Excerpt from Bulletin of the American Library Association, Vol. 5: January-November, 1911 Iowa: The Iowa library association adopt ed the following resolutions presented by a special committee: That in their judgment it would be unwise and unfair to the smaller libraries to require membership in the A. L. A. As a condition for membership in a State association. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.