children's work are thus represented, although no attempt
has been made to make the collection comprehensive.

Book-selection for children has not been included except
incidentally, since it is expected that this subject will
be treated in another volume as part of the general subject
of book-selection. In the same way, material on
training for library work with children has been reserved
for a volume on library training.

The present volume is an attempt to bring together in
accessible form papers representing the growth and tendencies
of forty years of library work with children.
ALICE I. HAZELTINE.



CONTENTS


PREFACE

HISTORY AND GENERAL DISCUSSION

Public Libraries and the Young. (U. S. Bureau of Education.
Public Libraries in the United States, 1876, p. 412)
WILLIAM ISAAC FLETCHER.

Boys' and Girls' Reading. (Library Journal, 1882, p. 182.)
CAROLINE MARIA HEWINS.