GREYMOUTH LIBRARY.
[to the editor.] gi r _[ read with interest “Subscriber’s” letter in Saturday’s issue, with special reference to the management of our local library. I too feel that much could be done to raise the standard of the monthly selection ot books. May I suggest an attractive corner for modern plays be inaugurated. This, I am sure, would encourage our younger readers to take more interest in the better class of liteiature, and to pass by many of the poorer and more-worthless type ot novels, which have and still aie undoubtedly invading a. large portion of the shelf space. Many, I know, will agree with me when I say that there is no permanent good which can be derived from such books. On the other hand', for those who have responsibility such as an engine-driver or a doctor, I quite realise that they need a stimulating light diversion by such authors as Edgar Wallace, Ngaio Marsh or Raphael Sabatini.—Yours. CL '"’ OFT FOR IMPROVEMENT.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 17 July 1939, Page 5
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