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Title: A Book for All Readers
An Aid to the Collection, Use, and Preservation of Books
and the Formation of Public and Private Libraries

Author: Ainsworth Rand Spofford

Release Date: September 15, 2007 [EBook #22608]

Language: English

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A BOOK FOR ALL READERS

DESIGNED AS AN AID TO THE

COLLECTION, USE, AND PRESERVATION

OF BOOKS

AND THE

FORMATION OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE LIBRARIES

BY

AINSWORTH RAND SPOFFORD

G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS
NEW YORK & LONDON
1900

COPYRIGHT 1900

BY

A R SPOFFORD

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

Chapter Page
1. THE CHOICE OF BOOKS, 3
2. BOOK BUYING, 33
3. THE ART OF BOOK BINDING, 50
4. PREPARATION FOR THE SHELVES: BOOK PLATES, &C., 88
5. THE ENEMIES OF BOOKS, 101
6. RESTORATION AND RECLAMATION OF BOOKS, 119
7. PAMPHLET LITERATURE, 145
8. PERIODICAL LITERATURE, 157
9. THE ART OF READING, 171
10. AIDS TO READERS, 190
11. ACCESS TO LIBRARY SHELVES, 215
12. THE FACULTY OF MEMORY, 226
13. QUALIFICATIONS OF LIBRARIANS, 242
14. SOME OF THE USES OF LIBRARIES, 275
15. THE HISTORY OF LIBRARIES, 287
16. LIBRARY BUILDINGS AND FURNISHINGS, 321
17. LIBRARY MANAGERS OR TRUSTEES, 333
18. LIBRARY REGULATIONS, 341
19. LIBRARY REPORTS AND ADVERTISING, 349
20. THE FORMATION OF LIBRARIES, 357
21. CLASSIFICATION, 362
22. CATALOGUES, 373
23. COPYR