Catalogue of the Ouille-Alles Library and Museum. Compiled by
Alfred Gotgrave. Assisted by Henri Bolland. (H. Sotheran and Co.)—The Guille-Alles Library and Museum is an institution of which Guernsey ought to be and doubtless is exceedingly proud. It was founded by two natives of the island, who, emigrating in early life to New York, acquired handsome fortunes in trade, and have devoted them, to no small extent, to benefiting their native country by founding this institution. The Catalogue, excellently arranged, contains the titles of more than sixty thousand volumes. There is a reading-room, amply furnished with periodicals, &c., attached to it; while the generosity and foresight of the founders, with some assistance from other sources, has provided for future maintenance and increase. "The Story in Brief," from the pen of Mr. I. Linwood Pitts, Curator of the Library, which has been prefixed to the Catalogue, is a remarkably interesting memoir. Both of the founders are still alive. The existence of the library ought to be a great attraction, bringing visitors of a desirable class to the island.
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