10 JUNE 1922, Page 24

Tho Bermondsey Public Libraries Committee sends Catalogues, carefully compiled by

Mr. John Frowde, the chief librarian, of the Juvenile Lending Departments in the Rotherhithe and St. Olave Libraries, which contain between them over three thousand volumes. The books have been well chosen and include, as we are glad to see, many fairy-tales, some stories from the Greek classics and a fair amount of poetry, besides stories of adventure and sentiment. It is pleasant to know that 236 children's books, on an average, are issued daily. The good that is being done by these libraries in a very poor district is incalculable.