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Excerpt from Library of McGill College: Catalogue of Authors
Tan rapid growth of the Library during the past few years, largely due to the munificence of such donors as the' late Mr. William Molson, Mr. Peter Redpath, Mr. Alexander, the late Dr. Robson, of Warrington, England, and last, though not least, The mcgill College Book Club, has made the publication of a Catalogue, for the use and convenience of readers, a work of growing necessity. It is, therefore, with much satisfaction that the Faculty of Arts, in whose charge the Library of the College is placed by the Corporation, are enabled, by a special grant of the Governors, to meet this want, by the publication of the following Catalogue. It is the desire of the authorities of the University that this Library, for the enrichment of which the liberality of private citizens has done so much, should be as widely used as practicable, not only by students and graduates of the University, but also by those of the community generally who are possessed of literary tastes or engaged in literary pursuits: and, to this end, all restrictions on access to it, except those necessary for the due preservation of the books, have been removed.
The limited funds at the disposal of the Faculty were not suffi cient for the publication of both a Catalogue of Authors and a Catabgue of Subjects; and as, of the two, the former was deemed the more useful for the purposes and wants of readers, this Cata logue of Authors has been prepared and published; and though it may not reach the ideal of completeness and of accuracy, it is nevertheless hoped that it will be found sufficiently clear and com plots for the use of readers, and that it will serve as a basis for fixture and more perfect editions, as the growth of the library may render these necessary.
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