. Historical notes : Public Library of New South Wales. hisRegiment, (the 57th Foot) in 1831. For several years Messrs. Berry andWoUstonecraft were the Honorary Treasurers, and amongst the most activemembers of the Committee were Rev. Wm. Cowper and Rev. R. Hill. At the outset the books were of a very high educational order, what wewould call, to-day, standard works for a Reference Library. Before twoyears had elapsed the inevitable cry for light and popular literature fiction was required. The books were too grave in character. These THE ORlGiX AND DEVELOPIVIiiNT OF complaints, and
. Historical notes : Public Library of New South Wales. hisRegiment, (the 57th Foot) in 1831. For several years Messrs. Berry andWoUstonecraft were the Honorary Treasurers, and amongst the most activemembers of the Committee were Rev. Wm. Cowper and Rev. R. Hill. At the outset the books were of a very high educational order, what wewould call, to-day, standard works for a Reference Library. Before twoyears had elapsed the inevitable cry for light and popular literature fiction was required. The books were too grave in character. These THE ORlGiX AND DEVELOPIVIiiNT OF complaints, and the fact that the subscriptions were falling off, alarmed theCommittee, and the London agent was instructed to pav more attention towriters such as Bulwer, Dickens, and Lever. In particular, he wasdirected to be \ery careful to include all of Scotts novels, and an\ otherrecent novels which ha\e been reviewed, and approved, bv the writers ofthe Ediiibnrgli or Quarterly Reviews. One of the first acts of the original Committee was to divide itself into.
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