. The library, the school and the child . vision of the of Hereford, afriend of whom supplies the funds for the large stockof books In some counties, however, the education committeehave taken steps toward providing books for the chil-dren in a regular and systematic way. The school lib-raries of Cumberland, and of A\^ilts, will be briefly de-scribed. The Ciunbcrhuid scheme has l)een in operation since1909. A central library was htled ui> at Carlisle, thecounty seat, and here the books intended for the schoolswere stored. The first catalogue issued contained 1,826titles and
. The library, the school and the child . vision of the of Hereford, afriend of whom supplies the funds for the large stockof books In some counties, however, the education committeehave taken steps toward providing books for the chil-dren in a regular and systematic way. The school lib-raries of Cumberland, and of A\^ilts, will be briefly de-scribed. The Ciunbcrhuid scheme has l)een in operation since1909. A central library was htled ui> at Carlisle, thecounty seat, and here the books intended for the schoolswere stored. The first catalogue issued contained 1,826titles and 10,336 volumes; by 1913 there were 2,722titles, representing 13,141 books, in the store-room. Fromthe central library boxes of books are sent to the countyschools on recjuest. The teachers may select any books ^ Nineteenth Century—November, 1907. BRTTTSIl 1JP,R.\ 187 thev wish from the catalogue, application forms beingsupplied for the purpose. The boxes used are of threesizes, containing, respectively, fifteen, twenty-five, and. Fig. 33. Sciiooi. Libraries. Couxty of ,Encland forty volumes. These may be changed four times a yearif so desired. Each box is accompanied by a register, inwhich the head master records the loans. The schemehas proved a great success, and the secretary writes:Applications for catalogues and particulars of thescheme continue to be received regularly from membersand officials of the education committees of other coun-ties, with a view to the adoption of a similar scheme. In addition to pro\iding books for the children, thiscounty has established a teachers reference library atthe central store, from which books are loaned to teach-ers on request. There are at i>resent about 600 standard ISS Till-. ^.KARV. SCHOOL, AND CIIIIJ) works in the collection, and additions are continuallybeing made. The Wilts Book Scheme, so-called, went into opera-tion in January, 1914. It provides for a supply of booksfor the pu])ils of the county sch
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