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2io The Library. set apart a special room for the use of students, and in this should be suspended subject -lists of books and articles to guide the student in his reading. I do not think such a plan would add really very much to the work of the already over- worked and under-paid librarian. In the preparation of the lists he would be cordially assisted by the lecturers ; and I believe, that as a matter of fact, he would find that the doing of this work systematically and periodically would, in the long run, even prove a saving of time, as it would render unnecessary the many desultory enquiries that are made at the desk by students, in libraries where no attempt is made to meet their needs. I did not mean to write a " paper," and you will freely admit that I have not done so, my object being rather to set forth a text which might be profitably discussed by those more competent to deal with it than myself. J. Y. W. MACALISTER.