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Rh adjoining the main portion of the large reading-room, which runs up to a much greater height to allow space for the clerestory windows. A plentiful supply of light is thus obtained; in fact, there is a window area of over 1000 square feet to a floor area of 6600. In the south aisle the reading tables an single, but in the nave the tables are of double width, with a longitudinal division, as in the British Museum, and run lengthwise of the room. Around the walls of the room, beneath the windows, are bookcases for a general reference library of about 8000 volumes, within reach of all the readers. The delivery desk is at the west end of the room, chiefly lighted by a large skylight, and close behind it are the entrances to the stack-rooms.

The dimensions of the west stack, immediately behind the delivery desk, are 47 feet by 44, and its book capacity is 254,000 volumes. The south stack is ^mailer, as the reading-room takes up part of the area, its capacity being 150,000 volumes. In the stacks the windows are all placed between the ranges of bookcases, while the large bays, of which there are three in the west and two in the south stacks, are provided with tables for special students. In the angles formed by the junction of the slacks with the reading-room are staircases and hook-lifts, marked L on the plans. The stacks are of iron, with wooden shelves.

Adjoining the reading-room is the librarian's room, H, which is so placed as to be easily accessible to students needing assistance. The cataloguing room, G, is 45 by 22 feet, with a large