Produced by Michael Ciesielski and the booksmiths at http://www.eBookForge.net A BOOK FOR ALL READERS DESIGNED AS AN AID TO THE COLLECTION, USE, AND PRESERVATION OF BOOKS AND THE FORMATION OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE LIBRARIES BY AINSWORTH RAND SPOFFORD G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS NEW YORK & LONDON 1900 COPYRIGHT 1900 BY A R SPOFFORD TABLE OF CONTENTS. Chapter Page 1. THE CHOICE OF BOOKS, 3 2. BOOK BUYING, 33 3. THE ART OF BOOK BINDING, 50 4. PREPARATION FOR THE SHELVES: BOOK PLATES, &C., 88 5. THE ENEMIES OF BOOKS, 101 6. RESTORATION AND RECLAMATION OF BOOKS, 119 7. PAMPHLET LITERATURE, 145 8. PERIODICAL LITERATURE, 157 9. THE ART OF READING, 171 10. AIDS TO READERS, 190 11. ACCESS TO LIBRARY SHELVES, 215 12. THE FACULTY OF MEMORY, 226 13. QUALIFICATIONS OF LIBRARIANS, 242 14. SOME OF THE USES OF LIBRARIES, 275 15. THE HISTORY OF LIBRARIES, 287 16. LIBRARY BUILDINGS AND FURNISHINGS, 321 17. LIBRARY MANAGERS OR TRUSTEES, 333 18. LIBRARY REGULATIONS, 341 19. LIBRARY REPORTS AND ADVERTISING, 349 20. THE FORMATION OF LIBRARIES, 357 21. CLASSIFICATION, 362 22. CATALOGUES, 373 23. COPYRIGHT AND LIBRARIES, 400 24. POETRY OF THE LIBRARY, 417 25. HUMORS OF THE LIBRARY, 430 26. RARE BOOKS, 444 27. BIBLIOGRAPHY, 459 INDEX, 501 A BOOK FOR ALL READERS CHAPTER 1. THE CHOICE OF BOOKS.