"Librarians realize that they can profit from seeing themselves 'as others see them.' At the coming annual conference of the American Library Association to be held in Kaaterskill, N. Y., it is planned to present to the assembled librarians of the United States and Canada brief messages from leading thinkers and recognized authorities in the arts, sciences and letters, and in public life, commenting upon such library activities as are related particularly with their own special interests. Each message may take the form either of criticism or suggestion. We shall esteem it a privilege if you will consent to contribute to this symposium. While we shall be glad to hear from you on any phase of library work which most appeals to you, we venture to suggest the following topic for your comment: (Here was inserted a specific topic suggested for individual discussion.) Sincerely yours, HENRY E. LEGLER, President." Most of these questions will be apparent as the answers are read. We have distributed these responses among a few of our own members who will serve as proxies for the most distinguished contributors to a program which the American Library Association, I believe, has ever had. Selections from these letters were then read by Dr. Reuben G. Thwaites, Mr. C. B. Roden, Miss Mary Eileen Ahern and Mr. W. P. Cutter. (The following is a list of the questions which were asked in these letters and the replies received follow.) Are our public libraries succeeding in their effort to bring to men and women the "life more abundant?" What can the library do to encourage the study of American history? Should our public expect the library to supply all the "best sellers" hot from the press? Are our public libraries making returns in service adequate to funds appropriated? How could our tax supported public libraries be of greater usefulness to business men? Is the negro being helped by our public libraries? Does the public library do as much as it might to encourage the reading of the classics? Is the public library helping to improve dramatic taste? Is co-operation between the public school and the public library developing in the right direction? Is the fiction circulated by our public libraries helping to enlighten the people on social and economic problems? Is the public library a factor in the recent development of a public conscience? Should the public library exercise censorship over the books it circulates? What is a dead book? What rank should the library have in the scale of the community's social assets? What is your conception of the ideal librarian? Is it wicked for our libraries to amuse people? Are the art departments of our public libraries quickening the love for the beautiful?