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Show Library Books Short Lived Persons making use of the facilities of the public libraries are not as careful care-ful with the volumes as they might be and the consequence Is that the books are short lived. This Is especially espe-cially true of the books of reference. In the public library of New York,"th most precious manuscripts are kept carefully in reserve and brought out only for accredited purposes. Rare books, though easily accessible, are used only under supervision. A few of them, such as Audubon's "Birds of America," are never touched by readers' read-ers' hands. An attendant stands by and turns the pags at the reader's signal. But many books, valuable both intrinsically and as records, are kept in the general stacks and trusted to any reader who asks for them. |