distinguishing between meum and tuum. In the reference reading-rooms hat pegs should be placed under the tables, or the chair seats may have double rails for that purpose. It will be found, however, that the general users of the newspaper and magazine rooms do not consider the removal of their hats to be at all necessary, and so plentiful provision need hardly be made for them.
In large libraries one of the most useful appliances is a book truck. Those in use at the
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British Museum are 40 inches long, 40 inches high, and 14 inches in width. They have three shelves, which will each hold two rows of ordinary octavos, or about 220 volumes in all. The wheels are so placed that the truck can be turned in its own length, and as they have thick indiarubber tyres, a full load can be moved easily and noiselessly. The sides of the truck are covered with rubber to prevent injury to the furniture.
In Fig. 34 is shown a book truck used in the
