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Rh **Height of bookcases. 39
 * Method of calculating the book capacity of a room, 48
 * Method of shelving employed in the Library of Congress, 259
 * Methods of fixing shelves, 51
 * Shelves, for folio and quarto volumes, 42
 * Sizes of books, 40
 * Shelving in use at the University Library of Halle, 57
 * Shelving of the British Museum Library, 64
 * Sliding bookcases used in the British Museum, 65
 * Stack system of shelving described, 11
 * Steps for Bookcases, 98
 * Storerooms and shelving of the Pratt Intstitute Brooklyn, 285
 * Sherlock (C. ). architect of the Piccton Reading room, Liverpool 169
 * Simplex indicator, 82
 * Simpson and Allen, architects of the Victoria Institute. Worcester, 187
 * Sites for libraries, 5
 * Sloane (Sir Hans), bequest of, to the nation, 128
 * Smith (F. J. ), architect of the Westminster Public Library, 237
 * Smith (Sidney R. J.). architect of the Lambeth and Streatham Public Libraries, 222
 * Smithmeyer and Pelz, joint-architects of the Library of Congress, Washington, 257
 * Smirk (Sir Robert), architect of the British Museum, 138
 * Smirke (Sydney), and the new reading-room at the British Museum, 138
 * Statistics of the growth of libraries, 7
 * Stephenson Library at Elswick, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 180
 * Steps for bookcases, 98
 * Stockholm National Library:
 * Height of bookcases, 40
 * Strassburg Imperial Library:
 * Arangement and plan, 305
 * Streatham, the Tate Public Library:
 * Arrangement and plan, 232
 * Stuttgart Royal Library:
 * Arrangement and plan, 19
 * Height of Bookcases, 40
 * Supervision of public rooms, 18


 * and desks for readers, 105
 * Tate (Henry), libraries built by see Lambeth, and Streatham
 * Tayler (Arnold S.). architect of the Hampstead Public Library, 217
 * Telephone and Teleautograph for use in large libraries, 93
 * Tonks' shelf-fitting for bookcases, 51
 * Townsend (C. Harrison), architect of the Bishopsgate Institute, 198
 * Trucks, see Book-trucks


 * stands for public use, 95


 * Library.see Athens
 * Venice, Libreria Vecchia, 1
 * Ventilation:
 * General considerations, 31
 * Mechanical system in use at Aberdeen, 37
 * System in use at the Boston Public Library, 255
 * Table for calculation of work done by a ventilating shaft, 36
 * Ventilation and heating in alcove libraries, 292
 * Victor ladder, 119
 * Victoria Institute, see Worcester,
 * Vienna, Court Library, 3


 * (Sir A.B.), donor of the Liverpool Art Gallery, 167.
 * Walker's book-rack and slip-sorter, 117
 * Waterhouse (A.), architect of the Wigan Free Library, 185
 * Wattts (Thomas) on the extension of the British Museum, 137
 * West Ham Technical Institute and Library,