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Biographical Sketch
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him, and one John Dury, a traveller, did the drudgery of the place." Dury had lodgings assigned him at St. James's, and, in spite of the "drudgery," must have found this peaceful interim in his wearying life not entirely unpleasing. At all events, he seems to have taken a thorough interest in his work, and made a careful study of what the right-minded librarian should be, and we can have no doubt that the king's library was "kept" carefully and well during his short administration.
He recommends what we should call a civil service examination to determine a librarian's fitness for his position; is
