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LIBRARY ARCHITECTURE
ledge on the bottom of the slope, and a brass rail running the length of the stand, secured by brackets to the slope, will be found useful in preventing readers from leaning on the papers and tearing them. The names of the papers should in all cases be affixed in bold type to the top of
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the stand for easy identification. They are best seen if painted black on movable slips of opal glass.
There are many methods of fixing the papers to the stands, but in all cases where papers of a single sheet are exhibited it will be found best to glue to the slope under the fastening rod a thin
