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The Public Libraries Committee's Report
FREDERIC G. G.B.E.,K.C.B. KENYON, LITT.D.I have been asked by the Editor of the Library Review to write a short article on the recently‐issued Report of the Departmental Committee which has been inquiring into the public…
American Library Association Toronto Conference
COL. J.M. MITCHELLWHEN I left Toronto on the third day of the Conference it was not known how many delegates would ultimately be found to have attended it. Some had still to arrive. More than…
Organised Education and Library Service
R.C.T. MAIRTHE relation of the library to education as it is now organised in our schools is, as you are well aware, difficult of definition either in present practice or in the ideal state…
The Drama in the Countryside
EDGAR OSBORNEDURING the past few years interest in the drama has been quite as strong in the countryside as in the towns. This activity in the years following the war is a remarkable feature…
Edinburgh as a Literary Centre
LEWIS SPENCEEDINBURGH'S prestige as a literary centre steadily declined after the death of Scott, and for a succeeding generation was lost in undistinguished shallows. Even Peveril became…
Student Books at the Local Centre
A COUNTRY TEACHERI was much interested in the good work described in the first number of this magazine by Col. Newcombe of the Central Library for Students, because a long time ago I used to think…
Books and Bookmen
IVANHOETHAT British historians will have to be careful and have a care is indicated by the following judgment pronounced by the youngest member of the literary staff of the imposing “New…