eam, 417
qualifications of, 242-274
accuracy, 254
business habits, 249, 258
courtesy, 250, 261
energy and industry, 262
foreign languages, 246-248
good temper, 250
habits of order, 257-260
health, 251
impartial liberality, 264-265
knowledge of books, 248
love of his work, 253
patience inexhaustible, 261
sound common sense, 252
tact unfailing, 262
reserve in recommending books, 213
"who reads is lost," 242, 274
woes of a, 441-443
Librarianship,
attractions of, 193, 268-271
drawbacks attending, 266-268
opens avenues to growth, 269
school of human nature, 270

Libraries,
ancient, of clay, 287-288
and copyright, 400-416
and schools, 275, 282
and universities, 282, 293
annual reports of, 349-356
catalogues of, 373-399
classification of, 362-372
exaggeration of volumes in, 212-213
formation of, 357-362
founded by individual gift, 311-313
history of, 287-320
historical, 319
list of, over 100,000 vols., 309-310
mercantile, 319
monastic, 290-292
picture of ancient, 273
poetry of, 417-430
professional, 319
prompt service in, 341-342
readers in, 186, 285-286
special report on, 1876, 309
state libraries, 316-317
statistics of American, 308
subscription libraries, 360
ten largest, 293
travelling libraries, 319-320
uses of, 275-286
Library, how to count a, 350, 386
Library, humors of the, 430
Library, poetry of the, 417
Library advertising, 353-356
Library association of United Kingdom, 499
Library buildings and furnishings, 321-333
_See_ Buildings
Library bulletins, 353
Library commissioners, 345
Library committees, 333-340, 360
Library donations, 361
Library Journal, N. Y., 1876-99, 499
Library laws (State), 357, 359
Library of Congress
and copyright books, 404-411, 416
appointments in, 338
joint committee on, 340
our national conservatory of books, 181-182
restriction of MSS. and rare books, 225
sketch of its history, 303-305
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