The Phillips Exeter Library.

One of the chief difficulties preparatory schools have to contend with is a lack of a good library. Scholarships, gymnasiums, and laboratories usually spring into existence after the growth of the school sufficiently warrants such innovations, but a library, consisting of something more than lexicons and encyclopedias, rarely finds a space in the ordinary fitting school. The Phillips Exeter Academy, however, has been a commendable exception to this rule, and at present a fairly large collection of books has been amassed, through the efforts of instructors and alumni. Every volume of the lot relates more or less directly to some one of the courses in the curriculum. And in this way, the student's attention is more firmly drawn to his work, doubly so as he is not distracted by shelves of useless contemporary fiction. It is to be hoped that others of our leading preparatory academics will follow the admirably example set by Phillips Exeter.