A essays on various subjects Bostwick, Arthur Elmore creator text nyu Freeport, NY Books for Libraries Press 1969, c1920 1969 2nd reprinting. monographic eng

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ix, 344 p. 22 cm. 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. Books and reading Libraries Education PS 3503 .O67 L5 1969 028./9 67023182 PUCPR 740606 20160527185146.0 120577