Show repairing tile library axe are many ducor departments in these upper stories ol 01 bo national library and in one place I 1 I 1 lound found a little book bindery off by itself where a binder stands au all day long x ith illi lis tools lind and repairs tile tho wear and tear of the thousands ot of books ile ho does only the small benall work however and patches up rather than binds iio he says tile tho in french ouch are tile the best binders of bouks books that there are now many imitations of old bindings and that somo collectors make fac similes of old and rare books by dipping newly printed copies of them in coffee frank G carpenter in the cosmopolitan |