The Library and Society: Reprints of Papers and Addresses

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Classics of American Librarianship
Edited by ARTHUR E. BOSTWICK, Ph. D.
REPRINTS OF PAPERS AND ADDRESSES
WITH NOTES BY ARTHUR E. BOSTWICK, Ph. D.
NEW YORK THE H. W. WILSON COMPANY London: Grafton & Company 1920

Published, January, 1921

It may be desirable to repeat here the warning that the word “classics” in the title of this series is to be understood as meaning early and standard expressions of ideas that have later developed into prominence. The papers and addresses in this volume have been chosen especially with this in view, and as they emphasize social relations an effort has been made to include expressions from men of eminence whose names would not probably occur to the student of library economy as having expressed an opinion about the work of libraries or as having influenced it in any permanent way.
I desire to acknowledge the kindly assistance rendered in the selection and grouping of the articles by Mrs. Gertrude Gilbert Drury, chief instructor in the St. Louis Library School. It has been most valuable.