Chapter I: Front Matter

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COURSES OF STUDY IN LIBRARY SCIENCE
BEING THE
ASSISTANTS’ GUIDE TO LIBRARIANSHIP.
_BY_
REGINALD G. WILLIAMS, F.L.A.,
_Deputy Librarian, Bolton Public Libraries_.

_Author of “The Great Civil War: a Graded Course of Reading;” “Writers of the Nineteenth Century;” “The French Revolution, 1789-1795; a Graded Course of Reading;” “A Manual of Book Selection for the Librarian and Book-Lover,” Etc., Joint Author, “The Librarians’ Guide,” Etc._

_SECOND REVISED AND ENLARGED EDITION._

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CONTENTS

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Preface ix.
General Text and Reference Books. Periodicals 1
Course 1. Practical Bibliography 3
” 2. Book Selection 29
” 3. Classification 76
” 4. Cataloguing 88
” 5. English Literary History 114
” 6. Library and Museum Legislation, Organisation
and Equipment 150
” 7. Library Administration 169
” 8. History of Libraries 190

_To the MEMORY of THE AUTHOR who died at Bolton, March 11th, 1926._