Epilogue
The outline sketched in this volume should suggest, even to skimmers,—
That the business of planning a library is specific, technical and minute;—
That it is like the planning of other useful structures which can be spoiled by blunders of ignorance, or by sins done in the name of art;—
That it is folly to leave such serious work to tyros or dabblers,—even to architects who are amateur librarians;—
That a committee can direct, an architect can construct, but only a wise and mature librarian can plan a library where the staff can work, and where the readers can see, think and breathe.