TY - JOUR AB - Presents the three winning entries from the 1997 Scottish Schools Essay Competition, organized by the University of Paisley Library and sponsored by John Smith & Son Bookshops Limited. Sarah Bone’s first prize winning entry discusses J.M. Barrie’s Peter Pan and explores the darker and more disturbing aspects of the book. Alasdair MacGruer discusses the theme of social progress through science as shown in H.G. Wells’ The Time Machine. Rebecca Kelly discusses E. Nesbit’s The Railway Children and its relevance today. VL - 46 IS - 4 SN - 0024-2535 DO - 10.1108/00242539710791532 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/00242539710791532 AU - Bone Sarah AU - MacGruer Alasdair AU - Kelly Rebecca PY - 1997 Y1 - 1997/01/01 TI - The books of 1897 ‐ today: University of Paisley Library/John Smith & Son Bookshops Limited, Scottish Schools Essay Competition T2 - Library Review PB - MCB UP Ltd SP - 268 EP - 274 Y2 - 2024/04/23 ER -