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Show PICTiON NOT GEFlD BY SHLT LAKERS TO NEGLECT OF "HEAVIER" SUBJECTS i 1. "The Awakening of Eleanor Bitcnie." Margaret Deland. 2. "Half a Bo gu 9." Harold Mc-Orath. Mc-Orath. S. "Call of the Blood." Eobert Hitches. 4. "The Saint." Fogatxaro. 5. "The Wood carver of Olympus." Mary E. W alien. These five books, In the order named, are the most popular works of fiction In Salt Lake City just at present. Judging Judg-ing from the calls made for them at the public library.. Each of them has been In the library several weeks, and from the start has been much In demand. "The Saint," by an Italian author, treats of Catholicism and demands for it have grown rapidly since the start of the church-and-state war in Trance, a few weeks ago. As in probably every other public library in the country there is a greater great-er call for works of fiction than for any other kind. In the opinion of the librarian, libra-rian, Miss Joanna H. Hprague. however, how-ever, the proportion of patrons who call for books of a "heavier" character is greater here than in the majority of cities. The mining industry is respon sihle for many, requests for books of information on subjects relating to it. Records of the ore deposits of the I'nited States and geological reports are sought every wek. Some "Heavy" Reading. There is a demand, too. for nooks treating such suhiects as the l.iw of psvehic phenomena, modern advertising, advertis-ing, and reinforced concrete. Thre are regular readers of patent ofti. c r ports and a few persons who go o far as to stndv the Congressional Record systematically. Recpntlv, "Miss Pprague says. thre have been nianv calls for "Reminis-ences "Reminis-ences of a Missionary Rishop. " by the atively speaking, this is an excellent ahowing, both for the little folks and the elders. Fairy tales are popular with the very young patrons of the library, but history ia br no means neglected. neg-lected. The interest of the children in historical works is surprising. Books of travel are popular with both young and old. Women Bead Most. "The proportion of men and women readers of fiction is about equal, I think. The library has many more women than men patrons, but this is easily explained by the greater amount of time that the average woman has to devote to reading. The growth of their clubs has stimulated the popularity of the library with women, and also increased in-creased the call for books other than Action. Many of the club women come here to study in preparation for the papers pa-pers they read at their meetings. "In the last week we have had many calls for 'The Count of Monte Cristo.' This is always popular, but the coming com-ing of James O'Neill to the citv has caused a boom in the demand for Pumas' Pu-mas' famous story. Before the coming of William H. Crane 'She Stoops to Conquer' became ranrs than ever popular. pop-ular. Thus, to a limited extent, the fi brary is a calendar for the theaters." Subjects for Children. At this time in the year and again late in the spring, pupils of th citv schools sck - books which will asisf them in the preparation of graduation esav. theses and orations Just at present, in anticipation of th birthday anniversaries of Washington and Lin coin, works treating of these hres are much in demand. To facilitate the selection se-lection a list of such books has been potcd in the library building Prob sbU rrajoritv of calls are for Nicolav and Hav 's "Life of Lincoln." Ida M. Tarbell's 'Lincoln.'' Irvine's "Wash ington" and "The True lie.'ige Wash ington ' ' Tn the lat few days, so recpntlv that it has not et been place t upon Right Rev. Hanie! P. Tuttle. formrrlv of this citv. but F.pis.-opal bishop in St Louis for several vears. "Probably one third of the works called for bv adults are books other than fiction." said Miss Sprague this morning. "Among children the pro portion is about one fourth. 'oraiflr tie helves. "The Speaker. 1 new book, has been received. Nfls Sprague recommends this to students looking for recitations, oration? and the like, as if contains a 1 arefuily select ed n s- rt mcnt . "The ,-hoo tea! hers would help us greatlv if thev would inform u a fen- lavs in advance of assigning subjects for essavs," sai l flss Sprague. "Some of them do this now. If all would lend us this ail wr nouid constantly bo prepared when pupils come and inquire for the best books of reference on a given subject. |