+--------------------------------------------------------+ | | | _No_...... | | | | METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF ISLINGTON. | | PUBLIC LIBRARIES. | | | | NORTH BRANCH. | | MANOR GARDENS, HOLLOWAY ROAD, N. | | | | HOURS. Lending Library OPEN from 10 a.m. till 9 p.m. | | on week-days. CLOSED on Sundays and public holidays. | | | | RENEWALS. The issue of a book may be renewed for a | | further period of 15 days on notice being given either | | personally or in writing. See Rule 19. | | | | RESERVED BOOKS. Any book may be reserved on payment | | of one penny to cover expenses. See Rule 20. | | | +--------------------------------------------------------+ FIG. 64.--Book Label with Abstract of Rules (Section 219). This enables the label to be removed easily when stamped all over with dates of issue. An ordinary form of date label is ruled in columns to take the dates as shown in Fig. 65. =220.= It is a very important matter, affecting not only libraries, but general readers of all kinds, that books should be issued by their publishers in a condition of readiness for immediate use. The absurd and most inconvenient practice of publishing novels, reference books, and indeed any kind of work, with uncut leaves, is one which causes more waste of time and irritation than almost anything else in connexion with books. A publisher may be justified in sending out special books in limited editions with uncut edges and leaves unopened, but every other kind of book should have its edges neatly and smoothly trimmed and its leaves cut in readiness for the reader. It is cleaner and more convenient, because nothing holds dust like the rough top and fore-edges of books cut with a paper-knife, and for this reason alone it should be made a penal offence to issue books with unopened leaves.