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

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bostwick, Arthur E. (Arthur Elmore), 1860-1942
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Freeport, N.Y. : Books for Libraries Press, [1967]
Series:Essay index reprint series
Subjects:
Books and reading.
Education.
Libraries.
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
  • Some 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 school, 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.