 
 and Reading" Room, :i5, Wellington Street, strand, W.C., 
 was established in 1865, and contains over 5,000 volumes. 
 The character of the Library is theological, ecclesiastical and 
 
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 controversial ; it is supported by subscriptions and by small 
 grants of money from the Council of the English Church 
 Union. The Library includes an important collection of 
 pamphlets on questions of ritual and liturgy, bound in about 
 200 volumes, and a collection of several thousand photographs 
 of Bishops and clergy of the Anglican Church, in thirty-six 
 albums, which was collected by the late Mr. Henry Hall of 
 Kentish Town, and presented to the Library by his son the 
 Rev. Edward J. Hall, Rector of Langtree, Torrington. The 
 Reading Room is well supplied with newspapers and 
 periodicals. Books can be borrowed for home reading. The 
 Library is open to subscribers, who may be Members and 
 Associates of the English Church Union, or non- members 
 introduced by them. 
 
 The Allan Library at the Methodist Publishing House, 
 31, City Road, E.C., has been closed for some years. It 
 consists chiefly of works on theology, philosophy and history. 
 A Committee has been appointed by the Westminster 
 Trustees to arrange for rehousing the Library at the new 
 Methodist Church House at Westminster, now in course of 
 erection, and for strengthening it along lines of modern 
 literature. The intention is to make it useful as an instru- 
 ment of culture for the Methodist Church. The rules for its 
 use under the new conditions are not yet drawn up. 
 
 The Religious Tract Society, 65, St. Paul's Church- 
 yard, E.C., possesses a library (12,000 vols.) of a theological 
 and missionary character, which is exclusively intended for 
 the purposes of the Society's staff. 
 
 For the Libraries of Lambeth Palace and Sion College, 
 see General Libraries ; and for the Mendham collection 
 of pamphlets relating to ' Anglo-Catholic ' controversies, see 
 Law : Library of the Law Society. 
 
 See also Arcliceology, Biblical; and the Libraries of the 
 Church Missionary College, Islington, Hackney College, 
 Hamp&tead, New College, Hampstead, Regent's Park College, 
 St. John's Hall, Highbury, and the Wesleyan College, Rich- 
 mond, under Libraries connected with Educational 
 Institutions. 
 
 Topograph!/. — See the Library of the Society of Anti- 
 quaries, under Archceology ; the County Hall Library, 
 Spring Gardens, under Economics ; and St. Paul's Cathedral 
 Library, under Theology. 
 
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 Veterinary Medicine and Surgery. — See the Royal College 
 of Veterinary Surgeons and the Royal Veterinary College, 
 under LIBRARIES CONNECTED WITH EDUCATIONAL IN- 
 STITUTIONS. 
 
 Vivisection.— The National Ant i- Vivisection Soci- 
 ety, 92, Victoria Street, S.W., possesses a library of approxi- 
 mately 1,500 volumes dealing entirely with the subject of 
 experimentation on living animals. It is open to all properly 
 accredited Students. 
 
 Zoology.— The Library of the Zoological Society, 
 3, Hanover Square, W., (30,000 vols.) endeavours to collect all 
 the important works on zoology, and obtains nearly all the 
 scientific publications of the world that have zoological 
 contributions. The Library is for the use of Fellows. In 
 particular cases it has been the tradition of the Society to 
 allow individuals engaged on special research to consult the 
 Library occasionally, but this is not a general and fixed 
 scheme. 
 
 See also Biology; Entomology ; and the Library of the 
 Horniman Museum, under Botany, Zoology and Ethnology. 
 
 III.-LIBRARIES CONNECTED WITH EDUCATIONAL 
 INSTITUTIONS. 
 
 *The Library of University College, Gower Street, 
 W.C., (108,000 vols, and 1G,000 pamphlets) is grouped into a 
 number of classified training libraries, into which a Professor 
 can take his Students to instruct them in methods of research. 
 The principal divisions are the General Library, the Science 
 Library, and the Arts Libraries. In the General Library 
 are housed the Morris and Leighton collections, consisting 
 chiefiy of classical literature and philology ; the Blackburn 
 and Quain Law Libraries ; the Field Fine Arts Library ; the 
 Graves Mathematical Library (15,000 vols, and pamphlets) ; 
 and the Ricardo Library of Political Economy (3,000 vols.). 
 Mention should also be made of the library and papers of 
 Jeremy Bentham, which were added to the College collections 
 in 1832. The Science Library contains about 25,000 volumes, 
 chiefiy sets of scientific periodicals. It includes the chemical 
 books bequeathed by Professor Frownes and Professor 
 Thomas Graham ; the Biological Libraries of Professor 
 
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 William Sharpey and Professor Edmund Grant ; and tlie 
 Library transferred to the College by the Geologists' 
 Association. The Arts Libraries comprise the Robert 
 Morrison Chinese Library (10,000 vols.) ; the Strong Oriental 
 Library (2,000 vols.) ; the Mocatta Library of Jewish history 
 and antiquities (5,000 vols.) ; the Leighton Philosophical 
 Library ; the Barlow Dante Library ; the Yates Library of 
 Archaeology (3,500 vols.) ; as well as the English, German, 
 French, and historical collections. The Edwards Library is 
 a working Egyptological Library in connection wath the 
 Egyptological Department under Professor Flinders Petrie. 
 The College Library is open to Members of the Senate and 
 Members of Convocation of the University of London, and 
 to Members of the College Committees, Teachers and past 
 and present Students of University College ; also to persons 
 specially recommended. Books may be borrowed on the 
 deposit of £2 2s., of which £2 is returnable. Members of 
 the Jewish Historical Society and of the Societies connected 
 with the Union of Jewish Literary Societies also have the 
 privilege of using and borrowing books from the Mocatta 
 Library. 
 
 The Library of New College, Hampstead, N.W., 
 (50,000 vols.) consists of works on theology, philosophy and 
 history ; it offers many facilities for research in these subjects, 
 and especially in the history of Nonconformity. The use of 
 the Library is confined to Students of the College. 
 
 King-'S Golleg-e, Strand, W.C— The Library (30,000 vols.) 
 consists of two main branches, the General Library and the 
 Science Library, the latter including a medical section. A 
 special feature of the General Library is Sir Charles 
 Wheatstone's collection of works on electricity, physics and 
 mathematics. These collections are open free to matriculated 
 Students and Associates of the College, and to non-matricu- 
 lated Students on payment of 10s. 6d a term, or £1 Is. per 
 annum. Certain books can be borrowed from the Library for 
 short periods at a time. The College also possesses the 
 Oriental Library of William Marsden, containing some unique 
 and rare editions ; it is open to Orientalists and other scholars 
 on production of a letter of introduction. 
 
 Regent's Park College, N.W., possesses two libraries 
 (21,000 vols.) : the College Library (13,000 vols.), which is 
 exclusively for the use of Students of the College, and the 
 
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 Anffu Library (about 8,000 vols, and pamphlets), wliich is 
 open to Students of the College and to others on application 
 to the Principal. The Angu Library consists for the most 
 part of books bearing on the history of the Baptists, and on 
 controversies in which the Baptists have engaged. 
 
 The Library of Dulwich Colleg-e, S.E., dates from 1619 
 and contains about 17,000 volumes. The most important 
 features of the Library are the manuscripts and the muni- 
 ments; these include the ^Alleyn Papers' and the 
 theatrical diary of Philip Henslowe. There are a considerable 
 number of proclamations and broadsides dated from 1595 to 
 1/^4, and an interesting collection of 17th century pamphlets 
 including several which relate to the ' Popish Plot ' The 
 College possesses a fragmentary copy of the first folio of 
 Shakespeare, of which the provenance is uncertain. The 
 Garrick collection of plays, which is now in the British 
 Museum, is said by Daniel Lysons^ to have once been the pro- 
 perty of Dulwich College. It seems to have been given to 
 Garrick when he was making his theatrical library in exchan-e 
 for some modern publications. It is probable that the few 
 books left by Edward Alleyn, the Founder, were also parted 
 with in this way. William Cartwrigl.t, the actor, made a 
 considerable bequest of books to the College in 1G87 but no 
 authentic list exists of them, and it is difficult to' decide 
 whether his books are still in the Library, or were part of 
 the exchange made with Garrick. The manuscripts have 
 particularly suflfered from the carelessness and neglect of 
 past years, and some have even found their way into the 
 auction rooms ; there is little doubt that a large number of 
 papers have perished altogether. The new Bovs' 1 ibr-n-v 
 was founded in memory of the Old Alleynians who fell in 
 the Boer War. 
 
 Bedford College for Women, York Place, Baker 
 street, W., possesses a library of over 1G,000 volumes All 
 Students of the College are entitled to use the Library for 
 reference and to borrow books ; former Stu.lents and 
 Members of Bedford College Students' Association can use 
 It tor reference purposes only. 
 
 St. Bartholomew's Hospital Medical School, West 
 
 Smithheld, E.C.-The Library (11,UU0 vols.) is well provided 
 
 ' Tlie Environs of London, 2nd edition, Vol. I., p. 83. 
 
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 with medical works, both old and new, and includes a 
 collection of books on history, theology and general literature. 
 The Library is for reference purposes only, and is for the use 
 of Students of the Hospital. 
 
 Birkbeck College, Breams Buildings, E.G., has a general 
 library with 9,500 volumes, and departmental libraries with 
 1,600 volumes. The General Library is open only to Members 
 of the College (fee 5s. a year) ; the Departmental Libraries 
 are for the use of Students in special departments. 
 
 The Library of the Wesleyan College, Richmond, S.W., 
 (from 10,000 to 12,000 vols.) is rich in works on theology, 
 philosophy, history, ancient and modern, and in works 
 bearing on India and the Far East. It is open only to 
 resident Students of the College. 
 
 The PolytecliniG Library, 309, Regent Street, S.W., 
 consists of about 10,330 volumes, which are classified as 
 follows :— Religion (1,200), History (528), Biography (650), 
 Voyages and Travels (590), Science (438), Arts and Trades 
 (462), Political and Domestic Economy, Sports, Pastimes 
 and miscellaneous works (1,900), Poetry and Drama (370), 
 Fiction (3,500), Books of reference (700). There are in 
 addition several small libraries attached to the various 
 classes for the use of Students, and under the control of the 
 Masters. 
 
 St. Jolm'S Hall, Highbury, N., possesses three libraries 
 numbering together J 0,000 volumes ; they are open only to 
 Members of the Hall. The General Library (6,500 vols.) 
 includes a valuable collection of Dutch works in divinity of 
 the 17th and 18th centuries, mostly in Latin. Students of the 
 Hall may borrow books from the General Library. The 
 Fitzgerald Library (2,500 vols.) consists of the theological 
 portion of the library of Purcell Fitzgerald of Boulge Hall, 
 Suffolk. It is for reference purposes only. The * Vigiles ' 
 Library (1,000 vols.) is a collection of books and pamphlets 
 relating to the work of foreign missions. 
 
 The Library of Westminster School (St Peter's Col- 
 lege), Little Dean's Yard, S.W., (10,000 vols.) consists of two 
 main divisions, the Busby or Old Library and the Scott or 
 New Library. The Old Library consists principally of books 
 collected by Dr. Richard Busby when Head Master of West- 
 minster School from 1638 to 1695 ; it is chiefly of antiquarian 
 
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 interest. There is a collection of Bibles in many languages, 
 including a copy of the first edition (1661-63) of the Bible 
 translated into the dialect of the Massachusetts Indians by 
 John Eliot. The New Library, founded in memory of 
 Dr. Charles Brodrick Scott, Head Master from 1855 to 1883, 
 is a good all round Library, especially strong in classics and 
 history. The Library is open only to Members of the School. 
 
 St. Paul's School, West Kensington, W., possesses a 
 library of about 9,600 volumes, the original collection 
 consisting of Greek, Hebrew, and Latin literature, to 
 which English works have been added during the last 
 century. The Library includes Dr. Blaydes' collection of 
 classical books (1,300 vols.), in which the Greek Dramatists 
 are especially w^ell represented, and the library (600 vols.) 
 of Paul Blouet (Max O'Rell), which consists of modern 
 French literature. The use of the Library is confined to 
 Masters and Boys. 
 
 Royal Holloway College, Englefield Green, Surrey.— 
 The use of the Library (9,510 vols.) is granted free to all 
 Members of the College, and with the exception of certain 
 works of reference, books may be borrowed in term time 
 and during the vacations. About 300 volumes are added to 
 the Library each year. 
 
 University Colleg-e Hospital Medical School, 
 University Street, Gower Street, W.C— The Library (8,000 
 vols.) consists mainly of text-books, works of reference and 
 medical journals. Students may borrow books on permission 
 of the Library Committee. 
 
 City and Guilds Colleg-e, Exhibition Road, South 
 Kensington, S.W.— The Library (7,000 vols.) consists chiefly 
 of works dealing with civil, mechanical and electrical 
 engineering, mathematics, and chemistry. It is open only 
 to the Staff and Students of the College. Books may be 
 borrowed for home use subject to the Library regulations. 
 
 Guy's Hospital Medical School, Southwark.— The 
 
 Wills Library (7,000 vols.) contains text-books, works of 
 reference and medical journals. It can be used by all past 
 and present Students of the Hospital, as well as by qualified 
 medical practitioners from other hospitals, and by medical 
 undergraduates of the University of London introduced by 
 the Goldsmiths' Librarian of the University. Books can be 
 
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 borrowed frora the Library on the deposit of one guinea, 
 which is returnable. 
 
 Stockwell Training: College, Stockwell Road, S.W., 
 
 possesses a reference library with about 6,000 volumes, and 
 a lending library with about 1,000 volumes. Only the 
 Staff and Students of the Training College are permitted to 
 use the Library. 
 
 The Cliuroli Missionary Oolleg-e, Islington, N., 
 
 possesses a library of 6,500 volumes, mainly theological in 
 character. It includes a few early editions, and a number 
 of books bearing upon missionary work. The Library is 
 only for the use of Students of the College. 
 
 Royal Naval Gollegre, Greenwich, S.E.— The Library 
 (6,500 vols.) is exclusively for the use of naval and marine 
 Officers studying in the College, and of other Officers of 
 those Services. 
 
 ^Goldsmiths' College, New Cross, S.E.— The Library 
 (6,000 vols.) is of a general character, and is available to 
 Students of the College, and to the teaching and adminis- 
 trative Staff. 
 
 The Library of the Hoyal Army Medical College, 
 MiUbank, S.W., (from 5,000 to 6,000 vols.) consists of books 
 dealing principally with diseases and injuries incidental 
 to military life. It also possesses a reference section of 
 works on medicine, surgery, hygiene, and bacteriology, and 
 includes the current periodical literature bearing on those 
 subjects. The Library is the property of the War Depart- 
 ment, and is not open to the public. Permission is 
 occasionally given to accredited Students to use it for 
 purposes of reference. 
 
 Charing Cross Hospital Medical School, Charing 
 
 Cross, W.C. — The Library (5,000 vols.) consists mainly of 
 text-books and periodicals on medicine and kindred sciences. 
 
 City of London College, Moorfields, E.G., possesses a 
 general working library of about 5,500 volumes. 
 
 London Hospital Medical College, Turner Street, 
 
 Mile End, E.— The Library (5,000 vols.), which is for reference 
 purposes only, is w^ell provided with modern medical and 
 surgical books, and includes a good collection of the works 
 
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 of ancient writers. New books are being constantly added 
 to the Library. It also possesses the chief foreign periodicals 
 dealing with anatomy, physiology and pathology ; these were 
 originally provided by the late Rev. S. A. Thompson-Yates, 
 and continued by Mr. Edward P. Thompson. 
 
 The Library of the Passmore Edwards Settlement, 
 Tavistock Place, W.C., (5,000 vols.) is open free to Associates 
 and Students of the Settlement. Others can use it on pay- 
 ment of a fee of Is. a quarter. The collection is of a general 
 character, and the books can be borrowed on Tuesday and 
 Thursday evenings. It is a condition of Associateship that 
 candidates shall be of the ' working class.' 
 
 St. Georg*e's Hospital Medical School, Hyde Park 
 Corner, S.W. — The Library (5,000 vols.) contains early medical 
 books, as well as modern text-books and medical journals. 
 It is for the use of Students of the School. 
 
 Middlesex Hospital Medical School, 17, Cleveland 
 Street, \V. — The Library (i,500 vols.) contains standard 
 medical works and text -books, as well as the leading medical 
 journals. It is open to Students of the School. 
 
 Westfield College, Hampstead, N.W. — The Library 
 (4,100 vols.) is open free to Students of the College. 
 
 St. Mary's Hospital Medical School, Paddington, W. 
 The Library (4,000 vols.) contains current text-books and 
 medical journals. It is for the use of Students of the School. 
 
 Northampton (Polytechnic) Institute, St. John 
 Street, E.C., possesses a library of 3,252 volumes, of which 
 1,808 are technical, and 1,444 are works appertaining to 
 general literature. The Library is open only to Students 
 and other members of the Institute. 
 
 The Datchelor Girls' School and Training- Colleg-e, 
 
 The Grove, Camberwell, S.E., possesses libraries numbering 
 in all about 3,000 volumes. The Teachers' Reference Library 
 consists of about 100 volumes ; the Training College Reference 
 Library (500 vols.) is largely pedagogical, and includes a 
 collection of school text-books ; the School Lending Library 
 (about 1,200 vols.) is of a general character. There are 
 also Form Libraries (about 1,200 vols.), and a small Science 
 Library (about 40 vols.) for the use of Students preparing for 
 science degrees. 
 
 ( UrvilVERSiTY j 
 
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 Kingr's Colleg-e (Women's Department), 13, Kens- 
 ington Square, W., possesses a library of about 3,000 volumes ; 
 the best equipped section is that devoted to English literature. 
 The Library is open only to Students of the College. 
 
 The Sir Jolin Cass Teclinical Institute, Jewry Street, 
 Aldgate, E.G. — The Library (3,000 vols.) contains works 
 relating to science and art, and their application to industry. 
 It is open to members of the Institute ; a fee of 2s. 6d. per 
 annum is charged to Students who are not members. Certain 
 books are available for home use. 
 
 University Colleg-e School, Frognal, Hampstead, 
 possesses a school library with nearly 3,000 volumes of a 
 general character ; it includes a selection of classical works. 
 The School possesses also a Masters' library (1,500 vols.) 
 containing chiefly works of reference and school books, 
 and a separate collection (about 1,000 vols.), called the 
 Paulatim Library, containing books written by old boys of 
 the School, or relating to them. 
 
 The Library of the Royal Veterinary College, 
 Camden Town, N.W., (2,800 vols.) consists of works on 
 veterinary medicine and surgery, and ancillary subjects. It 
 is open only to Students of the College. 
 
 St. Thomas's Hospital Medical School, Albert 
 
 Embankment, S.E. — The Library (2,700 vols.) contains 
 medical works of reference and text-books, as well as the 
 chief medical periodicals. It is open to Students of the 
 School. 
 
 The Royal Academy of Music, Tenterden Street, 
 Hanover Square, W., possesses a library of musical works 
 (2,500 vols.), including portions of the libraries of the late 
 Mr. R. J. Stevens, and the now defunct Bach Society. The 
 Library is open only to Professors and Students. The 
 Angelina Goetz Memorial Library consists of about 350 
 full scores of modern symphonies, operas, &c. ; it is open 
 to Professors and Students, and by special permission to 
 the public daily during term time. 
 
 East London College, Mile End Road, E. (2,500 vols.) 
 
 Trinity College of Music, Mandeville Place, W., 
 possesses a library of about 2,500 volumes, consisting chiefly 
 of music, literature on music, and the lives of musicians. 
 
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 The use of the Library is confined to Professors, Students, 
 and officials of the College, whose names are on the current 
 list. 
 
 Westminster Hospital Medical Scliool, Caxton 
 Street, S.W.— The Library (2,500 vols.) is open to Students 
 of the School, who pay an entrance fee of one guinea, or 
 half a guinea in the case of those entering for only one or 
 two sessions. The entrance fee is included in the general 
 fee. 
 
 The City of London Scliool, Victoria Embankment, 
 E.G., possesses a library of about 2,300 volumes. Classical, 
 historical and English literary w^orks predominate. As 
 special attention is given in the School to the study of 
 Shakespeare, a suggestion has recently been made, and will 
 probably be carried out, to make a speciality of Shakespearian 
 literature. The Library is open only to the Masters and Boys 
 of the School. 
 
 Borougli Road Training" College, Isleworth, 
 
 possesses two main and other sectional libraries (2,200 vols.). 
 The main libraries contain works of general literature, and 
 pedagogic and school books ; in addition there are small 
 sections of physics and chemistry. The Library is open to 
 Students and Tutors of the College. Students can also borrow 
 books from the London Library, to which the College 
 subscribes, and from the Principal's private library. There 
 is a special fiction section, which is managed by the Students 
 themselves. 
 
 The Library of College Hall, Byng Place, Gordon Square, 
 AY.C, (2,000 vols.) consists of four main sections : Arts, 
 Science, Medicine and Fine Arts. It is open to Members of 
 College Hall, and to Members of the Old Students' Association 
 of College Hall. 
 
 The Maria Grey Training College, Salusbury Road, 
 Brondesbury, N.W., possesses a library of over 2,000 volumes. 
 It consists almost entirely of educational and psychological 
 works, and books of reference. The Library is for the use 
 of the College and School Staff, and of present Students of 
 the College. 
 
 The Library of the Royal College of Veterinary 
 
 Surgeons, 10, Red Lion Square, W.C., (2,000 vols.) consists 
 
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 almost entirely of books relating to veterinary medicine and 
 surgery. It is open to Members and Fellows of the College, 
 but not to Students. 
 
 St. Mary's Colleg-e, Paddington, W.C., possesses a library 
 of 2,000 volumes, about 250 of which are used in connection 
 with the Training Department. It is open only to Members 
 of the College. 
 
 The Library of the Royal London Ophthalmic 
 Hospital, City Road, E.C., (1,900 vols.) consists entirely of 
 works on ophthalmology. It is open to Students and Members 
 of the medical and surgical Staff of the Hospital, and to 
 other Students, for reference, by arrangement with the 
 Curator and Librarian. 
 
 The Duke of York's Royal Military School, 
 
 Chelsea, S.W., possesses a general library (1,500 vols.) for the 
 use of the Staff, Students and Boys, and a reference library 
 (564 vols.) for the use of the Students who are under train- 
 ing as Army Schoolmasters. 
 
 London (Royal Free Hospital) School of Medicine 
 for Women, 8, Hunter Street, Brunswick Square, W.C. 
 (1,500 vols.) 
 
 The Northern Polytechnic Institute, Holloway, N., 
 possesses a library of about 1,420 volumes, including 
 voyages and travels, and books of biography and fiction, 
 intended primarily for the use of the Day School, and 
 also special departmental libraries comprising chemistry, 
 physics, engineering, building construction, mathematics 
 and English. The use of the Library is confined to Students 
 of the Institute. 
 
 The Technical College, Finsbury (City and Guilds of 
 London Institute), Leonard Street, City Road, E.C., possesses 
 four small working libraries (1,400 vols.), which are 
 exclusively in connection with the various departments. 
 There are 370 volumes on mechanical engineering, 450 
 volumes on electrical engineering, 150 volumes on chemistry, 
 and 430 volumes on applied art. 
 
 The London Day Training" College, Southampton 
 Row, W.C, possesses a library of works on pedagogy (about 
 1,300 vols.), to which considerable additions are being made 
 by the London County Council. It is open only to the Staff 
 and Students of the College. 
 
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 Gresham College, Gresham Street, E.G.— The Library 
 (1,280 vols.) is rich in old books and music, and is for the 
 use of Members of the College only. 
 
 The National Hospital for the Paralysed and 
 
 Epileptic, Queen Square, Bloomsbury, W.C., possesses a 
 library of about 1,000 volumes dealing almost exclusively 
 with neurological subjects. Students desirous oO using the 
 Library should apply to the Secretary of the Medical 
 Gommittee. 
 
 St. John's College, Battersei, S.W., possesses a general 
 library of about 1,000 volumes. It is open only to Members 
 of the College. 
 
 The London School of Tropical Medicine, Seamen's 
 Hospital Society, Royal Albert Dock, E., possesses a library of 
 800 volumes. 
 
 Faraday House Library (Electrical Standardizing, 
 Testing and Training Institution), Southampton Row, W.G., 
 (700 vols.) is limited to works on electrical and allied sciences. 
 The Library is open for reference to Students and ex-Students 
 of Faraday House, but only Students can borrow books for 
 home use. 
 
 The London School of Dental Surgery, Royal 
 Dental Hospital of London, Leicester Square, W.G., possesses 
 a library of about 513 volumes, comprising old and modern 
 books on dental subjects. It also includes a number of 
 journals bearing upon dentistry. 
 
 Hospital for Sick Children, Great Ormond Street, W.C. 
 The nucleus of the Library (500 vols.) consists of the private 
 collection of Dr. West, the Founder of the Hospital, who 
 presented it to the Hospital on his retirement. It may be 
 said to embrace the best literature of Europe of the middle 
 of last century on the subject of children's diseases. Several 
 additions of standard works on the same subject, largely by 
 members of the Hospital Staff, have since been made. 
 
 The Association for the Oral Instruction of the 
 Deaf and Dumb, (Training College for Teachers), 11, 
 Fitzroy Square, W., possesses a library of about 200 volumes, 
 consisting of educational works dealing mainly with the 
 education of the deaf and dumb, and the history of deaf- 
 mute education. It is only open to Students who are training 
 at the College. 
 
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 The Guildhall School of Music, Victoria Embank- 
 ment, E.G., possesses a small library of orchestral scores and 
 music, which is open to Students of the School. 
 
 Hackney Collegre, Finchley Road, Hampstead, N.W., 
 possesses a theological library of several thousand volumes, 
 which was bequeathed to the College by the late Principal, 
 Rev. Dr. Alfred Cave. It includes standard theological 
 works, English and foreign, and a number of recent publi- 
 cations. The Library is intended for the use of Students 
 and Members of the College ; but special permission to use 
 the Library is sometimes accorded to other Students who 
 are engaged in serious study. 
 
 Merchants Taylors' School, Charterhouse Square, 
 E.C., possesses a library which is chiefly rich in Greek and 
 Latin classics, theology and English literature, and to a 
 smaller degree in history and modern languages. Its object 
 being to assist and develop the teaching in the School, the 
 use of it is confined to members of the Staff, and under 
 certain restrictions to some of the older Boys. 
 
 The National Dental Hospital and Colleg*e, 187, Great 
 Portland Street, W., possesses a reference library for the use of 
 Students of the College. The Library includes a small 
 collection of rare and early dental works. 
 
 For the Libraries at Jew^s' College, and the Royal College 
 of Music, sec Special Libraries under Literature^Oriental^ 
 and Mime respectively. 
 
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 INDEX. 
 
 Academy of Arts, Royal, 33. 
 
 Academy of Music, Royal, 72. 
 
 Accountancy, 30. 
 
 Accountants and Auditors, Society 
 of, 30. 
 
 Acts of Parliament, Private, 49. 
 
 Actuaries, Institute of, 47, 4S. 
 
 Additional MSS., 16, 17. 
 
 Administrative Libraries, 10, 11. 
 
 Admiralty, 10. 
 
 Adolphus, John, Collection of pam- 
 phlets, 48. 
 
 Aerial Navigation, 60. 
 
 Africa, North, Collection of works 
 relating to, 20. 
 
 Agricultural Society of England, 
 Royal, 31. 
 
 Agriculture, 23, 30, 31, 37. 
 
 Agriculture and Fisheries, Board 
 of, 80, 31. 
 
 Alchemy, 35. 
 
 Allan Library, 64. 
 
 AUeyn Papers, 67. 
 
 Allfarthing Lane Public Library 
 (^Wamhworth^, 20. 
 
 Almanzi, Joseph, Hebrew Library 
 of, 15. 
 
 Alpine Club, 10. 
 
 American War, 22. 
 
 Anglican Bishops and Clergy, Pho- 
 tographs of, 64. 
 
 ' Anglo- Catholic ' Controversies, 49, 
 04. 
 
 Anglo-Saxon Charters, 17. 
 
 Angu Library, 67. 
 
 Annuities, see Insurance. 
 
 Anthropological Institute, Royal,3 1 . 
 
 Anthropology, 31. 
 
 Antiquaries, Society of, 31. 
 
 Antiquities, see Archaeology. 
 
 Anti- Vivisection Society, National, 
 65. 
 
 Apothecaries, Society of, 57. 
 
 Archaeology, 17, 18, 23, 31, iJQ. 
 
 Biblical, 32. 
 
 Classical, 32. 
 
 Northern, 52, 
 
 Oriental, 51, 66. 
 
 Archaeology, Biblical, Society of, 
 
 32. 
 Archeology, Yates Library of, 66. 
 Architects, British, Royal Institute 
 
 of, 32. 
 
 Architects, Naval, Institution of 
 
 61. 
 Architects, Society of, 32. 
 Architectural Association, 32. 
 Architecture, 23, 27, 28,31, 32, 33. 
 
 Naval, see Shipbuilding. 
 
 Arms, College of, 44, 45, 60. 
 Army Medical College, Royal, 70. 
 Art, 24, 26, 32-34. 
 Art Library of the Victoria and 
 
 Albert Museum, 32, 33. 
 Artillery, Science of, 56. 
 Artillery Institution, Royal, 56. 
 Arts, Fine, 19, 22, 23, 26, 27, 28, 32, 
 
 33, 55, 56, 65. 
 Arts, Royal Academy of, 33. 
 Arts, Royal Society of, 28. 
 Arts, Useful, 24, 2^, 27, 28, 41, 42, 
 
 57, 58, 59, 69, 71, 72, 74. 
 Arundel Library, 60. 
 Arundel MSS., 16, 44, 60. 
 Ashley, Robert, Library of, 49. 
 Ashur-bani-pal, Library of, 17. 
 Asiatic Society, Royal, 51, 52. 
 Askew, Dr., Collection of Greek 
 
 Medical MSS., 54. 
 Association for the Oral Instruction 
 
 of the Deaf and Dumb, 75. 
 Assurance, see Insurance. 
 Astle, Thomas, Library of, 22. 
 Astronomical Association, British, 
 
 34. 
 Astronomical Society, Royal, 34. 
 Astronomy, 10, 11, 24, 34, 45. 
 Athenaeum Club, 9. 
 Austin, John, Collection of works 
 
 on Jurisprudence, 48. 
 
 Bach Society, 72. 
 
 Bacon, Anthony, Correspondence 
 of, 25. 
 
 Bailey, Judge, Works on the Re- 
 formation presented by, 46. 
 
 Balham Public Library (^WandS' 
 worth), 20. 
 
 Bancroft, Richard, Archbishop of 
 Canterbury, 25. 
 
 Bancroft Road Public Library 
 iStepney), 22. 
 
 BaJikers, Institute of, 39. 
 
78 
 
 Bank of England. 10. 
 Banking, 19, 37, 39. 
 Banks, Sir Joseph., Library of, 14. 
 Baptists, 67. 
 Bar Library, 50. 
 Barlow Dante Library, 66. 
 Bates, William, Library of, 61. 
 Battersea, Collection relating to, 23. 
 Battersea Public Libraries. 23. 
 Lavender Hill (Central). 
 Lammas Hall. 
 Lurline Gardens. 
 Baxter, Richard, Letters and 
 
 treatises of, 61. 
 Bedford College for Women, 07. 
 Belsize Public Library (^Hampstead'), 
 
 23. 
 Benefices, Presentations to, 25. 
 Bentham, Jeremy, Library of, 65. 
 Berkeley, George, Earl of, Gift of 
 
 books by, 19. 
 Berlin, Number of volumes in the 
 
 Libraries of, 7. 
 Bermondsey, Collection relating to, 
 
 27. 
 Bermondsey Public Libraries, 27. 
 Bermondsey (Central). 
 Rotherhithe. 
 St. Olave. 
 Bethnal Green Public Library, 27. 
 Bible Society, British and Foreign, 
 
 63. 
 Bibles, Collections of, 20, 25, 26, 49, 
 
 62, C3, 68. 
 Biblical Archasology, Society of, 32. 
 Bibliographical Society, 37. 
 Bibliography, 24, 37. 
 Biography, 13, 26, 45. 
 Biology and Microscopy, 34, 35, 
 
 n9, 60. 
 
 Birch, Thomas, Library of, 13. 
 Birch MSS., 17. 
 Birkbeck College, 68. 
 Bishopsgate Institute, 2Q. 
 Blackburn Law Library, 65. 
 Blackfriars Road Public Library 
 
 (^SouthwarTi), 22. 
 Blackmore Collection, 20. 
 Blades, William, Library of, 58. 
 Blaydes, Dr., Classical Collection, 
 
 69. 
 Blouet, Paul, Library of, 69. 
 Board of Agriculture and Fisheries, 
 
 30, 31. 
 Board of Education, 40. 
 Board of Trade, 11. 
 Borough Road Public Library 
 
 (^Southwark), 21. 
 Borough Road Training College, 73. 
 Boswell, James, On the provision of 
 
 books in London, 7. 
 Botanical Gardens, Royal, Kew, 35. 
 
 Botany, 23, 35, 45, 57. 
 
 Bow Public Library (^Poplar'), 27. 
 
 British and Foreign Bible Society, 
 
 63. 
 British Architects, Royal Institute 
 
 of, 32. 
 British Association, Geological 
 
 photographs of the, 44. 
 British Astronomical Association, 
 
 34. 
 British Child Study Association, 37. 
 British Colonies, 37, 47, 49. 
 British Committee for the Inter- 
 national Federation for the 
 
 Abolition of State Regulation of 
 
 Vice, 39, 40. 
 British Esperanto Association, 43. 
 British Horological Institute, 45. 
 British Institute of Social Service, 
 
 38, 39. 
 British Library of Political Science, 
 
 36. 
 British Medical Association, 53, 54. 
 British Museum, 1.3-17. 
 
 Department of Printed Books, 
 
 13-15. 
 Department of Oriental Printed 
 
 Books and MSS., 15, 16. 
 Department of Manuscripts, 16. 
 Department of Egyptian and 
 
 Assyrian Antiquities, 17. 
 Department of Natural History, 
 06. 
 British Museum Reading Room, 
 
 Accommodation of the, 17. 
 British Numismatic Society, 56, 57. 
 Brixton Public Library (^LamietJi), 
 
 18. 
 Brockley Public Library (^Lew- 
 
 isham), 24. 
 Bromley Public Library {Poi^lar), 
 
 27. 
 Brompton Oratory, 62. 
 Buckingham Palace Road Public 
 
 Library ( Westminster')^ 19. 
 Bunyan, John, 58. 
 Burleigh, Lord, Papers of, 25. 
 Burney, Dr. Charles, Library of, 14. 
 Burney MSS., 1 6. 
 Burton, Sir Richard, Library of, 22. 
 
 Collection of works of , 21. 
 
 Busby Library, 68, 69. 
 
 Camberwell Public Libraries, 20,21. 
 Peckhum Road (Central). 
 Dulwich. 
 
79 
 
 Camberwell Public Libraries, 20, 
 21 — continued. 
 
 Knatchbull Road (Minet 
 
 Library). 
 North Camberwell. 
 Nunhead. 
 
 Old Kent Road (Livesey 
 Library). 
 Canterbury, Archbishops of, Regis- 
 ters of the, 2r>. 
 See of. Documents relating to 
 
 the, 25. 
 Carew MSS., 25. 
 Carlton Club, 9. 
 Carlyle, J. D., MSS. brought from 
 
 Syria and Constantinople by, 25. 
 Carnegie Public Library (^llaminer- 
 
 siJiith), 20. 
 Cartul tries, 16. 
 Cartwright, William, Bequest of 
 
 books by, 67. 
 Catholicism, 62. 
 Cave, Rev. Alfred, Theological 
 
 Library of, 76. 
 Chamber of Commerce, London, 39. 
 Chancery Library, 50. 
 Charing Cross Hospital Medical 
 
 School, 70. 
 Charity Organisation Society, 39. 
 Chartered Accountants in England 
 
 and Wales, Institute of, 30. 
 Chartered Institute of Patent 
 
 Agents, 50. 
 Charterhouse, 29. 
 Charters, Anglo-Saxon, 17. 
 Chelsea, Collection relating to, 24, 
 Chelsea Public Library, 2-i. 
 Chemical Society, 35. 
 Chemistry, 35, 36, 57, 65, 69. 
 Chemistry, Institute of, 36. 
 Child Study Association, British, 37. 
 Children's diseases, 75. 
 Chinese books, 15, 66. 
 Chinese Encyclopa;dia, 15, 
 Church House, 61, 62. 
 Church Lands, Leases of. 25. 
 Church Missionary College, 70. 
 Circulating Libraries, 12. 
 City and Guilds Central Technical 
 
 College, 69. 
 City of London College, Moorfields, 
 
 70. 
 City of London School, 73. 
 Civil and Mechanical Engineers' 
 
 Society, 42. 
 Civil Engineering, 41, 42, 69. 
 Civil Engineers, Institution of, 41. 
 Civil War and Commonwealth 
 
 tracts, 13, 61. 
 Clapham Public Library QWands- 
 
 ivort/0, 20. 
 
 Classics, Greek and Latin, 14, 16, 24, 
 
 26, 32, 53, 61, 62, 63, 65, 69, 72 
 
 76. 
 Climatology, see Meteorology. 
 Clockmakers' Company, Library of 
 
 the, 18. 
 Clockmaking, 27. 
 Club Libraries. 9, 10, 37. 
 Cock, Alfred, Memorial, 19. 
 Codex Alexandrinus, 16. 
 Coins, see Numismatics. 
 College Hall, 73. 
 College of Arms, 44, 45, 60. 
 College of Music, Royal, 55. 
 College of Physicians, Royal, 53. 
 College of Preceptors, 40. 
 College of Surgeons, Royal, 53. 
 College of Veterinarv Surgeons, 
 
 Royal, 73, 74. 
 College Park Public Library 
 
 (^Humniersmith^, 26. 
 j Colonial Institute, Royal, 47. 
 Colonial Law Reports, 47. 
 Colonial Office, 10. 
 Colonies, British, 37, 47. 
 Statutes and Ordinances 
 
 of the, 49. 
 Commerce, .see Economics. 
 Commerce, London Chamber of, 39. 
 Commons, House of, 10. 
 Commouv/ealth tracts, 13, 61. 
 Compton, Henry, Bishop of London, 
 
 Bequest by, 62. 
 Concilium Bibliographicum of 
 
 Zurich, 59. 
 Congregational Library, Memorial 
 
 Hall, 62, 63. 
 Congregationalism, 62. 
 Constitutional Club, 9. 
 Contagious Diseases Acts, 39. 
 Cooke, Sir Robert, Library of. 19. 
 Cooks' Company's Library, 19. 
 Cooper, Charles Purton, Foreign law 
 
 books of, 48. 
 Corvinus, Matthias, King of Hun- 
 gary, see Matthias Corvinus. 
 Costa, Solomon da, Hebrew Library 
 
 of, 15. 
 Costume, 27. 
 Cotton MSS., 15, 16. 
 County Hall Library, 38. 
 Coxe, John, Library and MSS. of, 
 
 48. 
 Cracherode, Clayton Mordaunt, 
 
 Library of, 13. 
 Crawford, William, Collection of, 
 
 48. 
 Crime, 48. 
 
 Cripplegate Institute, 27, 28. 
 Queen Street, X.W. 
 St. Bride Institute. 
 St. Luke's Institute. 
 
80 
 
 Croker, Rt. Hon. J. Wilson, Collec- 
 tion of books and tracts on the 
 French Revolution of, 13, 14. 
 
 Crow, Dr., Collection of Classics. 
 53. 
 
 Cubitt Town Public Library iPoj)- 
 lar). 27. 
 
 Cuneiform tablets, 17. 
 
 Currency, see Banking. 
 
 Dante, Collections of works relating 
 
 to, 21, 51, G6. 
 Dante Society, 51. 
 Datchelor Girls' School and Train- 
 ing College, 71. 
 Deaf and Dumb, Association for the 
 
 Oral Instruction of the, 75. 
 Deaf-mute education, 75. 
 Decoration, 23, 27. 
 De Morgan, Augustus, Library of, 
 
 24. 
 Dental Hospital, National, 76. 
 Dental Surgery, London School of, 
 
 75. 
 Dentistry, 75, 76. 
 Dejjtford Public Libraries, 28. 
 Design, 28. 
 
 Devonbhire House, 58, 59. 
 Dickens, Charles, Original MSS. 
 
 of the novels of, 83. 
 Dickens Library, National, 19. 
 Dr. Williams's Library, 61. 
 Don Quixote, Shelton's translation 
 
 of, (1612-20), 23. 
 Drama, 9, 13, 14, 33, 67. 
 Dresden, Number of volumes in the 
 
 Libraries of, 7. 
 Dugdale, Sir William, On the Middle 
 
 Temple Library, 49. 
 Duke of York's Royal Military 
 
 School, 74. 
 Dulwich College, 67. 
 Dulwich Public Library (^Camler- 
 
 welO, 21. 
 Dutch Church, Library of the, 18. 
 Dyce Library, 33. 
 
 S. 
 
 Earl Marshal's Books, 44. 
 Earlsfield Public Library (^Wands- 
 worth'), 20. 
 East, 48, 51, 52, 57, 68. 
 
 East India Association, 47. 
 
 East London College, 22, 72. 
 
 Eastlake Library, 33, 34. 
 
 Economics and Political Science, 
 19, 21, 23, 26, 29, 36-40, 61, 65. 
 
 Economics, London School of, 36. 
 
 Education, 24, 40, 41, 71, 73, 74, 75. 
 
 Education Association, National, 41. 
 
 Education, Board of, 40. 
 
 Education Offices, L.C.C., 40. 
 
 Edwards, Joseph, Sociological Col- 
 lection, 23. 
 
 Edwards, Passmore, see Passmore 
 Edwards. 
 
 Edwards Library, 66. 
 
 EgertonMSS., 16. 
 
 Egyptology, 32, 66. 
 
 Electrical Engineering and Science, 
 42, 66, (19, 75. 
 
 Electrical Engineers, Institution of, 
 42. 
 
 Electrical Standardizing Institu- 
 tion, 75. 
 
 Eltham Public Libiary (WooliuicTi), 
 23. 
 
 Emerson Club, 29. 
 
 Engineering, 41, 42, 69, 74. 
 
 Marine, see Shipbuilding. 
 
 Sanitary, 46, 47. 
 
 Engineers, Civil, Institution of, 41. 
 
 Electrical, Institution of, 42. 
 
 • Mechanical, Institution of, 41, 
 
 42. 
 
 Sanitary. Institute of, 47. 
 
 Society of, 42. 
 
 England, Bank of, 10. 
 
 English Church Union Theological 
 
 Library, 63, 64. 
 Engraving, 19, 28. 
 Entomological Society, 43. 
 Entomology, 43. 
 Esperanto, 43. 
 
 Esperanto Association, British, 43. 
 Ethical Societies, Union of, 29. 
 Ethics, 29. 
 Ethnology, 35. 
 Enphues and his England, Lyly's, 
 
 (1580), 23. 
 Exhibitions, 28. 
 
 Fabian Society's Lending Library 
 
 12- 
 Factories, 38. 
 
 Eairholt, F. W., Collection of, 31. 
 Faraday House Library, 75. 
 Farnborough, Lord, Bequest by, 16. 
 
81 
 
 Field Fine Arts Library, 65. 
 Fiuchley Road Public Library 
 
 (^ffampsfead'), 23. 
 Fine Arts, see Arts, Fine. 
 Finsbury Public Libraries, 27. 
 Pentonville. 
 St. Sepulchre. 
 Finsbury Technical College, 74. 
 Fire of London, Libraries destroyed 
 
 by the. 18, 19, 53. 
 Fire of Westminster, Libraries des- 
 troyed by the, 10, 50. 
 Fitzgerald Library, 68. 
 Folk-Lore Society, 30. 
 Foreign Office, 10. 
 Forest Hill Public Library (^Lew- 
 
 Uhani), 24. 
 Forster Collection, 33. 
 Fox, George, Original MS. of the 
 
 Journal of. 58. 
 
 Bible of, 58. 
 
 Free Masonry, 10. 
 
 French Protestant Hospital, 46. 
 
 French Protestantism, sec Huguenot 
 
 History. 
 French Revolutionary Tracts, 13. 
 Friends', Society of, Books relating 
 
 to the, 58, 59. 
 Frowneg, Prof., Chemical books of, 
 
 65. 
 Fulham Public Libraries, 27. 
 Fulham Road (Central). 
 Lillie Road. 
 Wandsworth Bridge Road. 
 
 Gardeners' Company, Library of 
 the, 19. 
 
 Garriok Club, 9. 
 
 Garrick Collection of Plays, 13,67. 
 
 Garrick Correspondence, 33. 
 
 Genealogical and Biographical So- 
 ciety, 45. 
 
 Genealogy, see Heraldry. 
 
 General Medical Council, 57. 
 
 Geographical Society, lioyal, 43. 
 
 Geography, 43. 
 
 Geological Society of London, 43. 
 
 Geological Survey and Museum of 
 Practical Geology, 43, 44. 
 
 Geologists' Association, Library of 
 the, 65. 
 
 Geology. 43, 44. 
 
 George III., Collection of MSS. of, 
 16. 
 
 George III., Library of, 14. 
 
 8500 
 
 Gibbon, Edward, Collection of 
 
 pamphlets, 9. 
 Gibraltar, Collection of works re- 
 lating to, 20. 
 Gibson, Edmund, Collection of theo- 
 logical pamphlets, 20. 
 Gibson MSS., 25. 
 
 Gilbert, Sir John, Sketch and note- 
 books of, 33. 
 Gilbert, William, Bequest of books 
 
 by, 53. 
 Gladstone Library, 37. 
 Goetz, Angelina, Memorial Library, 
 
 72. 
 Goldsmiths' College, 70. 
 Goldsmiths' Company's Library of 
 Economic Literature (^University 
 of London),'^!, 38. 
 Grabowski Collection of Polish 
 
 books, 14. 
 Graham, Thomas, Chemical books 
 
 of, 65. 
 Grand Lodge of Free Masons, 10. 
 Grand Priory of the Order of the 
 Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem 
 in England, 45. 
 Grant, Edmund, Biological Library 
 
 of, 65. 
 Graves Mathematical Library, 65. 
 Gray's Inn, 49, 50. 
 Great Smith Street Public Library 
 
 (Westminster')^ 19. 
 Green, A. L., Library of, 51. 
 Greenwich Public Libraries, 28. 
 Greenwich, Royal Observatory, 10, 
 
 11. 
 Grenville, Rt. Hon. Thomas, Library 
 
 of the, 14. 
 Gresham College, 75. 
 Grosvenor Gallery Library, 12. 
 Grote, George, Library of, 24. 
 Guildhall Librai-y, IS, 19. 
 Guildhall School of Music 76. 
 Guilds. 37. 
 
 Guy's Hospital Medical School, 69, 
 70. 
 
 Hackney College, 76. 
 
 Hackney Public Library, 30. 
 
 Haggerston Public Library (^Hhorc- 
 ditch), 26. 
 
 Hagiography, It), 62. 
 
 Haines, H. J. R., Collection of, 46. 
 
 Hale, Sir Matthew, MSS. of, 48. 
 
 Hall, Henry, Collection of photo- 
 graphs, 64. 
 
82 
 
 Halliwell Collection of Shakes- 
 pearian Literature, 14. 
 
 Hammersmith. Public Libraries, 26. 
 Carnegie (Central). 
 College Park. 
 Ravenscourt Park. 
 Shepherd's Bush. 
 
 Hampstead, Collection relating to, 
 23. 
 
 Hampstead Public Libraries, 23. 
 Finchley Road (Central). 
 Belsize. 
 Heath. 
 Kilburn. 
 West End. 
 
 Hanbury, Daniel, Library of, GO. 
 
 Hargrave, Francis, Law Library of, 
 13. 
 
 Hargrave MSS., 16. 
 
 Harleian MSS., 15, 16. 
 
 Harley, Edward, Earl of Oxford, 
 Library of, 15, 16. 
 
 Harmonic Society, Sacred, 55. 
 
 Harris, William, Library of, 61. 
 
 Harvard, Collection of works 
 relating to, 21. 
 
 Harvard University, Collection of 
 works relating to, 21. 
 
 Harvey, William, Bequest of books 
 by, 53. 
 
 Health, see Hygiene. 
 
 Health, Reports of the Medical 
 Officers of, 53. 
 
 Heath Public Library (Jlami)- 
 stead'), 23. 
 
 Hebrew Books, 15, 19, 51, 52, 69. 
 
 Hebrew Library, 52. 
 
 Hellenic Studies, Society for the 
 Promotion of, 32. 
 
 Henslowe, Philip, Theatrical Diary 
 of, 67. 
 
 Heraldry and Genealogy, 17, 31, 
 44, 45. 
 
 Heralds' College, see College of 
 Arms. 
 
 Herbals, 57. 
 
 Heme Hill Road Public Library 
 QLainhetli), 18. 
 
 High Holborn Public Library 
 (^Uolhoni), 28. 
 
 Highgate Public Library iSt. Pan- 
 eras'), 29. 
 
 Hill, Sergeant, MSS. of, 48. 
 
 Historical Society, Royal, 45. 
 
 History, 9, 10, 13, 14, 16, 18, 19, 22, 
 23, 24, 25, 26, 37, 38, 45, 46, 47, 
 48, 49, 56, 58, 59, 61, 62, 64, QQ, 
 68, 69. 
 
 Hither Green News Room (^Lewis- 
 ham), 24. 
 
 Hoare, Sir Richard Colt, Topo- 
 graphical Library of, 14. 
 
 Holborn Public Libraries, 28. 
 High Holborn. 
 John Street, W.C. 
 Hollo way College, Royal, 69. 
 Holloway Road Public Library 
 
 ^Islington), 21. 
 Home Office, 10. 
 Horniman Museum, 35, 
 Horological Institute, British, 45. 
 Horology, 45. 
 
 Horticultural Society, Royal, 45, 46. 
 Horticulture, 23, 45, 46. 
 Hospital for Sick Children, 75. 
 Hospital for the Paralysed and Epi- 
 leptic, National, 75. 
 Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem 
 
 in England, Grand Priory of the 
 
 Order of the, 45. 
 House of Commons, Library of the, 
 
 10. 
 House of Lords, Library of the, 10. 
 Howell, George, Library of, 26. 
 Hoxton (Central) Public Library 
 
 iShoredito/i), 26. 
 Huguenot History and French 
 
 Protestantism, 46. 
 Huguenot Society, Library of the, 
 
 46. 
 of America, Publications 
 
 of the, 46. 
 Hull, Joseph Fowler, Bequest of 
 
 Oriental printed books and MSS. 
 
 by, 15. 
 Hungarian books, 14. 
 Hunterian Society, 54. 
 Hunt-Hutchinson, Henry, Social- 
 istic collection of, 36. 
 Hygiene and Sanitary Engineering, 
 
 46, 47, 53, 70. 
 Hymnology, 61, 63. 
 
 Illumination, 28. 
 Imperial Institute, 47, 
 Incorporated Society of Musicians, 
 
 55, 56. 
 Incunabula, Collections of, 14, 18, 
 
 20,26, 31, 53. 62,63. 
 India and the British Colonies, 47, 
 
 68. 
 India Office, 51. 
 Indian Books and MSS,, 51, 
 Industrial Arts, see Arts, Useful. 
 
 Exhibitions, see Exhibitions. 
 
 Inner Temple, 48. 
 
 Inns of Court Lending Library, 12. 
 
 Insanity, 54, 
 
 Institute of Actuaries, 47, 48. 
 
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 I 
 
 Institute of Bankers, 39. 
 
 Institute of British Architects, 
 Royal, 32. 
 
 Institute of Chartered Account- 
 ants, 30. 
 
 Institute of Chemistry of Great 
 Britain and Ireland. 36. 
 
 Institute of Patent Agents, Char- 
 tered, 50. 
 
 Institute of Sanitary EnjTfineers, 47. 
 
 Institute of Social Service, British, 
 
 38. 39. 
 
 Institution of Civil Engineers, 41. 
 
 Institution of Electrical Engineers, 
 42. 
 
 Institution of Great Britain, Royal, 
 22. 23. 
 
 Institution of Mechanical Engi- 
 neers, 41, 42. 
 
 Institution of Mining and Metal- 
 lurgy, 54, 55. 
 
 Institution of Naval Architects, 61. 
 
 Insurance, 19, 47, 48. 
 
 International Federation for the 
 Abolition of State Regulation of 
 Vice, British Committee of the, 
 
 39, 40. 
 
 Ireland, History of, 25. 
 Iron and Steel Institut(i, 42. 
 Islington Public Libraries, 21. 
 
 HoUoway Road (Central). 
 
 Manor Gardens. 
 
 Thornhill Square. 
 Italy, Books on the topography of, 
 14. 
 
 Japan, 48. 
 
 Japan Society, 48. 
 
 Japanese books, 15. 
 
 Jewish Historical Society, 66. 
 
 Jews' College, 51. 
 
 John Street Public Library (//oZ- 
 
 barn), 28. 
 Jones, John, Collection, 33. 
 Judaica, 19, 22, 51, 66. 
 Julian Collection of Hymn Books, 
 
 61. 
 
 Kennington Public Library (Lam- 
 
 berJO, 18. 
 Kensington Public Libraries, 22. 
 Kensington High Street (Cen- 
 
 tral). 
 Netting Hill. 
 Old Brompton Road. 
 
 Kent, Collection of works relating 
 
 to, 23, 20. 
 Kilburn Public Library ^Uamp- 
 
 .sfead), 2.S. 
 King's College, 66. 
 King's College (Women's Depart- 
 ment), 72. 
 King's Library, 14. 
 King's MSS., 16. 
 King's Pamphlets. 13. 
 Kitton Dickens Collection, 19. 
 Knatchhull Road Public Library 
 
 (^Lambeth and CambcnveW), 18, 
 
 21. 
 Kouyunjik, Cuneiform Tablets 
 
 found at, 17, 
 Kupitsch Collection of early 
 
 German Literature, 14. 
 
 8500 
 
 Lambeth Palace Library, 25, 2o. 
 Lambeth Public Libraries, 18. 
 
 Brixton (Central). 
 
 Heme Hill Road. 
 
 Kenningtou. 
 
 KnatchbuU Road (Minet Li- 
 brary). 
 
 North Lambeth. 
 
 South Lambeth. 
 
 Upper Norwood. 
 
 West Norwood. 
 Lammas Hall Public Library 
 
 (Battersea), 23. 
 Lansdowne, Marquis of. Books 
 
 from the Library of the, 18. 
 Lansdowne MSS., 16. 
 Laryngological Society, 53. 
 Laud, Archbishop, Documents be- 
 longing to. 25. 
 Lavender Hill Public Library 
 
 (Batt rsea), 23. 
 Law, 13, 16, 26, 48-50, 65. 
 Law Libraries, 9, 48-50. 
 Law Reports, Colonial, 47. 
 Law Society, 49. 
 
 Lee Public Library (Leivisham), 24. 
 Leighton Classical Collection, G.">. 
 Leighton, Lord, Sketch and note- 
 books of, 33. 
 Leighton Philosophical Library, 66. 
 Lewisham Public Libraries, 24. 
 
 Lewisham (Central). 
 
 Brockley. 
 
 Forest Hill. 
 
 Lee. 
 
 Lower Sydenham. 
 
 Hither Green News Room. 
 
 a 
 
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 Libraries and LibrariansMp, 36, 37. 
 Libraries of London and Berlin, 
 
 Comparison between the, 7. 
 Library Association, 36, 37. 
 Library Statistics, 7, 8. 
 Lillie Road Public Library (^Ful- 
 
 hani), 2,1 . 
 Limehouse Public Library (^Step- 
 
 ne.y'), 22. 
 Linacre, Thomas, Collection of, 53. 
 Lincoln's Inn, 48. 
 Lindley Library, 45. 
 Linnaeus, Library of, 34. 
 Linnean Society, 34, 35. 
 Literature, 
 
 Classical. 14, 16, 24, 26, 32, 53, 
 
 61, 62, 63, 65, 69, 72, 73, 76. 
 English, 16, 23, 33. 
 French, 18, 21, 69. 
 German, 14, 21. 
 Hungarian, 14. 
 Italian, 18, 51, 66. 
 Mexican, 14. 
 Oriental, 15, 19, 22, 25, 51, 52, 
 
 ^^. 
 Polish, 14. 
 Russian, 24. 
 Scandinavian, 52. 
 Spanish, 18. 
 Literature, Royal Society of, 30. 
 Liturgies, 14, 25, 49, 63. 
 Livery Companies, 37. 
 Livesey Public Library {^Caniher- 
 
 well), 21. 
 Local Government, 38. 
 London Chamber of Commerce, 39. 
 London, Collections relating- to, 18, 
 
 19, 21, 22, 23, 26, 27, 38, 62. 
 London County Council, Libraries 
 under the control of the, 35, 38, 
 40. 
 
 Education Offices, 
 
 Library of the, 40. 
 London Day Training College, 74. 
 London, Geological Society of, 43. 
 London Hospital Medical College, 
 
 70, 71. 
 London Institution, 18. 
 London Library, 17, 18, 
 London Mathematical Society, 52. 
 London, Number of volumes in the 
 
 Libraries of, 7. 
 Loudon Ophthalmic Hospital, Royal, 
 
 74. 
 London (Royal Free Hospital) 
 School of Medicine for Women, 
 74. 
 London School of Dental Surgery, 
 
 75. 
 London School of Economics, 36. 
 
 London School of Tropical Medicine, 
 
 75. 
 London, University of, Libraries of 
 
 the, 24, 25, 37, 38, 57, 58, 65, 66, 
 
 70. 
 
 Theses, 24. 
 
 Lords, House of, 10. 
 
 Lowy, Albert, Library of, 51. 
 
 Lurline Gardens Public Library 
 
 {Battersea), 23. 
 Lyly's Euphues and his England^ 
 
 (1580), 23. 
 
 VOL, 
 
 Mclntyre Ethical Library, 29. 
 Mackintosh, Sir James, Collection 
 
 of Pamphlets, 9. 
 Madrigal Society, 55. 
 Magnetism, 42. 
 Manners Sutton MSS., 25. 
 Manor Gardens Public Library 
 
 (^Islington), 21. 
 Manufactures, 28. See also Arts, 
 
 Useful. 
 Manuscripts, 15, 16, 17, 18, 25, 31, 
 
 32, 33, 44, 45, 48, 51, 52, 53, 54, 
 
 55, 58, 60, 67. 
 
 Oriental, 15, 50. 
 
 Maps, 10, 19, 43, 44, 57, 62. 
 Maria Grey Training College, 73. 
 Marine Engineering, see Ship- 
 building. 
 Marsden, William, Oriental Library 
 
 of, 66. 
 Martyrologies, 25. 
 Maskell Collection of Liturgies, 14, 
 Masons, Free, Grand Lodge of, 10. 
 Mathematical Society, London, 52. 
 Mathematics, 24, 52, 65, 66, 69. 
 Matthias Corvinus, King of Hun- 
 gary, Library of, 60. 
 Maximilian, Emperor, Collection of 
 
 Mexican books of the, 1 4. 
 Max O'Rell, Library of, 69. 
 Mayerne, Sir Theodore, Bequest of 
 
 books by, 53. 
 Maynard, Serjeant, MSS. of, 48. 
 Mechanical Engineering, 41, 42, 69. 
 Mechanical Engineers, Institution 
 
 of, 41, 42. 
 Medical and Chirurgical Society, 
 
 Royal, 52. 
 Medical Association, British, 53, 54. 
 Medical Council, General, 57. 
 Medical Officers of Health, Reports 
 
 of, 53. 
 Medical School Libraries, 67, 69, 70, 
 
 71, 72, 73, 74, 75. 
 
85 
 
 Medical Society, 54. 
 
 Medicine and Surgery, 13, 52-54, 
 
 57, 6(J, 67, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75. 
 Veterinary, nee Veterinary 
 
 Medicine and Surgery. 
 Medicine, Royal Society of, 52, 53. 
 Medicine, Tropical, London School 
 
 of, 75. 
 Medico-Chirurgical Society, West 
 
 London, 54. 
 Medico-Psychological Association , 
 
 54. 
 Memorial Hall Congregational 
 
 Library, 62, 63. 
 Mendhara, Joseph, Theological Col- 
 lection, 49. 
 Mental diseases, see Insanity. 
 Merchant Taylors' School. 76. 
 Meres's PaUadis Taw itf, (^1593), 23. 
 Metal Work, 27. 
 Metallurgy, see Mining. 
 Meteorological Society, Royal, 54. 
 Meteorology and Climatology, 11, 
 
 42, 54. 
 Methodism, 64. 
 
 Methodist Publishing House, 64. 
 Mexican books, 14. 
 Michael, H. J., Hebrew Library of, 
 
 15. 
 Microscopical Society, Royal, 35. 
 jMicroscopy, see Biology. 
 Middle Temple, 49. 
 Middlesex Hospital Medical School, 
 
 71. 
 Military Science, see Naval and 
 
 Military Science. 
 Minet Public Library {Laniheth and 
 
 Camber well), 18, 21. 
 Mining and Metallurgy, 54, 55. 60. 
 Mining and Metallurgy, Institution 
 
 of, 54, 55. 
 Missals, 25. 
 Missions, 64, 68, 70. 
 Mocatta Library, &^. 
 Montefiore Library, 51. 
 More, Sir Thomas, Collection of 
 
 books relating to, 19. 
 Morley, Henry, Library of, 23. 
 Morris Classical Collection, &~). 
 Morrison, John Robert, Chinese 
 
 Library of, 15. 
 Morrison, Robert, Chinese Library 
 
 of, 66. 
 Mountaineering, 10. 
 Municipal History, 38. 
 Museum of Practical Geology, 43, 44. 
 Mupgrave, Sir William, Collection 
 
 of, 13. 
 Music, 19, 21, 26, 55, 56, 63, 72, 73, 
 
 75. 76. 
 Music, Guildhall School of, 76. 
 Music, Royal Academy of, 72. 
 
 Music, Royal College of, 55. 
 Music, Trinity College of, 72, 73. 
 Musicians, Incorporated Society of, 
 55, 56. 
 
 Xagy Collection of Hungarian 
 
 Books, 14. 
 National Anti-Vivisection Society, 
 
 65. 
 National Dental Hospital and 
 
 College, 76. 
 National Dickens Library, 19. 
 National Education Association, 41. 
 National Gallery, 33, 34. 
 National Hospital for the Paralysed 
 
 and Epileptic, 75. 
 National Liberal Club, 9, 37. 
 Natural History, 13, 14, 23, 34, 35, 
 
 43, 44, 56, 65. 
 Natural History Museum, South 
 
 Kensington, 56. 
 Naval and Military Science, 10, 56, 
 
 70, 
 Naval Architects, Institution of, 61. 
 Naval College, Royal, 70. 
 Nethersale, John, Books of, 48. 
 Neurology, 54, 75. 
 New College, &%. 
 Newnes Public Library, Putney, 
 
 (^Wandsworth'), 20. 
 Newton, Sir Isaac, MS. of the 
 
 Princij)ia of, 60, 
 Nineveh, Royal Library of, 17, 
 Nonconformity, 61, 62, 64, 66. 67, 
 North Camberwell Public Library 
 
 CCamberweJl), 21. 
 North Lambeth Public Library 
 
 (^Lambeth), 18, 
 Northampton (^Polytechnic) In- 
 stitute, 71. 
 Northern Polytechnic Institute, 74. 
 Northern Research, 52. 
 Norwood, Upper, Public Library 
 
 (^Lu III bet 10, 18. 
 Norwood, West, Public Library 
 
 CLambefh), 18. 
 Notaries, Public, Society of, 50. 
 Netting Hill Public Library QA'en- 
 
 sington'), 22. 
 Numismatic Society, British, 56, 57. 
 Numismatic Society, Royal, 56. 
 Numismatics. 31, 56, 57. 
 Nunhead Public Library (^Camber- 
 well), 21. 
 
86 
 
 Oastler, Richard, Collection of tracts 
 
 on factories, 37. 
 Obstetrical Society, 53. 
 Odontological Society, 53. 
 Old Brompton Road Public Library 
 
 QKensingto/i), 22. 
 Old Kent Road Public Library 
 
 (^Camberwell and Southwark), 21, 
 
 22. 
 Ophthalmic Hospital, Royal London, 
 
 74. 
 Ophthalmological Society of the 
 
 United Kingdom, 57. 
 Ophthalmology, 57, 74. 
 Optical trades, 27. 
 Oral Instruction of the Deaf and 
 
 Dumb, Association for the, 75. 
 Order of the Hospital of St. John of 
 
 Jerusalem, 45. 
 Oriental books and MSS., 15, 19, 25, 
 
 51, 52, 66. 
 Ornament, 23, 27, 28. 
 Oxford and Cambridge Club, 9. 
 
 Paddington Free Public Library. 29. 
 Paddington Public Library. Queen's 
 
 Park. 28. 
 Pageants, 31. 
 Painting, 28. 
 Palestine, 57. 
 
 Palestine Exploration Fund, 57. 
 Palladis Tamla, Meres's (1593), 23. 
 Panizzi, Sir Anthony, On the esta- 
 blishment of libraries in London, 
 17. 
 Papal Bulls, 25. 
 Papyri, 16. 
 Paralysed and Epileptic, National 
 
 Hospital for the, 75. 
 Parliament, Private Acts of, 49. 
 Passmore Edwards Printing Col- 
 lection, 58. 
 
 Settlement, 71. 
 
 Patent Agents, Chartered Institute 
 
 of, 50. 
 Patent Office Library, 59. 
 Patents, 50, 59. 
 Paul's Cross Sermons, 62. 
 Peace Society, 39. 
 Peckham Road Public Library 
 
 {Camherioell), 20, 21. 
 Pedagogy, see Education. 
 Pennsylvania Records, 68, 59. 
 
 Pentonville Public Library (^FinS' 
 iicry), 27. 
 
 Petyt, William, Collection of MSS., 
 48. 
 
 Pharmaceutical Society of Great 
 Britain, 60. 
 
 Pharmacy, 57, 60. 
 
 Philharmonic Society, 55. 
 
 Philology, 22, 63, 65. 
 
 Philosophy, 61, 64, 66, 68. 
 
 Photographic Society, Royal, 57. 
 
 Photography, 57. 
 
 Physicians, Royal College of, 53. 
 
 Physiological Laboratory (Univer- 
 sity of LondoJi), 57, 58. 
 
 Physiology, 57, 58. See also Bio- 
 logy- 
 Plums tead Public Library (Wool- 
 wich), 23. 
 
 Polish books, 14. 
 
 Political Science, see Economics. 
 
 Political Science, British Library of, 
 36. 
 
 Polytechnic Library, Regent St., 68. 
 
 Popish Plot, 20, 67. 
 
 Poplar Public Libraries, 27. 
 Bow. 
 Bromley. 
 Cubitt Town. 
 Poplar. 
 
 Preceptors, College of, 40. 
 
 Principia, Newton's, MS. of, 60. 
 
 Printing, 58. 
 
 Prints, 19, 24, 32. 
 
 Prisons, 48. 
 
 Probate Court Library, 50. 
 
 Proclamations, 33, 67. 
 
 Prostitution, 39. 
 
 Protestantism, French, History of, 
 46. 
 
 Providence, Bibliotheque de la, 46. 
 
 Prynne, William, 48. 
 
 Psalters, 25. 
 
 Public Health, 46, 47, 53, 70. 
 
 Public Notaries of London, Society 
 of, 50. 
 
 Puritanism, 19, 62. 
 
 Putney Public Library (Wands- 
 worth'), 20. 
 
 Quain Law Library, 65. 
 
 Quakeriana, 58, 59. 
 
 Queen Street Library (Cripplegate 
 
 Institute'), 28. 
 Quick, R. H., Library of, 40. 
 
87 
 
 Railway Clearing House Literary 
 Society, 12. 
 
 Railways, 38. 
 
 Rastrick Railway Collection, 33. 
 
 Ravenscourt Park Public Library 
 (^Haininersmith), 26. 
 
 Record Office, 11. 
 
 Reed, Talbot Raines, Library of. 58. 
 
 Reform Club, 9. 
 
 Reformation, the, 46. 
 
 Destruction of Libraries caused 
 
 by, 18, 29, 63. 
 
 Regent Street Polytechnic, 68. 
 
 Regent's Park College, 66, 67. 
 
 Religious Tract Society, 64. 
 
 Reynolds, Sir Joshua, Note-books 
 of, 33. 
 
 Ricardo Library, 65. 
 
 Ronalds Library, 42. 
 
 Rotherhithe Public Library (Ber- 
 mondsey^, 27. 
 
 Royal Academy of Arts, 33. 
 
 Royal Academy of Music, 72. 
 
 Royal Agricultural Society of 
 England, 31. 
 
 Royal Anthropological Institute, 31. 
 
 Royal Army Medical College, 70. 
 
 Royal Artillery Institution, 56. 
 
 Royal Asiatic Society, 51, 52. 
 
 Royal Astronomical Society, 34. 
 
 Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew, 35. 
 
 Royal College of Music. 55. 
 
 Royal College of Physicians, 53. 
 
 Royal College of Surgeons, 53. 
 
 Royal College of Veterinary Sur- 
 geons, 73, 74. 
 
 Royal Colonial Institute, 47. 
 
 Royal Free Hospital, 74. 
 
 Royal Geographical Society, 43. 
 
 Royal Historical Society, 45. 
 
 Royal HoUoway College, 69. 
 
 Royal Horticultural Society, 45, 46. 
 
 Royal Institute of British Archi- 
 tects, 32. 
 
 Royal Institution of Great Britain, 
 22, 23. 
 
 Royal Library, British Museum, 13, 
 16. 
 
 Royal Library of Nineveh, 17. 
 
 Royal London Ophthalmic Hospital, 
 74. 
 
 Royal MSS., 16. 
 
 Royal Medical and Chirurgical 
 Society, 52. 
 
 Royal Meteorological Society, 54. 
 
 Royal Microscopical Society, 35. 
 Royal Military School, Duke of 
 
 York's, 74. 
 Royal Naval College, 70. 
 
 Royal Numismatic Society, 56. 
 Royal Observatory, Greenwich, 10, 
 
 Royal Photographic Society, 57. 
 Royal Sanitary Institute, 46. 
 Royal Society, 60. 
 Royal Society of Arts, 28. 
 Royal Society of Literature, 30. 
 Royal Society of Medicine. 52, 53. 
 Royal Statistical Society, 37. 
 Royal United Service Institution, 
 
 56. 
 Royal Veterinary College, 72. 
 Ruskin, John, Books from the 
 
 Library of, 21. 
 Russian books, 24. 
 
 Saba tier Monetary Collection, 37. 
 
 Sacred Harmonic Society, 55. 
 
 St. Bartholomew's Hospital Medical 
 
 School, 67, 6^. 
 St. Bride Foundation Institute 
 
 (Cripplfffate Institute), 28. 
 St. Bride Foundation Technical 
 
 Library, 58. 
 St. George - in - the - East Public 
 
 Library (Stepneij), 22. 
 St. George's Hospital Medical 
 
 School, 71. 
 St. John of Jerusalem, Order of the 
 
 Hospital of, 45. 
 St. John's College, 75. 
 St. John's Hall, 6S. 
 St. Luke's Institute (^Cripplegate 
 
 Institute), 28. 
 St. Martin's Lane Public Library 
 
 (^Westminster), 19. 
 St. Mary's College, 74. 
 St. Mary's Hospital Medical School, 
 
 71. 
 St. Olave Public Library (Ser- 
 mon dseij), 27. 
 St. Pancras Public Libraries, 29. 
 
 Highgate. 
 St. Paul's Cathedral, Books relating 
 
 to, 62. 
 St. Paul's Cathedral Library, 62. 
 St. Paul's School, 69. 
 St. Sepulchre Public Library (^Fim' 
 
 hury), 27. 
 St. Thomas's Hospital Medical 
 
 School, 72. 
 Sanitary Engineering, see Hygiene. 
 Sanitary Engineers, Institute of, 47. 
 Sanitary Institute, Royal, 46. 
 Scandinavian Literature and An- 
 tiquities, 52. 
 
88 
 
 School of Dental Surgery, London, 
 
 75. 
 School of Economics, London, 36. 
 School of Medicine for Women, 
 
 London, (Royal Free Hospital), 74. 
 School of Tropical Medicine, 
 
 London, 75. 
 Science, 16, 24, 34, 35, 36, 43, 44, 
 
 52, 54, 56, 57, 59-61, 65, 66. 
 Science Library of the Victoria and 
 
 Albert Museum, 59, 60. 
 Scott, Charles Brodrick, Library of, 
 
 69. 
 Seamen's Hospital Society, 75. 
 Seeker, Archbishop, Collection of 
 
 sermons and tracts, 26. 
 Selden, John, Bequest of books by, 
 
 53. 
 Service Books, see Liturgies. 
 Shakespeare, Collections of works 
 
 relating to, 14, 21, 73. 
 Sharpey, William, Biological Library 
 
 of, 65. 
 Shaw-Lefevre, Sir J. G., Library 
 
 of, 24. 
 Shelton. Thomas, Translation of 
 
 Don Quixote by, (1612-20), 23. 
 Shepherd's Bush Public Library 
 
 {Hamviersniitli), 26. 
 Shipbuilding and Marine Engineer- 
 ing, 61. 
 Shoreditch, Collection relating to, 
 
 26. 
 Shoreditch Public Libraries, 26. 
 Hoxton (Central). 
 Haggerston. 
 Shrewsbury Letters, 44. 
 Sick Children, Hospital for, 75. 
 Siebold, Dr.Van, Japanese Collection 
 
 of, 15. 
 Siemens, Sir W^illiam, Library of, 
 
 42. 
 Sion College, 19, 20. 
 Sir John Cass Technical Institute, 
 
 72. 
 Sir John Soane's Museum, 31. 
 Skipwith Collection, 23. 
 Sloane, Sir Hans, Library of, 13. 
 SloaneMSS., 15, 16. 
 Smith, W. H., and Son's Library, 12. 
 Social Service, British Institute of, 
 
 38, 39. 
 Socialism, 36, 37. 
 Society for the Promotion of 
 
 Hellenic Studies, 32. 
 Society of Accountants and Audit- 
 ors, 30. 
 Society of Antiquaries, 31. 
 Society of Apothecaries, 57. 
 Society of Architects, 32. 
 Society of Arts, Ltoyal, 28. 
 Society of Biblical Archseology, 32. | 
 
 Society of Engineers, 42. 
 Society of Literature, Royal, 30. 
 Society of Medicine, Royal, 52, 53. 
 Society of Musicians, Incorporated, 
 
 55, 56. 
 Society of Public .Notaries of 
 
 London, 50. 
 Sociological Society, 40. 
 Sociology, 21, 23, 26, 29, 39. 
 Somerset, Edward Seymour, Duke 
 
 of, carries off a great part of the 
 
 Guildhall Library, 18. 
 South Audley Street Public Library 
 
 ( Westminster^^ 19. 
 South Lambeth Road Public 
 
 Library (^Lambeth), 18. 
 Southwark, Collection relating to, 
 
 21. 
 Southwark Bridge Road Public 
 
 Library (Southwark^, 21. 
 Southwark Public Libraries, 21, 22. 
 Walworth Road (Central). 
 Blackfriars Road. 
 Borough Road. 
 Old Kent Road. 
 Southwark Bridge Road. 
 South-Western Polytechnic, 24. 
 Speaker's Gallery, Collection of 
 
 tracts found in the, 10. 
 Specialisation as a library policy, 9. 
 Stage, see Drama. 
 Stanley, Arthur Penrhyn, Library 
 
 of, 19. 
 Statistical Society, Royal, 37. 
 Statistics, 37, 38. 
 Statutes, Colonial, 49. 
 Stepney, Collection relating to, 22. 
 Stepney Public Libraries, 22. 
 Bancroft Road (Reference). 
 Limehouse. 
 
 St. George-in-the-East. 
 Whitechapel. 
 Stevens. R. J., Library of, 72. 
 Stewart, Dugal. Library of, 10. 
 Stockwell Training College, 70. 
 Stoke Newington Public Libraries, 
 
 27. 
 Stothard, Thomas, Sketch and 
 
 note-books of, 33. 
 Stowe MSS., 16, 17. 
 Streatham Public Library (^Wands- 
 worth), 20. 
 Strong Oriental Library, 66. 
 Sunday School Union, J 2. 
 Surgeons, Royal College of, .^3. 
 Surgery, .see Medicine. 
 Veterinary, see Veterinary 
 
 Medicine and Surgery. 
 Surveying, 42. 
 Sydenham, Lower, Public Library 
 
 (Lewisham), 24. 
 
89 
 
 T. 
 
 Tabbard Inn Library, 12, 
 
 Talbot MSS., 44, 
 
 Tanning Industry, 27, 
 
 Tate (Central) Public Library 
 
 CLamhct/O, 18. 
 Tate Public Library, Streatham 
 
 ( Wandsworth'), 20, 
 Taxation, Local, 'i^. 
 Teachers' Guild of Great Britain 
 
 and Ireland, 40, 41, 
 Technicil College, Finsbury, 74. 
 Technology, 24, 26, 27, 28, 41, 42, 
 
 57, 58, 5i), ()9, 71, 72, 74. 
 Tenison MSS., 25. 
 Textile fabrics, 28. 
 Theology, 19, 20, 25, 26, 49, 61-64, 
 
 66, 67, ^'>^, 70. 76. 
 Theses, 24, 53. 
 Thomason Collection of Civil War 
 
 and Commonwealth tracts, 13. 
 Thompson-Yates, Rev. S. A., Collec- 
 tion of, 71. 
 Thornhill Square Public Library 
 
 (^Islhir/tflfi), 21. 
 Tieck Collection of Shakespearian 
 
 literature, 14. 
 Tindale's New Testament (1525-26), 
 
 62. 
 Tooting Public Library (^Wands- 
 worth), 20. 
 Topography, 14, 16, 17, 18, 21, 22, 
 
 23. 26, 27, 31. 38, 48, 49, 62, 63. 
 Toynbee Hall, 29. 
 Trade, Board of, 11. 
 Trade, History of, 37. 
 Trade Unionism, History of, 36. 
 Training Colleges, 70, 71, 73, 74, 75. 
 Travels, 10, 14, 22, 26, 42, 43. 
 Trinity College of Music, 72, 73. 
 Trinity House, 10. 
 Tropical Medicine, London School 
 
 of, 75. 
 
 United Service Club, 10. 
 
 United Service Institution, Royal, 
 
 56. 
 United Synagogue, Hebrew Library, 
 
 52. 
 University College, 65, 66. 
 University College Hospital Medical 
 
 School, 69. 
 University College School, 72. 
 
 University of London, 
 
 General Library, 24, 25. 
 Goldsmiths' Library of Eco- 
 nomic Literature, 37, 38. 
 Physiological Laboratory Li- 
 brary, 57, 58. 
 University College Library, 65, 
 
 66. 
 Goldsmiths' College Library, 
 70. 
 Useful Arts, see Arts, Useful. 
 Ussher, Archbishop, Historical Col- 
 lections of, 48. 
 
 Veterinary College, Royal, 72. 
 Veterinary Medicine and Surgery, 
 
 72, 73, 74. 
 Veterinary Surgeons, Royal College 
 
 of, 73, 74. 
 Vice, State Regulation of, 39, 40. 
 Victoria and Albert Museum, 
 Art Library, 32, 33. 
 Science Library, 59, 60. 
 Victoria Institute, 30. 
 Victoria, Queen, Chinese books 
 
 presented by, 15. 
 ' Vigiles ' Library, 68. 
 Viking Club, 52. 
 Vinci. Leonardo da, Note-book.s of, 
 
 33.' 
 Visitation Books, 44. 
 Vitruvius, Collection of works by, 
 
 32. 
 Vivisection, 65. 
 Voyages, 10, 14, 26, 42, 43. 
 
 Walworth Road Public Library 
 
 (SoHthivarJi), 21. 
 Wandsworth Bridge Road Public 
 
 Library (FuUtam), 27. 
 Wandsworth, Collection relating to, 
 
 20. 
 Wandsworth Public Libraries, 20. 
 Clapham. 
 Putney. 
 Streatham (Tate Library). 
 
 Balham. 
 Tooting. 
 Wandsworth. 
 
 Allfarthing Lane, 
 Earlsfield. 
 
90 
 
 Wandsworth Teclmical Institute, 
 20 
 
 Wanley, Humplirey, Collection of 
 Bibles, 62. 
 
 War Office Library, 10. 
 
 Watchmaking, 27. 
 
 Way, Albert, Collection of, 31. 
 
 Webl3, Sidney, Trades Union Col- 
 lection, 36, 
 
 Wesleyan College, 68. 
 
 West, Benjamin, Sketch and note- 
 books of, 33. 
 
 West, Dr., Library of, 75. 
 
 West End Public Library (^Hamj)- 
 stead'), 23. 
 
 West Hill Public Library ( Wands- 
 tvort/0, 20. 
 
 West London Medico-Chirurgical 
 Society, 54. 
 
 Westfield College, 71. 
 
 Westminster Archives, 62. 
 
 Westminster Assembly, Minutes of 
 the, 61. 
 
 Westminster Chapter Library, 63. 
 
 Westminster, Collection relating to, 
 1«J. 
 
 Westminster Hospital Medical 
 School, 73. 
 
 Westminster Public Libraries, 19, 
 Buckingham Palace Road. 
 Great Smith Street. 
 St. Martin's Lane. 
 South Audley Street. 
 
 Westminster School, 68, 69. 
 
 Wharton MSS., 25. 
 
 Wheatstone, Sir Charles, Collection 
 
 of, 66. 
 Whitechapel Public Library (^Stejp- 
 
 ney^, 22. 
 Whitehead, George, Collection of 
 
 tracts by, 58. 
 Wilkie, Sir David, Sketch and 
 
 note-books of, 33. 
 Williams's, Dr., Library, 61. 
 Wills Library, 69. 
 Willshire Collection of prints, 19. 
 Windham Club, 9. 
 Woolwich Public Libraries, 23, 24. 
 Woolwich (Central). 
 Eltham. 
 Plumstead. 
 Working Men's Club, 10. 
 Wray, Daniel, Library of, 29. 
 
 v. 
 
 Yates, Rev. S. A. Thompson, see 
 
 Thompson-Yates. 
 Yates Library of Archaeology, 66. 
 
 Zoology, 35, 43, 65. 
 Zoological Society, 65. 
 
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