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Title: The Library and Society
Reprints of Papers and Addresses

Author: Various

Editor: Arthur Elmore Bostwick

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Language: English

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Classics of American Librarianship

Edited by

ARTHUR E. BOSTWICK, Ph. D.

THE LIBRARY AND SOCIETY

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

PREFACE

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.

The original suggestion of this volume, and of the character of its
contents, I owe to Dr. James I. Wyer, Jr., Director of the New York
State Library.

ARTHUR E. BOSTWICK

CONTENTS

PREFACE 5

THE LIBRARY AND SOCIETY 13

GENERAL COMMUNITY RELATIONS 15

The Historical Evolution of the Free Pub