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10 around it to the height of 10 or 12 feet, and above that a gallery or galleries, with similar tiers of shelves. When more accommodation for books was wanted than the wall-shelving gave, it was provided by the addition of bookcases placed at right angles to the walls, and projecting therefrom some 10 or 12 feet into the room. These formed

alcoves, and generally tables or desks for the readers were placed in them between each bookcase.

No one can deny the fine effect of a library arranged upon this plan. Those who have seen the Guildhall Library, London; the library of Trinity College, Cambridge; or of the Peabody Institute, at Baltimore, know that the result is a