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A Book for All Readers

DESIGNED AS AN AID TO THE

COLLECTION, USE, AND PRESERVATION

OF BOOKS

AND THE

FORMATION OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE LIBRARIES

BY

Ainsworth Rand Spofford

G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS
NEW YORK & LONDON
1900

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Copyright 1900

by

A R Spofford

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TABLE OF CONTENTS.