The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-05-21

make regular tours Of all the branches
the members of the library STATS them
selves participate ia the work.
Fairy tales are thus told % classes Of
fifty or sixty youngsters. Older boys
and girls IN separate classes hear tales
from Scott biographies o. great men.
romanccs and tales from mythology.
A. the end of the stories copies Of the
hooks from which the story teller drew
his material are put on a special shelf
and there h scramble 10 read what has
just been heard
In all % the Fast Side branch Libraries
the superintendents have arranged at
stated times with the teachers Of the
various classes ~ the middle grades
in the schools thereabout for the at
tendance of these classes NJ a little lecture
In the library upon the Use Of the reference
cards and catalogues This makes the
avera g twelve-year-old more confident
than many an adult in his ability 10 find
what he wants on the book shelves
In many instances the library super
intendents receive from the school teachers
at the beginning of each week a llst oi
supplementary reading which will come
No in schoo! COURSES for that week and
the librarian sets ont on the reference
shelves the necessary books in readi-
ne-s for the invasion Of the children.
What do the children Of the t-nements
read2 The answer 90 this brings several
surprises
The Bible ranks among the five most
popular books ln the chidr-ns de
partment In the Hamilton Fish Park
branch they hay" nifty ropes ~ the
Bible. most of them containing both M"
Old and New Tr,tam~nts and there -
rarely q time when all Of the iifty are not
in circulation. Tins - Ia the heart u the
Ghetto, where there I- not one family 10
fifty that II not Jrvi-h by birth The
editions containing the New Testament
are m a, general demand ~ tho-e eN-
clusively Hebraic
Occasionally Bible IL returned With
muulauons and impiou- determinations
In the text ~ tho Gospels and Epistl~s
but the superintendent ~ the branch
library on Past Houston street who has
faith In the children. believes that such
mutilatiors are done by adults aud not
by the youngsters.
History comes second 90 fiction even
among the little citizens who cannot find
romance in ash barrels 1r fairy gO=-a-
Iner draping puchcarts. Histories - the
United States are never dusty 100 any
Of the five last Side branch libraries
You ngstsrs who we're born Iu Poland
Lthuania OF kumauia want 80 know all
about the war between the American
States. ~ Lincoln. Washington and the
heroes 81 the Western world. They rarely
ask Tor the histories 81 the countries -
their nativity.
In the juvenile fiction The fairy stories
lead an others Then. ton Their" b. a d~
nand for all the ,tandari Iuvanil" bUOk-
that more favored Youngsters further
uptown read Robinson trIlso~- and
the God fearing Robinson family arr
heroes still IN HyIuRton street.
A h'tle url walked into uu- - the Past
Sida branches recently and returned uns
81 LOUISE VI AlcUtI books
\ want ~" -luaIl tu lu'I" Women.
she aid She gu, -iitii" Mon after q
minute of hard thinking pn the part Ui
The Young men and women ~ the Fast
Side minEle utility with pleasure in their
,isa 81 the library IN the flbI-- ~ per.
centags- uf the distribution - buuk-
for home reading Do may be- seen Iu the
Cass 1f sll five ~ che ta-l side uluChr-
that icuou leads 100 demand boot bUpla II
literature and ~ -ci~uur rIr with ".rl
other fDr -,.clud place 'ni~r the group.
ing ~ .c-uc" rr" Included th" rihJ-rt-
- sociology. pulurll ecuuumv cyir'
and ciyrl government Thus D. the field
q thought that b. occupying the Iit-u
ton ~ tho Wide lwgkr mind -yrrvW here
ON the Ea,t Nid-. Va here socialism b. u
religion % -uW". % others rich field
fIr speculation.
The school .h.irru d-I.fn spcIshsu
and they peg. l. tH-Ir.rEurrIf- from fN'
tr-stizes ~ fh" -uCi.l philosophers The
Young W"l end wunen n Oh" -pri. club,
feel irrr fY iHs gIIrfuf uf the fhrJr'ea
~ this ur tho. dI-ppvslar of nu eCuUpmt
i-r D. fu ue untitled Tor intellectual ss-o
,Frou ud thor reading .u this field Is
wider fuHU tr-f ~ guy group ~ rDadDH
UisDwre .s loo the city
laEI books form rFs .l.i Is rn ron
slant dom 20 Iy mnr .ri npu.r vh.
rra~d f"..- Diva ru work . 0i fra.r nights
f1 UrrHa r.fIrn f1r fNa rnral.-. avr NINA
tons nr fHr 'rf-. urN Hutr . HurWr hool
TsrHr.#. unHr- rH ..d .. fHs ,THra .rs
Als1 among Tho popular volumes taken uul
ggr home consumption, especially he4vy