The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-10

els is first in demand, and the regular
makes dash for the public library to
secure the coveted week in which to
make acquaintance with the ruling fad
in the new books of the hour. This de-
mand is transitory and temporary, and
just now David Harum" and Richard
Carvel" are in fuli swing The horsey
banker and puritanic politician have
caught the popular favor by storm.
David Harum'' was for many
months far in the lead in New York
state, in which the scene is laid, and
the critics predicted that its marvellous
hold on popular favor would be but To-
cal. The ingenious incubation of gen
uine human nature, with which the
work is reeking. proved too much for
narrow confines, and the popularity
which the book has found in Worcester
is the lot of David Harum" the coun-
try over
Richard CarveT' is but beginning its
reign with Worcester book readers, It's
popularity bids fair to outstrip that OF
any one of the recent novels, and the
demand at the library is constantly on
the increase.
The struggle to meet the popular de-
mand at the library is constant. Wnen
first a new and approved work makes
its appearance it is Immediately added
to the circulating department ana latet,
If the demand increases the stoch -
increased until of many books a uoAen
or more copies are necessary even even
though the circulation is limited u oiie
week for each card.
The fate of many of the popular
novels of the hour presents an ihteI
esting study There arc many Doors
shelved in the circulating departlhens
Of the public library for when NV
thera is scarcely call a year. AZ oiie
time these same books were kept III
merry go-round, from hand to manu-
and from house to house, but theS
lacked the essential qualities OF pei
manence, which is necessary 10 Incur
cate them into standard literature
In Contradistinction to these Is tile
constant and permanent demand OIL lIle
standard works. Dickens and Scott ana
Thackeray and Trollope, and Bret HART,
and Howels, and a score of others are
the staples of the circulating lpfAry'
There is a constant demand lo5
these that scarcely varies, ~ AZ
is as constant as the northern star ~
like the popular books of the day tn ~.
are the standard works of the cehIui ie''
and their following Is legion.
OF all the books in the library, those
Of Kiping are admittedly in the lead u
popularity. The demand for thelh
bears none of the earmarks OF oai
gan-day rush 1t is rather the lesitta
mate traffic in staples. No author a ilIis
or dead, il the Worcester reading pun
is criterion, ranks with Kipllhg III ~ ~.
present number of readers. WhetileI "
not his Incompatible stories are ue 81
gned to see wane in popularity Is 10 %
ne future to show, but in the year ~
our Lord, 1899, Kipling is easily ny
most popular author, alive or deaa. u
The circulating department OF tIe ~
orary is just now beginning 10 teel w
stimulus of business which follows NY
close of the summer months. LUZ e
the heated session the demand II
books is at a comparatively low epp,
Light literature and short stories ar5
the natural outcome Of the languor "
summer but with the approach OF co tn
er days there comes q return 70 pelte.
n'erary entertainment, and business az
me library Is correspondlngly on ths M
crease
fot the winter season at the library
we books that will witness the great
est demand are Mrs ELEPHANTS Let,
, .ers' Through the Nations to Goa,
me Double Thread" when kng1t'
mood Was in Flower and Justin NJ
1.aarthy's "Reminiscences" These WIN
David Harum and "Richard carver
tWiIl lead In popular favor throughout
'ne TALL and winter.
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