NEVER TOO OLD TO LEARN

Two of our volunteers put together another interesting display in the glass case outside the Bullis Room, and we invite you to stop and take a close look at it on your next trip to the library. It contains books from the collection that offer the reader learning experiences in a variety of subjects. 

There's Hints for Home Reading, Book Buyers Guide and a Book Record, which is described as "a series of papers on books and their use," edited by Lyman Abbott and published in New York in 1900.  This book bears Abram R. Bullis's bookplate, and we can imagine him studying this book in his search for titles to add to his library. 

There are 14 volumes displayed. Their subjects range from technical books on organic chemistry, physics,  economics, algebra, and hydraulic motors to the history of art. There's even a book on eighth-grade poetry that was published in 1906.

The size of the Bullis collection and the variety of subjects, genres, and authors indicate that all generations of Bullises were avid lifelong readers and considered themselves never too old to learn. As a result we now have their collection to enjoy--so let's do it.