Scribner's magazine . ^1 tU6n. THE STAIRWAY IN THE NEW STORE AS SEEN FROMTHE GALLERY. 804 THE HISTORY OF A PLBLISHIXG HOUSE many ways from the couception of a book-store derived from past examples. Insteadof a confused and crowded space with coun-ters and low bookcases, the whole room re-sembles a particularly well-cared-for libra-ry in some great private house, or in some ofthe quieter pul>lic institutions. The walls,wainscoted to the ceilincr in quartered oak,are for the most part covered In* bookcaseswith f^lass shelves, on which the finer-boundand illustrated books are ranged from floor
Scribner's magazine . ^1 tU6n. THE STAIRWAY IN THE NEW STORE AS SEEN FROMTHE GALLERY. 804 THE HISTORY OF A PLBLISHIXG HOUSE many ways from the couception of a book-store derived from past examples. Insteadof a confused and crowded space with coun-ters and low bookcases, the whole room re-sembles a particularly well-cared-for libra-ry in some great private house, or in some ofthe quieter pul>lic institutions. The walls,wainscoted to the ceilincr in quartered oak,are for the most part covered In* bookcaseswith f^lass shelves, on which the finer-boundand illustrated books are ranged from floor toceiling—a gallery midway around the roomaiding the access to them and still furtherheightening the library appearance. On thefloor of wood blocks, laid in asphalt—so thata curious feeling of finnness meets the steplike that of a sidewalk rather than a floor—stand large oak tables, upon which are rangedbooks for the inspection of buyers; andstands and chairs for reading are placed con-veniently among these larger table
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