The aim of this volume is to bring together articles and extracts relating to library practice and endeavor; together with information in regard to the history and development of libraries. The selections are intended, chiefly, for the use of class-room students but are of value to anyone interested in library problems. Most of them relating to library practice are printed in one or another of the library journals and are thus available in the larger libraries; but the use of journals of any kind for class study, especially if classes are large, is never very satisfactory. The articles selected relate chiefly to approved methods of library practice; articles and suggestions which those contemplating library work as a profession should be familiar with.