A. library for the crew 011 board every British ship—that is the goal which the Seafarers' Education Service has placed before itself. Already ■ m /? de ? g°°d start. It was only in 1919 that it began boohs in this way, but since then it lias increased the number of ships can-yinf' these libraries from 5 to over 40(1 The libraries contain from 50 to 300 books each, according to the size of the ship for which they are intended, and are changed three or four times a year. An officer or steward usually acts as librarian, and requests for particular volumes are forwarded by him and met as far as possible. All sorts of books are included in the collections sent out—and they arc all read —while the requests received show . Hint sailors'" standards of taste arc . remarkably high.
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Press, Volume LXIX, Issue 20997, 27 October 1933, Page 16
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