A Librarian's Open Shelf

A Librarian's Open Shelf

Arthur Elmore Bostwick, United States librarian and author (1860-1942)


This ebook presents «A Librarian's Open Shelf», from Arthur Elmore Bostwick. A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly to the chapter selected.


Table of Contents

- About This Book

- Preface

- Essays On Various Subjects

- 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

- The Malady

- A Diagnosis

- The Remedy

- Books For Tired Eyes

- The Magic Casement

- A Word To Believers