12 SEPTEMBER 1925, Page 3

The transfer of the famous library at the Parliament House,

Edinburgh, from the Faculty of Advocates to the nation, by virtue of a recent Act, deserves to be noted. It is curious that Scotland, with its traditional zeal for learning, should only now be assuming respon- sibility for the National Library which the Scottish lawyers have maintained for nearly three centuries at their own expense. The Faculty is no longer able to bear the heavy burden. But the trustees for the nation will surely be able to raise a substantial endowment fund, and money also for a new library building, which has long been needed. Generous contributions have already been made by Sir Alexander Grant, Lord Rose- bery, and others, and Scotland should have in the near future a National Library in a commodious and stately home.