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LIBRARY ESSAYS

PAPERS RELATED TO THE WORK OF PUBLIC LIBRARIES

LIBRARY ESSAYS

PAPERS RELATED TO THE WORK OF PUBLIC LIBRARIES

ARTHUR E. BOSTWICK, PH. D.

THE H. W. WILSON COMPANY NEW YORK 1920

PREFACE

The author of these papers began his service in librarianship in April, 1895. He celebrates his silver jubilee by gathering them into a single volume. Before becoming a librarian he had worked for many years as teacher, editor and journalist, and the use of the pen having become second nature, he took it up in behalf of libraries and librarians, somewhat sooner, perhaps, than experience would warrant. However, the papers reflect to a certain extent the progress of library work during the past quarter century.

A. E. B.

CONTENTS

PAINS AND PENALTIES IN LIBRARY WORK 3

Read at the Magnolia Conference of the American Library Association, June, 1902. (A. L. A. Proceedings, 1902, p. 29-34)

HOW LIBRARIANS CHOOSE BOOKS 17

(Public Libraries, April, 1903, p. 137-41)

THE WORK OF THE SMALL PUBLIC LIBRARY 29

(Library Journal, August, 1903, p. 596-600)

LAY CONTROL IN LIBRARIES AND ELSEWHERE 39

Read before the Trustees’ Section of the American Library Association, at the Niagara Conference. (A. L. A. Proceedings, 1903, p. 199-202)

THE WHOLE DUTY OF A LIBRARY TRUSTEE: FROM A LIBRARIAN’S STANDPOINT 49

An address before the Trustees’ Section of the American Library Association (A. L. A. Proceedings, 1906, p. 40-4)

THE DAY’S WORK: SOME CONDITIONS AND SOME IDEALS 59

Presidential address before the New York Library Association, Lake Placid, September 21, 1903. (Library Journal, October, 1903, p. 704-7)

LIBRARY STATISTICS 69

(Library Journal, January, 1904, p. 5-8)

OLD PROBABILITIES IN THE LIBRARY--HIS MODEST VATICINATIONS 79

Read before the Pennsylvania Library Club, Philadelphia, May 9, 1904. (Library Journal, October, 1904, p. 517-23)

THE LOVE OF BOOKS AS A BASIS FOR LIBRARIANSHIP 97