New Britain herald., 1930-09-06
LIBRARY PREPARED
 FOR SCHOOL YEAR
Books for Preacher and Taught
 on Special Shelf

Opening of school is always g busy season for the library of the New Britain Institute. During the school year hundreds of students ir.- wade the reference room in search of material for essays and debates The reading of required books in English courses also helps to in- crease the number of library pat rons. Added to this the cooler weather always results in an in. crease of circulation because people feel more inclined to remain in- doors.
 During the summer library staff workers have prepared a huge number of juvenile books which will prove popular with school chll- dren of the lower grades. Many of these books are old favorites and classics done in large type, bound attractively and illustrated in fetch- ing colors by Tony sarg and other masters of the craft.
 "The Two T's-Teacher and Taught" is the title of the special shelf which is attracting consider able interest at the library this week. For those who desire an ex- cellent treatise on education that is different A. s. Neill's "A Dominie's Leg" 70 Dominic in Doubt" and "A Dominic Dismissed" will pro- vide interesting reading. No ordi- nary school teacher is Neill and the ideas for which he was dismissed years ago are now being adopted by leading educators. The books are informally written and are of inter- est to students as we'll as to teachers.
 Beginning with an article in 1882 on The Metaphysical Assumptions of Materialism which appeared in the Journal of Speculative Philoso- rhy, John Dewey has been a pros life Writer-one whose every writ. ten statement has an interest for educators. Many of his books are to be found on the shelves of the local library and would furnish ap- propriate reading for thos, about to renew the daily grind of classes
 Clergymen and religious workers are chief among the borrowers of The Agony of Christianity" by Miguel de Unamuno. sometime rec tor of the University of Salamanca. In his preface he says, What I propose to lay bare here is my own agony, my Christian struggle. the agony of Christianity in me; it's death and resurrection at every sin- gle moment of my inner life
 Bryon. Blake Shelley. Elizabeth Browning. Gladstone and Shaw are among the Britishers quoted in. The Voice of Freedom" compiled by H. w. Nevinson. It starts with King Ethelbert, Englands first democrat, and traces the growth of freedom in England down to the last utterance by Rupert Brooke, the soldier-poet.
 Playgoers invariably enjoy read ing plays and there are few collec- ticns more charming than the three in Shall We Join the Ladies?" by Sir James Barrie, that strange mix ture of delightful fancies and Scotch common sense. Recently Barrie was made freeman of his native town of Kirrlemuir, an honor which never before in the history of that ancient burgh has been be- slowed on anyone. Kirriemuir is only another word for Thrums and to Barrie readers that explains everything. The librarys collection of Barrie is ill almost continual cir culation.
 New Britain vacationists who toured England during the summer will be interested in Americas England" one of the new library volumes. M. V. Hughes, the author, has presented the melloNness of England in its quinte ssence.
 Recent events in Poland have been of unusual interest to Polish residents of New Britain. Although most of the Polish patrons of the library borrow books written in their own tongue, not a few take English books dealing with their native land. Among these one of the most popular is, "Pilsudski and Po- land" by Rom Landau.