Library patrons--Making friends of them Library patrons may be roughly divided into classes, thus: First--The adult student who, on rare occasions, calls to supplement the resources of his own collection of books with the resources of the public institution.

This class is very small.

Second--The dilettante, or amateur, who is getting up an essay or a criticism for some club or society, and wishes to verify his impression as to the color of James Russell Lowell's hair, or the exact words Dickens once used to James T.Fields in speaking of a certain ought-to-be-forgotten poem of Browning's.

This class is large, and its annual growth in this country is probably an encouraging sign of the times.

It indicates interest.
Third--The serious-minded reader who alternately tackles Macaulay, Darwin, and Tom Jones with frequent and prolonged relapses--simply to rest his mind--into Mrs Wistar and Capt.King.This class is quite large, and though in too large a measure the victims of misplaced confidence in Sir John Lubbock and Frederick Harrison, they make excellent progress and do much to keep up the reading habit.
Fourth--The "Oh, just-anything-good-you-know" reader.