the most laborious of all, yet it has been the first to be completed. It is an excellent piece of work, and cannot fail to be of the utmost service to all whose duty it is to administer the Public Library Laws in any portion of the United Kingdom. The Sections on STAFF" and “LIBRARY APPLIANCES are already in print, and will be issued with as little delay as possible. THE EDITORS. NOTE. Just as this Part is going to press the Public Libraries Act (1892), promoted by Sir John Lubbock, on behalf of the Library Association, has received the Royal Assent. The new law, which comes into force on 1st October, consolidates and amends all previous Acts, and thus to some extent forestalls the work of Messrs. Fovargue and Ogle. A revised edition will be immediately prepared by them; but as this is ready, it is thought better to issue it in its original form, as it will always be valuable as a work of reference. 27th June, 1892. PART I. LIBRARY LEGISLATION, BY H. W. FOVARGUE, Town CLERK, EASTBOURNE AND J. J. OGLE, LIBRARIAN OF THE FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY, BOOTLE |