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110 covered with padded leather to prevent injury being done to the bindings of the books.

In addition to the desks just described, a row of flat tables with padded leather tops is placed between each row of desks for the easy consultation of large folios.

The magazine rack, shown in Fig. 48, is so arranged that each shelf is at a different angle, and a man of ordinary stature standing in front of it can see the whole of the papers placed thereon without stooping. The shelves are covered with a movable glass slide, so that the name of the magazine, or an old cover, may be placed underneath to indicate where the paper should be replaced. The newspaper racks invented by Mr. A. Cotgreave are of different construction. In one the papers are placed behind each other, and are attached by clips to the shelves. The papers hang down behind the shelves, and only expose the upper portion to view containing the name: great economy of space thus ensues, and 100 different periodicals of quarto size can be exhibited in a rack 5 feet 6 inches in width.

Cotgreave's improved rack, shown in Fig. 49, is made in the form of a wall case, with shelves at intervals, and brass rods fitted across each division to hold the papers in a vertical position. The St. Giles' library has a smaller rack on the same principle, Fig. 50, placed along the centre of the tables, for the reception of the magazines. Another table rack, shown in Fig. 51, is triangular in form, and has a ledge at the bottom to prevent the papers slipping