Public Libraries: a History of the Movement and a Manual for the Organization and Management of Rate-supported LibrariesCassell, 1894 - 604 páginas |
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... feet by 29 feet , and is admirably lighted from the roof , which is partly open timbered . The librarian's desk is immediately in front of the centre , and by a careful arrangement of glass - panelled doors the librarian or his ...
... feet by 29 feet , and is admirably lighted from the roof , which is partly open timbered . The librarian's desk is immediately in front of the centre , and by a careful arrangement of glass - panelled doors the librarian or his ...
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... feet by 24 feet is on the left . Next is the lending library , with a reading - room for boys . On the first floor are lecture - rooms which can be converted into class - rooms , a laboratory for twelve students , and a balance - room ...
... feet by 24 feet is on the left . Next is the lending library , with a reading - room for boys . On the first floor are lecture - rooms which can be converted into class - rooms , a laboratory for twelve students , and a balance - room ...
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... feet by 25 feet 6 in . , with other rooms adjoining , and a stone staircase which leads to the committee - room on the first floor , 23 feet by 16 feet , with oriel window at the end ; and the reference library and museum , of similar ...
... feet by 25 feet 6 in . , with other rooms adjoining , and a stone staircase which leads to the committee - room on the first floor , 23 feet by 16 feet , with oriel window at the end ; and the reference library and museum , of similar ...
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... with the north frontage of the Town Hall . The height of the frontage to the parapet and the apex of the portico is 80 feet , and the extreme height to the top of the central lantern , 112 Public Libraries in the Northern Counties . 135.
... with the north frontage of the Town Hall . The height of the frontage to the parapet and the apex of the portico is 80 feet , and the extreme height to the top of the central lantern , 112 Public Libraries in the Northern Counties . 135.
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Thomas Greenwood. height to the top of the central lantern , 112 feet . The portico consists of six massive fluted columns , with bold capitals . It is AD LESLIE HARRIS PUBLIC LIBRARY , MUSEUM , AND ART GALLERY , PRESTON . surmounted by ...
Thomas Greenwood. height to the top of the central lantern , 112 feet . The portico consists of six massive fluted columns , with bold capitals . It is AD LESLIE HARRIS PUBLIC LIBRARY , MUSEUM , AND ART GALLERY , PRESTON . surmounted by ...
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Página 529 - Therefore, when I say, in conducting your understanding, love knowledge with a great love, with a vehement love, with a love coeval with life, what do I say, but love innocence, love virtue...
Página ii - ... a Pronouncing Gazetteer of the World; Vocabularies of Scripture, Greek, Latin, and English Proper Names ; a Dictionary of the noted Names of Fiction ; a Brief History of the English Language ; a Dictionary of Foreign Quotations, Words, Phrases, Proverbs, &c. ; a Biographical Dictionary with 10,000 Names, &c.
Página 21 - Give a man this taste, and the means of gratifying it, and you can hardly fail of making him a happy man, unless, indeed, you put into his hands a most perverse selection of books. You place him in contact with the best society in every period of history ; with the wisest, the wittiest, with the tenderest, the bravest, and the purest characters who have adorned humanity. You make him a denizen of all nations — a contemporary of all ages. The world has been created for him.
Página 531 - Any Town or City may receive in its corporate capacity, and hold and manage any devise, bequest, or donation, for the establishment, increase, or maintenance of a Public Library within the same.
Página 22 - New occasions teach new duties ; Time makes ancient good uncouth ; They must upward still, and onward, who would keep abreast of Truth ; Lo, before us gleam her camp-fires ! we ourselves must Pilgrims be, Launch our Mayflower, and steer boldly through the desperate winter sea, Nor attempt the Future's portal with the Past's blood-rusted key.
Página 568 - ... Libraries and Museums established under that Act or the Act thereby repealed shall be considered as having been established under this Act, and the Council of any Borough which may have adopted the said Act of One thousand eight hundred and fifty, or established a Museum under the Act thereby repealed, shall have and may use and exercise all the Benefits, Privileges and Powers given by this Act ; and all Monies which have been borrowed by virtue of the said repealed Acts or either of them, and...
Página 529 - ... cheerless beginnings of knowledge, by the darkness from which she springs, by the difficulties which hover around her, by the wretched habitations in which she dwells, by the want and sorrow which sometimes journey in her train ; but let him ever follow her as the Angel that guards him, and as the Genius of his life. She will bring him out at last into the light of day, and exhibit him to the world comprehensive in acquirements, fertile in resources, rich in imagination, strong in reasoning,...
Página 21 - Of all the amusements which can possibly be imagined for a hard-working man, after his daily toil, or in its intervals, there is nothing like reading an entertaining book. It calls for no bodily exertion.
Página 576 - Schedule to this Act are hereby repealed to the extent in the third column of that Schedule mentioned : Provided that...
Página 582 - All powers given by this Act shall be deemed to be in addition to and not in derogation of any other powers conferred on any local or harbour authority by Act of Parliament, law, or custom...