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Books and Publicity
Stanley SnaithNo one concerned for the dignity of letters can have failed to notice the increasing voracity and audibility of publishers' advertising of recent years. With this in mind I have…
A Publisher looks back
Alistair J.B. PatersonI Remember with amusement how, at the ripe age of nine, I became imbued with my first great and overwhelming sympathy; it was for the members of my father's congregation; and the…
Library economy writers: The widening field
W.C. Berwick SayersI sometimes wonder if the love of books is not distinct from the love of reading. We insatiable readers hold that the things are intertwined inextricably, but there are surely…
Prison libraries: Mainly by Prisoners
TIME was when the prisoner was regarded as a sort of object with no rights worth talking about, and whose views were of no account. His life was largely in the hands of jailers…
Books and Bookmen
IvanhoeThe world grows steadily smaller, and affairs are now given as much prominence five thousand miles away from the scene of high incident as they are in places within easy range…