A Guide to the Use of the Beading Boom. 9 



nineteen Jong desks, lettered x\ to T, each containing seats for 

 fourteen or sixteen persons. Between each desk is a table, 

 lettered AA to TT, seated for eleven or fourteen persons. Each 

 seat bears a number such as A 1 or AA 1, which should be care- 

 fully noted and correctly stated on each form of application for a 

 book. The most roomy and comfortable seats are those at the 

 desks, each of which is provided with stands for books and papers. 

 Every seat is fitted with an inkstand, pens, and a blotting-pad. 



Pending the arrival of books applied for from the Library a 

 seat may be retained by placing on it a hat, a note- book, or the like. 

 Articles of pecuniary value should not be left on a seat, nor is it 

 advisable to leave overcoats, cloaks or furs on a chair. If not 

 required they should be left in one of the Cloak Eooms in the 

 passage between the Hall and the Eeading Eoom. 



It is important to note that books taken from the shelves 

 on the ground floor of the room must not be used for the purpose 

 of keeping a seat, since they are liable at any moment to be 

 replaced on the shelves if not actually in use. 



If a reader is absent from his seat for more than one hour the 

 Superintendent may direct that the books or other objects at the 

 seat are to be brought to the Centre of the Eeading Eoom and 

 the seat left free for a new-comer. This regulation, which is 

 obviously in the interest of the general body of readers, is enforced 

 only when the room is over-full and when there is a consequent 

 difficulty in finding a seat for an incoming reader. 



Between the hours of 9 and 11 a.m. or after 5 p.m. there is 

 seldom any difficulty in selecting a desirable seat, but between 

 11 a.m. and 4.30 or 5 p.m., there is at times no small difficulty in 

 finding a seat of any description. A reader who encounters this 

 difficulty will do well to ask for the help of one of the Attendants. 



CATALOGUES OF 

 FEINTED BOOKS, MAPS AND MUSIC. 



Having secured a seat, the reader's next concern will be to 

 search the Catalogues for the book he requires. The following 

 are the most important of the Official Catalogues issued by the 

 Department of Printed Books. All of them will be found in the 

 Eeading Eoom : — ■ 



" The General Catalogue of Printed Books," Circle 1-65. 

 The "Parts of Accessions" containing the most recent additions 

 will be found on the Desk at the end of Circle 66. 



" The Subject Index of Modern Works added to the Library 

 from the year 1881 to 1915." 6 vol. Circle 95-100. 



(A " Temporary Subject Index " of works published between 

 the date of the latest volume of the foregoing and the current 

 date will be found at Circle 98.) 



