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land, and subject to the acceptance of the title by our
Solicitors, the purchase will be completed.
TemporaryLibrary.
Pending the erection of a permanent Library,
we thought it expedient to take a house, situate
at 20, High Street, Peckham, as a yearly tenant, at the
annual rental of £50, and it has been fitted up as a
Temporary Lending Library and Reading Room.
We appointed a Book sub-committee, viz., Messrs
Faulkner, Ballantine, and Wallace, for the purpose of
selecting and purchasing Books in the various branches of
literature. The following books have been purchased, and
the Chief Librarian has with much care compiled a catalogue
of 6,735 books, representing works in the various
branches :—
Philosophy, Theology, Ecclesiastical History 498
General History, Biography, Correspondence 1102
Travels, Geography, Topography, Antiquities 401
Arts, Sciences, Natural History 804
Law, Commerce, Education, Sociology 200
Prose, Fiction (including juvenile literature) 3099
Language, Poetry, Drama 310
Miscellaneous and Collected Works 321
The Catalogue has been printed, and can be obtained
by the parishioners for the small charge of sixpence.
We have directed the reading-room to be supplied with
Magazines, Reviews, &c. It was opened on March 10th,
and the Lending Library on June 16th.
During the month following the opening of the
Lending Department over 2,000 Borrowers' Tickets were