MONTHLY NOTES

OF THE

LIBRARY ASSOCIATION

OF THE

UNITED KINGDOM.

VOL. I.

LONDON:
TRUBNER & co., LUDGATE HILL.

1880.

23.3

LONDON PRINTED BY J. OGDEN AND CO.,

172, ST. JOHN STREET, 3.0,

CONTENTS.

PAPERS READ AT MONTHLY MEETINGS.

The Functions of a National Library.

By W. E. A. Axon. 2.

'/ The Development of Books and their

Size-Notation. By W. Blades. 2, 9.

Some points to be considered in pre-

paring Catalogues of Transactions

and Periodicals. By J. B. Bailey. 12.

Dr. Priestley and his relation to Pro-

prietary Libraries. By R. Harrison.

Remarks on Facsimile Reproduction.

By Henry Wilson. 33.

Books I have seen ; Books I have not

seen ; Books I should like to see ;

Books I never expect to see. By

Cornelius Walford. 41.

The Poetry of the Bibliomania. By

W. E. a. Axon. 50.

The Use of Buckram, Linoleum, and

Cretonne for Binding. By E. B.

Nicholson. 81.
A Proposed Subject Index to Biblio-

logies and Bibliographies. By E. C.

Thomas and H. B. Wheatley. 89.

17.

Librarians and ancient Parish Regis-

ters. By T. W. Shore. 22.

Thoughts on Title-taking, trite, trivial,

or tentative. By B. R. Wheatley. I

25.

OFFICERS AND MEMBERS.

Resignation of Secretaryship by Mr. Election of Officers for 1880-81. 79.
edder. 49, 78.

Corresponding Secretaries. 86, 95.

Nomination of Officers. 65, 71. New Members Elected. 41, 73, 80, 89.

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