Oiily filtccu ycnrs ago tlic writcr was asked in :ill scriousncss by manufncturcr to snggcst n list. of books to form IL worlcs library, tlic cost of which ~v n s not to cxcecd 210 ! It ~voiild secni thnt t,liis gentleinnu was :I pionccr, ns no works worthy of tlic iiniiie is now without thc niiclcus of n lilirary, though fcw hnvc yct rcnchetl tlic high stnndnrd of tlic ilincricnu niiil C:criiiaii fnctorics in this pnrticular.
Wlicre blic collection is not suflicicntly liirgc to wnrriiiita thc ciiiploymoiit of t.rqincd I ibrnry nssist.nncc, t81w clicmist is frcqiiciitly ciillctl iipoii t o tnkc chnrgc. !Phis :irticlc imy nit1 hiin to st.nrt froin t.hc c o ~i i n i e i i c ~n i ~i ~t on liiics wllicli CILII bc coi~tiniictl shoidcl tlic scrviccs of iL profcssioiinl librnrisn ult.inintcly be reqiiircd.
In tlic ciisc oi t,lic iiidivicliinl, his 1iI)r:iry is iisiially liis study, niid thus littlc nccd bc said as to prciiiiscs, :is lie u-ill nntiiriilly conibinc liis comfort with utility. In tlic works tlic qiicst,ion of ilic position of n 1il)rnry slioiilcl bc givcti :is inucli considcr:tt,ion :IS possible, rcnicmbcriiig i h i i t , whilst i t shaut~l-cssciit~inlly bc ti pliicc for qtiict sttdy iind frcc from cstrniicoiis iioiscs, i t should nlso bc ccntr;il. Heating is iiii iniport:int fnctor which niust not IJO o\wloolicil, :IS it is tdic opinion of csperts thiit niitlcr iiorninl conditions t lie tcnipcriiturc must bc sliglitly nbovc 65" .Lp. to iiicct t,lic rcqiiircnicnts of scilciitnry workcrs. Hot11 wit11 rcg!ircl to sit,c :ind plniining thc ndvicc of n 1ibriiri:~ii iiiiglit bc sought with :itlvniit:igc, iis tlic iivrriigc iircliitcct, is no niorc nlivc to t,lic iiccds of n Iibriiry thnn IN is t o IIIOSC of :I litboriltory. \'licli, :IS SO oftcii hnppciis i n n flictory, thc oiily avnilnblc rooni 1i:is the it1)1)cnrfilicc of II liospitiil ward, :L scniblrtncc of privncy w n bc o1)tninetl by iirrnnging bookcnscs nt riglib iinglcs bctwccn window. Sninll tnblcs plnccd in t.lic nlcovcs this fornictl will assist to proiliicc blic :rtinosplicrc so cssciiLjnl for likrilry rcscnrcli. It'lie chairs ought t o hc coinforbablc, :is t21icrc is no scientific ground for 11 1)clicl tlint a worlcer's hmiii will give i b higher production if his hotly bc uiicoiiilortiiblc. \'liero t,licrc is :I re:isoti to siipposc t-lint tlic libi*iir~ will incrcnsc in sixc, it will IN ncccssnry to provitlc for fiit.iirc cspniision by iiiclnns of :i book store i n closc prosiinity.
Tlic sit-c of t h libriiry Ii~iviiig Lccn fiscil iqioii, 1 . 1 1 ~ qiicstioii iicst; to IN coiisitlcrctl is thnt of sliclviiig. lt'liis c:in bc of wootl or mctnl, but, t h sllcl~cs sllollltl hc ciip;ible of ndjustnicnt. The h s t nictlioil with wood is to iisc Toiiks' fitt>ings nt8tnclicd to tlic uprights. Thcsc consist of inctnl starips with s1ot.s :it intcrvnls of . $ in. JIctitI liookctl pliitcs :ire iiiscrtccl in t.hc slots :it t,lic rcqiiirctl liciglit, riiitl tlic shelf rests upon tlicni. JIctiil shelving is coiistructccl by ninny firins, nnd hiis tlic O b V ~O i l S iitlvnnt~iige of being fireproof, but oiic lkitish firin in piirt,iculiir siipplics crises with absolute iicljust-Incnl; of t,hc brnclrcts by inciiiis of n i l instnntnncous grip :idjtistiiiciit;, wliicli ctin bc opcratcd whilsf; hlic trhelf is ]ontlctl-:i iitnttcr of great convcnicncc. I~siiniplcs ol botI\ types ciin l)c sccn n t tlic ChcnJcnl Society upon iippliciitioii.
J3ook stiickti oiiglit iiot to be iiiorc tlitrn 7 fI;. in liciglit, ;IS in prncticc it is f o l l d tlint; shclvcs tit; n grctitcr liciglit :ire only uscfiil for storngc. A p r t lroiii difliculty of