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Show 00 1 Books For Children Can Not Be Supplied to Equal the Demand New Yorlc, Feb. 21. Is New York growing less studious? The annual report of the director of public libraries librar-ies shows a tremendous falling off in the number of visitors at the tvro great reference libraries maintained by tho city. In 1909, there were nearly near-ly 2G7.000 readers at the two Institu-I Institu-I tions, but in 1910 this number dropped to a bare 230,000. Readers of lighter literature, who patronize the branch libraries where books are supplied for circulation, increased in-creased during the year. The total number of bgoks circulated was 7,-500,000 7,-500,000 as against 7,000,000 In 109 At the children's branches tho report says the demands for books almost constantly con-stantly exceeded tho supply. "Children readers' the report says, "show an insatiable demand for certain cer-tain classes of books, notably American Ameri-can hir.tory, civics and biography, the best known fairy and folk-tales and poems, books for children who are learning to read, boows on aeroplanes, electricity, handicraft and magic, books of dialogues and plays, song books and drawing books. "It Is impossible as yet to supply In sufficient numbers such titles a the Bible (Old Testament); Grimms' Fairy Tales. Little Women and The American Histories, by FIske, Nordy and Montgomery." |