8 LIBRARIES. 
The Branch Library for Garston is now in course of erection, and 
ithe selection and purchase of books will shortly be taken in hand. 
The Library promises to be architecturally ornamental, and 
internally convenient light and comfortable. The books and 
magazines, both in number and character, will receive thoughtful 
consideration, so as to make the institution in every way useful and 
attractive. 
An evening Reading Room in Dryden Street, originally provided 
for the neighbourhood by the Housing Committee, has been 
re-opened by the Libraries Committee, with results which are in 
every way gratifying. The average attendance per evening has 
been 53. Land has been purchased for the proposed new Library 
for Walton and Fazakerley. 
The Libraries Committee is giving cordial support to the journal 
which the National Home Reading Union is endeavouring te 
establish with a view of directing the readers of Public Libraries to 
the best books, and of guiding them in their reading generally. Its 
contents have high literary merit, and are largely in the nature of 
bibliographical notes and criticisms of new books. An inset of a 
certain number of blank pages is placed at the service of any Public 
Library, according to the amount of its subscription, which may be 
utilised for conveying to the Library readers particulars of the new 
books added from time to time, and such other information about 
the Libraries and books as may be deemed desirable and interesting. 
