Lambeth Libraries. 369 Xambetb libraries Xiterar^ anfc Bebattng Society* We have been favoured with a copy of the sessional programme of this new Society, which we hail with pleasure as a step in the right direction, and one likely to benefit the assistants in the Lambeth libraries. Mr. Burgoyne is the President, and membership is by the rules limited to employes of the Lambeth Libraries Commissioners. Most of the papers arranged for the session, which extends from October ro, 1894, to April 17, 1895, are of literary interest, but there are several of a very practical nature. Mr. Burgoyne will contribute one on " Some of our Books of Reference and their History ; " Mr. Grewcock on " The Centralisation of Public Libraries in London ; " Mr. Robinson on " Some Different Methods of Issue for Lending Libraries," and Mr. E. Quinn on " The L.A.U.K. Summer School of 1894." We shall watch the progress of this Society with interest, and trust it may ultimately lead to the formation of a London Association of Library Assistants, which could act in connection with, or as an auxiliary to, the Library Associa- tion itself. Xonfcon ^Librarians at A PARTY of London librarians visited Cambridge on October 24, and although the weather was unfavourable, had a most pleasant excur- sion. Mr. Frank Pink met them at the railway station, and with Mr. Hawkes of the Holborn Public Library, acted as cicerone. Amongst other places, the party visited the Fitzwilliam Museum, the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, and King's College Chapel, where they gathered round the late Henry Bradshaw's grave, and were glad to find that his memory is as affectionately remembered by the attendants as it is by the libra- rians who knew him. At Trinity College Library, Mr. White was good enough to give the party his personal attention, and show some of the more remarkable treasures of the library, notably the Canterbury Psalter, the Caxtons, and other rare early printed books, the Shakespeariana, and MSS. of Milton, Byron and Richard Person. At the University Library Mr. Johnson (in' the absence of Mr. Jenkinson), took the party through the building, and explained the systems of cataloguing and classification. Peterhouse, Jesus and Christ's Colleges were also visited, as well as other Cambridge institutions of interest. In the evening the Free Library was visited ; and Mr. Pink provided tea in the reference department, after which an impromptu conference discussed with him the plans of his new branch library, and noted with interest the use made of some 3,000 volumes of reference books, which line one side of the reading room, and can be used by any reader without application forms. Of this department Mr. Pink speaks with much enthusiasm, and the books certainly have the appearance of being used with appreciation and care. Hearty votes of thanks were accorded to Mr. Pink, sen., Mr. Pink, jun., and Mr. Hawkes, on the motion of Messrs. Inkster and Taylor ; to Mr. White, on the motion of Messrs. Burgoyne and Quinn ; and to Mr. Johnson, on the motion of Messrs. Brown and Fincham, for the kindly manner in which they had enabled the party to spend so enjoyable and profitable a day.
