LONDON, April 11.-The Echo states that the chief librarian of the British Museum has issued an order prohibiting Oscar Wilde's novels being given out in the reading-room, even for purposes of reference.
In a London contemporary we read that "the Chief Librarian of the British Museum has issued an order prohibiting Oscar Wilde's novels being given out in the reading-room even for purposes of reference.
The executive council of Paddington free library have also decided to withdraw from circulation the whole of Wilde's works.
"That the Executive Council of Paddington Free Library have also decided to withdraw from circulation the whole of Oscar Wilde's works."
According to the Quotidien Illustré an inquiry into the actions of Wilde during his frequent visits to Paris is now being conducted here and has already brought to light certain facts calculated to cause profound astonishment both in France and in England.