The best books for children will be enjoyed by all.
In selecting fiction, get from the older librarians a statement of what are the most popular of the wholesome novels found on their shelves.

A better guide than this it will be difficult to find.
Fiction is of the greatest value in developing a taste for reading.
Everyone should be familiar with the great works of imagination.
Nearly all the greatest literature of the world is fiction.

The educational value of the novel is not often questioned.
But don't buy a novel simply because it is popular.

If you follow that line you will end with the cheapest kind of stuff.

Some librarians pretend that they must buy to please the public taste; that they can't use their own judgment in selecting books for a library which the public purse supports.