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Rh communicating by wide-arched openings with two wings, each 21 feet wide, facing the streets, the

portion between them forming an open area for light. The ground floor (Fig. 80) is kept up 6 feet above the street level in order to give a good light to the basement floor, in which is a boys' reading-room, book-store, and heating apparatus. The entrance to the building is in Belle Vue Street, and a wide staircase leads up to the first floor and down to the basement, the staircase hall having an octagonal end with large windows lighted from the area. To the left of the entrance, on the ground floor, is the library, which, with the rooms for the attendants, occupies the whole of the storey. The bookcases, counter for borrowers, catalogue desk, &c.,