[8vere] MODERN PUBLIC LIBRARIES AND THEIR METHODS 47 
children’s books, to be selected but not read in the library”; Van- 
couver has “no special provision for children at present, but intends 
to do so in the new building now under construction through the 
generosity of Mr. Carnegie”; at St. Thomas “the Board has placed 
books in the schools for supplementary reading, under the teachers’ 
supervision ”; Berlin replies: “ Not at present, but in our new build- 
ing, which is being built this summer, a children’s department will 
he included ”; Lindsay has “a special collection of juvenile books, 
specially classified”; Brockville “ would have special provision if we 
had proper accommodation”; Sarnia also pleads “lack of room”; 
St. John, N.B., has no special provision, but “aims at it”; Stratford 
“is arranging for a special children’s reading-room in the new 
building.” 
So far, only one Canadian library has reached the stage where 
the establishment of branches becomes necessary or desirable. 
Toronto possesses five flourishing branches, in connection with the 
central reference and circulating library. 
Indicators, generally a simplified form of the “ Cotgreave,” are 
used in the following libraries: Toronto, Hamilton, London, Berlin, 
Grand Trunk (Montreal), Brockville and Collingwood; Vancouver 
“intends to procure one,” while St. John replies, “No, they are 
obsolete.” 
The Citizens’ Free Library of Halifax is distinguished from all 
other Canadian libraries by possessing a bindery of its own, in which 
all necessary binding and repairing is done. ‘The binder receives 
$34.66 per month, and an assistant gets $13.00 per month. 
