Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 August 1895 — Women Readers Increasing. [ARTICLE]

Women Readers Increasing.

A writer in the Signet says: “Returns from the British Museum and 200 libraries in Great Britain and America show an increase in the number of readers, and a larger increase among women than among men. In 1890 the women passed the men by a large majority, and In 1893, which is the last year for which there are statistics, were 35 per cent more numerous. Another change Indicated by the returns is the increased popularity of scientific, historical, and other books which are classed under the general head of heavy literature and a relative decrease In poetry, fiction, belles lettres, and the other varieties of light reading.”—Philadelphia .Times.