86 The Library. Catalogue of books on the topography and genealogy of Lancashire, with an appendix of Cheshire books, compiled by Albert Sutton, Manchester. 1893, sm - 4 to ? PP- 4> IS - Of permanent value and should be placed for reference alongside of Fishwick's " Lancashire Library." Collection d'incunables soigneusement decrits et mis en vente par L. S. Olschki. Venise, 1893. Roy. 8vo, pp. 220. With exact transcripts of titles and colophons, collations, and descrip- tions of fifteenth-century printed books, including a number of editiones principes. In every case the reference number to Hain is given. Iftotes anfc IFlews. The Editor earnestly requests that librarians and others will send to him early and accurate information as to all local Library doings. The briefest record of facts and dates is all that is required. In course of time " Library Notes and News " will become of the utmost value to the historian of the Public Library movement, and it is therefore of the highest importance that every paragraph should be vouched for by local knowledge. Brief written paragraphs are better than newspaper cuttings. ABERDEEN. At the meeting of the Aberdeen University Court on December I2th, the meeting proceeded, in private, to the appointment of a librarian. The library committee reported that thirty-six applications had been received, and that a short list of three had been made up : Mr. P. J. Anderson, Aberdeen ; Mr. A. W. Robertson, Free Public Library ; and Mr. Wheeler, Oxford. Mr. Anderson was elected. The salary is ^300 a year. Mr. Anderson is perhaps best known by his contributions to the municipal and academic history of Aberdeen, and as secretary of the New Spalding Club. He was previously lecturer on English literature, history, &c., to the Church of Scotland Training College, Aberdeen. ARBROATH. A history of Arbroath Public Library, by J. M. McBain, has appeared in serial form in the Arbroath Herald. AYR. At the meeting of the Ayr Carnegie Public Library Com- mittee, held on November i8th, the Clerk submitted the following letter he had received from the Town Clerk, relative to the charge made for readers' tickets : " Referring to your letter of 1 9th inst., I have carefully considered the question of the legality of the charge of one penny sanctioned by the Library bye-laws for the application forms supplied to intending borrowers of books. " The question is a delicate one, depending as it does on matters of fact which I have not the means of ascertaining exactly. Such a charge is not necessarily a departure from the spirit of the Act. The Committee are to make bye-laws for regulating the control, management, protection, and use of their property, and if a charge of one penny is necessary in order to such management, protection, or use, then it is legal.
