Bostwick, Arthur E. 1860-1942
A Librarian's Open Shelf : Essays on Various Subjects [recurso electrónico] / Arthur E. Bostwick - Project Gutenberg, 2004 - Project Gutenberg 13430 .
Do readers read? -- What makes people read? -- The passing of the possessive; a study of book titles -- Selective education -- The uses of fiction -- The value of association -- Modern educational methods -- Some economic features of libraries -- Simon Newcomb: America's foremost astronomer -- The companionship of books -- Atomic theories of energy -- The advertisement of ideas -- The public library, the public school, and the social center movement -- The systematization of violence -- The art of re-reading -- History and heredity -- What the flag stands for -- The people's share in the public library -- Some tendencies of American thought -- Drugs and the man -- How the community educates itself -- Clubwomen's reading -- Books for tired eyes -- The magic casement -- A word to believers.
Public domain in the USA.
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Libraries Education Books and reading
PS
A Librarian's Open Shelf : Essays on Various Subjects [recurso electrónico] / Arthur E. Bostwick - Project Gutenberg, 2004 - Project Gutenberg 13430 .
Do readers read? -- What makes people read? -- The passing of the possessive; a study of book titles -- Selective education -- The uses of fiction -- The value of association -- Modern educational methods -- Some economic features of libraries -- Simon Newcomb: America's foremost astronomer -- The companionship of books -- Atomic theories of energy -- The advertisement of ideas -- The public library, the public school, and the social center movement -- The systematization of violence -- The art of re-reading -- History and heredity -- What the flag stands for -- The people's share in the public library -- Some tendencies of American thought -- Drugs and the man -- How the community educates itself -- Clubwomen's reading -- Books for tired eyes -- The magic casement -- A word to believers.
Public domain in the USA.
Text
Libraries Education Books and reading
PS