The newspaper reading-room is on the west side of the building, and is 51 feet by 30. It contains newspaper stands for thirty papers, and tables seating sixty-six persons. It is lit from the sides, and also from stained glass windows in the ceiling. The reference library is a smaller room in the north side,

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36 feet by 29, shelved to contain 3000 volumes, and capable of seating forty readers.

A reading-room for ladies is provided, 18 feet by 13, and a room of similar size to serve as librarian's office and committee-room. A plan of the building is given in Fig. 69, and it may be stated that, as it