The Manchester public free libraries; a history and description, and guide to their contents and use . Crosfield 212 The Moston Branch 214 Delivery Stations 215 Use of the Newsrooms 215 PAGE Summary of Statistics 21S Spontaneous Growth 219 What the Estabhshment of Libraries may mean 219 The Economic Lesson of Public Libraries 221 The Cost 221 Income Tax 222 Rules, Regulations, and Bye-laws 228 Directions to Readers and Borrowers 233 The Reference Library: Guide to its Contents and Use ... 237 Specifications and Patents 237 Directories 239 Newspaper Files 241 Parliamentary Papers 242 Reviews, M
The Manchester public free libraries; a history and description, and guide to their contents and use . Crosfield 212 The Moston Branch 214 Delivery Stations 215 Use of the Newsrooms 215 PAGE Summary of Statistics 21S Spontaneous Growth 219 What the Estabhshment of Libraries may mean 219 The Economic Lesson of Public Libraries 221 The Cost 221 Income Tax 222 Rules, Regulations, and Bye-laws 228 Directions to Readers and Borrowers 233 The Reference Library: Guide to its Contents and Use ... 237 Specifications and Patents 237 Directories 239 Newspaper Files 241 Parliamentary Papers 242 Reviews, Magazines, and Newspapers 242 The Owen Manuscripts 247 The Hibbert-Ware Manuscripts 249 Other Manuscripts 252 Early Printed Books 255 Rare or Curious Books 256 Illustrated Books 261 How to obtain Books 266 Bibliographies 267 Growth of the Library in Books and their use 269 The Lending Libraries 270 Periodicals and Newspapers taken 271 The Reading Rooms 276 Bradford Reading Room 276 Harpurhey Reading Room 277 Hyde Road Reading Room 278 The Library Staff 281 Areas of the Libraries and Newsrooms 283. BOOK PLATE. ILLUSTRATIONS. The Campneld Building. (The first home of the Manchester Public Libraries) Frontispiece. Rochdale Road Branch, Reading Room Page \% Hulme Branch (2) 72 Chorlton and Ardvvick Branch (2) 88 Ancoats Branch (2) 9^ Cheatham Branch (2) 104 Reference Library (2) 120 Deansgale Branch (2) 128 Newton Heath Branch, Library 168 Rusholme Branch, Reading Room 176 Longsight Branch, Library 184 Chester Road Reading Room 192 Gorton Branch (2) 200 Harpurhey Reading Room 204 Openshaw Branch (2) 208 Moston Branch, Reading Room 216 PREFATORY NOTE. This tvork is issued by authority and under the direction ofthe Manchester Public Free Libraries Committee, in the beliefthat it will be of service to many persons who, while accustomedto use the Free Libraries, are yet unacquainted with the historyand full resources of those institutions ; and also in the hopethat many of those who hav
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