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LIBRARY ARCHITECTURE

century. It is to be hoped that a grand and consistent scheme for the whole will be adopted after due consideration, and rigidly adhered to, thus obviating the mere hand to mouth provision for pressing needs, and the timidity in allotting space, which are the causes of most of the architectural disadvantages of the British Museum.