The home library . Fig. 5. 52 TEE EOME LIBRARY. they can be put together in a yery short time. In manyhouses there are not more books than will fill a set ofthese hanging shelves; and, even in houses where there. Fig. 6. is a library with an abundance of books, there are likelyto be members of the family who own and cherish theirindividual collections of volumes which they can hang onthe walls of their own rooms under their own eyes. For those who have but few books, which they mustneeds have at hand when they are working, nothing canbe better or more simple than the two little portable, orrat
The home library . Fig. 5. 52 TEE EOME LIBRARY. they can be put together in a yery short time. In manyhouses there are not more books than will fill a set ofthese hanging shelves; and, even in houses where there. Fig. 6. is a library with an abundance of books, there are likelyto be members of the family who own and cherish theirindividual collections of volumes which they can hang onthe walls of their own rooms under their own eyes. For those who have but few books, which they mustneeds have at hand when they are working, nothing canbe better or more simple than the two little portable, orrather movable, book-stands devised by Mr. F. B. Pat-terson. He calls the plainer a ^^ Lawyers Brief-Rack(Fig. 7) ; and nothing can be handier for a lawyer hardat work consulting cases than this double row of reportsand text-books kept ready to his hand on this pair ofneat shelves, mounted on casters, and easy to roll intoa corner at will. A slightly more elaborate design calls an ^^Easy-Eeference Book-Stand (Fig. ON THE LIBRARY AKD ITS FURNITURE, 53
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