National Institute for the Blind, 93 National Library for the Blind, 92-95, 171 _National library service_, preface, 155, 169-210, 220 National Science Library, South Kensington, 60-61, 178 New York Public Library, 94, 118, 132-133 Newcastle-upon-Tyne Public Libraries, 27, 45, 50 _Newspapers_, 43, 55-59 _Newsrooms_, 47, 55-59 _Non-municipal libraries_, incorporation of, 177-178 Northampton Public Library, 50, 80, 120 Norwich Public Library, 11, 21, 80, 101 Nottingham Public Libraries, 22, 45, 50, 64, 91-92, 101, 120 _Obsolete methods_, 220-221 Ogle, J. J., 29 Oldham, adoption of Library Act, 22 Oldham, library rate, 27 _Open access_, 37, 38-40, 161, 232 Orkneys, rural library scheme, 147 Overseas Trade Department, 85 Oxford, adoption of Library Act, 21 Paddington, adoption of Library Act, 22 Paisley, adoption of Library Act, 22 _Palæography_, 52, 218, 220 _Parish council_, as library authority, 137 _Parochial libraries_, 11-12 Parochial Libraries Act, 12 Patent Office Library, 178, 193, 195, 200 Peacock, Thomas L., 9 _Periodicals_, 47, 56-61, 181-182 _Periodicals_, indexing of, _See_ Subject-Index to Periodicals _Permanent collections_ of books in country districts, 138, 149 Perthshire Rural Library, 140, 146 Philadelphia, Commercial Museum, 77 _Philosophical Radicalism_, 4 Polytechnics, 195 Poplar, school and library, 126-127 Post Office, transmission of books by, 95, 191 _Practical instruction in librarianship_, 218-219 _Press clippings_, 53, 65, 82 Preston, library rate, 27 Prints, 43, 52, 119 Privy Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, 78-79 Public Library Acts, 6, 96, 136 Public Library Act, 1850, 12-20, 30 Public Library Act, 1853, 12-20, 26, 30 Public Library Act, Ireland, 1853, 20 Public Library Act, Scotland, 1853, 20 Public Libraries Act, 1892, 24, 27 Public Libraries Amendment Acts, 1894, 28 Public Libraries Act, 1919, preface, 112, 122, 135, 140 Public Libraries Act, 1921, 30 Public Library Acts, adoption of, 21, 22, 23, 24 Public Library Bill, 1854, 20 Public Record Office Library, 178 _Publications_, library, 179-180 Purdue University agricultural library, 161 Putney, adoption of Library Act, 22 _Rate_, library, 27, 30, 172, 174, 175, 187-188, 193 _Readers_, issues, 40, 41 _Reading circles_, 62, 64, 65, 104, 110-111, 112-114, 143, 215, 228-229, 232 _Reading courses_, 64 _Reading_, standard of, 40, 42, 60, 229-235 _Reading rooms_, 55, 61-63 _Ready-reference library_, 48 _Reconstruction_, preface, 29-30 Reconstruction Committee, 30 _Reference books_, 44, 46, 47, 52, 58, 70, 138, 149 _Reference libraries_, 34, 36, 44-55, 176-177, 223 _Regional committees_, 189, 210 Rochdale Public Library, business section, 80 Rousseau, Jean Jacques, 1 Royal Blind Asylum and School, Edinburgh, 93