The home library . , is not without its good points ;and there are many worse ways of providing for books thana combination—by means of a few screws—of half a dozensuch boxes into a large stand. If sets of these boxes wereplaced back to back they might do service as a screen todivide a room or to form an alcove before a window—analcove which could be util-ized as the study of a minis-ter or lawyer or journalisthard pressed for space. Almost as simple as thisimprovised book-case, and per-haps better suited to mosttastes, are the sets of hangingshelves now to be found innearly all book-stores (F
The home library . , is not without its good points ;and there are many worse ways of providing for books thana combination—by means of a few screws—of half a dozensuch boxes into a large stand. If sets of these boxes wereplaced back to back they might do service as a screen todivide a room or to form an alcove before a window—analcove which could be util-ized as the study of a minis-ter or lawyer or journalisthard pressed for space. Almost as simple as thisimprovised book-case, and per-haps better suited to mosttastes, are the sets of hangingshelves now to be found innearly all book-stores ( and 6). Three, four, or fivelight-wood shelves, less thana yard in length, are unitedby thin but strong iron rodswhich bend back at the topto hook over nails on the wall. A large-sized set ofthese hanging shelves will accommodate two or threehundred volumes; and even a smaller set will afEord roomfor a full hundred. These shelves are symmetrical andgraceful; they can be packed in a very small space, and. 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
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