. Review of reviews and world's work. egood care of it. If you keep it clean and freshit will last a long time and many other boys andgirls will be able 16 use it. This institute liasfrequent lectures for the children, exhibits offlowers and birds, and the room is cheery andhomelike. St. Louis takes great interest in its childrensroom. Tlio department is in charge of a former teacher, and free access is allowed to the Christmas they have had a collection ofMadonnas, surmounted by a fine engraving ofthe Bodenhausen Madonna, a collection of pic-tures calling attention to some of th
. Review of reviews and world's work. egood care of it. If you keep it clean and freshit will last a long time and many other boys andgirls will be able 16 use it. This institute liasfrequent lectures for the children, exhibits offlowers and birds, and the room is cheery andhomelike. St. Louis takes great interest in its childrensroom. Tlio department is in charge of a former teacher, and free access is allowed to the Christmas they have had a collection ofMadonnas, surmounted by a fine engraving ofthe Bodenhausen Madonna, a collection of pic-tures calling attention to some of the best storybooks, and a unique card calling attention to se-lections from famous poems, with suitable illus-trations. During the holidays some libraries have advertised childrens week, and the number whoaccepted the invitation to visit the libraries hasbeen astounding. The government of these li-braries requires tact and sympathy. No forceis needed, and as a rule the little ones are wellbehaved. Indeed, a boy or a girl likes the re-. CHILDRENS DEPAHTMENT, KALAMAZOO LIBKARY. sponsibility. Much can be done in the way ofeducating children by the use of illustrations,and pictures often appeal where books do has a picture clul), with folios of photo-graphs for circulation among the children. The Milwaukee Public Library has one of thefinest childrens rooms. A large, cheerful roomon the third floor is given over to the )out 8,000 books are shelved here, amongwhich the children are allowed to go and choosetheir own reading. There are a few good pic-tures and casts in the room, and on the wall di-rectly opposite the entrance is painted tastefullythe following : This room is under the protec-tion of the boys and girls of Milwaukee ; andthis is the spirit of the work. The children feela proprietary interest in the room, and like to aidin keeping the shelves orderly and to report bookstil at need repair. To encourage familiarity withauthors their birthdays are celeb
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