Publications of the L.A.U.K. 35 The Library Chronicle. Edited by E. C. Thomas. 1884-1888, 5 vols. 2 i2s. 6d. ; reduced price IDS. ; a few odd volumes 8s. each ; reduced price 45., and loose numbers 4d. each. The Library. Edited by J. Y. W. MacAlister. 1889-1892. Vols. L- IV., cloth, 2 2s. ; reduced price i is. ; single vols. IDS. 6d. ; reduced price 55. ; monthly numbers 6d. ; Vol. V., 1893. Monthly numbers is. N.B. Cases for binding " The Library " can be obtained, price is. Public Library Manual. Edited by J. Y. W. MacAlister and Thomas Mason. PART I. LIBRARY LEGISLATION (1855 to 1890), by H. W. Fovargue and J. J. Ogle. Demy 8vo, 2s. 6d. ; reduced price 6d. The Library Association Series (la. 8vo). Edited by J. Y. W. MacAlister. No. i. LIBRARY APPLIANCES, by James D. Brown, is. ; reduced to 6d. No. 2. PUBLIC LIBRARY LEGISLATION : being the Law relating lo Public Libraries and Technical Education, and all Statutes directly or indirectly affecting Libraries, Museums, Art Galleries, &c, in England, Ireland and Scotland, by H. W. Fovargue, Town Clerk of Eastbourne, and J. J. Ogle, Librarian of the Public Library, Bootle, 2s. 6d. ; reduced to is. 3d. No. 3. PUBLIC LIBRARY STAFFS, by P. Cowell, 6d. ; reduced to 3d. No. 4. GUIDE TO THE FORMATION OF A Music LIBRARY, by James D. Brown, 6d. ; reduced to 3d. No. 5. CATALOGUING RULES, 6d. ; reduced to 3d. The Library Association Year Book for 1893 (containing complete List of the Public Libraries in the United Kingdom, Rules for Cata- loguing, Syllabuses of Examinations and Specimens of Questions, and full Particulars of the L.A.U.K. and its work), revised to September, s. ; reduced to 6d. Correspondence. INDICATORS versus CARD CHARGING. To the Editor of "THE LIBRARY." DEAR SIR, Mr. Cotgreave in his article on the above, attempts to ridicule the value of the remarks I made in a previous letter to THE LIBRARY respecting the merits of the Liverpool Card System. Mr. Cot- greave mistakes my first point, although he states the question fair enough : ist, "Should a book be replaced without being marked off, the error is found out by the absence of the card from the pocket," but his answer that the Cotgreave Indicator does better than this, " as each borrower receives his ticket back upon returning a book," does not fit the case at all. On the card system, when a borrower does not require another book, he not only receives his ticket back, but the date on which he handed in his book is marked against his name and ticket number in a " Check Book," and it is impossible for him to obtain another book until that check is removed. My point is that, if by some oversight a popular book is placed on the shelf without being marked off as returned, the error on the card system is rectified as soon as the book is applied for
