Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-08-08
BY FREDERIC I. HASKIN,

OF the enlisted men are mere boys
not yet done with thrilling over such
stories az "Riflenen Of the Ohio" or
The Great Sioux Trail" As a, class,
Juvenile books rank fourth In num-
Der of titles, being exceeded only
by Westerns. love stories. and adven-
t~ure-atories. ]. "A. Altsheler has 20
titles listed in the catalogue-all
hour, another Well Known Wrtter for
boys has 10.
Juvenile books are closely pressed
for honors by detective stories. Short
stories come next in popularity, fol-
lowed by humorous stories. In
s sishth n Place comes standard and 'clss-
Some Solid Reading. +.
Yet, although the preponderanee of
taste is for light fiction, a consid-
cradle percentage Of the men aboard
Uncle Sans warshtps demand the
best IN fiction. George Meredith. for
instance. whom even some profession
al critics find difficulty. in reading.
maintains a place among the live
masterpiece. THE IEsoiet." Conrad ia
a much-read favorite. Nine Of his
novels appear on the navy shelves.
Thomas Hardy has rone-"Far from
the Madding Crowd'-but neither Of
the other two great moderns, Henry
James and George Moore, is repre
scented. Arnold Bennett is there with
four novels. and Kipiine with nearly
everything he has ever written. AL
most every ship>in the navy. has to
buy a new set Of Jack London's novels
each year, SO great is the wear and
tear upon these volumes The great
nQyelists of the past - Dickens,
Thackeray. Scott, Hugo, Balzac, and
George Eliot among them-are we'll
represented.
But Jack does not always read
merely for. amusement. His library
also contains a large number of non
fiction works. Curiously enough, a
class Of hooks in large demand are
lists in the navy is often leaving
home for the first time. He finds he
must write letters, and Simultaneous
~ he discovers that he cannot write
good ones. He applies to the ships
librarian for help and receives a
model letter-wrjttng book to help him
over the rough spots.s Then when
the ships are in port. the boys are
entertained ashore; and some Of them
be correct. So they take the etiquette
books from the library and study the
social graces.
The whole aim of the bureau, Of
navigation lis to make the Libraries AZ
Interesting and at the same time a
useful as possible. Naturally enough
there IL a large class OF books dealing
with travel. When the fleet is !5voy-
aging and approaching strange lands
Poetry is not neglected--there are
some SO volumes OF 1t In the stand
ard list, RohertN WI Service leading
by a comfortable margin. There are
scores of books>on practical subjects
-mechanical e~ngineeringI electricity,
radio, gas engineA business, even
farming. Each ship librarian is in
structed to use the bulletin boards
to apprise the men Of books IN the IL
brary which he thinks would interest
them. The men are allowed direct
access to the books and the librarian
Is not asked by authorities: s"How
many volumes. are In your lihrar,y?'.
hut rather .How ynAny Volumes are
issued 70 the men each day
ANkwERs 70 qUEsT1otNs.
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chute Jumping? q. G. n.
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ssser { paFashpts sss.eli'h.d : new
q. what are this i've leading in
duftSie6 In New York city. FIT. B.
A. Nh 1910 ths clothing Industry
ranked first, 5fohAeeo. printing. %rniliin-
cry AM. laae goods. ana manufactured
;furs following In the order named.
@. IL 1t necessary to have lokra In
g s2lr in order to call II Gumbo7
81 AZ since ony,hn 4. x..t,. 1919