plan for extending its shelf room seems to be to transfer the museum to other quarters, and to convert it into a book-store. The museum is 83 feet long and 64 feet wide, with a height of 20 feet. It would

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easily shelve nearly 200,000 volumes, and so provide ample space for the additions for many years.

The central library for Battersea is situated on Lavender Hill, and was opened in 1890. It was erected from the designs of Mr. E. W. Mountford,