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36 The Library. again, but with the " indicator " the mistake is not made known until the fourth or fifth week after, when the overdues are attended to. I do not wish your readers to infer that these errors are more numerous on the Cotgreave Indicator than on other systems, but any librarian who " overhauls " or "checks" his indicator is aware of little errors of this nature that do occur. My second point referred to the facility the card system gave when it was necessary to stop some popular book for a particular reader. Mr. Cotgreave is right in saying that with the cards it is necessary in some cases to look for the class and number of the book in each of the thirty- one lots of cards, but even in such a case twelve copies of a popular book can be stopped within two minutes, and I doubt very much if it is possible to manipulate the twelve little ledgers in the indicator and place slides on the outside of the cases in less time. Yours faithfully, JOHN A. STEPHENS. Hssociation SEASON 1893-94. THE FOURTH MONTHLY MEETING of the season was held at 20, Hanover Square on Monday, January 8th, 1894, at 8 p.m. Mr. Joseph Gilburt in the chair. Twenty-seven members were present and some visitors. The minutes of previous meeting having been read and confirmed, Mr. MacAlister gave notice that at next meeting he would move that Mr. Passmore Edwards be elected as Hon. Member. The following papers were then read : "SCIENTIFIC TEXT BOOKS AND THE DISPOSAL OF OUT-OF-DATE EDITIONS," by MR. ARCHIBALD CLARKE. "A PLEA FOR A CLOSER CONNECTION BETWEEN PUBLIC LIBRARIES AND OTHER PUBLIC EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS," by Mr. J. Y. W. MACALISTER. The papers were both discussed at considerable length, by Messrs. Gilburt, Verney, Burgoyne, Cox, Quinn, James, Brown, and others, and votes of thanks were passed to the authors.