THE NATIONAL LENDING LIBRARY FOR THE BLIND.
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Si,—The Spectator has on former occasions shown interest in the National Lending Library for the Blind, and I, therefore, venture to ask for an opportunity of reminding- the public, through its columns, of the unique work that is being done by this institution. Though I have never taken-. any part in its management, I have followed its growth with interest for so many years that I can speak without hesita- tion of its great value and importance, and of the claim that it has upon the sympathy and generosity which, through the warm interest of our King and Queen, are being turned towards the welfare of the blind. The Library comprises many thousand volumes, covering a wide range of subjects, and including music. It furnishes a great many public libraries, blind schools, and other institutions for the blind with a constant change of books; it employs a staff of blinth copyists. In cases of need (and they are very many) the sub- scription is only five shillings a year, and the funds of the library, in many cases, bear at all events part of the cost of the carriage of the books to the subscribers. No other insti- tution is doing the same work. The Report of the Library and all particulars of its scope and needs will, I am sure, be gladly sent to any inquirer by the Secretary, Miss Austin, The National Lending Library for the Blind, 125 Queen's Road,
Bayswater, W.—I am, Sir, &c., M. V. PRIDEAUX. 5 Tanistock Square, W.C.
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