How to Form a Library - Classic Reprint Author:Henry Benjamin Wheatley PREFACE. liT ~u,'i'l he generally aI/oWed thaI . a handy guide to tIle jor1Jzation of libraries is required, bllt it 1}lay be that tlte difficulty of doing Justice to so large a subject has prevented t/u;se who felt tll£ wallt fro1Jt atte1JZjJtiJZg to jill it. I Jzope tllcrefore tllat t't will not be considered tll,at I Ilave sllown tellzerity b... more »y steppill,f' z'nto tIle vaca'llt place. I cannot ltope to have dOlle full J·ustice to so i'nljortaut a tllelne in tIll! s'I1lail space at 1JlY disposa~ but I tkink I can say IIILlI Ih£s little volll11ze contai1ls 111Uclt £n!orJnatime wh£clt lIte libra ria '1Z a'lut tlte book lover 'Ylquire and call1lot easily obtain elsewhere. They are probably acquablted with 1nost of tllis information, but tlte 'J1teJ1'lory wz·!t faz't us at ti'Nles and it £s tllen COJlveniellt to have a record at Italtd. A book of this character is peculiarly open to crittcis11"l, but I hope tke critics will give 'ltze credit for knowz'
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CONTENTS; -; f'ACB; INT(01)UCTION ? ? ? ? ? I; CHAPTER I IIo,,, l[EN HAVE FOR~{ED; LIBRARIES ? ? ? ? 23; II Ho,v TO BUY ? ? ? 57; III PUBLIC LIBRARIES ? ? ? 73; IV PRIVATE LIDRARIES ? ? 89; v GEtERAL BIDLlOGRAPllIHS ? J4[; VI SPECIAL BIBUOGllAPHIES ? 160; VII PUBLlSHI~G SOCIETIES ? 184; VIII CIULDtS LlBRARY ? ? 217; IX O!E IluNUREl) BOUKS ? , 227
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