A Guide to the Use of the Beading Boojn. 25 



The contents of the Eoom and of the iron galleries and rooms 

 attached to it are : — ■ 



The Burney collection of Newspapers, 1642-1817. 



All London Newspapers, including those published in the 

 suburbs of London. 



Parliamentary Papers of Great Britain and Ireland, including 

 the Parliamentary History and Hansard's Parliamentary Debates ; 

 Journals of the Houses of Lords and Commons and of the Irish 

 Parliament ; Public General Statutes and Local and Private Acts ; 

 Eeports of Eoyal and other Commissions and all Blue Books." 



Publications of the London County Council, the Metropolitan 

 Board of Works, the London School Board and other bodies 

 connected with the Local Government of London. 



Directories, Almanacks, etc., including all such publications as 

 the Army, Navy, Law, Clerical and other Lists. The current 

 numbers of the more important of these Directories, etc., are 

 placed, and can be consulted, in the Beading Room. 



Sale Catalogues of books, etc., such as Baker's, Leigh's, 

 Sotheby, Wilkinson and Hodge's, Puttick and Simpson's, and 

 many others. 



Collections of Play-bills of London and provincial theatres. 



All the above are to be seen in the Newspaper Eeading Eoom, 

 the Eules relating to which will be found on pp. 56, 57. 



Tickets of Admission to the Eeading Eoom include the use of 

 the Newspaper Eoom. Separate tickets for those who desire to 

 use this room only are also granted on application to the Director. 

 A catalogue of the Newspapers of the United Kingdom stands in 

 the Newspaper Eoom, while a second copy is placed in the 

 Circular Eeading Eoom. Circle 43. b. 



The Newspaper Eeading Eoom is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. 

 whenever the Eeading Eoom is open {see below, p. 56). Eeaders 

 who desire to continue the study of any book or newspaper placed 

 in the Newspaper Eoom after 5 p.m. should communicate with 

 the official in charge of the room in time to allow him to 

 arrange for the transference of the volume required to the Circular 

 Eeading Eoom before 5 p.m. 



The principal London newspapers are bound as closely as 

 possible to date in monthly, two-monthly, three-monthly, or six- 

 monthly volumes according to their size and bulk. The less 

 important London newspapers are bound at the close of each year, 

 and are not available until from fifteen to eighteen months after 

 publication. 



