4, 157, 161, 285
check list for, 168
compared with books, 164
completeness of, 158-159
continuous reading of impairs the memory, 241
indexes to, 169-170
lettering by Poole index, 84
limited library circulation, 167-168
newspapers
abuses of, 180
destruction of, 62
filing for readers' use, 166
library notices in, 353-356
mutilation of, 112
number of, 157, 160
over-reading of, 180, 241
percentage of, to books, 157
syndicate publication, 165
value of, 301-302
Perkins (F. B.) check-list for American local history, 491
Petzholdt (J.) Bibliotheca bibliographica, 469
Philadelphia library company's library, 299-302
Philadelphia Mercantile Library fire, 131-132
Phillipps (Sir T.) privately printed books, 447
Plato, reading of, 172, 178
Plutarch's lives, 3, 184
Poetical quotations, 193, 204-205
Poetry, 9-11, 18
Poetry of the library, 417-429
Politics in libraries, 265
Poole (W. F.)
plan of library building, 327
on ladies' reading-rooms, 329
Poole's indexes to periodical literature, 169
Poor Richard's almanac, 456
Pratt Institute library, thefts in, 144
Preparation for the shelves, 88-97
Press, the, and the library, 353-356
Prices of books, 36, 46-48, 444-451, 455-456, 497-498
Privately printed books, 446-447, 473
Problems, insoluble, 194-196
Pseudonyms, 376-377
Publishers' Circular (London), 499
Publishers' Weekly, N. Y., 483

Qualifications of librarians, 242-274
Questions asked, innumerable, 191, 204, 206-209
Quotations, search for, 193, 204

Rare books, 113, 114, 224, 444-459
causes of rarity, 445-457
mere age not a cause, 446
Readers,
aids to, 190-214
classification of, 186-187, 190-191, 206, 285-286
favoritism among, 217
limitations of aid, 204, 208
Reading,
art of, 171-189
best, not the latest, 178-179
choice of, 3-32, 181-2, 277-278
formative power of, 183-185
passion for, 458-459
inspiration of, 183-185
librarian's, 121, 243-244, 248
methods of, 175-178, 186-187
the literal, 175
the intuitive, 176
novel reading, 179
over-much readin