Harrison W. Graver, Librarian, Carnegie Library of
Pittsburgh, Pa.; Claude G. Leland, Superintendent, Bureau of
Libraries, Board of Education, New York City; Edward F.
Stevens, Librarian, Pratt Institute Free Library, Brooklyn,
New York; together with the Editorial Board of our Movement,
William D. Murray, George D. Pratt and Frank Presbrey, with
Franklin K. Mathiews. Chief Scout Librarian, as Secretary.

In selecting the books, the Commission has chosen only such
as are of interest to boys, the first twenty-five being
either works of fiction or stirring stories of adventurous
experiences. In later lists, books of a more serious sort
will be included. It is hoped that as many as twenty-five
may be added to the Library each year.

Thanks are due the several publishers who have helped to
inaugurate this new department of our work. Without their
co-operation in making available for popular priced editions
some of the best books ever published for boys, the
promotion of EVERY BOY'S LIBRARY would have been
impossible.

We wish, too, to express our heartiest gratitude to the
Library Commission, who, without compensation, have placed
their vast experience and immense resources at the service
of our Movement.

The Commission invites suggestions as to future books to be
included in the Library. Librarians, teachers, parents, and
all others interested in welfare work for boys, can render a