An edition of A librarian's open shelf (1967)

A librarian's open shelf

essays on various subjects.

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An edition of A librarian's open shelf (1967)

A librarian's open shelf

essays on various subjects.

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English
Pages
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.
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 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.

Edition Notes

Reprint of the 1920 ed.

Published in
Freeport, N.Y
Series
Essay index reprint series

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
028./9
Library of Congress
PS3503.O67 L5 1967, Z1003 .B74 1967

The Physical Object

Pagination
ix, 344 p.
Number of pages
344

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL5544903M
Internet Archive
alibrariansopen01bostgoog
LCCN
67023182
OCLC/WorldCat
1856172

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL18031272W

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