Galignani Messenger - Thursday, April 11, 1895
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THE SOCIETY SCANDAL.
WILDE'S BOOKS WITHDRAWN
FROM THE BRITISH MUSEUM.
LONDON, April 10.
The Chief Librarian of the British Museum has issued an order prohibting Oscar Wilde's books being issued in the reading-room, even for purposes of references.
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 the Paddington Free Library have decided to withdraw from circulation the whole of the same author's works.
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."