This philosophical notion of a library as a “quiet retreat” resonated with Kahn. Ten years earlier, in a submission for a design competition for a college library, he realized that the central reading room that dominated the plans of most libraries conflicted with the act of reading: “A m...
However, Shannon has identified eight books on topics ranging from linguistics to a catalogue of the officers and burgesses of Preston on which Kuerden started work, only to abandon it. Two were published more than a century after his death; one of these, A Lancashire Itinerary by Dr Ku...