PUBLIC LIBRARY.
TO THE EDITOR. Sir,—Having been a borrower for the last 12 years, I should like to add ray complaints about the existing arrangements at the Public Library. lam like probably 80 per cent, of readers, and read for recreation, not information, and. therefore, do not appreciate tho number of books dealing with subjects such as Hitler, Mussolini, cookery, etc., which soem to have taken the place of fiction. As for the new pay collection system, it seems a pity to me that this was not made a separate affair, at least until it was fully established. As it is, there seems practically no choice to be had. either in old or new books. Three days, too, is a very short time in which to enjoy a book, though one might not mind paying a penny or two for extra days. I should like to know if twopence for one week would not be feasible. I should also like to know what has become of the old books. Are they always in circulation or have they been scrapped?—l am, etc., A.E. October 6
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Evening Star, Issue 22462, 6 October 1936, Page 11
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184PUBLIC LIBRARY. Evening Star, Issue 22462, 6 October 1936, Page 11
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