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The Philosophy of the Kitchen Sink
Dorothea M. AbbottELIZABETH MYERS was writing in the war years when the term ‘Kitchen Sink’ had not yet been coined to describe the pre‐occupation of dramatists and novelists with the seamy side of…
J. P. Lamb: the Last of the Patriarchs
James G. OlléIN HIS OBITUARY APPRECIATION of R. W. Lynn, for some years city librarian of Southampton, Eric Clough said that Lynn had ‘none of the patriarchal aura that so many of his…
Public Library Annual Reports, 1972–73
Allan WhatleyTHIS REVIEW of nearly sixty annual reports is the fourth in the series. It marks the end of an era, in that the majority of the reports are from English and Welsh library…
What is Librarianship?
Anne Grimshaw‘WHAT is librarianship?’ The question was first thrust at me in one of the examinations of the Library Association. What a stupid question to ask a student! Of course, at the time…
The Average Author
Denys Val BakerIS THERE such a creature as an average author? Decidedly not, I fancy. Whatever other qualities authors may or may not possess they retain a dogged individuality, with the very…