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. Fig. 32. any book you need in a hurry. This classification of booksshould not be too rigid ; it ought to be simple and gen-eral, and fitted for the individual owner. When a hundred books are gathered together, thenought there to be a catalogue. The simplest form of cata-logue is a little pocket address-book, with a marginal al-phabetical index, in which are put down the titles of thebooks under the name of the author. For small collec-tions this will serve. It is best, however, to enter everybook at least twice—once under the title, and again under the authors name. If you have more than two or three6 120 THE HOME LIBRARY. hundred books, dont attempt to catalogue them beforeyou have learned how to do it. For cataloguing is not aseasy as it looks at first sight. Ample information on thesubject can be had in the Library Report made by theBureau of Education in 1876. Or application may bemade to the associated librarians who manage the LibraryBureau, 32 Hawley Street, Boston. The rules
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