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Edward Edwards Reconsidered: (1) The Man
W.A. MUNFORDOn 3rd March, 1852, the House of Commons Select Committee on Parliamentary Papers took evidence from the Principal Librarian of the new Manchester Public Library, Mr. Edward…
Books are our Prime Subject
PROF. RAYMOND IRWIN“I could not love thee” said the young librarian, apostrophising the volume he was trying to classify, “I could not love thee (Dear) so much, Lov'd I not Dewey more.” The spirit…
Pages in Waiting
HORACE THOROGOODMost of us who are bookmen have some particular book weighing on our conscience, one of those important books that, for some reason, we missed reading when young and that haunts…
The Library of the Hermitage in Leningrad
CHARLES D. KENTThe library of the Hermitage Art Museum in Leningrad has 300,000 volumes on art generally, including the history of art, architecture, and related fields as well as all kinds…
Canadian Libraries and Problems of Staff Recruitment: Further Comments
Controversy on this subject has now ranged over our past six numbers, and still the discussion continues, but with rather less urbanity on the part of some colleagues than might…