VANDALISM IN THE PUBLIC.
LIBRARY. T* TH« EDITOR OF THI PRKSS,
Sir, —Can anything be done to stop the pernicious habit of writing in the books of the Public Library. One can scarcely take up a book but what he finds it more or less
illustrated with marginal notes, not always in the choicest language. Dickens, Burton and Stanley have all been severely handled by this unknown critic. But the climax was reached the other day when I took up one ot Max O'Rell'e, "Jonathan and his Continent," a very amusing and interesting book. The celebrated French humourist cannot be very popular with this new species of humbug, for he has left his mark on almost every page. It would be unreasonable to expect the librarian and his assistants to examine every book that passes through their hands. A notice placed in some conspicuous part of the building might have the desired effect. —Yours, &c,
W. J. M,
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Press, Volume LIV, Issue 9815, 26 August 1897, Page 3
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