London Library
London Library, 14 St James’s Square.

The London Library is a self-supporting, independent institution. It is a registered charity whose sole aim is the advancement of education, learning and knowledge.

The adjacent building (13 St James’s Square) is the High Commission of Cyprus.

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The London Library is an independent lending library in London, established in 1841.

It is located at 14 St James’s Square, in the St James’s area of the City of Westminster, which has been its home since 1845.

The London Library was founded on the initiative of Thomas Carlyle, who had been dissatisfied with some of the policies at the British Museum Library. Membership is open to all, on payment of an annual subscription, and life and corporate memberships are also available.

T.S. Eliot, a long-serving President of the Library, argued in an address to members that, "whatever social changes come about, the disappearance of the London Library would be a disaster to civilisation".

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