LONDON LIBRARIES.

Itgormoaa Aggregations of Books In the w EngU3H Metropolis UsioSEBS' are a great reading people. jot there ia a difference between the Eng a and the Americans. In the United states everybody reads. In England there lisa especial reading class only, who most Lrpnise the stalls. At least a million Miah people from this class are possessed lm& incomes. These incomes vary from colossal sums, such as the Duke of West ainster and other dukes and duchesses en ijj down to the more modest but compara- Jfely ample income of a curate's son or jjiigbter whose grandsire or granddam left m'antiuity. What else have they to do if lley do not read ? And reading , creates the jejuand for supplies of reading matter. Authors are therefore in great favour here, fiere reading is a veritable profession— jdeed, almost the only occupation of a These tacts, after only a short resi dence in London, answered my question ju£ " supports these book-stalls and jiese myriad libraries ?" first of all, as being most familiar to Jmericans, there is Mudie's, having three ibraries. One branch is in King-street, Cheapside, near the noted Bank of Eng jtnd." And her branch is in Regent-street, in the midst of ladies' haberdashery shop.?, is they call " stores " for feminine wear ■Jsl£, And the third, or main one, is the Kvourite, and is in New Oxford-street, im jijodiately in the vicinity of the British Itisenm, on the next street running parallel to the one on which is the museum. et me remind you, by the way, that were lie.books, or rather the bookshelves, of te museum stretched out in line, their fengbh would be over 160 miles. There ism"all something like 1,500,000 volumes, i copy of each book published in London tust be deposited in this treasure trove of literature. One guinea per annum, about ifolsV, entitles the subscriber to take out BB book at a time. This annual sum is jcreased according to the number of books lesired at each selection. Then there is the London Library, 12, it James's Square. From this library, died the St. James's Library,you may take ghb books a-day ; this costs three guineas year. . Then there is W. C. Smith and Sons, 186, trand, near the noted Charing Cross rail ay station, which station is nve minutes' silk from the National Gallery, off Pall $1, fronting Trafalgar Square. W. C. ilfch was the character study for Sir seph Porter, E. C. 8., so wittily satirised iGilberb and Sullivan's famous comic fera of "Pinafore." Mr Smith has been icretary of War, and was Secretary of the' Kvy, or First Lord of the Admiralty, and ■tow leader of 'the House of Commons. HUudie's 13 patronised chiefly by novel iders. It is one of the sight 3of London Ec people flocking into this place, and Sated times to watch the packages of irabejung done up to send all over the agdom, not only England, but Ireland, elland and Wales being yearly patrions 1 Mudie's, who'have their own express, is our American expresses, engaged in fsafe conveyance of books to their hun sds of readers. If you pay 5 guineas (or idols.) per year, you may take out twenty is volumes at a time during the year, ray few months they have a sale of books Absurdly low prices. In London and the liarbs they deliver books through town ints, called the " London Book Society." Sch~ year a catalogue for subscribers is swished ■at Is 6&, or 36 cents. This is S 300 pages of good size. The clerks at Itdie'sare most "polite. They are, as at Bsßritish Jluseum, mainly gentlemen of Kid family, who thus seek to augment a Hall income. Many an antiquarian stands Wmai one of Mudie's counters. IPlieSt. James's Library is richly stocked Iph books of reference. Indeed, it is a mt'of second British Museum. People go B&e to:read the magazines, newspapers, i»l whatever books they care to consult. a|eatmosphere is studious, the rooms ad- Sbblyh'ghtedand ventilated. The time Wmto in which to read a new book —one Swished within a year—is 14 days from widay it is taken out. At Smith's in the WSnd We do not such an aristocratic §w< of subscribers a 8 at the St. James's. Bath's, is the favourite library for clerks of HBbetter sort, and of reporters for news- people in fact to whom " know- WKkji. ig; power " in that they make it so. H library fails to have any particular msi it cheerfully obtains it when asked. j|Hl!ie U Grosvenor' is a musical library People go there, read, ascend the Kfyi, ? gaze at pictures, "and descending get spkbon or dinner as they choose at the *caf6 or tearooms underneath. n$ cafe is a favourite rendezvous for Ifebere of the library. With all due pro Bw, ladies may make it a place of meet- HP'" Let ; ; jne observe parenthetically it is |f%Vadform for ladies to make appoint- at'ipublic restaurants in London. H^y<cooks r "shops and library cafes are HKe the proper thing. Subscriptions to club privileges of the library vary HP>bne to four guineas a year. The latter ■■N.of eight booke at a time, together M|_the use of the reference library and HPag-rooms. It has often been asked, BBcdo English writers choose to publish B* books in three volumes ? Well, as ■P prominent library makes out 1,000 Bp#.new books by well-known writers, SiMstion is easily solved. ffijJWe, are public libraries, such as the the Birkbeck Library and The Birkbeck is on Wffift Lane, near the haunts of lawclerks ; the British Museum, already ■StoV; Guidhall, in London city proper HpQfcfaroffSion College Library, Lon- mainly patronised by clergymen ■w in ecclesiastical lore ; St. Pancras College Library, B»t Ormond - sbreet, round about ■Pi and the same in South London at are sixty-eight district librariesand penny reading-rooms, ones< Here, as the names the small coin to read as M? ; .*?. yon like. To a certain extent the HEtfTeadinglrooma on the Strand uva H^% «B1 classes, who drop in and S'Jtead up some desired point, lnere the •" lending paper shops. -K 1 Penny you may have the London ■■**" for an hour ; also other papers at K&*wnT This paper is a 3-penny or .■f?«»4oa periodicals, weeklies, etc., ■EJOttt-.seventy local or parish papers news. These parishes - » somewhat to our American :1C "wai-as?' The existence of local |fee explanation of the fact that ||feiii?s generalise in news budgets.

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Business Notices. SILKS SILKS SILKS SILKS ' SILKS- SILKS SILKS SILKS SILKS SILK;S SILKS SILKS THE Melbourne Drapery . COMPANY Having purchased a "Warehouseman's Stock of Coloured Silks, Satins, BrocheSj and Ityncy Silks, are now offering the same at less than * HALF THE ORIGINAL PRICES. A lot of Coloured Satins and Ottomans ll|d per yard. 1200 ) r ards Dark Fancy Silks Is 6d per yard, originally 3s 6d, 2000 yards Satins, Ottomans, Brochds, &c, all at Is yard, original price from 3s 9d to 4s 9cl. A. Superior Line of Broches and Fancy Silk 2s 6d yard, origin ally 5s 9d. Coloured Grograins, Shot Silks, &c, 2s lid yard, originally 5s lid to7s9d. : These Goods comprise an immense assortment pf colours, including a splendid variety of light shades suitable for evening wear. • — THE Melbourne Drapery and Clothing Co., QtHEEH STREET. The test Blade for Blooyi, Beauty,, and Durability,■ $vk&& $' CaugtieTjt. lmsQrters oj Jjress Fabrics, fyc. ! ■ -' ~.i.J iif ■./" ii "7* * ' ' '. '~ ~' *r ■ LONDON ARCADE - IS THE RECOGNISED PLACE FOR . .'" . . Cheap Sterling Silver Jewellery Cheap Haroos (all kinds) and Dolls (all prices) Chtnn Warranted Gold Jewellery Cheap Albums (Scrap and Photo.) CheaS Jet /Sl«y. Stude, and Solitaires Cheap Photo. Frames and Framed Picture? gJS? ShefflellcJSleSffi Stationery Chea?Fn-eScreens -, -■•■=. r*uoon Tiinnnr ar\r\ Tpn Seats Cheap School and ' arpet Bags Cheap Parcel and Rug Strap., and Footballs Cheap %S Lustres; Teapots, and Sets Jugs • Cheap Horses and Carts, Barrows and Swings >«,„„{, TineWmul Wrirkboxes Cheap RockinK Morses • CheaS Sets Si]^?nd S )?Brushes and Combs Cheap Is, 6d and 3d Toys Cheap l ° K .?^££^p" u^ emean the best value for the money obtainable in Auckland, at GOODSON'S LONDON ARCADIs 210, QUEEN-STREET (OPPOSITE McARTHUR'S WAREHOUSE). GQNf UMPTBQM CURABLE! ..-."MR 6. T. CGNGREVE ; OI CONSUMPTION AND ITS SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT. I ShOfftafi that direful disease to be cuxahle in all ita stages; wjth observations on : ASTHMA, CHRONIC BEONCHITIS, ETC." -X " Fbom the " Christian Herald," March 31, 1886. MR O. T. CONGREVB'S TREATMENT OF CONSUMPTION AND OTHBR V Continuee to oe inaue a great blessing to sufferera, far and wide, in every part of the 1 " The world s,nvs <vu ourselves owe him a dobt of gratiincltr. TCo< lonpsince we placed a young lady undei h> o-'e, who has recovered her health, t>?.'l we need only point to the cases (Mr Congreve v publishing one ever week), many o*. wtich had been given up as itTherfr can-be- &* doatet tha% for Consumption and othtf Cheat Complaints, Mr Con? greve is a specialist ot the first order, and stands unrivalled, Ortainly there has been no Qtlier discovery in medical science from which the consumptive patient gather so much hope as from hie."<' , " The, ose .ny&vaßo and THIRTT-THBBK OASES which are recorded in Mr Congreve s book are a moit CO.DViflCinp testimony; but what have been long a marvel are the cases of cure which havo been published for several years past in the weekly journals (our own included),.one every week." (The reader is referred to the "Christian World," "-Chris tian Age,"" Christian Globo,"'<fec, &a). The author (Mr Congreve, of Coorobe Lodge, Pecfcbom, London), has been urgently ' entreated to make known in all the British Colonies The price. o£ the ! |ook to- SIXPENCE, POST PREE, f '"" '"" i. . FcDEisnED 'by .'.. 'T' r ' ' OU,



- Basiaess , dRBAT CLEARIM SALE '■::..■ ' -'.' ■ ■■■ • ' , ;. OP : <~-:-~'z MR. W. RATTRATS STOCK. WILSON, WILLIAMS & M C CULLAGH.' : Beg to announce to their friends and the public generally that they have purchased the well known Stock of Mr. Wm. Eattra} r , Draper, Queen Street, along with the lease of premises. The above choice and well selected stock (over £10,000) has been bought at very heavy discount off cost, and will be offered to the public at less than ENGLISH PRICES FOR CASE W., W. & McC, in appealing to the public for their patronage during.this sale, can confidently r state that no such opportunity has ever occurred of getting the same class of Goods before in Auckland; and while thanking their customers for past favours, would intimate that nothing shall be wanting on their part to secure a continuance of the-sanie. As they intend to vacate! their present premises, the Sale will be held in both places simultaneously. ; Safe Commences on Wednesday, Jsth June: COMMERCIAL AND NEW ZEALAND HOUSES, 11% 180 & 182, QTJEEN"'STEEET.'; ;, ; REDUCTION RURING THIS MONTH IN DEAPEEY AND CLOTHING VARYING FROM 25 to 50 PEE, CENT. BELOW PRESENT MAEEET VALUE AT THE GREAT SALE OF THE WHO PKOPQSE LASTING BENEFITS ON HER MAJESTY'S LOYAL SUBJECTS BY GIVING THE- ABOVE EEDUCTS FOE ONE MONTH. JUBILEE PBIQE LIST. ■ RAO PAIRS BLANKETS at3s,6d, 3s lid, and*i : lld each, QAA MEN'S MACKINTOSHES, all sewn seafiQua^i-/^ O^J worth 2o per cent, more at the D.1.C.. Canada Buildings. OlF'l) 1 teod Waterproof, from 30s. worth 55s,'at the DIC Canada '' ALL WOOL FLANNELS, B|d, English make ; Colonial ._.. _ b .._ ■ —' '" .. H '' ; J\. make, from Is; greatly reduced, at the D.1.C., Canada Buildings, TUBILEE MOLE TBOUSERS", Sovereign Brand 3OO'pair3at" Queen Street. \. ' "■' ['" V osod,ararochancefoi:workingmen,attheD7l.C., Canada BuiTdings.'- C'IALICOES AND SHIRTING, 25 pet- cent, "off regular prices, i QA OVERCOATS at 16s 9d, worth 25s • Tweed Hats Iβ fid ) at the D.1.C.,' Canada Buildings, Queen-street, */ \vorth 2s 6d; Shirts, Is Hd, worth 2s lid. "' RBSS MATERIALS, Ud, worth B^d; French Twill Fabrics,, mWEED.- SUITS OF CLOTH for 17s 6d worth • hnti 9*> 6jd, woi-th Is, at the D.1.C., Canada Buildings. JL Suits hot to be equalled; to be had only at D.I.C. ?^" U '-r? MILLINERY at half-prices; Mantles reduced one-third y TD'OY'S , CLOTHES in great variety at very low r>rir>M for nn» Children's reduced to la Cd each. JL> month at the D.LC. pnoes, ior one We Guarantee to supply Goods at the ".'-above "Prices, for f)ne Month only, which will enable mahy to purchase their winter supply of Clothing at very small cost thereby bringing real Jubilee joy to many a (lome. iQANADA BUILDINGS, QUEEN STEEET, AUCEMfB : .■ •:V ':r " IPlfr:::