In some respects the present quarters of the reading room are an improvement on its previous ones. They are lighter and airier and much more commodious; but whether the corporation will go to the extent of heating the whole of lower Massachusetts for the use of the reading room during the winter season is a momentous question, whose answer is very doubtful. Another and more serious objection to Massachusetts as the permanent quarters of the reading room is that readers are continually disturbed and inconvenienced by the ever-recurring examinations which are held there. This objection might be considerably obviated if the authorities would be so considerate as to hold examinations as much as possible in other places, and to use Massachusetts only during the mid-years and annuals. Whatever happens, however, we look to see the reading room installed in convenient quarters next year, and if it meets with the support it deserves, its usefulness largely increased.