| Page. | |
| Adams, Hannah, | 8 |
| American Library Association, | 13 |
| Analyticals, | 35-36 |
| Assistants, | 17, 61-62 |
| Astor, John Jacob, | 9 |
| Astor, William B., | 10 |
| Astor Library, | 9 |
| Author entry, | 33-34 |
| Bates, Joshua, | 9 |
| Bibliography, | 73-74 |
| Bigelow, John, | 11 |
| Billings, Dr. John Shaw, | 12 |
| Binding, | 51-52, 71 |
| Book, | 68-89 |
| Book binding, | 71-72 |
| Book buying, | 20, 23-24 |
| Book collecting, | 74 |
| Book selection, | 20-23 |
| Book selling, | 72 |
| Booklist, | 22 |
| Book-plates, | 72 |
| Boston Athenæum, | 8 |
| Boston Public Library, | 8 |
| Bostwick, A. E., | 20 |
| Bradshaw, Henry, | 16 |
| Burton, John Hill, | 10 |
| Cards, catalog, | 36-37 |
| Care of books, | 52-53 |
| Caricature, | 77 |
| Carnegie, Andrew, | 12 |
| Cataloging, | 33-38 |
| Child, Mrs. Lydia Maria, | 8 |
| Children, work with, | 54-58 |
| Circulation, | 49-50 |
| Classification, | 25-32 |
| Cloth, | 52 |
| Cogswell, Joseph G., | 10, 12, 22 |
| Collecting, | 74 |
| Crawford, Esther, | 37 |
| Cutter, Charles A., | 29, 35 |
| Dana, John Cotton, | 41-42 |
| Dewey, Melvil, | 29-32 |
| Documents, | 46-49 |
| Duché, Rev. Jacob, | 7 |
| Edwards, Edward, | 16 |
| Encyclopædia Britannica, | 67-78 |
| Everett, Edward, | 9 |
| Foster, W. E., | 22 |
| Gaillard, Edwin White, | 59 |
| Garnett, Richard, | 10 |
| High school library, | 59-66 |
| Hitchler, Theresa, | 37-38 |
| Illuminated manuscripts, | 68 |
| Illustrated papers, | 78 |
| Illustrations, | 70-71 |
| Incunabula, | 69 |
| India paper, | 68 |
| Instruction, | 63 |
| Leather, | 51-52 |
| Lenox, James, | 11 |
| Lenox Library, | 11 |
| Librarian, duties of, | 16-17, 61 |
| Libraries, | 74-77 |
| Library instruction, | 63-65, 66 |
| Library Journal, | 13 |
| Library staff, | 17 |
| Library work, | 17-19 |
| Loan systems, | 49-50 |
| Logan, James, | 7 |
| McAndrew, William, | 65 |
| Manuscripts, | 67 |
| Maps, | 78 |
| Michigan, | 14-15 |
| Mitchell, Donald G., | 10 |
| New York Public Library, | 12 |
| Newspapers, | 77-78 |
| Oregon library commission, | 65 |
| Organization of a library, | 16 |
| Palæography, | 67 |
| Pamphlets, | 78 |
| Paper, | 68 |
| Papyrus, | 68 |
| Periodicals, | 77 |
| Philadelphia Library Company, | 7 |
| Poole’s Index, | 45-46 |
| Printing, | 69 |
| Process, | 70 |
| Proof reading, | 70 |
| Public documents, | 46-49 |
| Public libraries, spread of, | 13 |
| Publishing, | 73 |
| Putnam, Herbert, | 19 |
| Reader’s Guide, | 45-46 |
| Reference books, | 42-45 |
| Reference work, | 39-42 |
| Ridgeway Library, | 7 |
| Rules, | 55 |
| Rush, Dr. James, | 7 |
| St. Louis Public Library, | 20 |
| School libraries, | 59-66 |
| Schools, work with, | 56 |
| State documents, | 49 |
| State library commissions, | 14 |
| Stevens, Henry, | 11 |
| Story hours, | 57 |
| Subject entries, | 34-35 |
| Sumner, Charles, | 11 |
| Teacher and the library, | 65 |
| Ticknor, George, | 9 |
| Tilden, Samuel J., | 11 |
| Traveling libraries, | 14 |
| Trustees, | 16 |
| Typography, | 69 |
| Use of the library, | 62-63 |
| Vattemare, Alexandre, | 8 |
| Winsor, Justin, | 16 |
| Winthrop, Robert C., | 8 |
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