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IT was a wise statesman who said that we must educate our masters, the democracy of to-day, and the National Book Council's latest report, 1938–39, is full of a well-backed forward movement with a new Consultative Committee designed to promote more book-reading. At present, the public libraries are used by about 15 per cent of the population, which remain in ignorance of the chances they have to improve their knowledge, or at least get sound information about their hobbies and the special line of reading they prefer. "Four to Fourteen" for young people has already become a standard bibliography, and "Summer Holiday Reading", a select list of new books, has led to demands beyond the large number printed. Such guides through the present overgrown jungle of books are essential to-day.
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The National Book Council. Nature 145, 219 (1940). https://doi.org/10.1038/145219c0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/145219c0