Millard County Chronicle | 1925-12-24 | Page 9 | Many and Various Are "Graveyards" of Books

Many and Various Are "Graveyards" of Books When a book languishes, unread, un-looked un-looked at and unasked for on tlie shelves of a library, one phase of its life has passed and it is destined soon to enter on a new one. But what is the next stage in its career? Thnt, to the man in the street, is one of the mysteries of literature. Most libraries have a sort of sanctuary sanc-tuary for unwanted books a chamber of the forgotten where they are kept for a time and then disposed of. Sometimes they find their way to second-hand book barrows; sometimes they are repulped to supply paper for other books with all the world before them. Luckiest of ail are those which the London library decides to discard. It was recently revealed that they are sent out to the Seychelles islands, where one book Is as good as another, and the date of a volume's publication has no Influence on its chances of popularity. Adventurous books, these, that go voyaging out to the Indian ocean. But there is a price to pay for adventure. Sooner or later the ants will get them, and when these voracious devourers of literature are done with them there will be nothing left for ordinary readers ! London Mail.