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Classics of American Librarianship

Edited by ARTHUR E. BOSTWICK, Ph. D.

THE LIBRARY AND SOCIETY

REPRINTS OF PAPERS AND ADDRESSES

NEW YORK
THE H. W. WILSON COMPANY
London: Grafton & Company
1920

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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 andstandard expressions of ideas that have later developed into prominence.The papers and addresses in this volume have been chosen especially withthis in view, and as they emphasize social relations an effort has beenmade to include expressions from men of eminence whose names would notprobably occur to the student of library economy as having expressed anopinion about the work of libraries or as having influenced it in anypermanent way.

I desire to acknowledge the kindly assistance rendered in the selectionand grouping of the articles by Mrs. Gertrude Gilbert Drury, chiefinstructor in the St. Louis Library School. It has been most valuable.

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

Arthur E. Bostwick

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CONTENTS