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7) 1. That which is inherently corrupt - 2. That which tends to badness 3. That which is harmless but useless 4. That which improves the head or heart = Manifest tendency to light flashy reading - Ills Inter Oceans Summary of the relative proportion of different kinds

    of literature drawn from the public library throughout the Country =

Books of Rel. & Theol - 1per cent - History & biog - 8% Travels 7% Science & Art 4%; Poetry & the drama 4 % Miscel - 8%; fiction 68%.

The Inter O - adds - A great proportion of this 68% is worthless, aimless stuff.