PREFACE
CONTENTS
PAINS AND PENALTIES IN LIBRARY WORK [1]
HOW LIBRARIANS CHOOSE BOOKS
THE WORK OF THE SMALL PUBLIC LIBRARY
LAY CONTROL IN LIBRARIES AND ELSEWHERE [3]
THE WHOLE DUTY OF A LIBRARY TRUSTEE: FROM A LIBRARIAN'S STANDPOINT [4]
THE DAY'S WORK: SOME CONDITIONS AND SOME IDEALS [5]
LIBRARY STATISTICS
OLD PROBABILITIES IN THE LIBRARY HIS MODEST VATICINATIONS [6]
THE LOVE OF BOOKS AS A BASIS FOR LIBRARIANSHIP [7]
THE LIBRARY AS THE EDUCATIONAL CENTER OF A TOWN
THE LIBRARIAN AS A CENSOR [8]
HOW TO RAISE THE STANDARD OF BOOK SELECTION [9]
SYSTEM IN THE LIBRARY [10]
THE EXPLOITATION OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY [11]
SERVICE SYSTEMS IN LIBRARIES
EFFICIENCY RECORDS IN LIBRARIES
MAL-EMPLOYMENT IN THE LIBRARY [12]
COST OF ADMINISTRATION [13]
LIBRARY CIRCULATION AT LONG RANGE
CONFLICTS OF JURISDICTION IN LIBRARY SYSTEMS [14]
THREE KINDS OF LIBRARIANS [15]
SCHOOL LIBRARIES AND MENTAL TRAINING
THE LIBRARY AND THE BUSINESS MAN [16]
POETS, LIBRARIES AND REALITIES [17]
THE CHURCH AND THE PUBLIC LIBRARY
THE FUTURE OF LIBRARY WORK
POPULARIZING MUSIC THROUGH THE LIBRARY [18]
TWO CARDINAL SINS
A MESSAGE TO BEGINNERS
LUCK IN THE LIBRARY
THE LIBRARY AS A MUSEUM
THE LIBRARY AND THE LOCALITY
INDEX
LIBRARY ESSAYS PAPERS RELATED TO THE WORK OF PUBLIC LIBRARIES
ARTHUR E. BOSTWICK, Ph. D. · · · THE H. W. WILSON COMPANY NEW YORK 1920
