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A Travel‐book Causerie
H.M. TOMLINSONTHIS is a subject which is supposed to be next to my heart. I am not sure it is quite so close. It may have been so at one time, but if ever I had a predilection for stories of…
The Student and His Keys
ARUNDELL ESDAILEI. THE AMATEUR READER. MAKE no mistake: reading is an art, though it may seem as much an instinctive action as eating. It is by no means necessary to read every word of a book to…
Town Libraries in France
HENRI LEMAÎTREIMPROVEMENTS effected in the administration of French municipal libraries in the past few years are mainly due to the untiring and vigorous efforts of the librarians, who have…
More and Better Books
EDWARD GREENIN the Board of Education Report of the Consultative Committee on Books in Public Elementary Schools we get a document of some interest and importance, and one that should be…
Surrey County Library
M.J. POWELLTHE Public Libraries Acts were adopted by the Surrey County Council in July, 1924, the county librarian took up office in June, 1925, and the first books were issued in December…
Books Read in an Agricultural County
E. BROOKSTHE county librarian is often asked in amused, curious or contemptuous tone “what do the “villagers” read?” In a purely agricultural county consisting of small villages with no…