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 Croydon's Public Library
Creator: Shury, J
Title: Croydon's Public Library / Noble delin ; Shury sc
Imprint: [Teignmouth] : [E.Croydon]
Date: [1817]
Format: Aquatint : col ; 100x159mm
Ref. no.: SC2826
Copies: WSL: sDEV/1817/GUI
Coverage: Devon . Teignmouth . Libraries . Croydon's Public Library . Exterior . 1817
Last Updated: 05/01/2005
Contributor: Noble
Associated text: Croydon, Edward. Guide to watering places on the coast between the Exe and the Dart, including Teignmouth, Dawlish and Torquay. Teignmouth: E. Croydon, 1817. p.20-22.

LIBRARY

The Public Library, Reading, Billiard Room, and Printing Office, kept by Mr. CROYDON, is a new and elegant building, and in its various departments forms a very desirable lounge for the visitors to this favorite [sic] watering-place. The Library contains an extensive and well selected collection of books, to which new publications are continually added, and is fitted up with every possible convenience. An extensive assortment of books, stationary, perfumery, jewellery, fancy and ornamental articles of every description, for sale, is kept here. Music and drawings are also let to hire. The terms of subscription are exremely [sic] moderate. This truly may be said to be the principal place of resort for such as wish to vary the joys of retirement by the pleasing recreations of a shew [sic] shop, lounge, library, or reading room.

Society here entwines its wreaths,
Good nature o'er each meeting breathes.

Terms of Subscription to the library,
and Reading Room.

£ s. d.
Per Annum………………………..1 11 6
-----Half Year……………………1 0 0
-----Quarter………………………0 10 6
Per Month…………………………0 6 0
-----Week………………………….0 3 0

To the LIBRARY only.

Per Annum………………………..1 1 0
-----Half Year……………………..0 12 0
Per Quarter………………………..0 3 6

To the READING ROOM, for PAPERS, &.

Per Annum……………………….1 1 0
-----Half Year…………………….0 12 0
-----Quarter……………………….0 8 0
Per Month………………………...0 4 0
-----Week…………………………0 2 0

The Reading Room is open, from eight o'clock in the morning till night, and the following papers, &. are for perusal.

The GLOBE, STAR, and COURIER, London daily Papers, and EXAMINER, (Sunday), and in addition to the above, the following provincial ones:

Monday…..The Sherborne and Yeovil Mercury.
Tuesday…..The Western Luminary.
Thursday…The Exeter Flying Post.
Saturday….Woolmer's Gazetter.
Sunday…...The Plymouth and Dock Telegraph.
Lloyd's List, every Thursday and Sunday.

Terms of the Subscription Billiard Room.

Per Annum…………………….1 1 0
-----Half Year………………….0 12 0

[Text may be taken from a different source or edition than that listed as the source by Somers Cocks.]



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