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The following table shows the present stock:—
Classification.
Dulwich
Library.
Livesey
Library.
Peckham
Library.
Totals.
Philosophy, Theology, etc.
433
476
549
1,458
General History, Biography
1,075
1,164
1,224
3,468
Travels, Antiquities, Topography
434
445
452
1,831
Arts, Sciences, Natural History -
859
811
1,103
2,773
Law, Commerce, Education
190
179
247
616
Fiction and Juvenile Literature -
3,115
3,054
3,408
9,577
Language, Poetry, Drama
274
286
326
886
Miscellaneous and Collected Works
257
440
435
1,132
6.637
6,855
7,744
21,236
General Reference Books (Reserved for Central Library)
977
Total
22,213
The large majority of borrowers have been loyal to the
regulations under which the books are lent. At the last
stock-taking, it was found that only three books were lost.
The delinquent borrowers had left the neighbourhood
and could not be traced.
It is impossible to tabulate the number of persons who
use the news and magazine rooms for the perusal of the
leading daily, weekly, monthly, and quarterly periodicals.
The rooms at the temporary libraries are usually inconveniently
crowded; and on several occasions, when a count
has been made, there have been close on a thousand readers
at the Livesey Library during a single day. At the latter
Library, a series of lectures on literary subjects was
delivered by the Chief Librarian (Mr. Foskett), to large
and appreciative audiences.