NEWTOWN LIBRARY.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 612, 15 September 1909, Page 4

NEWTOWN LIBRARY.

: ■\3Vs&l"V?V\\ '.':■ ■' ;.*"'.■ ■■:..:■■',:'■.'' ; -';- '-. : - : '- :; /,' /It-is Aotsb-ea&.-» niatW, to ■pr<reide_ suitable' reading for , .'juveniles as,ono wight imagine. The;-difficulty -is to select such literaturouswilllmvea healthy influence on -the 'minds'-d! the youthful readers; books that toll, honestly and simply, the story of true manli- ' ness suid womanliness in language iveo trom that maudlin'- sentimentality, ■ntach far- too , bften charhcterises;;"book3ior. the yonng.-.ln the ideal -boys' book, >there- Is-to ho read, between the^-lines; a sturdy, philosophy which clears the intellect and .braces tho.inind.in much the same way'asozanc-ladcn winds from the sea ;revhe the physical .-energies.-' (Less, stem , , in';-its .telling, sotter m its philosophy,: buLneycrthoHs'sr unflinching m'lts jiurpose, is the ideal girls'book. •::.:::../..■:.■ ; ■ ,■' - ■It is not too much to say that,in the selection of 'literature* for .tUe.> juvenile department the - responsible ' ofßcers of" the Newtown, Lii brary havo soldom err«d-i£ ; they have errod_at all-on tho "side of .''maudlin sentimentality. TH6. rapidly-increasing' collection -o! Juvenile b?oks on the.Bholves 3 o{ tho library-over 250 volumes have been added this year-is.of too kind that aro the bottor for being read, -This department of the library hae become such an important , find popular■ branch .that.it has been found necessary to'list:-the;-accessions, in the monthly. catalogue: of -, new.. -books. Heiity, Kingston, Captain Marryat, Mayne EeiH, W. Gordon ■ ' Stables, ■ Fiiinemore, . Fnth, Jules Verne, Strang, :S. E.' Crockett, all well-knoini vfriters fot-.boya,-.ftre, amongst others, well represented,,while thenamca of L.;M. Alcott, E. AniKstrons J. Ch&ppoll, £• T. Meade, Clara MufhS,^.^.fiddeman,-and-Ethol Turner, old-established favourites, appear among | a-large and-varied assortment; of books, for.Hie 6 Suitable' -magazliica :for juveniles; are, also difficult to seloot. An.';lnterested' contributor haa recently announced his intention of supplyin| regular copies, -o Magazine" a new periodical published m Australia, whioH Is brighti educative, and interest-, .irig. .. ' ; -" : '--'■ : '--•-■'• ' '...'■'