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All Change for the Brit. Mus.
FRANK FRANCISThe British Museum Act, 1963, when it is brought into operation, probably in the early autumn, will change completely a constitution which has had a continuous history of over 200…
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A Child's World:: Part 1
HARRY C. BAUERWhen Mr. Dombey entrusted his little son, Paul, to Doctor Blimber for tutelage, the benevolent pedagogue tactfully inquired, “Shall we make a man of him?” Mr. Dombey brightened…
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The Planning of Libraries
F.M. GARDNERThere can be few projects in an architect's career so calculated to stir the imagination as the design of a library. Its purpose is noble, its planning complex. It is surprising…
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The Study and the Sofa:: a Chapter in the History of Reading: Part 2
RAYMOND IRWINBy the time of the Restoration it had begun to dawn on men's minds that well‐bound books, standing upright on shelves with their spines outward, provided not merely the handiest…
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