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Books for Schools
H. STEWART MACKINTOSHI was in a primary school the other day and found myself in a classroom where the teacher was supervising a library period. Some of the children were absorbed in reading, others…
A Librarian Looks at Books
JOHN G. O'LEARYFor more than forty years I have looked at books. I have regarded them as tools of our trade and as the “sweet sound that breathes o'er a bed of violets”. I have shelved them…
Books I Have Enjoyed
W.R. AITKENOne of my favourite quotations is the opening of Robin Jenkins's novel, Happy for the Child: “Pages 256 and 257 were missing. Shocked, the boy slowly and in fear became aware that…
The Writer In Action
SYLVIA HAYMONIf much has been written about the artist's tools and next to nothing about the writer's, it is presumably because a painting emerges into the light of day direct from its maker's…
Some Scottish Publishers (Part 3)
R.D. MACLEODSo far in these articles I have dealt with Scottish publishers of books in all lines of literature, and have not covered the subject, but the material presented is sufficient to…