DOMINION LIBRARY.

White Ribbon, Volume 27, Issue 319, 18 January 1922, Page 15

DOMINION LIBRARY.

FIRST REJI’ORT. At the Convention held in Tirnuru in 1918, it Wit* decided to fonn a nominion Library, £f> being voted for the purpose, and Miss McCarthy being appointed Librarian. Ixiring tln* year a* veral Inxiks were presented or )>oughL In 1919, as Miss McCarthy was leaving on a trip to England, she forwarded the books, including an account Look, with a statement of expenditure, to the Napier Convention. From what we ran learn, we believe the l>ooks were received, but as no Librarian was appointed, 'it was no one’s duty to taki charge of the books, and they were lost sight of. At the Convention held in Wellington in 1920. I was appointed Librarian, and. as 1 reported at Ashburton in 1921, all I was able to do during the year was to make unavailing efforts to find the books. As a result of the inquiries made then, two of the original Iwioks have ( come to light, Flexner’s "Prostitution in

Europe" and "Glimpse* of Fifty Years," by Frances E. Willard. Some months ago Miss McCarthy made inquiries in Napier, and came to the conclusion that probably the others had been mixed with the Purity literature and sold during the Napier Convention. Added to the two mention*d, are five purchased by Miss McCarthy while in England, ten donated to our I’nion by the British Association for Moral and Social Hygiene, ami one presented to Mrs Don and handed on by her to the library, I Three different book. 1 have been lent out since last Convention, one once. I another twice, and a third thr*e times/ Two notices of books written for ine, y one by Miss Garforth. and the other by Mrs Claude Graham, have l>een pub J lished in the "White Ribbon"; the first bringing thnee requests for the l>ook noticed. I trust the second will bring/ as good results. < JESSIE FIELD. Dorn. Librarian. The Rooks, Port Nelson, 4th January, 1922. I.IST OF ROOKS. Glimpses of Fifty Years by Frances E Willard), postage 1/-. n

2.Prostitution in Europe (Abraham Flex* ner), postage B*l. 4 Militarism in Education, postage 3d. LThe Future of th** Woman’s Movement (Millicant G. Fawcett), postage fid. C*Pag»s from the Diary of a Militant Suf fragette, postage 3d. Towards New Horizons, postage 45*1. Y Com partitive Education, postage Sd. ■ y Downward Paths, postage tjd. Man Made World, pastag 6*l. fffTwcnty Years at Hull House (Jaw Adams), postage fid. |( Personal Reminiscences of a Great Crusade (Josephine Butler), past age fid. IL. Marriage and Motherhood, postage I’d. fi The Baby, postage lAd. yy Maternity: Lett* s from Working Women, pastnge fid. /•/Morals and Public 11* ilth: Report of th* Portsmouth Conference, postage fid. and Marriage, postage fid. Truth About Woman (Mrs Ga!!ihank postage Bd. /GThe Boy Who Did Grow Cp, postage fid. An Inquiry in Ten Towns in England into Subjects Connected ,\ith Public Morality, postag* lid of Hygi* ne, postage 4Jd.