A librarian's open shelf: essays on various subjects.

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A librarian's open shelf: essays on various subjects.

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English
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344

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Table of Contents

Do readers read.
What makes people read.
The passing of the possessive; a study of book titles.
Selective education.
The uses of fiction.
The value of association.
Modern educational methods.
Sme economic features of libraries.
Simon Newcomb: America's foremost astronomer.
The companionship of books.
Atomic theories of energy.
The advertisement of ideas.
The public library, the public schol, and the social center movement.
The systematization of violence.
The art of re-reading.
History and heredity.
What the flag stands for.
The people's share in the public library.
Some tendencies of American thought.
Drugs and the man.
How the community educates itself.
Clubwomen's reading.
Books for tired eyes.
The magic casement.
A word to believers.

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New York

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Pagination
ix, 344 p.
Number of pages
344

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL7172182M
Internet Archive
librariansopen00bostrich
LCCN
20026990
OCLC/WorldCat
28907229

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OL184862W

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