July 31st, 1913.

TO THE PUBLIC:--

In the execution of its purpose to give educational value
and moral worth to the recreational activities of the
boyhood of America, the leaders of the Boy Scout Movement
quickly learned that to effectively carry out its program,
the boy must be influenced not only in his out-of-door life
but also in the diversions of his other leisure moments. It
is at such times that the boy is captured by the tales of
daring enterprises and adventurous good times. What now is
needful is not that his taste should be thwarted but
trained. There should constantly be presented to him the
books the boy likes best, yet always the books that will be
best for the boy. As a natter of fact, however, the boy's
taste is being constantly vitiated and exploited by the
great mass of cheap juvenile literature.

To help anxiously concerned parents and educators to meet
this grave peril, the Library Commission of the Boy Scouts
of America has been organized. EVERY BOY'S LIBRARY is the
result of their labors. All the books chosen have been
approved by them. The Commission is composed of the
following members: George F. Bowerman, Librarian, Public
Library of the District of Columbia, Washington, D.C.;