Chapter 10

SERVANTS AND CHILDREN.

Library invaded for the purpose of dusting.--Spring clean.---Dust to be got rid of.--Ways of doing so.--Carefulness praised.--Bad nature of certain books--Metal clasps and rivets.--How to dust.--Children often injure books.--Examples.--Story of boys in a country library.

POSTSCRIPTUM.

Anecdote of book-sale in Derbyshire.

CONCLUSION.

The care that should be taken of books.--Enjoyment derived from them.

ILLUSTRATIONS.

SERVANT USING A "CAXTON" TO LIGHT THE FIRE --- _Frontispiece_,

PIRATES THROWING LIBRARY OVER-BOARD ---------- page 19

FRIARS AND THEIR ASS-LOAD -------------------- 35

BRUSHING CLOTHES IN A COLLEGE LIBRARY -------- 45

BOOKWORMS ------------------------------------ 73

RATS DESTROYING BOOKS ------------------------ 99

HOUSEHOLD FLY-DAMAGE ------------------------- 102

BOYS RAMPANT IN LIBRARY ---------------------- 141

THE ENEMIES OF BOOKS.