Show ERRORS MADE BY librarians some little stories that prove the guardians of literature are not infallible it Is usually the ignorant or con used frequenter ot a library who are responsible for mistakes but occasionally aa guardian in of literature gives occasion tor a quiet smile to those she serves to a request for unbound one such replied with chilling decisive ness we hae no unbound books more recently a school teacher wishing to extend her rather scanty knowledge 0 the stories ot edgar allan in view ot the centenary of bis birth inquired at the delivery desk ot a rural library tor the gold bug adding I 1 can t to find it in the catalogue but im sure ou have it A friend ot mine bad it out last week the librarian glanced at the card catalogue drahei over which the teacher had been poring and smiled a superior no wonder miss jones ehe explained with patient gentleness you re looking under turn to entomology and ou wont have any trouble smiling in her turn a different and genial smile the beicher turned to entomology and there indeed duly classified with learned work on and she found the unscientific but fascinating insect invented by that master of mystery tales who did not even know that a beetle la not a bug it was almost too good a joke to spoil but instruction and correction become second hatun to a teacher and besides there wae her duty to th public when she departed with the gold dug under her arm she A left an enlightened but crestfallen 11 j braglan br arlan s oddly enough a mate to this abec dote comes at almost the same time t from the other side of the continent the president of a western woman club also brushing up her knowledge of before writing a paper on hla life sought at the local albran foe that weird tile 0 horror the pit and the pendulum 4 she was referred to the aird cata a logue and advised to look under me chanles or horology i youth a f companion a |