5 MARCH 1910, Page 28

How to Use a Library. By James Douglas Stewart. (Elliot

Stock. 2s. net.)—There is much that is useful in this book. We would note particularly the guide to " Special Libraries," in which the student will find information not easily attainable. There is good advice, too, about manner and method of reading. Let us hope it will be taken. We are glad to know that the libraries stock good fiction only. But should there not be always a limit of time? The British Museum issues none less than three years old. It is hard for the keeper of a circulating library to contribute to the support of an institution which destroys his business.