Living London; its work and its play, its humour and and its pathos, its sights and its scenes; . - seen scrutinising Londons wonderfuldiurnal and weekly output, from the Timesdownwards. It is worthy of remark that these freelibrary newspaper rooms have quite replacedthe old news rooms, although one of the. APPLYING FOR BOOKS KY A FREE LIBRARY (BRIXTON). in London, is that of St. Martins-in-the-Fields,hard by Trafalgar Square. It catches, as in anet, all the idle, the unemployed, the leisurel}loiterers of this busy central district. Thebasement is devoted to current newspapersand periodicals,
Living London; its work and its play, its humour and and its pathos, its sights and its scenes; . - seen scrutinising Londons wonderfuldiurnal and weekly output, from the Timesdownwards. It is worthy of remark that these freelibrary newspaper rooms have quite replacedthe old news rooms, although one of the. APPLYING FOR BOOKS KY A FREE LIBRARY (BRIXTON). in London, is that of St. Martins-in-the-Fields,hard by Trafalgar Square. It catches, as in anet, all the idle, the unemployed, the leisurel}loiterers of this busy central district. Thebasement is devoted to current newspapersand periodicals, of which this library possessesa wide selection ; while a flight of steps bringsyou to the liberally-stocked reference rooms are well patronised by a mixedthrong of readers. Indeed, I know of nosimilar place of resort where the frequentersare of such sorts, unless it be the West-minster Free Library, m Great Smith Street,a mile away. The disengaged actor and musi- latter is still in existence near LudgateCircus to remind us of an institution formerlycommon enough. By the payment of a feeof twopence the journalist, the business man,the member of a foreign colony, is able toconsult upwards of 2,000 current newspapersand periodicals. Many Fleet Street writers,it is said, earn a fair li\eli
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