Palisadian., 1923-08-31
Cliff. Park Library
Has New Books

| oiuS al n iiDi dly, duuOuuCeS tUdL ten
of the new books for children have ar
rived, purchased with the thirty dol
lars given by Miss Hannah Mandel, of
Edgewater Heights Park for that pur-
pose. Eight more are scheduled to
appear later, but these already here
are beautiful and expensive books and
are as follows: Bowser the Hound,
by Burgess; Mrs. Peter Rabbit, Bur-
CESS; Mother Goose Village, Bigham;
| Stories to Tell the Little Ones, Bry-
ant; Baby's Own Aesop, illustrated
by Crane; Story of Roland, Baldwin;
Pretty Polly Flinders, Blaisdell; Twi-
light Town, Blaisdell; Harper's Ma
chinery Books for Boys, Adams;
American Boys Book of Bugs, Butter
flies and BEETLES, Dan Beard. These
books have been bound well for the
constant usage expected, reinforced,
shellacked and waxed
Besides this gift of money, Miss
Mandel has contributed fifty chill
drens books during the past year and
other kind donors for the same Pc
riod are: Mrs. R. H. Potter, forty
books and a series of the beautiful
National Geographic Magazines, COM
plete from 1914 to 1922, which the
librarian has had bound in the best
reinforced binding. Mrs. S. Wood
McClave sends magazines, such as
Asia, Travel, etc. Mrs. Marshall
Good Housekeeping, House and Gar
den, etc. The late Mrs. Warren Ey-
rich gave twelve books. Peter Pros
sin Is books. Harry Lucht 70 books.
G. Donaldson, book and magazines.
Others have given in past years
such as a number of the Congress
sional Records by Mr.. J. j. Cohen,
and gift which the librarian greatly
appreciates also is the gift of time
by several members of the library,
the girls of nearby Cliffside constant
ly aiding her in classifying, asserting
and other work, and then there are
her brownies" as she calls those
who have been aiding her in having
"dusting parties during all the
month of July when she and they
took down all the less used books
from their shelves, each library day,
tapped them open, then busted their
shelves with a dustless duster.
Some of the magazines have been
sent to hospitals and some are given
to the local firemen, all doing good
in some way whether in or out of the
library.
One of the most valuable reference
books in the library, for young peo-
pie especially, is the World Book
Organized knowledge in Story and
Picture, marked for ready reference
on the outside like an encyclopedia
and containing within complete in
formation under each heading, supe-
rior to the famous Book OF Knowl-
edge as a reference book, although
that splendid series is also in the IL
brary, and so is the complete set OF
the new International Encyclopedia.
One of the most valuable set of
volumes is the 2S volume set of The
American Nation, "a History edited
by A. B. Hart" the 2Sth volume be-
ing an analytical index of the other
27 books, each by famous author,
covering a specific subject such as
National Progress-1907-1917," by
Frederick A. Ogg, recommended high
ly by Columbia University and used
by Americanization teachers.
Another subject is National De-
velopment," by Edwin Sparks; ma
tional Ideals, Historically Traced
A. B. Hart; america as a World
Power" J. H. Latane, etc. In fact
the shelves are well stocked in the
line Of American History, for besides
individual volumes, there is Bryce's
American Commonwealth, a n
Bryce's Modern Democracies, each
in two volumes, Andrews History of
the United States, in five volumes,
Eggleston's New Century History of
the United States, Democracy IN
America by De Toecqueville, etc.
There are several histories of New
Jersey-there should be more-but
one of the curiosities is that history
written by Samuel Smith, of Events
up to 1921" copy of an antique his
tory written at that time.
Let us all use our library more and
more and let us not only get but also
give to it more and more!