PAPERS AND PROCEEDINGS OF THE TWENTY-THIRD GENERAL MEETING OF THE AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION HELD AT WAUKESHA, WISCONSIN JULY 4-10 1901 PUBLISHED BY THE AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION 1901 CONTENTS. TITLE. AUTHOR. PAGE. Address of the President _Henry J. Carr_ 1 What may be done for libraries by the city _T. L. Montgomery_ 5 What may be done for libraries by the state _E. A. Birge_ 7 What may be done for libraries by the nation _Herbert Putnam_ 9 The trusteeship of literature--I. _George Iles_ 16 " " " " II. _R. T. Ely_ 22 Book copyright _Thorvald Solberg_ 24 The relationship of publishers, booksellers and librarians _W. Millard Palmer_ 31 Library buildings _W. R. Eastman_ 38 The relationship of the architect to the librarian _J. L. Mauran _ 43 The departmental library _J. T. Gerould_ 46 Suggestions for an annual list of American} theses for the degree of doctor of } _W. W. Bishop_ 50 philosophy } Opportunities _Gratia Countryman_ 52 Some principles of book and picture selection _G. E. Wire_ 54 Book reviews, book lists, and articles on } children's reading: Are they of practical} _Caroline M. Hewins_ 57 value to the children's librarian? } Books for children: I. Fiction _Winifred L. Taylor_ 63 II. Fairy tales _Abby L. Sargent_ 66 III. Science _Ella A. Holmes_ 69 Bulletin work for children _Charlotte E. Wallace_ 72 Reference work with children _Harriet H. Stanley_ 74 Vitalizing the relation between the library and the school: I. The school _May L. Prentice_ 78 II. The library _Irene Warren_ 81 Opening a children's room _Clara W. Hunt_ 83 Report on gifts and bequests, 1900-1901 _G. W. Cole_ 87 Report of the A. L. A. Publishing Board _J. Le Roy Harrison_ 103