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THE PANIZZI CLUB. 335 to recapitulate the suggestions here put forward. They are : i. That what is said in this Club should be treated to some extent as confidential and not published with- out the speaker's approval. ii. That our success depends largely on the organiza- tion of independent groups or branches. iii. That such a group or branch should be formed for London. iv. That within this London branch, which will naturally be the largest in the Club, there will be room for informal talks between librarians of libraries of the same class. v. That the Club will be greatly strengthened if we admit a certain number of academic persons who are not professional librarians. After an allusion to the Union List of Perio- dicals actually in progress for the Club, under the editorship of Mr. Hulme, and to the periodicals which would be available for readers at the British Museum when the reconstructed 'North Library' came into use early in July, the story was told of two instances in which the Panizzi Club had come to the writer's help during a short spell of being in charge of the Department of Printed Books in the absence of the Keeper. The Club, however, was asked to observe that in neither case was the applicant to the Museum let loose upon the other librarian until the other librarian's consent had been obtained, such consent being indispensable if co-operation was to work smoothly. It was not