The beginnings of libraries

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"The nucleus of this essay...was an address to the Library school of the New York public library at the beginning of the academic year 1912-13."-Pref Introduction.--The study of beginnings.--Definition of the library.--Method.--Antediluvian libraries. General.--Libraries of the gods.--Animal and plant libraries?--Preadamite libraries.--Adamite and patriarchal libraries before the flood.--Prehistoric and historic libraries.--The evolution of record keeping.--Memory libraries.--Pictorial object libraries.--Mnemonic object libraries.--Picture book libraries.--Ideographic records.--Types of primitive libraries.--Contents of primitive libraries.--The administration of primitive libraries.--The beginnings of library schools.--The beginnings of library research.--Bibliography (p. 159-164)
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