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Recollections of Melvil Dewey
L. Stanley JastThe recent publication of the official biography of Melvil Dewey—called by the editor a “biographic compilation,” and to my mind a most disappointing book, in which, amidst the…
Autobiography: The mirror of self
Stanley SnaithIt may be true, as Quetelet declared, that the study of the individual does not conduce to a comprehensive appreciation of psychological laws. It is arguable that individual man…
We have only ourselves to blame
Eric De BanzieTo suggest in a literary journal that (say) Jack Hobbs at the Oval has given as great pleasure to humanity, both qualitative and quantitative, as Velasquez at the Prado…
A Boy in Glasgow
Frederick NivenThe Editor of Library Review has invited me to write an article on my literary beginnings. It is a task at one and the same time happy and—well, if not sad it does make one aware…