INTRODUCTION
Even the Nineveh library, which all accept as library, was half archival. On the other hand in rare cases only have literary works been in a collection called "archive." and where they have, it has often been "archive" in a different sense, drawn from the false etymology, "archaic" or, as with Jerome, the equally false "area," or ark, a book chest The only "literary archive" is a record collection of copyright books—and these are commonly kept in public libraries (Library of Congress, British Museum, Bodleian, etc.) not in public archives.
When it comes to modern usage the distinction is sharply drawn not only between the library and the archive but between the archive and the registry office. Archive and Record office both deal with Public records but the archive, as it is said, has to do with finished matters, registry with current business. It is in this sense that a Gov-
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