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222 busiest days, when the issue reaches about 1700 volumes. The building was erected from the designs of Mr. Sidney R. J. Smith, and cost; with the site, £16,400. The whole expense was defrayed by Mr. Henry Tate of Streatham.

In Fig. 102 is shown the plan of the South Lambeth Branch Library, also designed by Mr. Smith, and built at Mr. Tate's expense. It is introduced here as a good example of the judicious

treatment of a somewhat difficult site. It is a branch library, comprising only reading-rooms and lending library, and is situated at the corner of two intersecting streets. The whole of the public rooms are on the ground floor, with a residence for the librarian over the front portion. The entrance is fixed at the corner of the site, and the lending library and news-room are placed parallel to each other, the latter being kept square,