Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Table of contents; Introduction; 1. Ecclesiastical beginnings and mutual improvement; 2. Workers' reading societies to 1800; 3. Middle-class subscription libraries to 1800; 4. Circulating libraries to 1800; 5. Circulating libraries after 1800; 6. Middle-class subscription libraries after 1800: large towns and cities; 7. Middle-class subscription libraries after 1800: smaller towns; 8. Workers' reading societies after 1800; 9. Private libraries, mutual benefit, and book clubs; 10. Religious and school libraries
11. Subscription libraries after 1825List of libraries; Bibliography; Topographical index to the listing; General index
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