DOMINION LIBRARY.

White Ribbon, Volume 27, Issue 332, 18 April 1922, Page 14

DOMINION LIBRARY.

Librarian: Mrs Field. At the Convention held in Timaru in 1918, it was decided to form a Dominion Library, £5 being voted for the purpose, and Miss McCarthy being: appointed Librarian. During the year several books were presented or bought. In 1919, as Miss McCarthy was leaving on a trip to England, she forwarded the books, including an account l»ook, with a statement of expenditure, to the Napier Convention. From what we can learn, we belkve the books were received, but as no Librarian was appointed, it was no one’s duty *o take charge of the books, and they were lost sight of. At the Convention held in Wellington in 1920, 1 was appointed Librarian, and, as I 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 books have come to light, Flexn* r’s “Prostitution in Europe” and “Glimpses of Fifty Years," by Frances E. Willard . Some months ago Miss McCarthy made inquiries in Napier, and came to the conclusion that prolwibly the others bad been mixed with the Purity literatim- and sold during the Napier Convent ton. Added to the two mentioned, are five purchased by Miss McCarthy while in England ten donated to our Pnion by the British Association for Moral and Social Hygiene, and one presented to Mrs Don and handed on by her to the bhrary. Three different books have been tent •»ut since last Convention, one once, another twice, and a third three times. Two notices of books written for me, one by Miss Garforth. and the other by Mrs Claude Graham, have been pub lished in the “White Ribbon”; the first bringing three requests for the book noticed. I trust the second will bring os cood results.

Petone reports that they have a Library, to which 21 new books have been added this year. Nelson reports a Library of 49 l>ooks and a number of magazines, ‘The Shield,” “Vanguard," “American Motherhood." and the “White Ribbon." Two new books added this year and 52 lent.