A Library Primer

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a public library

to an ideal life, in the enjoyment of which one may forget, for a time, the hardships or the tedium of the real. One of the best functions of the

books on every profession, art, or handicraft, that workers in ever

ens. It is, of course, well supplied with books and periodicals which give the thought

rd, culture. No other word so well describes the influence of the diffusion of goo

conducted, is a powerful agent for counteracting the attractions of saloons and low resorts. Especially useful is it

nd giving hints as to their value and use; it adds to the usefulness of courses of lectures by furnishing lists of books on the subjects to be treated; it allies itsel

r giving greater efficiency to every worker, for diffusing sound principles o

and, to some extent, municipal control, and treated as part of the educational system of the state. The sense of ownership in it makes the

the people it comes as their first and only educational opportunity. The largest part of every man's education is that which he gives himself. It is for this indiv