. Boston, a guide book . of reference books and works ingeneral literature, accessible to the public on open shelves. Readers arealso served at the tables by runners, who bring from the stacks such vol-umes as are requested for hall use. The Childrens Rooms on this floorare entirely devoted to the needs of young readers. Special attendantsaid the children in the selection of books, and instruct them in the. useof the library. Nine thousand volumes are placed on open shelveshere, mainly the better class of juveniles, boys and girls fiction, andbooks of travel and adventure written for the young
. Boston, a guide book . of reference books and works ingeneral literature, accessible to the public on open shelves. Readers arealso served at the tables by runners, who bring from the stacks such vol-umes as are requested for hall use. The Childrens Rooms on this floorare entirely devoted to the needs of young readers. Special attendantsaid the children in the selection of books, and instruct them in the. useof the library. Nine thousand volumes are placed on open shelveshere, mainly the better class of juveniles, boys and girls fiction, andbooks of travel and adventure written for the young. Large tables areprovided at which the children may read by themselves. The ChildrensReference Room is a study room, and is equipped with books intendedto be used by young students. Children come here to write composi-tions, to look up topics connected with their school work, and to pre-pare their daily lessons. A collection of the text-books used in theBoston public schools is an important feature of this room, and the. Bates Hali .IC LiBKARY 84 PUBLIC LIBRARY books contained in it are alike helpful to those who have left schooland to teachers from other places. General and special reference booksare also shelved here, duplicating in some cases those kept in BatesHall for older readers; and there is a section of books on pedagogyand kindergarten methods for teachers. In connection wi^h the work for children, the schools included among theagencies of the Library (one hundred and twenty public and parochial schools)must be mentioned. These are supplied with books either for topical referenceor miscellaneous reading, which are usually delivered by the Library wagons andmay be changed frequently. Each set of books is made up for the occasion, andthe teachers selection is followed as far as possible. The total number of vol-umes sent to the schools from the Central Library and Branches in 1909 was22,263. Each large Branch library, also, regularly supplies certain neighbor-ing scho
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