Library

The Library has new faces but our friends, Jeanie and Sherryl are still there.
When I was a kid, we had to whisper in libraries and got the big glare from the librarian if we spoke even a little bit loudly. Now, we speak in normal tones.
People have more resources now so I suppose they don't need to study in libraries as much.
Even so, I still wonder if there really was the need for such hushed tones.
Was it all only a hangover from the early days of Mechanics Institutes?
Or a way of perpetuating the mystique?

I took out a book called Trouble by Jesse Kellerman. I can never resist the books they put out on display! Featured on the front cover is a Publisher's note, "Love this book or your money back." How intriguing! I wonder how many people took up the offer?!!