London, Dec. 4
A lively controversy has been aroused in the press by statements by Sir Darey Thompson, Professor of Natural History at St. Andrews, and Sir Charles Grant Robinson, principal of Birmingham University, suggesting that the younger generation of students were unacquainted with the Classics of English litera-tu "The Times" today publishes the opinions of a number of librarians, whose evidence, while not immediately relevant to the complaints of the University teachers does at least conflict with any idea of a general decline of public interest in literary masterpieces.
In a trace of Swift's "Gulliver's Travels,"—one of the books mentioned in Sir Darcy Thompson's indictment—copies in the lending library of one London borough have each been borrowed more than 50 times in the past year, while at Croydon it was reported to be in steady and constant demand.—Wireless through Renter.
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