THE PUBLIC LIBRARY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 8584, 4 June 1891, Page 3

THE PUBLIC LIBRARY.

TO THE EDITOR. Sir, —The mistake I made in my previous letter to yon, in stating that the hours for : , closing the Library were not altered daring 1| the summer months, and that, therefore, it was, evidently, not a question of gas, is not of any importance; for gas is no more needed R: at half-past five p.m. than at five p.m. during the summer.. "Pro Bono Publico " says that " one would think city employes, as well as the. assistants at the Library would require, and would be fairly entitled to, at least an hour for meals after live p.m. If the Library were ti closed for one hour—from; five to six p.m.— it would not matter so much; but there are two hours between five and seven, and no one wants to eat for two hours, nor is it necessary that the assistants should all have their meals at the same time. It is it being closed from six .to seven p.m. that prevents - so many from using it at all.. The Art Gallery being opened on Sunday afternoons is a - different matter altogether, and has . nothing ;to do with the . question, as to '' whether a public library ought to be avail- • ■ able for fell, or only for those who have leisure during the day, or who : live near it. Your correspondent's nam de plume seems to ... me rather inappropriate.— am, &c., SUBURBAN.