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GUiD- -TO THE STUDY
^\i\D ~E OF
REFER ENCE BOOKS
ALICE B.KROEGER
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GUIDE TO THE STUDY AND
USE OF REFERENCE BOOKS
A MANUAL FOR LIBRARIANS, TEACHERS
AND STUDENTS
BY
ALICE BERTHA KROEGER
Librarian and Director Library School
Drexel Institute, Philadelphia
AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION
PUBLISHING BOARD
BOSTON
1904
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C0PY1UGHT, 190a
BT THB AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCXATIOH
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CONTENTS
Preface yii-viii
References 2
iMTRODUCnON 3-5
BooES AND Articles on Reference Booes 6^
Encyclopedias 9-12
English 9-10
American 10-11
Foreign : French, German, Italian, Spanish, Norwegian ..... 11-12
Dictionaries 13-17
English 13-14
Etymology, Synonyms, Americanisms and Slang, Obsolete and Pro-
vincial, Dialects, Miscellaneous 14-15
Anglo-Saxon 15-16
Middle-English 16
Foreign: German, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Swed-
ish, Danish-Norwegian, Russian, Polish, Bohemian, Hungarian, Greek,
Modern Greek, Latin, Sanskrit, Hebrew, Arabic 16-17
Special Subjects 18-52
Philosophy 18
Temperance 18
Reugion 18-20
Bible Dictionaries , ', 19
Bible Commentaries • 19
Bible Concordances 19
Sects 19-20
Missions 20
Miscellaneous 20
Non-Christian 20
Social Sciences 20-27
Political Science and Economics 21-22
Governments 21
Political Parties 21
U. S. Government Officials 21-22
Law 22-23
Statistics 23-24
Year-Books 23-24
Census 24
Commerce 24
Business 24
Railways 24-25
Shipping 25
Post Oitigb 25
iv CONTENTS
Monet 25
Associations 25
Education 25-26
Customs 26
Costume 26
Sctence 26-28
Technical Terms 26-27
Mathematics and Astronomy 27
Electricity 27
Chemistry 27
Geology 27
Natural History 27-28
Birds 27
Botany 27-28
Useful Arts 28-31
Horticulture 28
Medicine 28-29
Domestic Science 29
Receipts 29
Mechanic Arts 29
Enqineerino 29
Industries and Manufactures 30
Minerals 30
Patents 30
Printing 30
Military and Naval Arts 30
Fine Arts 31-33
Dictionaries 31
Annuals ^ 31
Symbolic Art 31
Architecture 31-32
Painting 32
Music 32
Photography 38
Games and Sports 32-33
Literature 33-40
General 33
Annuals 33
English and American 3^-34
Allusions 34-35
Authoesmip 35
Noted Names of Fiction 35
Sobriquets 35
Antpologies 35-36
Recitations 36
Quotations 36-37
Provfjibs 37
Anecdotes , 37
Concordances to Authors 37-38
Author Dictionaries 38-39
CONTENTS V
Fiction 3d-40
Drama 40
Classics 40
BlOGBAPHT 40-48
General 41-42
National 42-43
American 42
Canadian 42
English 42^43
Foreign: French, German, Austrian, Belgian 43
Ancient 43
Special Classes 43-45
Authors 43-44
English and American 43-44
German 44
Artists 44
Musicians 44
Army and Navy 44-45
WOBfEN 45
Directories 45
Genealogy 45-47
American 45-46
English 46-47
Crests 47
Foreign 47
Names 47
Flags 47
Portraits 47
Bio-Bibliography 48
Geography 48-50
Dictionaries 48
Atlases 48-50
American . 48-49
English 49
German 49
Historical 49-50
G un>E-Boosa 50
History 50-^2
Dates 50
Tables . 50-51
Annuals 51
Antiquities 51
English 51
United States 51-52
Canada 52
Periodicals, I^ays, Dissertations — Indexes and Lists 53-^58
Periodicals 53-55
General : English, French, Gerbian 53-54
Union Lists 54
Technical 55
Ti CONTENTS
Newspapers : American, Ekolish, French 55-56
General Literature and Essays 56-57
Dissertations 57-58
Society Pubucations — Indexes and Catalogs 5^-60
General 59
English 59
American 59
German 60
French 60
Government Documents 61-^
U. S. PuBUC Documents 61-63
Indexes and Catalogs 62-63
State and City Documents 64
Foreign Docubients 64
Bibliography 65-77
General or Universal 66
Early Literature . 66-67
National and Trade 67-72
American 67-69
English 69-70
French 70-71
German 71
Other Countries 71-72
bibuography of bibliography 72-73
Special Bibliographies 73-74
Choice of Books 75
Children's Reading 75-76
Anonyms and Pseudonyms 76-77
Libraries 77-79
Statistics 77
Special Collections 77-78
Library Catalogs 78
The Card Catalog 78-79
Library Bulletins 79
Library Periodicals 79
Suggestive List of One Hundred Reference Books 80-82
Index 83-104
PREFACE
This manual is a guide, designed primarily to help library assistants, library school students,
college students, teachers, and users of libraries in general, in gaining a knowledge of reference
books quickly. It does not pretend to be complete. The reference books and bibliographies
included in this list are necessarily limited, first, to those of a strictly reference character, and,
secondly, to the most useful works in the English language, with some exceptions in other lan-
guages. It is obviously impossible, without exceeding the limits of one volume, to include all
of the important works of reference in foreign languages, which, though often of more value
than the corresponding English books, still are of restricted use owing to the comparatively
small number of readers of foreign languages who frequent our libraries.
Reference books which are limited to the use of the specialist have been in like manner usu-
ally omitted. Out-of-print books have occasionally been mentioned because they are to be
found in the older libraries. It sometimes happens that the best reference book on a subject is
out of print.
Almost all books of reference possess defects as well as merits ; it is difficult indeed to find
one that is perfect. At the same time they are essential to a well-equipped library. The
annotations of the titles herein contained are largely of a descriptive character, showing for
what purposes the books mentioned are especially useful.
Besides cyclopedias and dictionaries which give direct aid, the reader will have to consult
more elaborate treatises for further Information. Bibliographies are guides to these. A know-
ledge of bibliography, therefore, forms an important part in the preparation of the student.
The most useful reference department will include bibliographies of special subjects along
with the cyclopedias of those subjects. It is to be regretted that books belonging to the class
Bibliography are as a rule kept in the cataloger's room or the librarian's office, not in the
reference department where they would be useful to the public. In a large library, such an
important printed catalog as that of the Peabody Institute Library should by all means be kept
where the public can have easy access to it, even if it is necessary to duplicate such a work.
This manual will also serve as a guide in the selection of reference books for a library. The
prices given are the publishers* prices, and the lowest price is usually quoted. Books can often
be obtained at a discount or picked up from time to time at auction or second-hand stores at a
much reduced price. Reference books are expensive, and few libraries can affoid to keep up
with new editions or even with recent authorities. In many cases new editions are not worth
the cost. They are frequently made from the same plates as the earlier editions, with slight
alterations, not of sufficient importance to warrant the expense involved in their purchase. A
suggestive list of one hundred reference books for a small library will be found at the end of
the volume.
The selection of the books in this volume has been made from a study of the reference de-
partments of the principal libraries of Philadelphia, Boston, New York, St Louis, and Wash-
viii PREFACE
iDgton, and practically covers the course of study in reference books as pursued in the Drexel
Institute Library School. Other library schools also give similar courses.
The compiler extends grateful acknowledgments for helpful suggestions to Mr. F. W. Faxon,
Mr. Charles C. Soule, Mr. 8. H. Berry, Mr. A. GrowoU, Mr. Edward H. Virgin, Mr. David H.
Hutcheson, Mr. Charles Martel, Mr. Steingrimur Stefansson, Dr. H. A. Millis, Dr. Roland P.
Falkner, Miss A. R. Hasse, Miss Thcodosia E. Macurdy, Mr. C. W. Andrews ; to the reference
librarians of the Free Library of Philadelphia, Astor Library, Library of Congress, and other
libraries for their many courtesies, and to Mr. W. L Fletcher, Mr. W. C. Lane, and Miss Nina
E. Browne for their assistance in reading proof.
GUIDE TO REFERENCE BOOKS
''Reference books are the clearing-houses of knowledge. They are libraries in miniature,
focusing into a single book information scattered through a thousand volumes. They are short-
cuts to learning, pass-keys to the accumulated wisdom of the ages. The ordinary reader knows
little of them, and realizes but slightly the great help they would be to him in his daily reading
and daily living." W: Q: Jordan in Literary era, 8 : 62.
** A selection of the best works of reference should be the comer-stone of every library collec-
tion." A, B. Spofford in his Book far all readers,
** , , , For I have long known how much books of reference fail of all the good which they
might accomplish, simply from ignorance of them, or inability to use them intelligently."
Justin Winsor in Lib. jour, 3 : 169,
**It is quite possible for a person of ordinary memory and ability, by careful study of refer-
ence books, by familiarity with the arrangement of his library, and by attention to the aids which
his fellow librarians have put in print, to gain that respectable amount of information about a
great many things essential to work at the information desk." Oeorge T, Little in Lib. jour.
£0:CSO.
** We all agree in lamenting that there are so many houses— even some of considerable social
position — where you will not find a good atlas, a good dictionary, or a good cyclopaedia of refer-
ence. What is still more lamentable, in a good many more houses where these books are, they
are never referred to or opened. That is a very discreditable fact, because I defy anybody to
take up a single copy of the Times newspaper and not come upon something in it, upon which,
if their interest in the affairs of the day were active, intelligent, and alert as it ought to be, they
would consult an atlas, dictionary, or cydopeedia of reference." John Motley in his Studies in
literature, p. £06,
"It [a public library] should be rich in books of reference, in encyclopedias, where one may
learn without cost of research what things are generally known. For it is far more useful to
know these than to know those that are not generally known." J. B, Lowell in his Books and
libraries.
INTRODUCTION
A REFERENCE book has been defined as " a book which is to be consulted for definite points of
information rather than read through, and is arranged with explicit reference to ease in finding
specific facts." (E. C. Richardson in Lib. Jour. 18 : 254.) Books which come under this classi-
fication are usually separated from the rest of the books in a library and placed where they
can be most readily consulted by the public, without the delay of customary formalities. They
comprise general encyclopedias, cyclopedias of special subjects, dictionaries, gazetteers, atlases,
etc. The term reference book in public libraries is also used to include many books that do not
circulate outside the library either on account of their character or their value. ^
IN LIBRARIES
The term reference work is commonly used in libraries to include that branch of their admin-
istration which deals with the assistance given to readers in their use of the resources of the
library. This is an important part of the educational work of public libraries. The ''informa-
tion desk " is now a well-established feature in the large libraries of America.^ At this post
the reference librarian presides. His duties are to assist readers in their search for information,
and to some extent to guide the reading public by preparing lists of references on topics of the
day or on subjects of general interest. He must be able to send inquirers to the necessary refer-
ence books or other authorities, and in order to do this he should have a thorough knowledge of
the librarian's aids and guides, reference books, and bibliographies.
The reference librarian, especially in a public library, should keep a record of the questions
most frequently asked, specifying places in which answers to the same can be found. It is well,
if time does not allow for analytic work to be inserted in the card catalogue, to keep this record
near the information desk, writing the questions on cards with references where found, and
filing alphabetically. Much valuable time is consumed In looking up the same question over
and over again. This is particularly noticeable in the case of questions for school work where
a large number of children are assigned the same topic. Lists of all references on such subjects
as Christmas, Arbor Day, Thanksgiving Day, Washington's Farewell address, lives of noted
personages, — Washington, Lincoln, Lowell, Holmes, etc., — should be always at hand covering
every available reference in the library on the subject.
In libraries where there is no reference librarian every attendant at the delivery desk must be
ready to answer questions, and, when not able to do so, must refer them to the Librarian. Any
one at all familiar with library management knows what a large number of questions — some
trivial and some important — are brought to the library for solution every day.
The Librarian cannot always be accessible to the numerous visitors who come to the library.
It is, therefore, of the highest importance that his assistants should, so far as possible, under-
stand how to use reference books, which serve frequently as guides to more important authori*
ties which may not be included under the limited title, reference book. The public certainly
cannot expect the attendants to know the answers to the questions which they ask, but in the
majority of cases they should be expected to know where to find them. This knowledge comes
largely from daily experience, and becomes constantly more technical in character ; it can, how-
1 See the uticle on Reference books by E. C. Richardson, in Dewey, Melvil, ed. Papers prepared for the
World's library congress, 1896, p. 976-9S2.
* See Assistance to readers, by W: E. Foster, in Dewey, Melvil, ed. Papers prepared for the World's
library congress, 1886, p. 982-993.
4 INTRODUCTION
ever, be materially assisted by a systematic study of reference books. Johnson said : " Know-
ledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information
upon it." The latter is one of the necessary requirements of a librarian. A thorough understand-
ing of the use and value of reference books assists one to turn readily to the correct book for the
solution of some difficult point, and saves much valuable time. Every desk-attendant should be
a reference librarian so far as in him lies the ability.
The true librarian finds no greater satisfaction in his daily work than that of solving a difficult
problem for some earnest student by placing before him the best authority from some hidden
corner of the library. Tlie memory can be trained along these lines to a remarkable degree.
The librarian who sincerely wishes to succeed in this, by a systematic study of the books of
reference, and the use of the indexes and other keys, will be able to accomplish what will appear
most wonderful to one not accustomed to the daily handling of books and constant observation of
them.
A librarian, distinguished for his ability to assist readers and students, writes : "In the inter-
vals of library work, I am accustomed to consider the looking up of subjects or authorities as
one of my very best recreations. It is as interesting as a game of whist and much more profit-
able. . . . And this is one of the foremost attractions, let me add, of the librarian's calling; it is
more full of intellectual variety, of wide-open avenues to knowledge, than any other vocation
whatever." A. B. Spofford in his Book for all readers, p. 19S.
In some of the large libraries meetings of the assistants are held at regular intervals. A study
of aids and guides, with the result of practical experience in using them, can be made an instruc-
tive feature of such meetings. There are possibilities of improvement in the regular staff of the
library in this way, while the results can be tested from time to time if desired by means of
examinations, the questions asked at the delivery desk serving as a basis for such examination.
IN COLLEGES
In many colleges the study of bibliography has been introduced — usually as an elective course
in the senior year — in which the use of reference books and the library catiilog is included
This is realizing, to some extent, what Emerson so much desired when he wrote, earnestly advo-
cating a professorship of books in every college. That the college is the proper field for such
study there is little question. It is only to be regretted that such a chair does not exist in every
college, and that the course is not a regular part of the curriculum. It is here that the student,
who is pursuing a special line of work, finds that a knowledge of bibliography will aid him in
obtaining access to the literature of his subject, and that in thoroughly understanding how to
use reference books, he can find quickly information on subjects outside his specialty which
otherwise he would either do without, or be obliged to consume much valuable time in finding.
IN SCHOOLS
A systematic study of the use of books can also be made an important feature in the training
of teachers, and it might therefore be introduced to advantage into the course of study in high
and normal schools. The knowledge of how to advise others what to read and how to find
answers to the questions constantly coming up in the course of their reading is of the greatest
value to the student who is soon to go out to teach young people. One of the difficult problems
of the public libraries of the present day, especially in our large cities, is to make closer the
union between the public library and the public schools. Many methods have been adopted to
bring about better results in improving the character of the reading of the children in the schools,
and much valuable discussion of these methods may be found in the volumes of the Library
Journal. Nevertheless it still remains a formidable task for one librarian in a large city to influ-
ence several hundred public school teachers or to assist them to any perceptible degree in learning
how to use the library and the books in it. Instruction of this character should begin before the
INTRODUCTION 6
cares and busy hours of teaching take up all the time, if not all the enthusiasm and desire on the
part of the teacher.
A normal school is generally provided with a working collection of books. The instruction
should therefore include a study of the catalog and classification of its own library, which must
be made to conform as nearly as possible to the best library methods. In teaching the use of
reference books in schools, it will often be found necessary to take the class to the public library,
if the school library does not contain the most important of these books. On leaving the school,
every student should be able to go to a library to look up any information either in catalog, on
shelves, or in reference books.
The references (p. 6-8) will call attentiozi to many articles in library periodicals, illustrating courses now
given in normal schools.
HOW TO STUDY REFERENCE BOOKS
The student should first read the title-page and preface or introduction of each reference book,
where the purpose of the book is usually stated. Then examine the book for special features,
including indexes, cross-references, bibliographies, etc
Several articles should be examined and compared with those on the same subjects in another
reference book.
Additional points to be noted are : the authority for the article, its arrangement, the date, the
treatment of the subject, whether technical or popular, whether concise or extended.
It is not sufficient that titles of reference books should be known to the student, but syste-
matic study should be followed by constant reference to the books by means of set questions
which must be looked up thoroughly. As the student progresses, he must not confine himself to
the reference books, but consult the best books on any subject for fuller, and sometimes more
authoritative, information. Many text-books are the best reference books on special subjects.
These have not been included in this list, which is limited to the more narrow meaning of the
term reference book. Libraries such as that of the British Museum, and even others not so
large, include the leading textbooks and authorities in the reference department. This should
be done if the library can afford to possess duplicate copies.
Care should always be taken to keep in touch with what is being published, the latest editions
and most recent authorities should be noted, and when a new work comes out, and is found to
be useful for some specific purpose, it should be added to the students' list of reference books.
BOOKS AND ARTICLES
ON
REFERENCE BOOKS AND REFERENCE WORK
ABBRE riATIOIfS. — L. j. = Ubrary journal. P. L = PubUc Ubrariea.
Abbott, Elizabeth L. Bibliography in a
small library and a List of reference books for a
library of from 8000 to 5000 v. P. 1. 7 : 8-18.
Describes the books mentioned in the list of refer-
ence books, stating their scope and value.
Adams, Emma Louise. Instruction in the
use of reference books and libraries : in normal
and preparatory schools for teachers. L. j. 28 :
C 84-86.
Includes a report from normal schools on work of
this kind (1896).
Ames, Anne Seymour. Instruction in the
use of reference books and libraries : in high
schools. L. J. 28: C 86-87.
Baker, C. A. Reference books for a small
library. (In Dana, J : C. Library primer. 1899.
p. 46-52.)
Includes about 75 books, costing about $560. Gires
relatiye importance of books on subjects.
Bolton, Charles Knowlea. Library exam-
inations in schools. L. J. 20 : 122-128.
Bostwick, Arthur E. Reference work in
small circulating libraries. P. L 5: 419-422.
British museum — Library. List of the
books of reference in the reading room. Ed. 8.
475 p. tab. O. Lond. British museum, 1889.
Contains not only books of a strictly reference char-
acter, but also representatiTe works in the various
classes ; alphabetically arranged by authors with sub-
ject index.
Cutter, Charles Amml. Some works of re-
ference as aids in cataloguing. (In his Rules
for a dictionary catalogue. 1891. p. 128-188.)
Dana, John Cotton. Reference work. (In
his Library primer. 1899. p. 58-56.)
Ellis, Elizabeth. Instruction of school chil-
dren in the use of library catalogs and reference
booka P. 1.4:311-314.
Faxon, Frederick Winthrop. Periodicals
in reference work. P. 1. 8: 207-209, 252-254.
Finney, B. A. High school instruction in
use of reference books. P. 1. 4 : 815-317.
Giyes a general outline of a course of study in this
subject.
Fletcher, William Isaac. Reference work.
(In his Public libraries in America. 1894.
p. 73-79.)
Foster, William E. Assistance to readers.
L. J. 18:257-258.
Assistance to readers. (In Dewey,
Melvil, ed. Papers prepared for the World's
library congress held at the Columbian expo-
sition. 1896. p. 982-993.)
How to use the public library. L. ]. 4 :
447-448.
Suggestions for the use of pupils in the schools;
refers to the use of reference books.
The information desk. L. J. 19 : 368-
370.
The information desk at the Providence
public library. L. J. 16 : 271-272.
Green, Samuel Swett. Aids and guides
for readera L. j. 7 : 139-147.
The report to the American library association.
See also reports of following years on aids and
guides.
Libraries as bureaus of information.
L. j. 21 : 824-826.
Library aida 10 p. O. Wash. Govern-
ment printing office, 1881.
The desirableness of establishing per-
sonal intercourse and relations between libra-
rian and readers in public libraries. L. j. 1 :
74-«l.
Read at the Conference of librarians, Philadelphia.
1876.
Haase, Adelaide Rosalia. Training of li-
brary employes: reference work. L. J. 20:
808-804.
REFERENCE WORK
Hewina, Caroline Maria. How to make
the most of a small library. L. j. 11 : 805-
808.
Hull, Charles H. Helps for cataloguers in
finding full names. L. j. 14 : 7-20.
An excellent list of reference books for catalogers.
John Crerar library, Chicagro. List of
books in the reading-room, Jan. 1900. 251 p.
O. Chic. John Crerar library, 1900.
Not limited to reference books, bnt inclndes the
most useful books for a reference library. Especially
strong in technical sciences.
Jordan, William Georg^e. A plea for refer-
ence books. Literary era. 8 : 52-54.
Argues for a knowledge of the use of these books
by the general reader.
Koopman, Harry Lyman. Reference books
and catalogues. (In his Mastery of books. 1896.
p. 48-62.)
Little, Georgre T. Helping inquirers. L.
J. 20 : C 19-20.
Instruction in the use of reference books
and libraries : in colleges. L. j. 23 : C 92.
Marvin, Cornelia. Reference work in the
Armour institute library class. P. 1. 2 : 299-
800.
Massachusetts library club. Discussion
on reference work. L. j. 19 : 882-384.
Milner, Ange V. Instruction in use of cata-
logs and reference books in normal schools. P. 1.
4 : 324-326.
Reference sheets. P. 1. 2 : 87-88.
A method of keeping references on subjects.
Moore, Ewa L. Reference work and spe-
cial lists. P. 1. 2 : 290-293.
New York (state) — Library. Selection of
reference books for use of cataloguers in find-
ing full names. (In its Bulletin; bibliogra-
phy, no. 5. 1898. 18 p.) o. p.
New edition in preparation.
Selected reference books. (In its Li-
brary school bulletins, no. 4. 1899. p. 151-
214.) lOcts.
List of reference books used in the course in refer-
ence work in the New York state library school.
Classified. Index.
Osterhout library, Wilkesbarre, Pa. Fin-
ger-posts to the reference library. (In its Li-
brary news-letter, Oct. 1898-1902.)
A series of classified and annotated lists of the re-
ference books, including many books not strictly
reference.
Plummer, Mary Wright. Reading-room
and reference-room work. (In her Hints to
small libraries. 1898. p. 45-55.)
With a list of *' fifty works of reference of the great-
est use in an average library."
Rathbone, Josephine Adams. Instruction
in the use of reference books and libraries in
high schools. L. j. 23 : C 87-91.
Reference work in libraries. L. J. 16 :
297-300.
Experiences of the Brooklyn library, Columbia col-
lege library, and Pratt institute library in this depart-
ment.
Reynolds library, Rochester, N. Y. Re-
ference catalogue. 824 p. Q. Rochester, 1898.
A classified list of all the books in the reference
department, together with books in the circulating
department which are believed to be useful for con-
sultation. The contents are grouped as: Bibliography,
Encyclopspdias and general treatises. Periodicals and
reviews, Society transactions and publications, and
Public documents. Author and subject indexes.
Richardson, Ernest Gushing. Reference-
books. L. j. 18 : 254-257.
Reference books. (In Dewey, Melvil,
ed. Papers prepared for the World's library
congress held at the Columbian exposition.
1896. p. 976-982.)
One of the important articles on the subject.
Salem ~ Public library. How to use the
reference library. (In its Bulletin, 1 : 9-10.)
San Francisco — Public library. Books in
the reference room. (In its Catalogue, no. 11,
1901. p. 37-63.)
A list of reference books arranged alphabetically by
subjects.
Sargent, Abby L. Reference work among
school children. L. j. 20 : 121-122.
Spofford, Ainsworth Rand. Works of
reference for libraries. (In U. S. — Bureau of
education. Public libraries in the U. S. 1876.
1 : 686-710.)
Contains a brief but well-selected list, although now
not recent enough for practical use.
Aids to readers. (In his Book for all
readers. 1900. p. 190-214.)
Stanley, Harriet Howard. Reference work
with children. L. ]. 26 : C 74-78.
Wales, Elizabeth B. Assistants' class at
Braddock (Pa.) public library. P. 1. 3: 8.
A brief description of the work done at this library
in giving instruction to the assistants in the use of
reference books.
Warren, Irene. Instruction in the use of
books in a normal school. P. 1. 3 : 151-153.
Wellman, Hiller Crowell. Reference work
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ence books. (In his How to form a library. Woodruffy Eleanor Berry. Reference
1887. p. 91-129.) work. L. J. 22 : C 65-67, C 127-129.
Winaor, Justin. Reference books in Eng- List of fifty reference books for a small
lish. L. J. 1:247-249. popular library. (In Pratt institute monthly,
A brief list of the best reference books for a small ^ ' 123-126.)
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ENCYCLOPEDIAS
The word Eneyehpcsdia is derived from two Greek words, meaning circular and iDstruction,
and is applied to ''a work in which the various topics included under several or all branches of
knowledge are treated separately and usually in alphabetical order." (Century dictionary.)
The shorter form, cyclopedia, is used with the same meaning, but it is often limited to a book treat-
ing of the various topics of one branch of knowledge.
In Encyclopedias the articles are usually arranged in alphabetical order as the most con-
venient for ready reference. Some, however, have topics arranged under the general class
not under the specific name of the subject, as in the Britannica. In others a classified method of
arrangement has been adopted ; for example, the Iconographic encyclopaedia, where each volume
treats of a separate class.
The following outline is a condensed statement of the leading facts in the history of Encyclo-
pedias. For fuller information consult the Century dictionary. Encyclopaedia Britannica, La
grande encyclopedic, Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Larousse's Grand dictionnaire (pref. p. 5-76),
and the chapter in Morley's Diderot and the Encyclopaedists (1: 117-247).
Before the 16th century many attempts had been made to present in systematic form what-
ever was known in all branches of learning. Among the earliest of these may be mentioned
the lost works of Terentius Varro in the first century b. c. and the Historia naturalis of Pliny
(2S-79 A. D.). The Opus majus of Roger Bacon in the 18th century was an effort of the same
kind. During this century many volumes appeared bearing the title, Speculum (notably those
of Vincent of Beauvais), which were the encyclopedias of their time.
It was, however, in 1541 that Ringelberg's Cyclopedia gave the name that has been com-
monly used for works of this character, and from that time the number of similar enterprises
increased rapidly. In the 17th century, encyclopedias were printed in the vernacular, the Latin
language having prevailed until that time. Baylc's Dictionnaire historique et critique, which
appeared in 1696, was for a long time an authority, and was translated into English. It is still
to be found either in the original or in translation among reference books, and has been in the
past a source of information for many writers, although now it is seldom used.
ENGLISH Black, 1875-88. £36. (N. Y. Scribner, 1878-89.
In England among the earlier encyclopedias
fl45.) 033
of importance may be mentioned the Lexicon ^^ »*"^ remains the standard work of reference.
♦,w»u«:«„w> v.« rk- T«i,« Tj««.i« rr ^^A irffiis although many of the articles are now out of date,
technicum. by Dr John Harris (Lond. 17(H). The arrangement is under general rather than specific
and the Cyclopedia ; or. An universal die- subject, the index volume referring to places in the
tionary of arts and sciences, by Ephraim general alphabet, where a specific subject may be
Chambers (Lond. 1728, 2v. folio). The latter 'ound. The articles are lengthy treatises in most
, • 4. 1.1 1 J- « cases, written by authorities, and signed, with val-
was much superior to other encyclopedias of ^^^^ bibliographies referring to sources appended,
that day, and is of interest as forming the basis More useful for the specialist than the general reader,
of the famous French Encyclop6die. Biographies of living persons are omitted.
The first edition of the Encyclopsedia Bri- The index volume to the Philadelphia reprint (99l p.)
J , ., i. 1 te much fuller than the index to the English edition
tanmca appeared in three quarto volumes ^^^ ^^^ " By its aid, every name and every topic.
(1708-71) and has since gone through nine edi- treated anywhere in this vast repository of human
tions. knowledge, can be traced out and appropriated ; while
Encyclopedia Britannica ; a dictionary of ^«»out, the E. B., with all its great merits, must r^
'. "^ , 1 m,\ ^ T^i *x main very much in the nature of a sealed book to the
arts, sciences, and general literature. Ed. 9. reader who stands in need of immediate use and re-
24 V, and index vol. il. pi. maps, Q. Edin. terence,** A R. Spofford in hU Book /or ail readers.
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ENGLISH. AMERICAN
An American reprint of the 9th edition of the En-
cyclopedia Britannica (Phil. Stoddart, 1875-90. 24v.
and index, with supplement in 5 v. (75) contains the
same articles, with additional ones relating to Amer-
ican subjects at the end of each volume. It is less
expensive than the English edition, though not so well
printed. Other and cheaper reprints have been made.
Supplements to the Encyclopaedia Britannica have
been compiled with the object of furnishing informa-
tion on American subjects notsufficieutly well treated
in the original work, and including subjects omitted
from it. Among these are the Supplement published
by Stoddart (N. Y. .Stoddart, 1883-89. 4v. $32), and
one edited by D. O. Kellogg (Akron, O., Werner, 1900.
6v. 112.50.)
Chambers's encyclopadia ; a dictionary of
UDiversal knowledge. New ed. lOv. il. por,
maps, Q. Lond. Chambers, 1901, [<^ 1892-
1900]. $30. (Phil. Lipplncott.) 032
First edition was published hi 1860-68. It is a good
concise encyclopedia, probably not sufficiently Ameri-
can, although the later editions have articles on
American subjects written by specialists in the United
States. Bibliographical references. Not much revi-
sion has been made since the 1890 edition.
Quilter, Harry. What's what; a guide for
tQ-day to life as it is and things as they are.
1182 p. por. pi. maps, D. Lond. Sonnenschein,
1902. 6s. 032
A compact one-volume encyclopedia, in which the
first part of the alphabet occupies about three quarters
of the book. Of not much importance, but some-
times found useful.
Among the old English encyclopedias occa-
sionally used may be mentioned : —
English cyclopedia, ed. by Charles Knight (1854-62,
22v. and Suppl. 18G9-73, 4v.).
Penny cyclopedia (1833-43, 27v.).
Encyclopaedia Metropolitana (1817-46, SOv.).
Rees's CyclopsMlia ; or, Universal dictionary of arts,
sciences, and literature (1802-19, 45v.).
AMERICAN
The earliest American encyclopedias appear
to have been simply reprints of those published
in England. The Encyclopa?dia Americana
(Phil. 1829-83, 18v.) was based on the German
Eonversations-lcxikon.
The most important American encyclopedias
in use at the present time are the following : —
Universal cyclopaedia. New ed. prepared
by a large corps of editors assisted by eminent
European and American specialists, under the
direction of C: K. Adams. 12 v. il. pi. maps, Q.
N Y. Appleton. 1900, [^1874-99]. $68. 031
rublished originally in 1874 under the title, John-
son's I'niversal cyclopapdia. This is the latest edition
of the most comprehensive American encyclopedia,
more nearly up to date than any other. Entry is made
under specific subject and articles are signed. Scien-
tific articles are good. Containa biographies of living
persons. Colored plates and maps. Bibliographies
appended to each article.
This new edition is not a thorough revision ; the old
plates have been used, slight modifications having
been made where it would not affect the use of the old
plates. An appendix (about 20 pages) to each volume
gives new articles. Blaps and illustrations have been
altered. The work has been unnecessarily extended
from 8 to 12 volumes without the addition of a corre-
sponding revision.
American cyclopadia ; a popular diction-
ary of general knowledge, ed. by George Rip-
ley and C: A. Dana. 16v. il. maps, Q. N. Y.
Appleton, 1888, [« '78-83]. $80. 031
General and analytical index ... by
T. J. Conant and Blandina Conant. 854 p. Q.
N. Y. Appleton, 1888. $5. 031
The first edition of the cyclopaedia bore the title,
New American cyclopaedia (1861-G3, 16v.).
The advance of knowledge since the publication of
the last volume in 1883 makes the work now out of
date for many subjects. It is supplemented by the
Annual cyclopaidia, but with the supplements is too
large a work for ready reference.
AppIeton*s annual cyclopadia and register
of important events in 1876-95. New ser. 20 v.
por. pi. maps, Q. N. Y. Appleton, 1888-96. $5
per vol. 031
Ser. 8, 1896-1901. v. 1-6, por. pi. maps,
Q. N. Y. Appleton, 1897-1902.* $5 per vol.
031
Analytical index to the supplements of
the American cyclopaedia. (See American
cyclopaKlia. General and analytical index.
1888.) $5. 031
The first series (published yearly 1861-75 with gen-
eral index) was called the American annual cyclo-
paedia. The second series forms a supplement to the
American cyclopoE'dia. Each volume contains the
history of the world for the year, biographical sketches
of prominent men with portraits, a necrology, sketch
of the literature of the year, and other valuable his-
torical and statistical matter, the whole arranged
alphabetically. The full alphabetical index to the
second series will be found in volume 20, while the
index in the volumes of the third series is cumula- ■
Uve.
International cyclopadia; a compendium
of universal knowledge. New ed. 15 v. il. pL
maps, Q. N Y. Dodd, 1894, [c '85-94]. $45.
031
Superseded by the New international encyclopaedia,
which is thoroughly revised. It is to be completed in
17 vols., of which v. 1 has been published ($5 per vol.).
International year book ; a compendium of
the world's progress in every department of
• Continued annually.
AMERICAN. FRENCH
11
humnn knowledge, 1898-1901. v. 1-4, por. pi.
maps. O. N. Y. Dddd, [c 1899-1902].* *4 per
vol. 031
Similar in scope to AppIeton*8 Annual cyclopaedia,
but the entries are made under more specilic topics.
Designed to supplement encyclopedias.
People's cyclopedia of universal know-
ledge. ... Ed. by W. H. De Puy and H. F.
llcddall. New ed. rev. and enl. 6v. 11. maps,
Q. N. Y. Eaton, [M895-96]. $24. 031
Smaller than the others and of minor importance,
but the appendix in vol. 6 contains useful miscellar
neous information.
An encyclopedia which differs in its treat-
ment of subjects and in its arrangement, not
80 useful for the general public, but of occa-
sional assistance to the special student is : —
Iconographic encyclopadia of the arts
and sciences; tr. fr. the German of the Bil-
deratlas, iconographische encyclopaedic ; rev.
and enl. by eminent American specialists. 7 v.
il. pi. maps, Q. Phil. Iconographic pub. co.,
1886-90. $7 per vol. 031
No more published.
Contents : 1. Anthropology, ethnology and ethno-
grapliy; 2. Archapolopy, history of culture ; 3. Paint-
ing and sculpture ; 4. Architecture ; 6. Constructive
arts ; (». Apiilied mechanics ; 7. Principles of geology.
This is an anglicized edition of the German Rilder-
atlas (Brockhaus), an earlier edition of which was
translated by J. G. Heck (1851. in 4v. text and 2v.
plates). The new edition is revised and enlarged by
American specialists. It includes " those branches of
human knowledge whose acquisition can be facili-
tiited and whose princij^les made clear by pictorial
representation." The arrangement is not alphabet-
ical but classed, related subjects being gToui)ed to-
gether, and indexes at the end of each volume refer
under the specific subject to the page where informa-
tion and plates will be found.
Willsey, Joseph H. Harper's book of facts;
a classifiwl history of the world, embracing
science, literature, and art, ed. by C. T. Lewis.
954 p. Q. N. Y. Harper, 1895. $8. 031
A useful work, very concise in its treatment of
event**, persons, and places. Convenient chronolo-
gi(;al outlines of the history of cities and countries will
be found under their names.
Champlin, John Denisonjr. Young folks*
cyclopicdia of common things, ikl. 2 enl. 850 p.
il. pi. O. N. Y. Holt, 1896. $2.50. J 031
An attempt " to bring cyclopapdic knowledge witliin
the range of a child's intellect.*' Articles very brief
and simply told. Index.
Young folks' cycloptedia of persons and
places. Ed. 2. 936 p. il. O. N. Y. Holt, 1895,
[«^ -80-91]. $2.50. J 031
* Continued annually.
Supplements the preceding by giving biographical
and geographical information. These cyclopedias are
most useful in the children's room.
Many encyclopedias published earlier than
those here mentioned, while for every -day use
now out of date, contain much information that
is occasionally needed. Among these may be
mentioned : Brande & Cox's Dictionary of sci-
ence, literature, and art (1875, 8v.), and Zell's
Popular encyclopiKdia (1875-76, 2v.).
FRENCH
In France, during the 18th century, the fa-
mous Encyclopedic was conspicuous above
all others of the time. This was the work of
Diderot & D'Alembert, aided by many of the
most able writers of that period, and was based
on a French translation of the Cyclopedia of
Ephraim Chambers. The Encyclopedic was
published in Paris and Neufchatel in 28 vols.,
1751-72, and was followed by a supplement
in 5 vols., Amsterdam, 1776-77, and an ana-
lytical index, Paris, 1780. It was of the greatest
influence in spreading revolutionary thought
in France. Several editions were published
outside of France, and it served as a model
for many other encyclopedias.
For further information about this most interesting
work, see Morley's chapter on the Encyclopaedia in his
Diderot and the Encyclopedists, 1891, 1: 117-247, and
D'Alembert's Discours prtUiminaire de I'encyclop^
die, Paris, 1893.
The French encyclopedias of the present time
are of importance to every library ^ the most
convenient source for information regarding
European subjects.
La grrande encyclop^die ; inventaire rai-
Sonne des sciences, dcs lettres et des arts, par
une societe de savantes et des gens de lettres.
V. 1-30, il. pi. maps, sq. Q. Paris, Lamirault,
1885-1901. 80 fr. per vol. 034
Not yet completed.
Articles are prepared and signed by sx)ecialists and
give a brief bibliography of the subject. Fuller than
Larousse.
Larousse, Pierre Athanase. Grand dic-
tionnaire universel du xix® siMe. , . . 17v. Q.
Paris, Larousse, 1866-90. $105. 034
v. 16-17 are supplements.
I>eflnitions and derivations of words are given, thua
combining a dictionary with an encyclopedia.
Nouveau Larousse illustr^ ; dictionnaire
universel encyclopedique. v. 1-4, il. pi. maps,
F. Paris, Larousse, 1898-1901. $6 per vol. 034
To be completed in 7 vote.
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ENCYCLOPEDIAS
GERMAN
The German: encyclopedias include some of
the most voluminous undertakings of the kind.
The Allgemeine encyclopftdie der wissen-
schaften und kllnste, edited by the scholars
Ersch and Gruber, is the most extended. This
great work was begun in 1818, and at present
more than 170 volumes have appeared at inter-
vals in three sections. Each subject is treated
exhaustively, and many valuable contributions
by specialists make it an important reference
work. Its usefulness, however, is limited in
this country to a few scholars.
The '* Konversations-lexicons," which have
been so popular in Germany, are better known
to our American libraries than any other German
reference books. They have been used as
models by later American encyclopedists in
their compilations. The Konversations-lexicon
of Brockhaus and that of Meyer hold an al-
most equally important place in reference de-
partments.
Brockhaus, Friedrich Arnold. Brockhaus's
conversations - lexicon ; allgemeine deutsche
real-eucyklopOdie. Ed. 14 enl. 17v. il. pi.
maps, Q. Lpz. Brockhaus, 189^-95. 170m.
033
v. 17 is a supplementary volume.
V. 1-6 of the 15th edition have been published at 12m.
per vol.
Beg^n in 1796 by Lbbcl, it was taken up by Brock-
haus in 1808. The first edition l>ore the title Damens-
lexicon.
" No encyclopjedia has been more useful and suc-
cessful, or ii»ore frequently copied, imitated, and
translated." Encyclopcedia Britaiintca, article Ei^
cyclopoedUis.
Meyer, Hermann Julius. Meyer*s konver-
aations-lexicon ; eine encyklopftdie des allge-
meinen wissens. Ed. 5 enl. 21 v. IL )p\. maps,
O. Lpz. Bibliog. instituts, 1893-1901. 10m.
per vol. 033
V. 18 contains the index and some supplementary
articles ; v. 11>-21 are annual supplements arranged
alphabetically. The volumes contain many illustra-
tions and colored plates.
*'In completeness and compression the best of its
kind." Cfutmbcr8*8 Encyclopcedicu
Some important encyclopedias in the other
continental languages will be found in large
libraries, and are necessary in looking up full
information regarding foreign affairs. Among
these may be mentioned : —
ITALIAN
Nuova enciclopedia italiana; ovvero, Dizi-
onario generale di scienze, lettere, Industrie, ecc.
Ed. 6 enl. 25v. in 26, il. pi. F. Torino, Unione
tipograflco-editrice Torinese, 1875-88. 035
Supplement© raccolta di monografle sui
recenti progressi delle scienze, dcUe arti e delle
Industrie, di biografle, di notizie storiche, geo-
grafiche, statistiche, ecc. 5v. in 6, il. pi. F.
Torino, Unione tipograflco-editrice Torinese,
1889-99. 035
SPANISH
Diccionario enciclopedico hispano-ameri-
cano de literatura, ciencias y artes. 23v. il.
pi. maps, F. Barcelona, Montaner y Simon,
1887-98. 036
SWEDISH
Nordisk familjebok ; konversationslexikon
och real-encyklopedi. 20v. il. pi. maps, O.
Stockholm, 1876-99. 033.9
V. 19-20 are supplements.
The largest encyclopedia is one published
in China, a copy of which has been placed in
the British museum, consisting of 5020 native
volumes bound in 1000 volumes.
In using general encyclopedias, the student
should bear in mind the following points : —
(a) Whether the information wanted would
be affected by the date of the article.
(b) Whether the article wanted should be a
brief statement or a more exhaustive treatise on
the subject. Whether it should be technical or
popular.
(c) Whether the encyclopedia in hand enters
un(ier the general or the specific subj ect. In the
Britanuica one would find the smaller subjects
treated under the class which includes them ;
in Johnson and others they are usually to be
found under their own headings.
(d) To use the indexes and cross-references if
the subject is not treated under the word for
which one looks.
(e) To observe the bibliographical references
at the end of the articles and follow up a sub-
ject by consulting the best authorities on it.
DICTIONARIES
The origin of the word is from the Latin dictionarium, which means a word-book. It was
probably first employed in this sense by Joannes de Garlanda (d. 1250 a. d.). For the uses of the
word consult the Century dictionary, and for its history the Introduction to Worcester's Dic-
tionary, Tucker's Our common speech, p. 95-150, Williams's Our dictionaries and other English
language topics, p. 5-44, and Baynes's Shakespeare studies and Essay on English dictiona-
ries, p. 858-409. An interesting history of English dictionaries is to be found in James A. H.
Murray's Evolution of English lexicogi-aphy, 1900, 51 p. A bibliography of dictionaries still
useful, though not recent, is TrQbner's Catalogue of dictionaries and grammars of the world
(Lond. TrQbner, 1882).
ENGLISH
The earliest English dictionary of impor-
tance was Nathan Bailey's An universal ety-
mological English dictionary (1721). Pre-
vious to the publication of this work, there
had been no attempt to prepare a dictionary of
all the words in the English language. Many
glossaries of difficult words had been compiled
during the 17th century, but they were not
what we now mean when we speak of diction-
aries.
After Bailey's great work, the next impor«
tant dictionary was that by the celebrated au-
thor and lexicographer. Dr. Samuel Johnson,
which is now better known than any of the
dictionaries that appeared in the 18th century.
It WAS published in 1755 (2 vols, folio), and
was used as a basis for other dictionaries by
many compilers. The publication of John-
son's Dictionary "formed a greater era than
that of any other work. No other dictionary
has had so much influence in fixing the exter-
nal form of the language and ascertaining and
settling the meaning and proper use of words."
Worceiter,
Many dictionaries followed Johnson's, but
there were none of much value until the ap-
pearance of Charles Richardson's New dic-
tionary of the English language, which was
published in 1838 (2 vola 4^. In this work
more attention was paid to the history of
words, showing by numerous quotations their
meanings and any changes in meaning they
may have undergone. This dictionary is still
ranked high among scholars.
We now come to the dictionaries of the pre-
sent day, which for practical use have super-
seded the earlier ones. The most comprehen-
sive is : —
Murray, James Augustus Henry. New
English dictionary on historical principles.
V. 1-5, F. Ox. Clarendon press, 1888-1900.
52s. 6d. per vol. 423
Founded mainly on the materials collected by the
Philological society, since 1857. The interesting his-
tory of this undertaking is told in the preface.
Very fall on the philological side, it includes Eng-
lish words now in general use, or those in use at any
time during the past 700 years, giving their meaning,
origin, and history, with a large number of quotar
tions from English writers to illustrate the history
and use of words.
On account of the slow progress made in publishing
this great work, It will probably be many years before
it is completed. Vol. 5 to K.
It is a dictionary for the scholar rather than for
popular use.
Known also as the Oxford dictionary.
Other English dictionaries of importance
are: Stormonth's Dictionary of the English lan-
guage (N. Y. Scribner, 1899. $9) ; Ogilvie's
Imperial dictionary (Lond. Blackie, 188^-83.
4v. £5), encyclopedic in character : Hunter's
Encyclopsedio dictionary (Lond. Cassell, 1879-
88. 7v. Q. 21s. per vol.), which has been re-
printed in America (Phil. Syndicate pub. co.
1895. 4v. $16).
AMERICAN
During the past fifty years, two dictionaries
have been published in the United States which
hold about equal rank as authorities. The un-
abridged editions of Worcester's and of Web-
ster's dictionaries have gone through many
revisions. Webster's dictionary was for many
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DICTIONARIES
years considered the authority for derivation
and definition of words, while Worcester's was
quoted as authority for pronunciation. The
International dictionary, the latest edition of
Webster, combines all the advantages of both.
Webster, Noah. International dictionary
of the English language. 2011 p. il. por. F.
Sprgf. [Mass.], Merriam, 1891, [<^ '64-90]. $12.
The first edition of Webster appeared in 1828. A
later edition than the one above (1900) contains in a
supplement a list of aboat 25,000 new words (238 p.).
The supplement will probably be overlooked by the
majority of users. The 1902 edition contains in addi-
tion a Reference history of the world, with index.
*«The last edition of Webster, the International, is,
perhaps, the best of one volume dictionaries.'* J/ur-
ray in his Evolution of English lexlcoffraphy^ 1900,
Worcester, Joseph Emerson. Dictionary
of the English language. New ed. enl. 2126 p.
il. por. pi. Q. Phil. Lippincott, 1891. $10.
423
Worcester's first dictionary was published in 1830.
A new and much enlarged edition is in preparation.
There is an introduction on the history of English
lexicography and a catalogue of English dictionaries.
Both Worcester's and Webster's dictionaries
contain useful appendixes which are similar in
scope : —
Dictionary of noted fictitious persons, places, et<;.
Pronouncing dictionary of biography.
Pronouncing dictionary of Christian names.
Pronouncing gazetteer of the world.
Pronouncing dictionary of Scripture proper names.
I*ronouncing dictionary of Greek and Latin proper
names.
Dictionary of foreign quotations, phrases, etc.
Tables of abbreviations used in writing and print-
ing.
Tables of signs used in writing and printing.
Whitney, William Dwig^ht. Century dic-
tionary ; an encyclopedic lexicon of the English
language. 6 v. 11. F. N. Y. Century co. , [<^ 1889-
1901]. $60. 423
" The plan includes three thingrs : the construction
of a general dictionary of the English language which
shall be serviceable for every literary and practical
use; — a more complete collection of the technical
terms of various sciences, arts, trades, and profes-
sions than lias yet been attempted ; — and the addi-
tion to the definitions proper of such related encyclo-
pedic matter, ^ith pictorial illustrations, as shall
constitute a convenient book of general reference."
Preface.
Supplemented by the Century Cyclopedia of names
and Century atlas, which see.
The most comprehensive American dictionary.
The latest edition, 1901, includes all the revisions
that have been made since the first edition in 18J1,
thus giving the most recent information.
Funk, Isaac K., and others. Standard dic-
tionary of the English language. . . . 2v. il.
pi. sq. Q. N. Y. Funk, 1898. $18 (one vol.
ed. $15). 433
A new edition (1901) has 11 p. of addenda, containing
1100 new words.
It is encyclopedic In character, giving fuller explsr
nations of things than is usual in a dictionary, and it
contains some words not to be found in other dic-
tionaries. Illustrations and plates are good. Apx.
contains list of proper names of all kinds, with their
pronunciations, and other miscellaneous information
similar to the appendixes of Webster and Worcester.
A supplementary volume of maps has been pub-
lished, but is not important.
Students' edition of a Standard dic-
tionary of the English language. . . . 915 p. il.
O. N. Y. Funk, 1898. §2.50. 433
Abridged from the preceding. An excellent small
dictionary.
ETYMOLOGY
For the etymology of the English language,
the best authority, so far as it has been pub-
lislied, is Murray's New English dictionary.
A smaller but very useful volume, and the best
concise dictionary is : —
Skeat, Walter William. Etymological
dictionary of the English language. Ed. 2.
844 p. sq. Q. Ox. Clarendon press, 1898. £2
4s. 433
•* Each article begins with a word, the etymology of
which is to be sought ; then a brief definition merely
as a mark to identify the word ; next an exact state-
ment of the actual or probable language whence the
word is taken, with an account of the channel or chan-
nels through which it has reached us." Preface.
A few quotations are given.
SYNONYMS
Books of synonyms are in constant use to
distinguish words of similar meaning, and to
assist in obtaining a variety of expression. Of
these the best are : —
Crabb, George. English synonymes ex-
plained in alphabetical order. New ed. enl.
856 p. O. N. Y. Harper. 1892. $1.25. 424
Quotations from the best writers illustrating the
use of the words are given.
Fernald, James Champlin. English syn-
onyms and antonyms ; with notes on the cor-
rect use of prepositions. 564 p. O. N. Y.
Funk, 1896. $1.50. 424
Fellows, Samuel. Complete handbook of
synonyms and antonyms. 512 p. D. N. Y.
Revcli, 1886. $1. 424
Contains, in an appendix : Briticisms and American-
ENGLISH
15
iams, prepositions, discriminated foreign phrases, list
of abbreviations, colloquial phrases, homonyms.
Smith, Charles John. Synonyms discrimi-
nated ; a dictionary of synonymous words in
the English language. . . . £d. 5enl. 781 p. D.
N. Y. Holt, 1896. $2. 424
Derivation of words is given. Discriminates more
closely than the others as to use of words. Index.
Soule, Richard. Dictionary of English
synonymes and synonymous parallel expres-
sions. New ed. enl. 488 p. O. Phil. Lippin-
cott. 1892. [c 71-91]. $2.25. 434
Regret, Peter Mark. Thesaurus of Eng-
lish words and phrases. . . . New ed. enl.
429 + 271 p. O. Bost. De Wolfe, [pref. 1862-79].
$2. 424
** A collection of words of the English languaf^e and
of the idiomatic combinations peculiar to it, arranged
not in alphabetical order, . . . but according to the
ideas which they express. . . . Object : The idea being
given to find the word or words by which that idea may
be most fltly and aptly expressed.'* Preface,
ClassiUcation : abstract relations, space, matter, in-
tellect, volition, afTection.
Alphabetical index. ^
AMERICANISMS AND SLANQ
Bartlett, John Russell. Dictionary of
Americanisms. . . . Ed. 4 enl 813 p. O. Bost.
Little, 1889, [<^ '59-77]. $4. 427.9
A vocabulary of the words and phrases peculiar to
the United States ; with quotations illustrating their
use.
Barrfere, Albert, and Leland, C: G. Dic-
tionary of slang, jargon, and cant . . . 2v.
sq. O. Edin. Ballantyne press, 1889. £2 15s.
427
Includes English, American, and Anglo-Indian
slang, pidgin English, tinkers* jargon, and other ir-
regular phraseology. Gives meanings and many quo-
tations illustrating use of the expressions.
OBSOLETE AND PROVINCIAL
Halliwell-Phillipps, James Orchard. Dic-
tionary of archaic and provincial words, obso-
lete phrases, proverbs, and ancient customs
from the 14th century. Ed. 11. 2v. O. Lond.
Reeves. 1887-89. $5. 427
Explains the meaning of many words which have
become obsolete during the last four centuries, and
gives references and quotations illustrating the use of
the words.
Wright, Thomas. Dictionary of obsolete
and provincial English. ... 2v. D. Lond.
Bell, 1886. 10s. 427
Gives meanings of words that have become obsolete.
and of words which are now used only in the provin-
cial dialects ; with references and quotations.
DIALECTS
Wright, Joseph. English dialect dictionary ;
being the complete vocabulary of all dialect
words still in use, or known to have been in
use during the last 200 years ; found(»d on the
publications of the English dialect society. . . .
V. 1-3, sq. F. Lond. Frowde, 1898-1902. 80s.
per vol. 427
Illustrative quotations from standard authors are
given. T(^be completed in 6 vols.
Morris, Edward Ellis. Austral English ;
a dictionary of Australasian words, phrases,
and usages, with those aboriginal-Australian
and Maori words which have become incorpo-
rated in the language, and the common scien-
tific words that have had their origin in Aus-
ti-alasia. 525 p. O. Lond. Macmillan, 1898.
16s. 4^7*9
MISCELLANEOUS
Fennel!, Charles Augustus Maude. Stan-
ford dictionary of anglicised words and phrases.
826 p. sq. Q. Camb. [Eng.] Univ. press, 1892.
(Macmillan.) $8. 423
Objects : ** To enable the English reader to And out
the meaning and history of the foreign words and
phrases which occur so frequently in English liter-
ature; 2d, to register the increase of the English
vocabulary directly due to the adoption and naturali-
sation of foreign words since the introduction of
printing ; 3d, to record all English words of foreign
origin which have retained or reverted to their native
form.** Preface.
Quotations to illustrate words.
Walker, John. Rhyming dictionary of
the English language. . . . rev. and enl. by
J.Longmuir. 720 p. O. Lond. Routledge, 1890.
$1.50. 426
First published in 1775.
A collaction of rhymes, arranged according to the
letters the words end with.
Apx. contains an index to all perfect rhymes of a
different orthography and allowable rhymes of a dif-
ferent sound.
Phyfe, William Henry Pinkney. Seven
thousand words often mispronounced. . . . New
ed. 574 p. S. N. Y. Putnam, 1901, [«^*89-94].
$1. 42x5
This edition has a supplement of over 1400 additional
words. The work embraces : difticuUies in English
pronunciation, proper names, and phrases from for-
eign languages.
ANGLO-SAXON
Boaworth, Joseph. Anglo-Saxon diction-
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DICTIONARIES
ary ; ed. and enl. by T. N. Toller. 1802 p. sq.
Q. Ox. Clarendon press, 1882. 728. 429.3
Sweet, Henry. The student's dictionary of
Anglo-Saxon. ... 217 p. sq. O. N. Y. Mac-
millan, 1897. $1.75. 429.3
MIDDLE-ENGLISH
Stratmann, Francis Henry. Middle -
English dictionary, containing words used by
English writers from the 12th to the 15th cen-
tury ; rev. and enl. by Henry Bradley. 708 p.
Q. N. Y. Macmillan, 1891. $8. ^ 4^7
GERMAN
Fliig^el, Felix. Universal EnglishOerman
and German-English dictionary. Ed. 4 enl.
2v. inS, Q. Bms. Westermann, 1891. $16.50.
433.2
'* It is destined to remain for a long period the stand-
ard dictionary of reference for translating between
English and German.*' Natioiit 64 : 155,
Other good German dictionaries are those by
Murct-Sanders (Ber. Langenscheidt, 4v. $12),
and Thieme-Preusser (Hamburg, Handeke.
12.59 m.).
Grimm, Jacob, and Grimm, Wilhelm.
Deutschcs wOrterbuch. v. 1-9, 11-12, Q. Lpz.
Hirzel, 1854-99. about $70. 433
Covers the alphabet from A to Sinn and parts of G,
T, and V. The standard dictionary, more historical
than etymological ; quotations illustrating the use of
words arc given.
FRENCH
Edg^ren, Hjalmar, and Burnet, P. B. French
and English dictionary, with indication of pro-
nunciation, etymologies, and dates of earliest
appearance of French words in the English
language. 1252 p. O. N. Y. Holt, 1901. $2.50.
443.2
Other French dictionaries of merit are those
by Hamilton & Legros (Paris, Fouraut, 1896,
2v. $6.50), and Spiers & Surenne (N. Y. Apple-
ton, 1886. $5).
Littr^, ]&mile. Dictionnaire de la langue
fran9aise. 4v. and Iv. sup. F. Paris, Hachette,
487a-78. 100 fr. 443
One of the standard dictionaries.
Villatte, C€saire, and Sachs, Karl. En-
cyklopOdisches franzOsisches-deutsches und
deutsch-franzOsischeswOrterbuch. Ed. 11 rev.
and enl. 2v. Q. Ber. Langenscheidt, 1899.
$4.50. 443.3
y. 1, French-Oennan ; v. 2, Gennan-Freoch.
ITALIAN
Davenport, John, and Comelati, Gugliel-
mo. New dictionary of the Italian and English
languages, based upon that of Baretti. 2v. O.
Lond. Whittaker, [pref. 1854]. £1 Is. 453.3
Others are by Millhouse (N. Y. Appleton, 2v.
$5.50) and Melzi (Lond. Hirschfeld. $2).
SPANISH
Velazquez de la Cadena, Mariano. Pro-
nouncing dictionary of the Spanish and Eng-
lish languages. New ed. rev. and enl. by
Edward Gray and J. L. Iribas. 2 v. in 1, Q.
N. Y. Appleton, 1901. $6. 463.3
PORTUGUESE
Michaelis, H. New dictionary of the Por-
tuguese and English languages. 2v. O. Lpz.
Brockhaus, 1898. $11. 469.3
V. 1, Portuguese-English ; y. 2, English-Portagaese.
DUTCH
Calisch, I. M. New complete dictionary of
the English and Dutch languagea 2v. O.
Tiel, Campagne, 1875. $11. 439*33^1
SWEDISH
Bj&rkman, C. G. Svensk-Engelsk ord bok.
1860 p. O. Stockholm, Norstedt, 1889. about
$5. 439.732
DANISH-NORWEGIAN
Larsen, A. Dictionary of the DanoNorwe-
gian and English languages. Ed. 8. 688 p. O.
Copenhagen, Hegel, 1897. 12s. 6d. 439.833
RUSSIAN
Aleksandrov, A. Complete Russian-English
dictionary. Ed. 2 rev. and enl. 717 p. Q.
St Pet. 1897. 491.733
Complete English-Russian dictionary.
895 p. Q. St. Pet. 1897. $14 for the 2v. 491.733
POLISH
Kierst, W. and Callier, O. Pocket diction-
ary of the English and Polish languages. 2v.
in 1, T. Lpz. Holtz, 1896. 2.90 m. 491.8533
BOHEMIAN
Mourek, V. E. Pocket dictionary of the
Bohemian and English languages. 2v. in 1, T.
Lpz. Holtz, 1896. $2.20. 491.8633
FOREIGN
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HUNGARIAN
Bizonfy, Ferencz. English-Hungarian and
Hungarian-English dictionary. 2v. O. Buda-
pest, 1886. 16s. 491.86
GREEK
Liddell, Henry Georgre, and Scott, Rob-
ert. Greek-English lexicon. . . . Ed. 7 enl.
1776p. sq. Q. N. Y. Harper, 1888, [^^ '82]. $10.
483.2
Gives references to classical authors.
Yong^e, Charles Duke. English-Greek
lexicon . . . ed. by Henry Drisler. 663 p. Q.
N. Y. Harper, 1890, [^70]. $1.50. 483.2
MODERN GREEK
Kontopoulos, Nikolaos. Greek-English
lexicon. Ed. 4 rev. 514 p. O. Athens, Con-
stantinides, 1900.
English-raodem-Greek dictionary. 692 p.
O. Athens, Constantinides, 1892. about $8 for
the two vols. 489.32
LATIN
Lewis, Charlton Thomas, and Short,
Charles. Harper's Latin dictionary . . . . New
ed. enl. 2019 p. Q. N. Y. Harper, 1892.
$6.50. 473.2
Founded on Freund's Latin-German lexicon, ed. by
£. A. Andrews.
Smith, William, and Hall, T. D. Copious
and critical English-Latin dictionaiy. 754 p.
O. N. Y. Harper, 1871. $4. 473.2
SANSKRIT
Williams, Sir Monler Monier-. Sanskrit-
English dictionary. . . . 1186 p. sq. Q. Ox.
Clarendon press, 1872. £4 14s. 6d. 49 z •2
HEBREW
Gesenius, Wilhelm. Hebrew and English
lexicon of the Old Testament, hicluding the
biblical Chaldee. New ed. enl. 1160 p. O.
Bost Houghton, 1888. $6. 492.432
ARABIC
Steingass, F. The student's Arabic-English
dictionary. . . . 1242 p. O. Lcmd. Allen, 1884.
50s. 492*73
Gives transliteration.
The nlection of foreign dictionariei is baaed partly upon
thoae in use in the Catalogue diriaion of the library of C<m>
SPECIAL SUBJECTS
The general cyclopedias do not always contain answers to questions which come up in rela-
tion to a particular subject. If the subject is a technical one for which a special cyclopedia
has been compiled, it will save time to consult such a work, particularly if it is recent. A
cyclopedia of this kind will describe and explain more minutely all the details of a subject and
in many cases will be illustrated. For example, a special cyclopedia of chemistry will bring
together all that relates to chemistry that is of practical use at the time of publication and
within the scope of the work as laid down by the compiler. Every technical term will be
explained as it could not be in a general cyclopedia.
Many subjects are without special dictionaries and, therefore, longer or more recent treatises
than those contained in the encyclopedias must be sought in magazine articles, transactions of
societies, or in books on the subject not belonging to the reference collection.
PHILOSOPHY
Baldwin, James Mark. Dictionary of phi-
losophy and psychology, v. 1. il. Q. N. Y.
Macmillan, 1901. $15. Z03
Its object is " to understand the meanings which
our terms have, and to render them by clear defini-
tions . . . and to interpret the movements of thought
through which the meanings thus determined have
arisen, with a view to discovering what is really vital
in the development of thought and term in one."
The treatment is primarily that of a dictionary, not
that of a cyclopedia. The bibliographical feature has
been given esi)ecial attention. There are references
to each article. Volume 3 will be a complete biblio-
graphy of the subject.
*' This dictionary is not only the first adequate work
of its kind in English, but may be said to be the first
adequate philosophic dictionary in any language.**
Joseph Jastrow in Dial, 31 : 276.
Flemings, William. Vocabulary of philo-
sophy, psychological, ethical, metaphysical.
Ed. 4 cnl. by Henry Calderwood. 439 p. D.
Lond. Griffin, 1887. 10s. 6d. 103
A concise work giving variations in usage of philo-
sophical terms ; references to the literature of the
subject ; quotations from philosophical writers.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Psycholog^ical review. Psychological in-
dex, 1-7 ; a bibliography of the literature of
psychology and cognate subjects, 1894-1900.
O. N. Y. Macmillan, 1894-1900.* 75 cts.
016.15
Includes original publications in all languages with
trauBlations and new editions in English, French, and
German. Embraces books and periodical literature.
* Continaed annually.
TEMPERANCE
Cyclopaedia of temperance and prohibi-
tion. 671 p. O. N. Y. Funk, 1891. $3. 178
Gives facts and statistics in regard to the drink
question, the temperance movement, and prohibition.
Index.
RELIGION
M'Clintock, John, and Strongs, James.
Cyclopaedia of biblical, theological, and ecclesi-
astical literature. 10 v. il. Q. N. Y. Harper,
1869-«1. $50.
Supplement. 2 v. il. Q. N. Y. Harper,
1885-87. $10. 203
A very comprehensive book of reference on the sci-
ence of theolog>' in its i^-idest sense, though now some-
what out of date. The supplement brings down to a
later date many of the articles in the Cyclopaedia.
References are given under subjects to the most im-
portant and accessible books ancient and modem.
Schaff, Philip. Religious encyclopaedia;
or. Dictionary of biblical, historical, doctrinal,
and practical theology, with an Encyclopa?dia
of living divines and Christian workers of all
denominations. . . . Ed. 3 enl. 4 v. Q. N. Y.
Funk, 1891, [*• '82]. 820. 203
Based on the Real-encyklopKdie fUr protestant-
ische thoologie und kirche, ed. by Herzog and oth-
ers, it gives much additional information for English
readers. Known as the SchafT-Herzog encyclopgpdia.
Smith, Sir William, and Cheetham, Sam-
uel. Dictionary of Christian antiquities. . . .
2 V. il. O. Lond. Murray, 1876-80. £3 13s. 6d.
(Host. Little. $15.) 203
Includes organization of the church, the social life,
RELIGION
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worship and ceremonial, sacred places, art and syin-
bolisin, sacred days and seasons, g^ves and cata*
combs of the Christians.
Smith, Sir William, and Wace, Henry.
Dictionary of Christian biography, literature,
sects, and doctrines. . . . 4v. O. Lond. Mur-
ray, 1877-87. £6 16s. 6d. (Bost. Little. $24.)
203
From the time of the Apostles to the age of Charle-
magne.
With the Dictionary of Christian antiquities forms
a continuation to the Dictionary of the Bible, com-
prising together a cyclopedia of ecclesiastical history
for the tlrdt eight centuries of the Christian era. The
articles in the three are written and signed by promi-
nent theological writers.
BIBLE DICTIONARIES
Cheyne, T. K., and Black, J. S. Ency-
clopa?dia biblica ; a critical dictionary of the
literary, political, and religious history, the
archaeology, geography, and natural history of
the Bible, v. 1-3, il. O. N. Y. Macmillan, 1899-
1902. 85 per vol. 220.3
To be completed in 4 vols.
The standpoint is that of the higher criticism ; the
articles are written by leading biblical scholars.
Hastings, James. Dictionary of the Bible,
dealing with its language, literature, and con-
tents, including biblical theology. 4v. il.
maps, Q. N. Y. Scribner, 1898-1902. ^24.
220.3
" The book, in short, will be used with advantage
by all non-professional students of the Bible. Nor
can the professional student afford to disregard it."
A'atlon, 72 : 38.
In comparing these two important dictionaries the
Nation says : ** The one is an international undertak-
ing which will be accepted and quoted on the conti-
nent of Europe as well as in England and America ;
the other is adapted for the use of the English-speak-
ing peoples. The one [Cheyne] appeals to scholars
and specialists, the other [Hastings] more to the body
of the Christian church.'* Nation^ 70 : 246.
Smith, Sir William, and Fuller, J. M.
Dictionary of the Bible. . . . Ed. 2. 8v. il. O.
Lond. Murray, 1893. £4 4s. (Bost. Little.
§22.) 220.3
This edition has been revised and enlarged.
The Dictionary does not include the various sys-
tems of theology, but embraces antiquities, biogra-
phy, geography, and natural history of the Old Testa-
ment, New Testament, and Apocryi)ha. Articles give
references to the best ancient and modem authorities.
•• A work of a very high order . . . unquestionably
antiquated." Nation, 67 : 485.
BIBLE COMMENTARIES
Lang^e, John Peter. Commentary on the
Holy Scripture ; critical, doctrinal, and homl-
letical ; tr. and ed. by Philip Schaff. 25v. O.
N. Y. Scribner, 1873-87. $75. 220.7
The author was assisted by a number of eminent
biblical scholars. The American edition has been re-
vised to meet the needs of the American student. It
contains introductions to each book and to the Bible
as a whole.
The international critical commcntar}% under
the editorship of C: A. Briggs, S. R. Driver,
and Alfred Plummer (N. Y. Scribner, 1895.
$3 per vol.), is in course of publication. It
represents the latest biblical criticism, while
Lange stands for the old.
An edition of the Bible must be included in
the reference collection. One of the best for
general use is the Riverside parallel Bible
(Houghton, $5), which gives both King James's
and the revised version.
BIBLE CONCORDANCES
Cruden, Alexander. Complete concordance
to the Holy Scriptures of the Old aud New
Testament. ... 856 p. O. N. Y. Dodd, [pref.
1737]. $1. 220.2
A dictionary of all the words of the Bible arranged
alphal)etically, with references to the various places
where they are to be found. Compares the several
meanings of the same words.
Divided into 3 alphabets : 1. Common words ; 2. Tro-
per names ; 3. Apocryphal books.
Strong, James. Exhaustive con cortlan re of
the Bible. . . . 1340 -f 202 + 205 p. Q. N. Y. *
Hunt, 1894, p'90]. $0. 220.2
The best concordance. It gives every word of the
text of the common English version and a compara-
tive concordance of the authorized and revined ver-
sions, with brief dictionaries of the Hebrew and
Greek words of the original, with references to the
English words. To find a passage, look under any one
of the words, especially the most important or strik-
ing.
Young, Robert. Analytical concordance to
the Bible. New ed. enl. 1108 p. Q. N. Y.
Funk, 1890. $5. 220.2
Contains the words of the Bible in alphabetical
order, with their Hebrew or Greek originals, and the
literal meaning and pronunciation of each. Includes
proper names of every person and place.
SECTS
Blunt, John Henry. Dictionary of sects,
heresies, ecclesiastical parties, and schools of
religious thought. 647 p. Q. Lond. Jjong-
mans, 1892. $7. 280
Sectarian cyclopedias give more detailed in-
formation from the standpoint of each church.
Among these are : Arnold's Catholic dictionary
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SPECIAL SUBJECTS
(N. Y. Catholic pub. soc. 1889), Cathcart'a Bap-
tist encyclopaedia (Phil. 1883), Nevin's Encyclo-
paedia of the Presbyterian church in the U. S.
(PhiL 1884), Simpson's Cyclopaedia of Metho-
dism (Phil. 1883), Jacobs & Haas's Lutheran
cyclopedia (N. Y. 1899).
Religious year-books or almanacs, e.g. the
Official year-book of the Church of England,
Whittaker's churchman's almanac, the Amer-
ican church almanac (for the Church of Eng-
land and P. E. church), etc., are frequently
needed.
Lloyd's clerical directory for 1898 (Hamilton,
O. News and tel. pub. co.) is a statistical book
of reference for facts relating to the clergy,
parishes, and missions of the P. E. church in
the United States.
The Clergy list, with which is incorporated
the Clerical guide and ecclesiastical directory,
1902, is a similar work for Great Britain and
the colonies.
MISSIONS
Bliss, Edwin Munsell. Encyclopaedia of
missions. . . . 2v. maps, Q. N. Y. Funk, 1891.
$12. 266
The scope of the work includes the description,
history, biography, and statistics of mission work,
arranged in alpb^Detical order, with maps and a bibli-
ography.
MISCELLANEOUS
Julian, John. Dictionary of hymnology. . . .
1616 p. O. N. Y. Scribner, 1892. $10. 245
Origin and history of Christian hymns of all ages
and nations, with especial reference to those in the
hymn-books of English-speaking countries ; biogra-
phical sketches of their authors; and a cross-reference
index to first lines in English, French, German, Greek,
Latin, and other languages, with index of authors and
translators.
Brewer, Ebenezer Cobham. Dictionary
of miracles. . . . 582 p. O. Phil. Lippincott,
1884. $2.50. 231.7
Contents : Miracles of saints in imitation of Scrip-
ture miracles ; Realistic miracles ; Miracles to prove
church dogmas ; Index.
Schaff, Philip. Creeds of Christendom ;
with a history and critical notes. Ed. 4 enl. 3v.
O. N. Y. Harper, 1890, [«*77]. $15. 238
The creeds and confessions are giren in the original
languages from the best editions, with translations
into English and notes. Bibliographical notes.
tory, religion, literature, and customs of the
Jewish people, v. 1, il. pi. Q. N. Y. Funk,
1901. $7 per vol. 296
To he completed in 12 rols.
** On one side, it is a true encyclops^ia, and speaks,
always from a Jewish standpoint, de omni acibUi ; on
another, it is a cyclopaKlia as the record of a single
branch of knowledge — the civilization of a single
race. . . . The chief value of this book ... Is to be
found in its biographies, its descriptions of the present
state of Jews throughout the world, and in its elucida-
tions of Talmudic law. On all these points it gives
first-hand information of a kind and to an extent not
accessible elsewhere." J^eUiofi, 73 : 341-342.
Hug^hes, Thomas Patrick. Dictionary of
Islam; being a cyclopedia of the doctrines,
rites, ceremonies, and customs, together with
the technical and theological terms of the Mu-
hammadan religion. 750 p. iL O. Lond. Allen,
1885. 42s. 297
Dowson, John. Classical dictionary of
Hindu mythology and religion, geography,
history, and literature. 411 p. O. Lond.
Trttbner, 1879. 168. 294
BIBLIOGRAPnY
Hurst, John Fletcher. Literature of theo-
logy ; a classified bibliography of theology and
general religious literature. 757 p. O. N. Y.
Hunt. 1896. $4. 0x6.2
Aims to include the best and most desirable books
published In Great BriUin, the United States, and
Canada. Prices are given. It is based upon his Bibli-
othcca theologica.
Among other useful bibliographies of theo-
logy are : Malcolm's Theological index (1868),
Darling's Cycloptcdia bibliographica of theo-
logical and general literature (1854-59, 2v.),
and Princeton theological seminary library's
Catalogue : part 1, religious literature (1886).
There are also many important bibliographies
on special topics, notably of the Bible.
SOCIAL SCIENCES
Bliss, William Dwig^ht Porter. Encyclo-
pedia of social reform, including political econ-
omy, political science, sociology, and statistics.
1439p.8q. Q. N. Y. Funk, 1897. $7.50. 303
Designed for general workers and students in social
rtform, it is a compact work of reference comi>ara-
tively recent, written by specialists and containing
brief bibliographies of the topics discussed.
BIBLIOORAFHY
NON-CHRISTIAN
Singer, Isadore, and others. The Jewish Bowker, Richard Rog^ers, and lies,
encyclopedia ; a descriptive record of the his- George. Reader's guide in economic, social,
POLITICAL SCIENCE
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and political science. 169 p. D. N. Y. Soc. for
polit educ. 1891. $1. 0x6.3
A classified bibliography with dear, concise, de-
scriptiye notes, and an author index.
POLITICAL SCIENCE AND ECO-
NOMICS
Lalor, John Joseph. Cyclopfledia of politi-
cal science, political economy, and of the po-
litical history of the United States. . . . 8v.
Q. N. Y. Merrill, 188a-90, [^ '81-84]. $16.
303
" An inraluable work of reference." Bowker and
lies. The articles are signed and written by Ameri-
can and European specialists with bibliographical
notes at end of each article. The work is not suffi-
ciently up to date on many topics.
Brown, Everit, and Strauss, Albert. Dic-
tionary of American politics. . . . 596 p. D.
N. Y. Burt, [<^ 1888-92]. $1. 320.3
Very condensed accounts of matters relating to
American politics, alphabetically arranged for ready
reference.
Palgrave, Robert Harry Ingrlis. Diction-
ary of political economy. 8v. O. Lond. Mac-
millan, 1894-96. $19.50. 330.3
Full on the side of English political economy, but
including the U. S. and the English colonies. Arti-
cles are concise, signed, and give bibliographical re-
ferences.
Handworterbuch der staatswissenschaf-
ten, hrsg. von J. Conrad, L. Elster, W. Lexis,
Edw. Loening. Ed. 2 enL 7v. Q. Jena,
Fischer, 1898-1901. 142.50m. 320.3
The articles are signed ; bibliographies appended to
articles.
Of the first edition, Bowker and Ilea's Reader's
guide says : " The most comprehensive dictionary of
political economy ever published, with collaborators
from all countries.*'
BIBLIOORAFHY
Miihlbrecht, Otto. Wegweiser durch die
neuere litteratur der rechts- und staatswissen-
schaften fttr die praxis bearbeitet. Ed. 2 enl.
2v. O. Ber. Puttkammer, 1893-1901. 016.32
T. 1 to 1893, 15m. ; t. 2, 1893-1900, dOm.
Classified with alphabetical index, giTlng prices of
books, as well as other bibliographical details. The
most comprehensive bibliography of jurisprudence
and political science.
Continued by the annual list entitled Mllhlbrecht's
Uebcrsicht der gesammten staats- und rechtswissen-
schaftlichen litteratur, 1900 (6m.).
Stammhammer, Josef. Bibliographic der
aocial-politik. 648 p. Q. Jena, Fischer, 1896.
18nL . 0x6.32
An author list with subject index, including books
in various languages, more full in German. Refers
not only to books and pamphlets, but also to i)eriodical
articles.
Bibliographic des socialismus imd com-
munismus. 803 p. O. Jena, Fischer, 1893.
10m. 016.33s
Marot, Helen. Handbook of labor litera-
ture. 96 p. D. Phil. Free lib. of economics,
1899. $1. 0x6.331
Classified and annotated.
Gross, Charles. Bibliography of British
municipal history. 461 p. O. N. Y. Longmans,
1897. (Harvard historical studies.) ^.50.
0x6.942
Including gilds and parliamentary representation.
Brooks, Robert C. Bibliography of muni-
cipal problems and city conditions. Ed. 2 rev.
and enl. 846 p. O. N. Y. Reform club, 1901.
(In Municipal affairs, v. 5.) 60 cts. pap.
016.352
Complete to Jan. 1, 1901, it "aims to include the
books, pamphlets, and periodical literature on muni-
cipal affairs of the United States, Great Britain and
Colonies, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, and other
European countries." Pre/ace. It is a subject list
arranged by topics, cities, and countries with an au-
thor index. Continued quarterly in Municipal affairs.
GOVERNMENTS
Sears, Hamblen. Governments of the world
to-day. 418 p. il. tab. D. Meadville, Pa.,
Flood, 1895. 11.75. o. p. ^ 350
Arrangement alphabetical under name of country.
A concise handbook of important facts relating to
the principal governments of the world.
Wilson, Woodrow. The state ; elements
of historical and practical politics. . . . 686 p.
D. Bost. Heath, 1900, [<? '98]. |2. 320.9
POLITICAL PARTIES
McKee, Thomas Hudson. National con-
ventions and platforms of all political parties,
1789 to 1901, conventions, popular and electoral
vote. Ed. 4 rev. and enl. 870 p. por. D. Bait.
Friedenwald, 19C1. |1. 329
A convenient reference book, arranged chronologi-
cally, with index of names and of subjects.
U. 8. GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS
Poore, Benjamin Perley. Political register
and congressional directory ; a statistical record
of federal officials of the U. S. , 1776-1878. 716 p.
Q. Bost. Houghton, 1878. ^6. 923.27
Murlin, E. L. The United States red book.
591 p. por. pi O. Alb. Lyon, 1896. $1. 923.27
22
SPECIAL SUBJECTS
Ck>ntainB portraits and biographies of the president
and his cabinet, senators, and members of the House,
etc.
U. S. — Cong^ress. Official congressional
directory for the use of the U. 8. congress.
67th cong. 1st sess. 826 p. il. pi. map, O.
Wash. Government printing office, 1901. 85cts.
328.738
Gives names and short biographical accounts of
members of Congress, committees, reports, consuls,
etc. A new issue for each session of Congress.
Previous years from 1809 to date will be found useful.
U. S. — Dept. of the interior. Official re-
gister of the United States, containing a list of
the officers and employes in the civil, military,
and naval service with list of vessels belong-
ing to the United States, July 1, 1901. 2 v. Q.
Wash. Government printing office, 1901-02.
351.2
V. 1, Legislative, executive, and judicial ; v. 2, Post-
oftlce dei)t. and postal service.
Published biennially. Known as the Blue book. It
contains tlie name of every employ^ of the govern-
ment, stating whence appointed and salary received.
Lanman, Charles. Biographical annals of
the civil government of the U. S. . . . 670 p. O.
Wash. Anglim, 1876. $7. 923.27
An enlargement of his Dictionary of Congress
(Wash. ISM).
There are about 7000 biographical sketches of our
national law-makers, alphabetically arranged. The
tabular records cover useful facts about our govern-
ment, such as: Speakers of the House, Presidents of
the Senate, • succesiiiive administrations, names of
presidential electors. Supreme court of the U. 8., min-
isters to foreign countries, etc.
LAW
The statutes of the state in which the library
is situated, the ordinances of tlie city, and the
Revised statutes of the United States should be
on the reference shelves of every public library,
and in addition the session laws of the state,
which are valuable also historically, and the
laws passed at each session of Congress.
Bouvier, John. Bouvier's law dictionary.
New ed. rev. ... to date by Francis Rawle.
2v. O. Host. Boston book co. 1897, p "39-97].
$12. 340.3
An encyclopedic dictionary, containing concise trea-
tises on all the different phases of the law. Adapted
to the laws and constitution of the United States,
with references to the civil and other systems of for-
eign law. References are made to valuable articles in
)fga\ periodicals, and to reports of cases, abridgments,
dig«^ts, and other authorities.
**[]iouvier] was the father of the hand-books of
American law, dictionaries, encyclopaedias, and all,
by which we are surrounded and sometimes over-
whelmed. Amid them he holds his own, through the
inherent excellence of his arrangement, system, and
execution." Nation, 66 : 389.
American and Eng^lish encyclopaedia of
law ; cd. by D. S. Garland and L. P. McGehee
under the supervision of James Cockcroft.
Ed. 2. V. 1-20, O. N. Y. Thompson, 1896-
1903. S6.50 per vol. 340.3
To be completed in 32 vols.
£d. 1 is complete in 29 vols, and an index digest.
A summary of each subject, with full notes referring
to numy cases, often summing up briefly the decision.
Occasional bibliographical references. The articles
are by various authorities.
Intended for the lavryer rather than for the general
reader, this cyclopedia will be important chiefly to the
large public libraries.
A rival cyclopedia, entitled Cyclopedia of law and
procedure, is to be completed in about 30 v. (N. Y. 1901).
Blackstone, Sir William. Commentaries
on tlie laws of England, with notes selected
from the editions of Archbold, Christian, Cole-
ridge, Chitty, Stewart, Kerr, and others, and,
in addition, notes and references to all text-
books, and decisions wherein the commenta-
ries have been cited and all statutes modifying
the text, by W. D. Lewis. 4v. por. O. Phil.
Welsh, 1897. $10. 347
The above is the latest edition of Blackstone. For
popular use, almost any edition will answer the pur-
pose.
Kent, James. Commentaries on American
law; ed. by O. W. Holmes, jr., and J. M.
Gould. Ed. 14. 4v. O. Bost. Little, 1896.
^14. 347
While not strictly belonging with dictionaries, these
two ctffiimentaries are essential to a reference depart-
ment of a general library.
Parsons, Theophilus. Laws of business
for all the states and territories of the Union
and the Dominion of Canada. . . . New rev.
ed. 867 p. O. Hartford, Scranton co. 1901.
[M878-1900]. $3.75. 347
Gives forms and directions for all transactions and
abstracts of the laws of all the states and territories
on various topics — such as Tartnership, Agency, In-
terest, Shipping, Mortgages. A popular handbook.
New York (state) — Library. Bulletin,
legislation no. 15 : comparative summary and
index of legislation in [1901]. O. Alb. Univ.
of the state of N. Y., 1901* 25 cts. 345
Aims to digest and organize the laws of each state
for each year, giving a concLse comparative view of
current state legislation by subjects, with alphabetical
index.
Jones's Index to legal periodical literature
* Continued annually.
STATISTICS
23
(Boston book CO. 188a-09. 2v.) is an important
guide to articles on law, legislation, political
science, economics, sociology, etc., contained
in periodicals.
STATISTICS
Mulhall, Michael George. Dictionary of
statistics. Ed. 4. 853 p. pi. Q. Loud. Rout-
ledge, 1899. 38.50. 310
Divided into two parts : the first brings the statistics
to 1B90, the second embraces the last decade of the
century to Nov., 1898. There are thus two alphabets
and a general index at end. Tables of statistics of all
countries, and covering as many years as possible on
all subjects, the arrangement alphabetical.
YEAR-BOOKS
Year-books or annuals which give statistical
information regarding the various states of the
world are usually published about February or
March of each year, and should be obtained
iramecfiately upon publication. They form
one of the most important sections of a refer-
ence department, since they afford a ready guide
to recent statistics, saving much investigation
into authorities more difficult of access. Not
only the current number, but back numbers as
well, will be found necessary in a large library.
Besides the Statesman's year-book which
is issued in England, there should be an Amer-
ican annual to supply the necessary statistical
facts about our own country which cannot be
found so completely given in the English pub-
lication, e. g. election returns of the various
states, etc.
Appleton's Annual cyclopedia and the Interna-
tional year-book, already described under Ency-
clopedias, are among the important year-books.
FOREIGN
Almanach de Gotha; annuaire genealo-
gique, diplomatique et statistique, 1902. T.
Gotha. 1902.* $2.70. 354
Genealogies of the royal families and princely houses
of Europe ; diplomatic information concerning rulers
of all countries and of their diplomatic aj^nts and
consuls ; statistics of various countries.
A Cierman edition is also published. The first Alma-
nach appeared in 1763.
ENGLISH
Statesman's year-book, for 1902. v. 89, D.
Lond. Macraillan, 1902.* $3. 305
Edited by J. S. Kcltie. Statistical and descriptive
information regarding all the countries of the world,
revi»ed every year. It has a high reputation for ao-
curacy, and is the most important of the year-books.
Arrangement: British empire; Foreign countries,
t Continued annually.
alphabetically. Refers at end of each country to star
tistical and other books of reference concerning it.
Index.
Whitaker, Joseph. Almanack for 1901. D.
Lond. Whitaker, 1902.* $1. 314.2
Contains an account of astronomical and other
phenomena, information respecting the government,
finances, population, commerce, and general statistics
of the British emjiire throughout the world, with brief
notice of other countries. Aljihabetical index in
front. Supplementary volume, entitled Whitaker's
Titled persons, gives the history of the peerage.
Hazell's annual for 1902. v. 17, D Lond.
Hazell, 1902.* $1.50. 032
A brief record of men and topics of the day alpha-
betically arranged like an encyclopedia.
English annuals* of a more special nature
which are of occasional use in a large library
are : Colonial office list (Harrison, 10s. 6d.),
Politician's handbook (Vacher, 6s.), Constitu-
tional year-book (Blackwood, 2s.), Municipal
year book of the United Kingdom (Lloyd,
2s. 6d.), Civil service year-book and official
calendar (Sheppard, 2s.), Year-book of Aus-
tralia (Paul, 10s. 6d.), India list, civil and mili-
tary (Allen, 10s. 6d.), Foreign office list and
consular handbook (Harrison, 6s.), English-
woman's year-book (Macmillan, $1.50), Rox-
burgh's Handbook of Jamaica(Stanford, 7s. 6d. ),
Canadian year-book (Toronto. 25cts.).
AMERICAN
Of American annuals, the most practically
useful are the newspaper almanacs, of whicli
the following are the best : —
Tribune almanac and register for 1902.
D. N. Y. 1902.* 25 cts. pap. 317.3
Published yearly by the N. Y. Dally Tribune. Con-
fined to facts about the U. S. Recent statistics, elec-
tion returns, laws, and other political information.
Index at end.
World almanac, 1902. D. N. Y. World,
1902.* 25 cts. pap. 317.3
Especially useful for the U. S., but also includes
much forei|Ecn statistics omitted in the Tribune al-
manac. Index in front.
The Chicago Daily News almanac* (25 cts.)
is also to be recommended.
A library should also have the almanac of
some paper published in its own city, to give
names of hx^al and state officials and other in-
formation of the locality.
Statistician and economist, 1901-02. v. 21,
il. D. San Fran. McCarty, 1901. §8.50. 317.3
Formerly published under the title Annual statis-
tician and economist, now a biennial publication.
• Continued annually.
2i
SPECIAL SUBJECTS
Gives recent statistics and tables of the U. S., with
some information about other countries ; also miscel-
laneous facts and tables.
U. S. — Bureau of statistics. Statistical
abstract of the U. S.. 1901. v. 24. O. Wasli.
Government printing oflace, 1902.* free. 317.3
Annual statistics of population, finance, commerce,
agricultural and other products, immigration, educa>
tion, etc., for the current year, and in many cases for
a number of years past.
Manual of statistics, stock exchange hand-
book, 1901. V. 23, O. N. Y. Nicoll, 1901.* $5.
332
Statistics of banks, railroads, corporation interests,
uid markets of this country.
CENSUS
U. S. — Census office — 11th census. Com-
pendium. 3v. F. Wash. Government printing
office, 1892-97. free. 317.3
V. 1, Population ; v. 2-3, Miscellaneous statistics.
U.S. — Census office — 11th census. Ab-
stract. 800 p. O. Wash. Government printing
office, 1896. free. 317.3
A more condensed statement (in one volume) of the
facts of the 11th census. All the subjects that are
treated of in the 11th census are comprehended in this
Abstract.
A complete set of the compendiums of the
various censuses forms an important addition
to the statistical books.
The full census reports must be consulted
for more detailed statistical information regard-
ing this country.
The bulletins of the 12th census are now in
course of publication and give the most recent
statistics. Volume one (on population) of the
12th census has been issued (1901). It con-
tains graphic charts and maps, showing features
of population.
U. S. — Census office — 11th census. Sta-
tistical atlas of the United States, based upon
results of the 11th census, by Henry Gannett.
69 p. pi. maps, sq. F. Wash. Government
printing office, 1898. 317-3
Shows the population, manufactures, agriculture,
religion, etc., of this country by means of colored
charts. An earlier edition is based upon the 10th
census (1880).
Gannett, Henry. Building of a nation. . . .
2V3 p. il. pi. maps, O. N. Y. Thomas, 1895.
$:J.50. 317.3
A popular account of the growth, present condition,
and resources of the U. S., with dingrams, outline
maps, and statistical tables of the population, re-
sources, etc., l>oth of the past and present.
* Continued aonaally.
COMMERCE
The dictionaries of commerce are considerably out
of date.
M'Culloch, John Ramsay. Dictionary of
commerce and commercial navigation. New
ed. enl. by A. J. Wilson. 1558 + 261 p. maps, O.
Lond. Longmans, 1882. $21. 380.3
An English work which gives information regarding
all matters relating to commerce in concise articles,
with maiw, statistical information, and bibliographical
references.
Beeton, Samuel Orchart. Dictionary of
industries and commerce. . . . 838 p. pi. O.
Lond. Ward, n. d. £1. 380.3
Articles are briefer than those In MTuUoch, and it
is not so comprehensive a worlc. English. Includes
accounts, banking, and other useful subjects.
Colangre, Aug^ste L^on de. American dic-
tionary of commerce, manufactures, commer-
cial law, and finance. 2v. il. Q. Bost. Estes,
1880-81. $18.50. o. p. ■ 380.3
Commercial year-book; a statistical and
historical record, 1896-1901. v. 1-6, O. N. Y.
Journal of commerce and commercial bulletin,
1896-1901.* $1 per vol. 380.5
Relates to trade, industries, agriculture, banking,
currencies, securities, railroads, shipping, insurance,
population, etc., of the nations of the world. Index.
Statistics are given from 1840.
U. S. — Bureau of foreig^n commerce. Re-
view of the world's commerce during the year
1900. 247 p. O. Wash. Government printing
office, 1901.* free. 380
Statistical tables of IT. S. imports and exports, and
statistical reports of the commerce of foreign coun-
tries. Index of places.
BUSINESS
Gaskell, G. A. Compendium of forms, edu-
cational, social, legal, commercial, embracing
a complete course in penmanship and book-
keeping. Atchison, Davis, 1887. $4. 658
Hill, Thomas Edie. Hill's manual of social
and business forms, a guide to correct writing.
. . . New ed. rt;v. 581 p. il. sq. Q. Chic. Hill,
1895. Subscription, $3. 658
Tliese two works are similar in scope, comprising
miscellaneous information regarding correspondence,
forms used in business, proof-reading, etiquct, etc.
Alphabetical index.
RAILWAYS
Poor, Henry V. Manual of the railroads of
the U. S. for 1901. v. 84, O. N. Y. Poor, 1902.*
SIO. 38S
* Continoed aBnuaUy.
COMMERCE. EDUCATION
25
Giyes the routes of railroads, their mileage, stoclcs,
bonds, debts, expenses, organizations, officers, etc.,
street railway and traction companies.
Travelers* official railway guide for the
U. 8., Canada, and Mexico, 1902. O. N. Y.
Nat'l railway pub. co. 1902.* $5 per year, 60
cts. per monthly copy. 385
Railway time-tables, maps, mileage, list of officials,
and other information relating to railroads.
U. S. — Interstate commerce commission.
Annual report on the statistics of railways in
the United States for the year ending June 30,
1900. O. Wash. Government printing office,
1901.* free. 385
SHIPPING
Blue book of American shipping^ ; marine
and naval directory of the U. 8., statistics of
shipping, and shipbuilding in America, 1901.
il. O. Cleveland, 0., Marine review pub. co.
1901.* 387
POST OFFICE
U. S. official postal g^uide, rev. and pub.
monthly, Jan. 1902. O. Phil. Lasher, 1902.*
$2 per year. 383
Issued annually by authority of the Post-office de-
partment, with monthly additions and corrections.
Good for finding all facts relating to the postal ser-
vice, list of post offices, rates of postage, foreign
mails, general regulations, etc
Scott stamp and coin co. Scott's standard
postage stamp catalogue, giving the date of
issue, color, shape, and value of every postage
stamp that has ever been issued by any govern-
ment of the world, with illustrations of nearly
every stamp. ... Ed. 61 rev. il. D. N. Y.
Scott stamp and coin co. 1901.* 68 cts. 383
Alphabetically by countries.
MONEY
Muhleman, Maurice L. Monetary systems
of the world ; a study of present currency sys-
tems and statistical information relative to the
volume of the world's money. . . . Rev. ed.
239 p. D. N. Y. NicoU, 1896. $2. 332
Dye, John S. Dye*s coin encyclopedia ; a
complete illustrated history of the coins of the
world. 1152 p. O. Phil. Bradley, 1883. o. p.
332.4
Useftil for finding the value of the coins of the world ;
includes all countries and gives descriptions and il-
lustrations of coins.
Berg^en, W. von. Hare coin encyclopnedia.
123 p. il. S. Milwaukee, Ciispar, 1901. $1.50.
332.4
* Continued annually.
ASSOCIATIONS
Stevens, Albert Clark. Cyclopaedia of
fraternities. 444 p. O. N. Y. Hamilton pr.
and pub. co. 1899. $5. 366
Describes the origin, derivation, founders, develop-
ment, amis, emblems, character, and personnel of more
than 600 secret societies in the U. S. An index to
titles of organizations and an index to proper names.
Mackey, Albert G. Encyclopaedia of free-
masonry and its kindred sciences, comprising
the whole range of arts, sciences, and litera-
ture as connected with the institution : contain-
ing also an addendum by C: T. McClenachan.
New ed. rev. 1081 p. il. por. O. Phil. Everts,
1896. $6. 366. z
EDUCATION
Fletcher, Alfred Ewen. Sonnenschein's
cyclopaedia of education. Ed. 3 enl. 570 p. O.
Lond. Sonnenschein, 1889. 7s. 6d. 370.3
Brief articles by specialists on the history, theory,
and practice of education, with references to sources
and a bibliography of education as an appendix.
Kiddle, Henry, and Schem, A. J. Cyclo-
paedia of education. 868 p. O. N. Y. Steiger,
1877. o. p. 370.3
Especially good for American and English infor-
mation. Not suflSciently recent to be of every-day
use, but it is the only American cyclopedia of the
subject.
The most comprehensive cyclopedia of edu-
cation is a German work compiled by K. A.
Schmid, entitled Encyclopadie der gesamm-
ten erziehungs- und unterrichtswesen (1876-
87. 10 v.). The French cyclopedia Diction-
naire de pedagogic et d'instruction primaire
by Ferdinand Buisson (Paris, Hachette, 1882.
4 V.) is also important.
The latest reports of the United States Bu-
reau of education and those of the state and
city superintendents of instruction must fre-
quently be consulted for statistical and other
information relating to education.
Minerva ; jahrbuch der gelehrten welt, 1891-
1902. V. 1-11, il. S. Strassb. Trabner, 1891-
1902.* 8m. per vol. 378
A most valuable yearly publication which gives
brief history, Ifet of publications, faculty, etc., of the
universities, colleges, technical schools, libraries, mu-
seums, learned societies, and institutes : arranged
alphabetically under name of city with index of per-
sonal names.
American college and public school direc-
tory, 1901. V. 24, O. St. Louis, Evans, 1901.*
$2. 370
* Continued annually;
SPECIAL SUBJECTS
Classified lists and addresses of colleges, semina-
ries, academies, normal schools, business colleges, and
other schools of this country, giving name of presi-
dent and of denomination with which the institution
is associated.
Colleg^e year-book and athletic record,
1896-97. 592 p. O. N. Y. Stone, 1897. 378.73
A descriptive catalog of American universities, col-
Icget*, etc. ; limited to those conferring degrees ; also
useful for finding miscellaneous college information
such as college colon, yells, fraternities, etc.
Baird, William Raimond. AmericaD col-
lege fraternities. Ed. 5. 438 p. D. N. Y. Au-
thor, 1898. $2. 378.73
A full account of each fraternity is given.
BIBLIOORAFHY
Columbia university — Library. Books on
eductttion in the libraries of Columbia univer-
sity. 435 p. O. N. Y. Columbia university,
1901. (Library bulletins, no. 2.) $1. 0x6.37
A catalog of more than 13,500 titles, classified with
a full author index. The list includes the books in
the Br>'son library of Teacher's college.
Monroe, Will S. Bibliography of educa-
tion. 202 p. D. N. Y. Appleton, 1897. (Inter-
national education series.) §1.50. 016.37
Classified list with author index. Many of the titles
are annotated briefly.
Hall, Granville Stanley, and Mansfield,
J. M. Hints towards a select and descriptive
bibliography of education. 309 p. D. Bost.
Heath, 1886. S1.50. 016.37
Classified, with descriptive notes.
The American educational catalog, published
annually by the Publishers* weekly in July, is
a good priced list of educational books in print.
CUSTOMS
Brand, John. Observations on the popular
antiquities of Great Britain . . . rev and enl.
by Sir Henry Ellis. New ed. enl. 8v. pi. D.
Lond. Bell, 1888-90. 15s. 394
Gives the orip:in of customs, ceremonies, and su-
perstitions of Great Britain. A general index in
vol. 3.
Chambers, Robert. Book of days: a mis-
cellany of popular antiquities, in connection
with the calendar. 2v. il. Q. Phil. Lippincott,
1891. $7. 080
Published originally 1802-64. Later editions show
little revision.
ITnder each day of the year (beginning with Jan. 1
and ending Dec. 31) is given anecdote, biography, his-
tory, curiosities of literature, and miscellaneous in-
formation. A general index in vol. 2 must be used.
Useful in looking up information aboat Hallowe'en,
Christmas, etc.
Walsh, William Shepard. Curiosities of
popular customs and of rites, ceremonies, ob-
servances, and miscellancousantiquities. 1018 p.
il. D. Phil. Lippincott, 1898. $3.50. 394
I'ells of the origin of holidays, rites, ceremonies, and
observances, particalarly those pertaining to religion,
with accounts of numerous niiscellaneouB antiqai-
tios. A compilation from various sources. LAcks an
index.
Hone's Every -day book (Lond. 1826. o. p.) is
occasionally useful
COSTUME
Planch^, James Robinson. Cyclops^ia of
costume ; or. Dictionary of dress. . . . 2v, il.
pi. sq. Q. Lond. Chatto, 1876. $20. 391
Vol. 1 is a dictionary of costume, giving in alpha-
betical order concise definitions of terms used in
describing dress, with copious Ulustrations ; voL 2
gives a histor>' of costume in Europe.
Besides many general books on costume,
such as Racinet's Le costume historique, il-
lustrated biographies and histories of various
countries and periods must be consulted.
SCIENCE
In no department (except statistics) is it more
necessary to keep up with recent editions of
reference books than in science. Many of the
cyclopedias in this section become obsolete
almost as s(X)u as published. The reference
library must therefore contain the latest editions
and authorities. Comparatively few good scien-
tific dictionaiies exist. Many old cyclopedias
are frecjuently found useful; among these are:
Tomlinson's Cyclopaedia of useful arts, me-
chanical and chemical, manufactures, mining,
and enirineering (Lond. Virtue, 1808. 3v.), and
Ure's Dictionary of arts, manufactures, and
mines (N. Y. 1857-62. 2v.).
TECHNICAL TERMS
Tolhausen, Alexandre. Dictionnaire tech-
nologique dans les langues fran9aise, anglaise
et allcmande. Ed. 4. 3v. 8. Lpz. Tauchnitz.
1897-1901. (X. Y. Lemcke.) $11.50. 603
V. 1, French-Oerman-Enplish; v. 2, Englisb-Oerman-
Frencli ; v. 3, (Jerman-Enfflisli-Frenoh.
Gives e<]uivalent8 in Knj^lihh, French, and German
of teniis employed in the sciences and arts.
Other similar dictionaries are: Ruhrljj and others'
Technolopical dictionary (Wiesbaden, Berpmiann, 1891.
3v. S14.50). Eger's Technological dictionar>' in the
English and German languages (N. T. Lemcke, 1886.
SCIENCE
27
2v. $0.»0). and Webber's Technisches wdrterbach in
vier sprachen (Ber. Springer, 1897-99. 4t. 94.40),
whicli includes also Italian.
MATHEMATICS AND ASTRONOMY
Davies, Charles, and Peck, W. G. Mathe-
matical dictionary and cyclopedia of mathe-
matical science. 692 p. iL O. N. Y. Barnes,
[«^ 1855-83]. $5. 510.3
Definitions of terms and condensed articles on the
various branches of mathematics.
American ephemeris and nautical alma-
nac for . . . 1904. 591 p. il. maps, Q. Wash.
Bur. of equipment, 1901.* $1. 528
Desig^ned for the special use of nayijpitors and as-
tronomers.
ELECTRICITY
Houston, Edwin James. Dictionary of
electrical words, terms, and phrases. Ed. 4 enl.
990 p. il. O. N. Y. Johnston, 1898, [<^ '89-98].
87. 537
Concise definitions, with brief statement of the
principles of the science, and some illustrations of
apparatus. There are two appendixes, thus making
three alphabets to be examined.
A smaller dictionary is Sloane's Standard electrical
dictionary (Lond. Lockwood, 1900).
CHEMISTRY
Watts, Henry, Dictionary of chemistry ;
rev. and entirely rewritten by M. M. P. Muir
and H. F. Morley ... Ed. 2. 4v. O. Lond.
Longmans, 1890-94. $50.50. 540.3
The original edition was called Dictionary of chem-
istry and the allied branches of other sciences (1865).
This edition deals mainly with the purely scientiflo
side of chemistry.
Thorpe, Thomas Edward. Dictionary of
applied chemistry. 8v. il. O. Lond. Long-
mans, 1890-93. $50. 660.3
" Essentially a dictionary of chemistry in its appli-
cation to the arts and manufactures, hence it deals
but sparingly with the purely scientific aspects of
chemistry, unless these have some direct and immedi-
ate bearing upon the business of the technologist.
The work may be considered as complementary to
Watts's Dictionary, the general plan and arrangement
are similar.** Pr^ace.
BIBLIOORAPHY
Bolton, Henry Carring^ton. Select bibli-
ography of chemistry, 1492-1892. 1212 p. O.
Wash. Smithsonian inst. 1899. free. 016.54
First supplement, 1492-1897. 489 p. O.
Wash. Smithsonian inst. 1899. free. 016.54
Academic dissertations. 634 p. O. Wash.
Smithsonian inst 1901. free. 0x6.54
* Continued MmnaUy.
A comprekensiTe bibliography, containing some
annotations.
GEOLOGY
BIBLIOGRAPHT
Darton, Nelson Horatio. Catalogue and
index of contributions to North American
geology, 1782-1891. 1045 p. O. Wash. Govern-
ment printing oflSce, 1896. free. (U. S. geologi-
cal survey. Bulletin, no. 127.) 01^.557
Alphabetically arranged under author and subject.
Includes references to articles in seriiUs.
Warman, Philip Creveling^. Bibliography
and index of the publications of the United
States geological survey, . . . 495 p. O. Wash.
Government printing office, 1893. (U. S. geo-
logical survey. Bulletin, no. 100.) free.
016.557
Catalogue and index of the publications
of the United States geological survey, 1880-
1901. 868 p. O. Wash. Government printing
office, 1901. (U. S. geological survey. Bulle-
tin, no. 177). free. 016.557
This is an extension of the preceding, which is fuller
in bibliographic details; while this edition has a full
index, broadly classified and alphabetically arranged.
Weeks, Fred Boug^hton. Bibliography of
North American geology, paleontology, petro-
logy, & mineralogy, 1892-1900. 717 p. O.
Wash. Government printing office, 1902. (U. S.
geological survey. Bulletin, no. 188.) free.
016.557
Arranged alphabetically by authors* names, with
full titles of separate papers, referring to the publica-
tion in which each paper is printed. Annotated. To
be continued yearly.
NATURAL HISTORY
BIRDS
Newton, Alfred. Dictionary of birds. 1088 p.
11. O. Lond. Black, 1893-96. $5. 598.2
'* Covers the whole field of ornithology, including,
in addition to the birds named, the anatomy of birds,
their classification, their geographical distribution,
their geological history, and much matter that is
purely biographical.'* KatUmt 57 : 416,
BOTANY
Crozier, Arthur Alg^er. Dictionary of bo-
tanical terms. 202 p. O. N. Y. Holt, 1892.
$2.40. 580.3
"Aims to include all technical terms applied to
plants both by botanists and others."
Jackson, Benjamin Daydon. Glossary of
botanic terms with their derivation and accent.
827 p. D. Phil. Lippincott, 1900. $2. 580.3
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SPECIAL SUBJECTS
"Volume Is compact and conyenient.*' ITation,
72:92, '
Smith, John. Dictionary of economic plants.
457 p. O. N. Y. Macmillan, 1882. $3.50.
580.3
**A useful compendium of the popular names of
plants which supply the natural and acquired wants
of man in all matters of domestic and general eco-
nomy ; their history, products, and uses. Adapted
to the goneral student." Leypoldt and Ues*s LUt ^f
books/or ffirls and women.
USEFUL ARTS
HORTICULTURE
Bailey, Liberty Hyde. Cyclopedia of
American horticulture. 4v. il. Q. N. Y. Mac-
millan, 1901-02. $20. 630.3
** Purpose of this work is to make a complete record
of the status of North American horticulture as it
exists at the close of the 19th century. The work dis-
cusses the cultivation of fruits, flowers, and garden
vegetables, describes all the species which are known
to be in the horticultural trade, outlines the horti-
cultural possibilities of the various states, territories,
and provinces, presents biographies of those persons
not living who have contributed most to tiie horti-
cultural prog^ss of North America, and indicates
the leading monographic works relating to the vari-
ous subjects." Pre/ace.
A small volume will be issued annually to supple-
ment the Cyclopedia.
*'Tlie most complete similar recent work in the
English language is Nicholson's Illustrated dictionary
of gardening, four vols. 1884-87. . . . Mottet's French
edition of Nicholson, five vols. 1892-99, is the largest
modem cycloi>edia of horticulture, and the only one
which exceeds in size the present American venture."
Preface to v. 4,
MEDICINE
Bi Hingis, John Shaw, and others. Na-
tional medical dictionary. 2v. Q. Phil. Lea,
1890. §12. 610.3
Clear, concise definitions of medical terms in cur-
rent use in English, French, German, and Italian
medical literature. Includes the Latin medical termi-
nology.
Gould, Georg^e Milbry. New medical dic-
tionary. 519 P.O. Phil. Blakiston, 1892. ^.25.
610.3
Includes words and phrases generally used in medi-
cine with their proper pronunciation and definitions.
Concise and of convenient size for ready reference.
Illustrated dictionary of medicine and
allied sciences. Ed. 4. 1633 p. 11. sq. O. Phil.
Blakiston, 1894. $10. 610.3
Gives pronunciation, derivation, and definition of
terms used in medicine and the various sciences re-
lated to it — biology, zoology, botany, chemistry, etc.,
with illustrations. The best medical dictionary.
Foster, Frank Pierce. Dlustrated encj-
clopeedic medical dictionary ; being a diction-
ary of the technical terms used by writers on
medicine and the collateral sciences in the
Latin, English, French, and German languages.
4v. il. pi. Q. N. Y. Appleton, 188&-94. $40.
6x0.3
Other good dictionaries of medicine are :
Duane's Dictionary of medicine and the allied
sciences (Phil. Lea, 1900. $1), Dunglison's Dic-
tionary of medical science (PhiL Lea, 1898. $7),
which are dictionaries of terms, and Quain's
Dictionary of medicine (N. Y. Appleton, 1894.
2v. $14), which is a dictionary of diseases.
Stills, Alfred, and others. National dis-
pensatory. . . . Ed. 5 rev. Phil. Lea, 18©4.
$7.25. 615.13
Gives the natural history, chemistry, pharmacy,
actions, and uses of medicines, including those recog-
nized in the pharmacopceias of the U. S., Great Brit-
ain, and Germany, with references to the French
codex. It has a general index.
Wood, George Bacon, and Bache, Frank-
lin. Dispensatory of the United States. . . .
Ed. 18 rev. and enl. by H. C. Wood. J. P.
Remington, and 8. P. Sadtler. 1999 p. O. Phil.
Lippincott, [« 1877-99]. §7. 6x5.13
The first edition appeared in 1833.
*'The objects of a Dispensatory are to present
an account of medical substances in the state In
which they are brought into the shops and to teach
the modes in which they are prepared for use." Pre-
face.
The work is arranged alphabetically under name of
the drugs with index of diseases.
A commentary upon the Pharmacopcsiaa of tba
U. S. and Great Britain.
A more important work than the preceding.
National convention for revising the Phar-
macopcsia. Pharmacopoeia of the United
States of America. 7th decennial revision (1890).
602 p. O. Phil. Blakiston, 1893. $2.50. 6x5
BIBLIOGRAPHY
U. S. — Surgeon-general's office, U. S.
army. Index -catalogue of the library, authors,
and subjects. 16v. Q. Wash. Government
printing office, 1880-95. $5 per vol 0i6.6x
Second series, v. 1-6, Q. Wash. Gov-
ernment printing office, 1896-1901. $5 per. vol.
oz6.6x
Second series to Hem. In course of publication.
This is one of the finest catalogs of any library, ^r-
Ing in dictionary order, books, pamphlets, and titles
of articles in medical journals and transactions con-
tained in one of the largest of medical libraries. A
separate rolume entitled Alphabetical list of abbre-
viations of titles of medical periodicals employed in
USEFUL ARTS
the Index-catalogue, vols. 1-16, numbers 282 pages,
showing the large number of periodicals indexed.
Index medicus ; a monthly classified record
of the current medical literature of the world,
1879-Apr. 1899. 21v. Q. Bost. 1879-99.
oz6.6z
Ceased publication, April, 1899.
Each yearly volume has an author index and a full
subject index of the books and periodicals of the year
which relate to medicine.
Bibliographia medica ; index medicus, is-
sued by the Institut de bibliographic of Paris,
continues the bibliography of medicine from
Jan. 1900 to date.
DOMESTIC SCIENCE
Cassell & CO., pub. Domestic dictionary ;
an encyclopsedia for the household. 1276 p. 11.
O. Lond. Cassell, n. d. 7s. 640.3
Condensed descriptions, definitions, and explana-
tions of household matters. An English publication.
Goodholme, Todd S. Domestic cyclopae-
dia of practical information. New ed. enl.
652 p. il. Q. N. Y. Scribncr, 1889, p 77-89].
$5. 640.3
A concise American dictionary. Not sufficiently
recent.
BIBLIOGRAFHY
Shaw, Robert Kendall. Bibliography of
domestic economy in English. 170 p. O. Alb.
University of the state of N. Y., 1901. 16 cts.
(See N. Y. (state) — Library. Bulletins, no. 52.)
016.64
Aims '* to include all bound books on domestic eco-
nomy published in the English language between 1860
and 1899.*' The best books are starred.
RECEIPTS
Cooley, Arnold James. Cyclopfiedia of prac-
tical receipts. ... Ed. 6 rev. by R. V. Tuson.
2v. il. O. N. Y. Appleton, 1891. $9. 603
A collection of formube and processes in the indus-
trial and useful arts, manufactures, professions, and
trades, including medicine, pharmacy, and domestic
economy.
Hopkins, Albert Allis. Scientific American
cyclopedia of receipts, notes, and queries.
675 p. O. N. Y. Munn, 1892. ^. 603
Replies to correspondents in the Notes and queries
column of the Scientific American, giying receipts.
Brannt, William T., and Wahl, W: H.
Techno-chemical receipt-book ; ed. chiefly from
the German. 495 p. 11. D. Phil. Baird, 1890,
[<^'80]. $2. 603
Receipts and processes of practical application in
the arts and the industries.
MECHANIC ARTS
Knigrht, Edward Henry. American me-
chanical dictionary. 3v. il. pL Q. Bost.
Houghton, p 1872-76]. ^24. 603
A digest of mechanical appliances in science and the
arts. Description of tools, machines, processes, and
engineering.
New mechanical dictionary. . . . 960 p.
il. pi. Q. Bost. Houghton, 1884, [c '82-83]. |9.
603
A continuation of the preceding. Refers to articles
in technical journals, 1876-80.
Appleton's cyclopaedia of applied mechan-
ics ; a dictionary of mechanical engineering
and the mechanic arts. 2y. Q. N. Y. Apple-
ton, 1884, f78]. 115. 603
Benjamin, Park. Modem mechanism . . .
supplementary volume to Appleton's Cyclo-
pedia of applied mechanics. 959 p. il. pi. Q.
N. Y. Appleton, 1896, [c '92]. $7.50. 603
Describes machines, motors, and the transmission
of power.
Dixon, D. B. Mechanical arts simplified ; a
work of reference. Newed. 497p. il. O. Chic.
Laird, 1897, [« '94-97]. $2,50. 603
Treats the subject in a i)opuIar manner.
Hasluck, Paul N. Cassell's cyclopaedia of
mechanics, containing receipts, processes, and
memoranda for workshop use. Ser. 1, il. O.
Lond. Cassell, 1900. 7s. 6d. 603
Not alphabetically arranged, but it has an alphabeti-
cal index.
ENGINEERING
Byrne, Oliver, and Spon, Ernest. Spon's
dictionary of engineering, civil, mechanical,
military, and naval ; with technical terms in
French, German, Italian, and Spanish. 3 v. il.
Q. Lond. Spon, 1874. $40. 620.3
Articles written mainly by practical engineers. In-
dex in ToL 3.
Kempe, H. R. Engineer's year-book of
formuloB, rules, tables, data, and memoranda in
civil, mechanical, electrical, marine, and mining
engineering. D. Lond. Lockwood, 1901. 8s.
620.5
Full index.
Among the ready reference books in eng^eering are
the following handbooks, which, although not diction-
aries, are of very great use in finding facts quickly :
Hasweirs Mechanics' and engineers' pocketrbook of
tables, rules, and formulas pertaining to mechanics,
mathematics, and physics (N. T. Harper, [r 1884-94].
$3), Kent's Mechanical engineer's pocket-book (N. Y.
Wiley, [e 18!)5]. S5), Trautwine's Civil engineer's pocket-
book (N. Y. WUey [c 1882-94]. $6), and Foster's Elec-
30
SPECIAL SUBJECTS
trical engineer's pocket-book (N. Y. Van Noetrand,
1901. $5).
INDUSTRIES AND MANUFACTURES
Lock, Charles G. Warnford. Spon's en-
cyclopsediaof the industrial arts, manufactures,
and raw commercial products. 2v. il. Q. Lond.
Spon, 1882. £3 10s. 603
Treats fully of such subjects as acids, bleaching,
cotton manufactures, dye-stuffs, floor-cloth, etc An
English work, alphabetically arranged.
Seeger and Guernsey's cyclopaedia of the
manufactures and products of the United
States. Q. N. Y. U. S. hidustrial pub. co.
[<^1900].* $10. 670
A list of manufactures and products, with names of
firms and an index to articles.
Holland, Simpson. Encyclopedia of found-
ing and dictionary of foundry terms used in the
practice of moulding. . . . 585 p. D. N. Y.
Wiley, 1894. $3. 671
Names of minerals, metals, and chemicals haye been
included.
American iron and steel association.
Directory to the iron and steel works of the
U. S. Ed. 13 corrected to Jan. 1, 1901. Phil.
American iron and steel assoc. 1901. $10. 672
Issued biennially.
Cole, George S. Encyclopedia of dry
goods ; a reference book of the wholesale and
retail dry goods trade of the United States. . . .
New ed. rev. and enl. 640 p. O. N. Y. Root
newspaper assoc. 1900. $2.50. 677
A useful reference book, alphabetically arranged,
giving a descriptiye and historical account of the
standard fabrics, garments, and related articles of
merchandise, and explanation of the processes of
manufacture of textile fabrics.
MINERALS
Rothwell, Richard Pennefather. Mineral
industry ; its statistics, technology, and trade
in the United States and other countries to the
end of 1901. O. N. Y. Scientific pub. co.
1902.» $5. 669
An annual publication alphabetically arranged.
The U. S. Geological survey issues an annual
work on the mineral resources of this country,
which is distributed gratis. It does not appear
80 punctually as the preceding, and is limited
to the United States.
Chester, Albert Huntington. Dictionary
of the names of minerals, including their his-
tory and etymology. 820 p. O. N. Y. Wiley,
1896. $3.50. 549.03
• Continued ammally.
Brief definitions and history of names; with an
index to the authors of mineral names.
PATENTS
U. S. — Patent office. Official gazette,
1872-1902. V. 1-99, iL Q. Wash. Government
printing office, 1872-1902. free. 608
Weekly since 1872. It contains patents, trade-marks,
designs, and labels, issued each week; decisions of the
Commissioner of patents and of U. S. courts in patent
cases. In libraries having complete files of the OtB-
cial gazette they are a much used part of the refer-
ence collection.
The annual reports of the Commissioner of patents
contain indexes to the Official gazette. For fuller in-
formation concerning a patent, consult the Specifica-
tions of patents.
PRINTING
American dictionary of printing^ and book-
making . . . 592 p. il. por. sq. Q. N. Y. Lock-
wood, 1894. 655
Historical and technical, including biographical
sketches and definitions.
Timperley*8 Encyclopaedia of literary and
typographical anecdote (Lond. Bohn, 1842.
o. p.) is an old work containing much miscel-
laneous information about the history of print-
ing. It is a chronological digest, with a full
index.
BIBLTOGRAPirr
Big^ore, Edward Clements, and Wyman,
C. W. H. Bibliography of printing. 8v. IL
sq. O. Lond. Quaritch, 1880-86. about £8 198.
0x6.655
Annotated.
MILITARY AND NAVAL
Farrow, Edward Samuel. Farrow's mili-
tary encyclopedia; a dictionary of military
knowledge. 3v. il. maps, Q. N. Y. Military-
naval pub. CO. 1895. $24. 623
Brief articles, not strictly technical, on military
subjects, ancient and modem, foreign and domestic.
Hamersly, Lewis Randolph. Naval en-
cyclopedia. 1017 p. Q. Phil. Hamersly, 1881.
W. 35903
A concise dictionary of nautical words and phrases,
biographical notices, and records of naval officers,
with special articles on naval art and science written
by authorities. It contains also descriptions of naval
stations and seaports.
BIBLIOGRAPHY OP USEPUL ARTS
Haferkom, Henry Ernst, and Heise, Paul.
Handy lists of technical literature. 6v. O.
Milwaukee, Haferkom, 1890-93. fl2. 0x6.6
FINE ARTS
31
Contents: Useful arts in general; Military and naval
science; Electricity and uiagnetiHui ; Engineering and
mechanics ; Mines and mining ; Fine arts.
Gives trade information, publisher, price, etc. ; sub-
ject and author lists are in one alphabet.
FINE ARTS
DICTIONARIES
Adeline, Jules. Art dictionary . . . tr. fr.
the French and enlarged. 422 p. 11. O. Lond.
Virtue, 1891. 78. 6d. (N. Y. Appleton, 1891.
$2.25.) 703
An illustrated index of terms used in art, architeo-
ture, heraldry, and archaeology.
Mollett, John William. Illustrated dic-
tionary of words used in art and archseology.
... 350 p. il. O. Bost. Houghton, 1888. $5.
703
Explains terms used in works on architecture, arms,
painting, sculpture, costume, etc., with their deriva-
tions.
ANNUALS
Levy, Florence N. American art annual,
1898-1901. V. 1-8, O. N. Y. Macmillan, 1899-
1900.* $3 per vol. 705
Information as to art exhibitions and sales of the
year, lists of artists, art directory.
An English annual called The year's art,
compiled by A. C. R. Carter, is also published
(N. Y. Scribner. $1.40.).*
SYMBOLIC ART
Clement, Mrs. Clara Erskine, afterwards
Mrs. Waters. Handbook of Christian sym-
bols and stories of the saints as illustrated in
art. Ed. 2. 349p.iLO. Bost. Ticknor, [<^ 1871-
80]. $2. 703
Handbook of legendary and mythologi-
cal art. Ed. 22. 575 p. il. D. Bost. Houghton,
1890, [^ 71-86]. $8. 703
Contahks a catalog of pictures in European gal-
leries.
Good popular handbooks on symbolic and legendary
art.
ARTISTS
See Biography.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Sturgris, Russell. Annotated bibliography
of fine art ; painting, sculpture, architecture,
arts of decoration and illustration ; ed. by
George lies. 89 p. O. Bost. Library bureau,
1897. (A. L. A. annotated lists.) ^1. 0x6.7
Contains also an annotated bibliography of mosic,
by U. £. KrehbieL
• Continued annually.
About 1000 carefully chosen titles with excellent de-
scriptive and critical notes. Prices of books are j^ven.
South Kensington museum. First proofs
of the Universal catalogue of books on art. 3v.
sq. O. Lond. Chapman, 1870-77. 016.7
Author list; no annotations.
Farrar, Charles Samuel. Art topics in the
history of sculpture, painting, and architec-
ture. Ed. 8 enl. 206 p. sq. O. Chic. Farrar,
1890, [«-'81]. S1.25. ' 016.7
Designed to furnish a course of reading in the his-
tory of art, arranged as a syllabus with references to
the best authorities on each topic.
ARCHITECTURE
Sturg^s, Russell. Dictionary of architec-
tyre and building, biographical, historical, and
descriptive. 3v. il. pi. Q. N. Y. Macmillan,
1901. $18. 720.3
*' It is not hard to pick flaws in the best of technical
dictionaries, and this one, in spite of its defects,
which are of omission rather than commission, will
prove an eminently useful and, in the main, reliable
work. • • A^at ioji, 72 : 220.
Combines the features of a dictionary and an ency-
clopedia.
Architectural publication society. Dic-
tionary of architecture. . . . 6v. pi. F. Lond.
Richards, 1852-92. $65. o. p. 720.3
An important work, including technical, tpsthetical,
historical, and biographical articles with bibliogra-
phical references.
Gwilt, Joseph. Encyclopaedia of architec-
ture. New ed. enl. by Wyatt Pap worth. Iv.
in 2, il. pi. O. Lond. Longmans, 1888. $17.50.
720.3
First published in 1842, it is still an authority. Not
alphabetically arranged ; full index. Includes not
only the historical and practical side of the subject
but an extensive bibliography and a glossary of archi-
tectural terms.
Longfellow, William Pitt Preble. Cyclo-
pedia of works of architecture in Italy, Greece,
and the Levant. 546 p. il. pi. Q. N. Y. Scrib-
ner, 1895. $25. 720.3
Arranged alphabetically by names of places with
an account of the chief architectural monuments in
each. The illustrations are good.
Viollet-le-Duc, Eugene Emmanuel. Dic-
tionnaire raisonne de I'architecture fran9aise du
XI* au XVI* 8i(k;le. lOv. O. Paris, Morel, 1868.
250fr. 720.3
A dictionary of medieval French architecture. An
important authority. The index in volume 10, by
Henri Sabine, is of use in finding subjects.
Gamsey, George O. American glossary of
SPECIAL SUBJECTS
architectural terms, unp. 11. Q. Cliic. Garasey,
1887. $2. 720.3
Ck>nci8e definitions of terms in architecture and the
building arts in use in England and America.
Parker, John Henry. Glossary of terms
used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic
architecture. Ed. 5 enl, 8v. 11. pi. O. Ox.
Parker, 1850. o. p. 720.3
V. 1, text ; V. 2-3, plates.
A dictionary of architectural terms with many illus-
trations and two volumes of plates.
Concise glossary of terms used in Gre-
cian, Koman, Italian, and Gothic architecture.
Ed. 7. 335 p. il. pi. 8. Lond. Parker, 1888.
$8. 720.3
An abridgment of the preceding for popular use.
Perry, J. Tavenor. Chronology of medite-
val and renaissance architecture. 290 p. il. O.
Lond. Murniy, 1893. 16s. 723
Architectural eyents from a. d. 306 to 1626 are ar-
ranged in chronological order; with an index to places
and buildings and an index to names of arcliitects,
sculptors, and other persons.
BIBLIOORAPnT
Boston — Public library. Catalogue of the
books relating to architecture, constniction,
and decoration. 150 p. Q. Bost. Public library,
1894. 25 cts. 016.72
Classified.
Columbia university — Library. Catalogue
of the Avery architectural library : a memorial
library of architecture, archa?ology, and deco-
rative art. 1139 p. il. Q. N. Y. Library of
Columbia college, 1895. $9. 016.72
Author list.
PAINTING
Champlin, John Denison, jr., and Perkins,
C: C. Cyclopedia of painters and painting.
4v.il. Q. N.Y. Scribner, 1892, [<^ '85-87]. $20.
750.3
The names of painters and their works are given in
one alphiilxit. A sketch of the artist, with a list of his
works and bibliographical notes, is often accompanied
by his portrait, and an occasional reproduction in out-
line of important paintings. Under the name of a
celebrated painting will be found a brief description
of it.
MUSIC
Grove, Sir Georg^e. Dictionary of music
and musicians. . . . 4v. 0. Lond. Macmillan,
1889-90. 21s. per vol. 780.3
Index . . . and catalogue of articles
contributed by each writer, by Mrs. E. R
Wodehouse. Lond. Macmillan, 1890. 780.3
The best cyclopedia of music in English.
It coTers the whole field of music from 1450 to 1889.
English music and musicians have been given special
attention. The articles are by prominent writers, and
are signed.
Champlin, John Denisonjr., and Apthorp,
W: F. Cyclopedia of music and musiciana
8v. il. Q. N. Y. Scribner, 1898, [<^'88]. $15.
780.3
Its scope is confined to the biography of musicians
and a dictionary of their works arranged in one alpha-
bet. The theory and practice of music is not included.
Important compositions are treated fully under their
own names in separate articles. In the biographical
articles, titles italicized are treated separately under
their names. Bibliographical notes are added, and
a bibliography of music is given in the first volume.
The portraits and facsimiles are an interesting feature.
Riemann, Hug^o. Dictionary of music ; tr.
by J. S. Shedlock. 895 p. O. Lond. Augener,
[1899]. $6. 780.3
The best one-volume dictionary. It contains bio-
graphical sketches of musicians, including contempo-
raries.
Stainer, Sir John, and Barrett, W. A.
Dictionary of musical terms. New ed. 464 p.
Q. N. Y. Scribner, 1899. $8. 780.3
Concise explanations of the conmion terms used in
music
MUSICIANS
See Biography.
PHOTOGRAPHY
Woodbury, Walter E. Encyclopaedic die*
tionary of photography. 636 p. il. Q. N. Y.
Scovill, 1898. $5. 770.3
Definitions of terms.
Two year-books of photography are issued :
International annual of Anthony's photogra-
phic bulletin (N. Y. Anthony. $1.25), aud-the
American annual of photography (N. Y. Sco-
ville. 75 cts.).
Soule art company. Complete art refer-
ence catalogue. 1460 p. pi. sq. Q. Bost.
Soule art co. 1902. $5. 770
Under the names of artists is arranged a list of their
works, of which photographic reproductions may be
obtained. In many cases the dates, birthplace, and
school of painting are giTcn, also the gallery in which
the picture is to be found, and the cost of the re-
productions. There are many illustrations. There is
also a list of photographs of architecture and sculp-
ture.
GAMES AND SPORTS
Champlin, John Denison, jr., and Bost-
wick, A. E, Young folks* cyclopaedia of
LITERATURE
games and sports. 831 p. D. N. Y. Holt, 1890.
$2.50. 790.3
Includes both indoor and outdoor games and sports.
The articles are brief and written from the American
standpoint.
Gomme, Alice Bertha. Traditional games
of England, Scotland, and Ireland ; \vith tunes,
singing rhymes, and methods of playing ac-
cording to the variants extant and recortled in
different parts of the kingdom. 2v. 0. Lond.
Nutt, 1894. 25s. 790.3
Suffolk and Berkshire, Henry Charles
Howard, earl of, and others. EncyclopsBdia
of sport. 2v. il. pi. Q. N. Y. Putnam, 1898.
§20. 790.3
Written from the English standpoint, embracing the
whole tield of sports, with some related topics. A
glossary of terms used in each sport accompanies the
articles, with occasional bibliograptiics.
LITERATURE
GENERAL
Warner, Charles Dudley, and others. Li-
brary of the world's best literature, ancient
and modern. 30v. il. por. pi. O. N. Y. Peale.
1896-97. $:3pervol. 803
y. 1-27: Biographical and critical sketches and se-
lections.
V. 28 : Songs, hymns, and lyrics.
V. 29 : Biographical dictionary of authors.
V 30 : Synopses of noted books ; General index.
Tlie biographical and critical sketches of authors of
all age8 iind countries are written by eminent scholars
and writers and are signed. The selections from their
works have been well made. Portraits and illustra-
tions are a useful feature. This is the best compila-
tion of the kind.
An Index guide, prepared by E: C. Towne (665 p. Q.
N. Y. reale, [c 1899]. $3), is designed to aid in pursuing
courses of reading and study. It gives also national
and chronological conspectuses of the various litera-
tures.
Other compilations of a similar nature have
been published, among which may be men-
tioned : The universal anthology, edited by
Richard Gamett and others (20v. $60), The
international library of famous literature, with
Introd. by D. G. Mitchell and Andrew Lang
(20v. $60), Literature of all nations, by Julian
Hawthorne, Library of choice literature and
encyclopaedia of universal authorahip, by A. R.
Bpofford and Charles Gibbon (lOv. $20).
Brewer, David Josiah. World's best ora-
tions. lOv. por. pi. O. St. Louis, Kaiser,
1899-1901. $3.50 per vol. 808.5
Selected orations with brief criticism and sketch of
life of each author. In volume 10 are*, noted sayings
and celebrated passages ; index of orators, index of
subjects ; chronological indexes of orators and sub-
jects, of periods and events, etc. ; general index.
Champlin, John Denison, jr. Young folks'
cyclopaedia of literature and art. 604 p. il. O.
N. Y. Holt, 1901. $2.50. 803
Concise accounts of masterpieces of literature and
art, including music, painting, architecture, and
sculpture.
Gidel, Charles Antoine, and Loli^e, Fr^-
d€ric. Dictionnaire manuel illustre des ecri-
vains et des litteratures. 908 p. il. D. Paris,
ColUi, 1898. $1.20. 803
Brief accurate accounts of authors, works, literary
forms, etc.
Vapereau, Louis Gustave. Dictionnaire
universel des litteratures. 2096 p. O. Paris,
Ilachette, 1876. 30fr. 803
Literary biography, history, and works, literary
forms, institutions, drama, journalism, etc. Biblio-
graphical references.
ANNUALS
Literary year-book and bookman's direc-
tory, 1897-1902. V. 1-6, por. D. Lond. Allen,
N. Y. Dodd,1902.» $1.25 per vol. 805
Contents: Literature of the year, some writers of
the year, some books of the year, erents of the year,
obituary, royalty tables, directories of authors, pub-
lishers, booksellers, teclmical information, lists of
clubs, societies, etc.. Index.
Cleg^g, James. International directory of
second-liand booksellers and bibliophile's man-
ual, including lists of the public libraries of the
world, publishere, book collectors, learned so-
cieties and institutions, theological colleges,
Bums clubs, etc. 867 p. D. Rochdale, [Eng.]
Clegg, 1899.* 6s. 655.4
ENGLISH AND AMERICAN
AUibone, Samuel Austin. Critical diction-
ary of English literature and British and Amer-
ican authore living and deceased. . . . 8v. Q.
Phil. Lippincott, 1891, p '54-86]. 928.2
Supplement ... by J: F. Kirk. 2v.
Q. Phil. Lippincott, 1891. (Complete in 6
vols. $17.50.) 928.2
In spite of many inaccuracies a most useful book of
reference, containing biographical and bibliographi-
cal sketches of authors with lists of their works and
critical notes selected from well-known authors and
reyiews, which notes are particularly full in the ori-
ginal three volumes. The flrst and second volumes
are not later than 1858, while volume three comes down
to 1870. The three volumes are most elaborately in-
dexed. The Supplement brings the work down to 1888.
Moulton, Charles Wells. Library of liter-
* Contlnaed annuany.
M
SPECIAL SUBJECTS
ary criticism of English and American authors.
V. 1-8, por. O. Buffalo, Moulton pub. co. 1901-
02. $5 per vol. 928.2
To be completed in 8 vols.
** Each author is treated chronolo^cally, in most
cases beginning with contemporary criticism and
ending with some living authority.'* The arrange-
ment is also chronological. A brief biographical
sketch is followed by criticisms.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Hodgkins, Louise Manning. Guide to the
study of 19th century authors, v. p. D. Bost.
Heath, 1891. 60 cts. 0x6.82
26 prominent English and American authors are in-
cluded. Books and articles of value in studying each
are indicated.
Welsh, Alfred Hix. English masterpiece
course. 205 p. D. N. Y. Silver, [n887]. 75 cts.
820
A useful list of references under English and Amer-
ican authors to authorities (books and periodical arti-
cles) on them and on one or more of their chief works.
The whole is arranged chronologically.
ENGLISH
Adams, William Davenport. Dictionary of
English literature ... a comprehensive guide
to English authors and their works. 776 p. O.
N. Y. Cassell, 1884. 7s. 6d. 820.3
Most condensed information about prominent Eng-
lish authors, their dates, the titles of leading works
and dates of their production, with some critical ex-
tracts illustrative of their characteristics. Also use-
ful for finding the author of and some facts about
important English essays, plays, and novels. Pseudo-
n3rms, familiar quotations, phrases, proverbs, charac-
ters in poetry and fiction are entered under the first
striking word. Toems are frequently entered under
first lines.
Chambers's cyclopaedia of English liter-
ature. New ed. hy David Patrick, v. 1, il.
por. Q. Lond. Chambers, 1901. (Phil. Lippin-
cott.) §5 per vol. 820.3
To be completed in 3 vols.
The first ed. was published in 1&42-44, a revision
was made in 187C, and again in 1888. This new edition
is thoroughly revised by well-known writers, and
brought up to date. The arrangement of the work
is chronological, presenting a history of English litera-
ture with critical and biographical accounts of au-
thors and characteristic selections from their works.
American literature will be included, this portion to
be discussed by American critics.
Ryland, Frederick. Chronological outlines
of English literature. 851 p. D. Lond. Mac-
jnillan, 1890. $1.40. 820.2
The author designed this work to occupy " the same
position which an ordinary date book does with regard
to our political history." It g^ves in tables the dates
of literary works, biographical da^es, foreign litera-
ture, history, and annotations. Fart 2 is a list of
authors and their works.
AMERICAN
Stedman, Edmund Clarence, and Hutchin-
son, E. M. Library of American literature.
11 V. por. Q. N. Y. Webster, 1891, [*^ '87-90].
$33. 810.8
**The design is to afford the reader a general view
of the course of American literature from the outset.
... It is made for popular use and enjojinent. . . .*'
Preface.
Select and characteristic examples from American
literature are given without any critical notes, and the
work is not confined to masteri>ieces. The arrangement
is chronological, with a general index in the last vol-
ume, which is useful in finding selections on special
subjects. In the index, poems are indexed by title
under Poetry. Short biographies of the authors are
given in volume 11, which also contains a list of noted
sayings of Americans. Portraits.
Duyckinck, Evart Aug^ustus, and Duyck-
inck, G: L. Cyclopaedia of American litera-
ture. . . . Ed. to date by M. L. Simons. 2 v. il.
por. Q. Phil. Baxter pub. CO. 1881. $12. 810.3
Arrangement is chronological from the earliest
times to about 1875. The work contains biographical
and critical notices of authors, with selections from
their writings.
Whitcomb, Selden L. Chronological out-
lines of American literature. . . . 285 p. D.
N. Y. Macmillan, 1894. $1.25. 810.3
Shnilar to Ryland's Outlines of English literature.
ALLUSIONS
Constant reference is made to books of this
class for information regarding some word or
proper name alluded to by a writer. Another
class of users is that of the *' prize question"
seeker, whose first acquaintance with the use
of books and libraries is often gained through
the desire to answer correctly a set of ques-
tions for the prize offered.
Notes and queries; a medium of inter-
communication for literary men, artists, anti-
quarians, genealogists. . . . Nov. 1849-1902.
105v. sq. O. Lond. 1850-1902. about £45.
805
Published weekly.
Index volume to each series of 12 toIs.
A mass of curious and interesting information,
much of which is in the form of answers to corre-
spondent«. It is made helpful by means of the index
volume which accompanies each series. Often useful
when answers to questions cannot be found elsewhere,
e. g. for authors of quotations, the origin of proverbs
or expressions, etc. In the indexes, quotations and
proverbs appear under those words arranged alphabet-
ically.
ALLUSIONS
35
Smith, Benjamin Eli. Century cyclopedia
of namea 1085 p. sq. F. N. Y. Ceutury co.
pl894]. $10. 803
Includes names in geography, biography, mytho-
logy, history, ethnology, art, ilction, forming a supple-
mentar>' Tolnme to the Century dictioniiry. Fullest
in biography and geography. The information given
is couciiie. Pronunciatiou and derivation of names
are given.
Brewer, Ebenezer Cobham. Dictionary of
phrase and fable. . . . New ed. rev. 1440 p.
O. Lond. Cassell, 1896 (Phil. Lippincott).
$3.50. 803
Derivation, source, or origin of common phrases,
allusions, and words that have a special meaning.
Reader's liand book of allusions, refer-
ences, plots, and stories. . . . New ed. rev.
1501 p. D. Lond. Chatto, 1898 (Pliil. Lippin-
cott). $3.50. 803
A concise account of such names as are used in allu-
sions and references by writers.
Edwards, Eliezer. Wonls, facts, and
phrases. ... 631 p. D. Phil. Lippincott,
[pref. 1881]. $2.50. 803
Wheeler, William Adolphus, and Wheeler,
C: G. Familiar allusions; a hand-book of
miscellaneous information. Ed. 5. 584 p. D.
Host. Houghton, 1890, [<^'81]. $2. 803
Phyfe, William Henry Pinkney. Five
thousand facts and fancies ; a cyclopaedia of
important, curious, quaint, and unitjue infor-
mation in history, literature, sciences, art, and
nature. 816 p. O. N. Y. Putnam, 1901. $5.
803
Reddall, Henry Frederic. Fact, fancy,
and fable ; a new handbook for ready reference
on subjects commonly omitted from cyclo-
pedias. 536 p. O. Chic. McClurg, 1889. $2.50.
803
' Gives useful and curious information, such' as :
memorable days, i>seudonyms, Americanisms, politi-
cal nomenclature, foreign words and sentences, con-
tractions and abbreviations, personal sobriquets and
nicknames, familiar phrases and folk-sayings, mytho-
logical allusions.
Walsh's Ilandy-book of literary curiosities
(Phil. Lippincott, 1893. $3.50), Killikelly's
Curious questions (Phil. Keystone pub. co.
1890. 3v. $3), Bonibaugh's Gleanings for the
curious (Phil. Lippincott, 1890. $3.50), are
simiLir compilations.
A large number of smaller books will be
found to contain answers to out-of-the-way
questions and allusions. Among the best-
known of these may be mentioned : Timbs's
Things not generally known and his Popular
errors (books issued in the middle of the ceu-
tury, but still useful), and more recently South-
wick's Quizzisms and it6 key, and his Wisps of
wit and wisdom (1892).
AUTHORSHIP
Wheeler, William Adolphus. Who wrote
it? . . . ed. by C: G. Wheeler. 174 p. sq. D.
Bost. Lee, 1887, [<^'81]. $2. 803
A brief index to the authorship of the more noted
works in ancient and modem literature. Includes
distinctive titles of poems, plays, essays, novels, ro-
mances, philosophical and literary treatises. Works
of the latter half of the 19th century are not included.
A few critical quotations are gives.
Peet, Louis Harman. Who 's the author ?
a guide to the authorship of novels, stories,
speeches, songs, and general writings of Amer-
ican literature. 317 p. T. N. Y. Crowell,
[<^1901]. 50 cts. 810
A convenient little volume in which Is given the
author and a brief characterization of American lit-
erary productions. It has also a list of authors.
NOTED NAMES OF FICTION
Wheeler, William Adolphus. Explana-
tory and pronouncing dictionary of the noted
names of fiction. . . . With an apx. by C: G.
Wheeler. Ed. 21. 440 p. D. Bost. Houghton,
1891, [<^'65^9]. $2. 803
Explains allusions to noted flctitioos persons axkl
places occurring in modem literature. Contained
also in Webster's International dictionary as an ap-
pendix.
SOBRIQUETS
Frey, Albert Romer. Sobriquets and nick-
names. 482 p. O. Bost. Houghton, 1889,
[*'87]. $3. 014
Explains the meaning of many well-known nick-
names and epithets.
See also Pseudonyms.
ANTHOLOGIES AND QUOTA-
TIONS
Anthologies and books of quotations are
very numerous. Even a small library must
have several in order to answer many ques-
tions as to authorship of passages. They are
also of service in finding passages illustrating
special subjects, in verifying a quotation as
regards its accuracy and as regards its exact
place in an author's work.
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SPECIAL SUBJECTS
ANTHOLOGIES
POETICAL
Sargent, Epes. Harper's cyclopaedia of
BritLsh and American poetry. 958 p. Q. N. Y.
Harper, 1882. $4.50. 808.8
Arranged chronologically, with index of first lines
and an index of authors containing the names of
their poems quoted in the volume. A short biogra-
phical sketch of each author is given.
Bryant, William CuUen. Family library
of poetry and song. . . . 950 p. pi. facsira. Q.
N. Y. Fords, [<^ 1870-86]. $5. 808.8
Arranged under Poems of infancy and yonth ;
Poems of friendship ; Poems of love, etc.
Index of first lines ; index of titles ; index of au-
thors. Besides British and American poets, there are
translations from ancient and modem languages.
Longrfellow, Henry Wadsworth. Poets
and poetry of Europe. . . . New ed. enl.
921 p. il. pi. Q. Bost. Houghton, 1888, [« 70].
$5. 808.8
A collection of translations from the poetry of ten
different nations of Europe, arranged chronologically
under each country, with biographical notices of the
authors and an author index.
Other good collections are : Coatcs's Fireside
encyclopa'diaof poetry (Phil. Porter. ^5), Dana's
Household book of poetry (N. Y. Appleton. $5),
Bates's Cambridge book of poetry and song
(N. Y. Crowell. $1.50).
There are also collections of the poetry of
special countries, such as Stedman's American
anthology and his Victorian anthology, Wil-
son's The poets and poetry of Scotland, Ward's
English poets, etc., which may be classed
among reference books.
In many pubh'c libraries it is necessary to
keep a card index of titles of poems for use of
tlie reference department. The Carnegie li-
brary of Pittsburg has a card index to 15,000
poems contained in 70 volumes of poetical
selectious.
RECITATIONS
Werner's directory of elocutionists, readers,
lecturers, and other public instructors and en-
tertainers, with lists of over 10,000 pieces for
declamation and recitation, and 2500 dialogues.
. . . Ed. by E. M. Wilbor. 389 p. D. N. Y.
Werner, 1887. o. p. 808.8
The index to recitations comprises 80 pages, and
indexes collections such as Garrett's 100 choice selec-
tions. They arc mainly ])oetical selections, including,
however, some prose recitations which are distin-
guished by the letter p.
While out of print and scarce, this volume is still
to be found in some of the large reference libraries,
and is the only reference book of the kind.
QUOTATIONS
Bartlett, John. Familiar quotations. Ed. 9.
1158 p. O. Bost. Little, 1900, [<^ 1875-91]. $3.
808.8
A coUection of passages, phrases, and proverbs both
poetical and prose, giving their sources in ancient
and modem literature. The arrangement is chronolo-
gical, with an index of authors and an index by most
important words of quotations. One of the most com-
plete and accurate compilations.
Hoyt, Jehiel Keeler. Cyclopedia of practi-
cal quotations, English, Latin, and modem for-
eign languages. New ed enl. 1178 p. O. N. Y.
Funk, 1806. $6. 808.8
Arranged under subjects, instead of chronologi-
cally like Bartlett's, giving the exact authority as
fully as possible. English quotations flrst, then Latin
and foreign. A list of quoted authors with dates and
nationality and pages whereon quoted. No quotations
from the Bible are included. There is a full index to
quotations from English authors and the English
translation of foreign quotations; also an index to
Latin and modem foreign quotations. The most use'
f ul work for quotations by subjects.
Wale, William. What great men have said
about great men ; a dictionary of quotations.
482 p. D. Lond. Sonnenscheiu, 1902. $2.50.
808.8
Arranged under names of celebrated persons about
whom something noted has been said.
POETICAL
Allibone, Samuel Austin. Poetical quota-
tions from Chaucer to Tennyson. 788 p. O.
Phil. Lippincott, 1891, [«'73]. $8. 821.08
The arrangement is alphabetical by subject of quo-
tation, with an author index, an index of subjects,
and an index of flrst lines. Conflned to English
poetry.
Durfee, Charles A. Concise poetical con-
cordance to the principal poets of the world.
639 p. D. N. Y. Alden. 1884. $1. 808.8
A useful alphabetical list of first lines, characters,
subjects, and quotations referring to editions of works
by Alden and other publishers of the works of about
54 poets.
PROSE
AUibone, Samuel Austin. Prose quotations
from Socrates to ^lacaulay. 764 p. O. Phil.
Lippincott, 1889, [<^ '75]. $3. 808.8
The arrangement is alphabetical by subject of quo-
tation, with an liulex of authors and an index of sub-
jects. Quotations are brief.
Great authors of all ages. . . . 555 p. O.
Phil. Lippincott, 1891. §3. 808.8
QUOTATIONS
a?
Selections from the prose works of eminent authors
from the time of Pericles ; longer than ttkoae in the
preceding Tolume, often a page or two in length.
Arranged chronologically, with an index of authors,
an index of subjects, and brief biographical sketch of
each author.
Edwards, Tryon. Dictionary of thoughts
... a cyclopedia of laconic quotations. . . .
644 P.O. N. Y. Cassell, [M891]. $2.50. 808.8
The arrangement is alphabetical by subject of quo-
tation, with an index of authors. Quotations are
brief. Includes both ancient and modem authors.
Bent, Samuel Artliur. Familbir short say-
ings of great men ; with historical and explana-
tory notes. Ed. 7 enl. 665 p. D. Bost. Hough-
ton, 1892, p '82-87]. $2. 808.8
The Tolume includes only famous oral utterances of
great men and does not quote from their writings,
with the exception of letters, journals, and addresses.
The arrangement is alphabetical under the name of
the person quoted, with an index of the sayings.
Marvin, Frederic Rowland. The last
words, real and tniditional, of distinguished
men and women, collected from various sources.
836 p. O. N. Y. Revell, 1901. 81.50. 808.8
Arranged alphabetically under names of persons
with index under striking words.
FOREIGN
Belton, John Devoe. Literary manual of
foreign quotations, ancient and modem. 249 p.
0. N. Y. Putnam, 1891. $1.50. 808.8
As the name implies, it includes only those quota-
tions which have a distinct literary flavor. Gives
extracts from modem authors, in which the quota-
tions are used and explanatory notes. Arrangement
iH in one alphabet by flrst word, with Italian, German,
French, and Latin indexes under catch-words.
Ramage, Craufurt Tait. Familiar quota-
tions. 5v. D. Lond. Routledge, n. d. $7.50.
808.8
French and Italian, German and Spanish, I>atin,
Greek, ancient and modem authors. Transactions are
also given.
Harbottle, Thomas Benfield, and Dalbiac,
P. H. Dictionary of quotations, French and
Italitm. . . . 565 p. D. Lond. Sonnenschein,
1901. $2.50. 808.8
ludox of authors, and index of subjects. To be fol-
lowed by a volume of German, Spanish, and other
sources.
Jones, Hugh Percy. New dictionary of
foreign phrases and classical quotations, with
En2:!ish translations or equivalenta. 532 p. D.
Lond. Deacon, 1900 (Phil. Lippincott). §3.
808.8
Latin, Greek, French, German, Italian, Spanish,
Portuguese. List of authors quoted.
CLASSICAL
Harbottle, Thomas Benfield. Dictionary
of quotations, classical. 648 p. 0. Lond. Son-
nenschein, 1897. $2. 808.8
The best dictionary of Latin and Greek quotations.
Translations are given, and there is an English index.
'' Such works as King's * Classical and foreign quo-
tations,' or Riley's old-fashioned * Dictionary of Latin
quotations,' cover a very limited field, and are hardly
to be placed in the same category with his scholarly
achievement.** Nation^GG: 408.
Riley, Henry Thomas. Dictionary of Latin
and Qreek quotations, proverbs, maxims, and
mottos, classical and mediaeval. . . . 622 p. D.
Lond. Bell, 1888. (Bohn library.) $1.50.
808.8
Authorities and translations of quotations are given.
There is an index of the Latin and an index of the
Greek quotations.
MISCELLANEOUS
Wood, Katharine B. Quotations for occa-
sions. 220 p. D. N. Y. Century co. 1896.
$1.50. 808.8
For such occasions as dinners, teas, bicycle meets,
etc.
PROVERBS
Bohn, Henry George. Hand-book of pro-
verbs. ... 583 p. D. Lond. Bell, 1889. $1.50.
398.9
Includes Ray's Collection of English proverbs, with
his additions from foreign languages, and a complete
alphabetical index.
Polyglot of foreign proverbs. 579 p. D.
Lond. Bell, 1889. 81.50. 398.9
Comprises French. Italian, German, Dutch, Spanish,
rortuguese, and Danish proverbs, with English trans-
lations and a general index.
Christy, Robert. Proverbs, maxims, and
phrases of all ages. . . . 2v. D. N. Y. Put-
nam, 1889. $3.50. 398.9
Arranged by subjects, giving sources of proverbs,
etc., when known. Subject index.
ANECDOTES
Arvine, Kazlitt. Cyclopa?dia of anecdotes
of literature and the fine arts. 698 p. il. por.
pi. Q. Bost. Estes, 1883. o. p. 808.8
Arranged alphabetically under subjects, with an in-
dex of topics.
CONCORDANCES TO AUTHORS
Concordances are useful in locating the exact
place in an author's works of a special word or
quotation ; also, to find how many times and
88
SPECIAL SUBJECTS
in what connection an author uses a certain
word.
The following are some of the useful con-
cordances to authors which have been made : —
Burns
Reid, J. B. Complete word and phrase con-
cordance to the poems and songs of Robert
Bums. 561 p. Q. Glasgow, Kerr, 1889. £1 Ss.
821
Cowper
Neve, John. Concordance to the poetical
works of William Cowper. 504 p. O. Lond.
Low, 1887. 2l8. 821
Dante Alighieri
Fay, Edward Allen. Concordance of the
Divina Commodia. 819 p. O. Camb. [Mass.]
Dante society, 1888. $10. 851
A concordance to the ItaUan text.
Homer
Dunbar, Henry. Complete concordance to
the Odyssey and Hymns of Homer, to which is
added a concordance to the parallel passages
in the Iliad, Odyssey, and Hymns. 419 p. Q.
Ox. Clarendon press, 1880. £1 Is. 883.1
Milton
Bradshaw, John. Concordance to the poet-
ical works of John Milton. 412 p. O. Lond.
Sonnenschein, 1894. $4. 821
Pope
Abbott, Edwin. Concordance to the works
of Alexander Pope. 365 p. O. N. Y. Appleton,
1875. 83. 821
Shakspere
Bartlett, John. New and complete con-
cordance or verbal index to words, phrases,
and passages in the dramatic works of Shake-
speare with a supplementary concordance to
the Poems. 1910 p. sq. Q. Lond. Macmillan,
1894. S7.50. 822.33
The most comprehensiye concordance to Shakspere.
Clarke, Mrs. Mary Victoria (Novello)
Cowden-. Complete concordance to Shake-
speare. . . . New ed. 8ft0 p. O. Lond. Bick-
ers. 1880. $7.50. 822.33
A verbal index to all the passages in Shakspere's
dramatic works.
Furness, Mrs. Helen Kate (Rogers).
Concordance to Shakespeare's Poems. Ed. 2.
422 p. O. Phil. Lippincott, p 1874]. H.
822.33
Adams, William Henry Davenport. Con>
cordance to the plays of Shakespeara 405 p.
por. O. Lond. Routledge, 1886. 10s. 6d.
Shelley
Ellis, Frederick S. Lexical concordance
to the poetical works of Percy Bysshe Shelley.
... 018 p. Q. Lond. Quaritch, 1802. £1 58.
Tennyson
Brightwell, D. Barron. Concordance to
the entire works of Alfred Tennyson. 477 p.
O. Lond. Moxon, 1860. 218. S21
AUTHOR DICTIONARIES
Browning
Berdoe, Edward. Browning cyclopedia.
572 p. D. Lond. Sonnenschein, 1802. $8.50.
82Z
Gives an explanation of the yariooB poems, with ex-
planatory notes and references on all difficult pas*
sages.
Cooke, George Willis. Guide-book to the
poetic and dramatic works of Robert Brown-
ing. 451 p. D. Bost. Houghton, 1806, [^ ^Ol].
$2. 82 z
Alphabetical g^ide to the works of Browning, giv-
ing information as to date, place, publication, allu-
sions, bibliographical information, editions, charac-
ters, etc., of his poems and plays.
Molineux, Marie Ada. Phrase book from
the poetic and dramatic works of Robert
Browning. 520 p. O. Bost. Houghton, 1806.
$3. • 82Z
Dante
Toynbee, Paget. Dictionary of proper
names and notable matters in the works of
Dante. 616 p. Q. Ox. Clarendon press, 1808.
25s. SSI
Dickens
Pierce, Gilbert Ashville. Dickens diction-
ary .. . with additions by W: A. Wheeler.
573 p. por. pi. D. Bost. Houghton, [<^ 1872].
92. 823
A key to the characters and principal incidents in
the novels and tales of Dickens. The stories are given
in order of their publication, and under each the char-
acters alphabetically arranged are described. Ex-
tracts from the text are given. There is a classed list
of characters and a general index.
Hawthorne
Hawthorne, Nathaniel. Analytical index
to the works of Nathaniel Hawthorne. . . .
204 p. 8. Bost. Houghton, [<' 1882]. $1. 8x3
EICTION
Jefferson
Foley, John P. The Jeflfersonian cyclope-
dia ; a comprehensive collection of the views
of Thomas Jefferson. . . . 1009 p. IL por. O.
N. Y. Punk, 1900. |7.50. 8x8
Arranged by subjeotB.
Scott
Rogers, May. Waverlev dictionary. . . .
Ed. 2. 357 p. D. Chic. Griggs, 1885, p '78].
$2. 823
An alphabetical list of all the characters In the
Waverley novels, with a descriptive analysts of each
character and illustrative selections from the text.
Shakspere
O'Connor, Evang^eline M. Index to the
works of Shakspere. 419 p. D. N. Y. Apple-
ton, 1887. $3. ^ 822.33
. Refers by topics "to notable passages and signi-
ficant expressions, brief histories of the plays, geo-
graphical names and historical incidents, mention of
all characters and sketches of important ones, expla^
nations of allusions and obscure and obsolete words
and phrases."
Schmidt, Alexander. Shakespeare-lexicon ;
a complete dictionary of all the English words,
phrases, and constructions in the works of the
poet. Ed. 2. 2v. 0. Ber. Reimer, 1886
(Lond. Williams). 81s. 6d. 822.33
Distinguishes the different meanings of words as
used by Sliakspere.
Wordsworth
Tutin,J. R. Wordsworth dictionary. 216 p.
O. Hull, [Eng.] Tutin, 1891. 821
Indexes to collected works of authors must
also be frequently used.
FICTION
The following guides to fiction are helpful
in assisting the reader who wishes to pursue a
course of reading in historical fiction, or who
desires a novel illustrating some special sub-
ject, e. g. strikes, hunting, etc.
The Chronological index to historical fic-
tion published by the Boston public library
(ed. 2, 1875) included the titles of prose fiction,
plays, and poems arranged chronologically
under countries. This edition has been for
some time out of print, but a third edition ap-
peared in the Bulletin of the library from Jan-
uary, 1892, to January, 1896. Some explana-
tory notes are given.
San Francisco — Free public library.
Classified English prose fiction, including trans-
lations and Juvenile works, with notes. 806 p.
Q. San Fran. Crocker, 1891. $1.50. 0x6.823
Arranged alphabetically by subjects, including his-
torical Action under countries arranged by periods.
Refers in the notes under subjects to bibliographies
and other works.
Dixson, Mrs. Zella Allen. Comprehensive
subject index to universal prose fiction. 421 p.
D. N. Y. Dodd, 1897. $2. 016.823
Subjects are arranged alphabetically. Full of inac-
curacies.
Griswold, William Maccrillis. Descrip-
tive lists of novels. 617 p. O. Camb. [Mass.]
Griswold, 1891. 016.823
Includes in separate parts : American, Interna-
tional, Romantic, and British novels, with an index
to authors of works described. The compiler's object
was ** to direct the reader to good novels usually con-
sidered out of date and not read as often as the
newer." Each part is arranged alphabetically under
the titles, with a criticLsm of each novel quoted from
some well-lcnown literary review.
Midland railway institute, Derby, Eng. —
Library. Descriptive handbook to the more
noteworthy works of prose fiction in the li-
brary, comp. by E. A. Baker. 151 p. O. Derby,
Midland railway inst 1899. 50 cts. pap.
016.823
Classified under countries, novels with a purpose,
and works of pure imagination. An annotated list
with index of authors, places, and subjects.
Bowen, Herbert Courthope. Descriptive
catalogue of historical novels and tales. 29 p.
O. Lond. Stanford, 1882. Is. 6d. 016.823
A convenient and concise list arranged under conn-
tries by periods.
Library catalogs and finding-lists are of as-
sistance. Among the most important are : —
The catalogue of the St. Louis mercantile
library, English prose fiction (1892), contains
a list of historical novels conveniently ar-
ranged for ready reference. The List of
novels and talcs of the Los Angeles public
library (1894) gives many concise descriptive
notes and a brief subject index. The Phila-
delphia mercantile library in its Bulletins, Oct.
1885-89, contains lists arranged by countries
and states with chronological sub-arrangement.
In its Class list, no. 1, English prose fiction
(1897), the St. Louis public library gives a list
of the best fiction and a list of historical novels.
In Sargent's Beading for the young and its
Supplement (1890-96. 2v.) will be found a list
of historical novels suitable for young folks,
with brief descriptive notes.
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SPECIAL SUBJECTS
For choice of the test fiction the following
are useful : —
Buffalo — Public library. Author-title
catalogue of English prose fiction, including
ti-anslations. 190 p. O. Buffalo, Library, 1898.
25 cts. 016.823
Books on the open shelves, presumably the best fic-
tion, are indicated.
The annotations of the section Fiction in the
List of books for girls and women by Leypoldt
& lies are worth examining for clear, con-
cise statement of each author's merits and de-
merits.
Cornu, Mme. Sophie, and Beer, William.
List of French fiction. 28 p. Tt. Bost. Li-
brary bureau, 1898. (A. L. A. annotated lists.)
10 cts. 016.843
*• Comprises 186 titles chosen from the works of 70
representative authors of France." Selected to serve
as a guide to reading for the young.
DRAMA
An index to the large collections of dramas
usually to be found in our libraries would be a
valuable addition to the tools of a reference
librarian. It is often necessary for him to look
up the author of a play whose title only is
known, or to ascertain in what volume of the
numerous sets of dramas the play can be found.
The most useful indexes at present available
for the purpose are those to be found in certain
library catalogs, notably those of the Milwau-
kee public library and the Library of the Pea-
body institute.
In the Catalogue of the Milwaukee public
library a list of the plays to be found in col-
lections in that Library is given under the au-
thors and under the titles, and it indexes such
sets as those of Lacy's and French's Acting
edition of plays and other well-known dramas.
The Peabody institute library catalogue
(vol. 2) under the heading Drama gives an al-
phabetical list of single plays, including those
in foreign languages as well as in Englissh.
This is continued in the Supplement. The
dramatic works of separate authors and many
collections are indexed, among which are
Dodslcy's Old plays, InclibakVs British theatre,
Cumberland's British theatre, and others.
The Catalogue of the dramas and dramatic
poems contained in the Cincinnati public li-
brary (192 p. Q. 1879) is an extensive list, ar-
ranged under authors with title lists of English,
French, German, Greek, and Latin dramas.
American dramatists' club. The American
dramatists' club list, a standard of reference for
the protection of dramatic property, no. 5,
1899. 46 p. O. N. Y. Amer. dramatists* club,
1899. 60 cts. 0i6.8z3
Issued annually.
A catalog of plajrs and operas by American and
foreign authors produced in this country, giving
names of authors and composers, and of owners,
managers, or agents. Arranged alphabetically ; 1st,
by works of members of the American dramatists*
club ; 2d, by plays and operas by American and foreign
authors not members of the club ; 3d, by false titles.
Bates, Katharine Lee, and Godfrey, L. B.
English drama, a working basis. 151 p. O.
Wellesley college, 1896. §1. 016.822
Contains a list of collections of old plajrs ; a gen-
eral title index to collections ; authors, plays, and
references for English drama ; books of general ref er>
ence.
*' CLASSICS
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Engelmann, Wilhelm. Bibliotheca scrip-
torum classicorum ; 8te auflage, umfassend
die litteratur von 1700 bis 1878 neu bearbeitet
von E. Preuss. 2v. O. Lpz. 1880-82. $9.
016.88
V. 1, Greek ; v. 2, Latin.
Mayor, Joseph Bickersteth. Guide to the
choice of classical books. Ed. 2. 76 p. D.
Lond. Bell, 1879. $1. 016.88
New supplement, 1879-96. 128 p. D.
Lond. Kutt, 1896. $2. 016.88
Under each author is given a list of the most useful
editions, also short lists of illustrative works, notes,
lexicons, and translations. The best editions are
starred. There is also a list of helps to the study of
ancient authors. Prices of books are given.
BIOGRAPHY
Dictionaries of biography are of three kinds:
(1) general, (2) national, (3) of special classes.
Consult first the national biographical diction-
ary in looking up a sketch of the life of a per-
son. The articles are likely to be fuller, and
more names are usually included in it. There
are national biographical dictionaries for the
more important countries of the world, of
which only those in most general use are here
mentioned.
Genenil encyclopedias contain some excel-
lent biographies. The Encyclopa?dia Britan-
nica does not include names of living per-
sons. The biographical articles in Johnson's are
good and include contemporaries. Larousie is
BIOGRAPHY
41
especially useful for Europeans. Webster's
International dictionary contains in an appen-
dix 10,000 names, giving merely full name,
dates, and characterization.
In addition to biographical reference books,
those cyclopedias of special subjects which in-
clude lives of persons famous in certain lines
must be consulted. These have been described
more fully under other headings; e, g. for
painters, Champlin and Perkins's Cyclopedia of
painters and painting; for musicians, Cham-
plin and Apthorp's Cyclopedia of music and
musicians, and Grove's Dictionary of music;
for theologians. Smith's Dictionary of the
Bible, and McClintock and Strong's Ency-
clopaedia of biblical, theological, and ecclesias-
tical literature, etc.
The article on biographical dictionaries by
C. H. Hull, in Johnson's universal cyclopae-
dia, 1 : 629, has some interesting information
about their history, with a list of the best dic-
tionaries.
GENERAL
Thomas, Joseph. Universal pronouncing
dictionary of biography and mythology. Ed. 3
rev. and brought up to 1901. 2 v. 2550 p. por.
Q. Phil. Lippincott, 1901, [* 1870-1901]. $15.
920. ox
Paged continnoasly.
Known as Lippincott's biographical dictionary.
The best general biographical reference lK>ok. It
gives the pronunciation of names, sketches of lives of
persons, and bibliographical references. A list of the
leading English Christian names, with their equiva-
lents in the various European languages, is given in an
appendix. In the intro<luction the general principles
of pronunciation of each of the more inii>ortant Euro-
pean and Asiatic languages are state<1.
The third edition includes some slight alterations of
the original plates, which bring the information to
the end of the nineteenth century. These have been
made only when possible to do so without too much
change to the articles. New names have in the same
manner been inserted only where practicable. Full-
page portraits have been introduced.
Smith, Benjamin Eli. Century cyclopedia
of names. 1085 p. sq. F. N. Y. Century co.
pl894]. $10. 803
Full in biography, including persons still living.
Articles are concise.
See description under Allusions.
Phillips, Lawrence Barnett. Dictionary
of biographical reference. New ed. enl. by
Frank Wcitenkampf. 1038 p. O. Phil. Gebbie,
1889. 85. 920.01
Thte work does not give biographical details of the
person mentioned, merely full names, dates, and brief
characterization, referring to other dictionaries, where
more complete information may be found. There
are about 100,000 names. It contains also a biblio-
graphy of biographical reference books.
Hoefer, Ferdinand. Nouvelle biographic
universelle. 46v. O. Paris, Didot, 1852-66.
o. p. $30. 920. oz
V. 10-46 published under title Nouvelle biographic
g^n^rale.
An important French biographical dictionary, in-
cluding persons of all countries, but especially full in
French biography. The articles are of some length.
Michaud, Joseph Franpois, and Michaud,
L. G. Biographic universelle, ancienne ct
modeme. 45v. Q. Paris, Desplaces, 1842-65.
o. p. $45. 920.01
Similar to Hoefer. *• Of the larger number of the
less important literary men, there is," in the Bio-
graphie g^n^rale, " very little more than their names,
the dates of their birth and death, and the titles of
their respective works, without any of that informa-
tion respecting the contents or subjects of their
writings which adds so nmch value to the articles in
the Biographic universelle. . . . Xor are these lists so
full, or compiled with such accuracy, as those in the
Biographic universelle. In one point, however, and
that of no small importance, the bibliographical infor-
mation of the Biographic g^n^rale is sui>erior to that
of its rival. ... In fact, the two books are comple-
ments of each other ; each is necessary for the stu-
dent.*' Quarterly reviewy 157 : 225.
Chalmers, Alexander. General biographical
dictionary. 32v. O. Lond. 1812-17. o. p.
920. oz
'* Remains to this day one of the best comprehensive
biographical dictionaries in English." JohnaoiVs uni-
versal cycloperdla,
Oettinger, Eduard Marie. Moniteur des
dates ; biographisch-genealogische-historisches
welt register enthaltend die personal akten der
menschheit von mehr als 100,000 geschicht-
lichen pers5nlichkeiten aller zeiten und na-
tionen. . . . 6v.in3,Q. Lpz. Denicke, 1869-78.
$11. 920.01
Brief characterizations of celebrated persons.
Sanders, Lloyd Charles. Cdebritics of the
century ; a dictionary of men and women of
the 19th century. 1077 p. O. Lond. Cassell,
1887. So. 920.01
Brief notices, including the most important names
of the centurj', mainly English.
Among concise one-volume biographical dic-
tionaries for convenient ready reference may be
mentioned : —
Chambers's biographical dictionary, the
great of all times and nations; ed. by David
Patrick and F. H. Groome. 1002 p. D. Phil.
Lippincott, 1902. $2. 920.OZ
i2
SPECIAL SUBJECTS
An English work based upon the biographical
articles in Chambers's Cyclopedia. Includes about
10,000 names. It has an index of pseudonyms.
Morris, Charles. Ilandy dictionary of bio-
graphy. 607 p. O. PhlL Coates, 1901. $3.
920.01
Comprises concise articles about well-known per-
sons, including those of recent date.
CONTEMPORARY
Plarr, Victor Gustave. Men and women
of the time; a dictionary of contemporaries.
Ed. 15. 1800 p. O. Lond. Routledge. 1»99.
$5. 920.01
Useful for finding brief biographies of men and
women living at the present time ; the appendix gives
a necrology of those persons contained in previous
editions, referring to the edition in which the bio-
graphy was published, and there is a classified index
to the names. It is most full in English names. Pro-
yious editions published as Men of the time. Since
1901 absorbed in Who 's who.
Vapereau, Louis Gustave. Dictionnairc
universel des contemporains. Ed. 6. 1629 p. Q.
Paris, Hachette, 1893. $7.60. 920.01
A general biographical dictionary of contempo-
raries, especially full in French names. Includes the
names of important persons who died before 1890, as
foot-note to each page for that part of the alphabet
to which the name belongs, referring to the number
of the previous edition, containing a fuller account.
Supplement k la sixieme edition. 103 p.
O. Paris, Hachette, 1895. 920.01
Bound with the present edition for $8.
Pratt, Alfred T. Camden. People of the
period. 2v. in 1, Q. Lond. Beeman, 1897.
25s. 920. 01
Biographical sketches of Uving celebrities not con*
fined to one country.
NATIONAL
AMERICAN
Wilson, James Grant, and Fiske, John.
Appleton's cyclopaedia of American biocrraphy.
7v. il. por. Q. N. Y. Appleton, 1888-1900.
$36. 920.07
" Includes names of native and adopted citizens of
the r. S., including living persons, from the earlief>t
settlement. Also eminent citizens of Canada, Mexico,
and all other countries of North and South America.
Also names of men of foreign birth who are closely
identified with American history." Preface.
Tlie nrrnngement of names of families is not alpha-
betii^al, but under the oldest member. This is an
objectionable feature. There is a bibliography at the
end of each article.
"Volume 7 is a supplement containing names of per-
sons who have become prominent since the publication
»f the original six volumes. It has also a list of
pseudonyms, and a list of deaths of persons recor^^
as living in vols. 1-4.
National cyclopasdia of American bio-
graphy. V. 1-11, il. por. Q. N. Y. White,
189:^1901. 110 per vol. 920.073
A volume is published every year.
Contains biographical sketches of prominent Amer-
icans, and is devoted mainly to the lives of those who
are of the present time. Names of individuals are to
some extent grouped with reference to their work,
but they do not necessarily follow in any special order.
Each volume has an index to the names in the ]>re-
ceding volumes. Numerous portraits and plates are
an important feature. Of special use for less known
Americans.
Brown, John Howard. Lamb's biographi-
cal dictionary of the United States, v. 1-4,
por. Q. Bost. Lamb, 1900-01, [« 1897-1901].
$7 per vol. 920.073
To be completed in about 6 volumes.
Volume 1 was issued in 1897, with title Cyclopedia
of American biographies. The later edition was re-
vised.
Alphabetically arranged. Comparing with Apple-
ton, the Nation says : ** As to thenuitter, I^mb makes
a nearer approach to democratic equality. Presidents
and the like are handled less extensively, men and
women of minor fame more liberally ; very brief no-
tices are few." Nation, 73 : 12.
Herringshaw, Thomas William. Encyclo-
pedia of American biography of the nineteenth
century. 1046 p. por. Q. Chic. Amer. pub-
lishers' assoc. 1898. $20. 920.073
Frequently of use in tlnding information about less
prominent Americans.
CONTEMPORARY
Leonard, John William. Who's who in
America ; a biographical dictionary of notable
living men and women of the United States,
1899-1902. V. 1-2, D. Chic. Marquis, [« 1899-
01]. §2.75 per vol. 920.073
Condensed sketches of the lives of prominent Amer-
icans. In the 1901-02 volume the publisher of an
author's works is indicated. Each volume contains a
necrology.
CANADIAN
Rose, George Maclean. Cyclopoedia of
Canadian biography. 2 v. O. Toronto, Rose
pub. CO. 188«-«8. $20. 920.071
CONTEMPORARY
Morgan, Henry James. Canadian men and
women of the time. 1118 p. D. Toronto,
Briggs, 1898. $3. 920.071
ENGLISH
Stephen, Leslie. Dictionary of national
biography. 63v. O. Lond. Smith, 1885-1900.
(N. Y. Macmillan.) $5 per vol. 920.043
BIOGRAPHY
43
Continaed from toL 22 by Sidney Lee.
The most important reference book for English
biography, including noted persons of Great Bri-
tain, but no liying persons. Articles are signed and
giTC bibliographical references. A full index to the
Dictionary including the Supplement is in prepa-
ration.
Supplement. 8v. 1 por. 0. N. Y. Mac-
millan, 1901. $5 per vol. 920.042
The supplement contains, besides some names omit-
ted from the original, biographical articles about dis-
ting^uished persons who died at too late a date to be
included in the original work.
** The principle of the Dictionary requires that the
memoirs should be mainly confined to a record of
fact, should presenre a strictly judicial tone, and
should eschew sentiment.'* Preface,
Boase, Frederick. Modern English biogra-
phy, containing many thousand concise memoirs
of persons who have died since 1850. 2 v. Q.
Truro, Netherton, 1892-97. 30s. per vol.
920.01
Mentioned in Johnson's universal cyclopsedia as one
of the best of contemporary.
Ward, Thomas Humphry. Men of the
reign ; a biographical dictionary of persons of
British and colonial birth who have died dur-
ing the reign of Victoria. 1020 p. D. Lond.
Routledge, 1885. 15s. 920.042
CONTEMPORARY
D. Lond. Macmillan,
920.OZ
Who 's who, 1901.
1901.* $1.75.
Ed. by Douglas Sladen.
An annual publication (of which this is the 63d year),
giving brief biographies of the most prominent per-
sons of England and America, including some conti-
nental notables. Tables of British government offi-
cials, army and navy lists, societies, etc., are prefixed.
With the 1901 volume is incorporated Men and women
of the time.
FRENCH
There is no national dictionary of French
biography. See Michaud (under General Bio-
graphy); Hoefer (under General Biography);
Larousse (under General Encyclopedias), which
are full in French names.
GERMAN
Allgemeine deutsche biogfraphie ; heraus-
gegeben durch die Ilistorische commission bei
der KOnigliche akademie der wisscnschaften.
45v. O. Lpz. 1875-1900. |110. 920.043
The authoritative work on German biography, in-
cluding full accounts of aU prominent German men
and women. Supplementary volumes are to be issued
bringing the work down to the year 1900.
• Continued annually.
AUSTRIAN
Wurzbach, Constant von. Biographischcs
lexikon des kaiserthums Oesterreich. 60v. O.
Wien, Zamarski, 1856-91. $37.50. 920.0436
Includes biographies ef Important persons in Aus-
tria and her crown lands.
BELGIAN
L'acad€mie royale des sciences, des
lettres, et des beauz-arts de Belgique. Bio-
graphic nationale. v. 1-16, O. Bruxelles,
Bruylant-Christophe, 1866-1901. 920.0493
ToPepyn.
ANCIENT
Smith, Sir William. Dictionary of Greek
and Roman biography and mythology. . . . 8v.
O. Lond. Murray, 1880. £4 4s. (Bost. Little.
$18.) 920.038
The articles were written by scholars who were au-
thorities upon their subjects. Names of persons of
any importance which occur in Greek and Roman
writers before 1453 are included in the work. Authors
are treated with special fulness ; a list of the best
editions and references to the principal works about
each make the work valuable for bibliographical pur-
poses.
SPECIAL CLASSES
AUTHORS
GENERAL
Gubernatis, Angelo de. Dlctlonnaire In-
ternationale des ecrivains du jour. 8v. Q.
Florence, Niccolai, 1888-91. $5. 928
Dizionario biografico degli scrittori con-
tempopanei. 1276 p. por. O. Firenze, Le Mon-
nier, 1879. o. p. 928
The French edition is later than the Italian and con-
tains more names ; while the Italian edition includes
some names omitted from the French edition. Both
areusefuL
Bornmfiller, Franz. Biographisches schrif t-
steller-lexicon der gegenwart. 800 p. D. Lpz.
Bibliographisches instituts, 1882. $2. 928
The sketches are brief, including authors of aU
countries and not strictly limited to living writers.
Warner's Library of the world's best litera-
ture contains biographical and critical sketches
of authors of all countries and times.
ENGLISH AND AMERICAN
Allibone, Samuel Austin. Critical diction-
ary of English literature and British and Amer-
can authors. 8 v. Q. 928.2
Supplement. 2v. Q. 928.3
For full description see under Literature — English.
44
SPECIAL SUBJECTS
AMERICAN
Adams, Oscar Fay. Dictionary of Amer-
ican authors. Ed. 4 enl. 523 p. O. Bost.
Houghton, 1901, p '84-07]. $3. 928.1
Brief accounts of authors, inclndhig dates, biogra-
phical and critical facts, and list of works.
Stednian and Hutchinson's Library of Amer-
ican literature, vol. 11, contains short bio-
graphies of American autliors.
ENGLISH
Adams, Oscar Fay. Brief handbook of
English authors. Ed. 6 enl. 175 p. D. Bost.
Houghton, 1892, p '83]. 75 cts. 928.2
A concise handbook giving the briefest possible
sketch of authors with list of their writings.
Sharp, Robert Farquharson. Dictionary
of English authors. 308 p. D. Lond. Red way,
1897. 78. 6d. 928.2
Brief biographical and bibliographical information.
GERMAN
Deutscher litteratur-kalender auf das jahr
1901. V. 23, S. Lpz. GOschen, 1900.* 6.50m.
928.3
ikl. by Joseph KUrschner.
Very condensed information, giving names and
dates, indicating by curious signs the Bi>ecialty of the
author ; with a list of his works, pseudonyms, etc.
ARTISTS
Bryan, Michael. Dictionary of painters and
engravers, biographical and critical. New ed.
enl. byR.E. Graves. 2v. Q. Lond. Bell, 1886-
89. £3 3s. (N. Y. Macmillan. $22.50.) 927.5
First edition published in 1816. This edition is much
enlarged.
Short biog^phical sketches, with lists of the best
works of the artists.
James, Ralph N. Painters and their works ;
a dictionary of great artists who are not now
alive. . . . 3v. pi. facsim. O. Lond. Gill, 1896.
$15. 927
Besides the biographical sketches, it states the
prices paid at auctions for the works of the artists.
Clement, Mrs. Clara Erskine (afterwards
Mrs. Waters). Painters, sculptors, architects,
engravers, and their works ; a handbook. Ed.
13. 681 p. il. D. Bost. Houghton, 1893, [^ 73-
81]. $3. 927
Living artists are not included. Sketches are very
brief.
Clement, Mrs. Clara Erskine (afterwards
Mrs. Waters), and Hutton, Laurence. Art-
ists of the 19th century and their works. . . .
* Continued annoaUy.
2v. in 1, D. Bost. Houghton. 1893, [^ '79-84].
$3. 927
More than 2000 brief biographical accounts of artists
followed by critical quotations from authorities. Aims
"to present the later artists of prominence, rather
than to include all those of the century."
MUSICIANS
Baker, Theodore. Biographical dictionary
of musicians. 653 p. il. O. N. Y. Schirmer,
1900. $3.50. 927.8
Especially full in English and American musicians.
Good for contemporaries.
Brown, James Dnfif. Biographical diction-
ary of musicians. . . . 637 p. O. Paisley, [Eng.]
Gardner, 1886. 15s. 927.8
More prominence is given to British musical bio-
graphy.
F^tis, Francois Joseph. Biographic unl-
verselle des musiciens et bibliographic gene-
rate de la musique. Ed. 2 enl. 8v. O. Paris,
Didot, 1865-66. 64fr. 927.8
Supplement et complement public sous
la direction de Arthur Pougin. 2v. O. Paris,
Didot 1878-80. 16fr. 927.8
ARMY AND NAVY
Powell, William H., and Shippen, Ed-*
ward. Officers of the army and navy, regu-
lar, who served in the Civil War. 487 p. il.
sq. Q. Phil. Hamersly, 1892. o. p. 923.57
Portraits and biographical sketches.
Cullum, George Washingrton. Biographi-
cal register of the officers and graduates of the
United States military academy at West Point
from 1802 to 1890. Ed. 3 rev. and enl. 8v. O.
Bost. Houghton, 1891. $18. 923-57
Supplement, 1890-1900, ed. by E. E.
Ilolden. V. 4, O. Camb. [Mass.], Riverside
press, 1901. $2.50. 923.57
The military history of each graduate is given, the
whole arranged by numbers with alphabetical index.
Powell, William H. List of officers of the
army of the United States from 1779 to 1900.
embracing a register of all appointments by
the President of the U. 8. in the volunteer ser-
vice during the Civil War, and of volunteer
officers in the service of the U. S. June 1, 1900,
com p. from the official records. 863 p. O.
N. Y. Hamersly, 1900. $10. 923.57
A list of officers, 1779-1815, is arranged by years, then
follows the army list, 1815 to 1900, which is arranged
alphabetically by names, a list of officers of volun-
teers, genersil officers of the Revolution, etc., also
BIOGRAPHY. GENEALOGY
45
dates of certain wars, campaigns, etc Known also as
the United States army list.
The Adjutant-general issues an annual Offi-
cial register (35 eta). Practically the same in-
formation will also be found in the Official
register or Blue book.
Callahan, Edward W. List of officers of
the navy of the United States and of the
marine corps, from 1775 to 1900 . . . comp.
from the official records. 749 p. 0. N. Y. Ha-
mersly, 1901. $10. 923.57
Comprises a complete register of all present and
former commissioned, warranted, and appointed offi-
cers of the navy and of the marine corps regular and
volunteer. The names are in alphabetical order,
showing the dates of their original entry, progressive
ranks, etc. Known also as the United States navy
list.
Hamersly, Lewis Randolph. Records of
living officers of the United States navy and
marine corps. Ed. 7 enl. 511 p. O. N. Y.
Hamersly, 1902. $10. 923.57
Not an alphabetical list, but there is an index of
names.
The Navy department issues an Annual regis-
ter of commissioned and warrant officers of
Navy and Marine corps (25 cts.). Practically
the same information will be found in the Offi-
cial register or Blue book.
WOMEN
Willard, Frances Elizabeth, and Liver-
more, Mrs. Mary A. (Rice). A woman of
the century. . . . 812 p. por. Q. Buffalo, Moul-
ton, 1893. $10. 920.7
Biographical sketches, with portraits of prominent
American women.
Browne, William Hardcastle. Famous
women of history, containing nearly 3000 brief
biographies and over 1000 female pseudonyms.
434 p. D. Phil. Arnold, [<^1895]. $2. 920.7
Very brief notices of their lives. A list of meanings
of proper names of women is given in an appendix.
A useful collection of biographical sketches
of women is Hale's Woman's record (N. Y.
Harper, 1853), with portraits and an alphabeti-
cal index. It is now out of print.
DIRECTORIES
The city directory is in constant demand and
should therefore be in the most convenient place
in the library. In a large city ii is important to
include the business directory of the city which
groups together all persons engaged in the
same line of business. The Blue book is also
much used. Large libraries will possess in ad-
dition directories of the large cities of this
country. Volumes of past years are frequently
consulted.
Various directories of special classes of per-
sons published annually in England and Amer-
ica are also necessary to a large reference col-
lection. Among these are : —
American: Medical and surgical register of
the U. S. and Canada, the various religious
directories, Textile manufacturers' directory
and year book. Banker's register, Sharp & Alle-
man Co.'s lawyers' and bankers' directory, etc.
English ; Whitaker's naval and military di-
rectory and Indian army list. Colonial ofllce
list, Foreign office list, Hart's army list, Navy
list, Official army list, Civil service directory,
etc.
GENEALOGY
Genealogies constitute a much-used class of
books in our public libraries. In large cities
historical society libraries will contain the best
collections of genealogical books, and read-
ers can be referred to them. The books men-
tioned here are among the best guides to the
innumerable sources of information for family
histories. Some historical society libniries have
found it necessary to compile card indexes of
local family history. As an example, the Penn-
sylvania historical society library has a large
card index to family histories especially full
for the middle states.
BIBLIOOKAFHT
Boston — Public library. Finding-list of
genealogies and town and local histories con-
taining family records. 80 p. O. Bost. 1900.
25 cts. 016.929
A selection of important general works of refer-
ence with a list of serial publications, patriotic heredi-
tary societies, town and family histories.
AMERICAN
Munsell, Joel, pub. American genealogist;
being a catalogue of family histories, a biblio-
graphy of American genealogy or a list of the
title-pages of books and pamphlets on family
history published in America from 1771 to date.
Ed. 5. 406 p. O. Alb. Munsell, 1900. $5.
929.1
Former editions were edited by W. H. Whltmore in
1862, 1868, and 1875.
" Plan of the work is to g:ive the title-page of each
book published on the genealogy of an American f am-
ily, and the number of pages together with other
46
SPECIAL SUBJECTS
information. This edition is arranged alphabetically.
. . . The foot-notes of former editions have been omit-
ted, and in their place we tiave embodied in the title-
page of each book in brackets such matter as seemed
necessary to make the title of the book give an idea
•f the contents.'* Prt^ojce,
List of titles of genealogical articles in
American periodicals and kindred works, giv-
ing the name, residence, and earliest date of
the first settler of each family and adding defi-
ciencies in brackets. 165 p. O. Alb. Munsell,
1900. $3. 929.1
Designed as a companion volume to their Amer-
ican genealogist Arranged alphabetically by fam-
ily surnames.
Index to American genealogies .... Ed.
5 enl. 852 p. O. Alb. Munsell, 1900. $5.
929.1
Ed. 1-3 were edited by D : 8. Durrie.
" Prepared with a view to facilitate the study of
family history by furnishing an index to the genealo-
gies contained in the large number of county and
town histories, collections of public and privately
printed genealogies, centennial anniversary celebra-
tions, biographies, and other works containing the
desired information.** Prtfact, An alphabetical list
containing nearly 60,000 references.
Glenn, Thomas Allen. List of some Amer-
ican genealogies which have been printed in
book form, arranged in alphabetical order. 71 p.
gq. Q. Phil. Coates, 1897. $2. 929.1
Stiles, Henry R. Hand book of practical
^iggestions for the use of students in genealogy,
u p. O. Alb. Munsell, 1899. %\. 929.1
Gives information on what is genealogy, how to pre-
^re for genealogical work, sources and authorities of
general information, etc.
Vermont, E. de V. America heraldica ; a
compilation of coats of arms, crests, and mot-
toes of prominent American families settled in
this country before 1800; illus. by Henry
Rykers. 192 p. il. pi. P. N. Y. Brentano,
[<^1888]. $25. 929.6
Zieber, Eugene. Heraldry in America.
427 p. il. pi. Q. Phil. Bailey, 1895. $6. 929.6
Contains besides much important infonnation on
heraldry in general, seals of the U. S., of the depart-
ments, and of the various states arranged alphabeti-
cally; also ecclesiastical seals, and colonial societies
and American orders.
ENGLISH
Burke, Sir Bernard. Genealogical and her-
aldic dictionary of the peerage and baronetage.
Ed. 64. 2057 p. il. Q. Lond. Harrison, 1902.*
$12. 929.72
Contents : Royal family ; Peerage and baronetage ;
Archbishops and bishops ; Knightage, companionage,
• Continued umnally.
and privy council; Precedence; Orders of knight-
hood ; Foreign titles of nobility held by British sub-
jects; Mottoes.
/' Entry is under the title of the person at present
holding the title, giving his ancestry and sketch of his
life. Refers from the family name. Only extant peer-
ages.
** A mine of information on the involved subject of
social pedigrees, with every facility for ready refer-
ence.** Nation^ 66 : 174.
Genealogical history of the dormant,
abeyant, forfeited, and extinct peerages of the
British empire. New ed. 686 p. il. O. Lond.
Harrison, 1866. 42s. 929.721
Landed gentry ; a genealogical and her-
aldic history of the landed gentry of Great
Britain and Ireland. Ed. 9. 2y. O. Lond.
Harrison, 1898. $25. 929.725
Pedigrees and arms of the untitled country gentle-
men of Great Britain are described.
General armory of England, Scotland.
Ireland, and Wales, comprising a registry of
armorial bearings from the earliest times to the
present. 1185 p. il. O. Lond. Harrison, 1884.
52s. 6d. 929.8
Cokayne, G. E. Complete peerage of Eng-
land, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the
United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant,
alphabetically arranged. 8y. O. Lond. Bell,
1887-98. J82. 929.73
*' The most comprehensive of all works of this kind
in the English language.*' Oros8*8 Sources and liter-
ature of English history.
Doyle, James E. Official baronage of Eng-
land, showing the succession, dignities, and
officers of every peer from 1066 to 1885. 8v.
il. por. O. Lond. Longmans, 1886. 105s.
929.72
Includes dukes, marquises, earls, and viscounts.
Kelly's handbook to the titled, landed, and
official classes for 1902. v. 28, D. Lond. Kelly.
1902.* 16s. 929.73
A useful compact volume relating to the living peer-
age.
Other similar works are Whitaker's Directory
of titled persons (annual), and Dod's Peerage,
baronetage, and knightage of Great Britain
and Ireland.
Marshall, Georg^e William. The genealo-
gist's guide. 884 p. O. Guildford, Billing, 1893.
81s. 6d. 929.1
Privately printed. Its object is ** to place the intel-
ligent student in a position to find out the sources
from which he may obtain a clue to the particular
pedigree he is searching for.** Pre/ace.
Arranged alphabetically by surnames.
* Continaed annually.
GENEALOGY. FLAGS
47
CRESTS
Fairbairn, J. Book of crests of the families
of Great Britain and Ireland. New ed. rev.
by A. C. Fox-Davies. 2v. pi. F. Edin. Jack,
1892. 84b. 929*8
▼. 1, text ; ▼. 2, plates.
Index of sumameB, mottoes, key to plates, diction-
ary of terms.
FOREIGN
^ Rietstap, Jean Baptiste. Armorial gene-
ral ; precede d*un dlctionnaire des termes du
blason. Ed. 2 enL 2y. pi. O. Gouda, van
Goor, 1884-87. lOOfr. 929.8
*' A very useful heraldic book of reference of the
same character as Burke's General armory ... it will
afford a clue to the country where any name of ap-
parent foreign origin may be found. ... It professes
to deal only with families entitled to hereditary
honours, so that in England, for instance, no families
under the rank of a baronet are included.'* Phillir
more.
The following annuals of genealogy* are
published. With the exception of the well-
known Almanach de Gotha, they are usually to
be found only in large libraries : Almanach de
Gotha ; annuaire g6ncalogique, diplomatique
et statistique (Gotha, Justus Perthes) since
1763. Gothaisches genealogisches taschen-
buch der freihcrrlichcn hftuscr (Gotha, Justus
Perthes) since 1848. Gothaisches genealogisches
taschcnbuch der grftflichen h&user (Gotha, Jus-
tus Perthes) since 1825. Annuaire de la
noblesse de France (Paris, Au Bureau de la
publication) since 1843. La noblesse beige
(Bruxellcs) since 1889. Annuario della nobilt^
italiana (Ban) since 1879. Svensk adelskalen-
der (Stockholm, Norstcdt) since 1899. Dan-
marks adels aarbog (Kjebenhavn, Vilh. Try-
des) since 1884. Annuaire de la noblesse de
Russie (St. Pltersbourg) since 1889.
NAMES
Bardsley, Charles Wareing^. Dictionary of
English and Welsh surnames, with special
American instances. 838 p. sq. O. Lond.
Frowde, 1901. $6.25. 929.4
" I have gone little further than an attempt to trace
back our names to their original forms, to clear them
from the incrustations of time, and to place each,
however misleading in appearance to-day, in its own
particular class.** Introduction.
" Will always remain a monument of industry and
good judgment. He has not only brought together a
mass of material and placed it within convenient reach
of the student, but his discussion of it is in the main
verv trustworthy. There must, in the nature of the
* Titles fumiabed bj the Harrard ooUege libraiy.
case, be plenty of doubtful matter in such l volume."
nation, 74:19.
Mackey, Mary Stuart and M. G. Pro-
nunciation of 10,000 proper names, giving
famous geographical and biographical names,
names of books, works of art, characters in
fiction, foreign titles, etc. 294 p. S. N. Y.
Dodd, 1901. 81. 929.4
A convenient volume for asccrtainiug pronunciation
of proper names which it is so often difficult to find
elsewhere ; for example, Houyhnhnms.
FLAGS
U. S. — Bureau of equipment, Dept. of the
navy. Flags of maritime nations, prepared
by the Bureau of equipment. 7 p. 67 pi. Q.
Wash. 1899. o. p. 929.9
Excellent colored designs of flags, the U. S. flags
first, then other states arranged alphabetically. Also
pilot flags. When the coat of arms of a nation ap-
pears in the flag, an enlarged reproduction is given.
Among other important books, not strictly
reference, but which should be in the reference
department, are : —
Preble, Georg^e Henry. History of the flag
of the United States of America, and of the
naval and yacht-club signals, seals, and arms
and principal national songs of the United
States, with a chronicle of the symbols, stand-
ards, banners, and flags of ancient and modern
nations. Ed. 3. 808 p. il. pi. O. Bost. Osgood,
1882, [« '80]. $5. 929.9
niustrations of state seals, arms, flags, and colors,
with a few colored plates of flags. A subject index
and an index of names. The most comprehensive
work on the U. S. flag.
Hulme, Frederick Edward. Flags of the
world, their history, blazonry, and associations.
... 152 p. pi. O. Lond. Wame, n. d. 6s.
929.9
26 colored plates.
Webster's Dictionary, the Standard, and the
encyclopedias also contain colored plates of
flags which are convenient for reference.
PORTRAITS
Samuel, Bunford. Index to American por-
traits. (In Pennsylvania magazine of history
and biography, 25 : 47-70, 22S-247, 384-399.)
" This index is a selection only from one of a general
nature in manuscript covering portraits of all nations.
On account of space, even the American ones are
selected, and comprise the period from 1732 to 1862.*'
Magazines and books are indexed.
The American Library Association has in
preparation an index to portraits.
48
SPECIAL SUBJECTS
BIO-BIBLIOORAPHY
Oetting^er, Edouard Marie. Bibliographie
biographique universelle ; dictionnairc dcs
ouvragcs relatifs & Tliistoire de la vie publique
et privee des personnages cell'bres des tous
hs temps ct de toutes les nations. 2y. O.
Bruxelles, Stienon, 1854 20fr. 016.92
Under the names of celebrated persons is given a
list of important works relating to their lives.
Chevalier, Cyr Ulysse Joseph, abb^. Re-
pertoire des sources historiques du moyen fige ;
bio-bibliographie. 2370 p. Q. Paris, Librairie
de la Societc bibliographique, 1877-86. 016.92
Supplement. 2374-2846 p. Q. Paris,
Librairie de la Societe bibliographique, 1888.
016.92
Bibliographies of individuals are too numer-
ous to be given here. Among examples may
be mentioned tlie sections of the British museum
catalogue relating to individuals, e. g. Shake-
speare, Dante, etc. The Dante catalogue of
the Cornell university library is an elaborate
bibliography published in two quarto volumes.
The bibliographies appended to the volumes
of the Great writers series are excellent for the
authors included.
GEOGRAPHY
DICTIONARIES
Lippincott's g^azetteerof the world ; a com-
plete pronouncing gazetteer or geographical
dictionary of the world ; originally edited by
Joseph Thomas. New ed. rev. 2636 p. Q.
Phil. Lippincott, 1901. $8. 910.3
The most comprehensive American work of its kind,
alphabetically arranf^ed, giving description and infor-
mation of places, with pronunciation and various
spellings of names. Revision is only in the appendix.
Chisholm, Georg^e G. "The Times'" ga-
zetteer of the world. New ed. 1774 p. Q,
Lond. The Times office, 1899. 17s. 6d. 910.3
An English gazetteer, more full in English than in
American names.
Chambers's concise g^azetteer of the world,
topographical, statistical, historical. 768 p. D.
Lond. Chambers, 1902 (Phil. Lippincott). $2.
910.3
A concise English gazetteer.
U. S. — Board on geographic names.
Second report, 1890-99. Ed. 2. 150 p. O.
Wash. Government printing office, 1901. free.
9X0
This list includes all decisions in regard to geo
graphic nomenclature and orthography as rendered
by the Board, from its creation down to April 14, 1900,
inclusive.
Blackie, C. Geographical etymology; a
dictionary of place-names. Ed. 8 enl. 243 p. D.
Lond. Murray, 1887. 75 cts. 910
Gives derivation and meaning of geographic names.
BIBLIOORAPHT
Mill, Hugh Robert. Hints to teachers and
students on the choice of geographical books
for reference and reading, with classified lists.
142 p. D. Lond. Longmans, 1897. $1.25.
016.91
A selected list, classified, urith introductions on the
practical use of the books mentioned. More full on
the British Empire.
ATLASES
The best atlases are German. American
maps are not so well made as foreign maps.
For maps of the United States, however, we
must consult an American atlas, while for those
of foreign countries the foreign atlases are
much better. Even a small library should pos-
sess a German or English atlas, and it is possible
to have one, because a good foreign atlas can
be bought at a low price.
AMERICAN
Smith, Benjamin Eli. Century atlas of the
world. 402 p. 1 18 maps, F. N. Y. Century co.
[« 1897-98]. $12.50. 912
A companion volume to the Century dictionary and
the Century cyclopedia of names. One of the latest
atlases, including recent changes in the Philippine
and Hawaiian islands. Besides the usual information,
the maps give steamship routes and cable lines, dis-
coverers* and explorers' routes are traced, battlefields
are marked Mith dates, and some historical maps are
given. A very full alphabetical index makes the atlas
easier to consult than the Rand & McNally atlas.
Rand, McNally & co. Indexed atlas of the
world, containing large scale maps of every
country and civil division upon the face of the
globe . . . with historical, descriptive, and
statistical matter relative to each. 2v. F*.
Chic. Rand. McNally & co. [*^ 1892-98]. $18.50.
912
V. 1, United States ; v. 2, foreign countries.
Index accompanies each map, pivinp i>npulation of
every city, town, and village. Maps of large cities are
frequently given. Colored diagram? show area, popu-
lation, wealth, debt, productions, statistics of manu-
facture, commerce, and transportation. The maps
are on a much larger scale than those of the Century
atlas, but are not so well made.
ATLASES
49
Hand-McNally new standard atlas of the
world, containing large scale maps of every
country and civil division upon the face of the
globe. ... 373 p. F«. Chic. Rand, McNally
«fcco. [^1899]. $8. 9"
Cheaper edition of preceding in one volume, omit-
ting descriptive text.
Rand, McNally &co.'s enlarged business
atlas and shippers' guide. Ed. 30. F. Chic.
Rand, McNally & co. 1900. $7.50. 912
Issued annually.
Contains large scale maps of the U. S., Canada,
Mexico, Central America, West Indies, and Cuba,
showing in detail the railroad systems, with an index
giving the express company doing business over each
road, and locating all islands, lakes, rivers, etc. ; lo-
cates branch railroads upon which each station is
situated, the nearest mailing point of all local places,
etc
Among other American atlases may be men-
tioned : Cram's Atlas of the world (N. Y. Cram,
1901. $10) ; Bradley's Atlas of the world (Phil.
Bradley, 1891. $27); Scribner-Black Atlas of
the world (N. Y. Scribncr, 1890. $22).
BIBLIOGRAFnT
Library of Congress. List of maps of
America in the Library of Congress, preceded
by a list of works relating to cartography, by
P. L. Phillips. 1137 p. Q. Wash. Govern-
ment printing office, 1901. free. 016.91
** A subject-chronological monograph The maps
in atlases are each separately catalogued." Introduc-
tion.
ENGLISH
Johnston, Alexander Keith. Royal atlas
of modem geography. F*. Lond. Johnston,
1893. £6 6s. 912
There is also a smaller edition of this called the
Handy royal atlas (G2s. 6d.).
"The Times" atlas. New ed. 120 p.
maps, F^. Lond. The Times, 1900. 25s. 912
A translation of Andre's German atlas. An alpha-
betical index to 150,000 names.
Another well • known English atlas is
Bartholomew's Library reference atlas (I^ond.
Macmillan, 1890. 52s. 6d.). His International
student's atlas of modem geography (1902.
$2.25) is an admirable small atlas of 105 physi-
cal, political, and statistical maps.
A good annotated list of representative atlases
and maps from the English standpoint is to be
foimd in Mill's Geographical books for refer-
ence and reading, 1897, p. 44-46.
GERMAN
German atlases are the finest specimens of
artistic and accurate map-making. Among the
most useful for public libraries are : —
Stieler, Adolf. Hand-atlas Ubcr alle theile
der erde und Uber das welt gebaude. 198 p.
maps, F*. Gotha, Perthes, 1902. $10. 9x2
Alphabetical index at the end of the volume.
" Probably the only atlas which continues from time
to time to be constructed throughout from orijrinal
materials on scientific principles. Has for long held
the foremost place among cUl atlases.*' Sonnen-
Bchein*a Best books.
Andr^e, Karl Theodor. Andrecs allgcmei-
ner handatlas in 126 haupt- und 137 neben
karten. Ed. 4 enl. 179 p. 186 maps, F*. Biele-
feld. Velhagen, 1899. $7. 912
An excellent cheap atlas.
HISTORICAL
Poole, Reginald Lane. Historical atlas of
modem Europe, from the decline of the Roman
empire, comprising also maps of parts of Asia
and of the New World connected with Euro-
pean history. Pts. 1-28, maps, F. Ox. Claren-
don press, 1896-1900. 3s. 6d. each pt. 911
To be completed in 30 parts.
Each map is accompanied by explanatory text. Its
si)ccial feature is a series of 17 maps illustrating the
historical geography of the British Isles.
Labberton, Robert Henlopen. Historical
atlas, 3800 b. c. to 1900 a. d. Ed. 16. 72 maps,
Q. N. Y. Silver, 1901. $1.25. 911
A useful up-to-date small atlas.
Freeman, Edward Augustus. Historical
geography of Europe. Ed. 2. 2v. O. Loud.
Longmans, 1882. 31s. 6d. 91 x
Y. 1, text; T. 2, maps.
Not strictly an historical atlas, but is de8ig:ned sim-
ply to show the boundaries of states and their changes.
Deals with " f;:eography as influenced by history and
with history as influenced by geography."
" The work as a whole cannot fail to be of great
service to every thoughtful student." C : K. Adams.
Among other good historical atlases may
be mentioned: Hand -atlas der geschichte by
Spruner, published in 1880, a large, expensive
work, but one of the best, and Smith's Atlas of
ancient geography, biblical and classical (Bost.
Little. $40) , desi gned to accompany his Diction-
aries of classical antiquities.
Smith, Sir William. Dictionary of Greek
and Roman geography. . . . 2v. il. maps, O.
Lond. Murray, 1873-78. 56s. (Bost. Little. $12.)
913.38
Designed mainly to iUoBtrate Greek and Roman
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SPECIAL SUBJECTS
writers. It is historical as well as geographical, to
476 A. D.
Ulustrated by plans of cities, districts, and battles,
representations of public buildings, etc.
GUIDE-BOOKS
The small volumes so well known to all trav-
ellers as " Guide-Books " are of much assistance
in a reference library. They are usxially well
indexed, and may be easily consulted for spe-
cial information on subjects not dealt with
fully in the gazetteers and other books of refer-
ence. Baedeker's or Murray's series of guide-
books are in frequent use for such purpose.
The latest edition should be consulted. There
should be also in the reference library a guide-
book of the city in which the library is located.
HISTORY
Lamed, Josephus Nelson. History for
ready reference from the best historians and
specialists. Rev. and enl. ed. 6v. il. maps, Q.
Sprgf. [Mass.], Nichols, 1901, [M895-1901].
$30. 903
Extracts from the writings of the best historians,
biographers, and specialists to illustrate the history
of all countries and times. It is not a condensation,
but f^ves the exact words of the writers quoted. The
arrangement is alphabetical by country, event, etc.,
and under place is chronological. There are numer-
ous cross references. Volume 6 is devoted to recent
history from 18M to 1901.
In the 1901 edition *'some subjects not treated be-
fore have been introduced, and the treatment of some
others has been amplified, while matter which ap-
peared as a Supplement in the earlier editions is now
given its alphabetical and chronological place in the
main body of the work.**
Little, Charles Eugene. Historical lights;
6000 quotations from standard histories and
biographies. Ed. 3. 958 p. O. N. Y. Funk,
1892, p '86]. $5. 903
Alphabetically arranged by topics, it embraces ex-
tracts from various authorities with index of personal
names and a general index of topics.
Heilprin, Louis. Historical reference book.
Ed. 6 rev. to 1899. 692 p. O. N. Y. Apple-
ton, 1899. $2. 903
A chronological table of universal history, a chrono-
logical dictionary of universal history, a biographi-
cal dictionary.
"Comprehensive, and remarkable for its general
accuracy.** C: K. Adamses Manual of historical liter-
atitre, 1889.
** Quite the most compact, convenient, accurate,
and authoritative work of the kind in the language."
Nation, 55: 106,
Ploetz, CarL Epitome of ancient, medie-
val, and modem history ; tr. f r. the German,
with . . . additions by W: H. Tillinghast.
Ed. 8. 618 p. D. Bost, Houghton, [^ 1883].
$3. 903
Arranged under each division by nationality.
** Perhaps the most valuable of all the small books
of reference.*' C: K. Adams* » Manual 0/ historical
literature, 1889,
Brewer, Ebenezer Cobham. Historic note-
book; with an apx. on battles. 997 p. O.
Phil. Lippincott, 1891. $3.50. 903
Explains briefly allusions to historical events, trea-
ties, customs, etc. A popular handbook.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Adams, Charles Kendall. Manual of his-
torical literature. Ed. 3 enl. 720 p. O. N. Y.
Harper, 1889, [<^ '82-88]. 82.50. 016.9
Excellent critical notes. The work is classified by
countries, and under each arranged chronologically.
A course of reading in the history of each country is
also given. Alphabetical index of authors.
DATES
Haydn, Joseph. Dictionary of dates and
universal information relating to all ages and
nations. ... Ed. 22 enl. 1290 p. O. N. Y.
Putnam, 1898. 86. 903
First edition appeared in 1811.
An alphabetical arrangement under the name of
event, place, etc, giving a brief account down to
autumn of 1898. Esiiecial attention is given to the
British empire. An alphabetical index gives simply
dates of persons and events.
Little, Charles Eug^ene. Cyclopedia of
classified dates. 1454 p. Q. N. Y. Funk, 1900.
$10. 903
An American work.
A chronological digest of the history of oountries,
which is arranged alphabetically by country. It has
a full index under i>erson, place, event, etc., which
refers to the digest.
Contains as an appendix The perfect calendar for
every day of the Christian era, by Henry Fitch (32 p.),
by which one can find on which day of the week any
date in the Christian era occurred.
TABLES
Nichol, John. Tables of ancient literature
and history, b. c. 1500-a. d. 200. unp. sq. O.
Glasgow, Maclehose, 1877. 81.50. 902
Shows in chronological tables the parallel history
and literature of the nations of ancient times.
Tables of European history, literature,
science, and art, from a. d. 200 to 1888 ; and of
American history, literature, and art. Ed. 4
enl. imp. Q. N. Y. MacmUlan, 1888. $3.25.
90a
HISTORY
61
Arranged in columns by periods chronologically.
English literature and history are placed together to
be illustrated by the columns on either side which
show foreign history, etc, for the same period.
Morison, M. Time table of modem history,
A. D. 400-1870. 159 p. tab. maps, obi. F. West-
minster, Constable, 1901. 128. 6d. 902
Parallel tables of the history of various countries,
with genealogical tables of royal families, list of ruling
monarchs, a general chart of ancient and modem his-
tory, and seven historical maps ; also a full index.
Not so comprehensive as Nichors Tables.
Gooch, G. P. Annals of politics and cul-
ture, 1492-1899. 530 p. O. Camb. [Eng.] Uni-
versity press, 1901. $2.25. 902
On the left-hand page is given political events in the
history of the world, while the right-hand page deals
with the record of culture for the same period ; the
whole arranged chronologically. Each paragraph is
numbered, and there is a general index referring to
these numbers. An appendix is given containing
tables of rulers, prime ministers, etc., of the various
nations. There is also appended a list of works of
reference, p. 47C-493.
ANNUALS
Annual register ; a review of public events
at home and abroad for 1901. O. Lond. Long-
mans, 1902.* 18s. 905
Published yearly shice 1748. New series began in
1803.
Contents : English history. Foreign and colonial his-
tory. Chronicle of events. Retrospect of literature,
science, and art, Obituary. Index in each volume. A
full series is often found in large libraries.
**The most famous, and one of the most useful,
of the annual publications on the events of current
history. It was given character in the last century
by the editing of Burke.'* C: K. Adams's Manual of
historical literature^ 1889.
ANTIQUITIES
Peck, Harry Thurston. Harper's dictionary
of classical literature and antiquities. 1701 p.
il. Q. N. Y. Harper, 1897. $6. 913.38
Includes Greek and Roman antiquities, biography,
geography, history, literature, mythology, with much
additional information; bibliographical references,
illustrations, and maps. Special attention to recent
archeological discoveries and investigations.
Smith, Sir William, Wayte, William,
and Marindin, G. E. Dictionary of Greek
and Roman antiquities. Ed. 3 enl. 2v. il. O.
Lond. Murray, 1890-91. 63s. (Bost. Little.
$14.) 9i3-3»
Ed. 1 appeared in 1842.
" Accepted by all scholars as a work of authority on
the subjects with which it deals." E. C. Marchant^ in
Stephens's Dictionary of natiotial biography,
• Continaed annually.
Seyffert, Oskar. Dictionary of classical
antiquities . . . from the German, rev. and ed.
by Henry Nettleship and J. E. Sandys. Ed. 2.
712 p. il. sq. Q. Lond. Sonnenschein, 1891.
21s. 913.38
Includea the mythology, religion, literature, art, and
the constitutional and social antiquities of Greece and
Rome.
There is a later edition (the 6th) published by Mac^
millan, 92.25.
Cornish, Francis Warre. Concise diction-
ary of Greek and Roman antiquities. 829 p.
il. O. Lond. Murray, 1898. $4. 913.38
A good condensed work based on Sir William
Smith's larger dictionary, with information conoem-
ing the results of modem research.
Greek, Latin, and English indexes.
Brodrick, M., and Morton, A. A. Concise
dictionary of Egyptian arclueology; a hand-
book for students and travellers. 206 p. D.
Lond. Methuen, 1902. $1. 913*32
ENGLISH
Low, Sidney James, and Palling, F. S.
Dictionary of English history. New ed. rer.
1128 p. O. Lond. Cassell, 1897. $2.50. 942
Biographical, bibliographical, chronological, and
constitutional information about English history.
Index.
" An invaluable work for the general reader as well
as for the student." C: K, Adams's Manual of hUtorir
ealUterature, 1889,
BIBLTOGRAPHY
Gross, Charles. Sources and literature of
English history from the earliest times to about
1485. 618 p. O. N. Y. Longmans, 1900. $5.
016.942
" Does not profess to be exhaustive ; it comprises
only select lists of books ; worthless and obsolete
treatises are omitted, except in the case of a few re-
cent works which are mentioned merely in order that
the student may be warned to shun them." Preface,
An excellent bibliography, with notes explaining the
contents of the books and estimating their value.
Gardiner, Samuel Rawson, and MuUing^er,
J. B. Introduction to the study of English
history. 424 p. O. Lond. Paul, 1881. 9s.
942
Contains a descriptive list of authorities by J. B.
Mullinger (p. 201-404), with an author index.
UNITED STATES
Harper's encyclopsdia of United States
history from 458 a. d. to 1902 ; based upon
the plan of B. J. Lossing. lOv. il. por. pi.
maps, facsim. O. N. Y. Harper, 1902. $31. 973
SPECIAL SUBJECTS
The most extensive cyclopedia of the subject, in-
dading many biographical articles and containing
texts of the constitutions, famous speeches, essays,
orations, resolutions, proclamations, facsimiles of im-
portant documents, etc. Articles are by well-known
historians and writers.
Lossing^, Benson John. Harper's popular
cyclopeedia of United States history. New ed.
enl. 2v. il. por.Q. N. Y. Harper, 1890, [« '81].
Subscription. 973
An early edition of the preceding. Brief sketches
in alphabetical order of important events in the his-
tory of the U. S. and of biographies of the moAt promi-
nent persons connected with its history. A full index
in vol. 2 should be consulted.
Jameson, John Franklin. Dictionary of
United States history, 1492-1897. 733 p. por.
pi. Q. Bost. Puritan pub. co. [<^ 1894^97].
12.75. 973
Concise articles including biographical sketches.
A later edition entitled Encyclopedic dictionary of
American history, by J. F. Jameson and J. W. Buel
(Wash. 1900. 2v.), is fuller and is useful for finding
brief information about i^ersons and events connected
with the United States. If a library cannot afford
Harper's encyclopanlia, this will be found useful.
Townsend, Malcolm. U. S., an index to
the United States of America, historical, geo-
graphical, and political ; a handbook of refer-
ence combining the '* curious " in U. S. history.
482 p. il. pi. maps, D. Bost. Lothrop, 1890.
^. o. p. 973
A compilation of curious information regarding the
U. S., including nicknames of states, state mottoes,
state seals, presidential cabinets, political parties,
wars, constitutions, etc.
BIBLIOORAFHY
Lamed, Josephus Nelson. The literature
of American history, a bibliographical guide.
696 p. O. Bost. Houghton, 1902. $6. 016.973
An A. L. A. annotated list, in which the scope, char-
acter, and comparative worth of books in selected
lists are set forth in brief notes by critics of authority.
An appendix contains selected titles for students
and readers by Edward Channing, also llstA of books
for 1, a good school library ; 2, a collection for a town
library ; 3, a good working library.
Channing^, Edward, and Hart, A. B.
Guide to the study of American history. 471 p.
D. Bost. Ginn, 1896. |2. 0x6.973
Describes methods and materials for studying Amer-
ican history, including a bibliography of the subject,
giving estimates of the value of authorities. Parts
II.-III. give topics and references for colonial and
United States history.
Sparks, Edwin Eric. Topical reference
lists in American history with introductory
lists in English constitutional history. Ed. 2.
96 p. D. Columbus [O.], Smythc, 1900. [« '93].
$1. 016.973
A useful reference book with good index.
Winsor, Justin. Reader's handbook of the
American revolution, 1761-1783. 328 p. S.
Bost. Houghton, 1898, p '79]. $1.25.
016.9733
The bibliographical notes to Winsor's Narra-
tive and critical history of America are also
important.
Griffin, Appleton Prentiss Clark« Index
of articles upon American local history in his-
torical collections in the Boston public library.
225 p. Q. Bost. Public library, 1889. (Boston
public library. Bibliographies of special sub-
jects, no. 3.) o. p. 016.973
Originally published in the Boston public library
Bulletins.
Index of the literature of American local
history in collections published in 1890-95 with
some others. 151 p. O. Bost. Griffin, 1896.
95. 016.973
CANADA
Hopkins, J. Castell. Canada ; an encyclo-
pedia of the country. 6v. il. por. pi. maps,
Q. Toronto, Linscott pub. co. 1898-98. 972
Articles by specialists covering the whole range of
subjects relating to Canada. The arrangement is not
alphabetical. It is therefore necessary to consult the
index volume.
Index, topical and personal. 188 p. nar.
Q. Toronto, Linscott pub. co. 1900. Subscrip-
tion. 972
There are several sub-arrangements to the index.
The articles are first indexed under the main divisions
of Canadian history and development. Then indexes
of the contributors, portraits, pictures, and maps,
after which come the chief indexes, topical and per-
sonal.
PERIODICALS, ESSAYS, DISSERTATIONS
INDEXES AND LISTS
PERIODICALS
Periodicals in a library serve two purposes : first, as current literature of the day, they are a
record of the thought of the present, and second, in the form of bound volumes, they arc a perma-
nent record of the thought of the past. It is in the latter form more particularly that they
become a part of the reference collection and are usually kept in the so-called " reference depart-
ment " of a general library.
A good collection of bound volumes of the well-known periodicals is almost indispensable to a
public library. A large reference library will have so far as possible complete sets of all peri-
odicals indexed in " Poole." These important reference books contam a vast amount of valuable
material on all subjects, much of which cannot be found elsewhere. All of this would be inac-
cessible without that most useful key, the Index to periodical literature, originally compiled
by W: F: Poole in one volume, afterwards revised and enlarged, and brought down to date by
supplementary volumes. The periodicals indexed in this great work do not include technical
and scientific journals.
In order that the collection of periodicals may be made readily useful, a list, specifying the
exact volumes contained in the Library which are indexed in Poole and other indexes, must be
kept in a conspicuous place near these indexea
REFERENCES, — Faxon, Frederick Winthrop. Feriodicals in reference work. Pub. lib. 3 : 207-209, 262-254.
Spofford, Ainsworth Rand. Periodical literature. (In his Book for all readers. 1900. p. 157-170.) Bolton,
Henry Carrington. Helps for cataloguers of serials ; a short list of bibliographies arranged by countries, with
special reference to periodicals. 4 p. O. 1807. Reprinted from the Bulletbi of bibliography. Boston, v. 1,
no. 3, Oct. 1897. Blakely, Bertha. Library helps — indexes. Lib. Jour. 26 : 871-872.
GENERAL INDEXES R : R. Annual literary index 1892-1901.
ENGLISH ^^^' Q- ^- Y- Publishers* weekly, 1893-.1902.*
Poole, William Frederick, and Fletcher, ^'^ P^' ^''^' ^^o
W: I: Index to periodical literature. . . . 180^ ^ ^^"^^ annual rolumes periodicals are indexed
o< ^ J ft i-w T> X TT u* <QM uudcr subjccts, wlth a scparatc author liidex. About
81. Rev. ed. 2v. Q. Bost. Houghton, 1891, ,37 English and American periodicals are indexed
[^ '86]. $16. 050 each year. In addition, each yolume includes the
Supplements, Jan. 1882-Dec. 1901. annual index to parts of books, essays, etc., thus sup-
4v. Q. Bost Houghton, [<^ 1887-1902].* $36. Pj«™«nting also the A. L. A. index of g^T^^T^\ llterar
^ o » L J f-- ture; also a necrology, an index to dates of the year
^50 which can serve as a guide to newspaper articles, and
An iadex to such general periodicals in the English a list of special bibliographies.
language as are apt to be found in libraries, arranged t-i 1. 1. xxr'w t -. ...^ d^^i^ lur-
under subjects. Reference is made to rolume Sd Fletcher. William Isaac, and Poole, Mary,
page of the periodical where the article will be found. Poole's index to periodical literature. Abridged
A list of serials indexed is given in front of each vol- ed. 843 p. Q. Bost. Houghton, 1901. $12.
ume. It is important that the volumes of periodicals qcq
in a library should be numbered to correspond to the . . , , , j , 1, 1, ,
volume numbers in the Index, as in a periodical issued ^ condensation of Poole s Index Inclucling all refer-
in more than one series the numbering is usually con- «"ce« ^ ^7 popular periodicals still published, to the
secutive in the Index. One must therefore under- «"d "t 1899. Desipmed especially for the small library,
stand the Chronological conspectus which is in the ^"^ of great value to all libraries, large or small, on
front of each volume. accoimt of its one alphabet and the fact that it gives
Poole's Index is continued by references enough for all ordinary work.
Fletcher, William Isaac, and Bowker, Cumulative index to a selected list of peri-
* Continoed flve-yearly. * Contloued aonuslly.
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PERIODICALS
odicals, 1896-1902. v.l-7,Q. Cleveland, Cu-
mulative index co. 1897-1902. $5 per year. 050
Started by the Clereland public library (v. 1-3), con-
tinued by the Helman-Taylor co. (v. 4), then by the
Cumulative index co. (v. 6-7).
Published monthly, and cumulates quarterly. The
quarterly indexes should be bound together with the
index for the year, which is much condensed. Indexes
60 periodicals. Fuller than the Annual literary index,
which, however. Indexes more i>eriodicals.
The indexing is by authors, titles, wibjects. Por-
traits and book reviews are indexed.
Reader's guide to periodical literature,
[monthly], Jan. 1901-02. v. 1-2. O. Minne-
apolis, Wilson, 1901-02. $1 per year. 050
A more limited index than the Cumulative, includ.
ing from 15 to 2'> popular periodicals. Index cumu-
lates monthly, the Deceml>er number being a record
for the whole year. Suitable for a very small library.
Review of reviews. Index to periodicals
. . . 1890-1901. V. l-12,sq. Q. Lond. Review
of reviews, 1891-1902.* $1 per vol. 050
An alphabetical subject index to more than 107 peri-
odicals, including about 70 not in Poole nor the Cumu-
lative, of which a large numl)er are English magazines
little known except in the largest American libraries.
The American monthly review of reviews contains an
index to the i)eriodical literature of each month.
Jones, Leonard Augustus. Index to legal
periodical literature. 2v. O. Bost. Boston book
CO. 18^8-99. $20. . 340.5
V. 1, tol887; V. 2, 1887-09.
A very complete index to articles on law and legis-
lation in general as well as legal periodicals. The
second volume includes also articles on i>olitical sci-
ence, economics, and sociology, making it useful in a
general library.
A large number of indexes to separate peri-
odicals have been compiled. A list of such
indexes is contained in the Handbook for
readers of the Boston public library (1890), p.
263-311. A longer and more recent list is to
be found in Stein's Manuel de bibliographie
generale (1897). p. 637-710 (tables genirales
de periodiques de toutes langues).
Many of these special indexes will be found
most useful, particularly those to general and
technical journals not contained in *' Poole."
The following may be mentioned as a few
examples of special indexes to magazines of
value in the average library : —
American architect and building news. Index.
1876-86. Of special use as an index to the plates.
Harper's weekly. Index. 1857-87.
Library journal. Index, v. 1-22. $3.
I.ittell's living age. Index. 1844-96.
Nation. Analytical index to the political contents.
1865-82.
• Ckatinued annoallj.
North American review. Index. 1878.
Popular science monthly. Index. 1872-82.
Revue des deux mondes. Table g^n^rale. 4v. 1831-
74, 1874-86, 1886-93, 1893-1900.
Scientific American supplement. Catalogue of some
of the valuable papers. 1886.
Other general magazines, such as the Atlantic,
Harper's monthly, etc., have published separate
indexes. These are important on account of
the author entries, which are fuller than in
*• Poole." They contain, besides, more cross-
references, and they index portraits.
FRENCH
Jordell, D. Repertoire bibliographique des
principales revues fran9aises, 1897-99. v. 1-
3, Q. Paris, 1898-1900.* $2.50 per vol. 054
By subjects with author index ; about 360 periodicalB
are indexed.
GERMAN
Dietrich, F. Bibliographie der deutschen
zeitschriften litteratiu-, 1896-1901. v. 1-8, sq.
Q. Lpz. 1897-1902.* $2.50 per vol. 053
Indexes about 1300 periodicals by subjects with au-
thor index and an alphalietical list of the periodicals
indexed, giving their editors, publishers, frequency of
publication, and price. Chiefly scientific
GENERAL LISTS
Among the most important lists of serials,
including periodicals and society publications,
are: —
British museum — Library. Catalogue of
printed books; periodical publications. 1210
col. F. Lond. Clowes, 1885-86. 016.05
Arranged by places with the index by titles. A new
revised edition, 189^1900 (268.), has been published.
UNION LISTS
Library of Congress. Union list of peri-
odicals, transactions, and allied publications
currently received in the principal libraries of
the District of Columbia; comp. under the
direction of A. P. C. GrilBn. 315 p. Q. Wash.
Government printing office, 1901. free. 016.05
Useful as giving titles of a large collection of peri-
odicals.
The libraries of Boston, New York city, and
Chicago have also prepared union lists of peri-
odicals, and others are in course of preparation.
For a bibliography of union lists see article
by Clement W. Andrews in Lib. jour. 24 : C29-
82. The bibliography was compiled by A. G.
S. Josephson.
* Co nt in tt ed imw a ll y.
PERIODICALS
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TECHNICAL INDEXES
Repertorium der technischen journal lit-
tcratur, 1879-99. Q. Ber. Heymaxm, 1881-
1900.* 24m. per voL 050
A subject index of technical and scientific period-
icals, compiled by order of the Imperial patent office.
There is also an aathor index, and a list of periodicals
indexed.
From 1823 to 1878 published as Repertorium der
technischen litteratur.
" Beginning with the 1892 number, the index glTCS
the German equivalent for the English technical terms,
which practically serves for the use of English readers
as a key to all the previous volumes.*' Lib. jour. 19:
C80.
Royal society of London. Catalogue of
scientific papers, 1800-88. 12v. sq. Q. Lend.
1867-1902. about W. 016.5
V. 1-6, 1800-63 ; V. 7-8, 1864-73 ; ▼. 9-11, 1874-83 ; ▼. 12,
Supplementary'.
An author index to the serial literature of science,
comprising transactions and Journals published be-
tween 1800 and 1883, with the reference, date, and
number of pages.
Association of engineering societies.
Descriptive index of current engineering lit-
erature, 1884-95. 2v. O. N. Y. Engineering
magazine, 1892-96. f4 per vol. 016.62
Suplee, Henry Harrison, and Cuntz, T. H.
Engineering index, five years, 1896-1900. N. Y.
Engineering magazine, 1901. $7.50.
A continuation of the preceding.
Indicates the character and purpose of each article
described. Indexes more than 200 periodical technical
publications.
Continued monthly in the Engineering magazine,
which for each month has an index giving a classified
list of articles published in the current numbers of
the important technical Journals (about 190) of the
U. S., Great Britain, and the Continent.
Galloupe's Index to engineering periodicals,
1883-92, in 2 vols., is an American index
arranged alphabetically by subjects.
The Engineering news has issued an index
volume for the years 1890-99. ($2.60.)
The Franklin institute has an index to its
Journal, v. 1-120, 1826-85. ($5.)
The Electrical world has published an Index
to the articles in its numbers from 1888 to 1890.
($8.)
The Electrical world and engineer publishes
in each number a digest of current electrical
literature by subjects.
Renaut's Collective index of the Journal of
the Society of chemical industries, 1882-95
(v. 1-14). Lond. 1899. ($5.)
The Catalogue of the United States Surgeon-
• Ckmtinued annually.
general's office indexes medical periodicals, and
is supplemented by the Index medicus, which
continues the work through the current jour-
nals to May, 1898.
The large libraries of the country will have
on Ale the printed card index (authors and sub-
jects) to current numbers of 184 technical
periodicals. These cards are prepared under
the direction of the A. L. A. Publishing Board
by cooperating libraries. The indexing was
begun in 1898.
8ome large libraries have also on file special
card indexes, such as that of the U. S. Depart-
ment of Agriculture, which has issued a card
index to its publications since 1899. The list
of books in the reading-room of the John Crerar
library mentions nine such indexes on file for
the use of its readers.
TECHNICAL LISTS
The following catalogs of technical journals
are important : —
Bolton, Henry Carrington. Catalogue of
scientific and technical periodicals, 1665-1895.
. . . With chronological tables and a library
checklist. Ed. 2. 1247 p. O. Wash. Smithso-
nian inst., 1897. (Smithsonian misc. coll.) free.
016.505
Ed. 1, in 1885. Ck>ntains a list of the principal peri-
odicals of every branch of pure and applied science,
published in all countries from 1666 to 1896. Gives
full titles, names of editors, sequence of series, and
the names of the libraries of the U. 8. in which com-
plete sets can be found. Arranged alphabetically
under title.
Scudder, Samuel Hubbard. Catalogue of
scientific serials of all countries, including the
transactions of learned societies, 1633-1876.
858 p. O. Camb. 1879. $4. (Harvard univ.
library. Special publications, no. 1.) 016.5
Alphabetically by countries, with an index of towns,
an index of titles, and an index of minor subjects.
NEWSPAPERS
Bound volumes of newspapers are kept in
almost all general libraries. They constitute
a most important record of the history of
the day. In some libraries the files are limited
to the newspapers of the locality. The large
libraries of the United States will, however,
contain files of leading New York papers and
often of representative papers of the east, west,
north, and south, as well as of a London paper
such as the Times.
Of the newspapers, few have indexes. It is
well to remember that the New York Daily
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NEWSPAPERS. ESSAYS
Tribune (yearly, price $1, pap.), the New York
7V«w«,and the London 7Ym«« (quarterly, 10s. 6d.)
have indexes, and these will be found to be of
the greatest value to libraries having files of
these papers.
These indexes may be used for other news-
papers, the date being the clue to where a
subject may be found.
AMERICAN
Ayer & son, N. W. American newspaper
annual, 1902. Q. Phil. Ayer, 1902.* $3. 071
A list of newspapers and periodicals published in
the U. S. and Canada, vrith information regarding their
circulation, issue, date of establishment, political or
other distinctive features, names of editors and pub-
lishers, etc. The first arrangement is by states, giving
population of towns, principal industries, etc., in-
cluding Cuba, Hawaii, and Porto Rico. Then follows
arrangement by counties, a class list of publications,
and a list of publications in foreign languages.
Rowell, Geo. P. & co. American news-
paper directory (issued quarterly). 32d year,
O. N. Y. Rowell, 1900.* »5 for each issue; $20
per year. 071
Description of all the newspapers and periodicals in
the U. S. and Canada, giving details regarding circu-
lation, editors, politics, etc. Arranged by states, with
a classed list of publications. Revised and issued
quarterly. The arrangement is not so convenient as
that of Ayer's, being under state by frequency of pub-
lication, while in Ayer the arrangement is alphabetical
by title.
U. S. — Census office. History and present
condition of the newspapers and periodical
press of the U. S., with a catalogue of the pub-
lications of the census year, by 8. N. D. North.
446 p. F. Wash. Government printing office,
1884. free. 317.3
The list of periodicals gives frequency of pnblica-
tion, character, when established, and price.
New Jersey historical society. Some ac-
count of American newspapers, particularly of
the 18th century, and libraries in which they
may be found, v. 1-8, O. Patcrson, Press pr.
and pub. co. 1894-97. (In its New Jersey
archives. 1894-97. Ser. 1, v. 11, 12, 19.) 974.9
Gives a brief history of every newsrmper printed in
North America prior to 1801. and tells in what libraries
they may be found. From A. to New Hampshire.
Wisconsin state historical society —
Library. Annotated catalogue of newspaper
files- in the library. . . . 375 p. O. Madison,
Democrat pr. co. 1898. 016.07
In two parts, showinp: the newspapers arranged
(1) geographically and (2) chronologically. Gives a
* GontixKied annually.
bibliographical and historical description of each jour-
nal. Index. The ooUection of papers is an tinusually
large and important one, numbering more than 10,000
volumes.
Library of Congress. Check list of Ameri-
can newspapers in the Library of Congress,
comp. under the direction of A. 6. Slauson.
292 p. Q. Wash. (Government printing office,
1901. free. 016.07
A list of a large collection of newspapers, arranged
by states and cities, with indexes of titles and of cities.
ENGLISH
Sell's dictionary of the world's press and
annual of useful commercial knowledge, 1899.
2v. por. map, O. Lond. 1898.* 7s. 6d. 070
Ck>ntents: v. 1, Newspaper section; v. 2, Commercial
section.
County list of all newspapers published in the United
Kingdom, list of magazines and periodicals published
in the United Kingdom, newspapers published in
other countries, givhig name in vernacular, nxune in
English, when published, and brief description.
Willing's press g^ide and advertisers' di-
rectory and hand-book, 1901. v. 28, O. Lond.
Willing, 1901.* Is. 072
A concise and comprehensive index to the press
of the United Kingdom, containing an alphabetical
list, a classified list, a list according to date of publi-
cation, a local list, and a list of the chief American
and continental newspapers.
FRENCH
Annuaire de la presse franpaise et du monde
politique, 1901. O. Paris, 1901.* 15fr. 074
French newspapers and periodicals, Including some
foreign. Indexes.
GENERAL LITERATURE AND
ESSAYS
Fletcher, William Isaac. The "A. L. A.'»
index; an index to general literature. . . . £d.
2 enl. and brought down to Jan. 1, 1900.
679 p. Q. Bost. Houghton. 1901. $10. 040
Issued by the Publishing Board of the American
library association.
Refers under the subject to essays, papers, mono-
graphs, and other parts of books which are of sufll-
cicnt value, includinp: some reports and publications
of boards dealing with sociological affairs. Books in
the English language only are included. A list of the
books indexed is given at the ei^d of the volume.
This list can be checked with call numbers in the
library, thus saving time in looking up references by
showing what the library has and where it may be
found.
Continued in Fletcher & Bowker's Annual literary
index, which see.
* CootiniMd amniAUy*
ESSAYS. DISSERTATIONS
57
Griswold, William Maccrillis. Index to
articles relating to history, biography, litera-
ture, society, and travel contained in collections
of essays. Ed. 2 rev. 66 p. O. Bangor, Q.
P. index, 1884. o. p. 040
Essays are iDdexed under subjects. In order to
make the index concise, the compiler refers under
subjects to numbers ; the volumes representing the
numbers are to be found by means of tlie key in the
front of the book.
Cotgreave, Alfred. A contents-subject in-
dex to general and periodical literature. 743 p.
por. O. Lond. Stock, 1900. 10s. 6d. 028
"The chief aim of the work is not to give every-
thing which appears in a select number of works on
a few selected subjects, but rather to cover as many
subjects as possible, and give a few references to
each one." Preface,
Contains a chapter on Subject indexes to general
literature.
California university — Library. Con-
tents-index. V. 1, O. Berkeley, State pr. 1889-
90. 028
An index of the contents of many books and peri-
odicals in the Library of the University of California,
including sets not indexed by Poole, some in foreign
languages (as the Revue des deux mondes), and some
technical journals. Many of the books indexed have
since 1)een included in the A. L. A. index, but there
still remains a snflBoient number not elsewhere, in-
dexed to make this volume occasionally useful.
Other valuable references to subjects in
essays and parts of books will be found in the
analytical work of the catalogs of the Peabody
institute library, the Brooklyn library, the
Boston Athenaeum, and the Cleveland public
library.
The British essayists, 88 vols., a set which
includes a collection of the essays of the im-
portant English writers of the 18th century
(such as those of the Spectator, the Rambler,
etc.), has an index volume which is sometimes
found helpful.
Wheatley's What is an index ? (Lond. 1878)
gives, besides an interesting historical account
of indexes, a preliminary list of English indexes
published in separate volumes, p. 7^96.
The following useful aids may, perhaps, be
best included here : —
Brooking^s, Walter Dn Bois, and Ring-
wait, R. C. Briefs for debate on current
political, economic, and social topics. 213 p.
D. N. Y. Longmans, 1897. $1.25. 028
Its aim is "to state concisely the principal arfi^u-
ments pro and con^ on a larj^ number of the impor-
tant topics of the day,** and to refer to books, parts
of books, and periodical articles upon each subject.
A most useful handbook.
Matson, Henry. References for literary
workers. 582 p. O. Chic. McClurg, 1892. $2.50.
028
The author gives topics and questions for debate,
with references to books, articles in periodicals, and
essays of value in working up a subject. Alphabetical
index of subjects.
DISSERTATIONS
In university and college libraries the fol-
lowhig indexes to dissertations will be found
most helpful : —
PRANCE
Mourier, Ath^nais, and Deltour, F. No-
tice sur le doctorat ds Icttrcs, suivie du cata-
logue et de Tanalyse des theses fran9aises et
latines admises par les faculty des lettres de-
puis 1810. O. Paris, Delalain fr^res, 1880.
378.44
Arranged by ^ faculty '* under each year. Author
and subject indexes.
Catalogue et analyse des theses fran-
9aises et latines admises par les facultes des
lettres. O. Paris, Delalain fr<ires, 1882-1900.*
378.44
An annual continuation of the preceding, contain-
ing the theses from 1880 to date. ** FuU table of con-
tents of each thesis is given, and at the end an index
of authors and subjects." W: C. Lane in Lib. jour,
12: 418,
Catalogue des thdses et Merits acad^-
miques ; [publics en France], 1885-1900. 1885-
1894, O ; 1896-1900, Q. Paris, Hachette, 1885-
1900.* 378.44
Published by the Minist^re de rinstruction publique
annually since 1884-S6. General author index every
five years.
Catalog^ue des dissertations et Merits aca-
d^miques provenant des ^changes avec les uni-
versites ^trangdres et re^us par la Biblioth(^que
nationale, 1888-99. O. Paris, Klhicksieck, 1884-
1900.* 378
Published annually by the Biblioth^ue nationale.
Arranged alphabetically under universities.
GERMAN
Jahres-verzeichniss der an den deutschen
universitftten erschienencn schriften, 1885-
1900. V. 1-15, O. Berl. Asher, 1887-1900.* 5
to 9m. per vol. 378^43
Arranged alphabetically by universities, with author
index to each volume. There is a subject index (Sach-
reglster) to v. 1-ff, and from volume 6 to date each
volume has a subject index.
/ O
C)l
^^ I
58
DISSERTATIONS
K// .
■' ■
• J
Klassmann, Rudoll Sjstematisches ver-
zelchnis der abhandlungen welche indenschul-
schriftcn sflmtlicher an dem programmtausche
teilnehmenden lehransialten erachienen sind,
1876-85.1886-00,1891-95. 8v. O. Lpz.Teub-
ner, 1889-99. 37843
Classified, with index of places and index of aathon.
Jahres-verzeichniss der an den deutschen
scliulanstaltcn erschienencn abbandlungen,
1889-1900. V. 1-12,0. Berl. Asher, 1890-1901.*
37943
Pablished annually, and arranged by autlion, with
sabject indexes. 600-600 titles annually.
Verzeichnis der berliner aniTersit&ts-
schriftcn, 1810-85. O. BerL Weber, 1899.
378.43
Issued by the Unirersity library, has author index,
and contains about 10,000 titles.
Fock, Gustav. Bibliographiscber monats-
bericht Qber neuerscbienenen scbul- und uni-
# Continnod anmiallj*
versitatsscbriften, 1889-1901. v. 1-12, O. Lpz.
Fock, 1890-1901.* 378-43
Classified arrangement, with annual author index,
and beginning with rolume 4, an annual " Sachregis-
ter *' published separately.
SWITZERLAND
Jahresverzeichnis der schweizerischen
uniTersit&tsschriften, 1897-1901. v. 1-4, O.
Basel, Schweigbauseriscbe bucbdnickerei,
1898-1901.* 378494
Arranged by universities. Each issue has an author
index. Each volume has 360 to 400 titles.
SWEDEN AND FINLAND
Josephson, Aksel Gustav Salomon. '> I ^
Avbandlingar ock program, uitgivna vid ^
gvenska ock finskaakademier ock akolor, under "^
&rcn, 1855-1890. 264 p. O. Uppsala, [1891-
1893]. 37848s
Arranged alphabetically by authors. About 2000
titles.
* Oontianed amHially.
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■^ c*. vA*-.
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SOCIETY PUBLICATIONS
Reports and transactions of learned societies are essential to the student who would investigate
his subject thoroughly, and they often furnish needed information to the general inquirer as well.
Every reference library will have a number of these important sets. The student and reference
librarian must therefore know their scope and value.
INDEXES AND CATALOGS
The following catalogs and lists will be of
assistance in finding information about learned
societies, and what has been published by these
bodies: —
GENERAL
Smithsonian institntiom International ex-
change list corrected to July, 1897. 881 p. O.
Wash. Smithsonian institution, 1897. free.
o6o
A list merely of the names of societies, with their
addre88e8. It does not contain any descriptive ac-
counts or lists of publications.
British museum — Library. Catalogue of
printed books : Academies. 1018 col. F. Lond.
Clowes, 1885. £1. o6o
Alphabetically by cities, with index to academies.
Royal society of London. Catalogue of
scientific papers, 1800-83. 12v. sq. Q. Lond.
1867-1902. 016.5
Described under Indexes to Periodical Literature.
Scudder, Samuel Hubbard. Catalogue of
scientific serials of all countries, including the
transactions of learned societies, 1688-1876.
358 p. O. Camb. 1879. 016.5
Described under Indexes to Periodical Literature.
Minerva, jahrbuch der gelehrten welt, 1891-
1902. v. 1-11, il. 8. Strassb. Trftbner, 1891-
1902. 10m. per vol. 378
Described under Cyclopedias of Education.
ENGLISH
Year-book of the scientific and learned
societies of Great Britain and Ireland, giving
an account of their origin, constitution, and
working ... to June, 1901. v. 1-18, O. Lond.
Griffin, 1884-1901.* 7s. 6 J. per vol. 506
The history and description of the work and pub-
• Continned aamully.
licatlons of many of the societies are given in the
first volume. The following years include lists of
papers read or published, with the names of their
authors.
Lowndes's Bibliographer's manual (1857-
64) contains as an appendix (apx. p. 1-196) a
complete list of all the books printed by the
literary and scientific societies of Great Brit-
ain, "with such particulars respecting them
as are likely to be useful to the scholar and
collector."
Wheatley's How to form a library (1887).
p. 184-216, gives a brief account of the his-
tory of many of the literary societies of Eng-
land.
The English catalogue of books to 1899 con-
tains in an appendix to each volume a list of
learned societies, printing clubs, and other lit-
erary associations, with lists of their publica-
tions.
The Annual English catalogue for 1901 in-
cludes a list of learned societies and their
publications for that year.
AMERICAN
Bowker, Richard Rogers. Publications of
societies ; a provisional list of the publications
of American scientific, literary, and other socie-
ties from their organization. 181 p. sq. O.
N. Y. Publishers* weekly, 1899. $3. 016.06
Based upon the material contained in the Appen-
dixes to the American catalogue of books, 1884-95.
Growoll, Adolf. American book clubs ;
their beginnings and history, and a biblio-
graphy of their publications. 423 p. D. N. Y.
Dodd, 1897. $7.50. 0x0.6
Griffin, Appleton Prentiss Clark. Biblio-
graphy of American historical societies, the
United States and Canada. (In American his-
torical association. Annual report, 1895, p.
677-1236.) 906
With an index by authors and subjects.
SOCIETY PUBLICATIONS
INDEXES
A partial list of indexes to society publica-
tions will be found in the Handbook for read-
ers in the Boston public library, 1891 (p. 2ea-
811), where they are included with the list of
Indexes to periodicals.
The following are a few indexes of society
publications which are of general use : —
American economic association. General
contents and index of vols. 1-11, 1886-96, of
its Publications. 52 p. O. N. Y. Macmillan,
1897. 330.6
Aathors and subjects.
American society of mechanical engi-
neers. Contents and general index of its Trans-
actions, V. 1, 1880-v. 20. 1899. 188 p. O. N. Y.
Pub. by the Society, 1899. 621
Author and subject index.
National educational association. Index
to volumes of its Proceedings, 1857-97, pre-
pared by W: M. Griswold. 85 p. O. Chic.
Univ. of Chicago press, 1897. 370.6
GERMAN
Miiller, Johannes. Die wissenschaftlichen
vercine und gesellschaften Deutschlands im
neunzehnten jahrhundert ; bibliographle ihrer
verOffcntlichungen seit ihrer begrQndung bis
auf die gegenwart 878 p. sq. O. Berl. Asher,
188a-87. $16.50. 063
Arranged by cities with alphabetical index of socie-
ties.
FRENCH
Lefeyre-Pontalls, Eugene. Bibliographle
des societes savantes de la France. 142 p. sq.
Q. Paris, 1887. $1. 016.064
France — Ministere de 1 'instruction pub-
lique. Bibliographic des travaux scientifiques,
sciences mathematiques, physiques et natu-
relics, publics par les societes savantes de la
France, v. 1, pt. 1-2, Q. Paris, Imprimerie
nationale, 1895-97. 016.064
Bibliographic genlrale des travaux his-
toriques et archeologiques, publics par les so-
cietes savantes de la France. 8v. Q. Paris, Im-
primerie nationale, 1888-1901. )9. 016.064
GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS
REFERENCES. — Bowker, Richard Rogers. United States goyemment publications. 1885. Lib. jonr.
10:2.%-241. An account of the various indexes and catalogs of the publications of the goyemment with
remarks on the difficulties of cataloging them and on their distribution. Channing, Edward, and Hart, A. B.
Indexes to public documents, 177&-1896. (In their Guide to the study of American history. 1896. p. 38-39.)
Perrell, Louis Cass. Public documents of the United States. Lib. jour. '26 : 671-674. Pichtenkam, Alice C. The
cataloguing of government publications in the office of the Superintendent of documents, Washington, D. C.
Index and review, 1 : 167-171, 189-193, 2a(-240. Describes the cataloging of the official documents, catalogs, and
indexes. Helpful in understanding how to use these aids. Hasse, Adelaide Rosalia. Public documents. I*ub.
lib. 1 : 263-264. Written for the A. L. A. Library primer. Tells how and to whom documents are issued and
about the care of them in a library. Same (In Dana, J : C. Library primer. 1899. p. 110-112). Hasse, Adelaide
Rosalia. How may government documents be made more useful to the public. Lib. Jour. 26 : 8-13, and Pub.
lib. 6 : 29-34. Hasse, Adelaide Rosalia. United States government publications ; a handbook for the cata-
loger. V. 1, O. Bost. Library bureau. 1902. %\. v. 1, The government at lai^. The constitution, statutes,
treaties. Succeeding parts will treat of the Icgishitive body, the executive body, the judiciary. Contains
much information about documents which will be found useful to the reference librarian. Lane, Lucius
Page. Aids in the use of government publications. (In American statistical association. Publications.
1900. 7: 40-57.) A most helpful account of public documents with a list of indexes and catalogs. McKee,
Thomas Hudson. Note on the classes and printing of U. S. public documents. 1885. Lib. Jour. 10 : 241-244.
Mann, Margaret. Course in documents in the University of Illinois Library school. Lib. Jour. 26 : 152-154.
See also Ames's special report relating to public documents (1894), and the reports of the Superintendent of
documents, 1895-1900 ; also, the reports of the A. L. A. committee on public documents to be found in the
Library Journal.
Every library Las a larger or smaller collection of the documents of the city, the state, and
the nation. To be of use such documents must be carefully classified, cataloged, and placed
where they can be readily found, instead of piled up, as is often the case, in out of the way cor-
ners where they cannot be consulted when wanted.
UNITED STATES PUBLIC DOCU- The departments of the U. 8. government are :
MENTS State, Treasury, War. Navy, Justice, Post-
. x.„j ^*^.,jijjxi_ office, Interior, Agriculture, Labor, the District
A public document is stnctly deflnrf to be ^, Columbia, and seyeml independent bureaus
"all publications printe.1 by order of Congress ^„^ institutions. All of these Issue reports
or by either House thereof, but the term is ^ , , ^t. _, i. ji ^ i_
j^ • 1 J *i- J ^ ^ ^ 11 .,- scparatelv, and the various subordinate bu-
uscd to include the departmental as well as the j.'i. ^ « ij _^ ^i
. , , \ reaus, divisions, etc., of each department also
congressional documents.
Congress publishes for each session: —
issue their special publications.
Publications of the national government ap-
Congressional record (published daily during the 8e»- pear in two forms : first, the leather (or sheep)
sion); Abridgment of Messages of the President and L jt ». t x i. j • i
Reportt of departments J Staktes and recent treaUe. ^"""^ ^ (sheep-bound or congressional re-
and executive proclamations. Serve), which volumes are commonly known as
Senate publishes for each session: - ,'.' «>°g«»8l<)nal documents " including the pub-
. ^ , lications of the Senate and of the House ; sec-
Journal; Senate documents ; Senate reports. ^^^ ^^^ cloth-bound sets, Including reports
House publishes for each session : — and publications of the several departments
Journal ; House documents ; House reports. and their bureaus. The same document may
Before the 54th congress (December, 1895) appear in two or more forms ; e. g. the Annual
each House published its journal, executive report of the Commissioner of education ap-
documents, miscellaneous documentB, and re- pears separately as a publication of the Bureau,
ports of committees. then as part of the Report of the Secretary of
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GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS
the Interior, and again as one of the House
documents in the series of congressional docu-
ments.
A ** depository " library is one that is desig-
nated to receive, store, and keep for use the
publications of the U. 8. government. In every
large city or town there is usually at least one
depository library. Other libraries may not
aim to collect all publications of the national
government, but no general library however
small can afford to be without the reports of
some of the important departments and bu-
reaus. The government publishes many valu-
able documents on subjects of general interest.
Each library must select what will be of most
use to its readers, and refer to the nearest de-
pository library when it has not the needed doc-
ument on its shelves. Designated depositories
are enumerated in the Report of the Superin-
tendent of Documents, issued separately, and
also in the Report of the Public Printer.
The Catalogue of U. S. public documents,
issued monthly, tells how all documents may
be obtained.
INDEXES AND CATALOGS
In order to use the documents to the best
advantage, it is necessary to know thoroughly
the following indexes and catalogs : —
U. S. — Documents office. Check-list of
public documents from the 1st to the 53d con-
gress. Ed. 2 enl. 222 p. O. Wash. Govern-
ment printing office, 1895. free. 016.353
First ed. by J. G. Ames, 1892, was from the 15th to
the 51 8t congress.
Second ed. by F. A. Crandall.
An itemized list of the volumes which constitute
the set of Congressional documents, with the num-
ber or numbers contained in each. Appendices con-
tain list of Debates and proceedings of Congress for
the same period, and of the Miscellaneous series of
public documents arranged by departments, enumer-
ating their publications, also a list of government
catalogs, showing what lists each department or bu-
reau has published to 1895, and an index showing
where in the set of Congressional documents the more
important executive and other reports may be found.
Tliis is being superseded by a much extended new
edition to be completed in three volumes, the second
volume of which has been published under the title :
Table of and annotated index to the
congressional series of United States public
documents. 769 p. sq. Q. Wash. Government
printing office, 1902. free. 016.353
It gives a list of the documents of the 15th to the
52d congress inclusive, with a full annotated index.
Part 1 will contain a list of the documents of the Ist
to the 14th congress ; part 3 a list of the reports and
miscellaneous publications of the executive depart-
ments, bureaus, and other offices of the government,
printed without congressional numbers.
This is the most important of the indexes of U. S.
public documents, and will make it less necessary to
refer to Poore's imperfect list.
Poore, Benjamin Parley. Descriptive cata-
logue of the government publications of the
United States, Sept. 5, 1774, to March 4. 1881.
1392 p. sq. Q. Wash. Government printing
office, 1883. o. p. 015.73
A chronological list of books, pamphlets, or docn-
ments, with the names of authors, dates of publica-
tion, where they are to be found, and a brief abstract
of the contents of each. With an analytical index
(alphabetical) referring to the numbers of the pages
on which documents are entered. Arrangement is
defective, and index is not easy to use.
Criticism by R: R. Bowker in Lib. jour. 10: 4-5.
Ames, John Griffith. Comprehensive index
of the publications of the United States govern-
ment, 188d-93. 480 p. sq. Q. Wash. Govern-
ment printing office, 1894. free. 015.73
Arranged in three columns. In the first is given the
author of the document or department by which it is
issued; in the second, an alphabetical list of docu-
ments arranged by subjects and titles ; in the thirft,
reference is made to the congress, session, the volume
of the series in which each is embraced, and the serial
number of the document. A personal index is added.
U. S. — Documents office. Catalogue of
the public documents of . . . Congress and of
all departments of the government of the United
States for the period, March 4, 1893, ... to
June 80, 1899. 4v. Q. Wash. Government
printing office, 1896-1901. free. 015.73
V. 1,53d congress; v. 2, 54th congress, 1st session;
V. 3, 64th congress, 2d session ; v. 4, 55th congress.
The Comprehensive index provided for by the act
approved Jan. 12, 1895.
Authors, titles, and subjects in one alphabet. After
each entry is given in parentheses the number of the
document, the session to which it belongs, and the
volume in which it is bound. At the end of the volume
is a useful list of the departments, bureaus, divisions,
etc., represented in the catalog. Known as the Docu-
ment catalog.
Catalogue of United States public docu-
ments, issued monthly, 1895-1902. O. Wash.
Government printing office, 1895-1902. free.
015.73
A list of documents printed by the government dur-
ing the month, arranged under name of department.
Tells how documents of each bureau, division, etc.,
may be obtained. Index, beginning with the year
1900, is made cumulative for half-jrearly periods.
Index to the subjects of the documents
and reports, and to the committees, senators,
UNITED STATES
and representatives presenting them . . . (be-
ing the Consolidated index provided for by the
act of Jan. 12, 1895), 54th eong. 1st se8S.-56th
cong. 2d sess. 7v. O. Wash. Government print-
ing office, 1897-1902. free. 015.73
Binder's title: Document index, by which name
this series is known. An entry of every document
may be found under its subject or subjects, and the
name of the member or committee presenting it, with
a numerical table of the documents and reports and
schedule of the volumes of the documents.
Hickcox, John Howard. United States gov-
ernment publications; a monthly catalogue,
1885-94. lOv. O. Wash. Lowdermilk, 1885-94.
015.73
Xo more published.
Contains the titles of all the official publications of
the U. S. for each month, arranged alphabetically
under authors' name, as regards special treatises ; also
under topics for congressional documents. Index to
each volume.
The index and review, 1901-02. v. 1, O.
Wash. Young, 1901-^^. $1 per year. 015.73
A monthly journal, containing a list of all publica-
tions of the U. S. government issued during the month.
Similar in scope to the Monthly catalogue issued by
the Superintendent of documents, of which not a suf-
ficient number of copies to meet the demand can be
printed.
Greely, Adolphus Washington. Public
documents of the first 14 congresses. 1789-1817 ;
papers relating to early congressional docu-
ments. 903 p. O. Wash. Government printing
office, 1900. (56th cong. 1st sess. Senate doc.
no. 428.) free. 015.73
Hasse, Adelaide Rosalia. Reports of ex-
plorations printed in the documents of the
United States government. . . . 90 p. O. Wash.
Government printing office, 1899. free. 015,73
Alphabetical list by authors and subjects.
Indiana — State library. Subject catalogue
of United States public documents. 289 p. O.
Indianapolis, State printer, 1900. (In its Bien-
nial report of the librarian for 1900.) free.
027.S
Alphabetical list by subjects of the documents in
the State library. Articles of general interest con-
tained in the congressional documents, and especially
of those of imiK)rtance to this library, have been in-
dexed under their subjects.
Michig^an — State library. Catalogue,
United States documents, state documents,
foreign exchanges. 276 p. O. Lansing. Robert
Smith pr. co. 1898. free. 016.353
Alphabetically by countries ; IT. S. department docu-
ments have contents very fully given.
Library catalogs of use in looking up infor-
mation concerning documents are those of the
Boston public library (Bost. 1861, and Bost.
1866), which contain indexes to the publica-
tions of the early congresses, the Boston Ath-
enaeum, the Peabody institute library, and the
Massachusetts state library.
The series of the American catalogue for
1876-84, 1884-90, 1890-95. contain appendixes
of U. S. government publications, arranged
alphabetically by departments, with divisions
and bureaus subordinated.
Some departments and bureaus have issued
separate catalogs and indexes of their publica-
tions, a list of which (to 1895) will be found as
an appendix to the Check-list (Ed. 2). Among
these may be mentioned here : —
U. S. — Bureau of education. Publications
from 1867 to 1890, with subject index, p. 1458-
1551, O. Wash. Government printing office,
1891. free. 015.73
Reprinted from chapter 35 of the report of the Com-
missioner of education for 1888-89.
U. S. — Consuls. Consular reports ; index
V. 1-63. 6v. O. Wash. (Jovemment printing
office, 1883-1901. free. 382
The index to Consular reports is issued at intervals.
U. S. — Dept. of agriculture. List of pub-
lications from 1841 to Jiine 30, 1895, inclusive.
76 p. O. Wash. Government printing office,
1896. free. 015.73
Compiled by A. R. Hasse.
U.S. — Dept. of agriculture — Division of
publications. Index to authors, with titles of
their publications appearing in the documents
of the U. 8. Dept. of agriculture, 1841-1897,
by Q : F. Thompson, under direction of G : W :
Hill. 808 p. O. Wash. Government printing
office, 1898. (Bulletin, No. 4.) free. 015.73
U. S. — Coast and g^eodetic survey. Bib-
liography ; descriptive catalogue of publica-
tions relating to the U. 8. Coast and geodetic
survey, 1807 to 1896. 118 p. O. Wash. Govern-
ment printing office, 1898. free. 015.73
U. S. — National museum. List of publi-
cations, 1875-1900 . . . with indexes to titles,
by R. I. (Jeare. 168 p. O. Wash. Government
printing office, 1902. (Bulletin, No. 51.) free.
015.73
Lunt's Key to the publications of the United
8tates census, 1790-1887, contained in the
American statistical association. Publications,
1 : 63-125, gives a bibliography and groups by
subjects the contents of the census reports.
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GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS
STATE AND CITY DOCU-
MENTS
Large libraries must have the reports of the
departments of their state and municipal gov-
ernments. These are issued in different ways
in the various states and cities. Small libraries
will find use for only a limited number of these
reports, and need not collect other than those
of their own city and state. Among reports of
general interest are those of the departments of
education, labor, railroads, fisheries, and agri-
culture.
An important catalog of state publications
has been begun by R: R. Bowker: —
Bowker, Richard Rog^ers. State publica-
tions ; a provisional, list of the official publica-
tions of the several states of the U. S. from
their organization, v. 1, sq. O. N. Y. Pub-
lishers' weekly, 1899. ^. 016.3539
V. 1 : New England states.
A check-list of state publications, with extra mar-
gins for insertions, arranged in geographical order.
Entry is made imder the office or officer responsi-
ble for the issue of the document.
The lists forming appendixes to the American ciita-
logue, from 1876-84 to 1890-95, inclusive, were used as a
basis for the above.
The following is a partial list of bibliogra-
phies of state documents, some additional titles
of which will be found in the article by A. R
Hasse in Pub. lib. 6: 28-84 : AlabaTna: Owen's
Bibliography of Alabama. (In American his-
torical association. Annual report. 1899. v. 1.)
Cole's Bibliography of the statute law of the
southern states. (In Southern history associa-
tion. Publications, v. 1. 1897.) Arkansas:
Cole's Bibliography of the statute law of the
southern states, pt. 2, Arkansas. (In Southern
history association. Publications, v. 1. 1897.)
Indiana : Howe's Descriptive catalogue of the
official publications of Indiana from 1800 to
1890. (Indiana historical society. Pamphlets,
No. 5.) Kansas: The Transactions of the
Kansas state historical association, 1897-1900,
y. 6, contains a list of Kansas state publica-
tions. Maine: Williamson's Bibliography of
the state of Maine to 1891. (Portland, The
Thurston print, 1896. 2v.) Mississippi : Owen's
Bibliography of Mississippi. (In American
historical association. Annual report. 1899.
V. 1.) Hew Hampshire : Report of the state
librarian of New Hampshire for 1891 contains
an index list of reports and documents. New
Jersey: Report of the state librarian of New
Jersey for 1900 contains a list of New Jersey
books and pamphlets in the general library.
Ohio: Hayes's Publications of the state of
Ohio, 1803-96. (Norwalk, 1897.) Penwiyl-
vania : Report of tlie state librnrian of Penn-
sylvania for 1899 contains a check-list of the
laws, minutes, journals, and documents pub-
lished in Pennsylvania, 1682-1897. Texas:
Raines's Bibliography of Texas ; being a de-
scriptive list of books, pamphlets^ and docu-
ments. (Austin, 1896.)
FOREIGN
American library association — Committee
on foreign documents. Partial list of French
government serials in American libraries,
p. 97-164, O. Alb. Univ. of state of N. Y.,
1902. (N. Y. (state) — Library. Bulletin, 70.)
15 cts. 0x5.44
" The aim has been Rlmply to prodnce a title list of
serials found in certain American libraries. . . . The
scope of the work is defined in its title— * A parti€U
list of French government serials.* *' Preface.
The list specifies in what libraries the docomentB
may be found. There is an index of offices.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
REFERENCES, — Bisbee, Marvin Davis. Place of bibliography in the equipment of a cnltivated man. lAto,
Jour. 22 : 429-432. Bowker, Richard Rogers. Bibliographical endeavors in America. Lib. jour. 22 : 384-387.
Campbell, Frank. Theory of national and international bibliography^ with special reference to the introduc-
tion of system in the record of modem literature. 600 p. O. Lond. Library bureau, 1806. Chauvin, Victor.
What a bibliography should be. Lib. jour. 17 : 87-88. Chicago, BibUographical society of. Year-book, 1809-1900.
43 p. D. Chic. 1901. Addresses, particularly those on Some recent events and tendencies in bibliography, by
C. H. Hastings, and, General and national bibliographies, by W. S. Merrill. Cole, George Watson. American
bibliography, general and local. Lib. jour. 19 : &-9. Course in bibliology at Dartmouth college. Lib. jour.
22 : 43!M40. Aji outline of the course of study given in that college. Davis, Raymond C. Teaching bibliography
in colleges. Lib. jour. 11 : 289-294. An outline of the course of study in the University of Michigan, with many
Interesting remarks on bibliography in general and on the teaching of it in colleges. Dewey, Melvil. Biblio-
graphy in colleges. Lib. jour. 18 : 422. Quotes from the catalog of the University of Colorado its course of
instruction in bibliography. Ferguson, John. Some aspects of bibliography. 102 p. O. Edin. Johnston, 1900.
Guild, Reuben. Bibliography as a science. Lib. jour. 1 : 67-69. Keogh, Andrew. Some general bibliographical
works of value to the student of English. 27 p. D. New Haven, Yale university, 1901. Koopman, Harry
Lyman. College instruction in bibliography. Lib. jour. C22 : 166-168. Describes the Qourse given in BrowD
university, followed by a discussion of similar courses by other librarians. Little, George T. Teaching biblio-
graphy to college students. Lib. jour. 17 : C87-88. Professional instruction in bibliography, round table meet-
ing, A. L. A. 1901. Lib. jour. 26 : C197-205. Spofford, Ainsworth Rand. Bibliography. (In his Book for all
readers. 1900. p. 459-600.) Tedder, Henry R. A few words on the study of bibliography. (In L. A. U. K.
Transactions and proceedings, 7: 128-131.) Wheatley, Henry Bez^amin. General bibliographies; Special biblio-
graphies. (In his How to form a library. 1887. p. 141-183.) Wheatley, Henry Bei\]amin. Present condition
of English bibliography, and suggestions for the future. Lib. jour. 19: 336-338.
The student of reference work will find the study of bibliography most essential, inasmuch as
bibliographies serve to guide to the best authorities on a subject ; to the best editions of books ;
to information as to what has been written by an author, or on a special subject ; to the author
of a book when only the title is known ; to what has been published in a certain country ; to
the price of a book ; to the value and collation of rare books, and to much other important
information.
In a work of this character only those bibliographies most necessary to the reference librarian
are mentioned.
For a general history of the subject, consult the article Bibliography by E. F. Taylor in the
Encyclopsedia Britannica, which gives an excellent account.
Bibliography means literally the act or habit of writing books, and is applied to " the science
which treats of books, their materials, authors, typography, editions, dates, subjects, classifica-
tion, history, etc.'' Another use of the term is applied to " a classified list of authorities or books
on any theme, as a bibliogi*aphy of political economy." (Century dictionary.)
The term bibliography, which is now defined as the science of books, was formerly used to
signify the description and deciphering of ancient manuscripts, which science is now known as
paleography. De Bure, in his Bibliographic instructive, published in 1763, employed the word
in the sense in which it has since been used, applying it to printed books.
There are two kinds of bibliography : material and intellectual (or literary). Material biblio-
graphy embraces a description of a book according to its edition, typography, paging, etc. — the
external features ; while intellectual bibliography has to do with the contents or intCTnal charac-
teristics of the book.
The subject is usually divided into the following sections : —
General (or universal) bibliography, which includes bibliographies whose object is to enumerate
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BIBLIOGRAPHT
the tiUes of books of every age and coiintxyand on all subjects {e. g, Bninefs Manuel du
libraire).
Special bibliography, which is confined to books on some particular author or subject, and may
include all (complete bibliography) or a selection (select bibliography) of the books on that
subject or author (0. g, Monroe's Bibliography of education).
National bibliography, which gives a record of books printed in a certain country («. g.
Lowndes's Bibliographer's manual). This term is also applied to a list of books about
a certain country.
Trade bibliography, which includes those bibliographies useful in the purchase of books, as
giving trade information (e. g. American catalogue of books).
Biblioorapht of bibliography, which is a list of bibliographies (e, g. Valla's Bibliographie
dee bibliographies).
Miscellaneous (including anonyms, periodicals, etc.).
GENERAL OR UNIVERSAL
Brunet, Jacques Charles. Manuel du li-
braire et de I'amateur de livres, . . . Ed. 5 enl.
6v. O. Paris, Didot, 1860-65. with Supple-
ment about $65. oil
Supplement . . . par P. Deschamps et
G. Brunet. 2v. O. Par. Didot. 1878-80. on
y. 6 of the Manuel la a "table mdthodlque."
Bnmet'8 work is especially valuable for the biblio-
graphical details of the books mentioned. It aims to
include the rare and precious books of all kinds from
the origin of printing. It gives the history of differ-
ent editions, distinguishing characteristics of each
and their collation, full titles, prices that books have
brought at auction, some illustrations, and facsimiles.
The arrangement is alphabetical with a classified
index, and the supplement includes books not men-
tioned in the other volumes.
It is probably the most useful book of its kind,
although the work of Grftsse is considered by some to
be more important. Brunet's work contains entries
of more books of French writers than Grttsse.
Gr&sse, Johann Georg Theodor. Trcsor de
livres rares et pr6cieux. . . . 7v. Q. Drcsde,
1859-69. 0. p. about $60. oil
V. 7, Supplement.
*' Covers much the same ground as Brunet, but in-
cludes also a large number of books that are intrin-
sically valuable without being rare, and for this reason
is preferable if a choice must be made between them."
Growoll in his Bookaeller^s library.
It Lh ba^ed on Bnmet, but contains more entries of
German books ; prices that books brought at sales
are given.
Ebert, Friedrich Adolf. General biblio-
graphical dictionary ; from the German. 4v.
O. Ox. University press, 1837. o. p. SOs.
on
Based upon the early edition of Brunet. Contains
many notes descriptive of editions. Especial atten-
tion is given to ancient German literature, and tho
Greek and Latin classics.
Of less value than Brunet or Grftsse.
Watt, Robert. Bibliotheca Britannica ; or,
A general index to British and foreign litera-
ture. 4v. sq. Q. Edin. Constable, 1824. o. p.
about $15. oxz
Under authors (v. 1-2) are given dates and brief bio-
graphical information, a chronological list of works,
their edition, place, size, and price (in a few cases).
Under subjects (v. 3^) the titles are arranged chrono-
logically. Anonymous books are given in the subject
volumes. Of especial importance for British litera-
ture, but includes some books by continental writers.
Georgi, Theophilus. Allgemeines euro-
pftischcs bflcher-lexicon. . . . 5v. and 6v. sup.
P. Lpz. 1742-58. o. p. on
Catalog of the most important authors from the
beginning of the 16th century to 1739, giving editions,
date, size, place, price, etc. Specially full in (}erman
books. V. 5 comprises French books.
Quaritch, Bernard. General catalogue of
books offered to the public at the affixed prices.
7v. Q. Lond. 1887-92. o. p. on
y. 7 is a general index by authors and subjects.
A most useful collection of sales catalogs of one
of the largest of bookstores, particularly helpful in
finding prices. The annotations are good. There
are 100,000 separate entries in the index. Quaritch
also constantly issues some Supplementary catalogs
on separate subjects, and besides sends out " Rough
lists,'* with a serial number reaching to 210 Jan. 1902.
See also Library Catalogs.
EARLY LITERATURE AND INCU- -
NABULA
Hain, Ludwig Friedrich Theodor. Reper-
torium bibliographicum ... ad annum 1500.
. . . 2v. in 4, O. Stuttg. Cotta, 1826-38. o. p.
about $35. ox I
An authoritative descriptive record of books printed
before 1500, arranged alphabetically by authors.
Indices uberrimi opera Conradl Burger.
428 p. O. LipsiflB, Harrassowitz, 1891. on
Supplement to Haln's Repertorium bib-
liographicum ; or, Collections towards a new
edition of that work, by W. A. Coplnger.
EARLY LITERATURE. NATIONAL
67
▼. 1-2, pt 1, O. Lond. Sotheran, 1895-93. £4
14s. 6d. oil
▼. 2 to the letter O.
▼. 1 contains corrections of and additions to the
collation of works described in Hain; t. 2 a list of
titles not contained in the original work.
Panxer, Georg Wolfg^ang Franx. Annales
typographici ab artls inventSB origine ad annum
1536. . . . llv. Q. Norimbergae. 179^-1803.
o. p. on
Arranged by places and under each chronologically.
See descriptire note in Kbert, 3: 1276.
Maittaire, Michael. Annales typographici
ab arils inventae origine ad annum 1664. 5v. Q.
Hagae Comitum, 1719-41. o. p. on
Supplementum adomavlt M. Denis.
2v. Q. ViennsB, 1789. o. p. oil
Oiyes additional titles of books.
See descriptire note in Ebert, 3 : 1014.
Santander, Carlos Antonio de la Sema
de. Dictionnaire bibliographique choisi du
quinzi^me si^cle. . . . 8v. O. Bruxelles, 1805-
07. o. p. about $7.50. oxz
A select list describing the principal editions only.
Pellechet, Marie Catherine H^l^ne. Cata-
logue general des incunables des biblioth^ques
publiques de France, v. 1, Q. Paris, Picard,
1897. 12fr. on
y. 1, A-Biblia.
Campbell, Frederick Andries G^rardus.
Annales de la typographic n^rlandaise au xv«
8i(icle. 629 P.O. La Haye, Ni jhoff . 1874. on
Contains also Supplements, 1-4, 1878-00.
Proctor, Robert. Index to the early printed
books in the British museum from the inven-
tion of printing to the year 1500, with notes of
those in the Bodleian library. 4v. Q. Lond.
Paul, 189a-99. 60s. on
y. 1, Germany ; r. 2, Italy ; t. 8, Switzerland to
Montenegjo ; v. 4, Register.
A chronological list under each country by names
of presses. The index Tolume contains an alphabet-
ical list of towns, printeiB, and publishers, a list of
books mentioned in Hain and of those not in Hain,
authors of books printed in the Low countries, books
printed in England. There is also an annual supple-
ment to the Index.
Catalogs of special printers will also be use-
ful ; such are, Willem's Les Elzevier, histoire
et annales typographiques (Bruxelles, Van
Trigt, 1880), R^nouard*s Annales de Timpri-
merie des Aides (Paris, 1884), Blades's Life and
typography of William Caxton (Lend. Lilly,
1861-63. 2v.). etc
NATIONAL AND TRADE
Under this heading is included trade biblio-
graphy as well as some other works relating to
the bibliography of each country. As in other
classes of bibliography, a selection has been
made limited to the most useful works. An
excellent account of trade bibliography and
how to find information contained in it will
be found in GrowoU's The bookseller's library
and how to use it, which should be carefully
studied by librarians.
A chapter on "Hints for finding the author,
title, publisher, place of publication, date, edi-
tion, size or price of books," may be found in
Caspar's Directory of the American book and
stationery trade (1880), p. 1262-1265.
Another useful list without annotations is : —
New York (state) — Library. Selected na-
tional bibliographies. (Library school bulletin
no. 7, 1900. p. 801-830.) 5cts.
This is the list used in the course in elementary
bibliography in the New York state library schooL
Compiled by W. S. Biscoe.
AMERICAN
For a bibliography of the subject consult: —
Growoll, Adolf. Book-trade bibliography
m the United States in the 19th century, to
which is added a Catalogue of all the books
printed in the United States, with the prices,
and places where published annexed, published
by the booksellers in Boston, January, 1804.
77 + 79 p. por. D. N. Y. Dibdin club, 1898.
o. p. 015.73
Edition limited to 100 copies.
Chapters on The beginnings of book-trade bibllo-
gntphy, book-trade heliw, 1801-87, and a chronological
list of catalogues, book-trade, and literary journals
are of special interest.
Sabin, Joseph. Dictionary of books relating
to America, from its discovery to the present
time. V. 1-19, A-Simms, and parts 115-116
(Simms to Smith), O. N. Y. Sabin, 186S-92.
o. p. about $125. 015.73
Half-tiUe : Bibliotheca Americana, by which title it
Is generally known.
An attempt to record all books published in or about
America, with full bibliographical details, omitting
prices.
Trflbner, Nicolas. Bibliographical guide
to American literature. 554 p. O. Lond.
Trttbner, 1859. o. p. 18s. 025.73
A classified list of books published in the U. S. from
1817 to 1857, with author index. Prices of books are
given in Rnglish money. There are some blbliognr
phical notes.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Roorbach, Oirille Augustus. Bibliotheca
Americana. . . . 1820-^1. . . . 4v. O. N. Y.
Roorbach, 1852-61. o. p. about §10. 015.73
y. 1. 1820-52, with a list of periodicals published in
the U. S.; v. 2, Supplement, Oct. 1852-May, 1855; v. 3,
Addenda, May, 1855-Mar. 18D8; v. 4, Mar. ISD^-Jan.
18G1.
A catalog of American publications, including re-
prints, arranged alphabetically by authors, giving
publisher, date, sixe, price.
Kelly, James. American catalogue of books
published in the United States from Jan. 1861
to Jan. 1871. 2v. O. N. Y. Wiley, 1866-71.
$10. 015.73
Continues the record of American bibliography
from Roorbach's last volume, giving about the same
kind of information. Each volume contains a list of
societies and their publications. Volume 1 also con-
tains a list of pamphlets, sermons, and addresses on
the Civil war, 1861-06.
American catalogue of books . . . 1876-
1900. r)v. sq. P. N. Y. Publishers' weekly,
1881-1901. 015.73
[Ser. 1] Author and title entries of books in print,
July 1, 1870; o.p. (about 825); subject en tries ($15). 2v.
[Ser. 2] July 1, 187(^un. 30, 18W. Author and title
alphalx't ; subject alphabet, 2v. in 1 ($15).
[Ser. 3] July 1, ISM-Jun. 30, 1890. Author and title
alplml)et; subject alphabet. 2v.ini ($15).
[Ser. 4] July 1, 1890^un. 30, 1895. Author and title
alphabet; subject alphabet. 2v.in 1 ($15).
[Ser. 5] July, 18U5-Jan. 1, 1900. Author and title
alphabet; subject alphabet 2v. in 1 ($15).
The American catalogue was founde<l by F: Leyiioldt
and continued by R: R. Bowker. The first series
records the books for sale, July 1, 1870. Entries in
elude information as to publisher and price of books.
An apx. gives a list of bibliographies. A directory of
publishers Is prefixed to each volume. Series 2-4 have
appendixes giving lists of U. S. government publica-
tions, publications of literary and scientific societies;
series 3-4 has also a list of State publications. These
appendixes are omitted in series 5.
The entire series constitutes the most important
record of American publications (including reprints
and importations).
The United States catalog^ ; books in print,
1899; ed. by G: F. Danforth and M. E. Potter.
2v. Q. Minneiipolis, Wilson, [«1900]. $12.50.
01573
A useful title-a-liner catalog, giving trade informa-
tion for about 150,00f entries arranged under authors;
in volume two under the title. It shows the various
editions of a book now in print in this country. A
directory of imblishers is given in volume one. The
title index (vol. 2) refers to the author index for biblio-
graphical details. Biographies are entered in the
author volume, both under subject and author. This
work saves time in looking up trade information for
books in print, giving the titles in one alphabet.
Annual
Annual American catalogrue, 1886-1901.
16v. Q. N. Y. Publishers' weekly, 1887-1902.
*3.50 per voL 0x5.73
The main index is arranged by authors, and gires
full titles, complete imprint information and prices,
with descriptive notes (the same entries as are in
the I^iblishers' weekly*s •• Weekly record '•). Thei«
is also a title and subject index, with brief entries.
Useful for the annotations, even if a library has tbe
American catalogue for the same i>eriod.
Annual American catalog^ue cumulated,
1900-01, containing a record under author, title,
subject, and series of the books published in
the United States. . . . O. N. Y. Publishers'
weekly, 1902.* $2. 015.73
The preceding form of the Annual American cata-
logue has been suiierseded by this cumulated catalogue.
The annotations are omitted, but the author entries by
their dau^ refer back to the l*ublishers' wreekly, where
the full titles and annotations can be found.
Cumulated index to the books of 1898-99,
1900, 1901 ; being the record of the Cumulative
l)ook index, revised and enlarged ; comp. under
the direction of M. E. Potter. 3v. O. Minne-
apolis, Wilson, 1900-02.* v. 1, $5 ; others, $2
per vol. 0x5.73
Entr}' under author, title, and subject in one alpha-
bet. Cunmlates by 6-yearly volumes.
Monthly
Publishers* weekly monthly cumulative
list.
Described below.
Monthly cumulative book-index, v. 1-5,
O. Minneapolis, Wilson, 1898-1902. $8 per
year. 015.73
An author, title, and subject index of books pub-
lished each month, giving brief entries and cumulating
mtmthly, so that the Decemln^r number includes all
the l>ooks of the year. Other features are : publishers*
lists (cumulated monthly), l>ooks wanted and for sale,
directory of publishers, notes, annoimcements, etc.
Weekly
Publishers* weekly; American book-trade
journal, Jan. 1872-191)2. v. 1-61. O. N. Y.
Publishers' weekly, 1872-1902. $3 per year.
015.73
A list of books published in America, giving full
titles, imprint information, price, descriptive notes.
It consists of a weekly record of iNKiks arranged alpha-
betically by authors; a list arrange<l by ])ublishers: a
weekly list of the more prominent new F^nglish l>ooks;
a monthly cumulative lint containe<l in the second
numl)er of each month, this li»t cunuilating thnmgh
the year, forms a yearly list to Ik* found in the third
number of January. The monthly cumulative list ifl
• Continued annually.
AMERICAN. ENGLISH
arranged under author, title, subject, series, and refers
to the number of the Publishers' weekly in which the
full title and description are recorded. The following
are special features: Annual summary number in
January, Spring announcement number in March,
Summer number in May, Educational number in July,
Fall announcement number in September, Christmas
number in December.
The Weekly includes also editorials, miscellaneous
information, and columns of Books wanted and Books
for sale.
U. S. — Copyrights, Office of the register
of. Catalogue of title entries of books and
other articles entered in the office of Register
of copyrights, Library of congress . . . 1891-
1902. V. 1-12, O. Wash. Government printing
office, 1891-1902. $5 per year. 015.73
Weekly. The most complete record of current Amer^
lean publications, including books, periodicals, music,
engravings, etc. No prices.
Publishers
Publishers' trade list annual . . . 1873-
1901. 29v. O. N. y. Publishers' weekly, 1873-
1901.* $2 per vol. 015.73
' The latest catalogs of American publishers are ar-
ranged alphabetically by the names of the publishers.
These catalogs usually contain such books as are in
print. Each publisher has his own method of arrange-
ment. Issued in August of each year. With the
1902 volume there will be a general index to the con-
tents of the publishers' catalogs (17 for this edition).
Auction
American book-prices current . . . 1895-
1901. v. 1-7, O. N. y. Dodd. 1895-1901. ♦ $6
per vol. (early volumes are scarce and higher
in price). 018.3
A record of books, mss., and autographs sold at
American auctions. Arrangement of all volumes
(after vol. 1) is alphabetical under authors. The mar-
ket value of each book is given ; subject index.
First editions
Foley, P. K. American authors. 1795-1895 ;
a bibliography of first and notable editions.
850 p. O. Boat. 1897. $5. [0x5.73
Ck>mpiled from the point of view of the collector.
It is arranged alphabetically by authors whose works
are sub-arranged chronologically. Brief notes are
given. No prices. There is a list of initials, pseu-
donyms, and anonymous books appended.
Stone, Herbert Stuart. First editions of
American authors ; a manual for book-lovers.
223 p. S. Camb. [Mas&] Stone, 1893. ^1.26.
015.73
Gives dates of first editions; no prices.
Leon and brother. Catalogue of first edi-
tions of American authors, compiled, arranged,
• Continuod snnuaUy.
and for sale by Leon and brother. 58 p. D.
N. Y. 1885. o. p. 015.73
A priced list with brief titles.
ENGLISH
Lowndes, William Thomas. Bibliogra-
pher's manual of English literature. . . . New
ed. enl. by H: G. Bohn. 4v. D. Lond. Bell,
ia58-64. o. p. about $8. 015.42
An account of about 50,000 rare and valuable books
published in or relating to Great Britain and Ireland
from the invention of printing, containing biographi-
cal and critical notices, collations of the rarer books
and prices at which they have been sold in the present
century. An apx. relates to the publications of liter-
ary and scientific societies and private presses.
Originally published in 1834. Tlie later volumes of
this edition are much fuller than the first volumes.
Watt, Robert. Bibliotheca Britannica ; or,
A general index to British and foreign litera-
ture. 4v. sq. Q. Edin. Constable, 1824. o. p.
oix
Described under General Bibliography.
Collier, John Payne. Bibliographical and
critical account of the rarest books in the Eng-
lish language. 4v. O. N. Y. Scribner, 1866.
810. 015.42
Arranged under authors and titles. Contains very
full descriptive and historical notes.
British museum — Library. Catalogue of
books in the British museum priutcd in Eng-
land, Scotland, and Ireland, and of English
books printed abroad to the year 1640. 3v. O.
Lond. British museum, 1884. 015.42
Alphabetically by authors, with notes and full index
of subjects, and index of printers, booksellers, and
stationers whose books are cataloged.
Cambridge university — Library. Early
English printed books in the university library
of Cambridge, 1475 to 1640. v. 1, O. Camb.
[Eng.] University press, 1900. 15s. 015.42
London catalogue of books, 1786-1811. O.
Lond. Bent, 1811. o. p. 015.42
1810-Feb. 1831. O. Lond. Bent. 1831.
o. p. 015.42
London catalog^ue of books published in
Great Britain, with their sizes, prices, and pub-
lishers' names from 1814 to 1846. 542 p. O.
Hodgson, 1846. o. p. 015.42
Contains also Supplement from 1846 to 1849, includ-
ing a classified index.
English catalogue of books published
1835-1900. 6v. O. Lond. Low, 1835-98. com-
plete, about §90. 015.42
V. 1, 1835-62 ; t. 2, 1863-71 ; v. 3, 1872-«) ; V. 4, 1881-
88; V. 5, 1890-97; v. 6, 1898-1900(308.).
70
BIBLIOGRAPHY
y. 1-4 oompriM an anthor and titie record of booka
pabliahed in Great Briuin, giring brief titles and
trade information ; v. 5-6 are arranged under authors
and subjects in one alphabet. There is an apx. of pub-
lications of learned societies, printing clubs, and
other literary associations, and a list of collections,
libraries, series, etc.
English catalog:ue of books. Index, 1887-00.
4v. O. Lond. Low, 1858-93. 0x5.42
y. 1, 1837-C6 (with '56 and '67 appended), o. p.; t. 2,
186ft-73 (42s.) ; v. 3, 1874-80 (18s.) ; v. 4. 1881-80 (31s. 6d.).
These volumes, which have been discontinued, com-
prise an alphabetical subject index to the English
catalogue.
Annual
English catalogfue of books [annual],
1837-1901. T. 1-05, 4 Q. Lond. Low, 1837-
1902.* 68. per vol. 015.42
Alphabetical lists continuing the English catalogue
of books. Contains a directory of English publish-
ers.
Monthly
The Bookseller; a newspaper of British
and foreign literature, published monthly since
1858. O. Lond. Whitaker, 1858-1902. 5s.
0x5.42
Includes a list of the publications of the month.
There is also a quarterly index.
Weekly
Publishers* circular and booksellers' record
of British and foreign literature, 1837-1902.
. . . V. 1-73,0. Lond. Low, 1887-1902. 81.75
per year. 015.42
A weekly trade journal, including a list of publica-
tions of the week, with an index of subjects and
names of lKK)ks in one alphabet. Contains also liteiv
ary news and a few reviews.
Publishers
Reference catalogue of current literature.
2v. O. Lond. Whitaker, 1898. o. p. 12s.
015.43
Catalogs of important English publisher!, g^i^ii^S
the full titles of lxK>ks now in print and for sale, with
their prices. An index of upwards of 100,000 refer-
ences under authors, titles, and subjects in Tolume 1.
Issued about every fire yean. New edition in prepa-
ration.
Auction
Book-prices current, Dec. 1886-1901. v. 1-
15,0. Lond. Stock, 1888-1901.* 27s. per year.
(al)out SI 00 for complete set.) 018.3
Issued monthly and yearly. A record of the prices
at which books have been sold at English auction
•ales, arranged chronologically by aalea with an an-
^ Continued amuaUy.
thor Index to each Tolome. Indezof tnbjeotsinflroiit
of each Tolume since UBO.
Book-prices current. Index to the first ten
volumes, 1887 to 1896, constituting a reference
list of subjects and incidentally a key to anony-
mous and pseudonymous literature. 472 p. O.
Lond. Stock, 1901. 85.60. 0x8.3
Book sales; record of the most important
books sold at auction and the prices realized.
4v. O. Lond. Bell, 1896-99. 158. per vol.
0x8.3
Edited by Temple Scott.
The titles and notes are fuller than in the preced-
ing. Discontinued.
First editions
Slater, John Herbert. Early editions; a
bibliographical survey of the works of some
popular modem authors. 889 p. O. Lond.
Paul, 1894. $8.50. 0x5.43
Gives the prices of books.
For bibliographical information consult also
Stephen's Dictionary of national biography
and Allibone*s CMtical dictionary of Engliali
literature.
FRENCH
Brunet, Jacques Charles. Manuel du 11-
braireetdeTamateur de llvres. . . . Ed. 5 enl.
6v. Q. Paris, Didot, 1860-65. oxx
Described under General Bibliography.
Qu^rard, Joseph Marie. La France litt6-
raire ; ou, Dictionnairc bibliographique des sa-
vants, historiens, et gens de lettres de la France.
. . . 12v. O. Paris, 1827-64. o. p. 0x5.44
A bibliography of French authors and those who
have written in French during the 18th and 19th cen-
turies, with critical and descriptive remarks, prices,
and some biographical information.
V. 11-12 are supplementary volumes with additions,
corrections, etc.
Qu^rard, Joseph Marie, and others. La
litt^rature fran^aise contemporaine, 1827-49.
6v. O. Paris, 1842-57. o. p. 0x5.44
Together about 9S0.
Ck>ntinuation of the preceding.
Lorenz, Otto Henri. Catalogue g^n^ral de
lalibrairiefran^aise, 1840-90. v. 1-18, O. Paris,
Lorenz, 1867-96. about $125. 0x5.44
V. 14 (1891-1900), issuing in parts.
T. 12-14 are edite<l by D. Jordell.
The Catalogue g^n^ral consists of author and sub-
ject indexes (separate volumes) of French publica-
tions. The volumes are issued about every ten yean.
Annual
Catalogrue annuel de la librairie frangaise,
FRENCH. GERMAN
71
1893-98. O. Paris, JordeU, 1893-98. lOfr. per
vol. 015.44
No Yolume publlBhed for 1899.
Continued aft : —
Repertoire bibliographique de la librairie
fran9ai8e, 1900. O. Paris, Lamm, 1901.* 10 fr.
015.44
Monthly
Repertoire bibliographique de la librairie
fran^aise is an alphabetical subject list of
French publications issued monthly.
Weekly
Bibliog^raphie de la France; ou, Journal
general de Timprimerie et de la librairie. v. 1-
ser. 2. V. 46, D. & Q. Paris, Cercle de la li-
brairie, 1811-1902. 20fr. per year. 015.44
Publishers
LeSoudier, Henri, pub. Bibliographie
fran^aise. . . . Ed. 2 enl. lOv. O. Paris, Le
Soudier, 1900. $14.50. 015.44
Collection of abont 174 pablishers* catalogs, corre-
sponding to the Publishers* trade list annual, alpha-
betically arranged by firm names, with important
author and subject indexes. About 125,000 titles are
listed.
Auction
Dauze, Pierre. Repertoire des ventes pub-
liques cataloguees ; index biblio-iconogra-
phique . . . jan. 1894 au sep. 1898. 5v. Q.
Paris, Repertoire des ventes publiques cata-
loguees. 1895-98. 30fr. per vol. 018.3
A review of French book sales published monthly
and yearly.
GERMAN
Kayser, Christian Gottlob. . . . Vollstfln-
diges bttcher-lexicon . . . 1750-1898. v. 1-80,
Q. Lpz. Schumann, 1834-1900. about 9S0.
015.43
An alphabetical catalog of all books published in
Germany from 1760, giving trade information. A sup>
plemcnt appears about every four years.
Thera are subject indexes to vols, l-e (1750-1832), to
vols. 27-28 (1891-91) and 20-30 (1896-98).
Heinsius, Wilhelm. Allgemeincs bUcher-
lexicon, 1700-1892. 19v. sq. Q. Lpz. Brock-
haus, 181^94. 015.43
Xo more published.
Similar in scope to Kayser's work. v. 1-4 cover from
1700-1810; supplements were issued about every flye
years. The arrangement is alphabetical by authors.
Georgf, Karl. Scblagwoit-katalog ; verzeich-
nis dcr bQchcr und landkarten in sachlicher
anorduung, 1883-1897. v. 1-3, Q. Hannover,
* Continued annually.
Lemmerman, 1889-1901. v. 1-2, 57m. v. 3,
85m. 015.43
V. 1, 1883-87; v. 2, 1888-«2; v. 3, 1893-07.
Entry is under catchword of title, making a subject
list arranged alphabetically.
Hinrichs, J. C. , pub. Fttuf jahrs-katalog der
im deutschen buchhandel crschienenen btlcher,
zeitschriften, landkarten. etc. ; titel verzeichnis
und sachriDgister, 1851-1900. v. 1-10, Q. Lpz.
Hinrichs, 1857-1901. 015.43
Ck>mplete about $75; irregular in price; v. 10 is
100m.
Semi-annual
Hinrichs, J. C, pub. Verzeichnis der im
deutschen buchhandel neu erschiencncn und
neu aufgelegten bUcher, landkarten, zeitschrif-
ten. D. & O. Lpz. Hinrichs, 1798-1902.
7.50m. 015.43
A half-yearly trade catalog of all books, maps, etc.,
published in Oermany, with classified index.
Hinrichs also publishes a Vierteljahrs-katalog, a
Monats-register, and a WOchentliches verzeichnis.
Monthly
Allg^emeine bibliographie. . . . O. Lpz.
Brockhaus, 1901. 015.43
Sent to book-buyers post-free.
Weekly
Wbchentliches verzeichnis der erschien-
enen und der vorbereiteten neuigkeiten des
deutschen buchhandels. O. Lpz. Hinrichs,
1902. 10m. 015.43
Daily
BOrsenblatt fQr den deutschen buchhandel
(Lpz. published since 1884) is the only daily
trade publication in any country, but is sold
only to the trade.
Publishers
Russell, A., pub. Oesammt-verlags-katalog.
16v. in 27, Q. Mttnster in Westf. Russell,
1881-93. about $40. 015.43
Includes the publications of Germany, Austria, and
Switzerland. The catalogs are arranged according to
cities. Now somewhat out of date.
OTHER COUNTRIES
The following is a selection of national bib-
liographies of importance in ascertaining prices
and other bibliographical details about books
published in several other countries of Europe.
These are essential to a large library, but are
not usually found in small libraries: Belgian ;
72
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Revue bibliographique beige, is a monthly re-
cord published since 1889 (Bruxelles, Societe
beige de librairie), which has an author index
to each yearly volume. Danish : Dansk bog-
fortegnelse (Kj5b. Gad) 1841-92 in 4v. (1841-
58. 1859-68, 1869-80, 1881-92) is continued by
bi-monthly numbers with an annual alphabeti-
cal index. Dutch : Brinkman's Catalogus der
bocken, plaat- en kaartwerken die . . . 1850 tot
en met 1891 (Amst. Brinkman, 1884-93. 2v.) is
continued yearly by Brinkman's alphabetische
lijst van boeken, landkaarten (Amst. Brink-
man), and by the monthly Nederlandsche bib-
liographic. Italian : Catalogo coUcttivo dclla
libreria italiana (Milan, Associazione tipogra-
fico-libraria italiana) consists of publishers* cat-
alogs bound together. The last volume (v. 4.),
published in 1891, is in two parts, the second
part being an alphabetical index. Bibliografla
italiana (Milan, Associazione tipografico-libraria
italiana), of which 1902 is the 86th year, gives
a semi-monthly record of Italian publications
and is a republication of the Bollettino dellc
publicazioni italiaue of the Biblioteca nazionale
centrale di Firenze. Catalogo generale della
libreria italiana dall' anno 1847 a tutto il 1899
is an important contribution to Italian biblio-
graphy in course of preparation, of which pts.
1-11 (A-D) have appeared (Milan, Associazione
tipografica-libraria italiana, 1900-01). Norwe-
gian : Norsk bog fortegnelse (1848-65, 1866-
72, 1873-90. 3v.) is continued by the Norsk
bog fortegnelse annually. Spanish : Boletin
de la libreria is a monthly record issued since
1873 (Madrid, Murillo). Sicedtsh : Svensk bok-
katalog for aren 1866-95 (Stockholm, Svenska
bokfOrlaggare-fOreningen, 8v.) is continued
yearly by the Arskatalog f5r svenska bok-
handeln.
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Petzholdt, Julius. Bibliotheca biblio-
graphica ; kritisches verzeichniss der das
gesammtgebiet der bibliographic betreffenden
litteratur des in- und auslandes. 939 p. O.
Lpz. Engclmann, 1866. o. p. about $2.
016.OZ
The moat Important work of Its kind, complete and
accurate up to the date of its publication. It is well
annotated, and gives prices. It is arranged by classes,
with author index.
Stein, Henri. Manuel de bibliographie
gendrale; bibliotheca bibliographica nova.
895 p. O. Paris, Picard, 1897. 18 fr. 016.01
Divisions : Universal bibliographies, national bib-
liographies, bibliographies of special aubjects. Ap-
pendixes contain: (1) A list of places which have
contained printing establishments before the 19tli
century, (2) List of periodical indexes in all languages,
(3) Last of printed catalogs of the principal libraries in
the world.
The work is the most recent important bibliography
of bibliographies. The author gives critical annota-
tions of many of the titles. There is an index of sub-
jects, but unfortunately none of authors.
Langlois, Charles V. Manuel de biblio-
graphie historique. 239 p. D. Paris, Hachette,
1901. $1.20. OZ6.9
This is pt. 1, Instruments bibliographiqnes. It is the
intention of the author to continue the work in a sec-
ond volume.
This edition has no index. The 1896 edition, while
not so full, has the advantage of an alphabetical index.
" It has since [its first appearance, 1896] been univer-
sally recognized as one of the most useful bibliographi-
cal contributions of recent years, and as such indis-
pensable to every library. Perhaps the most important
result of the book is that it will promote the systematic
study of bibliography in connection with university
instruction, and it is greatly to the credit of M. Lang-
lois that he has clearly pointed out the lines upon
which this study should be conducted.** F. J. Teggart
in Lib. jour. 26:407.
Valine, Ldon. Bibliographie des biblio-
graphies. ... 773 p. Q. Paris, Terquem, 1883.
016.OZ
Supplement 854 p. Q. Paris, Terquem,
1887. together about $10. oi6.ox
Not very accurate. Arranged alphabetically under
authors, with index of subjects.
British museum — Library. List of biblio-
graphical works in the reading-room. Ed. 2.
103 p. O. Lond. 1889. o. p. oz6.oz
Contents classified as: Bibliographies of biblio-
graphies; Universal bibliographies; Bibliographies of
countries; Bibliographies of special subjects; Indexes
to periodicals.
Guild, Reuben Aldredg^e. Librarian's man-
ual ; a treatise on bibliography. . . . 804 p. iL
sq. O. N. Y. Norton, ia58. o. p. ozo
Ck>n tains a descriptive list of bibUographies, p. 1>114,
and sketches of public libraries.
Josephson, Aksel Gustav Salomon. Bib-
liographies of bibliographies chronologically
arranged, with occasional notes and an index.
45 p. O. Chic. 1901. (Bibliographical society
of Chicago. Contributions to bibliography,
no. 1.) 50 cts. 0Z6.0Z
Power, John. Handy book about books.
217 p. 11. O. Lond. Wilson, 1870. 8s. 6d. ozo
SPECIAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES 73
Part 1 (rives a brief list of the best bibliographies of profession." The titles of the books are annotated,
all countries. giving concise descriptions of their contents.
Contains also much interesting information on Contained also in his Profession of bookselling, v. 1.
printing, a dictionary of terms, and useful receipts. ^^ y. (statc) — Library. Selected subject
Sabin, Joseph. Bibliography of biblio- bibliographies. (Library school bulletins, no. 5,
graphy ; or, A handy book about books which 1809. p. 221-265.) 5 cts. oi6.oz
relate to books. . . . 150 p. O. N. Y. Sabin, The Ust used in the course in advanced bibliography
1877. $1.50. 0X6.01 in the N. Y. state library school. ClassiHed, with au'
thor and subject indexes.
An alphabetical list of the most important biblio- ^, ,, , ,,,,,., ., ,.^
graphics of all countries, based upon Power's Handy Other useful works of this kind are: the list
. book about books. Contains critical notices of some of special bibliographies in the Handbook for
of the books mentioned. readers of the Boston public library (1890.
Caspar, Charles Nicholas. List of prac- p. 28-262) ; the lists in the Bibliographical
tical bibliographies, trade and library cata- contributions of Harvard university library
logues, etc. (In his Directory of the American (nos. 20, 24, 29, and 40); one in the American
book and stationery trade. 1889. p. 1206-1299.) catalogue of books, 1876, subject volume ; an-
Growoll, Adolf. Bookseller's library and other in Sonnenschein's Best books, p. 702-709,
how to use it. 72 p. D. N. Y. Publishers' and in his Reader's guide, p. 534-542. The
weekly, 1891. o. p. oi6.ox John Crerar library is publishing a List of bibli-
The object of this excellent little mannal is to make
ographics of special subjects covering those
"a guide for the young bookseller to the more impor- contained in its collection, which is full in
tant and practical works of reference necessary in his science and the useful arts.
SPECIAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES
A special bibliography is a list of books and articles on some particular subject or author, and
may include all or a selection of books on that author or subject. Books of this kind are of
much assistance in guiding the student to the best authorities. Of special importance are those
with annotations, among the best examples of which are the bibliographies published by the
American Library Association, selected and annotated by specialists. In many libraries special
bibliographies are of such frequent use that indexes of them are made including those which
appear as parts of books and in library bulletins. It is well to keep the most commonly used
bibliographies near the catalog, to accustom readers to their use. The titles of such books as
the library owns may be starred or the call numbers written in the margins.
Librarians are frequently called upon to prepare special bibliographies (called reading lists,
reference lists, etc.) on topics of general interest. These are often printed in their Bulletins or
issued separately. The Monthly bulletin of the Providence public library was for long the best-
known of these lists. An index to subject bibliographies in library bulletins to December 81,
1897, has been compiled by Mrs. Alice Newman Kachtmann and published in the State library
bulletins of bibliography by the University of the State of New York (lOcts.), while the Bulle-
tin of bibliography published by the Boston book company contains in each number a quar-
terly index to reference lists published by libraries, compiled by the Providence public library.
Many authors prepare careful lists of authorities or references on the subjects of their books,
which are often most important in looking up the literature of a subject The Annual literary
index contains a list of the special bibliographies of each year.
The Library of Congress has within the past four years issued some special bibliographies
which deserve mention, since the publication of these has become one of the features of its Biblio-
graphical division. Many of these are on subjects of current interest in connection with the
government of this country. Of these the following may be noticed : —
Alaska and the northwest part of North America, 1588-1898 ; maps in the Library of Con-
gress. (1898.)
List of books relating to Cuba, with bibliography of maps (1898), which contains also a list of
books relating to Hawaii.
List of books, with references to periodicals, relating to the theory of colonization, govern-
ment of dependencies, protectorates, and related topics. (19(X).)
.74 BIBLIOGRAPHY
List of books and of articles in periodicals relating to interoceanic canal and raflway routes,
with a bibliography of U. S. public documents relating to interoceanic communication. (1900.)
List of books, with references to periodicals, on Porto Rico. (1901.)
List of books, with references to periodicals, on the Danish West Indies. (1901.)
List of books, with references to periodicals, on Samoa and Guam. (1901.)
List of books relating to trusts. (1902.)
Bibliographies of special subjects are in this manual included under their subjects with other
reference books, e. g. a bibliography of the fine arts will be found with Cyclopedias of the fine
arts, as being there most useful. Only a few of the most important and commonly used biblio-
graphies have been mentioned, since on account of their great number it was impracticable to
name many of them.
For further lists of subject bibliographies consult the New York state library bulletin enti-
tled Selected subject bibliographies, 1899 (5 cts.), which embraces a number of titles arranged by
classes; also the lists included in the bibliographies of bibliography, such as those of Stein,
Vallee, Petzholdt, etc.
For the use of college students and specialists, a list is here given of the most important
annual summaries of the literature of special subjects. A large number of such summaries is
Issued each year, especially in Germany and France. The following list is a selection of those
in most general use in a reference library. Additional titles will be found in Stein's Manuel de
bibliographic generale.* ^«<r<?no7/iy .• Astronomisches jahresbericht. Biology: L*annce biolo-
gique; comptes rendus annuels des travaux de biologic generale (Paris, since 1895). Botany :
Just's botanischer jahresbericht (Berlin, since 1873). Chemistry: Jahresbericht Hber die fort-
schritte der chemie (Giessen, since 1861). Classical pJiilology : Jahresbericht Hber die fort-
schritte der classischen altertumswissenschaft, which contains an annual Bibliotheca philologica
classica, also issued separately (Berlin, since 1873). Education : Educational review (N. Y. since
1899), contains an annual bibliography. Pedagogical seminary (Worcester, since 1898), contains
a bibliography of child study for the year. Anzeiger fUr die neueste pftdagogische litteratur
(Lpz. since 1872). Jahresberichte tlber das h5here schulwesen (Berlin, since 1886). English
language and literature: Beiblatt zur Anglia; mittheilungen Qber englische sprachc und lit-
teratur und l\ber englischen unterricht (v. 13, 1902). Geography: Geographisches jahrbuch
(Gotha, since 1866). Petermann's Mittheilungen contains an important annual (Jeographischer
litteratur-bericht (Gotha). Annales de geographic (Paris, since 1893), contains a Bibliographie
geographique annuelle. Geology : Bibliographia gcologica, repertoire des travaux concernant
les sciences geologiques. Geologisches centralblatt (since 1901). German language : Jahres-
bericht ttber die erscheinungen auf dem gebiete der ger^ianischen philologie, herausg. von
der Gesellschaft f l\r deutsche philologie in Berlin (Berlin, since 1879). German literature :
Jahresberichte ftlr neuore deutsche litteraturgeschichte (Stuttg. since 1892). History : Jahres-
bericht der geschichtswisscnschaft (Berlin, since 1878). Law: see Political science. Mathe-
matics : Jahrbuch tlber die fortschritte der mathematik (Berlin, since 1868). Medicine: Biblio-
graphia medica (Paris, Institut de bibliographie, since 1900). Music : Hofmeister's Verzeichniss
der erschienenen musikalien auch musikalischen schriften und abbildungen (Lpz. since 1852).
Oriental studies : Orientalische bibliographie (published also under the title Oriental bibliography,
Lond. Williams) (Berlin, since 1888). Physics : Fortschritte der physik (Braunschweig, since
1845). Political science: Mllhlbrecht's Uebersicht der gesammten staats- und rechtswissen-
schaftlichen litteratur (Berlin, since 1869). Psychology: Psychological review publishes an
annual Psychological index (N. Y. since 1894). L'annee psychologique (Paris, since 1894).
Bornan/'e languages: Kritischer jahresbericht ttber die fortschritte der romanischen philologie
(Mttnchen. sinci* 1892). Theology: Theologischer jahresbericht (Braunschweig, since 1882).
American journal of theology issues as a supplement an annual classified list of theological
and Semitic literature. Zoology : Zoological record ; being records of zoological literature
(Lond. since 1861). Bibliographia zo5logica ; beiblatt ziun zoOlogischem anzeiger (Lpz. since
1895) is published as a volume and also on cards.
• AUo In LaDgloU*B Muiuel de bibUogr»phi6 hUtorique, 1901> p. 170-201.
CHOICE OF BOOKS
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CHOICE OF BOOKS
Many good manuals have been prepared
which give hints on methods and courses of
reading. These are often suggestive to persons
who wish to pursue some definite line of study
or reading, without knowing how to do so.
Baldwin's Book-lover, Porter's Books and read-
ing, Harrison's Choice of books, Richardson's
Choice of books, Carlyle On the choice of books,
and Emerson's interesting chapter on Books in
his Society and solitude, may be mentioned as
suggestive aids in this direction. More recent
volumes are Koopman's Mastery of books and
Spofford's A book for all readers. Other help-
ful aids are the syllabi with bibliographies pub-
liihed by the University extension society, and
some of those published by the University ex-
tension department of the University of the
State of New York.
Among the more extensive guides for the
choice of books are : —
Sonnenschein, William Swan. Best books ;
a reader's guide to the choice of the best avail-
able books. ... Ed. 2. 1009 p. sq. Q. N. Y.
Putnam, 1891. $9. on
A classified list, witli author and title and subject
indexes, of 50,000 of the best books, princii>a]ly in Eng-
lish, although some foreign books are entered. It
includes books that are in print; a few out-of-print
books are given. The price, size, publisher, and dates
of first and last editions are given with a brief char-
acterization of some of the books, and bibliographical
notes. The very best books on each subject are indi-
cated by stars.
Reader's guide to contemporary litera-
ture. 775 p. sq. Q. Lond. Sonnenschein, 1895.
$7.50. on
The first supplement to Best books. Contains a
large selection of the best contemporary literature,
classified and arranged in a manner similar to the
preceding volume.
Sarg^ant, E. B., and Wishaw, Bemhard.
Guide book to books. 344 p. Q. Lond. Frowde,
1891. 5s, o. p. on
An alphabetical list of some of the best books, ar-
ranged under subjects with occasional brief explana-
tory and critical notes. The books are mainly confined
to those in English. The price, size, and publisher
are mentioned. There is an index of authors at the
end of the volume.
Perkins, Frederick Beecher. Best read-
ing ; hints on the selection of books, on the
formation of libraries, public and private, on
courses of reading, etc., with a classified bib-
liography for easy reference. Ed. 4 rev. and
enh 343 p. D. N. Y. Putnam, [<• 1877]. 0x6
Perkins, Frederick Beecher. Best read-
ing ; series 2-4 ; a priced and classified bibliogra-
phy for easy reference of the more important
English and American publications. 3y. D.
N. Y. Putnam, 1892-93. $4.50. 0x6
Edited by Lynds E. Jones.
Now somewhat out of date.
Leypoldt, Aug^usta Harriet, and lies,
George. List of books for girls and women
and their clubs. . . . 161 p. Q. Bost. Library
bureau, 1895. $1. 0x6
A classified list of more than 2000 selected titles,
with notes prepared by specialists. The annotations
are particularly interesting. One of the best of the
selected lists. The title of the book is misleading.
The list is equally useful for boys and men.
American library association. Catalog of
"A. L. A. library ; " 5000 volumes for a popu-
lar library, selected by the American library
association and shown at the World's Colum-
bian exposition. (U. S. Bureau of education.)
592 p. O. Wash. Government printing ofiSce,
1893. free. 0x7
Classified and dictionary catalogs.
New edition in preparation.
Wisconsin free library commission. Sug-
gestive list of books for a small library recom-
mended by the state library commissions of
Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, and
Idaho. 48 p. O. Madison, Wisconsin free
library commission, 1902. free. 028
Its aim is to help book committees in small libraries.
A classified list. Distributed by the library commis-
sions named.
As aids in the selection of new books may
be mentioned: Fifty best books for a village
library, issued annually by the New York
state library, and Selection from the best
books of the year, with notes, by the same in
its State library bulletins (10 cts.).
CHILDREN'S READING
Several guides to children's books have been
compiled, and many libraries have issued cata-
logs of their well-selected collections. In order
to make these important lists of use to the in-
dividual library, it is well to put opposite the
titles in Sargent's Reading for the young (or
others) the call numbers of books when they
are contained in the library.
Field, Mrs. E. M. The child and his book ;
some account of the history and progress of
children's literature in England. 356 p. il.
pi. D. Lond. Gardner, 1891. 6s. 028.5
A most interesting account of the history and pro*
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
gress of children's literatare in England to 1825. Not
a bibliography, but helpful in the understanding of
children's books.
Sargent, John Frederick. Reading for the
young; a classified and annotated catalog.
i21 p. Q. Bo8t. Library bureau, 1890. $1. o. p.
028.5
Supplement, p. 125-225, Q. Bost. Li-
brary bureau, 1896. $1. 028.5
The most important guide to children's reading.
Tlie notes assist in the selection of books. References
under subjects are made to articles in the periodicals
for young i>eople. The titles are graded according to
the age to which they are adapted. The subject Index
in the supplement includes the original edition as
well.
Hardy, George E. Five hundred books for
the young. Ed. 2. 94 p. D. N. Y. Scribner,
1893. 50 cU. 028.5
A graded list, with brief descriptions of the books.
Griswold, William Maccrillis. Descrip-
tive list of books for the young. 175 p. Q.
Camb. [>Iass.] Griswold, 1895. $1. pap.
028.5
Classified list, with author and subject Indexes.
The titles are annotated, with critical and descriptive
extracts from leading reyiews such as the Nation,
Athenaeum, etc. Not always a safe guide.
Hewins, Caroline Maria. Books for boys
and girls. 81 p. Tt. Bost. Library bureau, 1897.
(A. L. A. annotated lists.) 10 cts. 028.5
A brief list prepared as a help in buying books, for
parents, teachers, and the smaller libraries. Anno-
tated.
Burt, Mary Elizabeth. Literary landmarks.
... 156 p. il. pi. D. Bost. Houghton, 1893.
75 cts. 028.5
Guide to good reading for young people. Of special
Interest to teachers. Contains chapters on theories of
children's reading, epigrammatic literature, works of
the creative imagination, history, biography, etc., with
a list of books.
Caller, Mary Alice. Literary guide for
home and school. 205 p. pi. D. N. Y. Merrill,
1892. $1.25. 028.5
For girls.
Salmon, Edward. Juvenile literature as it
is. 243 p. D. Lond. Drane, 1888. 68. 028.5
An account of children's literature of the time in
England.
LIBRARY LISTS
Buffalo — Public library. Class-room li-
braries for public schools, listed by grades ; to
which is added a list of books suggested for
school reference libraries. 133 p. O. Buffalo,
Public library, 1902. 31 cts. 028.5
" The chief purpose of this catalogue Is to help tbe
teacher to find the book she wants to use in her woA
or to recommend to her pupils. It has been arranged
for grammar school work, with special attention to
American history, literature, and geography, nature
study, holidays, etc. The catalogue does not pretend
to be complete or exhaustive, but gives under each
subject heading some available material, including
fiction and poetr>'." Pre/are.
Graded list, with author-title index, and an alpha-
betical subject index.
Carnegie library of Pittsburgh. Graded
and annotated catalogue of books for the use
of the city schools. 817 p. O. [PitUburgh]
Carnegie library, 1900. 50 cts, 028.5
An admirable list, particularly useful on acconnt of
the annotations.
Cleveland (O.)— Public library. Bcfcr-
ences to books in the library, intended to aid
the third grade teachers of the Cleveland pub-
lic schools, comp. by M. H. Prentice. 108 p. O.
Cleveland, Public library, [<" 1898]. 028.5
Hartford (Conn.) — Public library. Boys'
and girls' books. Ed. 2 enl. 103 p. O. Hartford,
Case, 1895. 028.5
N. Y. (state) — Library. Class list of a $600
library recommended for schools, p. 955-1082,
O. Alb. Univ. of the state of N. Y. 1901.
(Bulletin ; 65.) 15 cts. 028.5
Goss, Harriet, and Baker, G. A. A com-
plete comprehensive index and dictionary cata-
logue to the first 27 volumes of St. Nicholas,
containing 20,000 references arranged analyti-
cally, alphabetically, and classified. 234 p. Q.
Cleveland, Cumulative, index co. [« 1901]. $4.
J 051
Of great value in finding references for children.
anonyms' AND PSEUDONYMS
AMERICAN AND ENGLISH
Cushingf, William. Anonyms; a diction-
ary of revealed authorship. 829 p. O. Camb.
[Maa*^.] Cashing, 1890. 810. 024
Givefi names of authors of anonjrmons books, English
and American, with index of names at end.
Initials and pseudonyms; a dictionary
of revealed disguises. 2v. O. N. Y. Crowell,
[Msss-sa] $8. 0x4
English and American, with a few well-known con-
tinental names. Each series in two parts; first, initials
followed by real name, second, real name followed by
pseudonj-m or initials, with short biographical notices.
Halkett, Samuel, and Laing^, John. Dic-
tionary of the anonymous and pseudopymous
literature of Great Britain, including the works
ANONYMS. PERIODICALS. LIBRARIES
77
of foreigners, written in or translated into the
English language. 4v. Q. Edin. Patterson,
1882-88. »17.50. 0x4.2
Strictly alphabetical; the author's name is printed
in small capitals and the authority in italics. There
is an index to authors* pseudonyms and an index of
authors in yoI. 4.
A list of authors of anonymous and pseu-
donymous books will be found in the monthly
numbers of the Library journal. These are
also indexed in its annual index.
FRENCH
Qu^rard, Joseph Marie. Supercheries lit-
t^raires devoilees. ... Ed. 2. 8v. O. Paris,
Daffls, 1869-71. 0x4.4
Pseudonyms of French writers.
Barbier, Antoine Alexandre. Diction-
naire des ouvrages anonymes. . . . Ed. 8 enl.
by Olivier Barbier, Rene and Paul Billard.
4v. O. Paris, Daffls, 1872-79. 0x4.4
Supplements the Supercheries deroil^es by Qu^rard.
Includes French and Latin works, with historical
and critical notes.
Brunet, Gustave. Supplement au Diction-
naire dcs ouvrages anonymes de Barbier et aux
Supercheries lilteraires devoilees de Querard,
V. p. Q. Paris, FIchoz, 1889. 014.4
Other books of anonymous and pseudony-
mous literature are: Dutch: Doominck's Ver-
momde en naamlooze schrijvers (Leiden, 1883-
85. 2v. in 1). English : Marchmont's Concise
handbook of ancient and modem literature is-
sued either anonymously, imder pseudon3rm8,
or initials (Lond. 1896). German: Weller's
Index pseudonymorum ; w5rterbuch der pseu-
donymen, oder verzeichniss aller autoren, die
sich falscher namen bedienten (Lpz. Ochme,
1862). In the preface is given an account of
books on the pseudonymous literature of vari-
ous countries. Italian : Melzi's Dizionario di
opere anonime e pseudonime di scrittori italiani
(Milano, Pirola, 1848-69. 8v.), and a supple-
mentary volume (Ancona. 1887). Scandina-
man: Collin's Anonymer og pseudonymer
(Kjsb. 1869) and Pettersen's Anonymer og
pseudonymer ; den norske litteratur, 1678-1890
(Eristiania, 1890).
CHANGED TITLES
Whitney, James Lyman. A modem Pro-
teus ; or, A list of books published under more
than one title. 106 p. S. N. Y. Leypoldt,
1884. o. p. 0x6
The same may also be found in Lib. jour. 8: 172-193,
and in the American library association. Papers and
proceedings. 1883. p. 10-31.
This is the only publication of the kind, and is still
occasionally useful. Later notices of books published
under more than one title may be found in the col-
umns of the Library Journal.
PERIODICALS
Bibliog^rapher ; a [monthly] Journal of
book-lore. 6v. Q. Lond. Stock, 1882-84.
010.5
Book-lore ; a [monthly] magazine devoted
to old-time literature, Dee. 1884-Nov. 1887.
6v. il. Q. Lond. Stock, 1885-87. 010.5
Book-worm [monthly]. 5 v. il. Q. Lond.
1866-71. 010.5
Bookworm [monthly], an illustrated trea-
sury of old-time literature. 7v. il. O. Lond.
Stock, 1888-94. 010.5
Bibliographica, 1895-97. 8v. il. pi. F.
Lond. Paul, 1895-97. 0x0.5
Philobiblion; a monthly bibliographical
journal. 2v. O. N Y. Philes, 1862-63. 010.5
Bibliographer, 1902. v. 1, O. N. Y. Dodd,
1902. $5. 0x0.5
The above are useful for finding information about
old and rare books, etc.
LIBRARIES
STATISTICS
U. S. — Bureau of education. Public, so-
ciety, and school libraries, p. 928-1165, O.
Wash. Government printing office, 1901. (Re-
print of chapter from the report of the Com-
missioner of education for 189^1900.) free.
037
Under each state is given a list of libraries contain-
ing over 1000 volumes, with statistics thereof.
Richter, P. E. Verzeichniss der bibliothe-
ken mit gegen 50,000 und mehr b&nden. 2v.
in 1, O. Lpz. Hedeler, n. d. 8m. 027
Hedeler, pub. List of private libraries. 2v.
O. Lpz. Hedeler, 1897-98. 027
SPECIAL COLLECTIONS
Lane, William Coolidge, and Bolton, C :
K. Notes on special collections in American
libraries. 82 p. O. Camb. [3Iass.] Library of
Harvard univ. 1892. (Harvard university —
Library. Bibliographical contributions, no.
45.) 027
A list of special collections arranged alphabetically
by places, with index of subjects.
New York library club. Libraries of Qreater
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
New York; manual and historical sketch. 185 p.
D. N. Y. 1902. $1. 027
Contains besides the description of the libraries and
their special collections, an alphabetical index to these
collections.
LIBRARY CATALOGS
Printed catalogs of libraries, especially of
the large libraries, are among the useful tools
of the bibliographer and reference librarian.
Those of the British museum and Bibliolh^que
nationals are important as general bibliogra-
phies.
Author catalogs
British museum — Library. Catalogue of
printed books. 893 pts. in 95v. F. Lond.
Printed by Clowes, 1881-1900. £84 018.x
Supplement, v. 1, F. Lond. 1900-01.
T. 1 and parts to Bmyne hare been published.
France — Bibliothbque nationale. Cata>
logue general des livres imprimes. Auteurs.
V. 1-8, O. Paris, Imprimerie nationale, 1900-
01. 0x8.2
V. 8 to Bauzon.
Astor library. Catalogue or alphabetical
index. 4v. O. N. Y. 1857-61. ox8.x
Supplement; with an alphabetical in-
dex of subjects. 605 p. O N. Y. 1866. 018.x
Catalogue. 4v. O. Camb. [Mass.] 1886-
88. 018. X
Faculty of advocates — Library. Cata-
logue of the printed books. 7v. Q. Edin.
Blackwood. 1857-79. 0x8. x
y. 7 is a Supplementary volume.
Brief biographical data in volume one.
Dictionary catalogs
Peabody institute of the city of Baltimore.
Catalogue of the library. 5v. Q. Bait. 1883-J 2.
$25. 0x9.x
Second catalogue, including the addi-
tions made since 1882. v. 1-5, Q. Bait. 1896-
1901. §5 per vol. 019.x
Full in the line of analyticals and tables of con-
tents.
Boston Athenaeum library. Catalogue.
5v. Q. Bost. 1874-82. in sheets $25. 0x9.x
Full in analytical.
Detroit — Public library. General cata-
logue. . . . 1888. 2v. Q. Detroit, Gulley,
1889. $2.50. 0X9.Z
First supplement, 1889-93. 898 p. Q.
Detroit, Bomman, 1894. $1.50. 0x9.x
Detroit — Public library. General cata-
logue. Second supplement, 1894-98. 8d0 p. Q.
Detroit, Stone, 1899. $1.50. 019.1
Annual bulletins are also issued.
Other dictionary catalogs of smaller libraries
are those of the Cleveland and Grand Rapids
public libraries.
Classed catalogs
Milwaukee — Public library. Systematic
catalogue, with alphabetical author, title, and
subject indexes, 1885. 836 p. pL Q. Milwau-
kee, 1885-86. $8.50. 017. i
Quarterly index of additions, 1886-1902.
Q. Milwaukee. 1888-1902. $3.50. 0x7.1
Osterhout free library, Wilkesbarre, Pa.
Class catalogue and author index. 432 p. O.
Wilkesbarre, 1889. $1. 0x7.1
First supplement, 1889-95. 457 p. O.
Wilkesbarre, 1895. $1. 0x7.x
Brooklyn library. Analytical and classed
catalogue; authors, titles, and subjects. 1110 p.
F. Brooklyn, 1881. $5. 0x9.x
Usefal for its analyticals.
Another good subject catalog is: —
British museum — Library. Subject index
of the modern works added to the library, 1880-
95 ; comp. by G. K. Fortescue. 8v. Q. Lond.
1886-97. 0x9.x
V. 1, 1880-85(0. p.), scarce; y. 2, 1885-90 (£2) ; t.8,
1891-95 (£2), o. p. Arrangement is alphabetical.
Good examples of finding-lists (which are
brief catalogs of libraries) are those of the Jersey
City public library (alphabetical) ; Newark pub-
lic library (classed with author index) ; Salem
public library (classed with author index);
Scranton public library (classed with author
index); Buffalo public library (classed with
author index).
Some library catalogs are excellent special
bibliographies. Such are: Catalogue of tlie
Avery architectural library, Columbia univer-
sity, tlie Catalogue of the books relating to
architecture of the Boston public library, the
Catalogue of the Spanish library of the Boston
public library, etc.
THE CARD CATALOG
Perhaps it may be worth while to emphasize
the importance of using a card catalog. The
young student in college or in school should
be taught at an early period the general prin-
ciples of classification and the arrangement and
mode of entry adopted in preparing a card
LIBRARY BULLETINS AND PERIODICALS
79
catalog for public use. He should understaDd
how to look up a subject by means of the
catalog. The freedom of the shelves which
is granted in so many libraries does not enable
the student to find all the material on a sub-
ject. The catalog can aid him by means of its
cross-references, double entries, and analytical
references. The resources of the library on
any subject cannot be thoroughly exhausted
until the catalog, as well as the books on the
shelves, has been examined.
BULLETINS
The bulletin, usually issued monthly, is the
best way a library has to keep its readers in-
formed of additions to its collection, and to
supply to them reading-lists and reference lists
as well as other interesting matter relating to
books and the library. The expense of print-
ing the bulletin has kept many libraries from
using it for these purposes. By means of ad-
vertisements, however, the expense can be
greatly reduced, so that a comparatively large
number of libraries now publish bulletins.
The bulletin is useful to other libraries, espe-
cially if the reference list is one of its features.
The Monthly bulletin of the Providence public
library was particularly noted for its reference
lists so admirably carried out by Mr. W. E.
Foster.
Other bulletins are : Bulletin of the Salem
public library (monthly), which publishes ex-
cellent reading-lists on subjects of general
interest ; those of the Boston public library,
the New York public library, the Carnegie
library of Pittsburgh, etc.
LIBRARY PERIODICALS
The two American library periodicals are
the Library journal (v. 1, 1876), published
monthly, $5 per year, and Public libraries
(v. 1, 1896), ten numbers each year, $1 per year.
The Library journal is the official organ of the
American library association, the full set of
volumes since 1876 forming the most valuable
source of information relating to libraries. The
index volume (v. 1-22) increases its usefulness.
Public libraries is devoted especially to the
interests of small libraries, and is representative
of library interests in the West.
The English journals are: the Library, the
Library world, the Library association record,
and the Library assistant.
Foreign journals are the Centralblatt fQr bib-
liothekswesen in Germany, the Rivista dclle
bibliotheche in Italy.
SUGGESTIVE LIST OF 100 REFERENCE BOOKS
The selection of the most important reference books for a small library is often difficult to
make, depending as it must upon the amount of money available, which often is too limited to
buy even the essential works of reference. While the selection depends also upon the character
of the library, there are still many books which are necessary to every library. No libi-ary, how-
ever small and whatever its character, can be complete without a dictionary, an encyclopedia,
an atlas, and a biographical dictionary.
To assist in selecting for a small public library, a suggestive list of the first one hundred
reference books is offered. It must be remembered, as stated before, that these books can often
be bought for less than the published price, at auction or second-hand. Many important works
of reference are published by the government and can be obtained free, e. g. the Statistical
abstract. Census reports, Review of the world's commerce, etc. The titles are given to a certain
extent in the order of usefulness of the books. It is comparatively simple to mention the first
ten reference books, but after that the choice becomes more and more difficult, influenced as
the librarian must be by the desire to cover as many subjects as possible. The personal esti-
mate of a reference book based upon experience and habit will always influence in its selection.
Therefore the following list is not claimed to be the best possible, but it may be helpful to
some who find difficulty in selecting reference books. Other lists are mentioned in the list of
Books and articles upon reference books at the beginning of this volume.
American reference books have been preferred to foreign in some cases where the foreign
books are better, but it is tliought that in Ameiican libraries an American book is on the whole
more useful where only one book on a subject can be bought In such cases as the gazetteer
and the atlas, the information in foreign works is not sufficiently full in American names.
1. Dictionary (the Standard or Webster's International) $15.00
2. Universal cyclopedia (or Johnson's — the new edition is not needed in a small library
if the library has the last edition of Johnson's) 63.00
The best of the completed encyclopedias for a small library. The New international encyclope-
dia is the most recent, and should be preferred if a library can wait for its completion.
8. Century atlas (Smith) 12.50
4. Lippincott's biographical dictionaiy (Thomas). The one- volume edition can be ob-
tained at a lower price than the latest two- volume edition and answers all pur-
poses for a small library 15.00
5. Lippincott's gazetteer 8.00
6. World almanac 40
7. Poole's Index (Abridged edition) 12.00
8. Cumulative index 5.00
9. Hoyt's Cyclopedia of practical quotations 6.00
10. "Warner's Library of the world's best literature 90.00
11. Century cyclopedia of names (Smith) 10.00
12. Bliss's Encyclopedia of social reform 7.50
13. Peck's Harper's dictionary of classical antiquities 6.00
14. Chambers's Book of days 7.00
15. Who 's who in America (Leonard) 2.75
16. Riemann's Dictionary of music 6.00
SUGGESTIVE LIST OF 100 REFERENCE BOOKS 81
17. Intematiooal year book (or Appleton's Anoual) 4.00
18. Bible (Riverside parallel or any other edition) 5.00
19. Allibone's Critical dictionary of English literature 17.60
20. Sargent's Harper's cyclopajdia of British and American poetry 4.50
21. Brookings <& Ringwalt's Briefs for debate 1.25
22. Harper's Book of facts (Willsey) 8.00
23. Edgren's French and Englisli dictionary 2.50
24. Fltlgers English-German & German-English dictionary 16.50
25. Lamed' s History for ready reference 30.00
26. Statesman's year-book 3.00
27. Who's who 1.75
28. M'Clintock & Strong's Cyclopaedia of biblical, theological & ecclesiastical literature 60.00
29. •* A. L. A." index to general literature (Fletcher) 10.00
80. Cooley's Cyclopaedia of practical receipts 9.00
81. Little's Cyclopedia of classified dates 10.00
82. Strong's Exhaustive concordance of the Bible 6.00
88. Champlin's Young folks' cyclopaedia of common things 2.50
84. Champlin's Young folks' cyclopaedia of persons and places 2.50
85. Champlin's Young folks' cyclopaedia of literature and art 2.50
86. Champlin's Young folks' cyclopaedia of games and sports 2.50
87. Goss and Baker's St. Nicholas index 4.00
88. Labberton's Historical atlas 1.25
89. Appleton's Cyclopaedia of American biography (Wilson & Fiske) .... 86.00
40. Lamed's Literature of American history 6.00
41. C^amplin & Perkins's Cyclopedia of painters and painting 20.00
42. Leypoldt & Iles's List of books for girls and women • . 1.00
48. American library association's "A. L. A." catalog free
44. Gaskell's Compendium of forms (or Hill's Business manual) 4.00
45. Bartlett's Familiar quotations 8.00
46. Lewis & Short's Harper's Latin dictiouary 6.50
47. Liddell & Scott's Greek-English lexicon 10.00
48. Grove's Dictionary of music and musicians 20.00
49. Fletcher & Bowker's Annual literary index 8.50
60. Parsons's Laws of business 8.75
51. Walsh's Curiosities of popular customs . . .8.50
52. Bartlett's Dictionary of Americanisms 4.00
58. Tribune almanac 25
64. Brewer's Historic note-book 8.50
65. Stedman & Hutchinson's Library of American literature 83.00
66. Burke's Peerage 12.00
57. Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography 18.00
68. Bartlett's Concordance to Shakespeare 7.50
69. Lossing*s Harper's popular cyclopajdia of TJ. S. history (or Harper's Encyclopaedia
of U. S. history if the library can afford it. $31) 10.00
60. Sturgis's Dictionary of architecture and building 18.00
61. Lalor's Cyclopaedia of political science, etc. 15.00
62. Commercial year-book 1.00
63. Appleton's Cyclopaedia of applied mechanics and Supplement 22.50
64. Congressional directory (U. 8. Congress) 30
65. Century dictionary (Whitney) 00.00
66. Peet's Who 's the author ? 50
67. Bailey's Cyclopedia of American horticulture 20.00
82 SUGGESTIVE LIST OF 100 REFERENCE BOOKS
68. Velazquez's Dictionary of the Spanish and English languages 6.00
69. Millhouse's Italian dictionary 5.50
70. Hastings's Dictionary of the Bible (or Cheyne's) 20.00
71. Smith's Synonyms discriminated 2.00
72. Julian's Dictionary of hymnology 10.00
78. Newton's Dictionary of birds 5.00
74. Dixon's Mechanical arts simplified 2.50
75. Stiirgis & Krehbiel's Annotated bibliography of fine arts 1.00
76. Phyfe's Five thousand facts and fancies 5.00
77. Wood's Quotations for occasions 1.50
78. Nichol's Tables of history : Ancient and European 3.75
79. Walsh's Handy-book of literary curiosities 8.50
80. Thorpe's Dictionary of applied chemistry 50.00
81. Houston's Dictionary of electrical words 7.00
82. Chambers's cyclopaKlia of English literature 15.00
88. Rothwell's Mineral industry 5.00
84. Rowell's American newspaper directory (or Ayer's) 5.00
85. U. S. Census bureau's Compendium (and full reports) free
86. U. S. Interior department's Official register (Blue book) ' free
87. U. S. Documents office's "Document catalogue" free
88. U. 8. Documents office's Check-list free
89. Adams's Manual of historical literature 2.50
90. Townsend's U. S 2.00
91. San Francisco free public library's Classified English prose fiction .... 1.50
92. United States catalog of books 12.50
98. Publishers' weekly 8.00
94. Publishers' trade list annual 1.50
95. Reference catalogue of current literature 5.00
96. English catalogue annual 1.50
97. Sonnenschein's Best books 9.00
98. Sonnenschein's Reader's guide 7.50
99. Detroit public library's Catalogue and Supplements . 6.50
100. Encydopsedia Britannica 145.00
INDEX
INDEX
The index has been made as full as practicable In order that the reference books may be more readily used
by persons who have had little experience in looking up information in them. It includes, besides topics
referred to in the text, many subjects of general interest to be found in the books of reference mentioned in
this manual, such as state seals, state flowers, coats of arms, consuls, election returns, etc.
While it is obviously impossible to make a complete analytical index to the contents of reference books,
there are still a ntunber or subjects which it is convenient to locate quickly, and which are difficult to find
without a thorough knowledge of these books.
A. L. A. index, i960 Fletcher, W : I:
66.
Abbott, E. L. Bibliography in a
small library, 6..
Abbott, Edwin. Concordance to
Pope, 38.
Abbreviations. Fellows, U: Funk
(Standard), apx. 14: Reddall, 35;
Webster, apx. 14; Worcester, apx.
See cUso People's cyclopedia,
V. 4, apx. 11.
L'acad^mie royale des sciences, des
lettres et des beaux-arts de Bel-
gique. Biographic nationale, 43.
Academies, ^ee Societies, 60-60.
Acrostics. Bombaugh, 35; Walsh,
36.
Adams, C : K. Manual of historical
literature, 60: ec(., see Universal
cyclopaedia, 10.
Adams, £. L. Instruction in the
use of ref«>rence books, 6.
Adams. O. F. Brief handbook of
English authors, 44; Dictionary
of American authors, 44.
Adams, W : D. Dictionary of Eng-
lish literature, 34.
Adams. W : H. D. Concordance to
the plays of Shakespeare, 38.
Adeline, Jules. Art dictionary, 31.
Advocates, Faculty of. See Faculty
of advocates.
Agriculture. U. S. — Dept. of agri-
culture, 63; U. S. — Census office,
24.
Aids and guides, 6.
Air-ships. Aupleton*s annual, 10;
Iconographic encyclopaedia, 11;
International year-book, v. 6, 10,
Alabama— bibliography. Cole, 64;
Owen, 64.
Alaska— bibliography. Library of
Congress, 73.
Aldine press. R^nouard, 67.
Aleksandrov, A. Complete Russian-
English and English-Russian dic-
tionary, 16.
Alembert, J. Le R. d*. Discours
pr^liminaire de Tencyclop^ie, 11.
See aiso Encyclopedic, L', 11.
Allgemeine bibliographie, 71.
Allgemeine deutsche biogranhie, 43.
Allgemeine encyclopadio der wis-
senschaften und kiinste. See
Ersch and Gruber, 12.
Allibone, S: A. Critical dictionary
of English literature, 33, 43, 70;
Great authors of all ages, 36;
Poetical quotations, 36 ; Prose
a notations, 36.
usions. Bombaugh, 36; Brewer,
36; Edwards. 36: Killikelly, 36;
Phyfe,3&; Reddall,35; Smith, 35;
Southwick,36; Timbs, 36; Walsh,
36; Wheeler, 35.
Allusions. See also Funk (Stand-
ard), apx. 14; Notes and queries,
34; Webster, apx. 14; Worcester,
apx. 14.
historical. Brewer, 50.
Almanach de Gotha, 23, 47.
Almanacs. American epheroeris,
27; Tribune abnanac, 23; Whita-
ker's almanac, 23; World alma-
nac, 23.
Almanacs, church, 20.
Ambassadors. See Diplomatic ser-
vice.
America heraldica. Vermont, E. de
V.46.
American and English encyclopae-
dia of law, 22.
American annual of photography,
32.
American architect and building
news. Index, 54.
American art annual. Levy, F. N. 31 .
American bibliography. American
catalogue, 68; Annual American
catalogue, 68; Annual American
catalogue cumulated, 68; Cumu-
lated index, 68; Growoll, 67;
Kelly, 68 ; Monthly cumulative
book-index, 68; Publishers' trade
list annual, 69; Publishers'
weekly, 68; Roorbach, 68; Sabin,
67; 'mibner, 67; U. S. — Copy-
rights office, 69.
American biography. Brown, 42;
Herringshaw, 42 ; National, 42 ;
Wilson (Appleton's), 42.
See also Harper's, 62; Jame-
son, 62; Lossing, 62 ; also Contem-
poraries — American.
American book-prices current, 69.
American catalogue of books, 63,
64, 68, 73.
American church almanac, 20.
American college and public school
directory, 26.
American cyclopaedia, 10.
American clictlonary of printing
and book-making. 30.
American dramatists* club. Tlie
American dramatists' club list, 40.
American economic association.
General contents and index, 60.
American ephemeris and nautical
almanac, 27.
American genealogist. Munsell,
Joel, pnb. 45.
American iron and steel associa-
tion. Directory to the iron and
steel works of the U. 8. 30.
American ionmal of theology.
Classified list of theological and
Semitic literature, 74.
American library association. An-
notated lists, 73: Comu and Beer,
40; Hewins, 76; Lamed, 62; I^y-
poldt and lies, 75: Sturgis, 31 ;
Catalog of " A. L. A. library," 75;
l*ortrait index, 47.
American library association —
Coiiiinittee on foreign documents.
Partial list of French goveriuucut
serials, 64.
Publishing board. Card index
to technical periodicals, 55.
American literature. Anthologies:
Duyckinck, 34 ; Stednian Mid
Hutchinson, 34 ; Criticitim ol :
Allibone, 33; Moulton, 33; Chro-
nology of: Whitcomb, 34.
See also Chambers, 34 ; Peet, 35.
bibliography of. Hodgkiu», 34 ;
Welsh, 34.
American poetry. Sargent, 30 ;
Stedman, .%.
American revolution. See U. S. —
history.
American society of mechanical
engineers. Contents and general
index, 60.
Americana. Sabin, 67.
Americanisms. Bartlctt, 16; Fel-
lows, 14; Reddall, 36; see also
People's cyclopedia, v. 4, apx. 11.
Americans. See American biogra-
phy.
Ames, A. S. Instruction in the use
of reference books, 6.
Ames, J : G. Coin])rehensive index
of the publications of the U. S.
government, 62 ; Special report
relating to public documents, Gl.
See also U. S. — Documents
office, 02.
Anagrams. Walsh, 36.
Ancient biography. Smith, 43.
.Sec also Classical antiquities.
Ancient geography. Smith, 49.
Ancient history. Nichol,50; Ploetz,
60.
See also Classical antiquities.
Ancient literature. Nichol, 50.
See also Classical antiquities.
Andr^, K. T. Andres allgcmciner
hand-atlas, 49.
Andrews, C. W. Bibliogmphy of
union lists, 64.
Anecdotes. Arvine, 37.
Anglia, Beiblatt zur, 74.
Anglicised words. Fennell, 15.
Anglo-Saxon dictionary. Bos worth,
15-16; Sweet, 16.
Annales de g«k>praphio. Bibliogra-
phic g^ograpliique annuelle, 74.
L'ann^ biologique, 74.
L'ann^ psychologiquc, 74.
Anniversaries, world almanac, 23.
Annuaire de la noblesse de France,
47.
86
INDEX
Annoaire de la noblesse de Russie,
47.
Annuaire de la presse f ra]i9al8e, 66.
Annual American catalogue, 68.
Annual American catalogue cumu-
lated. 68.
Annual cyclopsedia. See Appleton's
annual cyclopaedia, 10.
Annual literary index. Fletcher,
W : I : and Bowker, K : R. 63, 66.
Annual register, 51.
Annuals. See Year-books.
Annuario della nobiltft italiana, 47.
Anonyms. Book-prices current.
Index, 70 ; Foley, 09.
American. Cushing, 76.
Dutch. Doominck, 77.
English. Halkett and Laing,
76-77; Marchmont, 77.
French. Barbier, 77, Brunet, 77.
Gennan. Weller, 77.
Italian. Melzi, 77.
Scandinavian. Collin, 77 ; Pet-
tersen, 77.
See also Notes and queries
(index vols.), 34.
Anthologies. Gamett, 33; Haw-
thorne, 33; Mitchell and Liing, 33;
Spofford and Gibbon, 33 ; Warner,
See also American literature ;
English literature.
poetical. Bates, 36; Bryant, 36;
Coate»,36; Dana, 36; Longfellow,
36 ; Sargent, 36 ; Stedman, 36 ;
Ward, 36 ; Wilson, 36.
Anthony 'h photographic bulletin.
See International annual.
Anthropology. Iconographic ency-
clopaedia, V. 1, 11.
Antiquities. Brand, 26; Chambers,
26; Hone, 26; Walsh, 26.
See also Archeology, Classical
antiquities, Egyptian archeology.
Antonyms. Fellows, 14, 16; Fer-
nald, 14.
See also Funk (Standard), 14.
Anzeiger fUr die neueste pMdago-
giMcne litteratur, 74.
Appleton's American cyclopaedia.
See American cyclopa;dia, 10.
Appleton's annual cyclopaedia, 10,
Api)1eton*s cyclopscdia of American
biography. Wilson, J. O., and
Fiske, J : 42.
Appleton's cyclopedia of applied
mechanics, 29.
Apthori), W: F. See Champlin, J:
I)., jr. 32.
Arabic dictionary. Steingass, 17.
Arbor day. Appleton's annual, new
ser. 12: 765, 10 ; Willsey, 11.
Archeology. Adeline, 31; Icono-
graphic encyclopaedia, v. 2, 11 ;
Sloflett, 31.
bibliography. Columbia uni-
versity — Library. 32.
See also ClasHical antiquities,
Egyptian archeology.
Arcoitects. Clement, 44.
See also Architectural publica-
tion society, 31 ; Sturgis, 31.
Architectural publication society.
Dictionary of architecture, 31.
Architecture — bibliography. Bos-
ton — Public library. 32 ; Columbia
university— Library, 32; Farrar,
31 ; Gwilt, 31 ; Sturgis, 31.
See also Sturgis, v. 4, apx.
31.
chronology. Perry, 32.
dictionaries. Architectural
publicatitm society, 31; Icono-
graphic encyclopjpdia, v. 4, 11 ;
Gwilt, 31; Longfellow, 31 ; Stur-
gis, 31 ; Vlollet-le-Duc,31.
Architectore — glossaries. QMnr
sey, 31; GwUt, p. 1201-1303, 31;
Parker, 32.
Areas of countries. Lippincott, 48;
World almanac, 23.
Arkansas, bibliography of. Cole, 64.
Armies. World almanac, 23.
Armorial bearings. See Coats of
arms.
Arms and armor. Mollett, 31.
Armyofllcers. Cullum, 44; Powell,
44 ; Powell and Shippen, 44 ; U. S.
— Adjutant-general, 45; U. 8.—
Interior dept. Official register, 22,
45.
Army — U. S. Townsend, 52.
Arnold, T: Catholic dictionary, 19.
Arskatalog for sveniska bokhan-
deln. 72.
Art exhibitions. Levy, 31.
Art for the year. Annual register,
51.
Art galleries. Baedeker, 50; Carter,
31 ; Clement, 31 ; Murray, 50.
— list of. People's cyclopedia,
V. 4, apx. 11.
Art sales. Carter, 31; Levy, 31.
Art schools. Carter, 31 : Levy, 31.
Artists. Clement, 44; Clement and
Hutton, 44.
directory of. American : Levy,
31; English: Carter, 31.
See also l*ainters. Engravers.
Arts. See Fine arts, l-serul arts.
Arvine, Kazlitt. Cyclopaedia of
anecdotes, 37.
Association of engineering socie-
tit^. Descriptive index of cur-
rent engineering literature, 65.
Associations, 25.
Assoc iazione tipograflco-libraria
italiana, 72.
Astor library. Catalogue, 78.
Astronomical maps. Century atlas,
48 ; Stieler, 49 ; Times, 49.
Astronomical phenomena. Ameri-
can ephemerls. 27.
iSVe also Tribune almanac, 23;
Whitaker almanac, 23; World al-
manac, 23.
Astronomischcs jahresbericht, 74.
Astronomy — bibliography of. As-
trononiisches jahresbencht, 74.
Athletics. College year-book, 26.
records for the vear. Tribune
almanac, 23 ; M'orlu almanac, 23.
Atlantic monthly. Index, 54.
Atlases — American. Bradlev, 49;
Cram, 49 ; Funk, 14 ; Rand Mo-
Nally & CO. 48-49 ; Scribner-
Black, 49; Smiths Century, 48.
English. Bartholomew, 49 ;
Johns tc3n, 49 ; Times, 49.
list of. Mill, 49.
German. Andr«.4e,49; Stieler, 49.
See also Historical atlases.
Auction prices of books. American
book-prices current, 69; Book-
E rices current, 70 ; Book sales, 70 ;
»auze, 71.
Australasian words. Morris, 16.
Australia, Year-book of, 23.
Austrian bibliography. See German
bibliography.
Austrian biography. Wurabach, 43.
Authors. Gidel 'and Loli^, 33 ;
Gubematis, 43 ; Llterarv year-
book, 33 ; VaiKjreau, 33 ; IWmer,
33,43.
American. Adams, 44; Alli-
bone, 33, 43; Duvckinck, 34; Sted-
man and Hutchinson, v. 11, 34.
bibliographies of. Hodg-
kins, 34: Welsh. 34.
English. Adams, 44; Adams,
34; Allibone, 43; Chambers, 34;
Sharp, 44.
Antbon — English — bibUoaraiililflt
of. Hodgkins, 31 ; Welsh, U.
German. BommlUler, 43;
Deutscher Utterator-kaleuder, 44.
Authorship. Peet, 35; Wheeler*!
Who wrote it, 35.
See also Adanu, 34.
Also Anonyms, Bibltograidiief,
Library catalogs.
of plays. See Dramas.
of poems. See Poems — aathor-
ship of.
Avery architectural library. See
Colombia university — Library,
Xi.
Ayer & son, N. W. American
newspaper annual, 66.
Bache, Franklin. See Wood, G : B.,
and Bache, Franklin, 28.
Bacon, Ros;er. Opus ma jus, 9.
Badges anu decorations. See Deco-
rations of honor.
Baedeker, K. Guide-books, 60.
Bailey, L. H. Cyclopedia of Amerl>
can horticulture, &.
Bailey, Nathan. Universal e^molo-
gical English dictitmary, 13.
Baird, AV: R. American college
fraternities, 26.
Baker, C. A. Reference books for a
small library, 6.
Baker, G. A. See Goes, Harriet,
and Baker, G. A. 76.
Baker, Theodore. Biographical dic-
tionary of musicians, 44.
Baldwin, J. M. Dictionary of phi-
losophy and psychology, 18.
Baldwin, James. Book-lover, 75.
Ballads. Duyckinck (index), 3i;
Notes and queries (index vols.),
34.
Bankers. Banker's register, 46:
Sharp & Alleman co.^ lawyers*
and bankers' directorj-, 45.
Banker's register, 46.
Banking. Beeton, 24; Commercial
year-book, 24 ; Manual of statis-
tics, 24.
Baptist church. Cathcart, 19.
Barbier, A. A. Dictionnaire det
ouvrages anonymes, 77.
Bardsley, C: W. Dictionary of
English and Welsh surnames, 47.
Baronetage. Burke's Peerage, 46;
Dod, 46; Kelly, 46; Wlutaker,
46.
Barr^re, Albert, and Leiand, C: G.
Dictionary of slang, jargon, and
cant. 15.
Barrett, W. A. See Stainer, Sir J:
and Barrett, W. A. 32.
Bartholomew, J: G : International
student's atlas, 49; Library refer-
ence atlas, 49.
Bartlett, J: Familiar quotations,
36 ; New and complete concord-
ance to the dramatic works of
Shakespeare, .38.
Bartlett. J : R. Dictionary of Amer-
canisms, 15.
Bates, C. F. Cambridge book of
poetry and song. 36.
Bates, K. L., and Godfrey, L. B.
En&rlish drama, 40.
Butt leHelds. Smith 's Century atlas,
48.
Battles. Brewer, 60 ; Harper*8 book
of facts, apx. 11 : People's cyclo-
pedia, V. 4, apx. 11.
U. S. I*owell, 44 ; Harper's en-
cyclopa'dia, 51.
Bayle, Pierre. Dictionnaire histo-
rique et critique, 9.
Baynes, T: S. Shakespeare studies,
and Essay on English dictionaries,
13«
INDEX
87
Beer, W: See Corna, Mme. Sophie,
and Beer, W: 40.
Beeton, S : O. Dictionary of indus-
tries and commerce, 24.
Belgian bibliuerauhy. Revue bib-
lioKraphique beifi^e, 72.
Belgmn blograpEy. L'acad^mie
royale des sciences, etc. 43.
Belton, J: D. Literary manual of
foreign quotations, 37.
Benjamin, Park. Modem mechan-
ism, 29.
Bent, S : A. Familiar short sayings
of great men, 37.
Bequests. See Gifts and bequests.
Benioe, £: Browning cyclopa*dia,
38.
Bergen, W. yon. Rare coin encyclo-
paedia, 25.
Best books. Sonnenschein, 75.
Hee also Choice of books, 75.
Bible. Riverside parallel edition,
19.
atlas. Smith, 49.
commentaries. Briggs, 19;
Lange, 19.
concordances. Cruden, 19;
Strong, 19; Young, 19.
dictionaries. Cheyne and
Black, 19; Hastings, 19; Smith
and Fuller, 19.
Bibliografla italiana, 72.
Bibliographer, 77.
Bibliographer*s manual of English
literature. Lowndes, W : T : 69.
Bibliographia geologica, 74.
Bibliographia medica, 29, 74.
Bibliographia zoologica, 74.
Bibliographica. 77.
Bibliographie de la France, 71.
Bibliography, 65-79.
Bibliography — definition, 65.
early. Campbell, 67 ; Hain, 66;
Maittaire, 67 ; Panzer, 67; Pelle-
chet, 67; Proctor, 67; Santander,
67.
. See also Incunabula.
general. Brunet, 66 ; Ebert, 68;
Oeorgi, 66 ; Grfisse, 66; Quarltch,
66 ; Watt, 66.
of bibliography. American
catalogue, 18i6, apx. 68; British
museum, 72; Caspieir, 73; Growoll,
67, 73; Guild, 72: Josephson, 72;
Langlois, 72; Petzholdt, 72 ; Power,
72; Sabin, 73; Stein, 72; Vall^,
72.
periodicals. Bibliographer, 77;
Bibliographica, 77; Book-lore, 77;
Book-worm, 77; Bookworm, 77;
Philobiblion. 77.
See also National, Special bib-
liography; also American, Eng-
lish, French, German, etc., also
Catalogs of libraries.
Bibliotheca Americana. Roorbach,
O. A. 68 : Snbin. Joseph, 67.
Bibliotheca Britannica. Watt, Rob-
ert, 66, 69.
Bibliotheca philologica. See Jah-
resbericbt liber die fortschritte
der classischen altertumswissen-
schaft. 74.
Biblioth^que nationale. See France
— Biblioth^nue nntionale, 78.
Bigmore, E: C. Bibliography of
printing, 30.
Billings, J: S., and others. Na-
tional medica] dictionary. 28.
Bio-bibliographv. Cheva'lier, 48;
Oettinger, 48:* Phillips, 41.
Biographie univer«*elie. See Mi-
chaud. J. F. and L. G. 41.
Biography — dictionaries. Chal-
mers, 41: Chambers, 41; Champ-
lin, 11; Heilprin, 50; Hoefer, 41;
Hichaad, 41; Morris, 42; Oettin-
fer,41 ; Phillips, 41 ; Sanders, 41;
mith (Century), 35, 41.
Biography. Sec also Webster, apx.
M; Worcester, apx. 14; People's
cyclopedia, apx. 11 ; also Encyclo-
pedias and Dictionaries of special
subjects.
See also American, Ancient,
Canadian, ChriKtiau, English,
French, German, Italian, etc.; also
Contemporaries.
Biological terms. Gould's Dlus-
trated dictionary, 28L
Biology. L'annt^ biologique, 74.
Birds. Newton, 27.
Birthdaj-s of noU'd persons. Cham-
bers, 26 ; Little's Classified flates,
60.
Birth-stones. See Gems.
Bisbee, M. I>. Place of bibliography
in the equipment of a cultiyated
man, 65.
Biscoe, W. S. See N. Y. (state) — Li-
brary, 67.
Bizoniy, F. English - Hungarian
dictionary, 17.
Bjdrkman, C. G. Svensk-Engelsk
ord bok, 16.
Black. See Scribner-Black, 49.
Black, J. S. See Chejne, T. K., and
Black, J. S. 19.
Blackie, C. Geographical etymo-
logy, 48.
Blackstone, Sir W : Commentaries
on the laws of England, 22.
Blades, W: Life and typography
of Caxton, 67.
Blakely, Bertha. Library helps —
indexes, 53.
Bliss, E. M. Encyclopspdia of mis-
sions, 20.
Bliss, W: D. P. Encyclopedia of
social reform, 20.
Blue book, 45.
Blue book (U. S.), 22.
Blue book of American shipping,
26.
BIunt,J:H: Dictionary of sects, 19.
Boase, Frederick. Modem English
biography, 43.
Biirsenbfat '"
Biirsenblatt fUr den deutschen
buchhandel, 71.
Bohemian dictionary. Mourek, 16.
Bohn, H: G. Hand-book of pro-
verbs, 37: Polyglot of foreign
proverbs, 37.
Boletin de la librerta, 72.
Bolland, Simpson. Encyclopedia of
founding, 30.
Bollettino delle publicazioni ita-
liane, 72.
Bolton, C: K Library examina-
tions in schools, 6.
See also Lane, W : C. and Bol-
ton, C: K. 77.
Bolton, H: C. Catalogue of scirn-
tific and technical periodicals, 55;
Helps for cataloguers of serials,
53; Select bibliography of chem-
istry, 27.
Bon)baugh, C : C. Gleanings for the
curious, 36.
Book clubs. Growoll, 59.
Book collectors. Clegc:, 33.
Book making. American diction-
ary, 30.
Book of days. Chambers, Robert,
26.
Book reviews— index to. Oimula-
tive index, 54.
Book pales, 70.
Spp. also Auction prices of
lKK)kS.
Bookbinding. Amfrican diction-
ary of printing and book-making,
30.
Bookkeeping. Gaskell, 24.
Book-lore, 77.
Book-prices current, 70.
Books — synopses of noted. Warner,
V. 30, 33.
Bookseller, 70.
Booksellers. Clegg, 33; Literary
year-book, 33.
Bookseller's library. See Growoll,
73.
Book- worm, 77.
Bommliiler. Franz. Biographisches
schrifts teller-lexicon der gegen-
wart, 43.
Boston— Public library. Catalogue,
t3; Catalogue of the books relat-
ing to architecture, 32, 78; Cata-
logue of the Spanish library, ',S ;
Chronological index to historical
fiction, 39; Finding-list of genealo-
gies, 46 ; Handbook for readers
— List of bibliographies in, <3 ;
List of periodical indexes in, 64 ;
Monthly bulletin, 79.
Boston Athena'um library. Cata-
logue, 57, 63, 78.
Boston book company. Bulletin of
bibliography, 73.
Bostwick, A. E. Reference work in
small circulating libraries, 6.
~— See also Cliamplin, J : D., jr.,
and Bostwick, A. E. 32.
Bosworth, Joseph. Anglo-Saxon
dictionary, 15, 16.
Botanical terms. Crozier, 27 ; Jack-
son, 27.
Botany. Smith, 28.
bibliography. Just, 74.
See also florticulture.
Bouvier, J : Bouvier's law diction-
arj', 22.
Bo\iven, H. C. Descriptive cata-
logue of historical novels and
talcs, 39.
Bowker, R : R. Bibliographical en-
deavors in America, 66 ; I*uLlica-
tions of societies, 69 ; State publi-
cations, M I ITnlted States govem-
n:ent 1 ublications, 61.
p.na lies, G : Reader's guide in
economic, social, and political
science, 20, 21.
See also American catalogue,
68 ; Fletcher, W : I : and Bowker,
R:R.53.
Bradley's Atlas of the world, 49.
Bradt-haw, J: Concordance to Mil-
ton, 38.
Brand, J: Observations on the
pojmlar antiquities of Great Brit-
ain, 26.
Brande and Cox. Dictionary of
science, literature, and art, 11.
Brannt, W: T., and Wahl, W: H.
Techno-chemical receipt book, 20.
Brewer, D. J. World's best ora-
tions, 33.
Brewer, E. C. Dictionary of mira-
cles, 20; Dictionary of phra.se and
fnble, 35 ; Hihtoric note-book, CO ;
Reader's handbook, 36.
Briefs for debate. Brookings, W:
Du B. 67.
Briggs, C: A. International criti-
eail conimentaiy, 19.
Brightwell, D. B. Concordance to
Tennyson, 38.
Brinknian's Catalogus der bocken,
plaat- en kaartwerken ; Alphabe-
tische lijst van boeken, 72.
Briticisms. Fellows, 14.
British empire. See (ireat Britain.
British essayists. Index to, 67.
British museum — Library. Cata-
logue of books printed in Eng-
land, Scotland, and Ireland, and
books printed in Enclish to ir40,
69; Catalogue of printed books,
88
INDEX
78; Catalogue of printed books:
academies, 69 ; Catalogue of
printed books: periodical pub-
lications, 54 ; List of bibliographi-
cal works, 72 ; List of the books of
reference in the reading-room. G;
Subject index of the modem
works, 78. See also Proctor, Rob-
ert, G7.
Brockhaus, F. A. BrockhauB*8 con-
versations-lexicon, 12.
Brodrick, M., and Morton, A. A.
Concise dictionary of Eg>i)tian
archaeology, 51.
Brookings, W. Du B., and Ringwalt,
R. C. Briefs for debate, 57.
Brooklyn library. Analytical and
classed catalogue, 57, <8 ; Refer-
ence work in, T.
Brooks, R. C. Bibliography of mu-
nicipal problems, 2L
Brown, Everit, and Strauss, Albert.
Dictionary of American politics,
21.
Brown, J. D. Biographical diction-
ary of musicians, M.
Brown, J : H. Cyclopedia of Ameri-
can bioffraphy, 42.
Browne, W : H. Famous women of
history, 45.
Brox^-ning, Robert, dictionaries of.
Berdoc, 38: Cooke, 38; Molineux,
38.
Brunet, Gustave. Supplement au
Dictionnaire des ouvrages ano-
nymcs de Barbier, 77.
Brunet, J.. C : Manuel du libraire,
60,70.
Bryan, Michael. Dictionary of
painters and engravers, 44.
Bryant, W: C. Family library of
poetry and song, 36.
Buffalo — Public library. Author-
title catalogue of English i)rose
Action, 40; Class-room libraries,
76; Finding-list, 78.
Building— dictionaries. Sturgis, 31.
glossaries of terms. Gamsey,
31,32; Parker, 32.
ASee also Iconographic encyclo-
prrdla, v. 5, 11.
Buildings. Baedeker, 60; Long-
follow, 31 ; Smith (Century), 35.
Sec also Allusions.
Buisson, Ferdinand. Dictionnaire
de pc^dagngie et d'instruction
primaire, 25.
Bulletins. Boston — Public library,
79; Carnegie library of Pitts-
burgh, 79 ; New York — Public
library-, 79; Salem — Public li-
brary, 79.
Bure, G. F. de. Bibliographic in-
structive, 66.
Burke, Sir Bernard. Genealogical
and heraldic dictionary of the
peerage and baronetage, 46; Gene-
alogical history of the extinct
peerages, 46; General armory of
Kngland, Scotland, Ireland, and
Wales, 46; Landed gentry, 46.
Burnet, P. B. Sfe Edgren, H., and
Burnet, P. B. 16.
Burns. Robert, concordance to.
Reicl, 38.
Burt, M. E. Literary landmarks,
76.
Business atlas. Rand, McNally &
CO. 49.
Business directory, 45.
Business forms. Gaskell, 24 ; Ilill,
24 ; Parstms, 22.
Business law. Colange, 24 ; Par-
sons, 22.
Byrne, Oliver, and Rpon, Ernest.
Spon's dictionary of engineering,
29.
Cabinets — presidenttal. Murlin,
22; Townsend, 52.
See aJso Commercial year-
book, 24 ; Harper's encyclopedia,
V. 2, 51; Lanman, 22; Scatistician
and economist, 23; Tribune al-
manac, 23; Wilson and Kiske ( Ap*
pleton's), V. 7,42 ; World almanac,
Cable lines. Smith's Century atlas,
48.
Calendar. Chambers, 26.
for ascertaining the day of the
week. Little, apx. (for any day
of Christian era), 50; Townsend
(1492-2000), 52; World almanac (for
200 years), 23.
for current year. Almanach de
(lOtha, 23; Tribune almanac, 23;
Whitaker, 23; World almanac, 23.
French republic. Whitaker,
1902, p. 65, 23.
Greek and Russian. Almanach
de Gotha, pref. 2.3; World alma-
nac, 23.
Jews and Mohammedans. Al-
manach de Gotha. nref . 23; Trib-
une almanac, 23 ; W orld almanac,
23.
Roman and Greek. Whitaker,
23.
Calendars. Funk (Standard), p. 267,
14.
California university — Library.
Contents-index, 57.
Calisch, I. M. Dictionary of the
English and Dutch lanc:uages, 16.
Callahan, E : W. List of officers of
the navv of the IT. S. 45.
Caller, M. A. Literary guide for
home and school, 76.
Callier, O. See Kierst, W., and Cal-
lier, O. 16.
Cambridge university — Library.
Early English printed books, 69.
Campaigns (U. S. army). Powell's
List 44.
Campi!)ell, F. A. G. Annales de la
typographic n^rlandaise, 67.
Canipbell, Frank. Theory of na^
tional and international biblio-
graphy, (>5.
Canaaa. Canadian year-book, 23;
Ho))kins, 52.
Canadian year-book, 23.
Canadians. Morgan, 42; Rose, 42.
Cant. Barr^re and Inland, 15.
Card catalog — its value and im-
portance, 78, 79.
Card indexes, 55.
Carlyle, T : C^ioice of books, 75.
Carnegie library of Pittsburgh.
Bulletin, 79; Card index to
poems, 36 ; Graded and annotated
catalogue of l>ooks for the use of
the city schools, 76.
Carpets. Cole, 30.
Carter, A. C. R. The year's art, 31.
Cartography. See Maps.
Caspar, (\ X. Directory of the
American book and stationery
trade, 67, 73.
Cassell & CO. Domestic dictionary,
29.
Cassell's cvclopnpdia of mechanics.
Hasluck,' P. X. 29.
Catacombs. Smith and Cheetham,
19.
Catalog. See Card catalog.
Catalogers' reference books — lists
of. Cutter, 6; Hull, 7; New York
(state)- Library. 7.
for serials. Bolton. 53.
Catalogo collettivo della librerla
italiana, 72.
Catalogo generale della libreria ita-
liana, 72.
Catalogs of librarieB. Astor K<
brary, 78; Boston Athenaeum, 78
British museum — Library, 78
Cleveland — Publks library, 78
Detroit — Public library, 78,
Faculty of advocates — Library,
78; France — Biblioth^ue na-
tionale, 78; Grand Rapids — Pub-
lic library, 78; Peabody institate,
78.
lists of. Caspar. 73: Stein, 72.
Catalogue annuel de la librairie
f ranvaise. 70, 71.
Catalo^e ues dissertations et ^rlts
academiques, 67.
Catalogue des theses et Merits
academiuues. 57.
Cathcart, W: Baptist encyclope-
dia, 19.
Catholic church. Arnold, 19.
Caxton press. Blades, 67.
Celebrities. Wale, 36.
Celebrities of the ccntory. San-
ders, L. C : 41.
Census, l^. S. — Census office, 24.
bibliography. Lunt, 63.
tables. UKX). International year
l)ook. 1«K), apx. 10, 11; U. 8. —
Census office, 24.
Centralblatt fUr bibliothekswesen,
79.
Century atlas. Smith, B : E. 48.
Century cycloi>edia of names.
Smith, B : E. 35.
Century dictionary. WTiitney, W:
D. 14.
C'eren)onies. Brand, 26.
Chalmers, Alexander. General
biographical dictionary, 41.
Chambers, Ephraim. Cycloi^edia, 9.
Chambers, Robert. Book of days,
26.
Chambers's biograi^hical diction-
ary. 41.
Chambers's concise gazetteer of the
world, 48.
Chambers's cyclopaedia of English
literature, 34.
Chambers's encyclopa[»dia, 10.
Champlin, J : D., jr. Young folks*
cyclop?pdia of common things.
11; Young folks* cyclopaedia of
literature and art. 33; Young
folks' cydopjedia of persons and
places, 11.
and Apthorp, W: F. Cycle-
pedia of music and musicians,
and Bostwick, A. E. Touns
folks* cyclopaedia of games ana
sports. 32.
and Perkins, C: C. Cyclopedia
of painters and minting. 32, 41.
Changed titles. Library journal,
77; AYhitney. 77.
Channing, E: and Hart. A. B.
Guide to the study of American
history, 52; indexes to public
documents in, 61.
Characterizations. Personal. Sted-
man and Hutchinson, v. 11, index,
34; Warner, v. 30, index, 33.
Cliaracters in Action. Wheeler, 35;
Funk (Standard^, apx. 14; Web-
ster, apx. 14; Worcester, apx. 14.
See also Adams, 34: Brewer, 35;
New international encyclojwdia,
10; Smith (Century), 35; Pierce,
,38; Rogers, .39.
(rhau\in, Victor. What a biblio-
graphy should 1)0, 65.
Cheetham, S: See Smith, Sir W:
and Cheetham, S: 18.
Chemical elements — tables of.
Funk, p. 585, 14.
Chemical synonyms. Hopkins, apx.
29.
INDEX
Chemicals. Bolland, 30.
Chembtry. Thorpe, 27 ; WattB, 27.
bibliugraphy. Bolton, 27.
(annual) Jahresbericht
Uber die fortschritte der chemie,
74.
periodical indexes. Journal
of the Society of chemical in-
dustry, 56.
Chester, A. H. Dictionary of the
names of minerals, 30.
Cheralier, C. U. J., abb^ Reper-
toire des sources historlques du
moyen Age, 48.
Chcyne, T. K., and Black, J. S. £n-
cyclopa'dia biblica, 19.
Chica^, Bibliographical society of.
Year-book, 65.
Chicago Daily News. Almanac,
23.
Child study, bibliography. Peda-
gogical seminary, 74.
Children's encyclopedias. See
Champlin, J : D., jr.
Children's reading. Buffalo — Pub-
lic library, 76 ; Burt, 76 ; Caller, 76;
Carnegie library, 76 ; Cleveland —
Public library, 76 ; Field, 75; Goss
and Baker, 76: Griawold, 76;
Hardy, 76; Hartford, 76; Hewins,
76; New York (state) — Library,
76; Salmon, 76; Sargent, 76.
Chisholm, G : G. *♦ The Times' "
gazetteer, 48.
Choice of books. American li-
brary association, 75 ; Baldwin, 75 ;
Carlyle, 75; Emerson, 75; Harri-
son, 75 ; Koopman, 75; Leypoldt
and lies, 75; New York (state)—
Library, 75: Perkins, 75; Porter.
75; Richardson, 75; Sareant ana
Wishaw, 75; Sonnenscliein, 75;
Spofford, 75 ; Wisconsin, 75.
Christian antiquities. Smith and
Cheetham, 18.
Christian art and symbolism.
Smith and Cheetham, 18.
Christian biography. Smith and
Wace, 19. See also Schaff. 19.
Christian doctrine. Smith and
Wace, 19.
Christian names. Webster, apx.
14 ; Worcester, apx. 14 ; Funk
(Standard), apx. 14.
list of, with their equivalents
in foreign languages. Thomas
(Lippincott's), apx. 41.
See also Notes and queries (in-
dex vols.), 34.
Christian symbols. Clement, 31.
Christianity. See Religion.
Christmas. Chambers, 26; Walsh,
26.
Christmas games. Champlin and
Bostwick. 32.
Christy, Robert. Proverbs, maxims,
and phrases of all ages, 37.
Chronology. See Dates, History.
Church days. World almanac, 23;
see also Church almanacs.
Church history. See Religion.
Church of England. Clerg>' list, 20 ;
Official year-book, 20; see also
Whitaker's almanac, 23.
Churches. See Religious denomina-
tions.
Cincinnati — Public library. Cata-
logue of the dramas and dramatic
iwems contained in, 40.
Cities — chief events in history of.
M'illsey, 11.
areas of. World almanac, 23.
largest of the world. World
almanac, 23.
See also Industries, Maps, Nick-
names, Plans, Population.
City documents, M.
City government — bibliography.
Brooks, 21 ; Gross, 21.
Civil engineering. Byrne and Spou,
29.
Civil service directory, 45.
Civil service year-book, 23.
Civil war — bibliographv. Kelly, 68.
Clarke, Mrs. M. V. (Novello) Cow-
den-. Complete concordance to
Shakespeare, 38.
Classical antiquities. Cornish, 51;
Peck, 51; Seyffort,51; Smith, 51.
Classical geography. Peck, 51;
Smith, 49.
Classical literature. • Peck, 61.
See also Smith, 43.
bibliography. £ngelmann,40 ;
Mayor, -W.
Classical philologv — bibliography.
Jahresbericht liber die fort-
schritte der classischcn altcr-
tumswissenschaft, 74.
Clegg, James. International di-
rectory of second-hand booksell-
ers, 33.
Clement, Mrs. C. E. Handbook of
Christian symbols, 31; Handbook
of legendary and mythological
art, 31; Painters, sculptors, archi-
tects, engravers, and their works,
44.
and Hutton, L. Artists of the
10th century, 44.
Clergy list, 20.
Clerical directories. Clergy list, 20 ;
Lloyd's clerical directory, 20.
Cleveland — Public librarj-. Cata-
logue, 57, 78 ; References to books
in the library, 76.
Clubs — London. W^ho 's who,
pref . 43.
See also Book clubs, Printing
clubs. Societies.
Coates, H: T. Fireside encyclo-
paedia of poetry, 36.
Coats of arms — family —American.
Vermont, 46.
English. Burke's General
armory, 46; Burke's Landed gen-
trj', 46 ; Burke's Peerage, 46.
foreign. Rietstap, 47.
national. U. S. — Bureau of
equipment, 47.
See also Funk (Standard)
(colored plate), 14 ; Johnson's uni-
versal, 10; Worcester (colored
plate), 14.
of cities of England. Encyclo-
pflpdia Britannica (under name of
city), 9, 10.
of U. S. and states. Harper's
encvclopfpdia, 51 ; Preble, 47 :
Webster, 14; Worcester (colored
plate), 14.
Coins — rare. Bergen, 25 ; Dye, 25.
U. S. Townsend, 52.
value of foreign, in U. S.
money. See Moneys — value of.
Cokayne, G. E. Complete peerage
of 'England, Scotland, Ireland.
Great Britain, and the United
Kingdom, 46.
Colange, A. L. de. American dic-
tionarv of commerce, 24.
Cole, G*: S. EncyclopedLi of dry
rds, 30.
G: W. American biblio-
graphv, general and hn-al, 65.
Cole's liibliography of the statute
law of the southern states, pt. 1,
Alabama, pt.2, Arkansas, 64.
College cheers. College yearrbook,
26.
See also Townsend, p. 455, 52 ;
World almanac, 1900, 23.
College colors. College year-book,
26.
College colors. See also World al-
manac, 1902, 23.
College degrees — list of. Funk
p. 482-483, 14.
English. Who 's who, pref. 43.
College fraternities. Baird, 26;
College year-book, 26.
See also Stevens, 25.
College instruction in bibliography.
Course in bibliology at Dart-
mouth coll^;e, 65; Davis, 65;
Dewey, 65; Koopman, 65; Little,
65; Professional Instruction in, 66.
College year-book, 26.
Colleges. American college and
1)ublic school directory, &; Col-
ege year-book, 26 ; Minerva, 26.
See also World almanac, 23.
Collier, J: P. Bibliographical ac-
count of the rarest works in the
English language, 69.
Collin, £. Anonymer og peeudo-
nymer, 77.
Colloquialisms. See AmericanismSi
Phrases, Slang.
Colonial office Ifet, 23, 46.
Colonial societies. See Societies—
colonial.
Colonies — bibliography. Library
of Congress, 73.
Colors — national. Brewer, 36.
state. Preble, 47.
symbolism of. Brewer, 35.
Columbia university — Library.
Books on education, 26 ; Cata-
logue of the Avery architectural
library, 32, 78: Reference work
in, 7.
Comelati, G. See Davenport, J:
and Comelati, G. 16.
Commerce. Bceton, 24; Colange,
24 ; Commercial year-book, 24 :
M'CuUoch, 24; U. S. — Bureau of
foreign commerce, 24; U. S. —
Bureau of statistics, 24; U. 8.
— Consuls, 63.
See also Tribune almanac, 23.
Commercial law. See Business law.
Commercial products. Lock, 30.
Commercial year-book, 24.
Communism. See Socialism, 21.
Compounds of words. Funk, 14.
Conant, T. J., and Conant, Blan-
dina. See American cyclopaedia,
10.
Concordances. Bible, 19.
Bums, Cowper, Dante, Homer,
Milton, Pope, Shakspere, Shelley,
Tennyson, 38.
poetical. Durfee, 36.
Confederate constitution. See Con-
stitutions — IT. S.
Confessions. Schaff, 20.
Congress — dates of, from 1 st. Star
tistician and economist, 23.
Congress, Meml)ers of. See Gov-
ernment officials — U. S.
Congressional directory. Poore, 21 ;
U. S. — Congress. 22.
Congressional documents. See
U. S. — public documents, 61-63.
Conrad, J., and others, ed. See
Handwcirterbuch der staatswls-
senschaftcn, 21.
Constellations — tables of. Funk,
p. 403, 14.
Constitutional year-book, 23.
Constitutions — England. Low and
milling, 51.
U. 8. Townsend. 52.
See also Harper's, 61 ; Trib-
une almanac, 23; Brown and
Strauss, 21.
various nations. Lamed, v. 1,
50 ; Lamed, v. 6, 50.
Constructive arts. Iconographio
encyclopaedia, v. 5, 11.
90
INDEX
Consular reports. iS«« U.S.— Con-
suls, 63.
Consuls. Almanacb de Gotba, 23;
Commercial year-book, 24; Trib-
une almanac, 23 ; U. 8. — Con-
gress, 24 ; World almanac, 23.
Conterai)oraries — Auierican. Leon-
ard, 42.
Canadian. Morgan, 42.
Englinb. Wbo 's wbo, 43.
French. Vapereau, 42.
general. Plarr, 42; Pratt, 42;
Vapereau, 42.
Contractions. See Abbreviations.
Contracts. Parsons, 22.
Conventions. See l*olitical parties.
Cooke, G: W. Guide-book to
Browning, 38.
Cooley, A. J. Cyclopaedia of prac-
tical receipts, 29.
Copyright books. U. 8. — Copy-
rights office, 69.
Copyright law. Parsons, 22 ; Trib-
une almanac, 23; World alma-
nac, 23.
Cornell university library. Dante
catalogue, 48.
Cornish, F. W. Concise dictionary
of Greek and Roman antiquities,
51.
Comu, Mme. Sophie, and Beer, W :
List of French fiction, 40.
Corporations. Maiuial of statis-
tics, 24.
Correspondence. Gaskell, 24; Hill,
24.
Costume. Planch^, 26 ; Raciuet,26.
terms. Mollett, 31.
colored plates. See also Brock-
hnus, 12 ; Larousse's I^ nouveau
Larousse, 11 ; Meyer, 12.
illustrations. Encyclopaedia
Britannica, 9, 10 ; Iconographic,
V. 2, 11.
Cotgn^ave, Alfred. Contents-sub-
ject index, 57.
Countries — chronological outline
of history of. Willsey (Harper's),
County histories. See Genealogy.
Course in bibliology at Dartmouth
college, 65.
Courses of reading. See Reading
courses.
Cowper, William — concordance.
Neve. 38.
Cox. See Brande and Cox, 11.
Crabb, G : English synonymes, 14.
Cram's atlas of the world, *49.
Crandall, F. A. See U. 8. — Docu-
ments office, 62.
Creeds. SchafT, 20.
Crests — American. Vermont, 46.
English. Fairbaim, 47.
Criticisms. Allibone, 33; Moulton,
33 ; Warner, 33.
Crops. Commercial year-book, 24.
Crozier, A . A. Dictionary of botani-
cal terms, 27.
Cruden, Alexander. Complete con-
cordance to the Holy Scriptures,
Cuba — bibliography. Library of
Congress, 73.
Cullum, G : W. Biogr.iphical regis-
ter, 44.
Culture. Gooch, 51; Iconographic
encyclopaedia, v. 2, 11.
Cumberland's British theatre, 40.
Cumulative ind«»x to the books of
18I>ft-09, 1900. 1001, 68.
Cumulative index to a selected list
of periodicals, 5.3, 54.
Cimtz, T. H. Sre Suplee, H : H., and
Cuntz, T. H. 55.
Currency. See Monetary systems,
Moneys.
Cashing, W : Anonyms, 76 ; Ini-
tials and pseudonyms, 76.
Customs. Brand, 26; Chambers, 26;
Hone, 26 ; Walsh, 26.
See also Iconographic encyclo-
paedia, V. 2, 11 ; Brewer, 50.
See also Allusions.
Cutter, C: A. Some works of refer-
ence as aids in cataloguing, 6.
Cyclopaedia of temperance and pro-
hibition, 18.
Cyclopetlia of law and procedure,
22.
Dalbiac, P. H. Se^ Harbottle. T:
B., and Dalbiac, P. H. 37.
Dana. C: A. Household book of
poetrj', 3<>.
ed. See American cyclopaedia,
10.
Dana, J : C. Reference work. 6.
Danish bibliography. Dansk bog-
fortegnelse, 72. .
Danirth di<?tionary. Larsen, 16.
Danish West Indies — bibliography.
Librarv of Congress, 74.
Danmartcs adels aarbog, 47.
Dansk bogfortegnelse. 72.
Dante Alighierf — bibliography of.
Coniell university library, 48.
concordance. Fay, 38.
dictionary. Toyni)ee, 38.
Darling. .James. Cyclopaedia biblio-
graphica, 20.
Dartmouth college, bibliography
at, 65.
Darton. N. H. Catalogue and index
of contributions to North Ameri-
can geologj', 27.
Dates. Hayiln. 50 ; Little, 50.
See also Heilprin, 50.
eeclesiai»tical. Brewer, 20.
of even ts of each year. Fletcher
and Bowker, 53.
of first things in IT. S. history.
Townsend, p. 446-449, 52.
Dauze, Pierre. R^i)ertoire des
ventes publiqncs cataloguees, 71.
Davenport, J : and Comclati, G.
New dictionary of tlie Italian and
English languages, IG.
Davies, C : anclPeck, W : G. Mathe-
matical dictionary, 27.
Davis. R. C. 'feaching biblio-
graphy in colleges. 65.
Day of 'week — how to find. See
Calendar.
Dav's. Chambers, 26 ; Hone, 26 ;
Reddall, 'So.
sacred. Smith and Cheetham,
19.
Deaths. See Mortality statistics ;
Obituaries.
Debates. Brookings and Ringwalt,
57: Matson. .57.
Debts of nations. See National
debts.
Declaration of independence. Har-
per's encvclopaulia, v. 3, 51 ; Sted-
man and Hutchinson, v. 3, 34 ;
T<iwnsen<l. 52.
Decoration day. See Memorial day.
Decorations 'of honor (plates).
Funk. p. 476, 14.
Decorative arts — bibliography.
Columbia university— Library,
32: Sturgis. .31.
Degrees. See College degrees.
I>eity — names of, in vnrious
tongues. Statistician and econo-
mist. 1899-1900, 23.
Del tour. F. S&e Mourier, Ath^nais,
and Del tour. F. 57.
Dei»ository libraries, 62.
Detroit— Public library. General
cat.ilogue, 78.
Deutscher littcratur-kalender, 44.
Dewey, Mehril. Bibliography In
colleges, 65.
Dialects — EnglLsb. Wrigbt*s Dic-
tionary of obsolete English, 15;
Wright's English dialect diction-
ary, 15.
Dialogs. Werner, 36.
Diccionario enciclopedico hispano-
americano, 12.
Dickens, Charles — dictionary of.
I*ierce, 38.
Dictionaries. See English, French,
German. Italian, Spanish, Portu-
guese. Dutch. Swedish, Danish-
Norwegian, Russian, Polisli, Ik>-
hemian, Hungarian, Greek. Mod-
em Greek, Latin, Sanskrit, He-
brew, Arabic.
biblioirraphy of. Trlibner, 13.
of subjects. See Nances of sob-
iects.
Didi
rden»t, Denis. See Encj-clop^ie,
L', 11.
Dietrich, F. Bibliocrai'hie der
deutschen zeitschriicen littera-
tur, 54.
Dinners — quotations for. Wood,
37.
Diplomatic service. Almanach de
Gotha, 23; Tribune almanac 23;
World almanac, 23; Statistician
and economist, 23.
to 1876 (C. S.). Lanman, 22.
Directories, 45.
Discoverer's routes. Smith's Cen-
tur>- atlas, 48.
Disea'ses. Quain, 28; Stilly, 28;
Wood, 28.
Dispensat43ries. Stills. 28; Wood, 28.
Disput<Ml .spellings. See Spellings.
Dissertations — France. Mourier
and Del tour, 57.
Germany. Fock, 58; Jahres-
verzeicliniss der an den dentscben
schulanstalten, etc., 58; Jabres-
verzeichnlHS der an den deutschen
universitjiten, etc., 67 ; KIuss-
niann, 58; Verzeichnis der ber-
liner universitatsfichriften. 58.
Sweden and Finland. Joseph-
son. 58.
Switzerland. Jahresverzeich-
nis d^r schweizerischen universi-
t.'itss'chriften. 58.
Divines. Schaff. 18.
Dixon, D. B. Mechanical arts sim-
plified. 29.
Dixson. Mrs. Zella Allen. Compre-
hensive subject index to uni-
versal jirose fiction, 39.
Dod, R. P. I»eerage. baronetage,
and knightage, 46.
Do<lsley, Robert. Old plays. 40.
Domestic science. Caswell, 29;
(;oo<lholme, 29.
bibliography. Shaw, 29.
Doom i nek, .1. I. van. Vermomde
en naamlvK>ze schrijvers, 77.
Dowson, .1: Cla.ssical dictionary of
Hindu mvtholoej', 20.
Dovie, J. E. Ofn'cial baronage of
l^ngland, 46.
Dramas — authorship of. Ameri-
can dramatists' club. 40; Bates
and Godfn'y, 40; Cincinnati —
I*ublic libraf}', 40; Mil\%'aukee —
Public librar\', 40 ; Peabody insti-
tute librar>','40.
Sre also Brewer, .35.
Dress. Srf Costume, (iannents.
Drugs. National conventi<m for
revising the Pbannacopceia, 28;
Stilled, 2S; Wood, 28.
Dr>' goods. Cole. 30.
Duane, Alexander. Dictionary of
medicine and the allied sciencesi
28.
INDEX
91
I>uBbar,H: Complete concordance
to Homer, 38.
Donglison, Robley. Dictionary of
mraical science. 28.
Durfee, C: A. Concise poetical
concordance, 36.
Durrie, D. S. See Munsell, Joel,
pub. 46.
Dutch bibliography. Brinkman, 72.
Dutch dictionary. Calisch, 16.
Duyckinck, E. A., and G: L. Cyclo-
paedia of American literature, 34.
Dve, J : S. Dye 's coin ency clop;edia.
Dyeing. Cole, 30; Hopkins, 29.
Easter. Walsh, 26.
dates of, for 20th century.
Whitaker, 23 ; World almanac,
23.
Ebert, F. A. General bibliographi-
cal dictionary, 66.
Ecclesiastical history. See Reli-
gion.
Economics. Bliss, 20; Handw($rter-
buch, 21 ; Lalor, 21 ; Palgrave, 21.
bibliography. Bowker and lies,
20,21.
periodical indexes. Jones,
▼. 2, 22, M.
references for debates in.
Brookings and Ringwalt, 57; Mat-
son, 57.
society publications. Ameri-
can economic association, 60.
Edgren, H., and Burnet, P. B.
French and English dictionary,
16.
Editions. See First editions.
Editors of newspapers and periodi-
cals. Ayer, 56 ; Rowell, 56.
Education. U. S. — Bureau of edu-
cation, G3.
bibliography. American edu-
cational catalogue, 26 ; Colum-
bia university — Library, 26 ;
Fletcher, apx. 25 ; Hall, 26 ; Mon-
roe, 26 ; Publishers' weekly (July
no.), 26, 60.
bibliography (annual). Anzei-
ger f Ur die neueste padngogische
Titteratur, 74 ; Educational re-
view, 74 ; Jahre8l>erichte liber
das hdhere schulwesen, 74 ; Peda-
gogical seminary, 74.
— dictionaries. Buisson, 25 ;
Fletcher, 25; Kiddle and Schem,
25; Schmid,25.
society publications. National
educational association, 60.
statistics. U. S. — Bureau of
education, 25.
— year-books. American college
and public school directory, 25;
Minerva, ^.
See also Colleges, Schools, Uni-
versities.
Educational review. Bibliography
of education, 74.
Edwards, Eliezer. Words, facts,
and phrases, 35.
Edwards, Tryon. Dictionary of
thoughts, 37.
Eger, Gustav. Technological dic-
tionary, 27.
Egyptian archeology. Brodrick and
Morton, 51.
Election returns. McKee, 21.
See also Statistician and econ-
omist, 23; Tribune almanac, 23;
World almanac, 23.
Electrical world. Index to articles,
66.
Electrical world and engineer. Di-
gest of current electrical litera-
ture, 55.
Electricity. Foster, 29, 30.
Electricity — bibliography. Haf er-
kom and Heise, 31.
dictionaries. Houston, 27 ;
Sloane, 27.
periodical indexes. Electrical
world, 55; Electrical world and
engineer, 55.
Ellis, Elizabeth. Instruction of
school children in the use of re-
ference books, 6.
Ellis, F. S. Lexical concordance to
Shelley, 38.
Elocutionists. Werner. 30.
Elzevir uress. Willeni, 67.
Embassies and legations. See Diplo-
matic service.
Emerson, R. W. Books, 75.
EncyclopaHlia Auiericnna, 10.
Encyclopa'dia Brltannica and Sup-
plement, J>, 10, 12, 40.
Encyclo))a>dia nietropolitana, 10.
Encyclopedias, 9-12.
how to use, 12.
American. American, 10 ; Ayi-
pleton's annual, 10 ; Brande and
Cox, 11 ; Champlin, 11 ; Icono-
eraphic, 11 ; Intoi-national, 10 ;
Intematioual year book, 10, 11 ;
People's, 11 ; Universal, 10 ; Will-
sey, 10 ; Zell, 11.
Chinese, 12.
English. Chambers, E. 9;
Chamocrs's, 10 ; Encyclopa*dia
Brltannica, 9 ; Encyclopaedia
metropolitana, 10 ; English, 10 ;
Harris, 9 ; Hazell, 23 ; Penny, 10 ;
Quilter, 10 ; Rees, 10.
French. Encyclop^ie, L', 11 ;
I^ grande encyclopedic, 11; La-
rouHse, 11; Nouveau Larousse, 11.
German. Brockhaus, 12 ; Ersch
and G ruber, 12 ; Meyer, 12.
Italian. Nuova enciclopedia
italiana, 12.
Swedish. Nordisk familjebok,
12.
Spanish. Diccionario enciclo-
pedico bispano-americano, 12.
EncyclopMie, L', 11.
Engclmann, Wilhelm. Biblio-
tneca scriptonim classicorum, 40.
Engineering — bibliography. Ha-
ferkom and Heise, 31.
dictionaries. Ajipleton, 29;
Byrne and Spon, 29; Knight, 29.
handbooks. Haswell,29; Kent,
29 ; Trantwine, 29.
periodical indexes. Associa-
tion of engineering societies, 55;
Engineering magazine, 55; Engi-
neering news, 55 ; Galloupe, 56 ;
Suplee and Cuntz, 55.
year-book. Kempe. 29.
See also Iconographic encyclo-
pa'dia, V. 5, 11.
Engineering magazine. Index to
engineering periodicals, 55.
Engineering news. Index, 55.
England. Sfe (;reat Britain.
English bibliography. British
museum — Library, 69 ; Cam-
bridge universitv— Library, 69;
Collier, G9; English catalogue, 69,
70 ; London catalogue, 69 ;
Lowndes, 69; Publishers^ circular,
70 ; Reference catalogue, 70 ; Watt,
66,09.
English biography. Boase, 43;
Stephen, 43 ; Ward, 43.
See also Contemporaries —
English.
English catalogue of books, 59, 69.
English catalogue of books, annual,
English cvclopedia. 10.
English dialect dictionary. Wright,
«Joeeph, 15.
English dictionaries. Funk (Stand-
ard), 14; Hunter, 13; Murray, 13;
Ogilvle. 13 ; Stormonth, 13; Web-
ster, 14 ; Whitney (Century), 14 ;
Worcester, 14.
list of. Worcester, introd. 14.
English language — bibliography.
Beifolatt zur Anglia, 74.
English literature — bibliography.
Hodgkins, 34 ; Welsh, 34.
(annual). Beiblatt zur
Anerlia, 74.
chronological outline. Ryland,
34.
dictionaries. Adams, 34 ; Alli-
bone, 33, 43; Chambers, 34; Moul-
ton, 33, 34.
English peerage. See Peerage.
English poetry. Sargent, 36; Sted-
man, 36 ; Ward, 36.
Englishwoman's year book, 23.
Engravers. Br}'an,44; Clement, 44.
Engravings — copyrighted. U. S.
— Copyriffhts office, 69.
Enigmas. Walsh, 36.
Ephemerides. American ephe-
meris, 27.
Epigrams. Bombaugh, 35 ; Notes
and queries (index vols.), 34 ;
Walsh. 35.
Epistolary addresses — English.
Kelly, pref . 46.
Epistolary art. See Letter writing.
Epitaphs. Bombaugh, 35; Hill,
24 ; Notes and queries (index vols.),
34: Walsh, 35.
Epitnets. See Nicknames, Sobri-
quets.
Ersch and Gruber. Allgemeine en-
cyklopiidie der wissenschaften
und kUnste, 12.
Essays — indexes to. British essay-
ists, 57; California university —
Library, 57 ; Cotgreave, '57;
Fletcher, 56; Fletcher and Bow-
ker, 53; Griswold, 57.
.See also Brookings and
Ringwalt, 57; Matson, 67.
Ethics. Baldwin, 18.
Ethnography. Iconographic en-
cyclopa'dia. V. 1, 11.
Ethnology. Iconographic encyclo-
pjedia, v. 1, 11.
Etymology. Murray, 13, 14; Skeat,
14.
Events. Brewer, 50 ; Haydn, 50 ;
Little, 50; Willsey, 11.
See also Brewer (Index), 33 ;
Lamed, v. 5, 6, 50.
of the year. Annual register,
51.
See also Fletcher and Bow-
ker, 63 ; also Almanacs, Year-
books.
Exploration routes. Smith's Cen-
tury atlaa. 48.
Explorations (U. S.). Hasse, 63.
Exports. See Commerce.
Expositions of the year. Apple-
ton's annual, 10.
Express companies. Rand, Mo-
Nally & CO. 49.
Expressions. iS'ee Allusions, Phrases,
Slang.
Fabrics. Cole, 30.
Faculty of advocates — Library.
Catalogue, 78.
Fairbaim, J. Book of crests, 47.
Family histories. Set- Genealogies.
Family names of English noblemen.
Burke's Peerage, 46.
Farms — statistics of, in U. S. U. S.
— Census office. Rejjort**, 24.
Farrar, C : S: Art topics, 31.
Farrow, E : S. Farrow's militaxy
encyclopedia, 30.
92
INDEX
Fasta and feasts. Wliitaker's Al-
manack, 23.
Fathers of the church. Brewer, 20.
Faulty diction. Funk (Standard),
apx. 14.
Faxon, F : W. Periodicals in re-
ference work, 6, 53.
Fay, E: A. Concordance of the
Divina Commedia, 38.
Fellows, S: Synonyms and anto-
nyms, 14.
Fennell, C:A:M. Stanford dio-
tionaiy of anglicised words and
phrases, 15.
Ferc;uson, J: Some aspects of
bibliography, 65.
Femald, J. C. English synonyms
and antonyms, 14.
Ferrell, L:C. Public documents
of the U. 8., 61.
Fe-stivals. Chambers, 26.
F^tis, F. J. Hiographie uniyerselle
des musiciens, 44.
Fichtenkani, A. G. Cataloguing of
goyemment publications, (>1.
Fiction. Boston — Public library,
39 ; Bowen, 39 ; Buifalo — I»ublic
library, 40; Comu and Beer, 40;
Dixson, 39 ; Griswold, 39 ; Ley-
poldt and lies, 40; Los Angeles —
Public library, 39; Midland rail-
way institute, 39; St. Louis mer-
cantile library, 39; St. I^ouis —
Public library, 39: San Francisco
— Free public library, 39; Sar-
firent, 39.
Fictitious names. See Characters
in Action.
Field, Mrs. E. M. The child and
his book, 75.
Finance. Colange, 24.
See also Year-books and Alma-
nacs.
Finding-lists. Buffalo — Public li-
brary, 79 ; Jersey City — I*ublic
library, 79 ; Newark — Public li-
brary, 79; Salem — Pul)lic library,
79 ; Scranton — Public library, 79.
Fine arts — annuals. Carter, 31 ;
Levy, 31.
bibliography. Farrar, 31; Ha-
f erkom and Heise, v. 6, 31 : South
Kensington museum, 31 ; Sturgis,
31.
chronological table of. Nichol,
60.
dictionaries. Adeline, 31 ;
Champ] in, 33 ; Mollett, 31.
See aiiio Architecture, Decora-
tive arts, Engraving, Music,
I'ainting, Sculpture.
Finney, B. A. High school instruc-
tion in use of reference books, 6.
First editions — American. Foley,
G9; Leon, 69 ; Stone, C9.
English. Slater, 70.
Fiske, J: See Wilson, J. G., and
Fiske, J : 42.
Fitch, Henry. Perfect calendar, 50.
Flags. Hulme, 47; Preble, 47 ; U. S.
— Bureau of equipment, 47.
colored plates. Sf.e also Ameri-
can cyclopaedia, 10; Encyclopa-idia
Britannica, 9, 10: Farrow, 30;
Funk, 14 ; Hamersly, 30: Interna-
tional cyclopedia, 10; Johnson's
universal, 10 ; Webster, 14 ;
Worcester, 14.
V. S. Townsend, 62.
Fleming, W: Vocabulary of phi-
losophy, 18.
Fletcher. A. E. Sonnenscheln's cy-
clop?p(lia of education, 25.
Fletcher, W : I : "A. L. A." index,
5C ; Reference work, 6.
' — and Bowker, R : R. Anni^fti
literary index, 53, 56, 73.
Fletcher, W: I: and Poole, Mary.
Poole's index. Abridged ed. 53.
See also Poole, W: F: and
Fletcher, W: I: 53.
Flowers. Bailey, 28.
language of. Brewer, 35 ; Funk,
14 ; Hill, 24 ; People's cyclopedia,
T. 4, apx. 11; Reddall, 35.
national. Brewer, 35, 60.
state. Harper's encyclopsedia,
51 ; Tribune almanac, 1900, 23 ;
World almanac, 1902, 23.
FlUgel, Felix. Universal English-
German and German-English dic-
tionary, 16.
Fock, (lustav. Bibliographischer
monatsbericht. 58.
Foley, J: P. Jeffersonian cyclope-
dia, 39.
Foley, P. K. American authors, 69.
Folk-lore. Notes and queries (in-
dex vols.), 34.
Folk-sayings. Brewer, 35; Ed-
wards, 35; Wheeler, 35.
Foods — chemistry of. Thorpe, 27.
Foreign documents. Michigan —
State library, 63.
See also French documents,
64.
Foreign moneys. See Moneys.
Foreign office list and consular
handbook, 23, 45.
Foreign phrases and words — pro-
nunciation of. Phyfe, 15.
trantslation of. Fellows, 15 ;
Funk, apx. 14 ; Jones, 37 ; Red-
dall, 35; Webster, apx. 14; Worces-
ter, apx. 14.
Forenames. See Christian names.
Fomiulap. See Receipts.
Fortschritte der ])hysik, 74.
Forty immortals of the French
Academy. World almanac, 23.
Foster, F. P. Illustrated encyclo-
paedic medical dictionary, 28.
Foster, H. A. Electi'ical enjgineer'B
pocket-book, 29, 30.
Foster, W : E. Assistance to read-
ers, 6; How to use the public li-
brary, 6 : The information desk,
6 ; The information desk at the
Providence public library, 6.
Founding. Bolland, 30.
France — Bibliothj^tpie nationale.
Catalopie g^n^ral, 78.
Minist6re de 1' instruction pub-
lique. Bibliograi>hie des travaux
scientifiques, 60 ; Bibliographie
gdn^rale des travaux historiques,
}.
Franklin institute. Index to its
Journal, 55.
Frau*mlties. Stevens, 25.
— Sre alfto College fraternities.
Freeman, E : A. HisU)rical geogra-
phy of Europe, 49.
Freemasonry. Mackev, 25.
French, S : Acting edition of plays,
40.
French architecture. Viollet-lo-
Duo. 31.
French bibliopraphy. Bibliogra-
phie de la France, «!; Brunet, 70;
Catalogue annuel, 70, 71 ; Dauze,
71 ; Le Sondier. 71 ; I^irenz, 70 ;
Qu^rard, 70; Repertoire biblio-
graphioue, 71.
French biography. Hoefer, 41 ; La-
rousse, 11 ; Michaud, 41 ; Vapereau,
42.
French dictionaries. French-Eng-
lish: E<lgren and Burnet, 16;
Hamilton and Legros, 16; Spiers
and Surenne. 16.
French-French : Littr4, 16.
French-German: ViUatte and
Sachs, 16.
French docaments. American U-
braiy association, 64.
Frencn fiction. Comu and Beer, 40l
French periodicals — indexes to.
JordeU^
Frey, A. R. Sobriquets and nick-
names, 35.
Friday, in U. 8. history. Tbwnsend,
p. 460, 62.
Fruit. Bailey, 28.
Fuller, J. M. See Smith, Sir W:
and Fuller, J. M. 19.
Funk, I. K. Standard dictionary,
14; Students' edition of a * Stan-
dard dictionary,' 14.
Fur. Cole, 30.
Fumess, Mrs. H. K. (Rogers). Con-
cordance to Sliakespeaie's Poems,
Galloupe, F. E. Index to engineer-
ing periodicals, 55.
Games. Champlin, 32, 33; Gomme,
33.
Gannett, H : Building of a nation,
24.
See al9o U. 8. —Census office,
24.
Gardening. Bailey, 28; Mottet, 28 ;
Nicholson, 28.
Gardiner. S : R., and Mullinger, J. B.
Introduction to the study of Eng-
lish history, 51.
Garland, D. S., ed. See American
and English encyclopaedia of law,
22.
Garlanda, Joannes de, 13.
Garments. Cole, 30.
Gamctt, R: and others. Vni-yeisal
anthology, 33.
Gamsey, G : O. American glossary
of architectural terms, 31.
Garrett's 100 choice selections. In-
dexed, 36.
Gaskell, (i. A. Compendium of
forms, 24.
Gazetteers. <See Geographic diction-
aries.
Gems — language of. Fnnk, apx.
14: Hill, 24; People's cyclopedia,
apx. 11.
Genealogy — American. Boston —
Public library. 45: Glenn, 46;
Munsell, 45, 46; Stiles, 46; Ver-
mont, 46.
English. Marshall, 46.
See also Baronetage,
Landed gentry. Peerage.
foreign — annuals. Almanach
de Gotha, 23 ; Annuaire de la no-
blesse de France, 47; Annuaire de
la noblesse de Russie, 47 ; Aunua-
rio del la nobiltii italiana, 47: Dan-
marks adds aarl>og, 47 ; Gotha-
isches genealogisches taschen-
buch der freiherrlichen hauser,
47 ; Gothaisches genealogisches
taschenbuch der gratlichen hku-
ser, 47; La noblesse beige, 47;
Svensk adelskalender, 47.
See also Almanach de Gotha,
23; Notes and queries (index
vols.\ W.
General literature — indexes. Cali-
fornia university — Library, 67 ;
Cotgreave, 57; Fletcher ancl Bow-
ker, 56; Griswold, 67.
See also Boston Athen-
ipum, 57; Brooklyn library, 67 ;
Cleveland — Public libraiy, 67;
Peal)ody institute library, 6y.
Gentry. See Landed gentry.
Geographic dictionaries. Cham-
bers, 48; Champlin, 11; Chisholm,
48; Llppincott, 48.
See also Webster, apx. 14;
Worcester, apx, 14.
INDEX
93
Geographic names. Blackte, 48;
Smith, 35 ; Thomas (Lippincott'8),
48 ; U. S. official postal euide, 25.
pronunciation. Mackey, 47.
speliine. U. 8. — Board on
geographic names, 48.
translation of place-names.
Smith, 48.
U. S.— deriyation, etc. Town-
send, 52.
Geographic nicknames. See Nick-
names — geographic.
Geographisches ianrbuch, 74.
Geography — bibliography. Mill, 48.
— ^ (annual). Geugraphisches
jahrbuch, 74 ; Petermann's Mit-
tlueilungen, 74 ; Annales de g^o-
graphie, 74.
bee aho Greek, Roman.
Geologisches centralblatt, 74.
Geology. Iconographic encyclopae-
dia, v. 7, 11.
bibliography. Darton, 27; War-
man, 27; Weeks, 27.
(annual). Bibliographia
geologica, 74; Geologisches cen-
tralb^tt, 74.
Georg, KarL Schlagwort-katalog,
71.
Georgi, Theophilus. Allgemeines
europjiisches bUcher-lexicon, 66.
German bibliography. Allgemeine
bibliographie, 71 : Bdrsenblatt, 71 ;
Georg, 71 ; Heinsius, 71 ; Hinrichs,
71 : Kayser, 71 ; Russell, 71 ;
Wochentliches verzeichnis, 71.
German biography. Allgemeine
deutsche biograpnie, 43.
German dictionaries. German-
English: FlUgel, 16; Mure^San-
ders, 16; Thieme-Preusser, 16.
German-French: Yillatte and
Sachs, 16.
German-German. Grimm, 16.
German language — bibliography.
Jahresbericht, 74.
German literature — bibliography.
Jahresbericht, 74.
German periodicals — indexes to.
Dietrich^.
Gesenius, w : Hebrew and English
lexicon. 17.
Gibbon, C : See SpofTord, A. R., and
Gibbon, C: 33.
Gidel, C: A., and Lolito, Fr^d^ric.
Dictionnaire manuel illustr^ des
^rivains et des litt^ratures, 33.
Gifts and bequests (annual). Ap-
gleton's Annual cyclopedia, 10.
inn, T: A. List of some Ameri-
can genealogies, 46.
Godfrey, L. B. See Bates, K. L., and
Godfrey, L. B. 40.
Gomme, A. B. Traditional games
of England, Scotland, and Ire-
land, 33.
Gooch,G. P. Annals of politics and
culture, 51.
Ooodholme, T. S. Domestic cyclo-
paedia, 29.
Goes, Harriet, and Baker, G. A. In-
dex to first 27 volumes of St.
Nicholas, 76.
Gothaisches gencalogisches tasch-
enbuch der f reihorriichen hfiuser,
47.
Gothaisches genealogisches tasch-
enbuch der graflichen hiiuser, 47.
€kmld, G: M. Illustrated diction-
ary of medicine and allied
sciences, 28 ; New medical dic-
tionary, 28.
Government documents, 61-64.
Government officials — Great Brit-
ain. Civil service year-book, 23 ;
Foreign office list, 23 ; India list,
23; Kelly, 46.
Government officials — Great Bri-
tain. See aho Hazell, 23 ; Who 's
who, pref . 43 ; Whitaker, 23.
U. 8. Lanman, 22 ; Murlin, 21,
22; Poore, 21; U. S. — Congress,
22 ; U. S. — Interior dept. ttt.
See also Tribune almanac,
23 ; World almanac, 23.
Governments of the world. Sears,
21 ; Wilson, 21.
See €il8o Statesman's year-
book, 23: Whitaker, 23; Statis-
tician and economist. 23.
Governors of states and territo-
ries. Commercial year-book, 24 ;
Statistician and economist, 23;
Willsey's Harper's book of facts,
11.
Griisse, J. G. T. Tr^sor de livres,
66.
Grammars — bibliography of. TrUb-
ner, 13.
Grand Rapids — Public library.
Catalogue, 78.
La granae encyclop<klie, 11.
Great Britain— antiquities. Brand,
26.
army and navy. Hart, 45 ; Navy
list, 45; Official army list, 45;
Whitaker, 45.
colonies. Colonial office list, 23.
See also Australia, Canada,
India, Jamaica.
constitutional history — biblio-
graphy of. Sparks, 52.
government officials. See Gov-
ernment officials — Great Britain.
hii*t*>ry — annuals. Annual re-
gister, 51.
bibliography. Gardiner
and Mullin^r, 51 ; Gross, 51.
dictionary. Low and Pull-
ing, 51.
municipal government — bib-
liography. Gross, 21.
political economy. Palgrave,
21.
politics. Constitutional year-
book, 23 ; Politician's handbook,
23.
statistics. Statesman's year-
book, 23; Whitaker, 23.
Great men. Wale, 36.
Great writers series, 48.
Greece — architecture. Longfel-
low, 31.
Greek antiquities. Cornish, 61 ;
Peck, 51; SeyfTert. 61; Smith, 51.
Greek biograpiiy. Smith, 43.
Greek dictionaries. Greek-Eng-
lish : Liddell and Scott, 17.
English-Greek: Yonge, 17.
Greek geography. Smith, 49.
Greek proper names. Webster, apx.
14; Worcester, apx. 14.
Greek (mmlern)— dictionary. Kon-
topoulos, 17.
Greely, A. W. Public documents
of the first 14 congresses, 63.
Green, S: S. Aids and guides for
readers, 6; Libraries as bureaus
of information, 6 ; Library aids,
6; The desirableness of establish-
ing personal intercourse between
librarians and readers, 6.
Griffin, A. V. C. Bibliography of
American historical societies, 59 ;
Index of articles upon American
local history, 52.
Grimm, Jakob and Wilhclm.
Deutsches worterbuch, 16.
Griswold, W : M. Descriptive list
of books for the young, 76 ; De-
scriptive lists of novels, 39 ; Index
to articles contained in collec-
tions of essays, 57.
Gross, C: Bibliography of British
municipal histoiy, 21; Sources
and literature of English history,
51.
Grove, Sir G : Dictionary of music
and musicians, 32, 41.
Growoll, Adolf. American book
clubs, 59; Book-trade bibliogra-
phy in the U. S. 67 ; Bookseller's
library, 67, 73 ; Profession of book-
seliing, 73.
G ruber. See Ersch and Gruber, 12.
Guam — bibliography. Library of
Congress, 74.
Gubematis, Angelo de. Dizionario
biografico degli scrittori contem-
poranei, 43; Dictionnaire inti'r-
nationale des <k;rivain8 du jour,
43.
Guernsey. See Seeger and Guern-
sey, 30.
Guiue-books. Baedeker, 60 ; Murray,
50.
Guild, R. A. Bibliography as a
science, 65; Librarian's manual,
72.
Gwilt, Joseph. Encyclopaedia of
architecture, 31.
Haas, J : A. W. r^ee Jacobs, H : E.,
and Haas, J: A. W. 20.
Haferkom, H : E., and Heise, P.
Handy lists of technical litera-
ture, 30.
Hain, L. F. T. Repcrtorium biblio-
graphicum and Supplement, 66.
Hale, M». S. J. Woman's record,
4'>.
Halkett, S: and Laing, J: Dic-
tionary of the anonymous and
pseudonymous literature of Great
Britain, 76.
Hall, G. S., and Mansfield, J. M.
Hints towards a select bibliogra-
phy of education, 20.
Hall, T. D. See SmiUi, Sir W : and
Hall, T. D. 17.
Halliwell-Philliiw, J. O. Diction-
ary of archaic and provincial
words, 15.
Hallowe'en. Brand, 26; Chambers,
26 ; Walsh. 26.
Hallowe'en games. Champlin and
Bostwick,32.
Hamersly, L. R. Naval encyclo-
paedia, 30 ; Records of living offi-
cers of the U. S. navy, 45.
Hamilton and Legros. French dic-
tionary, 16.
Handworterbuch der staatswissen-
schaften, 21.
Harbottle, T: B. Dictionary of
quotations, classical, 37.
and Dalbiac, P. H. Dictionary
of quotations, French and Italian,
37.
Hardy, G : E. Five hundred books
for the young, 76.
Harper's book of facts. Willsey,
J. H. 11.
Harper's cyclopa-dia of British and
American poetrj-. Sargent, Ei es,
36.
Harper's dictionary of classical
literature and antiquities. I'eck,
H. T. 51.
Harper's encyclopa*dia of United
States hi8tor>'. 61.
Har]>er*s Latin dictionary. Lewis,
C. T: and Short, C: 17.
Han)er'8 monthly magazine. In-
dex, 54.
Harper's popular cyclopaedia of
\:. S. history. Lossing, B. J : 52.
Harper's weekly. Index, 54.
Harris, John. Lexicon techni-
cum, 9.
Harrison, F: Choice of books, 75.
94
INDEX
Hart, A. B. See Channing, £: and
Hart, A. B. 61.
Hart's army list, 46.
Hartford (Conn.} — Public library.
Boys' and girls' books, 76.
Harvard university — Library.
Bibliographical contributions, 73.
Hasluck, P. N. Cassell's cyclopaj-
dia of mechanics, 29.
Hasse, A. R. Public documents, 61 ;
How may government documents
be made more useful to the public,
61 ; United States government
publications, 61 ; Reports of ex-
plorations, 63 ; Training of library
employes : reference work, 6.
Hastings, James. Dictionary of the
Bible, 19.
Hawaii — bibliography. Library of
Congress, 73.
Haswell, C: H. Mechanics' and en-
gineers' pocket-book, 29.
Hawthorne, Julian. Literature of
all nations, 33.
Hawthorne, Nathaniel. Analytical
Index to his works, 38.
Haydn, Joseph. Dictionary of
dates, 50.
Haves, R. P. Publications of Ohio,
Hazell's annual, 23.
Hebrew dictionary. Gesenius, 17.
Hebrews. See Jews.
Hedeler, p^iO. List of private li-
braries, 77.
Heilprin, L: Historical reference
book, 50.
Heinsius, Wilhelm. Allgemeines
biicher-lexicon, 71.
Heise, Paul. See Haferkom, H: E.,
and Heise. Paul, 30.
Heraldry. Rietstap, 47.
American. Vermont, 46 ; Zie-
ber, 46.
terms. Adeline, 31 ; Fairbaim,
v. 2, 47.
See also Notes and queries (in-
dex vols.), 34 ; alAo Crests.
Heresies. Blunt, 19.
Herringshaw, T: W: Encyclope-
dia of American biogra])hy, 42.
Hewins, C. M. Books for boys and
girls, 76 : How to make the most
of a small library, 7.
Hickcox, J : H. United States gov-
ernment publications, 63.
High schools — instruction In refer-
ence books. Ames, 6 ; Finney,
6 ; Rathbone, 7.
Hill, T: £. Hill's manual of social
and business forms, 24.
Hindu religion. Dowson, 20.
Hinrichs, J. C. FUnf jahrs-katalog,
71 ; Monats-register, 71 ; Verzeicb-
nis der bUcher, 71; Vicrteljahrs-
katalog, 71; Wdchentliches ver-
zeichnis, 71.
Historical atlases. Freeman, ▼. 2,
49 ; Labberton, 49 ; Poole, 49 ;
Smith, 49 ; Spruner, 49.
Historical Action. Boston — Public
library, 39; Bowen, 39 ; Dixson, 39;
Midland railway institute, 39 ;
Philadelphia mercantile library,
39; St. Louis mercantile librarv,
39; St. Louis — Public library, 3&;
San Francisco — Free public li-
brary, 39; Sargent, 39.
Historical societies. Grlflin, 59.
History. Ploetz, 50 ; Smith, 35.
bioliography. Adams, 50 ;
Lanirlois, ?2.
bibliography (annual). Jahres-
bericht dcr geschichtswissen-
schaft, 74.
chronological outlines of.
Heilprin, 50 ; Webster, apx. 14.
History — dictionaries. Brewer,
50 ; Heilprin, 50 ; Lamed, 50 ; Lit-
tle, 50.
of the year. Annual register,
51; Appleton's annual, 10; Inter-
national year book, 10 ; also
Almanacs, Events of the year.
tables. Gooch, 51 ; Morison, 51 ;
Nichol, 50.
See also Chronology, Dates,
names of countries.
Hodgkins, L. M. Guide to the
study of lyth century authors, 34.
Hoefer, Ferdinand. Nouvelle bi-
ogra])hie universelle, 41, 43.
Hofmeister's Verzeichniss der er-
schienenen musikalien, 74.
Holidays. Walsh, 26.
See also Arbor day, Christmas,
Easter, Hallowe'en, etc.
See also Chambers, 26; Goss
and Baker, 76.
legal. Townsend, 52 ; Harper's
encyclopaedia, 4: 398-400. 51 ; Peo-
pled cyclopedia, v. 4, apx. 11;
Funk, p. 856, 14.
Holy days. Chambers, 26; M'Clin-
tock and Strong, 18; Smith and
Cheetham, 18.
Homer — concordance. Dunbar, 38.
Homonyms. Fellows, 15.
Hone, w: Ever>'-day IxKik, 26.
Hopkins, A. A. Scientific Ameri-
can cyclopedia of receipts, 29.
Hopkins, J. C. Canada, 52.
Horticulture. Bailey, 28.
Hospitals. Medical and surgical
register, 45.
House of Commons. See Govern-
ment officials — Great Britain.
House of Lords. See (»ovemment
officials- Great Britain.
Houston, E. J. Dictionary of elec-
trical words, terms, anu phrases,
27.
Howe's Descriptive catalogue of
ofllcial publications of Indiana,
64.
Hoyt, J. K. Cyclopedia of practical
quotations, 36.
Hughes, T: P. Dictionary of Is-
lam, 20.
Hull, C. H. Article on biographical
dictionaries in Johnson s univer-
sal cyclopaf^dia, 41 ; Helps for cat-
aloguers in finding full names, 7.
Huhne, F : E : Flags of the world,
47.
Hungarian dictionary. Bizonfy, 17.
Hunter, R. Encyclopaedic diction-
ary, 13.
Hurst, J :F. Literature of theology,
20.
Hutchinson, E. M. See S ted man,
E. C, and Hutchinson, E. M. 34.
Hutton, Laurence. See Clement,
Mrs. C.E.,and Hutton, Laurence,
44.
Hymns. Julian, 20 ; Warner (v. 28
and index in v. 30), 33.
See also Notes and queries
(index vols.) ^
Iconographic encyclopaedia, 11.
Hes, G: See Bowker, R: R., and
lies, G: 20 ; Leypoldt, A. H., and
lies, G : 75.
Illustration — bibliography. Stur-
gis, 31.
Immigration— statistics of. U. S.
— Bureau of statistics, 24.
Important events. See Events.
Imports. See Commerce.
Inchbald, Mrs. Elizabeth (Simpson).
British theatre, 40.
Incunabula. British museum —
Library, 69 ; Cambridge univer-
sity—Library, 69: Campbell, 67;
Hain, 67 ; Maittatre, 67 ; Panzer,
67; Pellechet, 67; Proctor, 67;
Santander, 67.
Incunabula. See aiso Aldine, Caz-
ton, Elzevir presses.
Index and review, 63.
Index medicus, 29, 55.
Indexes. Wheatley, 57.
See also Essays, General atera-
ture, Periodicals, Chemistry, and
other subjc;cts indexed.
India list, civil and miUtary, 23.
Indiana — State librarj'. Subject
catalogue of U. S. public di>cu-
ments, 63.
Indiana— bibliography. Howe, 64.
Indians. U. S. — Census office, 24.
Industrial arts. See Useful arts.
Industries. Beeton, 24 ; Commer-
cial year-book, 24 ; Lock, 30 ;
M'Culloch, 24 ; Seeger and Guern-
sey, 30.
See also Tribune almanac, 23.
of countries and cities. Lip-
pincott's gazetteer, 48.
Information desk. Foster, 6; Lit-
tle, 2.
Initiitls. See Pseudonyms.
Insignia of rank of army. Town-
send, p. 369, 52.
Institut de bibliographie, Paris,
Bibliographia medica, 29.
Institutes. Minerva, 25.
Instruction in reference work.
Adams, 6 ; Ames, 6 ; Ellis, 6 ;
Finney, 6 ; Little, 7 ; Marvin. 7 ;
Milner.7; Rathlwne, 7; Sargent,
7; Stanley, 7; Wales, 7; Warren,
7; Wellman, 7.
Insurance. Commercial year-book,
24 ; U. S.— Census office. Reports.
24.
See also Parsons, 22.
Intemperance. See Temperance.
Interest tables and laws. World
almanac, 23.
International annual of Anthony's
photographic bulletin, 32.
International critical commentary.
Briggs, C: A., 19.
International cyclopaedia, 10.
International dictionary. Webster,
Noah, 13, 14.
International librarv of famous
literature. Mitchell, D. G., and
Lang, Andrew, a3.
International year l)ook, 10, 11, 23.
Intenweanic canals and railway's —
bibliography. Library of Con-
gress, 74.
Interstate commerce commission.
Sfe V. S. — Interstate commis-
sion, 25.
Iron works. American iron and
steel association, 30.
Islam. Hughes, 20.
Italian bil)irograi)hv. Catalogo col-
lettivo della libreria, 72 ; Biblio-
grafia italiana, 72 ; Catalogo gene-
rale, 72.
Italian biography. Gubematis, ^.
Italian dictionaries. Davenuort
and Comelati, 16; Melzi, 16; Mill-
house, 16.
Italy — architecture, Longfellow,
31.
Jackson, B : D. Glossary of botanic
terms, 27.
Jacobs, H: E., and Haas, J: A. W.
Lutheran cyclopedia, 20.
Jahrbuch liber die fortschritte der
niathematik, 74.
Jahresbericht der geschichtswis-
senschaf t, 74.
Jahresbericht Uber die erscheinung-
' INDEX
95
en auf dem gebiete der german-
ischen philoloeie, 74.
Jahresbericht Uiber die fortschritte
der chemie, 74.
Jahresbericht Uber die fort-
schritte der claseischen alter-
tumswissenschaft, 74.
Jaliresberichte f Ur neuere deutsche
litteraturffeschichte, 74.
Jahresbericnte iiber das h&here
schulwesen, 74.
Jahres-verzeichniss der an den
deutschen schulanstalten er-
schienenen abhandlungen, 58.
Jahres-verzeichniss der an den
deutschen universit^ten erschie-
nenen schriften, 57
Jahresverzeichnls der schweizer-
ischen universitMtsschrif ten, 58.
Jamaica. RoxburKli« 23.
James, R. X. Painters and their
works, 44.
Jameson, J : F. Dictionary of U. S.
historv, 52.
ancf Buel, J. W. Encyclopedic
dictionary of American history,
52.
Jargon. Barr^re and Leland, 15.
Jefferson, T : Foley, 39.
Jersey City — Public library. Find-
ine-list, 78.
Jewish encyclopedia. Singer, Isa-
dore and others, 20.
Jews. Singer. 20.
John Crerar library. Card indexes
on file in, 65; List of biblio-
graphies of special subjects, 73;
List of books in the reading-
room, 7.
Johnson, S : Dictionary, 13.
Johnson's universal cyclopsedia.
See Universal cyclopa'dia, 10.
Johnston, A. K. Handy royal atlas,
49; Royal atlas of modem geo-
graphy, 49.
Jones, M. P. New dictionary of
foreign phrases and classical quo-
tations, 37.
Jones, L. A. Index to legal peri-
odical literature, 22, 23, 54.
Jones, L. B. See Perkins, F: B.
75.
Jordan, W: G: A plea for refer-
ence books, 7.
Jordell, D. Repertoire bibliograr
phique des principales revues
tranfaises, 54.
See also Lorenz, O. H. 70.
Josephson, A. G. S. Avhandlingar
OCK program, 58 ; Bibliograpliies
of bibliographies, 72 ; Biblio-
graphy of union lists, 64.
Journal of the Society of chemical
industry. Index, 55.
Judaism. See Jews.
Julian, J: Dictionary of hymno-
logy, 20.
rur»pmd
MUhlbrecht, 21
Jur»pmdence — bibliography.
Ju8t*sbotani8cher jahresbericht, 74.
Justices of the Supreme Court. See
Government officials — V. S.
Juvenile books. See Children's
reading.
Kansas — bibliography. Kansas
state historical association, 64.
Kansas state historical association.
Transactions, v. 6, 64.
Kayser, C. G. Vollstttndiges
blicher-lexicon, 71.
Kelly, James. American catalogue
of Dooks, 68.
Kelly's handbook to the titled,
landed, and official classes, 46.
Keltic, J. S., ed. See Statesman's
year-book, 23.
Kempe, H. R. Engineer's year-
book, 29.
Kent, James. Commentaries on
American law, 22.
Kent, W: Mechanical engineer's
IMMjket-book, 29.
Keoeh, Andrew. Some g^eneral
biniiogra])hical works of value. to
the student in English, 05.
Kiddle, H: and Schcni, A. J. Cy-
clopaedia of educ'ition, 25.
Klerst, W., and Callier. O. Pocket
dictionary of the English and
Polish languages, 10.
Killikelly, S. li. Curious ques-
tions, 35.
King, W : F. H : Classical and for-
eign quotations, 37.
Klussmann, Rudolf. Systema-
tisches verzeichnis der abhand-
lungen, 58.
Knight, C: See English cyclope-
dia, 10.
Knight, E: H: American mechan-
ical dictionar>', 29 ; New American
mechanical dictionary, 29.
Knighthood — orders of. Burke's
Peerage, 46.
See also Whitaker, 23.
Kontopoulos, N. Greek-English
lexicon. 17.
English-modem-Greek diction-
ary, 17.
Konversations- lexicons. See Brock-
haus, Meyer, 12.
Koopiiian, H. L. College instruc-
tion in bibliography, 65 ; Mastery
Krehbiel, H.'eV Annotated biblio-
grraiihy of music, 31.
Kritii«cher jahresbericht Uber die
fortschritte der ronianischcn
philologie, 74.
KUrschner, Joseph. Sre Deutscher
litteratur-kalender, 44.
Labberton, R. H. Historical atlas,
49.
Labor — bibliography. Marot, 21.
Lace. Cole, 30.
Lacy, T : H. Acting edition of
plaj'S, 40.
Lainp, J: See Halkett, S: and
Lauig. J : 76.
Lakes— list of principal. People's
cyclopedia, v. 4, apx. 11 ; Statis-
tician and economist, 23.
Lalor, .1 : J. Cyclopaedia of political
science, 21.
Lamb's biographical dictionary.
See Brown, J : If. 42.
Landed gentry. Burke, 46.
Lane, L. P. Aids in the use of gov-
ernment publications, 61.
Lane, W: C, and Bolton, C: K.
Notes on special collections in
American libraries, 77.
Lang, Andrew. See Mitchell, D. G.
33.
Lange, J : P. Commentary on the
Holy Scrii)ture, 19.
Langfois, C : V. Manuel de biblio-
graphic historique, 7*2, 74.
Languace of flowers and gems.
Se^ Flowers, Gems.
Lanman, C: Biographical annals
of the civil government of the
IT. S. 22.
Lamed, J. N. History for ready
reference, 50 ; Literature of Ameri-
can history, 52.
Larousse, P. A. Grand dictionnaire
universel du xixe sit'^cle, 11, 40, 43;
Nouveau lAPousse illustre, 11.
Larson, A. Dictionarj' of the Dano-
Norwegian and English lan-
guages, 16.
Last words. Marvin, 37.
Latin dictionaries. Liitin-English:
Lewis and .Short, 17.
English-Latin : 8mich and Hall,
17.
Liitin nroi>er names. Webster, apx.
14 ; ^Vorce^ter, apx. 14.
Law — bibliography. MUhlbrecht,
21, 74.
commentaries. Blackstone, 22 ;
Kent, 22.
cyclopedias. American and
English encycloi adia, 22; Cyclo-
pedia of law and procedure, '22.
dictionaries. Bouvier, 22.
periodical indexes. Jones, 22,
23,54.
statutes. U. S. — Revised stat-
utes, 22.
U. S. —abstracts of state laws.
Peo]de's cyclopedia, v. 4, apx. 11.
See also Legislation.
Lawyers. Sharp & Alleinan co.'s
lawyers* and oankers' director\',
46.
I^'arned societies. See Societies.
Lee, Sidney. See Steihen, Leslie,
and Lee, Sidney. 42.
Leli^vre-Pon talis, Eugene. Biblio-
f:rai)hie des soci<5t^ savantes de
a France, 60.
Legal holidays. See Holidays, Legal.
Legal perioclicals. See Law — i-ori-
odical indexes.
Ix^gations. See Diplomatic service.
Legends. Clement, .31.
See also Brewer, 35.
I-,egislation by states for the year.
N. Y. (state) — Librarj-, 22 ; World
almanac. 2.3.
Legros. Scv Hamilton and I^gros.
Leland, C: G. See Barrcre, Albert,
and Leland, C: G. 15.
Leon and brother. Catalogue of
first editionn, 69.
Leonard, J: w. TVTio 's who in
America, 42.
Le Soudier, Ifenri. Bibliographie
franyaise, 71.
I/Ctter i>o8t.ige. See Postage rates.
Letter writing. Ga>*kell,24; Hill,24.
Levy, F. N. American art annual,
31.
Lewis, C. T : and Short, C : Hari>er's
Latin dictionary, 17.
Leyi»oldt, A. H., and lies, G: List
of books for girls and women, 75.
Leypoldt, F: See American cata-
logue, 68.
Libraries. Clegg, 33; Minerva, 25.
special collections. Lane and
Bolton, 77 ; New York library
club, 77, 78.
statistics of . Private: Hcdeler,
77; public: Richter, 77; U. S. —
Bureau of education. 77.
See also Willsey, 11.
library, 79.
Librarj' assistant, 70.
Library association record, 79.
Library catalogs. See Catiilogs of
libra'rics.
Library journal, 79 ; Index, 54 ;
Change<l titles in, 77.
Library of American literature.
Stedinan, E. C, and Hutchinson,
E. M. *t.
Librarj' of choice literature. Spof-
fortl, A. R.. and fJibbon. C: 33.
Library of Congress. Alaska and
the northwest part of North
America, u\.
Check list of American news-
papers, 56.
List of books on Porto Rico, 74.
List of books on Samoa and
Guam, 74.
96
INDEX
Library of Congress. List of books
on tbe DaniHh West Indies, 74.
List of books relating to Cuba,
73.
List of books relating to inter-
oceanic canal and railway routes,
74.
List of books relating to the
theory of coloni2ation, 73.
List of books relating to trusts,
74.
List of maps of America, 49.
ITnion list of periodicals, trans-
actions and allied pablications, 54.
Library of the world's best literar
ture. Warner, C: D. and others,
33.
Library periodicals. Contraiblatt
fUr bibiiothekswesen,79; Library,
79; Library assistant, 79 ; Library
association record, 79 ; Library
lournal, 79; Library world, 79;
Public libraries, ?J; Rivista delle
bibliotheche, 79.
Library world, 79.
Liddell, H : G., and Scott, It Greek-
English lexicon, 17.
Life-saving stations — list of. U. S.
official )X)Htal guide, 25.
Lippincott's biographical diction-
ary. Thomas, Joseph, 41.
Lippincott's gazetteer of the world,
Literary clubs. Growoll, 59; Liter-
ary year-book, 33.
Literary criticism. Allibone, 33,
43; >loulton, 33; Warner, 33.
See also American, English.
Literary societies. See Societies.
Literary year-book, 33.
Liter<nture — annuals. Literary
year-l)ook, 33.
dictionaries. Champlin, 33 ;
Gidel and Lolide, 33; Vapereau,
33: Warner, 33.
historical outline. Willsey, 11.
for the year. Annual register,
61 ; Ap]>letou's annual cyclojia'.-
dia, 10; International year book,
10; Literary year-book, 33.
tables. N'lchol, 50.
See also American, English,
etc.
Literature of all nations. Haw-
thorne. Julian, 33.
Littell's living age. Index, 54.
Little, C : E. Cyclopedia of classi-
fled dates, 50 ; Historical lights,
50.
Little, G: T. Helping inquirers, 7;
Instruction in the use of refer-
ence books and libraries, 7 ; Teach-
ing bibliography to college stu-
dents, ,65.
Littr^, Emile. Dictionnaire de la
langue francaisc, 16.
Livermore, Airs. M. A. (Rice). Se^
Willard, F. E., and Livermore,
Mrs. M. A. (Rice), 45.
Lloyd's clerical directory, 20.
Local government. See City gov-
ernment.
Local history. Griffin, 52.
Lock, C : G. W. Spon's encyclopae-
dia of the industrial arts, 30.
Locic. Baldwin, 18.
LolickJ, Fr^d^ric. See Gidel, C: A.,
and Ix>li^e, FrM^ric.
London catalogue of books, 69.
London Times. See Times, 56.
Longfellow, H : W. Poets and poe-
try of Europe, 36.
Longfellow, W: P. P. Cyclopaedia
of works of architecture in Italy,
Greece, and the Levant, 31.
Lorenz, O. H. Catalogue g^^ral
de la librairie frangaue, IQ,
Los Angeles public library. List
of novels and tales, 39.
Lossing, B. J: Harper's popular
cyclopaedia of U. S. uistory, 52.
Low, S. J., and Pulling, F. 8. Dic-
tionary of English history, 51.
Lowndes, W: T: Bibliographer's
manual of English literature, 59,
69.
Lunt, E: C. Key to the publica-
tions of the U. 8. census, 63.
Lutheran church. Jacobs and Haas,
20.
Lyrics. Warner, 33.
M'Clintock, J : and Strong, J. Cy-
clopaedia of biblical, theological,
and ecclesiastical literature, 18,
41.
M'Culloch, J: R. Dictionary of
commerce and commercial navi-
gation, 24.
McCiehee, L. P., ed. See American
and English encyclopaedia of law,
McKee, T: H. National conven-
tions and platforms, 21 ; Note on
the classes and printing of U. S.
public documents, 61.
Machinery. Anpleton, 29; Benja-
min, 29; Knight, 29.
Mackey, A. G. Encyclopaedia of
freemasonry, 25.
Mackey, .M. »., and M. G. Pronun-
ciation of 10,000 proper names, 47.
Magnetism — l)ibliograi)hy. Haf er-
kom and Heise, v. 3, 31.
Maine — bibliography. Williamson,
64.
Maittaire, Michael. Annales tj^Mv
graphici, 67.
Malcolm, H. Theological index, 20.
Mann, Margaret. Course in docu-
ments in the University of Illinois
library school, 61.
Mansfleld, J. M. See Hall, G. S.,
and Mansfleld. J. M. 26.
Manual of statistics, 24.
Manufacturers. Seeger and Guern-
sey, 30; Textile manufacturers'
directory, 45.
Manufactures. Becton,24; Colanee,
24 ; C^Jumiercial year-b<K)k, 24 ;
Lock, 30; Seeger and (iuemsey,
30; Tomlinson,26; Ure, 20; U. S.
— Census office. Ropt>rt, 24.
Maps — list of. Library of Con-
gress, 49.
Maps of cities. Baedeker, 50 ; Rand
McXally & eo.. 48.
See also Atlases, Encyclope-
dias.
Marchmont's Concise handbook of
ancient and mo<lern literature, 77.
Marindin, G. E. See Smith, Sir W:
and Marindin. G. E. 51.
Marine cor|)S. Callahan, 45; Ha-
merslv, 45.
Marot, Yielen. Handbook of labor
literature, 21.
Marriage laws of states. Tribune
almanac, 23 ; World almanac, 23.
Marshal], G: W: Genealogist's
guide, 46.
Marvin, Cornelia. Reference work
in the Armour institute library
class. 7.
Marvin, F : R. The last words, real
and trarliti<mal, of distinguished
men and women, 37.
Massachusetts — State library. Cat-
alogue. 63.
Massachusetts library club. Dis-
cussion on reference work, 7.
Mathematics — bibliography (an-
nual). Jahrbuch tiber die fort-
schritte der mathematik, 74.
Mathematics— dictiooAiy. Davies,
27.
Matson, H : References for literary
workers, 57.
Maxims. Christy, 37 ; Riley, 37.
See also Proverbs, Quotations.
Mayor, J. B. Guide to the choice
of classical books, 40.
Measures. See Weights and mea-
sures.
Mechanic arts. Appleton, 29 : Ben-
iamin, 29; Dixou, 29; Hasluck,
29 ; Haswell, 29 ; Iconographic en-
cycloiMedia, v. 6, 11 ; Knight. 29.
Mechanical engineering. American
society of mechanical engineers,
60 ; Appleton, 29 ; Knight, 29.
Mechanics — bibliography. Uafer-
kom and Heise, v. 4, 31.
Medical and surgical register of the
U. S. and Canada, 46.
Medicine — bibliograi)hy. Biblio-
graphia medica, 2), 74: Index
medicus, 29 ; U. S. -- Snrgeon-
general's office, 28.
dictionaries. Billings, 28 ; Dn-
ane, 28; Dunglison, 28; Foster,
28 ; (;ould, 28.
j)eriodical indexes (annual).
Bibliographia medica, 29.
Medicines. See Drugs.
Melzi, B. Italian dictionary, 16.
Melzi, Gaetano, conte. Dizionario
di opere anonime e pseudonime,
77.
Memorial day. Townsend, p. 380,
381, 52.
Men and women of the time. Flarr,
V. G. 42.
Men of the reign. Ward, T : H. 43.
Metals. Bolland,30.
Metaphysics. Baldwin, 18.
Methodist church. Simpson, 20.
Metric system. Funk, 14; Statisti-
cian and economist, 23; Webster,
apx. 14 ; Willsey, 11 ; World al-
manac, 23.
Meyer, H. J. Meyer's konveraa-
tions-lexicon, 12.
M ichaelis. Dictionary of the Portu-
guese and English languages, 16.
Michaud, J. F., and L. G. Bio-
!:raphie universelle. 41, 43.
chigan — State library. Cata-
loflnie United States documents,
63.
Middle-English dictionary. Strat-
mann, 16.
Midland railway institute, Derby,
Eng. — Library. Descriptive
handbook to prose Action, 39.
Military academy at West Point.
See Cullum, G : W. 44.
Military engineering. B3rme and
Spon, 29.
Military officials. See Army offi-
cers.
Military posts— lists of. U. S. offi-
cial postal guide. 25.
Military science. Farrow, 3D.
bililiography. Haferkom and
Heise, v. 2, 31.
Mill. H. R. Hints to teachers and
students on the choice of geo-
grarhical books, 48, 49.
Millhouse, J: Italian dictionary, 16.
Millionaires — list of. World al-
manac, 23.
Milner, A. V. Instruction in use of
catalogs and reference books in
normal schools, 7.
Reference sheets, 7.
Milton, J : — concordance. Brad-
shaw, sa.
Milwaukee — Public library. Sys-
tematic catalogue, 78; List of
plays in, 40.
INDEX
97
Mineralogy. Bolland, 30; Chester,
30 ; RoUiwell, 90 ; U. S. — Geolo-
gical surYey, 30.
bibliography. Weeks, 27.
Minerva, lahrbnch der gelehrten
welt, 26, 59.
Mininj^. Tomlinson, 26 ; Ure, 26.
bibliography. Haferkom and
Heise, v. 6, 31.
Ministers (of state). i9ee Diplomatic
service.
Miracles. Brewer, 20.
Missionaries. Bliss, 20.
Missions. Bliss, 20.
Mississippi— bibliography. Owen,
M.
Mitchell, D. G., and Lang, A. Inter-
national library of famous litera-
ture, 33.
Mohammedan religion. Hughes,
20.
Molineux, M. A. Phrase book from
Brovming, 38.
MoUett, J : W : lUustrated diction-
ary or words used in art and ar-
chaeology, 31.
Monetary systems of the world.
Muhleman, 25.
See a/«o Commercial year-book,
1901, 24.
Moneys — value of foreign, in U. S.
money. Commercial year-book,
24; ]f*unk (Standard), p. 366-360,
14 ; People's cyclopedia, v. 4, apx.
11 ; Statistician and economist, 23 ;
Tribune almanac. 23; Willsey, 11 ;
World almanac, 23.
value of foreign in English
money. Clegg, 33.
Monroe, W. S. Bibliography of
education, 26.
Monthly cumulative book-index, 68.
Months — history of the. Cham-
bers, 26.
Moore, E. L. Reference work and
special lists, 7.
Moigan, H : J. Canadian men and
women of the time, 42.
Morison, M. Time table of modem
history, 61.
Morley, J: Diderot and the Ency-
cloiMediHts, 11.
Morris, C: Handy biographical
dictionary, 42.
Morris. E : £. Austral English, 15.
Mortality statistics. U.S. — Cen-
sus, 24; World almanac, 23.
Mortgages. Parsons, 22.
statistics of U. S. U. S. — Cen-
sus oiHce, 24.
Morton, A. A. See Brodrick, M.,
and Morton, A. A. 51.
Motors. Appleton, 29; Knight, 29.
Mottet's French edition of Nichol-
son, 28.
Mottoes. Riley, 37.
See also Hoyt, apx. 36.
of families— American. Vei^
mont, 46.
English. Burke's Peerage,
46 ; Fairbaim, 47.
— of states. Harper's book of
£actB, 52; Townsend. 52.
— Se^ aiso People's cyclo-
pedia, V. 4, apx. 11.
-^ See also Proverbs, Quotations.
Moulding. See Founding, 30.
Moulton, C: W. Library of literary
criticisnuof English and Ameri-
can authors. 33.
Mountains — neight of. Lippin-
oott's eazetteer, 48 : People's cy-
clopedia. V. 4, apx. 11.
— list of principal. Statistician
and economist, 23; Tribune al-
manac, 23; World almanac, 23.
Moorek, Y. £. Pocket dictionary
of the Bohemian and English
languages, 16.
Mourier, Ath^nais, and Deltour, F.
Notice sur le doctoral h» lettres, 57.
Catalogue et analyse des theses
f ran^aises, 57.
Mourning — in different countries.
Brewer, 35.
MUhlbrecht, Otto. Uebersicht der
gesamniten staats- u. recbtswis-
senschaftlichen littoratur, 21, 74;
Wepweiser durcli die neuere lit-
teratur der ri'chts- u. staatswis-
senschaften, 21.
Muhleman, M. L. Monetary sys-
tems of the world, 25.
Mulhall, M. G: Dictionary of star
tistics, 23.
MUller, Johannes. Die wissen-
schaftlichcn vereine und gesell-
schaften Deutschlands, 60.
Municipal affairs, 21.
Municipal government. Municipal
year-book of the United Kingdom,
23.
bibliographv. Brooks, 21 ;
Gross, 21 ; Municipal affairs, 21.
Municipal yrar-booK of the united
Kingdom, 23.
Munsell, Joel, pub. American
genealogist, 45; Index to Ameri-
can genealogies, 46; List of titles
of genealogical articles in Ameri-
can periodicals, 46.
Muret-Sanders. German diction-
ary, 16.
Murlin, E. R. United States red
book, 21.
Murray, J : Guide-books, 50.
Murray, J. A. H : Evolution of Eng-
lish lexicography, 13; New Eng-
lish dictionar>', 13, 14.
Museums. Minerva, 25.
Music. Champlin, 32 ; Grove, 32 ;
Riemann, 32 ; Stainer, 32.
bibliography. F^tls, 44 ; Kreh-
biel, 31.
(annual). Hofmeister, 74.
Musical publications. U. S. — Copy-
rights office, 69.
MusiciauR. Baker, 44; Brown, 44 ;
Champlin, 32; F^tis, 44 ; Grove,
32; Riemann, 32.
Mythology. Peck, 51 ; Seyffert, 51 ;
Smith, 43 ; Thomas (Lippincott's),
41 ; Smith (Ceutur>'), 35.
See also Funk, 14 ; Reddall, 36;
also Hindu religion, 20.
Mythology in art. Clement, 31.
Nacbtmann, Mrs. Alice Newman.
Index to subject bibliographies,
73.
Names. Smith (Century), 35.
meaning of women'^s. Browne,
45.
pronunciation. Mackey, 47;
Phyfe, 15 ; Smith (Century), 36 ;
Thomas (Lippincott's), 41.
See also Warner, 33; Web-
ster, apx. 14 ; Worcester, ap:?. 14.
of English. Who's who,
1902, pref. 43.
See also Characters, Christian
names. Geographic names, Scrip-
ture names. Surnames.
Nation. Analytical index, 54.
National bibliogrjiphles— list of.
Growoll, 67; N. Y. (state) — Li-
brar>', 67.
National colors. See Colors, na-
tional.
National convention for revising
the Pharmacopoeia. Pharmaco-
pceia of the United States, 28.
National cyclopeedla of American
biography, 42.
National debts. Bliss, 20; Willsey,
11; World almanac, 23.
National educational association.
Index to volumes of its Proceed-
ings, 60.
National flowers. See Flowers—
national.
Natural history, 27, 28.
Nautical almanac. American
ephcmeris. 27.
Naval engineering. Byrne and
Spon, 29.
Naval officers. Callahan, 46; Ha-
mersly, 30, 46; Powell and Ship-
pen, 44 ; tJ. S. — Interior dept.
Official register, 22, 46; U. 8.—
Navy dept., 46.
Naval science. Hamersly, 30.
bibliography. Haferkom and
Heise, v. 2, 31.
Naval statistics. World almanac,
23.
Navies of the world. World alma-
nac, 23.
Navigation. American ephemeris,
27.
Navy — U. S. Townsend, 62.
Navy list, 45.
Necrologies. Plarr, 42 ; Vapcreau,
42 ; >Vllson (Aj>pleton's), v. 7, 42.
annual. Annual register, 51 ;
Appleton *s annual, 10 ; Fletcher
and Bowkcr, 53 ; International
year book, 10, 11 : Leonard, 42 ;
Literary year-book, 33 ; Who 's
who, 43.
by days and months. Chaml>ers,
26; Little's Clas^ifled dates, 50.
Neve, J : Concordance to Cowi-er,
38.
Nevin, A. Encyclopaedia of the
I*resbyterian church, 20.
New American cyclopaedia. See
American cyclopa*dia. 10.
New Hampbhire — bibliography.
New Hampshire — State librarian,
64.
State librarian. Report, 64.
New Jersey — bibliography. New
Jersey — State librarian, 64.
State librarian. Report, 64.
New Jersey historical society.
Some account of American news-
pai>er8, 56.
New Year's day. Chambers, 26.
New York (citj-) — I*ublic library.
Bulletin, 79.
New Y'ork (state) — Library. Bul-
letin, legislation, no. 15, 22 : Class
list of a t500 librarj'. 76; Fifty Ix-st
b<M)ks for a village library. 75;
Index to subject bibliographlea,
73; Selected national bibliogra-
C' ' L»», 67 ; Selected reference
ks. 7; Selected subject biblio-
graphies, TS, 74 ; Selection from
the best books of the year, 75 ;
Selection of reference books for
use of cataloguers, 7.
New Y'ork (state) — University.
University extension department,
75.
New York daily Tribune. Index,
55,56.
New York library club. Libraries
of Greater New York, 77, 78.
New York Times. Index, 56.
Newark — Public library. Finding-
list, 78.
Newspaper almanacs. Chicago
Daily News, 23; Tribune, 23;
World, 23.
Newspapers — indexes to. I^ndon
Times, 65, 56 ; New Y'ork Times,
66, 66 ; New York Tribune, 66, 66.
See also Fletcher and
Bowker, 53.
98
INDEX
Newspapers — lists — American.
AytT, 66 ; New Jersey historical
8«x;iety, 56; Library of Congress,
66 ; Rowell, 56 ; IT. S. — Census
office, 56; Wisconsin state his-
torical society, 56.
English. Sell, 56 ; Willfaig,
56.
foreign. Sell, 66; Willing,
66.
French. Annuaire, 66.
London. Who 's who, pref .
43.
Newton, Alfred. Dictionary of
birds, 27.
Nichol, J: Tables of ancient lit-
erature and history, 50 ; Tables of
European history, »).
Nicholson, O. Illustrated diction-
ary of gardening, 28.
Nicknames. Frey, 35; Reddall,35.
*S'c« aJso Brewer, a> ; Brewer,
60 ; Webster, 14 ; Wheeler, a5 ;
Wilson (Appleton's), v. 7 : 291, 42.
geograpnic. Reddall, 35.
national. Brewer, p. 615, 35.
states, cities. See aho Bartlett,
p. 812-813, 15; People's cyclopedia,
apx. 11 ; Townsend, 52 ; Tribune
aluianac, 23 ; Brown and Strauss
(cities), 21.
Nineteenth century — events of the.
Appleton's Annual cyclopaedia,
11)00, p. 430, 10.
progress of the. International
year-book, 1900, apx. 10, 11.
La noblesse beige, 47.
Nordlsk familjebok, 12.
Normal schools — instruction in
reference books. Adams, 6;
Milner, 7 ; Warren, 7.
Norsk bog fortegnelse. 72.
North American review. Index,
54.
NorwejCian bibliography. Norsk
bog fortegnelse, 72.
Norwegian dictionary. Larsen, 16.
Noted books. See Books.
Noted names in Action. See Char-
acters in fiction.
Noted sayings. Bent, 37 ; Brewer,
▼. 10, 33 ; Stedman and Hutchin-
son, 11 : 446-462, also index, p. 630,
34.
See also Bombaugh, 35; Brown
and Strauss, 21; Reddall, 35;
Walsh, 35.
Notes and queries, 34.
Novels. See Fiction.
Nuova enciclopedia italiana, 12.
Obituaries. See Necrologies.
Obsolete words. Halliwell-Phillips,
15 ; Wright, 15.
O'Con nor, E. N. Index to the works
of Shakspere, 39.
Oettinger, E. M. Bibliographic
biographique universelle, 48 ;
Moniteur des dates, 41.
Official army list, 45.
Official gazette. See U. S. — Patent
office.
Official register. U. S. — Interior
dept. 22.
Official year-book of the Church of
England, 20.
Officials. See Oovemment officials.
Ogilvle, J : Imperial dictionary, 13.
Oiiio — bibliography. Hayes, 64.
Operas. American oramatists' club,
40.
See also Champlin and Ap-
thorp, 32; Brewer, apx. 35.
Orations. Brewer, 33.
Oratorios. Brewer, 35; Champlin
and Apthorp, 32.
Orators. Brewer, 33.
Orders (American^ Zieber, 46.
Orders of chivalr}*. Funk (Stand-
ard), p. 1238, 14.
Orders of kn ighthood. See Knight-
hood — orders of.
Oriental studies. Oriental ische
biblioii^raphie. 74.
Orientaliscne bibliographic, 74.
Origins of things. See Allusions.
Osterhout free library, Wilkes-
barr^. Pa. Class catalogue, 78 ;
Finger-posts to the reference li-
brary, 7.
Owen, T. McA. Bibliogra])hy of
Alabama, 64; Bibliography of
Mississippi, 64.
Oxford dictionary. Murray, J. A.
H: 13.
Painters. Bryan, 44 ; Champlin, 32 ;
Clement, 44 ; James, 44.
list of famous. Willsey, 11.
tables, of various schools.
Clement, 44.
Painting. Champlin, 32 ; Icono-
graphic encyclopaedia, v. 3, 11.
bibliography. Farrar, 31 ;
Sturgis, 31.
Paintings — catalog of, in European
galleries. Clement, 31.
galleries where to be foand.
Clement, 31 ; Soule art company,
32.
Paleontology. See Geology — bibli-
ography, 27.
Palgrave, R- H. I. Dictionary of
political economy, 21.
Panzer, (}. W. F. Annales tyi)0-
graphlci, 67.
Parker, J: H : Concise glossary of
terms used in architecture, 32;
Glossary of terms used in archi-
tecture, 32.
Parliament — members of. See
Government officials — England.
Parsons, Theophilus. Laws of busi-
ness, 22.
Parties — political. See Political
parties.
Patent laws. Parsons, 22.
Patents. U.S. — Patent office. 30.
Patron saints. Brewer, 35, p. 861, 50.
Peabody institute. Catalogue of
the library, 40, 57, 63, 78.
Peck, H. T. Harper's dictionary of
classical literature and antiqui-
ties, 51.
Peck, W. G. See Davies, C: and
Peck, W. G. 27.
Pedagogical seminary. Biblio-
graphy of child study, 74.
Pedigrees. See Genealogy, Peer-
age.
Peerage. Bnrke*8 Peerage, 46;
Burke's Extinct peerage, 46; Co-
kaync, 46 ; Doyle, 46.
annual. Dod, 46 ; Kelly, 46 ;
Whi taker, 46.
Peet, L : H. Who 's the author, 35.
Pellechet, M. C. H. Catalogue g6-
n^ral des incunables, 67.
Penmanship. Gaskell. 24.
Pen-names. See I'seuaonjrras.
Pennsylvania — State librarian. Re-
port, 64.
Pennsylvania— bibliography. Penn.
— State llbrariin, 64.
Pennsylvania historical society —
Library. Card index to family
histories, 45.
Penny cyclopedia, 10.
People of the period. Pratt, A. T.
C.42.
People's cyclopedia, 11.
Periodicals, 63-55.
Periodicals — indexes — American.
American monthly review of re-
views, 64 ; Cumulative, 53, 64 ;
Fletcher and Bowker, 53 ;
Fletcher and Poole. 53 ; Jones,
64 ; Reader's guide, .Vl.
Periodicals — indexes — English.
Review of reviews, 54.
French. Jurdell, 54.
German. Dietrich. 54.
list of. Boston — Public
library, 54 ; British museum —
Library, ?2 : Stein, 54, 72.
technical. By authors :
Royal society of Loiiilon, 55 ; by
subjects : Repertorium der t«ch-
nischen joumal-litteratur, 55.
Sf.-fi al»o Chemistry,
Electricity, Engineering, Me<ii-
cine ; also names of periodic-als.
See also California univer-
sity — Librar>', 67; Cotgreave, 57 ;
also nsLToes of periodicals, Atlan-
tic, Harper, etc.
lists. British museum — Li-
brary, 64; Library of Congress,
American. Ayer, 56; Row-
ell, 56 ; U. S. - Census office, 56 ;
U. S. — Copyrights office, 69.
Scf a I HO Roorbach, 68.
English. Sell, 56; Willing,
66.
French. Annuaire de la
presse franvaise, 56.
technical. Bolton, 55 ;
Scudder, 55.
See also Newspapers, Union
lists.
Perkins, C : C. See Champlin, J : D.,
jr., and Perkins, C: C.
Perkins, F : B. lU?8t reading, 75.
Perry, J. T. Chronology of mediae
val and renaissance architecture,
32.
Petcrmann's Mittheilungen. G^o-
graphischer litteratur-bericht, 74.
PetroIog>'. See Geology — bibli-
ography, 27.
Petterson, Hjalmar. Anonymer og
pseudonymer, 77.
Petzholdt, Julius. Bibliotheca
blbliographica, 72.
Pharmacopoeia of the United States.
See National convention for re-
vising the PharmacopoBia, 28.
Philadelphia mercantile library.
Bulletins, 39.
Phillips, J. O. Halliwell-. See Hal-
liwell-Phillips, J. O. 15.
Phillips, L. B. Dictionary of bio-
grai)hlcal reference, 41.
Phlloblbllon, 77.
Philology. See Classical, English,
German, Romance, Oriental, Se-
mitic, etc.
Philosophers. Baldwin, 18.
list of. Willsev, 11.
Philosophy. Baldwin, 18; Fleming,
18.
bibllograpliy. Baldwin, 18.
PhotograpTis. Soule art company,
32.
Photography — annuals. American
annual, 32; International annual,
32.
dictionaries. Woodbury, 32.
iSV^ also Hopkins, 29.
Phrases. Adams, 34 ; Bartlett, 36;
Brewer, .^5; Christy, 37; Edwards,
35 ; Fellows, 15 : Reddiai, 35.
See also Bartlett. 36; Notes and
queries (index vols.>, 34.
See alfto Foreign phrases and
words, Proverbs, Quotations.
Phyfe, W: H: P. Five thousand
facts and fancies, 3.'>; Seven thou-
sand words often mispronounced,
16.
INDEX
99
Physicians. Medical and surgical
register, 45.
Physics. Fortschritte der physik,
74.
Pictures. See Paintings.
Pierce, G. A. Dickens dictionarj',
38.
Place - names. See Geographic
Places— facts relating to. Haydn,
60; Little, 50; Willsey's Hari>er'8
book of f aeb<, 11.
^— See also Atlases, Geographic,
Geography.
^— legends of. Clement, 31.
Plagues — list of. People's cyclo-
i;)edia, ▼. 4, apx. 11.
Planch^ J. R. Cyclopaedia of cos-
tume, 26.
Plans of cities — ancient. Smith,
49.
Plan*, V. G. Men and women of the
time, 42.
Platforms, political. See Political
T)latfonn8.
Plays. See Dramas.
Pliny. Historia naturalis, 9.
Ploetz, Carl. Epitome of ancient,
medisBTal, and modem history,
60.
Plots. Brewer's Reader's, 35.
See also Warner, v. 30. 33.
Plummer, M. W. Reading-room
and reference-room work, 7.
Poems — authorship of. Durf ee,
36.
See also Stedman and
Hutchinson, y. 11 (index), 34 ;
Warner, v. 30 (index), 33; also
Goss and Baker's St. Nicholas in-
dex, 76.
See also Anthologies —
poetical. Recitations.
dates of. Brewer, apx. 35.
Poetical selections. See Antholo-
gies, Poems.
Poets. Longfellow, 36.
See also Authors.
Poets-laureate — list of. Willsey,
11.
Polish dictionary. Eierst and Cal-
lier, 16.
Political economy. See Economics.
Political history. Gooch. 51.
Political nomenclature. Reddall,
35.
Political parties. Bliss, 21 ; Brown,
21 ; Lalor, 21 ; McKee, 21.
-^— See a/«oTownscud,52; Tribune
almanac, 23.
Political platforms. McKee, 21.
See also Tribune almanac, 23 ;
World almanac, 23.
Political science — bibliography.
Bowker and lies, 20, 21 ; MUhl-
brecht, 21, 74 ; Stammhammer,
21.
-— dictionaries. Bliss, 20 ; Brown,
21; Handworterbuch, 21; Lalor,
21.
'-~— periodical indexes. Jones, 23,
•^—references for debates. Brook-
ings and Ringwalt, 57; Mat8on,57.
Politician's handlKwk, 23.
Poole, Mary. See Fletcher, W: I :
and Poole, Marv, 63.
Poole, R. L. Historical atlas of
modem Europe, 49.
Poole, W: P: and Fletcher. W: I :
Index to periodical literature, 53.
Poor, H: V. Manual of the rail-
roads of the r. S. 24.
Poore, B: P. Descriptive-catalogue
of the government publications
of the U. S. 62; Political register
and congressional director^-, 21.
Pope, Alexander — concordance.
Abbott, 38.
Poi)es — listof. Morison, 61; Will-
sey, 11.
Popular science monthly. Index,
Population. Commercial year-
book, 24.
1900 census. Lippincott's ga-
zetteer (Supplement, p. 2495-
2636), 48.
of cities and countries. Chis-
holm, 48; Lippincott's gazetteer,
48; Rand, McNally & co.48.
See also U. S. — population.
Porter, Noah. Books and reading,
75.
Porto Rico — bibliography. Li-
brary of Congress, 74.
Portraits. American library as-
sociation, 47 ; Samuel, 47.
indexed in Cumulative index,
64.
Americans. Appleton's annual
cyclopaedia, 10 ; International
year book, 10, 11 ; National cyclo-
pa'dia, 42; Wilson, 42.
authors. Chambers's cyclopae-
dia of English literature, ^; Moul-
ton, 33 ; Stedman and Hutchin-
son, 34 ; Warner, 33.
Portuguese dictionary. Michaelis,
16.
Post-office officials. U. S. — Dept.
of the interior, 22.
Post-offices. U. S. official postal
guide, 25.
Postatre rates. U. S. official postal
guide, 25.
See also Commercial year-book,
24 ; Tribune almanac, 23; World
almanac, 23.
Postage stamps. Scott stamp and
coin CO. 25.
Powell, W: H. List of officers of
the army of the U. S. 44.
and Shippen, E : Officers of
the army and navy, 44.
Power, J : Handy-book about
books, 72.
Pratt, A. T. C. People of the period,
42.
Pratt institute library. Reference
work in, 7.
Preble, G : H : History of the flag
of the U. S. 47.
Precedence — order of — Enelish.
Burke's Peerage, pref. 46 ; Kelly,
pref. 46.
Precious stones — language of. See
Gems.
symbolism of. Brewer, 35.
Prepositions — use of. Fellows, 14;
Feraald, 14.
See also Funk (Standard),
14.
Presbyterian church. Novin, 20.
Presidential campaigns. Inter-
national year bwik, 10, 11 ; Ap-
pleton's annual, 10.
.SVra/>»o Almanacs, Statistician
and econoiniHt. 23.
Prcaidonts. Murlin, 22.
I*n>si(lents — list of. See Govern-
ment officials — U. S.
rbvnu^ list of. Townsend,
p. .30*), 52.
Presidents' cabinets. See Cabinets
— i^residential.
Presidents' portraits. Harper's
encyclopnpdia, 51.
Presidents' sobriquets. Townsend,
52.
PYess. See Nowspapers, 56.
Presses — private. I<,owndes, 69.
Freusser. See Thieme-Preusser. 16.
Prices of books. See Auction prices
of books. Bibliographies, Choice
of books. Rare boolcs.
Prime ministers — tables of. Gooch,
apx. 51.
Princeton theological seminary li-
brar>'. Catalogue, 20.
l*rlnting. American dictionary of
printing, 30; Timperley, 30.
bibliography. Bigmore and
Wyman, 30.
Printing clubs — list of. English
catalogue, 69.
Printing-presses — list of places
which have contained. Stein, 72.
Printing terms. Power, 73.
l*rivate presses. Lowndes, 09.
Processes. See Receipts.
Proctor, Robert. Index to the early
printed Ixxjks in the British mu-
seum, 07.
Products. I^ock, 30 ; Seeger and
Guernsey, 30.
See also Commercial year-book,
24 ; Tribune almanac, 23 ; U. S. —
Bureau of statistics, 24.
stilt is tics of. U.S. — Bureau of
statistics. 24.
Professional instruction in biblio-
graphy, round table meeting,
A. L. A. 65.
Prohibition. Cyclopa'dia of tem-
perance, 18.
Pronunciation — difficulties of.
Phvfe, 15.
disputed. Funk, apx. 14.
foreign languages. Thomas
(Lippincott's), intrcKl. 41.
proper names. See Names.
Sec also Dictionaries.
Proof-reading. Gaskell, 24; Hill,
24; Webster, apx. 14; Worcester,
a]»x. 14.
See also American dictionary
of printing, 30.
I*roper names. See Names.
Protestant episcopal church. Amer-
ican church almanac, 20; Lloyd'H
clerical directorj-,20; Whittaker's
churchman's alinan.ic, 20.
Proverbs. Adams, 'M : Bartlett, 36;
Bohn, 37; Christy, 37; Halliwell-
Phillips, 15; Riley, 37.
See also Notes and queries (in-
dex vols.), »4.
See also Quotations.
Providence — l*ublic library.
Monthly bulletin, 73; Quarterly
index to reference lists, 73.
Pseudon>'ms. Adams, 34; Cham-
l>er8's,*apx. 42; Foley, apx. 69;
Reddall, 35 ; Wilson (Appleton's),
42.
American, dishing, 77.
Dutch. Doominck, 77.
English. Halkett and Laing,
77 ; >larchmont, 77.
— ^ French. Qu^rard, 77 ; Barbicr,
77 ; Bninet, 77.
German. Weller, 77.
Italian. Melzi, 77.
Scandinavian. Collin, 77; Pet-
tersen, 77.
women. Browne, 45.
See also Brewer, 35 ; Llterarj'
year-book, 33; People's cyclope-
dia, apx. 11 ; Wheeler, 35 ; Who 's
T/ho, pref. 1902, 43; also Bo<>k-
1)rices current. Index, 70; Li-
)rar>' journal, 77.
Psychological review. Psychologi-
cal index, 18, 7*.
Psychology. Baldwin, 18; Flem-
i'ng, 18.
bibliography. Baldwin, 18.
(annual). L'ann^ psycho-
logique, 74 ; Psychological review.
18,74.
100
INDEX
Public documents. See U. 8. —
public documeuta
Public libraries, 79.
Public schools. See Schools.
PublLihcrs* catalogs. American:
Publishers' trade list annual, 69 :
English: Reference catalogue of
current literature, 70; French:
Le Soudier, 71 ; German : Russell,
71.
Publishers' circular, 70.
Publishers — directory of (Ameri-
can). Monthly cumulative book-
index, G8; American catalogue,
C8 ; United States catalog, (J8.
(English). English catar
logue annual, 70; Literary year-
book, 33; Clegg, 33.
See also r^^tional bibliogra-
phies.
Publishers* trade list annual, G9.
Publishers' weekly. 68.
American educational cata-
logue in, 215, 69.
Pulling, F. S. See Low, S. J., and
Pulling, F. S. 51.
Quain, R: Dictionary of medicine,
28.
Qualifications for voting — IT. S.
Statistician and economist, 23;
World almanac, 23.
Quaritch, Bernard. General cata-
logue of books, 66.
Qu^rard, J. M. La Fmnce litteraire,
70; La lltt<i'^ture franyaise con-
temporaine, 70 ; Sui>ercheries lit-
t^ralres devoil^es, 77.
Quilter, Harry. What's what,
10.
Quotations. Bartlett, 36; Hoy t, 36;
Wale, 36.
classical. Belton, 37; Harbot-
tle, 37; Jones, 37; Ramage, 37;
Riley, 37.
foreign. Belton, 37; Harbottle,
37 ; Hoyt, 36; Jones. 37 ; Ramage,
37 ; Webster, a]>x. 14 , Worcester,
apx. 14.
poetical. Allibone, 36 ; Durfee,
36.
prose. Allibone, 36 ; Edwards,
37.
for occasions. Wood, 37.
See (iJso Adams, 34 ; Notes and
queries (index vols.), 34.
Racinet, A. C. A. I-,e costume his-
tori(iue, 2<>.
Railroad routes. Rand, McNally «&
CO. 49.
See also Smith (Century), 48.
Railroads. Poor, 24 ; Travelers' offi-
cial guide, 25; IT. S.— Interstate
c<unmerce commission, 26.
See also Commercial year-book,
24 ; Manual of st;itistics, 24.
Raint^s, C. W. Bibliography of
Texas, 64.
Ramage, C. T. Familiar quota-
tl(ms, 37.
Rand, McNally & co.'s enlarged
business atlas, 49.
Rand, McNally & co. Indexed atlas
of the world, 48; Rand- McNally
new standard atlas of the ¥;orlu,
49.
Rare books. Bmnet, 66 ; Ebert, 66;
Georgi, 66; Griisse, 66; Quaritch,
66.
See also Americana, Auction
prices of books. Bibliography,
First editions. Incunabula.
Bates of postage. See Postage
rates.
Rathbone, J. A. Instruction in the
use of reference books, 7.
Ray, J: Collection of English pro-
verbs 37
Reader's g^ide to periodical litera-
ture, 64.
Reading courses. Perkins, 76;
Towne (Warner), 33.
See also Choice of books.
Receipts. Brannt and Wahl, 29;
Cooley, 29; Hasluck,29; Hopkins,
29.
for books, etc. Power, 73.
Recitations — list of. Werner's di-
rectory, 36.
Recreations of noted Englishmen.
Who 's who, 43.
Red-letter days. Se^: Days.
Reddall, H: F: Fact, lancy, and
fable, a').
Rees's Cyclopaedia, 10.
Reference books — lists of. Abbott,
6; Baker, 6; British museum —
Library, 6; John Crerar library,
Chicago, 7; New York (state) —
Library, 7; Osterhout library, 7;
Plunimer,7: Reynolds library, 7;
San Francisco— Public library,
7 ; Suofford, 7 ; Wheatley, 8; Win-
sor, 8 ; Woodruff, 8.
their value. Quotations, 2.
Reference catalogue of current lit-
erature, 70.
Reference work in libraries, 7.
Reforms. See Social reforms.
Re id, J. B. Complete concordance
to Bums, 38.
Religion — bibliography. See The-
ology — bibliography.
dfctionaries. M^Clintock and
Strong, 18 ; Schaff, 18.
Religions of the world. Appleton's
annual cyclopa*dia, 1901, p. 579, 10;
World almanac, 23.
Religious denominations. Apple-
ton's annual cyclopaedia, 10.
U. S. U. S. — Census ofllce, 12th
census. Report, 24.
Religious organizations (U. S.).
Tribune almanac, 23.
Religious rites and ceremonies.
Walsh, 26.
Religious statistics. World al-
manac, %\.
Religious year-lM>oks. American
church almanac, 20 ; Official year-
book, 20 ; Whlttaker, 20.
Rdnouard, A. A. Annales de I'im-
primerie <les Aides, 67.
Repertoire blbliographique de la
libr.iirie franyaise, <1.
Repertorinm der technischen jour-
nal-lit teratur, 55.
Review of reviews. Index to pe-
riod ioiils, 54.
Revue blbliographique, 72.
Revue des deux mondes. Table g^
n^rale. 54.
Reynolds library, Rochester, N. Y.
lleference cat«'ilogue, 7.
Rhymes. Walker, 15.
Richardson, Charles. New diction-
ary of the English language, 13.
Richardson, C: F. Choice of books,
75.
Richardson, E. C. Reference-
books, 7.
Richter, P. E. Verzeichniss der
bibliotheken, 77.
Riemann, Hugo. Dictionary of
music, 32.
Rietstap, J. B. Armorial g^ni^ral, 47.
Riley, H: T. Dictionary of Latin
and Greek qiiotations, 37.
Ringell>erg's Cyclopedia, 9.
Ringwalt, R. C. See Brookings, W.
Du B., and Ringwalt, R, C. 67.
Ripley, George, ed. See American
cyciopsedia, 10.
Rites. Walsh, 26.
Rivers — list of principal. People's
cyclopedia, v. 4, apx. 11 ; Statisti-
cian and economist, 23.
length of. Lippincott's gaset-
Rivista delle bibliotheche, 79.
Rdhrig and others. Technological
dictionary, 26.
Rogers, May. Waverley dictionary,
Roget, P. M. Thesaurus of English
words and phrases, 16.
Roman antiquities. Cornish, 61 ;
Peck, 61 ; Seyffert, 61 ; Smith, 51.
Roman biography. Smith, 4:{.
Roman catholic church. See Catho-
lic church.
Roman geography. Smith, 49.
Romance languages. Kritischer
jahresbericht, 74.
Roorbach, O. A. Bibliotheca Ameri-
cana, 68.
Rose, G: M. Cyclopaedia of Canar
dian biography, 42.
RothweU, R : P. Mfaieral industiy,
30.
Rowell, G: P., & co. American
newspaper directory, 66.
Roxburgh's Handbook of Jamaica,
23.
Royal families. Almanach de Go-
tna, 23.
genealogical tables. Labber-
ton, 49 ; Lamed, 60 : Morison, apx.
61.
Royal family of England. Burke,
46; Kelly, pref. 46; Whitaker,23;
Who 's who, pref. 43.
Roval household — England. Whit-
aker, 23.
Royal lineage — England. Burke,
pref. 40.
Royal society of London. Cata-
logue of scientific papers, 56, 59.
Rulers of nations. Almanach de
Gotha, 23.
list of living. Statistician and
economist, 23; Tribune almanac,
23; World almanac, 23; Whitaker,
23.
from 1492. Gooch, 61.
See also Royal families.
Ruling dynasties. People's cyclo-
pedia, V. 4, apx. 11.
Russell, A. Gesammt-yerlags-kata-
log, 71.
Russian dictionary. AleksandroY,
16.
Ryland, F: Chronological outlines
of English literature, 34.
Sabin, Joseph. Bibliography of
bibliography, 73 ; Dictionary of
books relatmg to America, 67.
Sachs, Karl. See Villatte, C^saire,
and Sachs, Karl, 16.
Sacred poems. Duyckinck (see in-
dex to), 34.
St. Louis — Public library. Class
list, no. 1, English prose fiction, 39.
St. Louis mercantile library. Eng-
lish prose fiction, 39.
St. Nicholas index. See Goss, Har-
riet, and Baker. G. A. 76.
Saints. Brewer, 20 ; Brewer, 35.
legends of. Clement, 31.
See also Patron saints, Re-
ligion.
Saints' days — Protestant, Catho-
lic, Russ'ian or Greek church.
Almanach de Gotha (calendar),
23 ; Chambers, 26.
Saints of the 19th century. Brewer,
20.
Salaries of govemment officials.
See Govemment officials.
INDEX
101
Salem— Pablio library. Bulletin,
79; Finding-list, 78; How to use
the reference library, 7.
Salmon, E: Juvenile literature as
it is, 76.
Samoa— bibMogrraphy. Library of
Congress, 74.
Samuel, Bunford. Index to Ameri-
can portraits, 47.
Sanders. See Muret-Sanders, 16.
Sanders, L. C. Celebrities of the
century, 41.
San Francisco— Free public li-
brary. Books in the reference-
room, 7; Classified English prose
fiction, 39.
Sanskrit dictionary. Williams, 17.
Santander, C. A. ae la S. Diction-
nairc bibliographique choisi, 67.
Sargant, E. B., and Wishaw, B.
Guide-book to books, 75.
Sargent, A. L. Reference work
among school children, 7.
Sarcent, Epes. Harper's cyclopflB-
duh of British and American
poetry, 36.
Sargent, J: F. Reading for the
young, 39, 75, 76.
Sayings. See Noted sayings.
Schaff, Philip. Creeds of Christen-
dom, 20; Religious encyclopaedia,
18.
Schem, A. J. See Kiddle, Henry,
and Schem, A. J. 25.
Schmid, K. A. Eucyclopftdie der
gesammten erziehungs- und un-
terrichtswesen, 25.
Schmidt, Alexander. Shakespeare-
lexicon, 39.
School libraries. Buffalo — Public
library, 76 ; Carnegie library of
Pittsburgh, 76; Cleveland — Pub-
lic library, 76 ; New York (state)
— Libraiy, 76.
Schools. American college and
public school directory, 25.
Science, 26-28.
of the year. Annual register,
61.
tables. Nicho1,50.
Scientific American cyclopedia of
receipts. Hopkins, A. A. 29.
Scientific American supplement.
Catalogue of papers, 54.
Scientific periodicals. See Periodi-
cals, technical, 65.
Scientific societies. See Societies.
Scotch poetry. Wilson, 36.
Scott, R. «Vrtf Liddell, H: 6: and
Scott, R. 17.
Scott, Temple, ed. See Book sales,
70.
Scott, Sir Walter— dictionary.
Rogers, 39.
Scott stamp and coin co. Scott's
standard postage stamp cata-
logue, 25.
Scranton — Public library. Find-
ing-list, 78.
Scribner-Black Atlas of the world,
49.
Scripture names — pronunciation.
Webster, apx. 14 ; Worcester, apx.
Scndder, S : H. Catalogue of scion-
tiflc serials of all countries, 55, 59.
Sculptors. Clement, 44.
fist of. Willsey, 11.
Sculpture. Iconographic encyclo-
pspdia, ▼. 3, 11.
bibliography. Farrar, 31 ;
Sturgis, 31.
Seals — ecclesiastical. Zieber, 46.
U. S. and state. Preble, 47;
Townscnd, 52 Zieber, 46.
See also Funk (plate). 14 ;
American cyclopaedia, 10; Uni-
versal cyclopaedia, 10 ; Webster
(plate), 14; Willsey, 11.
Seals— U. S. and state— U. S. de-
Sartments. Harper's encyclopae-
ia,2; 11-13,51.
Sears, Hamblen. Governments of
the world to-day, 21.
Seasons — references to articles.
Goss and Baker's St. Nicholas
index, 76.
Secret societies. Stevens, 25.
See aUo Tribune almanac, 23.
Secretaries of state, treasurv, war,
etc. See Cabinets — presidentiaL
Sects. Blunt, 19; Smith and Wace,
19.
See also names of sects.
Seeger and Guernsey's cyclopaedia
of the manufactures and pro-
ducts of the U. S. 30.
Selection of books. See Choice of
books. Courses of reading.
Selections. See Anthologies, Reci-
tations, Quotations.
Sell's dictionary of the world's
press, 56.
Semitic literature. American jour-
nal of theology, 74.
Serials. See I^riodicals, Societies.
Series of books. American cata-
logue, 68; English catalogue. 69.
Seyffert, Oskar. Dictionary of clas-
sical antiquities, 51.
Shakspere, William — concord-
ances. Adams, 38 ; Bartlett, 38 ;
Clarke. 38 ; Fumess, 38.
dictionaries. O'Connor, 39 ;
Schmidt, 39.
Sharp, R. F. Dictionary of Eng-
lish authors, 44.
Sharp & Alleman co.'s lawyers* and
bankers' directory, 46.
Shaw, R. K. Bibliography of do-
mestic economy, 29.
Shelley, P. B. — concordance. EUis,
38.
Shippen, E: See Powell, W: H. and
Shippen. E:44.
Shippers' guide. Rand, McNaUy
& CO. 49.
Shipping. Blue book of American
shipping, 25 ; Commercial year-
book, 24.
Ships. World almanac, 23.
Short, C: See Lewis, C. T: and
Short, C: 17.
Signal flags. See Flags.
Signers of the Declaration. Sta-
tistician and economist, 23; Wil-
son (Applet<m'8), 42.
See also Declaration of Inde-
pendence, 42.
Signs used in writing and printing.
Funk's Standard dictionary, s^x.
14 ; Webster, apx. 14 ; Worcester,
apx. 14.
Silk. Cole, 30.
Simpson, Matthew. Cyclopaedia of
Methodism, 20.
Singer, Isadore, and others. Jewish
encyclopedia, 20.
Skeat, W. W: Etymological dic-
tionary, 14.
Sladen, Douglas, ed. See Who's
who, 43.
Slang. Barr^re and liCland, 15.
See also Bartlett, 15; Walsh, 35.
Slater, J : H. Early editions, 70.
Sloane, T : O'C. Standard electrical
dictionarv, 27.
Smith, B: fe. Century atlas of the
world, 48; Century cyclopedia of
names. 35.
Smith, C: J: Synonyms discrim-
inated, 15.
Smith, John. Dictionary of eco-
nomic plants, 28.
Smith, Sir W: Atlas of ancient
geography, 49; Dictionary of
rreek and Roman biography and
of Christian antiquities, 18.
and Fuller, J. M. Dictionary
of the Bible, 19, 41.
and Hall, T. D. Copious and
critical English-Latin dictionary,
17.
and Wace, H: Dictionary of
Christian biography, literature,
sects, and doctrines, 19.
— and others. Dictionary of
Greek and Roman antiquities, 61.
Smithsonian institution. Interna-
tional exchange list, 59.
Sobriquets. Frey, 35; Reddall, 36.
See cUso Brewer, 60; Wilson's
(Appleton's), 7: 291,42.
of presidents. Townsend, 62.
See also Nicknames, Pseudo-
nyms.
Social forms. Gaskell, 24 ; Hill, 24.
Social reforms, chronology of.
Bliss, apx. 20.
Social science. See Sociology.
Socialism — bibliography. Stamm-
hammer, 21.
Societies — American — publica-
tions. American catalogue, 69,
68 ; Bowker, 59 ; Kelly, 68.
colonial. Zieber, 46.
English — lists, addresses, offi-
cers, etc. Clegg, 33 ; Literary
year-book, 33 ; Who's who, prei.
publications. Year-book
of the scientific and learned so-
cieties, 59 ; English catalogue of
books, 59; English catalogue of
books, annual, 1901,60 ; Wheatley,
69 ; Lowndes, 59, 69.
French -publications. Leffevre-
Pontalis, 60; France — Minist^re
de 1 'instruction publique, 60.
general— lists, addresses, offi-
cers, etc. Minerva, 25; Smith-
sonian institution, 59.
publications. British mu-
seum, 60 ; Library of Congress,
64 ; Royal society, 69 ; Scudder,
65.
German — publications. MUl-
ler, 60.
See also Tribune almanac, 23.
See also Book clubs. Education
— society publications, Histor-
ical societies.
Society of chemical industry. Index
to its Journal, 55.
Society publications, 59, 60.
Sociology. Bliss, 20.
bibliography. Bowker and lies,
20,21.
periodical indexes. Jones, v. 2,
23,54.
references for debates. Brook-
ings and Ringwalt, 57 ; Matson,
57.
Songs. Warner, 33.
authorship. Notes and que-
ries (index vols.), 34.
Sonncnschein, W: S. Best books,
73, 75 ; Reader's guide to contem-
porary literature, 73, 75.
Sonnenschein's cyclopaedia of edu-
cation. Se^. Fletcher, A. E. 25.
Soule, R: Dictionary of English
synonsrmes, 15.
Soule art company. Complete art
reference catalogue, 32.
South Kensington museum. First
proofs of the Universal catalogue
of books on art, 31.
102
INDEX
Southwick, A. P. Quizxisms and its
key, 35 ; Wisps of wit and wis-
dom, 35.
Spanish bibliography. Boletin de
la librerta, 72.
Spanish dictionarv. Velazquez, 16.
Sparks. E. E. Toi)ical reference
lists in American history, 62.
Speakers of the House of Repre-
sentatives. Ck)mmercial year-
book, 1901, 24; Statistician and
economist. 23.
Special bibliographies, 73, 74.
of each year. Fletcher and
Bowker, 73.
Special collections. Lane and Bol-
ton. 77; New York library club,
77, 78.
Speeches. Harper's encyclopaedia
of U. S. history, 61.
Spellings — disputed. Funk, apx.
Spiers, A., and Surenne, G. French
and English, and English and
French, pronouncing dictionary,
16.
Spofford, A. R. Book for all read-
ers, 7. 53, r>5, 75 ; Works of refer-
ence for libraries, 7.
and (libbon, C : Library of
clioict* literature, 33.
Spon. Ernest. See Byrne, Oliver,
and Spon, Ernest, 29.
Spon's encyclopaedia of the in-
dustrial arts. Lock, C: G. W. 30.
Sports. Champlin, 32, 33 ; Suffolk,
33.
records for the year. Tribune
almanac, 23 ; World almanac, 23.
Spninor von Mertz, Karl von.
Hand-atla« der peschichte, 49.
Sta IT —training of library employes.
Hasf»e, 6 ; Wales, 7.
Stainer, Sir J : and Barrett, W. A.
Dicticmary of musical terms, 32.
Stammhammer, Josef. Biblio-
Sranhie der social - politik, 21 :
ibiiographie des socialismus una
oonimunismus, 21.
Stamps. See Postage stamps.
Stanaard dictionary. Funk, I. K.
14.
Stanford dictionary of anglicised
words and phrases. Fennell, C.
A:M.15.
Stanley, H. H. Reference work
with children, 7.
State and territorial governments.
Tribune almanac, 23 ; World
almanac, 23.
State and territorial legislatures
and elections. St.itiBtician and
economist, 23; Tribune almanac,
23 ; World almanac, 23.
State document**. American cata-
logue, 64 ; Bowker, 04; Michigan
— State library, 63.
Spc tifso Alabama, Arkansas,
Indiana, Kansas, Maine, MIshLh-
sippi, Nnw Hampshire, New Jer-
sey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas,
State flowers. See Flowers — state.
StUe holidays. See Holidays —
legal.
State legislation. See legislation
by 8t!ites.
State mottoes. See Mottoes — of
states.
State nicknames. See Nicknames.
State officers. See Election returns.
State se.ils. See Seals.
Sta t'»8 — chief events in history of.
Willsey. 11.
Statemn.'in's vear-book, 23.
Stati«ti''al abnrnet. See V. S. —
Statistics, Bur. of, 24.
Statistician and economist, 23.
Statistics. Bliss, 20; MulhaU, 23.
annual. Almanach de Gotha,
23 ; Chicago Daily News almanac,
23 ; Commercial year-book, 24 ;
Hazell, 23; Manual of statistics,
24 ; Statesman's year-book, 23 ;
Statistician and economi»t, 2;^ ;
Tribune almanac, 23; Whitaker,
23 ; World almanac, 23.
See aifto U. S. — Statistics.
Statutes. 22.
Steamship lines. World almanac,
23.
Steamship routes. Smith's Cen-
tury' atlas, 48.
Stedman, E. C. American antho-
logy, 36; Victorian anthologj-, 'M.
and Hutchinson, E. M. Library
of American literature, 34, 44.
Steel works. American iron and
steel associati<m, 30.
Stein. Henri. Manuel de biblio-
graphic gen^rale, 64, 72, 74.
Stelngass, F. Student's Arabic-
English dictionary, 17.
Stephen, Leslie. l)ioticmar>* of na-
tional biography, 42, 70.
Stevens, A. C. Cyclopaedia of
fraternities, 25.
Stleler, Adolf. Hand-atlas Uber
alle theile der erde, 49.
Stiles, H : R. Hand book of practi-
cal suggestion for students in
genealogy, 46.
Snll^, Alfred, and others. National
dispensatory, 28.
Stock exchange. Manual of sta-
tistics, 24.
Stone, H. S. First editions of
American authors, 69.
Stormonth, James. Dictionary of
the English language. 13.
Stratmann, F. H. Middle-English
dictitmary, 16.
Strauss, Albert. See Brown, Everit,
and Strauss, Albert, 21.
Street railway:^. Commercial year-
book, 24 ; Poor, 24.
See aifo Railroads.
Strikes — list of. Harper's book of
facts, 11.
Strong, James. Exhaustive con-
cordance of the Bible, 19.
See also M'Clintock, J : and
Strong, James, 18.
Sturgis, Russell. Annotated bibli-
ography of fine art, 31 ; Diction-
ary of architecture and building,
31.
Subject bibliographies. .<?<•<; Special
bibliographies.
Suffolk and Berkshire, H: C: How-
ard, earl of. Eiicvclopa^dia of
sport, :«.
Superstitions. Brand, 26.
See ttJso Chambers, 26.
Sunlee. H: H., and Cuntz, T. H.
Engineering index, 65.
Supreme court justices. See Gov-
ernment officials— IT. S.
Surenne, G. See Spiers, A., and
Surenne, G., 16.
Surnames. Bardsley, 47.
Svensk adelskalender, 47.
Svensk bok-katalog, 72.
Swedish bibliograpliy. Svensk bok-
katalog, 72; Arskatalog f or sven-
ska bokhandein, 72.
Swedish dictionary. Bj(}rkman,
16.
Sweet, Henrv. Student's diction-
ary of Angfo-Saxon. 16.
Symlwlism in art. Clement, 31.
Symbols — ecclesiastical. Brewer.
20; Clement, 31.
See also Christian symbols.
Synonyms. Crabb, 14; Fellows, 14;
Femald, 14. 16; Roget,15; Smith,
15; Soule, 15; Worcester, p. 1877-
1896, 14.
See also Dictionaries.
Tables. See Fine arts, History,
Literature.
Tariff — latest schedule. Tribune
almanac, 23 ; World almanac, 23.
Taylor, E. F. Bibliography, 65.
Technical literature — bibli<»gra-
phy. Haferkom and Heise, 30.
Technical schools. Minerva, 26.
Technical terms. Eger, 27 ; Rohrig,
26; Tolhausen, 26; Webber, 27.
Tedder, H : R. A few words on the
study of bibliography. 65.
Temperance. Cyclopaedia of tem-
perance, 18.
Tcnnvson, Alfred — concordance.
Brightwell, 38.
Terentius Varro, 9.
Territories. See State.
Texas. Raines, 64.
Textile manufacturers' directory
anil year-book, 45.
Textiles. Cole. 30.
Tlianksgiving day. Walsh. 26.
Theologians. See Theological dic-
tionaries.
Theologiiicher jahresbericht, 74.
Theology — bibliography. Darling,
20 : Hurst, 20 ; Malcolm, 20 ;
Princeton theological seminary,
20.
(annual). American jour-
nal of theology, 74 ; Theologischer
jahresbericht, 74.
dictionaries. M'Clintock and
Strong, 18 ; Schaff, 18.
Thesaurus of English words and
phrases. Roget, P. M. 15.
Tliesei*. See lm.sertations.
Tliieine- Preusser. German diction-
ary, 16.
Thomas, Josei)h. Universal pro-
nouncing dictlonaiy of biography
gazetteer.
and mytholou:y, 41.
Sec also Lippincott's
48.
Thorpe, T: E: Dictionary of ap-
l)lied chemistry, 27.
Timbs, J: PopuLor errors, 35;
Things not generally knovm, 36.
Time — difference in. World al-
manac, 23.
Time tables. Travellers' official
guide, 25.
Times, The. Index, 56.
Times atlas, 49.
Times' gazetteer. See Chisholm,
a : G. 48.
Timperlcy, C : H : Eneyelopnediaof
literarv and typographical anec-
dote, 30.
Titled persons. Se^ Baronetage,
Peerage.
Titles of t>ooks. See B ibliographics.
Catalogs of libraries. Changed
titles.
Tolhausen, Alexandre. Dlction-
naire technologique, 26.
Tonilinson. Cyclopa»dia of useful
art««, 26.
Tools. Apploton, 29 ; Knight, 29.
Town histories. Griffin, 52.
See also Genealogies.
Towne, E : C. Index guide to War-
ner's Library, 33.
Townseud, 3falcolm. U. S., an
index to the U. S. of America, 52.
Toynl>ee, Paget. Dictionary of
l)roper names and notable mat-
ters in the works of Dante, .38.
Traction companies. Poor, 25.
Trade. See Commerce.
INDEX
103
Ttaosportation. U. S. — Census
office. Reports, 24.
See also Railroads.
Trautwine. Civil engineer's pocket-
book, 29.
Trayelers* official railway guide for
the U. S. 25.
Treaties. Brewer, 60.
list of. People's cyclopedia,
▼. 4, apx. 11 ; Wlllsey, 61.
U. S. Harper's encyclopasdia,
THbune. ^«« New York daily Trib-
une, 66, 56.
Tribune almanac, 23.
Tri&bner, Nicolas. Bibliographical
guide to American literature, 67.
Tmbner & co. Catalogue of dic-
tionaries and grammars, 13.
Trusts — bibliography of. Library
of Congress, 74.
list of. World almanac, 23.
Tucker, G. M. Our common speech,
13.
Tntin, J. R. Wordsworth diction-
ary, 38.
l^rpography. JSee Printing.
U. S. Townsend, Malcolm, 52.
Union lists of periodicals. Library
of Congress, 64.
Andrews, Josephson, 64.
United States — Adjutant-general.
Official register, 45.
Agriculture, Dept. of. Card
index to its publications, 55; List
of publications, 63.
Division of publications.
Index to authors with titles of
their publications, 63.
Census office. History of news-
papers, 56.
11th census. Abstract, 24 ;
Bulletins, 24 : Compendium, 24 ;
Reports, 24; Statistical atlas, 24.
12th census. Bulletins and
Report, 24.
Coast and geodetic survey.
Bibliography, 63.
Congress. Official congres-
sional directory, 22.
Consuls. Consular reports ; in-
dex, 63.
Copyright, Office of the register
of. Catalogue of title entries of
books, 69.
Documents office. Catalogue
of the public documents (Docu-
ment catalogue^ 62; Catalogue of
U. S. public documents, usued
monthly, 62; Check-list of public
documents, 62 ; Index to the sub-
jects of the documents and re-
ports (Document index), 62, 63;
RejKjrts of the Superintendent of
documents, 61 ; Table of and an-
notated index to the congressional
Education, Bur. of. Public,
society, and school libraries in the
U.S. 77; Publications from 1867 to
1890,63; Reports, i.*).
Equipment, Bur. of. Flags of
maritime nations, 47.
Foreign commerce. Bur. of.
Review of the world's commerce,
24.
Geographic names. Board on.
Second report, 48.
Geological survey. Mineral re-
sources, 30.
See alAo Darton, 27; War-
man, 27 ; Weeks, 27.
Interior, Dept. of the. Official
register, 22.
Interstate commerce commis-
sion. Annual report, 25.
United States — National museum.
List of publications, 63.
Patent office. Annual reports
of the Commissioner, 30; Official
gazette, 30 ; Specifications of pa-
tents, 30.
Public printer. Report, 62.
Revised statutes, 22.
Statistics, Bur. of. Statistical
abstract, 24.
Surgeon-general's office. In-
dex catalogue of the library, 28.
United States — biography. See
American biography.
Congress, .^ee Uovemment offi-
cials— U. S. 22.
dates of first things. Town-
send, p. 446-44U, 62.
finance. U. S. — Bureau of
statistics, 24.
government officials. See Gov-
ernment officials — U. S.
history. Harper's, 51; Jame-
son, 62; Lossing, 62; Townsend,
62.
See also Webster, 1902, apx. 14.
Revolution. Winsor, 52.
bibliography. Channing
and Hart, 52; Griffin, 62; Larned,
62 ; Sparks, 62 ; *Winsor, 62.
politics. Brown and Strauss,
21 ; Lalor, 21.
population. U. 8. — Bureau of
statistics, 24; U. S. — Census of-
fice, 24.
at each census. Statisti-
cian and economist, 23; Tribune
almanac, 23 ; U. S. — Census office,
24 ; World almanac, 23.
1900 census. Commercial
year-book, 1901, 24; International
year-book, 1900, apx. 10, 11 ; U. S.
— Census office, 12th census, 24.
public documents— how ob-
tained, 62.
indexes and catalogs.
Ames, 62 ; Boston Athenaeum, 63;
Boston public library, 63; Greely,
63; HicKcox, 63; Inciex and re-
view, 63 ; Indiana — State library,
63: Mass.- State library, 63;
Michigan — State library, 63;
Peabody institute library, 63 ;
Poore, 62 ; U. S. — Documents
office, 62, 63.
resources. Gannett, 24 ; U. S.
Census office, 24.
statistics. Gannett, 24; Trib-
une almanac, 23; U. S. — Bureau
of statistics, 24; U. S. — Census
office, 24.
United States army list. Powell,
W:H. 44.
U. S. blue book. U. S.— Dept. of
the interior, 22.
United States cat-alog, 68.
United States in the leading lan-
guages of the world. Townsend,
p. 456-457, 52.
United States military academy at
West Point. See Cullum, G : W.
44.
United States navy list. Callahan,
E: W. 45.
United States official postal guide,
25.
United States red book. Murlin,
E. L.21.22.
Universal anthology. Garnet t, R;
and others, 33.
Universal cyclopaedia, 10, 12.
Universities. American college
and public school directory, J»;
CoUege year-book, 26 ; Minerva,
25.
See also Tribune almanac, 23;
World almanac, 23.
Universities. See also College, Dis-
sertations.
University extension society.
Syllabi and bibliographies, 76.
Ure, Andrew. Dictionary of arts, 26.
Useful arts, 28-31.
Tomlinson, 26 ; Ure, 26.
See also Lock, 30.
bibliography. Haferkom and
Heise, 31.
Vallto, L^n. Blbliographie des
bibliographies, 72.
Vapereau, L : G. Dictionnaire unl-
versel descontemporains,42; Dic-
tionnaire universel des litt^ra
tures. 33.
Vegetables. Bailey, 28.
Veutzquez de la Cadena, Mariano.
Pronouncine dictionary of the
Spanish ana English languages,
Vermont, E. de V. America her-
aldlca, 46.
Verzeiehnis der berliner univer-
sitfttsschrif ten, 68.
Vice-presidents. See Government
officials — U. S.
Victorian anthology. Stedman, E.
C.36.
Villatte and Sachs. Encyklo-
piidisches f ranzbsisches-deutsches
wbrterbuch, 16.
Vincent of Beanvais, 9.
Viollet-le-Duc, E. E. Dictionnaire
raisonn^ de I'architecture fran-
9ais, 31.
Voters, qualifications for. See
Qualifications/or voting.
Votes. See Election returns.
Wace, H: See Smith, Sir W: and
Wace, H;19.
Wahl, W:H. See Brannt, W:T.,
andWahl, W:H.29.
Wale, William. What great men
have said about great men, 36.
Wales, E. B. Assistants' class at
Braddock (Pa.) public library, 7.
Walker, J : Rhyming dictionary of
the English language, 15.
Walsh, W: S. Curiosities of popu-
lar customs, 26 ; Handy-book of
literary curiosities, 35.
Ward. T: II. English poets, 36 ;
Men of the reign, 43.
Warman, P. C. Bibliography and
index of the publications of the
U. S. geological survey, 27;
Catalogue anu index of the pub-
lications of the U. S. geological
sur\'ey. 27.
Warner. C: D. and others. Library
of the world's best literature, 33,
43.
Warren, Irene. Instruction in the
use of books in a normal school, 7.
Wars — list of. Willsey, 11.
U.S. Powell, 45; Townsend, 62.
■Waters, Mrs. Clara (Erskine) Clem-
ent. See Clement, Mrs. C. E.
Watt, Robert. Bibliotheca Britan-
niea, 66, 69.
Watts, H: Dictionary of chemistry,
27.
Waverley dictionary. Rogers, May,
39.
Wayte. W : Se^ Smith, Sir William,
and Wayte, W:51.
Webber, E. Technlsches wdrter-
buch, 27.
Webster, Noah. International dic-
tionary, 13, 14, 41, 47.
Weeks, F. B. Bibliography of
North American geology, 27.
Weights and measures — foreign
with American equivalents. Com-
104
INDEX
mercial year-book, M; Hopkins,
apx. 29; People's cyclopedia, V. 4,
apx. 11; Statistician and econo-
mist, 24.
Greek and Roman. Peck, apx.
61.
tables of. Funk, p. 1096. 2048-
2(H9, 14.
Weller, Emll. Index pseudony-
monim, 77.
Well man. H. C. Reference work
with chiMren, 7.
Welfih, A. li. £n(>:Ii3h masterpiece
course, .'54.
Werner's directory of elocutionists,
readers, lecturers, etc. 36.
West Indies (Danish) — biblio-
graphy. Library of Congress, 74.
What great men have said about
great men. Wale, W : 36.
What 's what. Quilter, Harry, 10.
Wheatley, H: B: How to form a
llbrar>% 8, .">♦), (V> ; Present condi tion
of Enelinh bibliography, 65; What
is an index, 57.
Wheeler, W: A. Explanatory and
pronouncing dictionary or the
noted names of lleti(m, 35; Who
wrote it?. 15.
and C : (1. Familiar allusions,
35.
Whitaker, Joseph. Almanack, 23.
Whi taker's Naval and military di-
rectory and Indian army list, 45.
Whitaker's Titled persons, 46.
Whitcomb, S. L. Chronological
outlines of American literature,
34.
Whitmore. W. H» See Munsell,
Joel, pwt. 46.
Whitney, J. L. Modem Proteus, 77.
Whitney, W : D. Century diction-
ary, 14.
Whittaker's churchman's almanac,
20.
Who 's who, 43.
Who 's who in America. Leonard,
J: W:42.
Willard, F. E., and Livermore, Mrs.
M. A. (Rice). A woman of the
century, 46.
Willem'8 Lea Elzerier, 67.
Williams, Sir Monier Monier-. San-
skrit-English dictionary, 17.
Williams, it O. Our dictionaries,
13.
Williamson, Joseph. Bibliography
of the state of Maine, 64.
Willing's press guide, 66.
Wills. Parsons, 22.
Willsey, J. U. Harper's book of
facts, 11.
Wilson, J. G. Poets and poetry of
Scotland, 36.
and Fiske, J: Appleton's cy-
clopaedia of American biogra-
phy, 42.
Wils<m, Wood row. The state, 11.
Winsor, Justin. Narrative and
critical history of America, 52 ;
Principal reference books for col-
lege libraries, 8; Reader's hand-
book of the American revolution.
52 ; Reference books in English, s.
Wisconsin free library commission.
Suggestive list of l)ooks for a
smaJl librarj', 75.
Wisconsin state historical society —
Library. Annotated catalogue of
newspaper files, 56.
Wishaw, Bernard. See Sargant, E.
B., and Wishaw, Bernard, 75.
WBchentliches verzeichnis, 71.
Woman of the century. Willard,
F. E., andXiivermore, Mrs. M. A.
(Rice), 45.
Women. Browne, 46 ; Hale, 46 ;
Willard and Liyermore, 45.
Wood, G : B., and Bache, F. Dis-
of the United States,
Wood, K. B. Quotations for oc-
casions, .37.
Woodbury, W. E. Encyclopedic
dictionary of photography, 32.
Woodruflf, E. B. List of flf£y refer-
ence l)ooks for a small library,
8 ; Reference work, 8.
Worcester, J. E. Dictionary of the
English language, 13, 14.
Words — obsolete. Halliwell-
Pbillips, 16; Wright, 16.
Words. See also Anglicised wordii,
Australasian words. Dialects, Pro-
nimciation.
Wordsworth, W: —dictionaiy. To-
tin, 39.
World almanac, 23.
World's best literature. Warner,
C:D.33.
World's best orations. Brewer,
D. J. 33.
Wright, Joseph. English dialect
dictionary', 15.
Wright, T: Dictionary of obsolete
and provincial English, 15.
Wurzlmch, Constant von. Bio-
graphisches lexicon des kaiser-
tnums Oesterreich, 43.
WxTiian, C. W. H. See Bigmore,
E. C, and Wyman, C. W. H.
30.
Year's art. Carter, A. C. R. 31.
Year-book of Australia, 23.
Year-bo<»k of the scientific and
learned societies, 60.
Year-books — American. Apple-
ton's annual, 10; International
annual, 10, 11 ; Statistician and
economist, 23 ; Tribune aliuanac,
23; World almanac, 23.
English. Annual register, 51 ;
H azelT, 23 ; Statesman's year-book,
23; Whitaker, 23.
foreign. Almanach de Gotha,
23.
special subjects. See names of
subjects.
Yonge, C: D. English-Greek
lexicon, 17.
Young, Robert. Analjrtical con-
cordance to the Bible, 19.
Young folks* cyclopeedias. Champ-
lin,J: D., jr., 11, 32. 33.
Zell's popular encyclops^ia, 11.
Zieber, Eugene. Heraldry in
America, 46.
Zoftlogical record, 74.
Zoology — bibliography (annual).
Bibnograpbia sodlogica, 74 ; Zotf-
logicairecord, 74.
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