Of the five million books donated to the Victory Book Campaign of the Chicago Public Library, nearly eighty percent had to be discarded. The inappropriate books would have included titles like the ones shown here, drawn from the Book Arts Press collection.
John Luther King. Billy-Boy: A Study in Responsibilities. New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1906.
H. E. Forrest. The Old Houses of Shrewsbury: Their History and Association. Shrewsbury: Wilding & Son, Printers, 1911.
Wilfred T. Grenfell. What the Church Means to Me. Boston: Pilgrim Press, 1911.
Allan J. McLaughlin and James A. Tobey. Personal Hygiene: The Rules for Right Living. New York: Funk & Wagnalls Co., 1929.
Home Doctoring for All: A Handy Guide to the Prevention and Cure of Common Ailments. By a Practising Physician. London: Goodship House. 1930.
Laura Lee Hope. The Bobbsey Twins: Or Merry Days Indoors and Out. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, ca. 1940.