_Books About Music._ The average hospital library will have relatively few books about musical appreciation or history. This will depend first on the budget and second on the demand. The addition of a music aide to a hospital staff will usually increase the demand. The music aide should be consulted concerning the books he thinks will appeal to patients. Books on music should also be available to help the music aide in preparing commentaries on the music he plays for the patients. The following are some books suggested for inclusion in the hospital patient library: Copland, Aaron--_What to Listen for in Music_, 1939. Goss, Madeline--_Unfinished Symphony_, 1941. Elson, Arthur--_Music Club Programs From All Nations_. Erskine, John--_What Is Music_, 1944. Ewen, David--_Tales From The Vienna Woods_, 1944. Ewen, David--_Gershwin’s Life_, 1944. Ewen, David--_Men of Popular Music_, 1944. Gronowicz, Antoni--_Chopin_, 1943. O’Connell, Charles--_Victor Book of Opera_, 1936. Taylor, Deems--_Of Men and Music_, 1945. Taylor, Deems--_The Well Tempered Listener_, 1944. Siegmeister, Elie--_Music Lover’s Handbook_, 1943. Spaeth, Sigmund--_At Home With Music_, 1945. For young patients there are the new series of colorfully illustrated lives of composers from Bach to Gershwin by Waldo Mayo, as well as a great number of old and good titles. _CHAPTER ELEVEN_ DIRECTION The introduction of music into the hospital will depend not so much upon its proven value as an aid to medical practice as upon the interest of someone on the staff who loves music or recognizes its importance in the mental hygiene of the patients. There are many reasons for the absence of music in some hospitals which may seem difficult for the musician to comprehend. The acceptance of a music program in a hospital calls for increased budget and space. These are two items which constantly beset the hospital director and they are sometimes matters of improbable solution. For the chronic type of hospital the problem must be solved. Other drawbacks are found in the contemplated interference of medical and nursing procedures. Hospitals are traditionally havens of quiet and the uninformed hospital director or his staff may envisage a conversion to a three-ringed circus of sound. The progress of music in hospitals will depend largely upon the ingenuity and intelligence of existing organizations and the examples they can set for prospective hospitals.