Show w AEA I 1 M 4 r UlD Marine Libra Library Association Association tion tion Provides Provides' Reading lOSTON OSTON April 1 12 By A A. P. P P.- P. a n ng literature ro play a part In up the morale of men who follow tho sea loa is the work of ot the American Merchant Marine Library association which is opening a in Massachusetts to pro- pro prodo prodo do do- books for seamen on American Amerl- Amerl can Mn v vessels sels sailing salling from this port The Tho association Ulso has headquarters f tIt Boston Roston New Nely York and Cleve Cleve- land loading taste among the alto seamen changes hanges with good or bad times officials of ot the tho association say n ships aro demanding men II and nd crews change after every cery voyage oy voy- Age the call Is Js for fiction by writers writers writ writ- VOY-I VOY ers on le ad adventurous subjects With Witha n It decline decline- In in n shipping the steadier men stick sUck to their ships and more responsible crews are sl signed up t In such periods the tho demand Is for substantial reading Wells' Wells Outline Outline Out Out- line of ot History Van Loons Loon's Story of ot Mankind and Ibsen ore ae much rea read There are requests for Keats Nietzsche and Plutarch when the bj plc k chest is Js being made up at atthe atthe the waterfront storehouse of ot the association Works on navigation arid And d scientific subjects also are In demand Older men and the oW officers cers hrs are still stIn devotees of ot Dl Dickens kens Cott ott and Hugo The Dos Boston ton office Is under tinder the I of ot Mrs Henry Howard of ot Cleveland called by the sailors the I of the marine libraries Jn p the last year under her directIon direction tion 1 bool books s and magazines magazines maga maga- were vere loaned by the Boston office to crews on ships Roughly the tha books are divined divided into three classes fiction classes fiction both best lere and standard authors history history history his his- tory travel and biography and works on navigation and marine e engineering I I I |