The Library Chronicle, Volume 5Printed and published for the Library Association of the United Kingdom, by J. Davy & Sons, 1888 - Bibliography |
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... fact that it is as much the duty of the public authority to make provision for the intellectual needs of a district as to provide for its sanitary well - being ; and as it would appear that a revival of the Free Library movement is now ...
... fact that it is as much the duty of the public authority to make provision for the intellectual needs of a district as to provide for its sanitary well - being ; and as it would appear that a revival of the Free Library movement is now ...
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... fact , it was not until 1864 that the first steps were taken towards the formation of the collections , when a picture of " Dead Game , " by Edward Coleman , a well known Birmingham artist , was offered to the Town Council . During 1867 ...
... fact , it was not until 1864 that the first steps were taken towards the formation of the collections , when a picture of " Dead Game , " by Edward Coleman , a well known Birmingham artist , was offered to the Town Council . During 1867 ...
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... fact , and yet , unfortunately , is very far from being a fancy sketch . The story is , as the small novelists say , " founded upon facts , " and facts so serious and so common as to demand the serious attention of this Association . In ...
... fact , and yet , unfortunately , is very far from being a fancy sketch . The story is , as the small novelists say , " founded upon facts , " and facts so serious and so common as to demand the serious attention of this Association . In ...
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... fact , and the eminent common - sense of the British public will fight our battle for us . If we cannot do this , if our protests partake in the least of personal spleen or offended vanity , it were better at once to hide our diminished ...
... fact , and the eminent common - sense of the British public will fight our battle for us . If we cannot do this , if our protests partake in the least of personal spleen or offended vanity , it were better at once to hide our diminished ...
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... fact , that in at least two of the points mentioned , viz . , thickness and quality , there may be considerable variation , we can only draw a correct conclusion when the difference of breaking strain is very marked , as it ...
... fact , that in at least two of the points mentioned , viz . , thickness and quality , there may be considerable variation , we can only draw a correct conclusion when the difference of breaking strain is very marked , as it ...
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Page 60 - HOW TO PURCHASE A PLOT OF LAND FOR FIVE SHILLINGS PER MONTH, with immediate possession, either for Building or Gardening purposes. Apply at the Office of the BIRKBECK FREEHOLD LAND SOCIETY.
Page 116 - The Bank undertakes for its Customers, free of charge, the custody of Deeds, Writings, and other Securities and Valuables ; the collection of Bills of Exchange, Dividends, and Coupons: and the purchase and sale of Stocks, Shares, and Annuities. Letters of Credit and Circular Notes issued. A Pamphlet, with full particulars, on application.
Page 140 - BLAIR'S Chronological Tables Revised and Enlarged. Comprehending the Chronology and History of the World, from the Earliest Times to the Russian Treaty of Peace, April 1856.
Page 140 - Comprehending the Chronology and History of the World, from the Earliest Times to the Russian Treaty of Peace, April 1856. By JW Rosse. 800 pages. i«.
Page 140 - FSA, &c. 2 vols. 5*. each. EPIGRAMMATISTS (The). A Selection from the Epigrammatic Literature of Ancient, Mediaeval, and Modern Times. With Introduction, Notes, Observations, Illustrations, an Appendix on Works connected with Epigrammatic Literature, by Rev. H. Dodd, MA 6*.
Page 140 - Century, which are no longer in use, or are not used in the same sense, and Words which are now used only in the Provincial Dialects.
Page 156 - THE PHILOSOPHY OF Music ; being the substance of a Course of Lectures delivered at the Royal Institution of Great Britain in February and March 1877. By William Pole, FRS, FRSE, Mus.
Page 62 - That weight of wood, with leathern coat o'erlaid ; Those ample clasps, of solid metal made ; The close-press'd leaves, unclosed for many an age ; The dull red edging of the well-fill'd page ; On the broad back the stubborn ridges roll'd, Where yet the title stands in tarnish'd gold...
Page 116 - With Sa'di in the Garden ; or, The Book of Love. Being the " Ishk," or Third Chapter of the "Bostan" of the Persian Poet Sa'di. Embodied in a Dialogue held in the Garden of the Taj Mahal, at Agra. Crown Svo, -js. dd. Lotus and Jewel. Containing "In an Indian Temple," "A Casket of Gems," "A Queen's Revenge,