Memoirs of Libraries : Including a Handbook of Library Economy (Paperback)

Part I. History of Libraries (continued): Book III (continued): 15. The older libraries of English towns, and their management by municipal corporations; 16. The parochial and quasi-parochial libraries of England; 17. The history of the Public Libraries Acts of 1850 and 1855; 18. The working of the Public Libraries Acts of 1850 and 1855; Appendix. Book 3: 19. The libraries of the Faculty of Advocates, and of the Writers to the Signet, at Edinburgh; 20. The university and town libraries of Scotland; 21. The library of Trinity College, Dublin, and some of the other Irish libraries; 22. The minor libraries of London; 23. British private libraries which have been dispersed; 24. Notices of some existing British private libraries; Book IV. The Libraries of the United States of America: 1. The collegiate libraries of the United States; 2. The proprietary and subscription libraries of the United States; 3. The Congressional and state libraries of the United States; 4. The town libraries of the United States; 5. The Smithsonian Institution at Washington; 6. The public school and district libraries of the United States; Book V. The Modern Libraries of Continental Europe; 1. The imperial library of France; 2. The minor libraries of Paris; 3. The provincial libraries of France; 4. The libraries of Italy; 5. The royal and metropolitan libraries of Germany; 6. The town libraries of Germany; 7. The university libraries of Germany, Moravia, and Gallicia; 8. The libraries of Holland, Switzerland and Belgium; 9. The libraries of Denmark, Sweden, and Norway; 10. The libraries of Hungary, Bohemia, Poland, and Russia; 11. The libraries of Spain and Portugal; 12. Past, present, and future.