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12 AT YOUR LIBRARY
Native Americans on show
CLEANING ENTERPRISES by Librarian Phil Edwards
(WROUGHTON)
Staff change
For professional on-site cleaning of Carpets, This month sees the departure of
Curtains, Upholstery and Vertical Blinds. Jacquelyn Else (pictured right) As-
sistant Librarian, to a Health Infor-
mation Officer post in Cambridge.
Specialist, Oriental Rug Cleaning service.
She has been with us for well over
three years and has taken a particu-
Licensed 'Scotchcare' services company. lar interest in community informa-
tion and 'junior'activities where she
For enquiries and estimates will be greatly missed. lamsure our
ring 812575 customers will join the staff at West
A MM,AQ T, Swindon Library in wishing herwell Junior Information Books
N(L Established in her new life in Cambridge. There are some marvelously illus-
since 1963
AY (40 a, Exhibition trated junior non-fiction books avail-
The plight of the North American able. Recently arrived is 'The Ameri-
Indian for so long the butt of numer- can Frontier' by Nigel Smith. It in-
ous 'Western' films, has received cludes a chapteron the native Ameri-
much publicity in recent years and cans with several of George Catlin's
IMUNAEON greatly. At the American Museum dian way of life.
interest in theirculture has increased paintings as illustration of the In-
near Bath, we can glimpse some- The requirements of school
AIQ IQA'ffJ CO IJIJAi1 thing of the life of the native Ameri- projects often mean that there are
can. subject areas where we never seem
The John Judleyn Memorial is as- to have enough books to satisfy de-
Paris £69 Madrid £116 sociated with the museum, and they mand. A recurrent topic is famous
Rome £130 Lisbon £116 are supplying the exhibition at the scientists. Two new titles which
Amsterdam £79 Nice £121 library during April. It will include should help is the Wayland 'Pio-
Naples £125 artifacts, together with illustrations neers of Science Series': 'Albert Ein-
Plus many, many more and extracts from the work of George stein' by Peter Lafferty, and 'Louis
Catlin. The following gives an indi- Pasteur' by Nina Morgan.
Tel: Swindon (0793) 871821 cation of his life and work: When is comes to quality illustra-
'Catlin was born in 1796 and died tions and layout the publishers
or Weston (0934) 812472
in 1872. He trained as a lawyer but Dorling Kindersley have produced
Open 7 days a week, 9am - 9pm in 1824 he became a painter and by a series entitled 'Eyewitness Guides',
Retail agents for ATOL holders 1830 was studying the many Indian which are very hard to beat. 'Bible
tribes of North America. He recog- Lands', produced in association with
P nised that the advance westward of the British Museum has beautiful
the white man, his whisky, small- photographs and illustrations, in-
MAKE A DATE TO pox and greed would soon destroy terspersed with an informative text.
the traditional way of life of the Other new titles which should
SKATE THIS EASTER American Indian. Five years after prove useful for homework include
painting portraits of the Mandan 'History ofMedicine' by Steve Pa rker,
tribe ,the entire tribe was wiped out 'Fashions of a Decade: the 1950's by
Visit our ice skating rink within by a smallpox epidemic. Catlin's Patricia Baker and 'Looking Back:
letters and notes' not only demon- Work'byPhilipSauvan which shows
the superb Link Centre strate the acute eye of the artist as the effects of change in working life
Multi-Leisure Complex. observer but also provide an un- during the present century.
prejudiced account in language This is just a small selection from
which is direct and remarkably 'un- our junior stock. If the books you
FREE SKATE dated'. require are not immediately avail-
HIRE WITH It promises to be a fascinating able, please ask at the enquiry desk.
exhibition. It runs from 2 to 29 There is no charge for requests for
THIS COUPON April. junior books.

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