The home library . Fig. 30. Fig. 81, pair of them will support the ends of a row of books ofany length. The Harvard Book-rack (Fig. 32) is practi-cally the same in principle ; its sides are of wood neatlycarved, and they fit into flat metal arms which pass under HINTS HEBE AND THERE. 119 the row of yolumes like the tongue of the Economy BookSupport. Never attempt to classify books on your shelves by thecolors of the bindings or by the sizes of the books them-selves. Put the works of an author together, as far as pos-sible, however incongruous their sizes may be. And tryto keep books on the sam
The home library . Fig. 30. Fig. 81, pair of them will support the ends of a row of books ofany length. The Harvard Book-rack (Fig. 32) is practi-cally the same in principle ; its sides are of wood neatlycarved, and they fit into flat metal arms which pass under HINTS HEBE AND THERE. 119 the row of yolumes like the tongue of the Economy BookSupport. Never attempt to classify books on your shelves by thecolors of the bindings or by the sizes of the books them-selves. Put the works of an author together, as far as pos-sible, however incongruous their sizes may be. And tryto keep books on the same and kindred subjects as close to-gether as may be convenient. If possible, divide yourbooks roughly into as many classes as you have book-cases,and give up one book-case, or section of a book-case, to eachsubject. This will greatly facilitate your finding at once
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