The author of these papers began his service in librarianship in April, 1895. He celebrates his silver jubilee by gathering them into a single volume. Before becoming a librarian he had worked for many years as teacher, editor and journalist, and the use of the pen having become second nature, he took it up in behalf of libraries and librarians, somewhat sooner, perhaps, than experience would warrant. However, the papers reflect to a certain extent the progress of library work during the past quarter century.
A. E. B.
CONTENTS
| Pains and Penalties in Library Work | [3] |
| Read at the Magnolia Conference of the American Library Association, June, 1902. (A. L. A. Proceedings, 1902, p. 29-34) | |
| How Librarians Choose Books | [17] |
| (Public Libraries, April, 1903, p. 137-41) | |
| The Work of the Small Public Library | [29] |
| (Library Journal, August, 1903, p. 596-600) | |
| Lay Control in Libraries and Elsewhere | [39] |
| Read before the Trustees’ Section of the American Library Association, at the Niagara Conference. (A. L. A. Proceedings, 1903, p. 199-202) | |
| The Whole Duty of a Library Trustee: from a Librarian’s Standpoint | [49] |
| An address before the Trustees’ Section of the American Library Association (A. L. A. Proceedings, 1906, p. 40-4) | |
| The Day’s Work: Some Conditions and Some Ideals | [59] |
| Presidential address before the New York Library Association, Lake Placid, September 21, 1903. (Library Journal, October, 1903, p. 704-7) | |
| Library Statistics | [69] |
| (Library Journal, January, 1904, p. 5-8) | |
| Old Probabilities in the Library—His Modest Vaticinations | [79] |
| Read before the Pennsylvania Library Club, Philadelphia, May 9, 1904. (Library Journal, October, 1904, p. 517-23) | |
| The Love of Books as a Basis for Librarianship | [97] |
| Read before the New York Library Association, Twilight Park, September, 1906. (Library Journal, February, 1907, p. 51-5) | |
| The Library as the Educational Center of a Town | [111] |
| (Public Libraries, May, 1907, p. 171-4) | |
| The Librarian as a Censor | [121] |
| Presidential address before the American Library Association, Lake Minnetonka Conference, June, 1908. (Library Journal, July, 1908, p. 257-64) | |
| How to Raise the Standard of Book Selection | [141] |
| Read at the meeting of the Library commissions of the New England States, Hartford, Conn., February 11, 1909. (Public Libraries, May, 1909, p. 163-7) | |
| Library Circulation at Long Range | [221] |
| (Library Journal, July, 1913, p. 391-4) | |
| Conflicts of Jurisdiction in Library Systems | [231] |
| Read before the round table of branch librarians at the Washington conference, May 28, 1914. (Library Journal, August, 1914, p. 588-91) | |
| Three Kinds of Librarians | [241] |
| Read before the Missouri Library Association, Sedalia, November 18, 1914. (Public Libraries, January, 1915, p. 1-4; February, 1915, p. 47-50) | |
| School Libraries and Mental Training | [255] |
| (School Review, June, 1915, p. 395-405) | |
| The Library and the Business Man | [269] |
| A luncheon address to the Advertising Club of St. Louis. (Library Journal, April, 1917, p. 259-64) | |
| System in the Library | [153] |
| Read before the Missouri State Library Association, Columbia, Mo., October 28, 1909. (Library Journal, November, 1909, p. 476-82) | |
| The Exploitation of the Public Library | [171] |
| Address before the American Library Association at the Pasadena Conference, May 19, 1911. (A. L. A. Proceedings, 1911, p. 60-5) | |
| Service Systems in Libraries | [183] |
| (Library Journal, June, 1912, p. 299-304) | |
| Efficiency Records in Libraries | [199] |
| (Library Journal, March, 1913, p. 131-3) | |
| Mal-Employment in the Library | [205] |
| Read before the Iowa Library Association. (Iowa Library Quarterly, October, 1912, p. 247-52) | |
| Cost of Administration | [217] |
| Report to the American Library Institute. (Public Libraries, December, 1912, p. 416-18) | |
| Poets, Libraries and Realities | [283] |
| An address at the opening of the new building of the Indianapolis Public Library. (Library Journal, December, 1917, p. 944-50) | |
| The Church and the Public Library | [299] |
| (Homiletic Review, June, 1918, p. 435-9) | |
| The Future of Library Work | [309] |
| (A. L. A. Bulletin, September, 1919, p. 50-7) | |
| Popularizing Music Through the Library | [325] |
| Read before the National Association of Music Teachers and reprinted from the published Proceedings for 1918. | |
| Two Cardinal Sins | [341] |
| A Message to Beginners | [357] |
| Luck in the Library | [373] |
| The Library As a Museum | [393] |
| The Library and the Locality | [409] |
| Index:[A],[B],[C],[D],[E],[F],[G],[H],[I],[J],[K],[L],[M],[N],[O],[P],[R],[S],[T],[V],[W]. | [429] |