Project Gutenberg 2014-09-22 Public domain in the USA. 104 Pearson, Edmund Lester 1880 1937 Pearson, E. L. (Edmund Lester) The librarian at play Reading ease score: 82.7 (6th grade). Easy to read. The interest gauge -- The gardener's guide -- Vanishing favorites -- By telephone -- A literary meet -- "The desert island test" -- The conversation room -- The literary zoo -- Their just reward -- The crowded hour -- To a small library patron -- By-ways and hedges -- Mulch -- A bookman's armory. Produced by Giovanni Fini and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Librarian at Play" by Edmund Lester Pearson is a collection of humorous essays written in the early 20th century. The book explores the quirky and often comical interactions and experiences of librarians, blending fiction and real-life library anecdotes. Through engaging narratives, the author reflects on the challenges and idiosyncrasies of library work, which may resonate with those familiar with the literary world or library settings. The opening of the book introduces us to a whimsical scenario involving a fictional device called an "interest gauge," invented by a psychologist to measure reader engagement with books. The narrator, a librarian, tests the gauge on various literary works, revealing humorous insights into the varying levels of reader interest. Characters such as Professor Frugles and Mrs. Crumpet provide comic relief through their interactions, emphasizing the absurdities encountered in the world of libraries. This initial glimpse sets the tone for a lighthearted exploration of literature and those who engage with it, making the collection appealing to anyone interested in the comedic side of library life. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Libraries -- Anecdotes Librarians -- Anecdotes Z Text Browsing: Encyclopedias/Dictionaries/Reference Browsing: Humour Browsing: Teaching & Education 284548 284549 2024-10-19T15:15:35.388777 2023-09-20T10:32:00.205599 text/html text/html 288436 2014-09-22T11:00:54 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 163071 2014-09-22T11:00:54 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 182509 2024-10-19T15:15:41.824765 application/epub+zip 185909 2024-10-19T15:15:36.906787 application/epub+zip 172146 2024-10-19T15:15:36.270800 application/epub+zip 279164 2024-10-19T15:15:45.509740 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 246154 2024-10-19T15:15:41.162776 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 232774 2022-09-21T10:32:47.800418 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 236335 236250 2024-10-19T15:15:34.583794 2023-09-20T10:31:59.289556 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 236267 2014-09-22T11:00:54 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 94835 2014-09-22T11:00:54 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 236278 2014-09-22T11:00:54 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 94792 2014-09-22T11:00:54 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22032 2024-10-19T15:15:45.649716 application/rdf+xml 15862 2024-10-19T15:15:36.365779 image/jpeg 2197 2024-10-19T15:15:36.319758 image/jpeg 162800 2024-10-19T15:15:35.415797 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia