Salt Lake Tribune | 1903-11-04 | Page 7 | Demand for Science

DEMAND FOR SCIENCE East Slders in New York City Pass Fiction for Works of n Moro Solid Character Nov York Nor 3A most pecu liar development as to the tastes of the reading public has been discovered on the lower cast fide i In this city At the opening In East 13roatlvay of the I second of the branch library buildings provided for by the 3000000 gift of Andrew Carnegie Chairman Bostwiok of the circulating I I department of the New York public library read statistics covering four years proving that there are twice as many scientific books drawn In the Chatham street section sec-tion than In any other circulating library li-brary In New York City Unlike the people in the wealthiest part of the city he said thc population about Chatham square rejects fiction to a large extent and choosey solid Information subjects In-formation on science and other serious