PUBLIC LIBRARIES


"To think well-write well-speak well- a copious fund of ideas is necessary. It is not enough to learn to read, write and cipher. Expansion of mind is wanted. Books furnish ideas. A good range of reading, attended with proper reflection, is very important. Give a child, or youth, a fondness for reading good books, and the grand point is secured.”

1860-1861 Shutesbury Annual Report

"Books were his daily associates" "To make the acquaintance of Mr. Spear one should meet him among his books"