IT seems as if this issue of the Booklist, the first in a new volume, ought somehow to reflect the new atmosphere in which it was made up. But lest it does not, we announce our news. The Booklist office has moved. It is now in unusually attractive quarters with the rest of the A. L. A. staff on the ninth floor of The John Crerar Library building at 86 East Randolph Street, corner of Michigan avenue. After years of functioning under the most trying circumstances in crowded space, generously provided by the Chicago public library, which could ill afford to spare the room, the Booklist has at last arrived at the dignity of having its own office. The view from our windows is full of life and color; below us, all the hurry and movement of one of America's great thoroughfares; beyond, the waters of Lake Michigan, now sparkling and serene, now a gray and angry sea. Librarians visiting Chicago are invited to call at number 86 "for to admire and for to see." IN 'N this number of the Booklist appear five publications of the American Library Association-an unprecedented occurrence. There is the Wheeler book, The library and the community, which has received so many favorable reviews; the Index to illustrations, which will grow with usefulness as time goes on; the list of Books for the high school library, which has the authority of the N. E. A. as well as the A. L. A.; the Hadley book on Library buildings containing many lovely plates; and Mr. Lydenberg's delightful biography of John Shaw Billings. Already request has come for permission to translate the Hadley book into the Czech language and to use the plates and diagrams. WHEN May Lamberton Becker dedicated her new book to the librarians of America she paid us a great compliment. but when she wrote the book she did us so great a service that the dedication only serves to deepen our sense of indebtedness. One feels that a loan desk assistant, invited by a fairy godmother Reader's guide book that Mrs. Becker has provided. It might better be called "The librarian's friend." The reference assistant, harassed by clubwoman, preacher and high school essayist, will turn to it with certainty of help. While we bow gracefully in acknowledgment of the dedication, we grasp Mrs. Becker warmly by the hand and thank her for giving permanence to her wise and zestful Readers guide. "CHIL HILDREN'S Book Week was originated in 1919 by the American Booksellers' Association, the American Library Association, the Boy Scouts of America, and associated publishers; and has become, in five years, a national annual campaign which thousands of communities use to stimulate interest in boys' and girls' books. Its influence is felt throughout the year in a growing consciousness of the importance of children's reading on character development." Suggestions, posters and circulars for observing Children's Book Week, November 9-15, 1924, can be obtained from Miss Marion Humble, Executive secretary, National association of book publishers, 334 Fifth Avenue, New York City. For Children's Book Week Distribute GIFTS FOR CHILDREN'S BOOK-SHELVES with your own imprint. New edition goes to press October 1; second printing, October 20. The standard list selected by the Children's Librarians' Section of the A. L. A. Special imprint (on 100 or more ordered before above printing dates. available after first printing. 100 copies 250 copies copies) $1.50 extra; must be Copies with A. L. A. imprint American Library Association, Chicago, Illinois October, 1924, Vol. 21, No. 1 Address: The Booklist A. L. A., 86 E. Randolph St., Chicago, Ill. Issued monthly except August and September. Emily V. D. Miller, editor. Subscription price $2.00 per year; single copies 25 cents. Entered as secondclass matter, February 4, 1918, at the post office at Chicago, Ill., under Act of August 24, 1912. Acceptance for mailing at special rate of postage provided for in Section 1103, Act of October 3, 1917, authorized on July 8, 1918. |