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'About books',

Press cuttings of a series of articles 'About Books' contributed by John Ballinger to the Doncaster Journal, circa 1881.

John Ballinger.

Bangor college library,

A report by John Ballinger on a plan for the re-organisation of the Library of the University College of North Wales, Bangor; and a typescript article on 'Libraries and their functions - a pleas for an inquiry and a policy'.

John Ballinger.

Cartography,

Notes and lists, compiled by John Ballinger, of maps relating to Wales, prepared for exhibition to the Cardiff Naturalists' Society, 1908.

John Ballinger.

Free libraries,

An essay 'On the origin and progress of Free Libraries, and the advantages that would accrue by the adoption of the "Free Libraries Act" throughout the Principality', by 'Hope' (i.e. John Ballinger), 1880.

John Ballinger.

John Frost,

A paper by John Ballinger on John Frost and the Chartist movement.

John Ballinger.

Llanbister and Radnorshire customs,

A paper by John Ballinger on Llanbister, with notes on 'the month's end' and other customs in Radnorshire; notes on the Skyrrid; and a letter, 1900, by John Davies, Pandy.

John Ballinger.

Miscellanea,

Papers by John Ballinger:- 'Literature and a cognate subject, or the contemplative man's recreation'; 'The Robin Hood Ballads'; 'Living on Literature'; a list of words by or issued at the expense of Lord Bute, 1872-1901; a letter by A. W. Pollard, 1915, with a proof copy of an article ('Gladstone's translation of the "Rock of Ages")' by John Ballinger.

John Ballinger.

Public libraries,

Papers by John Ballinger:- 'Public Libraries in 1882'; 'Hopes and fears for libraries in Great Britain'; 'Notes on a library catalogue'; and 'Books for very young children'.

John Ballinger.

The Library Association,

Reports by John Ballinger on the Library Association Conferences at Leeds, 1903, and Brighton, 1908; a draft letter to the Editor of the Saturday Review on free libraries and fiction, 1908; and a review of James Duff Brown: Manual of Library Economy, 1903.

John Ballinger.

The municipal library,

A series of articles written by John Ballinger on 'A municipal library and its public'; and a letter by R. W. Atkinson, Penarth, 1908.

John Ballinger.

Turner in Wales,

Press cuttings of a series of articles published in the South Wales Daily News, 1910, by John Ballinger on 'Turner in Wales'.

John Ballinger.

Two addresses,

Two addresses by John Ballinger: 'Sir Thomas Herbert and his travels' and 'A great Lady [Mary Granville] and her scrap book'.

John Ballinger.