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The Rural Community Library in Scotland
John CrawfordMANY of the parish and community libraries of Scotland in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries were subscription libraries, as this was the best way for people of limited means…
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Annie S. Swan—forerunner of modern popular fiction
Edmond F. GardinerFROM TIME TO TIME librarians in public lending libraries hear their borrowers lamenting that they wish they could find books on the shelves like those written in the ‘Good Old…
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Shakespeare's Last Words
Harry C. BauerA MAN'S LAST WORDS carry presumption of credibility not associated with utterances made earlier in life. William Shakespeare acknowledged this credibility in at least three of his…
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Public Libraries in Northern Ireland: The New Situation
K.A. StockhamIN THE UNITED KINGDOM the reorganization of local government has been the subject of public discussion and of central government consideration for the last thirty years. During…
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