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Title: Why do we need a public library?
Material for a library campaign

Author: Various

Editor: Chalmers Hadley

Release Date: March 24, 2010 [EBook #31760]

Language: English

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LIBRARY TRACT, No. 10

Revised Edition of Tract No. 1

WHY DO WE NEED A PUBLIC LIBRARY?

MATERIAL FOR A LIBRARY CAMPAIGN

Compiled by CHALMERS HADLEY
Sec'y American Library Association

AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION PUBLISHING BOARD
1 WASHINGTON STREET, CHICAGO
1910

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PUBLICATIONS OF THE

AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION

PUBLISHING BOARD

_Postage on book publications extra_

Guide to reference books, by Alice B. Kroeger.
New and enlarged edition. Cloth, $1.50.

Literature of American history; edited by J. N.
Larned. Cloth, $6.00. Supplements for 1902,
1903, paper, each $1; for 1904, 25c.

A. L. A. Index to general literature. Cloth, $10.

A. L. A. Index to portraits. $3.

A. L. A. Catalog. Paper, $1.

A. L. A. Catalog rules. Cloth, 60c.

A. L. A. Booklist (monthly, 10 numbers) $1 a year

List of subject headings for use in dictionary catalogs.
Cloth, $2.

Books for girls and women and their clubs.
Paper, 25c. Also issued in five parts, small
size, 5c. each.

Reading for the young, with supplement. Sheets,
$1.

Books for boys and girls, by Caroline M. Hewins.
Paper, 15c. $5 per 100.

Children's reading. Paper, 25c.

Small library buildings. Paper, $1.25.

Library buildings, by W. R. Eastman. Paper, 10c.

(_Continued on 3rd cover page_)

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LIBRARY TRACT, No. 10

Revised Edition of Tract No. 1

WHY DO WE NEED A PUBLIC LIBRARY?

MATERIAL FOR A LIBRARY CAMPAIGN

Compiled by CHALMERS HADLEY
Sec'y American Library Association

AMERICAN LIBR