Excerpt from Book-Collectors as Benefactors of Public Libraries, Vol. 9The first library in England was that carried thither by St. Augustine in the year 596. As might be expected it contained but a few volumes, nine in number, and all of a religious character. They were the Holy Bible, in two volumes, the Psalter, the Gospels, another Psalter, another copy of the Gospels, the [apocryphal] Lives of the Apostles, the Lives of the Martyrs, and an Expo sition of the Gospels and Epistles. This continued to be the only library in England for about seventy years, when, by the arrival of Theodore of Tarsus, in 669, an extensive library, as the annalist informs us, was added to it. Some volumes believed to have been added at that time are still to be seen at Canterbury.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.