[1] He was articled to John Booth, bookseller, of Duke Street, Portman Square, London.
The members had been only three years in possession of their house in Pall Mall, so that Hall was connected with the early organization of the library.
[1][2] He issued a pamphlet on the classification of the library in 1858, followed three years later by a letter to John Murray suggesting an edition of Shakespeare with literary criticisms.
[2] Under his management the library of the Athenæum Club gradually became one of the choicest collections of books of reference in London.
He retired after forty-two years' service, owing to failing health, in May 1875, when he was elected an honorary member of the club and voted a pension.