Therefore tear not,
Spot and wear not
All these books so neatly bound.

These few simple rules abiding,
We shall always on you smile:
There will be no room for chiding,
No one's temper will you rile.
And when Heaven's golden portals
For you on their hinges turn,
With the books for all immortals,
There will be no rules to learn.
Therefore heed them,
Often read them,
Lest your future weal you spurn.

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TITLES OF BOOKS ASKED FOR BY WRITTEN SLIPS IN A POPULAR LIBRARY.

Aristopholus translated by Buckley.
Alfreri Tragedus.
Bertall Lavie Hors De Ches Soi.
Cooke M. C. M. A. L. L. D. their nature and uses.
Edited by Rev. J. M. Berkeley M. A. F. R. S. (Fungi.)
Caralus Note Book (A Cavalier's).
Gobden Club-Essays.
Specie the origin of Darwin.
An Epistropal Prayer Book.

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BLUNDERS IN CATALOGUING.

Gasparin. The uprising of a great many people.
Hughes, Tom. The scouring of the White House.
Mayhew. The pheasant boy.
Wind in the lower animals (Mind.)

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RECENT CALLS FOR BOOKS AT A WESTERN LIBRARY.

Account of Monte Cristo.
Acrost the Kontinent by Boles.
Bula.
Count of Corpus Cristy.
Dant's Infernal comedy.
Darwin's Descent on man.
Feminine Cooper's works.
Infeleese.
Less Miserable.
Some of Macbeth's writings.
Something in the way of friction.
Squeal to a book.

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In Vol. 3 of Laporte's "Bibliographie contemporaine," Dibdin's famous
book is entered thus: "Bibliomania, or boock, madnss: a bibliographical
romance...ilustrated with cats."

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A well-known librarian writes:

"The Catalogue of the Indiana State Library for the year 1859 has long
been my wonder and admiration. "Bank's History of the Popes" appears
under the letter B. Strong in the historical department, it offers a
choice between the "Life of John Tyler, by Harper & Brothers," "Memoirs
of Moses Henderson, by Jewish Philosophers," "Memoirs and Correspondence
of Viscount Castlereach, by the Marquis of Londonderry," and "Memoirs of
Benvenuto, by Gellini." In fiction, you may find "Tales of My Landlord by
Cleishbotham," and "The Pilot, by the Author of the Pioneers;" while,