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The Kaleidoscopic Mind of Peter Mark Roget
Harry C. BauerPETER MARK ROGET died on 12 September 1869, Nevertheless, he is more widely known today than he ever was in his heyday. His name has endured a full century, and may indeed endure…
Libraries and the Student of Railways
Campbell HighetTHE ACCUMULATED MASS OF RAILWAY LITERATURE in the form of books, periodicals, papers to learned Institutions, Parliamentary papers, and so on, has grown to gigantic proportions in…
Scholarly Reprints
E.D. MackernessONE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENTS in publishing since the Second World War has been the growth, on both sides of the Atlantic, of the ‘scholarly reprint’ business. To…
Books for Babies
Judith BumpusINTEREST IN THE YOUNG has gradually filtered down the age scale so that now even babies come under the spotlight of serious attention. Whereas at one time children were treated as…
R.S.V.P. or Receiving Some Valuable Publicity
K.A. StockhamIT IS WITH EXTREME CAUTION that one dares to assert that something unique, original or even unusual has been achieved, but I do not know of any other British public library that…