Bostwick, Arthur Elmore <br/><br/>
A librarian's open shelf  essays on various subjects / 

 - 2nd reprinting. 
 - Freeport, NY  Books for Libraries Press  1969, c1920. 
 - ix, 344 p.  22 cm. 
 - Essay index reprint series .
<br/><br/>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 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. 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>67023182  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Books and reading<br/>Libraries<br/>Education
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PS 3503 .O67  / L5 1969 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>028./9