| 单词 | circulating library |
| 释义 | > as lemmascirculating library circulating library n. a library of which the books are circulated among subscribers. ΘΚΠ society > communication > book > library or collection of books > library, place, or institution > [noun] > other types public library1597 lending library1708 travelling library?1727 book society1739 book club1740 circulating library1742 free library1746 county library1748 library of reference1809 reference library1821 prison library1847 branch library1862 copyright library1898 bookmobile1924 1742 June 12 (advt.) Proposals for erecting a Public Circulating Library in London..Librarian, Samuel Fancourt. 1775 R. B. Sheridan Rivals ii. ii A circulating library..is an ever~green tree of diabolical knowledge! 1783 Gentleman's Mag. 941 Heard that the first circulating library was opened by the Rev. Mr. Fancourt..50 or 60 years ago..it was afterwards removed to Crane-court, Fleet-street. 1807 J. Beresford Miseries Human Life II. xvii. 119 The Circulating Library, where nothing circulates—but the Catalogue! circulating library c. (More fully, circulating library.) A private commercial establishment for the lending of books, the borrower paying either a fixed sum for each book lent or a periodical subscription.‘These are of two kinds: the establishments on a large scale that issue books to subscribers all over the country, and the smaller establishment, usually in the hands of a bookseller, which circulate among local subscribers books either kept in stock or borrowed from one of the larger ‘libraries’. In watering-places, the ‘libraries’ sometimes have reading-rooms attached, and were formerly places of social resort (cf. quots. 1836, 1839). In the West end of London some of the ‘libraries’ act as agencies for the sale of tickets for places of amusement.’ (N.E.D.) ΘΚΠ society > communication > book > library or collection of books > library, place, or institution > [noun] > private commercial book club1740 library1836 rental library1923 twopenny library1935 1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 1st Ser. I. 159 The ‘dear girls’..had been at different watering-places for four seasons; they had gambled at libraries,..sold at fancy fairs [etc.]. 1839 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz (new ed.) 373 The library [at Ramsgate] was crowded. There were the same ladies and the same gentlemen who had been on the sands in the morning. 1902 N.E.D. at Library Mod. Advt., Now ready at all the libraries, Mr. ——'s great novel, ——. < as lemmas |
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