A Librarian’s Open Shelf
Essays On Various Subjects
Arthur E. Bostwick, Ph.D.
1920
Preface
The papers here gathered together represent the activities of alibrarian in directions outside the boundaries of his professionalcareer, although the influences of it may be detected in them hereand there. Except for those influences they have little connectionand the transition of thought and treatment from one to another mayoccasionally seem violent. It may, however, serve to protect thereader from the assaults of monotony.
A.E.B.
Contents
| Do Readers Read? |
| (The Critic, July, 1901, p. 67-70) |
| What Makes PeopleRead? |
| (The Book Lover, January, 1904, p.12-16) |
| The Passing of ThePossessive; A Study of Book Titles |
| (The Book Buyer, June, 1897, p.500-1) |
| Selective Education |
| (Educational Review, November, 1907, p.365-73) |
| The Uses of Fiction |
| Read before the American Library Association,Asheville Conference, May 28, 1907. (A.L.A. Bulletin,July, 1907, p. 183-7) |
| The Value ofAssociation |
| Delivered before the Library Associations ofIowa, Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, Indiana and Ohio, October 9-18,1907. (Library Journal, January, 1908, p. 3-9) |
| Modern EducationalMethods |
| (Notes and News, Montclair, N.J., July,1908) |
| Some Economic Features ofLibraries |
| Read at the opening of the Chestnut Hill Branch,Philadelphia Free Library, January 22, 1909. (LibraryJournal, February, 1909, p. 48-52) |
| Simon Newcomb:America’s Foremost Astronomer |
| (Review of Reviews, August, 1909, p.171-4) |
| The Companionship ofBooks |
| Read before the Pacific Northwest LibraryAssociation, June, 1910. (P.N.W.L.A. Proceedings, 1910, p.8-23) |
| Atomic Theories ofEnergy |
| Read before the St. Louis Academy of Science.(The Monist, October, 1912, p. 580-5) |
| The Advertisement ofIdeas |
| (Minnesota Library Notes and News,December, 1912, p. 190-7) |
| The Public Library, ThePublic School, and The Social Center Movement |
| Read before the National Education Association.(N.E.A. Proceedings, 1912, p. 240-5) |
| The Systematization ofViolence |
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