Liverpool public libraries : a history of fifty years / by Peter Cowell, chief librarian.

  • Cowell, Peter, 1838-1909.
Date:
1903
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Credit: Liverpool public libraries : a history of fifty years / by Peter Cowell, chief librarian. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I. Introductory: William Ewart and the Public Library Movement - - - - i II. First Measures for the Establishment of a Free Library in Liverpool - - g III. The Scope of the project widened by the Earl of Derby’s Bequest 21 IV. The Opening of Liverpool’s First Free Library 33 V. Branch Lending Libraries Established - 46 VI. A New Reference Library and Museum Building offered by Mr. Wm. Brown 54 VII. The Brown Library completed and opened 70 VIII. Tributes to Mr. Brown and Description of Brown Library and Museum - - 89 IX. The Corporation Free Lectures in- augurated 103 X. Need of an Extension of the Reference Library 112 XI. The Picton Reading Room opened - - - 122 XII. Provision of Additional Branch Libraries. Kensington Branch opened - - - - 135