Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-11-09
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Book Week" Begins as
the Central and South
Libraries-C Christmas
Exhibit Opens.

II OOKS! The light along the
ID way of every life! The chi1d's
mind is moulded by them: the
youths mind is spurred on by them
and the adult finds consolation and
recreation in them.
But because of the nature of some
of our books of today and the bad
influence many of them would
have on the minds immature. the
public libraries have an annual book
week This book week is one of the
most interesting exhibits of the
YER and mothers, fathers and chill
dren anticipate it weeks ahead.
In order that shoppers will have
ample time to select their Christmas
books, the Christmas display has
been combined with national book
week at the libraries, beginning
Monday. Both the Central public
library and the South Side library
atTwenty-third and M streets have
arranged their exhibition for con-
venience. The fairy tales are in one
section, with prices and illustrations,
in another section there are boy
stories< in another hundreds of girl
stories, history, short stories, liter
ature in every form.
Courteous librarians will be in at
tendance who know books back
ward and forward. in and out. They
have Information free of charge for
the purpose of assisting all who
need assistance in choosing the
books they wish to purchase either
for the home, for gifts or for
Christmas.
Friday will be open-house day at
the South Side library and an or
chestra will give concert in the
evening. Miss Tobitt, head librari-
an anticipates great crowds and has
arranged to assist all who want in
formation.
1t is interesting to parents and
booklovers to know what books in
fluenced the lives of our literary
lights of today.
Hugh Walpole.
Il was brought up, nearly so
years ago now" writes the young
English author, Hugh Walpole, "in
the good old-fashioned way and we
had Sunday books very distinct from
weekday books. l learned to read
very late, l think I must have been
eight years old before / could read
properly, and the two books !
learned from were Lottie's Visit to
Grandmama,' and Alice in Wonder {
land, Lottie went on visit to the
seaside and can see now the way
that the seashore expanded before
my eyes as / read and the wonder
full birthday party that Lottie had
and lovely work box that someone
gave her.
"Alice introduced me to fantasy,
whose adoring servant have been
ever since. Do children still love
Alice? | believe so, but the Rabbit
and the Typhon and the Mock
Turtle cannot seem so marvellousS
to the modern child as they did to Y
us. Our lives were so vastly more
restricted. l had hardly entered
theater before | was Il, and we had
to subsist on a few books instead
of i, f;hrarv T don't fh;oL x.,~ xuerA Y
any unhappier for that.
"After Alice, the magic door was
opened and l could 60 where /
pleased passed quickly through
the. delights of Mrs. Ewing Can
of the Windmill especially, Mrs.
Wordsworth CHER Baby and the
Cuckoo Clocko, 'Ministering Chill
dren,' Mrs. Lott, Hans Anderson,
into the large motherly arms of
Charlotte Mary Young. l don't
mean that l left those others behind
me. Jan of the Windmill Her
Baby and the rest | adore still.
but Charlotte Mary introduced me
to new world and world simply
throbbing with humanity. They
were read aloud to US, chapter by
chapter, Sunday after Sunday, after
tea, and we were given a chocolate
at the end of every second page.
The Dove in the Eagles Nest. still
remains to me as the most romantic
of them all. but we cried bucket
fulls over The Heir of Redclyffe,
and were thrilled by Lance's efforts
to be confirmed in The Pillars of