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The public library

Chapter 18: IMPORTANT NEW BOOKS
By Ernest A. Baker
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The author surveys the origins and evolution of public library services, outlining their historical development, organizational forms, and social functions. He analyzes what constitutes an effective library service, outlines strategies for extension into urban and rural districts, and argues for coordinated national provision and professional training for librarians. The book combines descriptive sketches of notable collections and reading rooms with practical recommendations on legislation, funding, and adult education, emphasizing libraries' potential to foster self-improvement, broaden cultural access, and contribute to civic reconstruction.

IMPORTANT NEW BOOKS

History of the Port of London

By Sir JOSEPH BROODBANK. Two Volumes. Crown 4to, with 80 Illustrations. 63s. net. Limited Edition printed on Hand-made paper and bound in full Niger, 25 guineas net.

“These superb volumes, which lend themselves much more readily to eulogy than criticism ... are of genuine national significance; their success should be immediate, and their reputation permanent.”—Daily Telegraph.

“A book to be read by all of us who have the honour to live in the greatest of existing, or recorded cities.”—Times Literary Supplement.

America and England

By C. R. ENOCK, F.R.G.S. Demy 8vo. 25s. net.

“It is an admirable survey ... The information is adequate, correct, and up-to-date, and it is not only useful for reference, but easily readable.”—Times Literary Supplement.

Old-World Essays

By R. L. GALES, Author of “Studies in Arcady.” Crown 8vo. 8s. 6d. net.

“Mr. R. L. Gales has a lighter touch than Henley ever possessed. Some delicate, elusive other-worldly quality seems distilled from his pages, whose magic the most prosaic must feel.”—Outlook.

Advancing Woman

By HOLFORD KNIGHT. Crown 8vo. 3s. 6d. net.

“A singularly able discussion. Mr. Knight, who was in 1913 the pioneer of the movement to open the English Bar to women, deals in separate chapters with women as jurors, as lawyers, as magistrates, and in relation to the legal profession generally.”—Times Literary Supplement.

Ireland Since Parnell

By CAPTAIN D. D. SHEEHAN. Demy 8vo. 12s. 6d. net.

“A book which certainly helps towards an understanding of the tangle which is now in progress of being combed out.”—Daily Mail.

Ireland in Insurrection

An Englishman’s Record of Facts. By HUGH MARTIN. Preface by Sir PHILIP GIBBS, K.B.E. Crown 8vo. 3s. 6d. net.

“I hope that Mr. Hugh Martin’s ‘Ireland in Insurrection’ will have the wide circulation and careful study which it deserves.”—The Rt. Hon. H. H. Asquith, M.P.

The Lady with the Hands

By C. N. LONGRIDGE. Crown 8vo. 8s. 6d. net.

A novel with peculiar attractions for Devonshire readers.

“Mr. C. N. Longridge has a knowledge of a character and an engaging style.... The story is interesting and written with considerable ability.”—Bookman.

DANIEL O’CONNOR, 90 Great Russell Street, W.C.1