The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-06
WHAT TO EXPECT
OF YOUR LIBRARY
BY CARL Ii. MILAN
Director Birmingham Public Library

|
The traffic manager of a large manu-
| featuring concern of this city called ut
the library few days ago, presenting
| list of several hundred references to ar
| ticles and books in the United States gov
| erhment documents on transportation.
| Every traffic manager, he said ought to
| bave access to all of them on short no.
| tice.
few days later chemist from a. local
| steel company called to see a copy of the
| last tariff law. He did not find it in,
and went away, saying he could order
enc but week later he returned and
borrowed the library's copy, having neg
lected TO write for one for himself
Now these are typical of one kind OF
material that the business men may ,x-
pect to find at the Birmingham public H.
brary. This institution is a depository
library, and as such, receives practically
everything published by the United States
government. And these publications in
clude, as nearly all business men know,
the most valuable material available on
many business topics.
At present the United States govern
ganized, particularly the latest pamphlets
but they are being put in shape as rap
idly as possible. Even at present, any
thing much wanted can be had on rea-
| sonably short notice
Some of the new books and literature
| at the public library are as follows
"Child Labor and Poverty" Papers.
address and discussion at the ninth ma
tional conference on child labor, held
at Jacksonville, Fla, March, 1913.
Child Labor Laws in All States" in
cludes a summary of state laws. a copy
of the uniform child labor law, an ar
ticle on the enforcement of child labor
laws, and three articles on the regu
lation of the street trades
Child Labor Stories for Children
aims to bring to the more fortunate
| children the story of the working child
without its narrowing details. Inter-
esting to adults as well as the children.
Well illustrated.
More Protection for Working Chill
dren." Annual report of the national
| child labor committee
| Report on the condition of woman
and child wage earners in the United
volumes, issued by United States gov
ernment.
Random Notes of Boston," descrip-
| tion by Henry T. Dowst charmingly
| illustrated book of description.
Finance-The text of the currency
law; conference report on the currency
bill; speeches on the currency bill;
text of the tariff law.
| Personal Conduct" Choosing a Ca
| reer," by Marden.
"The Young Man Entering Business .
| by Marden. Two of the popular books
| by the well known editor of Success"
magazine.
| Psychology--"The Psychology OF
Laughter, by Boris Sidis. A serious
study of the main psychological prin-
/ ciples that underlie laughter and its
various manifestations illustrated with
many anecdotes and examples from lit
| erature. Disagrees with Bergson' $
| Laughter when he excludes comedy
| from the realm of art. Concludes that
the highest point reached by laughter
| is intimately related with the highest
| Intellectual, aesthetic and moral devel-
| opment.'
| Religion-"Twice-B Born Men, a Clinic
| in Regeneration" by Harold Begbie.
! Life stories Of 10 degraded men of 4
| London slum who We're transformc 1
| through conversation. Cautious and sin
cere, concerned mainly with the psy-
chology of conversion and the regen-
| Grating power of Christianity. A foot
note to William James varieties of re-
| lligious experience.