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Vol. 8
(January — December, 1883) ,
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VoL. 8. No, I.
January, 1883.
Contents :
Page.
Editorial 3
Co-operative Indexing.
Boston Libraries.
The “Inquisitorial” American Librarian.
Communications * • • 4
Poole’s Index.
Errata et Corrigenda.
"Scheme for Annual Indexes to Periodical Lit- erature.— W, F. Poole and W. I. Fletcher ... s Cooperative Indexing of Current Periodicals. —
JV, K, Sieison s
Page.
Standard Covers for Temporary Binding. — B.
Pickman Mann 6
Libraries and Politics 7
Library Statistics.— C. C. 7
Library Economy and History 8
Bibliografy
Library Purchase List 13
Notes and Queries '16
Anonyms and Pseudonyms
General Notes . . 16
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^January., ’85,
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C: A. Cutter, General Editor. F : Leypoldt, Managing Editor.
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Subscribers are entitled to advertise books wanted, or duplicates for sale or exchange, at the nominal rate of 5 cents per line ( regular rate 15 cents) ; also to adver- tise for situations or assistance to the extent of five lines free of charge.
We print in this number two schemes for co- operative indexing of current periodicals, one of them for a monthly index to be included in the card catalog, the other for an annual index to be included in the printed quinquennial. We hope both schemes will be carried out.
The magnificent success of the cooperative band ably led by Mr. Poole justifies — nay, de- mands— new expeditions. But his plan does not meet a much felt want for current references. There is full as much inquiry for the article published “ a few months ago ” as for the one published last year ; and the task of looking over the files of unbound periodicals to ascer- tain which one contained such and such a piece is not the less tedious because it is frequently repeated. The two proposals do not interfere in the least with one another. Indeed they will work together. There is no reason why the libraries that write Mr. Stetson’s monthly cards should not send one copy to Mr. Poole for his annual list. The expense, which has been
spoken of as an objection, is no greater, so far as writing the slips goes, for Mr. Stetson than for Mr. Poole, and one writing will do for both. All that Mr. Stetson’s plan demands beyond this is the cost of printing by the hectograph and of sending by mail, which will be repaid half a dozen times over to the cooperating libraries by the usefulness of the result. If twenty libraries join, each taking two periodi- cals, two hours’ work each month and 60 cents postage (at the new two-cent rate) will give it an index to forty of the most valuable monthlies and quarterlies. A library must be very little used not to find that a good bargain.
Now that the cooperative method has been proved entirely practicable, it ought to be very much extended. We American libraries are proud of our work in the new index. But, after all, have we a right to be proud as Americans ? There are over 3000 libraries in the country, and only 43 took part in this great work, by which all are so much benefited. It is almost disgrace- ful. And now that it is not necessarily a ques- tion of taking a long set of a hundred volumes, but a small library can afford real help by taking one periodical for one year with a year to do it in, the number of volunteers ought to be greatly enlarged.
Last year there was a series of articles on the Boston libraries in the Globe, in no. 6 of which (Sept. 10) was the remarkable statement that “ the libraries of Boston contain more volumes in the aggregate [1,101,500] than do all the pub- lic libraries of Great Britain, and there are more books in the fourth largest library of this city [State library 50.000] than are to be found in the largest public library in the British Empire.” Mr. E. C. Thomas would have something to say to this ; for the result is arrived at by including 250,000 volumes in the libraries of Harvard University, at Cambridge, among the Boston
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libraries, and by excluding the British Museum, “ owing to the peculiar circumstances governing the use of the books.” It is fair enough to in- clude the University libraries, one of which is in Boston, and the others nearer the centre of the city than the British Museum is to the London Institution. But if this comparison is ever quoted it should be with the distinct statement that on the British side the British Museum, which alone contains more volumes than all the Boston libraries together, is left out. And even then it should be noted that the result is obtained by comparing all the not-private libraries of Boston, public, proprietary, collegiate, club, circulating, with only the technically “public” libraries of England, excluding, that is, the pro- prietary, club, college, and circulating. Now one of the circulating libraries of London advertises that its permanent stock exceeds a million of volumes.
In Notes and queries for Oct. 7 we find the following remarks on the report of the Cincinnati Conference :
“ In reading attentively the many suggestive papers pre- sented by members of both sexes, working amid very varied local surroundings, we are struck alike with the much greater personal interest which American librarians take in the frequenters of their libraries, and with the more in- quisitorial character of the attention which they pay to the reading carried on by them. With regard to children this may be well, and it does one good to read of the bright faces of intelligent boys and girls when engaged in friendly talk with the librarian. But the embodiment in a long series of questions to be filled up by a librarian of a query as to the character of a reader’s studies strikes us as open to grave objections. In scarcely any case of an adult reader can we conceive such a query to be of practical utility, and it might very naturall}' give rise to extremely erroneous im- pressions. The controversy as to the inclusion or exclusion of fiction still rages, we perceive, and for aught we can see is likely to go on raging until it dies a natural death, if only it is permitted such a blessed end.”
Not knowing any American library which makes inquisitorial investigations into the char- acter of the reading of its adult patrons, and not being able to recollect that any advice looking to the establishment of an Inquisition was given at Cincinnati, we were somewhat puzzled by this criticism, till it occurred to us that Mr. Linder- felt, in showing the various capabilities of his system of charging, inserted In the list of twenty possible questions to which it could give answers {Lib. jnl., 7 : 1B2) :
19. What has been the character of a person’s reading ?
The twenty questions were not meant to be
printed on a blank to be answered by the li- brarian day b)r day in the regular course of his work. Mr. Linderfelt merely wished to show what he could do if any occasion should arise. The same question could be answered by any of the old ledger charging systems, but we never heard of any impertinent interference by libra- rians with their readers’ taste. Occasionally some one will go to the old records to find what Daniel Webster, or Edward Everett, or Charles Sumner read when he was in college. Indeed, if we remember right, there is the result of such an inquiry in one of the lives of Byron. But we can assure our English critic that the American Library Association has no intention of setting up the Confessional or the Inquisition, and that the adult American has in his reading at public libraries as much liberty as the American Young Girl or male Young America.
COMMUNICATIONS.
POOLE'S INDEX.
To the Editor of the Library fournal :
In my report on the Index to Periodical Lit- erature, made at the Cincinnati meeting of the American Library Association in May last, I stated that I should esteem it a favor to be in- formed of any errors or omissions which may be found in its pages ; for I had long since di- vested myself of that pride of accuracy, which imagines that such a work can be made and printed without errors. Because I did not re- peat this statement in my preface, the writer of the notice of the Index in the Nation of Jan. 18 is, and perhaps others may be, in doubt whether the notification of errors and lapses will be esteemed a favor or otherwise. I beg, there- fore, to repeat here what was stated in my re- port, and to say that the editors have been es- pecially solicitous that the references should be free from errors, and have spared no labor and care to render them so. Contributions to its er- rata will be thankfully received, and omissions will be Included in the next supplement.
W. F. Poole.
ERR A TA ET CORRIGENDA.
I SUGGEST the addition to the Library journal of a department of Errata et Corrigenda. This would involve some labor, but it would be help- ful in many ways.
Many books of high reputation contain typo- graphical or other mistakes which the ordinary reader may not detect or have the means of cor- recting.
I would propose to include only important works and to confine the corrections to those whose existence and rectification would not be apparent to a reader of ordinary intelligence.
In Dr. Hurst’s Bibliotheca theologica, just
January, ’83.]
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issued, I find on page 136, Hamburg, where, of course, intelligent persons will read Hanbury. Albert Barnes, in his commentary, speaking of the miracle at Cana, quotes Pliny on the subject of wine, and refers his reader to Book IV., chap. 13. A classical friend of mine says that the passage referred to does not contain any- thing about wine. Most persons will accept his citation without question.
It is within the proper sphere of librarians to correct such errors in books under their care, and of the Library journal to disseminate the knowledge of them. John Edmands.
[If our friends will send us notes of such emendations as they discover we will publish them from time to time, when enough have ac- cumulated to justify a departmental heading. — Eds.]
SCHEME FOR ANNUAL INDEXES TO PERIODICAL LITERATURE.
In accordance with the announcement in the preface of the late issue of the “ Index to Peri- odical Literature,” supplements prepared on the same cooperative method, with the same rules and conditions, and printed in a style uni- form with that edition, will be issued every five years— the first appearing early in the year 1887, and containing the references for the years 1882-1886. It is the intention of the editors to enlarge considerably the list of current periodi- cals, and to include such older serials as are worthy of being indexed and have been omitted. The editors will be glad to receive from the former contributors and other librarians who are willing to participate in the work, sugges- tions as to serials which they think it desirable to index.
In addition to the announcement made above, the editors are proposing, if they have sufficient encouragement, to issue in April, 1884, an in- dex covering the years 1882 and 1883, and there- after Annual Indexes. They take this oppor- tunity to set forth the scheme as it now pre- sents itself to their minds, and to ask of their brethren in the library profession its consider- ation, and such suggestions for improving it as will enable them to fix upon the plan which shall be most practicable and satisfactory to the libraries of the country.
It is not probable that annual indexes will repay in money the cost of their publication, and hence no publisher can be expected to as- sume the expense. It is certain that the mul- tiplicity of alphabets in annual indexes would be a great annoyance. Their adoption as per- manent substitutes for the five-year supplements is, therefore, out of the question. It is very desirable, nevertheless, that the contents of the current periodicals shall be indexed and made accessible oftener than once in five years. So important to readers and students are the topics discussed in them, that many libraries are in- curring the labor and expense of indexing them
on cards. The cdperative plan of making hectographic copies and interchanging cards between different libraries is attended with much trouble, and under no conditions can it cover so broad a field as is desirable. In order to meet this want in a more economical and satisfactory manner, the editors propose the fol- lowing scheme ;
1. To issue the annual indexes in a ‘privately printed edition, to be supplied only to the co- operating libraries, and such other libraries and individuals as subscribe for them in advance of publication. No more copies will be printed than will meet this condition ; and hence none will be offered for sale.
2. The expense of printing will be equitably shared by the contributing libraries and the sub- scribers— the latter paying, in any event, twice as much for their copies as the contributors, and if they are twice as numerous as the con- tributors, they will pay the whole expense.
3. The editors will make no charge for their services in the revision and arrangement of the work, and superintendence of the printing, but will be entitled to the use of the matter for their five-year supplements.
4. On the year when a five-year supplement
is issued there will be no annual supplement, as the references of the preceding year will be in- corporated in that issue. The annual issues not being regarded as the regular supplements of the main work, they will be printed on a smaller page. W. F. Poole.
W. 1. Fletcher.
COOPERATIVE INDEXING OF CURRENT PERIODICALS.
It may be of interest to many librarians to learn of a cooperative scheme of indexing cur- rent periodicals. I will outline it briefly.
1. Each of the cooperating libraries will index one or more periodicals, each number as it ap- pears.
2. The same rules will be observed as in Poole’s Index, with this addition — the month and year will be added to facilitate reference to unbound numbers. Also American paging will be given if English editions are not accessible, marked with a for distinction.
3. As most (probably all) libraries will want the entries on cards or slips, each library will print the separate references by the hektograph on slips 5X12J cm. (the standard size) and mail them to each of the cooperating libraries.
As to details of printing, I am not altogether satisfied what method is better— to print each slip separately, or to print in sheets of (say) eight slips. In the former case I make my “copy” on paper 20 cm, wide in two columns. It will not do to put all the copy on the hekto- graph at one time, and print the requisite num- ber of slips from each reference ; the latter ones become faint. I should say only two or three references should be put on the hektograph at one time. The time required for printing 300
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slips (20 slips for each of 15 references) would be about 45 minutes (I printed 300 thin slips in 30 minutes). By ruling off a sheet into (say) 8 spaces, 5x12,5 cm., and writing references in these spaces, and printing 8 slips in a sheet at once, and cutting the sheets afterward, I think that the time would be lessened. Experience might sjjjow some other method to be more con- venient than either of these.
_ The above details are the result of my own experience and of the suggestions of others, es- pecially Mr. Biscoe, of Amherst College, Rev. J. H. Barbour, of Trinity College, and Mr. Geo. F. Winchester, of Middletown, Ct., with whose en- couragement I have been trying to inaugurate some such scheme. It was our intention to be- gin where Poole’s Index leaves off. But his annual supplement will make that unnecessary, so that we shall begin probably with Jan., 1883,
I should be pleased to hear from any one in- terested in this matter, especially from those de- siring to index one periodical or more for 1883 — most especially, however, from any man or body of men who will take the matter in charge and relieve me of it.
List of librarians who have announced their intention of cooperating with me : Mr. Biscoe, Amherst College ; Rev. Mr. Barbour, Trinity College; Mr. Cutler, Boston Athenaeum ; Mr. Green, Worcester Public Library ; Mr. Foster, Providence Public Library ; Prof. Safford, Williams College.
W. K. Stetson,
Assistant Librarian Wesleyan University, Middletown, Conn.
STANDARD COVERS FOR TEMPORARY BINDING.
By B; Pickman Mann, Bibliographical Editor of Psyche.
The vast majority of octavo books and pam- phlets are 23 or 24 centimetres high. An un- classified list, taken from 150 consecutive en- tries in my accession book, shows that 2 per cent are 21 cm., high, 7 per cent 22cm., 41 per cent 23 cm. 39 per cent [24 cm., and ii per cent 25 cm.
In the temporary binding of pamphlets and papers it would be a great convenience to have the holes which are made in the papers placed at a previously determined and standard distance apart, so that transfers could be made at will, without the necessity of making new holes in the papers. Punched sheets, also, for shelf- lists, sermons, and other purposes, could be pur- chased ready-made at the stores, if these stand- ard measurements were adopted ; and especially it would be of advantage if the “ Library binder” were made to conform to these measurements, while the “ Russell’s common-sense” and the ‘‘ Emerson,” though needing but two holes, could as well require these holes to occupy positions similar to the ones required for the other binders, as to conform, as seems to be the case, to no fixed rule.
I have looked through the indexes of my Library journal, 6 v., since working out a system for my own use, in the expectation of finding some word on this subject, but in vain. The nearest approach to it, and the occasion when it would have been most appropriate, is in Mr. F. B. Perkins’ note entitled; ‘‘Transfer- able book-covers,” L. j.. May 1881, 5 : 146.
My system concerns only pamphlets and papers from 22 to 25 cm. high. Other systems would be appropriate for smaller and for larger pamphlets.
The papers are made to rest on their lower edges. The lowest hole is 2.5 cm. [i inch] above this, the second hole 5 cm. [2 inches] above the first, the third hole 8.5 above the second, and the fourth hole 5 cm. above the third. The holes are to be used in pairs. A cord is passed through them from the front to the back of the volume, so that the free ends of the cords ail hang out at the back of the book. The cord is to be passed first through the front cover and then through the papers. If additions are to be made only at the end of the book they can be strung on the cord as they are added without disturbing the papers previously bound. If it is desired to add title-pages or other matter at the beginning of the book, or nearer the front than the back, provision can be made for that by having separate cords in each hole, and having them joined by bow-knots both in front and behind. A standard distance of 5 cm. between the two holes of each pair allows the use of strips of wood, metal, or pasteboard, of uniform size, to bear the wear of the cord at each pair of holes separately if covers are not used. I hardly need dwell upon the advantages of having the two pairs of holes alike in measurement. The par- ticular measurement proposed, 5 cm. or 2 inches, accords with both the English and the metric systems.
The lower hole should be near the lower edge of the papers, to support them better than if it was more distant. Experience has shown that the distance should not be more than 3 cm., nor less than 2 cm., as the lower margins of pam- phlets are not always trimmed so that a hole made less than 2 cm. from the bottom would pass through all the pages. The distance 2.5 cm. accords with both the English and metric systems of measurement.
The upper hole should not be less than i cm. distant from the top of the paper, which is its distance in papers 22 cm. high, and yet should be as near the top as permissible, being near enough when it is 4 cm. distant in papers 25 cm. high.
I propose, therefore, as standard measure- ments, 2.5, 7.5, 16 and 21 cm. from the lower edge of the temporary covers and of the pam- phlets.
P. S. — I will add that as less than 2 per cent of the books in a library are 26 cm. high, the measurements for an octavo pamphlet may well be adopted for these. For pamphlets from 27 to 31 cm. high, the measurements may be 2.5, 7.5, 21 and 26 cm. ; for the still rarer pamphlets from 17 to 21 cm., the measurements 2.5, 7.5,
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II and 16. By these measurements it is possi- ble, on special occasions, to intercalate a pam- phlet among those to which, from its size, it does not belong.
LIBRARIES AND POLITICS.
A Western librarian writes us : “I was very glad to see your comments upon the change of librarians in Indiana and Michigan, and trust you will not drop the matter entirely. The State of Ohio has a fine library of about 60,000 volumes, of which much could be made. Un- fortunately, the librarian is changed every time a new governor is elected. The evil has not been so great as might have been anticipated, because the library has been practically in charge of a permanent and capable assistant. 'I he pres- ent librarian has, however (properly, so far as I know), shown a disposition to manage things himself, and I understand that there is, or has been, some trouble. But the next administra- tion is sure to appoint a new librarian before the present one has fully learned the duties of his office. It seems to me that you will confer a great boon upon many of our Western States if you can induce them to place their libraries in charge of a board of trustees similar to that of New York, with such permanent tenure of office as to remove any temptation to make political appointments. — Nation^ Dec. 21.
[Gov. Begole, the new Governor of Michigan, we are glad to learn, though making a clean sweep in other offices, has sensibly and firmly resisted the pressure on him for the re- moval of Mrs. Tenney. She was renominated (for two years), and the Senate promptly con- firmed her, to the great satisfaction of all who care for the library. Eds. Lib. jnl.]
“ Encyclopaedia ” a comparative table of the number of libraries exceeding 100,000 at the two periods :
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1857. |
1882. |
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No. of Libraries. |
Volumes in Thou- sands. |
No. of Libraries, j |
Volumes in Thou- 1 sands. |
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Great Britain |
6 |
1.413 |
12 |
3,296 |
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France |
8 |
1,801 |
15 |
4,528 |
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Germany |
19 |
4,289 |
45 |
11,349 |
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Austria |
4 |
780 |
7 |
1,744 |
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Italy |
8 |
2,431 |
25 |
4,162 |
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America |
0 |
0 |
12 |
2,30s |
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The rest of the world.... |
9 |
1,950 |
31 |
6,518 |
|
54 |
12,664 |
147 |
33,902 |
The ten principal libraries were, in
1857. ^ Vols.
Imperial Library,
Paris 815,000
British Museum,
London 562,000
Imperial Library,
St. Petersburg... 519,500 Royal Library, Ber- lin 500,000
Royal Library, ’Mu- nich- 480,000
Royal Library, Co- penhagen 408,000
Imperial Library,
Vienna 365,000
University Library,
Gottingen 360,000
University Library,
Breslau 350,000
Royal Library,
Dresden 305,000
1882. Vols.
Imperial Library,
Paris 2,290,000
British Museum,
London 1,500,000
Imperial Library,
St. Petersburg. . 1,000,000
Royal Library,
Munich 1,000,000
Royal Library,
Berlin (?) 750,000
University Libr’y^
Strassburg 513,000
University Libr’y^
Leipzig 500,000
Grand-ducM Lib’y^
Darmstadt 500,000
Royal Library,
Copenhagen.... 482,000 Imperial Library,
Vienna 440,000
C: A. C.
LIBRARY STATISTICS.*
The statistics of the chief libraries of the world, with which it closes, are the most satis- factory portion. They are brought down to the latest time, and Messrs. Tedder and Thomas’s success in previous efforts of this kind makes it certain that they are trustworthy. Perhaps their work will repress for a time the erratic exuber- ance of the newspapers in this regard. Every one who is interested in the subject must have noticed the continual appearance of items on the number of volumes in the chief libraries, founded on the statistics sometimes of the last decade, sometimes of the last century, and sometimes of a distant future. At the risk of starting a new family of such paragraphs, and seeing statements which are true in 1882 repeated in 1892 or in 1902, when they will have been entirely falsified by the prodigious growth of libraries, we have prepared from the 8th and the 9th editions of the
* Part of a notice of the article “ Libraries,” in the Ency- clopaedia Britannica, v. 14; from the Nation^ Oct. 19.
MORE CRUDITIES OF THE CHEAP CATALOGER.
“Canterbury has just issued a catalogue of its Municipal Free Library which is quite unique in its blunders. A local journal de- scribes its vagaries. Horatii is described as being by Flacci ; Virgilii, by Maronis ; Shak- speare’s plays (under the heading of ‘ Fiction ’) are stated to be written by Edmund Malone ; Thackeray’s works (among the essays), by A. Pendennis and H. Esmond, as well as by him- self. Ainsworth’s ‘ Tower of London ’ is placed among the guide-books ; of ‘ Robinson Crusoe ’ among the biographies ; Knight’s ‘ Old Printer ’ among fiction ; Wellington’s Despatches, Venn’s ‘ Duty of Man,’ and Vince’s ‘ Conic Sections ’ among manners and customs ; Thomson’s ‘ Seasons ’ among the sundries, etc. Babbage is spelt ‘Baggage,’ and so on. These are only a few of the blunders taken haphazard from a hundred others not less ludicrous.’’ — A thenceum.
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JLitratB iEconorng aiilt l^istorg.
Ames, J. G., Spofford, A. K., and Baird, Spencer F. Report regarding the publication and distribution of public documents, sub- mitted in compliance with a resolution of the H. of R,, adopted Aug. 8, 1882. Wash., 1882, 66 p. O.
An important report, followed by a tabula- ted statement of the documents ordered by the 46th and the ist session of the 47th Congress, a compilation of the present laws, and a proposed bill and resolutions, framed with the view of es- tablishing a single distributing agency, of in- suring the delivery of complete sets to perma- nent depositories, of reducing the number printed, and of providing for convenient sale of docu- ments.
Gennari, a. Progetto di raccogliere tutti gli oggetti appartenenti all’ Ariosto in una sala della Biblioteca di Ferrara. Ferrara, stabil. Bresciani, 1882. ii p. 8^
From the Gazzetta ferrarese^ Nov. 5, 6, 1881. Hubbard, James M. [Letter, dated Nov. 9.] n. p., n. d. 4 p. O.
A review of the controversy on the character of the fiction in the Boston Public Library and a reiteration of the statement that the Library con- tains unsuitable books.
An article in the Transcript of Dec. 14 pro- poses that the objectionable fiction and juveniles should be divided “into small libraries to be placed in the various school-houses. The teach- ers could then have an oversight over the chil- dren’s reading, and could restrict them to, say, a volume a week. These libraries might be ex- changed every few months, and fresh books might be continually added.’’
Libraries in churches. (In Notes and q., 6th s., 6 : 258, 9.)
The Bulletin de la Socictd de V Histoire de Paris (18S2. no. 3) contains some curious documents concerning the dispersion (1642-52) of Maza- rin’s library during the Fronde.
The Libraries of Babylonia and Assyria, [by] . a member of the Society of Biblical Archreolo- gy. 1. (In Knowledge , Nov. 24.) if col. Prime, Wendell, D.D. The Bodleian Library, [account of a visit]. (In Observer^ N. Y.,
' Dec. 14.) 2 col.
The Public Schools Library. {\w Spectator, St. Louis, Dec. 16.) I col.
Advocates dropping the subscription feature and making the library a public free library ; but thinks that the change should be very cautiously made. “ Few persons know how expensive a thing a library is to run and how easy it is to seriously impair its usefulness.’’
St. Louis, taking this into account perhaps, has decided that it cannot afford a public li- brary.
Sunday-school libraries. (In Sunday-School
Times, Nov. ii.)
Another sensible article, brought out by the question of a correspondent who says :
“ ‘ Our teachers contemplate adding books to the library, and doing it so gradually that every book shall be carefully read and passed upon by a competent committee. Will you please outline in your columns a plan for the selection of books, which has proved valuable in other schools. By so doing you will probably confer a favor on other schools besides ours, which have found that poor books will be accepted when five hun- dred or a thousand volumes are selected and passed upon at one time. Even the author’s name is not a guarantee that a book is a suitable one.’
“ One indispensable prerequisite to the secur- ing of a good Sunday-school library is an un- derstanding of the kind of books wanted in that library. And the recognition of this prerequi- site is one of the rarest things in the Sunday- school field. What kind of books do you want in your Sunday-school library ? ‘ Oh ! we want
good books.’ What do you mean by good books ? ‘ Why, we want books that the children will like, and that will do them good.’ Well, but that is no description of books. That raises a question of opinion, rather than of fact. Do you want only books of fiction, or no books of fiction ? or what proportion of books of fiction, and what proportion of books of fact? Do you want only books that stale religious truths, or that illustrate Christian doctrine ? or do you want also books which simply state facts in God’s realm of nature, and in God’s dealings with men in his- tory ? Do you approve of story-books which give prominence to love and courtship, if only there is a religious smack to the conversations introduced ? Do you want books suited for Sunday reading? or books also for week-day reading? Until all these questions, and a score like them, can be answered with positiveness by those who are responsible for the scholar’s read- ing, any attempt to secure ‘good ’ books for the library, is the merest sham. Until you know what you mean by a ‘ good book ’ for the li- brary, how can you expect a committee to find out what you mean, and conform to it? What nonsense it would be for you to send out a new servant to market, with no more specific orders than that for his purchases, ‘ Go and get some food for my children ’ ? ‘ What kind of food ? ’
‘ Oh ! good food.’ ‘ But what do you mean by good food?’ ‘Why, good food, of course. Safe food ; palatable food ; nourishing food.’ ‘Yes, but that which is safe and palatable and nourishing for one person is not so for another. Would you like meats or vegetables, or both ? If both, what kinds of each? Would you like beef ? pork ? mutton ? veal ? potatoes ? cabbage ? beans? tomatoes? What do you think is best suited to your children ? You know them better
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than I do.’ ‘ Oh ! I don’t want to be tied down to details of that sort. Get good things. Fill up the larder off-hand. If I don’t like what you get, I will scold about it. I shall have my eye on what you have bought, and be ready to com- plain if it doesn’t suit me. ’ That is about the way with the Average Sunday-school leader. That is the croaker’s style of comment on the work of library committees generally. To begin with, know what you want. That is four fifths of the whole matter. Then get what you want. It is to be had. There is no lack of any kind of book that you can describe. But there is no such thing — there never was, and there never will be — as ‘ a good Sunday-school library book.’ Whenever that is spoken of, you know there is gross carelessness, stupid ignorance, or wil- ful deception, on the part of the person who tells of it. Of course you cannot find out what a book is merely by seeing its publisher’s name, or its author’s name, or its illustrations, or type, or binding. The book must be read by some one who knows what kind of a book is wanted, and whether this book is one of that sort. Your committee must be large enough for this, intelli- gent enough for this, and must take time enough for this. Whoever reads a book for the purpose of testing it ought to report the aim, purport, and character of the book, rather than report whether it is a ‘good book’ or not. It is all right to have all the teachers hunting for books which they think will answer, and calling attention to them. But when these books are examined, the question must be, in every instance, ‘ What is this book?’ not, ‘Is this a “good” book?’ Without attention to these main points, all talk about committees of ladies, and committees of examination, is — humbug.”
T., S. The Bancroft library, San Francisco.
(In Ev'g post, N. Y., Dec. 30.) ij col.
Abstracts of and extracts from Reports,
Harvard Univ. L. “ The rows of classical philology as arranged include the subjects My- thology, Inscriptions, Miscellany, Bibliography, and Literary history, Greek and Roman arts and sciences. Prosody, and Greek and Roman philosophy. The Greek and Latin authors fol- low immediately.”
The use on Sunday (i to 5 p.m.) has increased. Mr. Scudder, Assistant Librarian (and member of the A. L. A. Cooperation Committee), has left the library to lake the editorship of Science. The revision of the public subject catalogue has been nearly completed, the main headings re- duced nearly one third in number, and an alpha- betical subject-reference catalogue of all head- ings and subdivisions, both present and pro- spective (about 5000), prepared on slips with a view to ultimate publication.
We may call attention here to Mrs. Oliphant’s sketch of the heavenly library in her “Little pilgrim” in Macmillan’s mag.. Sept., 1882, p. 341-345 ; reprinted Boston, Roberts, 1882.
iJitliografj).
Deutsche Shakespeare-Gesellschaft. Ge- sammt-Catalogder Bibliothek, vom Bibliothe- kar Reinhold Kohler. (Pages 53-82 of their Shakespeare Jahrbuch, Beilage zu Bd. 17, Weimar, 1882, 8^)
Dufour, Vabbd Valentin. Bibliographie artis- tique, historique, et litteraire de Paris, annee 1789. Paris, Laporte, 1882. 7-1-324 -t- 14 p.
80.
Gaidoz, H:, and Sebillot, Paul. Bibliog. des traditions et de la litterature populaire de r Alsace. Strassb., Noiriel, 1882.
Rep. from Polybiblion. Contains the titles of about 40 books and 70 articles in periodicals.
Geological record for 1878 ; an account of the works on geology, mineralogy, and palae- ontology, pub. during the year, with suppl. for 1874-7 ; ed. by W. Whitaker and W. H. Dalton. London, Taylor and Francis, 1882. 31-1-496 p. 8”. Subscription price loj-. M. The notes are brief and to the point. 3530 nos., 850 more than in any of the previous four volumes.
Gomme, G : Laurence. Bibliography of folk- lore publications in English. A, B. (Pages 55-80 Folk-lore record, v. 5. 1882,)
To be continued. Calls for additions and corrections.
Hartford L. Assoc. Bulletin. Vol. 5, no. i. Hartford, Jan. i, 1883. 10 p. O.
Contains a note on “English and American history for children,” from MissHewins’s fqrth- coming “ Books for the young.”
Hildeburn, C: R. List of the issues of the press in Pennsylvania, 1735-59. (Pages 75- 100 of Phila. Lib. Co. Bulletin, Jan.)
Hutt, a. Granger. La Rochefoucauld and his English translators. (Pages 166-171 of Bibli- ographer, Nov. 1882.)
Lama, C; de. Bibliotheque des ecrivains de la Congregation d^ Saint-Maur. Paris. Palme, 1882. 261 p. 12'’. 5 fr.
Leist, Dr. F: Urkundenlehre : Katechismus der Diplomatik, Palaographie, Chronologie, und Sphragistik. Lpz., J. J. Weber, 1882. 12 -f-
305 p+io plates. 8°. 4 m. (Illustrirte Kate- chismen.)
The materials employed by the scribes of the middle ages, the styles of writing at various epochs, the conventional forms of address, the numerous methods of computing dates, the dif- ferent varieties of seals, etc., are all described
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in a systematic and accurate manner. The il- lustrations consist of folded tables of fac-similes of chrisms, monograms, and signatures of Ger- man monarchs and notable persons taken from original documents in the Royal Archives at Munich. — Monthly notes.
Reviewed not favorably in Deutsche Litztg., col. 1825, “ Angehende Archivbeamte sowol wie junge Historiker miissen gewarnt werden ihre dipiomatischen Kenntnisse allein aus diesem Katechismus zu schopfen.”
Le Petit, Jules. Bibliographie des Editions originales d’auteurs fran5ais du 15® au 18® siecle. Paris, E. Maillet, 1882. 8°. 50 fr.
Contains an exact reproduction of the title- pages of the original editions of about 300 masterpieces of French literature, from the Roman de la Rose and Villon to the works of Beaumarchais and Saint-Pierre. The form is that of Brunet’s Manuel du libraire. Gives the necessary information with regard to the original editions and their market value. Philobiblos,/j-. The book-lover’s enchiridion ; thoughts on the solace and companionship of books, selected and chronologically ar- ranged. London, Simpkin, Marshall & Co., 1882. 240 p. 32“. 4s. 6d. ; 5s. 6.
“ The selection is very catholic. Somebody should give us next a hook-hater' s enchiridion, beginning with Solomon.”— Acad.
Providence Public Library. Monthly refer- ence lists. Vols. I and 2. Jan., 1881-Dec., 1882. [Ed. by W; E. Foster, A.B., Brown University.] O.
“ A graduate of Brown University, Mr. Fos- ter, early turned his attention to the practical de- tails of a librarian’s office in a Massachusetts town, whence he was called by sharp-sighted men, who saw the advantage of his methods, to the Public library in Providence, to mediate between the intellectual wants of a highly culti- vated city and the literary supply which libra- ries and book markets afford. The trustees of the Providence Public Library, some of whom are the owners of superb private libraries, ap- pear to have appreciated the idea that the col- lection and distribution of literature, in a wide sense, requires talent on the part of the librarian, the very best talent that school, college, and practical experience can afford. They seem to have recognized the fact that a public library is the highest school in the community, that it re- quires the highest education and the highest art available ; for the public library reaches not merely school children, but pupils of a larger growth ; it holds in its hands the highest educa- tion of the town or city. Ignorance, incompe- tence, feebleness, sluggishness, incapacity for success in any other profession, are no qualifica- tion for the modern librarian, who is or should be one of the quickest, readiest, brightest, most alive of all live men in the community, for he is the one who can supply and develop its highest
intellectual wants by proper methods of media- tion between literature and life.
“ It is perhaps highly significant that a college town like Providence, whence Dr. Barnas Sears, a former president of Brown University, went forth to propagate a common school system throughout the entire South, under the direction of the trustees of the Peabody Education Fund, of which Dr. Sears was the pioneer agent, should have also given birth to one of the most efficient systems of library management, which, if there is any virtue in good ideas, is bound to widen its influence. The efficiency of the Providence Public library in supplying intellectual wants is indicated by the published reference lists, the genesis of which cannot be separated from Brown University, the common school system, and the general culture of a liberally minded city. Mr. Foster, although he came to Provi- dence with a thorough knowledge of that ad- mirable system of classifying library materials for ready reference on the part of readers — a system evolved from the experience of the Bos- ton Public Library under the management of Justin Winsor — found it necessary to meet in peculiar ways the needs of teachers and students who desired to read very specially in connection with courses of lectures given by President Rob- inson, Professors Lincoln and others, including the late Professor Diman, whose catholic schol- arship, admired in Baltimore and Cambridge, was also appreciated at home. The cordial co- operation of such men with Mr. Foster’s me- thods, the encouragement of trustees intimately associated with University professors, the wants and appreciation of an intelligent public, ex- plain the development in Providence of that elaborate system of reference lists, newspaper clippings, notices and reviews of new books,— all conveniently posted or classified, so that by means of these guides the reader can find his way with confidence and delight through the intricate mazes of modern literature. From manuscript reference lists it was but a step to hectograph copies distributed for use in the pub- lic schools Then came the publication of bib- liographies in the Providence newspapers, which carried the suggestion of systematic courses of readings into every household in the city. These things are all very simple and inexpensive ; but they represent ideas, which are of vastly more influence upon a living and progressive age than mere collections of books, however extensive, of mere library buildings of brick and stone, which are sometimes mausoleums instead of la- boratories of knowledge.
“ Through the aid of appreciative friends of the Providence idea, Mr. Foster began in Janu- ary, 1881, to publish his Monthly reference lists in serial form upon a folded sheet, the two leaves of which with double columns, are of about the same size as the pages of the Magazine of American history. The transition to this special form of publication was made through such organs as the Library journal which allows some space to bibliographical matter. But the Providence idea of special adaptation to special
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needs has now assumed individual and concrete form. Evolving from the Providence environ- ment, this idea has seized upon topics of current interest in that city ; it has grown upon what it has fed ; until now, in the shape of two pub- lished volumes, -with tables of contents, indices, and an explanatory preface, it represents a bib- liographical magazine which no American li- brary or special student of contemporary Ameri- can life can well do without. It is curious and interesting to one who turns the leaves of these two little volumes, to see with what unerring instinct the Providence librarian, from month to month, has grasped topics uppermost in the American current of ideas or popular discussion. A few examples will suffice to recall the drift of thought in many a home and literary circle duj- ing the past two years : George Eliot, Thomas Carlyle, Lord Beaconsfield, Revision of the Bible, Sophocles (‘ the Greek Play ’ at Harvard), Comets, the French in Tunis, Dean Stanley, Centenary of Kant, Protection, Yorktown, Olympia, French Allies, Inter-Oceanic Canal, .^stheticism, Longfellow, Chinese Question, South Eastern Europe, Darwin, Emerson, Uni- versity Education, Local Self-Government, Her- bert Spencer, etc.
“ It takes a librarian who is alive to present issues, to the swiftly moving and cosmopolitan thought of the present age, to catch such current topics, and to gather about them the floating lit- erature of our times for the convenient use of his fellow men. Such talent is as rare as it is invaluable. A good librarian is an organizer of literary materials, and his influence is far from being local, if he publishes, as Mr. Foster has done, the results of his local experience. It is curious to observe how the supply of Providence wants has met also the needs of a national circle of readers ; for the reference lists are now wide- ly patronized throughout this country, especially by students, teachers and librarians. It is also curious to note, in this current of popular biblio- graphy, the ‘ survival ’ of lists which, although of suflicient scope to interest studebts outside ef Providence, are clearly the original production of local occasions, lecture courses and the like, which, at one time or another, have particularly interested the schools and people of Providence.
“ The most noticeable and perhaps the most valuable feature of Mr. Foster’s reference lists is the topical subdivision of the main subject. For a student or teacher, the ‘ structural biblio- graphy ’ is much more valuable and suggestive than a long list of authorities, which, in some cases, would be hardly better than a catalogue. For example, the subject of American ‘ Local Self-Government ’ is much better treated under the subdivisions of ‘Origin,’ ‘Tendencies,’ ‘ New England Towns,’ ‘ Middle Colonies,’ ‘Southern Colonies,’ than under the main head alone, for the structural method presents the subject from different points of view, and yet as an organic whole. This structural method stands in the same relation to the generic subject of study as that subject does to study in general. A catalogue of mere names or a long bibliogra-
phy of authorities is often very discouraging to readers, but when attention is called to a pariicti- lar subject, to a special point of view, and to an individual author, then a point has been made for the encouragement of readers and of original research. The most important function which any catalogue, bibliography, reference list, or consulting librarian can discharge, is to arrest attention, to make mental points. Mr. Foster distinctly says in his preface that his reference lists ‘are intended as ivor king-lists and not as bibliographies.’ He does not aim at being ex- haustive, or exhausting, but as being suggestive. Mr. Foster has well said in the Library journal (7 : 86), the bibliography ‘ aims at completeness for the sake of completeness ; ’ but the working- list is as complete as it serves its purpose to be.’ The purpose of Mr. Foster is manifestly that of a practical librarian, desiring to aid a reading public, and not that of a scientific special- ist, a mere antiquarian bibliomaniac, desiring to collect or amass all existing authoiities for the sake of having them at his command.
“ Scientific in the description of books, monographs, magazine articles is of more con- sequence to most readers than bibliographical enumeration or catalogue completeness. A reader does not want all books ; he wants the best, and more especially one or two at a time, with special reference to partjcular things that may be found within them. A skilful librarian and a well-guided reader will not find it neces- sary to read many books through, from begin- ning to end, in order to get at their point or drift. Most books should be used like cyclo- paedias, for finding special things, not for learn- ing all knowledge at once. A good book should have an index of topics. A good librarian, like Mr. Foster and many others in this country, will show the reader a subject-catalogue, a ready-reference-list, a definite way of finding out special things through some particular book. A poor librarian will be more likely to show his library en masse or in glass cases, saying ‘ hands off ; ’ if the visitor wants to learn something in particular, he is invited to examine a confusing catalogue of authors’ names and see if he can chance upon any book that will help him. The good librarian knows what his books are good for ; he has point. The poor librarian is care- less, ignorant and dull. A good method of ready reference is like a bright, sharp needle in a skilful hand, deftly working some fine or use- ful end ; a poor method is like hunting for a needle in a haystack.” — Herbert B. Adams, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, in the N. E. hist, andgeneal. register y Short, J: T. Historical reference lists for the
use of students in the Ohio State University.
Columbus, O., A. H. Smythe, 1882. D. pap.,
40 c.
“The lists are as full as the resources of the Stale library would admit.” — Prefatory note.
SoRMANNi, Giacomo. Catalogo ragionato delle
opere di viticoltura ed enologia pub. in Italia o
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in ilaliano dal principio della stampa sino a tutto I’anno 1881. la dispensa. Milano, Gernia, 1882. 16 p. 8®.
Theden, Dietrich. Fiihrer durch die Jugend- literatur, Winke fiir Griindung, Einrichtung, u. Fortfiihrung einschlagiger Bibliotheken u. Verzeichniss empfehlenswerther Schriften. Hamb., Berendsohn, 1883. 3 l+yg p. 1,50 m.
Heinem Ann’s Faust bibliography (Ltb.jnl., 7 : 276) is also reprinted, L., Stock, 1882. pp. 31. 16°.
The Russian bibliography, the publication of which was suspended last March, will reappear this year.
Dr. A. Schroeter’s “ Geschichteder deutsch- en Homer-Uebersetzung im 18. Jahrhundert” (Jena, Costenoble) contains a tabular view of the translations of Homer issued between 1495 and 1881.
The Archivio paleografico italiano, has just issued its first no., ed. by Sig. E. Monaci, and pub. by Loescher & Co., of Rome. It contains fourteen heliotype plates, reproducing in fac- simile various documents of importance for the history of writing in Italy. — Acad.
Catalogs and cataloging.
Brooklyn (N. Y.) L. Bulletin of new books. No. 16. [Br.,] Jan. -Aug., 1882. ii+[i] p.
1. O.
Total no. of v. 64,400.
Brooklyn L. Music bulletin. No. i. [Br.,] 1882. [4] p. 1. O.
A new departure. “ The music is intended, like books, for circulation.”
Germany. Reichsgericht. Katalog der Bib- liothek, \on K. Schulz. Lpz., Breitkopf & Hartel, 1882. 65-I-1037 p. 8°. 15 m.
How to compile a library catalogue. (In Brit- ish and colonial printer and stationer, Dec. 14.) if col.
Milk for babes, and very thin milk. The re- marks on printing are the best: ‘‘The expense of printing a catalogue containing two entries for each book, as is now recommended, would be about for 500 copies, and for 250 cop- ies. A catalogue in which the books are only entered once would cost, for 500 copies about and for 250 copies ^2 los. As far as most libraries are concerned, it is to be recommended that the larger number should be printed, even although not more than 100 copies are likely to be sold. A loss is inevitable in any case. But this first outlay may be turned into an ultimate gain. If the library is in its infancy, its future proportions may be greater than its present managers anticipate. One promising method of extending it would be to distribute the catalogue pretty freely. Some copies might go among
probable donors of books ; there is almost a certainty that some at least of the extra expense would be recouped in gifts. Other copies might be sent to publishers, authors, secretaries of publishing societies, etc., and that there would be returns in the shape of presents could hardly be doubted. Other copies might be sent to the press, and notices might be obtained, which wOuld in various ways be beneficial. Many other reasons might be adduced for getting out a good, useful, respectable, and creditable catalogue — es- pecially when the expense is comparatively so trif- ing — the extreme difference between the largest number of the best catalogue and the smallest number of the worst catalogue being only 50s. The better catalogue, too, would sell the best.”
.Not so good is the following : “ The num-
bering of the vohunes on the shelves of a library ought to be consecutive throughout, and entirely irrespective of divisions into classes. If the other plan is adopted of classifying books on the shelves, besides the waste of time and labor and the disfigurement of the books by occasional fresh numbering, there will be a loss of space. Quarto books may have to be placed next to oc- tavos. Indeed no useful object whatever would be gained by rearranging the localities of the books.”
Rieu, C: Catalogue of the Persian mss. in the
British Museum. Vol. 2. L., 1881. 7 +
(433-877) P- 4”.
” Le t. 2 est execute sur le meme plan que le premier et merite les memes 61oges.” — E. Fag- nan in Rev. crit.
Bodleian Library. Accession lists of new foreign purchases, and of the most interesting purchases of old works, will be posted in both reading-rooms. The 723 vols. of the catalogue are being paged, and an officer will be employed for some years to come in revising all headings and titles, and indexing all extensive articles. For accessions, the cataloguing rules of the L A. U. K. will be adopted, with only such modifications as are essential to the catalogue ; the practicability of introducing print will also be considered. The sorting of the spare set of slips which are to form a subject-catalogue is being rapidly expedited by a special extra staff ; whether they shall be laid down in volumes or on cards is undecided. The long-designed class- ified rearrangement of the library will be car- ried out (as intended) by first arranging the slips relating to a subject, and then bringing the books on it into a corresponding order.
Full Names. — W: Rattle Plum (The military telegraph during the civil war in the U . .S.) ; Alfred Hix Welsh (Development of English lan- guage and literature) ; W: Mather Scott (ed. of Van Santvoord’s Sketches of the lives of the chief justices of the U. S.) ; Rafael Arroyo Bay- ley (National loans of the U. S.) ; C: G: Mayers (Mendota, the spirit of the lake) ; G: Washington Hunter (Divine liturgy in the book of common prayer) ; Gideon Delaplaine Scull (The Evelyns in America.)
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iLibrarg IJurrijasesJiist.
A SELECTION OF NEW BOOKS, WITH NOTES OF COMMENDATION OR CAUTION.
Books mentioned without notes can, as a rule, be safely purchased for the general reader. The binding, unless otherwise expressed, is generally understood to be in cloth.
Amicis, Edmondo de. Military life in Italy : sketches ; tr. by W. W. Cady. N. Y., Put- nam. il. D. $2.
“ In his sketches of military life De Amicis discloses dra- matic gifts which have not been suspected by the readers of his books of travel.” — Christian union.
Arnold, Edwin. Pearls of the faith ; or, Is- lam’s rosary. Dost., Roberts. S. $1.
“ Completes his Oriental trilogy. The first part is ‘ The light of Asia,’ the second part ‘ The Indian song of songs.’ In this the poet tells the beads of a pious Muslim, each bead representing one of the * ninety-nine beautiful names of Allah.’ The legends and instructions inculcate the gentle virtues that make life lovely — courtesy, humility, hospitality, care for the poor and the ill, kindness to dumb animals, perfect manners in social intercourse.” — Boston A dvertiser.
Austin, G. L., M.D. Water- analysis ; a hand- book for water-drinkers. Dost., Lee & Shep- ard. sq. T. 50 c.
A ready method of determining the wholesomeness and unwholesomeness of water for drinking purposes ; for per- sons who are not professional chemists.
Austin, Jane G. Nantucket scraps : being the experiences of an off-islander, in season and out of season, among a passing people. Bost., Osgood, sq. S. $1.50.
‘‘ She writes pleasantly of the sea and the moors ; and tells the stories that the Nantucket captains told to her.” — Boston A dvertiser.
“ There is a pleasant briny flavor about this little book,
. . . but it is wofully padded.” — N. Y. Tribune. Beowulf : an Anglo-Saxon poem ; [also\ The fight at Finnsburg ; tr. by Ja. M. Garnett ; with fac-simile of the unique ms. in the British Museum, Cotton. Vitellius AXV. Bost., Ginn, Heath & Co. D. $r.
A line-for-line translation, in rhythmical form.
Bishop, W: H: The house of a merchant prince : a novel of New York. Bost., Houghton, Mifflin & Co. D. $1.50.
“ A picture of N. Y. society drawn with great care and giving a companion picture in a somewhat soberer vein to the ‘ Tender recollections of Irene McGillicuddy,’ ‘ The confessions of a frivolous girl,’ etc.” — Boston Advertiser,
Bjornson, Bjdrnstjerne. Magnhild ; from the Norse by Rasmus B. Anderson. Author's ed. Bost., Houghton, Mifflin & Co. S. $1.
Closes the present series of Bjornson’s works.
Brace, C: Loring. Gesta Christ! ; or, a history of humane progress under Christianity. N.Y., Armstrong. O. $2. 50.
‘‘ What we have been accustomed to say in sweeping phrases about the indebtedness of m.inkind to the beneficent influence of Christianity is here made definite and particu- larized, supported by facts and given authorities.” — N. Y, Times.
Brooke, Stopford. English literature ; Ameri- can ed., rev. and brought to date by Frank Gilbert. Chic., Fairbanks, Palmer & Co. S. (Literature manuals.) flex, cl., 40 c. Brown, J:, Af.Z>. Spare hours. ser. Locke and Sydenham, and other papers. Bost., Houghton, Mifflin & Co. S. $1.50.
Bull, Sara C. Ole Bull : a memoir ; with Ole Bull’s “ Violin notes ” and Dr. A. B. Crosby’s “ Anatomy of the violinist.” Bosi., Hough- ton, Mifflin & Co. O. $2.50.
” A sketch of the personal history of the man, rather than an attcQipt to analyze the qualities of his art or to de- fine his place in the history of music.” — N. Y. Tribune.
Campbell, Helen. The problem of the poor : a record of quiet work in unquiet places. N. Y., Fords, Howard & Hulbert. sq. S. 90 c.
” An account of the McAuley Mission and its work in N. Y. Five Points ; with sketches and stones taken from actual experience among the poor and criminal ; also clear, practical discussion of modes of helping the poor.” — Pub- lishers' weekly.
Church. Ella Rodman. The home needle. N. Y., Appleton, il. D. (Appletons’ home books.) 60 c.
” Confines Itself to plain sewing and useful needlework.”
Conway, Moncure Daniel. Emerson at home and abroad. Bost., Osgood. D. $1.50.
” It is not a criticism ; it is not the dispassionate decision of the judge ; it is the enthusiastic offering of one who was roused by Emerson into higher life, and who delights in hon- oring his master.” — Boston Advertiser.
“ We are introduced to the whole galaxy of famous per- sonages with whom he had anything to do — Carlyle, Words- w orth, Coleridge, Landor, Sir Arthur Helps, Max Muller, Tyndall, Darwin, Huxley, besides Hawthorne, Thoreau, Channing, Parker, Ripley, and the whole transcendental world.” — Boston Transcript.
Cook, Joel. England, picturesque and descrip- tive : a reminiscence of foreign travel, with [487] il. Phil., Porter & Coates. Q. $7.50. Crawford, F. Marion. Mr. Isaacs ; a tale of modern India. N. Y., Macmillan. D. $1.
” The author had the opportunity, as the editor of an Anglo-Indian newspaper, of becoming acquainted with the land and the people of India. These pictures and studies of Anglo-Indian life are exceedingly vivid.” — Christian intelligencer.
“ A fine and noble story.” — Literary World.
Dahlgren, Madeleine Vinton. Memoir of John A. Dahlgren, Rear-Admiral, U. S. N., by his widow. Bost., Osgood, il. O. $3.
Dobson, Austin, ed. Eighteenth century essays ; selected and annotated by Austin Dobson. N. Y., Appleton. S. (Parchment ser.) $1.25.
” A perfect book, not only in its outward appearance, its type, its paper, and its chaste vellum binding, but in its contents — in the singular skill with which its selections have been made, and in the thorough scholarship which distinguishes the introduction and the notes of its accom- plished editor, Mr. Austin Dobson.” — R. H. Stoddard in the Mail and express.
Donnelly, Ignatius. Ragnarok : the age of fire and gravel. N. Y., Appleton. D. $2.
” It is something like what one of Jules Verne’s books would be if that author should stoutly protest that the story was all true. . . . On the whole, ‘ Ragnarok ’ is too absurd to do much mischief, and contains much that is readable, and that may in a certain way prove instructive ; that is, it may serve to kindle an interest in some minds upon subjects to which they would not be attracted by ordinary didactic treatises.” — Popular science monthly,
Douglas, Rob. K. China. N. Y., Young.
map and il. D. net, $1.50.
Doyle, J. A. English colonies in America ; Virginia, Maryland, and the Carolinas. N. Y., Holt. O. $3.50.
” If the undertaking be completed in the spirit in which it has been begun, it will not be a work remarkable for originality of treatment or brilliancy of execution, but it will be a compact, orderly, and thoroughly useful contribution to historical study.” — N. Y. Tribune.
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Dresser, Christopher. Japan : its architecture, art, and art manufactures. (Lond.) N. Y., Scribner & Welford. il. O. $10.
“ Though it reads something like a volume of travel, it is not intended to be anything more than a comprehensive and technical account of the condition and progress of the country’s arts— industrial and architectural particularly — and their influence upon modern designing methods. The illustrations are all by Japanese artists, and are exception- ally well engraved and printed.” — Literary %vorld.
” These pages are as interesting as any to be found in Miss Bird’s well-told narrative.” — N. V. Limes.
Fletcher, Mrs. Eliza Dawson. Autobiography. l^New issue.'\ Dost., Roberts. S. $1.50.
Mrs. Fletcher was the wife of a learned Scotch lawyer and staunch Whig, and was herself an enthusiast in politics. Her autobiography derives its chief interest from her friend- ships and correspondence with literary people and celeb- rities.
Ford, Worthington C., ed. The American citi- zen’s manual. Pt. i : Governments (national, state and local), the electorate, the civil ser- vice. N. Y., Putnam. D. (Questions of the day.) $1.
Gardner, E. C. The house that Jill built, after Jack’s had proved a failure ; a book on home architecture. N. Y., Fords, Howard & Hul- bert. il. sq. S. (Our continent lib.) $1.50.
A series of papers showing how, in building houses that are to be truly homes, it is possible to combine architectu- ral beauty with wise and economical construction.
Geikie, Archibald. Text-book of geology. N. Y., Macmillan, il. O. net, $7.50.
“ Minute and wonderfully detailed accurate observation, combined with an almost poetic ability to express himself in words.” — Independent.
Gilbert, Frank. American literature. Chic., Fairbanks, Palmer & Co. S. (Literature manuals.) 50 c.
Glumer, Claire von. A noble name; or, Ddn- ninghausen ; from the German by Mrs. A. L. Wister. Phil., Lippincott. D. $1.50.
” The book is little above the average, but it will not come amiss to people who must have a novel.” — N. Y. Post.
Hardy, T: Two on a tower : a novel. N. Y., Holt. S. (Leisure hour ser.) $1.
Hasell, E. J. Tasso. Phil., Lippincott. S.
(For. classics for Eng. readers.) $1. Hawthorne, Nathaniel. Doctor Grimshawe’s secret : a romance ; ed.. with preface and notes, by Julian Hawthorne. Bost., Osgood, D. $1.50.
” There can be little doubt that Hawthorne’s judgment was correct when he laid the work aside as unsatisfactory.” — Examiner .
Henderson, Howard. Practical hints on camp- ing. Chic., Jansen, McClurg & Co. D. $1.25.
“ Intended to meet all the wants of gunners, fishermen, and photographers on an excursion.”
Holley, G: W. The falls of Niagara ; [and] cata- racts. N. Y., Armstrong, il. O. $3. Kennedy, W. Sloane. John Greenleaf Whit- tier : his life, genius, and writings. Bost., Cassino. 6. ^1.50.
” A just, temperate, and interesting account of the career of the poet and reformer, together with an excellent analy- sis of his writings in prose and verse.” — Boston Traveller.
Koehler, S. R., comp. The United States art directory and year-book ; guide for artists.
art students, travellers, etc. N. Y., Cassell, O. pap., 50 c.
” A monument of facts and patient collaboration. The author gives first a list of academies, art schools, museums, art clubs, etc., arranged nationally and locally ; next, a di- rectory of artists ; and, afterwards, an art-teachers’ direc- tory, necrology of artists for the past year, books on art, art journals, the copyright law as applied to art productions, coming exhibitions, statistical tabic of former exhibitions, etc. The treatment of all societies, artists, etc., is generous and impartial ; and in general the information is full and accurate.” — Boston Commonvuealth.
L’ Estrange, Rev. A. G., ed. The friendships of Mary Russell Mitford, as recorded in let- ters from her literary correspondents. N. Y. Q. (Harper’s Franklin sq. lib.) pap., 25 c.
” A great deal of amusing gossip, much criticism of va- rious quality, and pleasant glimpses of character.” — N. Y. Tribu7ie.
Linton, W. J. The history of wood-engraving in America, il. Bost., Estes & Lauriat, 1882. $7-50._
“Mr. Linton’s treatment is too persistently critical and too highly colored to be called a history. . . . Abounds in matter of historical interest, and is throughout suggestive and instructive.” — Harper's magazine.
Linton, W. J., ed. Rare poems of the i6th and 17th centuries ; a supplement to the anthol- ogies ; collected and edited, with notes, by V/. J. Linton. Bost, Roberts, il. sq. S. $2.
A reprint, with additions, of his “ Golden apples of Hes- perus,” of which a limited edition was printed some time ago.
Little sister. Bost, Roberts Bros. S. (No name [third] ser.) $1.
“ Quiet domestic story, illustrating the good influence one sunny-tempered, unselfish, industrious woman can exercise.”
Lounsbury, T; R. James Fenimore Cooper. Bost., Houghton, Mifflin & Co. S. (Am. men of letters.) $1.25.
“Excellent critical analysis. ... In regard to his his- tory of our navy ... we come upon a serious blot in Pro- fessor Lounsbury's book. He is evidently not aware that Mr. Roosevelt, m his elaborate history of the war of 1812, had put a new face on the matter, and shown that Cooper was not seldom at fault.” — Boston Advertiser.
McCosh, James, D.D. Criteria of diverse kinds of truth as opposed to agnosticism : treatise on applied logic. N. Y., Scribner. D. (Phil- osophic ser.) pap , 50 c.
The first of a senes to be published quarterly, in pamphlet of about 60 pages each, in stout paper covers, at 50 cents per volume, each embracing an exposition, complete in itself, of one theme.
Martensen, H., M.D. Christian ethics. Spe- cial part, second division : Social ethics ; tr. by S. Taylor. N. Y., Scribner & Welford.
O. $3.
Martineau, Ja. Study of Spinoza. N. Y., Macmillan. D. $2.
“ A help to those who wish to study Spinoza for them- selves rather than as an account of his doctrines dispensing from such study.” — Academy.
Morison, Ja. Colter. [Thomas Babington] Macaulay. N. Y., Harper. D. (English men of letters.) 75 c.
“ Very interesting and generally judicious. . . . If Mr. Morison has not always found his author’s faults with acuteness, he has often praised him with a cordiality and justice that other critics might do well to imitate.” — Satur- day revieiu.
Oi.iPHANT, Mrs. M. O. W. A little pilgrim, etc. Bost., Roberts. S. 75 c.
“When so short a sketch as this is made the subject of
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more than one leading article in a magazine like the Spec- tator. and when an American theological review gravely lets itself to the task of discussing its theology, there is some reason for thinking that the little book is worth read- ing.”— Sunday-school times.
Oliver, Mrs. G. A. A study of Maria Edge- worth, with notices of her father and friends. Bost., Williams. D. $2.25.
” Mrs. Oliver has performed for a once famous and now too much neglected writer a service that will give a fresh interest to her works, and perpetuate a wholly charming and estimable character.” — Boston Gazette.
Palmer, Henrietta Lee. Home-life in the Bible ; ed. by J: Williamson Palmer. Bost., Osgood, il. O. $3.50.
“ One of the most useful and interesting of recent illus- trated works . . . relating to the homes and the home-life of the people of whom any mention is made in the Old and New Testaments.” — Harper's magazine.
Phillips, Lawrence B. Index of biographical reference, over 100,000 names, together with a classed index of the biographical literature of Europe and America. 2r/ with necrology of eminent persons for the last ten years. N. Y., Worthington. O. $3.75.
Prentiss, Elizabeth. Life and letters. N. Y., Randolph, sq. D. $2.25.
“ Among her 17 volumes the one which best represents her life and work was ‘Stepping heavenward.’ ” — N. Y. Times.
Rachel’s share of the road. Bost., Osgood. (Round-robin ser.) $1.
“A story treating of the conflict between capital and labor.”
Rawlinson, G: The seventh great Oriental monarchy ; or, the geography, history, and antiquities of the Sassanian or New Persian empire. N. Y., Dodd, Mead & Co. 2 v. map and il. O. $6.
“ Completes the author’s ancient history of the East. It is a sequel to the Parthians, and carries down the history of Western Asia from the third century of our era to the mid- dle of the seventh.”
Reid, Christian [ps. for Frances Fisher.] Heart of steel : a novel. N. Y., Appleton. S. $1.25.
The scene is chiefly in Paris and Rome, although the principal characters are Americans.
Richardson, Abby Sage, ed. Old love letters ; or, letters of sentiment, written by persons eminent in English literature and history. Bost., Osgood. T. $1.25.
“ Mrs. Richardson has edited the letters with taste and skill, her brief introductions and comments adding much to the interest and value of the collection.” — N. Y. Trib- une.
Riddell, Mrs. J. H. Daisies and buttercups ; a novel. N, Y. Q. (Harper’s Franklin sq. and Seaside libs.) pap., 20 c.
Schaff, Philip, D.D., and Gilman, Arthur, ed. Library of religious poetry ; the best poems of all ages and tongues ; with biographical and literary notes. N. Y., Dodd, Mead &: Co. il. O. $5’
Nearly 800 poets represented.
Schmid, Rudolf. The theories of Darwin, and their relation to philosophy, religion, and mo- rality ; from the German by G: A. Zimmer- mann ; with an introduction by the Duke of Argyll. Chic., Jansen, McClurg & Co. D. $2.
“ A historical and critical essay on Darwinism. The
historical part contains a clear statement ot the theories of descent, of evolution, and of natural selection. . . . Another valuable feature of the work is the distinction which it draws between the purely scientific question of the origin of species and the philosophical supplements which are found in the systems of many scientific men.” — Chris- tian union.
Steele, Jas. W. Frontier army sketches. Chic., Jansen, McClurg & Co. 328 p. D. cl., $1.50.
“A book dealing v/ith frontier life, which, while satu- rated with the flavor of adventure and the breath of the plains, manages to keep its pages free of the taint of dime- novel ‘ blood and thunder.’ Of particular excellence are the papers on men of the border and on New Mexican com- mon life.” — American.
Stevenson, Rob. L. New Arabian nights. N. Y., Holt. S. (Leisure hour ser.) $1.
“ Undoubtedly a clever work, the attractiveness of which is not very easy to explain. The stories are not humorous, nor funny, nor witty, and yet they have the great merit of holding the reader’s attention. They are tantalizing and deceptive.” — A thenceum.
Thomson, W: M., M.D. The land and the book ; or, biblical illustrations drawn from the manners and customs, the scenes and scenery of the Holy Land. [V. 2] : Central Palestine and Phoenicia. N. Y., Harper, il. and m ps, sq. O. $6 ; shp. , $7.
The second volume of the new octavo edition of “ The land and the book,” of which the first volume appeared in 1880 with the sub-title: “Southern Palestine and Jerusa- lem.” The original edition of the work was published in 1859, in 2 V., 12°. The new edition is substantially a new work.
Van Dyke, Theodore S. The still-hunter. N. Y , Fords, Howard & Hulbert. D. $2.
Elaborate and practical treatise on deer-stalking.
Washburn, Emelyn W. Studies in early Eng- lish literature. N. Y., Putnam. O. $1.50.
“A series of studies, touching on the language of the Saxons as it grew, as well as on the growth of its literature. There is much dull reading in the Saxon and Norman poetry. The author recognizes this, and the reader’s patience is rot much tried by long quotations made solelj?^ to illustrate the dulness of the times, but he is occasionally regaled with some of the fine bits of poetry, chosen with toil and skill.” — Critic.
Watson, John. Schelling’s transcendental ideal- ism : a critical exposition. Chic., Griggs. S. (German philos. classics.) cl., $1.25.
“In tracing the development of Schelling’s speculations through Kant and Fichte, the author offers convenient sum- maries that will be found useful by the most advanced scholars. And the study of Schelling is justly regarded as of chief value as an introduction to Hegel, to whose works several volumes in this series will be devoted.” — Boston Traveller.
Wilson, Andrew. Chapters on evolution : a popular history of Darwinism, and allied theo- ries of development. N. Y., Putnam. O. $2.50.
“ It is certain to prove helpful to all general students of the subject of organic development. ... It is more prop- erly confined to that phase or section of evolution which has come to be represented by the term ‘ Darwinism.’ and is a book that should be ranked with Professor Gray’s ‘ Darwiniana,’ and Oscar Schmidt’s German volume on ‘ Descent and Darwinism.’ There should be no confusion here, for Darwinism is not evolution, and is but a part of it.” — Popular science monthly.
WooDBERRY, G: E. A history of wood engrav- ing. N. Y., Harper, il. sq. O. $3.50.
“ When so many examples of wood engraving of all sorts are forced upon us daily it is well to learn something about wood-engraving itself, and this is what Mr. Woodberry’s book enables us to do readily.” — N. Y. Mail and express.
“ An admirable mznuaX." —Independent.
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Ilotes antt ©uerics.
I SHOULD like some forms or information in reference to best methods of charging and keep- ing record of books issued from a circulating li- brary of 800 to 1000 volumes, the rates usually charged for books per week or yearly subscrip- tions. H, T. C.
Bodley’s Librarian has substituted half morocco binding for half calf, and has devised a new cheap binding for tracts, etc. — paperboards with parchment back. All printed volumes containing several distinct works (not being homogeneous tracts) are now broken up on re- binding.
Painted Class Numbers. {See Lib. jnl, 7: 273.) _ I forgot to add that I paint at a uniform height and breadth, so that the books on shelf show an even horizontal streak. I began at heel of book, but the hand of the public quickly grimed and erased it, so I now put it two and a half inches above the shelf. N.B. — It often covers up the title, but the public does not go to our shelves.
I can’t say exactly the cost of my painting, but it cannot be more than about one fifth of a cent per vol. for the labor, and I can lower that one third at least by using not quite so skilful a limner. This does not include the two paints and one varnish ; but the cost of the materials is perhaps ten dollars for ten thousand vols. My two painters can do from 125 to 150 vols. an hour, and the label outlasts more than ten paper ones. F: B. P.
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Guerndale, N, Y., 1882. D, — “ Mr. F. J. Stim- son, a young Boston lawyer, is thought to be the author.”
Sketches of Yale College, N. Y., 1843, S.. is by Ezekiel Porter Belden, a graduate of Yale in class of 1844. — y. Edniands.
Shirley Dare. — Susan C. (Dunning) Power. Socrates [Sel. from Plato’s Apology of So- crates ; Crito ; and Phaedo]. Boston, Roberts, 1882. T. (Wisdom series). — The compiler is Mrs. Mary Wilder Foote Tileston. — H. H. IV.
A transplanted rose [from Harper's Bazar'} N. Y., 1882, S., which has been ascribed to Ed- gar Fawcett and to Mrs. Rose Hawthorne Laih- rop, is by Mrs. M. E. W. Sherwood, a lady familiar with the best circles of New York soci- ety, and who knovvs whereof she speaks, — Har- per s Bazar.
Haynes, J: E: Pseudonyms of authors ; includ- ing anonyms and initialisms. New York, 1882. 112 p. O.
5000 pen and true names, together with, in many cases, the dates of birth, and. where death has occurred, the dates of death. He covers the past as well as the present. Includes phrases, such as ‘ A country clergyman.’
(ffienetal Jiotes.
The Japanese Government have resolved upon establishing public libraries in every pro- vincial capital throughout the empire. — Ath.
The Advocate’s Library in Edinburgh is about to be considerably enlarged, to accommo- date the constantly increasing addition of books to its shelves.
Sir G. Grey, not content with presenting a library to the Cape of Good Hope, has now given another to the citizens of Auckland ; it comprises many rare and beautiful works.
The Paris municipal libraries established in the mairies are increasingly used. In 1880-1 they reported less than 243,000 volumes lent ; in 1881-2, they report 363,322, of which 283,443 were for home use.
If Weimar should be the home selected for the great Library of the German Empire, which the Allgemeine Deutsche Schriftsteller Verband is trying to found, the Grand Duke has promised to give the site for a building.
Kansas City, we hear, does not support its library by means of a billiard-hall annex, as we were incorrectly informed last March {L.j., 7: 51). We see no reason why a library should not derive an increase from a properly managed billiard-room any more than from a chess-room.
The Shakspearian library of Colonel E. H. Thomson of Flint, Mich., has been purchased by Mr, James McMillan, of Detroit, for pres- entation to the University of Michigan. The owner had refused $20,000 for it previously, and declined to sell it for any sum unless for some public institution, — Boston Transcript.
Lectures in libraries should, one would think, be a powerful stimulus to study, and we are glad to learn that the experiment tried last winter in connection with the Salford Free Library is to be repeated. A course of twelve lectures will be delivered between October and March. The subjects range over travels, ge- ology, history, and literature. — Ath.
The Society of Sons of St. George, at Phila- delphia determined. Oct. 23, to found a library in their handsome St. George’s Hall. They had already received many donations from book- sellers and others in London. The history of the United States has been too often treated as if it began with the Declaration of Indepen- dence, and they therefore wish to bring together works of English authors dealing with the con- troversy on this side of the Atlantic, and with the principles, dating far back in the common history, on which the discussions were based and the details of the American Constitution and legislation were founded. They hope at a later time to obtain works illustrative of the stay of the Americans in England and their influence on the mother country. Separate funds are to be devoted to the library, so as not to trench on the benevolent functions of the institution. — Ath.
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We gladly give space this month to Mr. Carr’s Index, a sketch somewhat similar in character to M. Jackson’s “ Liste provisoire ” that referred both to foreign and to American work ; Mr. Carr refers entirely to American sources. It is gratifying to see how good a show he can make. Few persons who see it can fail to be astonished at the amount of work that has been done in subject bibliography in the last few years. But these lists of references are dispersed, and hard to lay one’s hand on when they are wanted. Mr. Carr’s list makes them useful, just as they make the works to which they refer more useful.
The Athenauni, in its notice of Poole’s Index, indulges in a little good-humored raillery at the American taste for bibliografy. “It is a curi- ous point, not yet explained, why the passion for bibliography has seized hold of them whilst it is little developed on this side of the Atlantic. Would anybody in England employ his spare
hours, like Mr. Griswold, in the amusement of making an index to a commonplace German periodical?”
It must be granted that Germany and France have produced much more in this way than Great Britain ; still Watt’s Bibliotheca Britan- nica, though not perfect, is not exactly a work to be ashamed of, and the last two volumes, the subject part, are precisely in the line of Mr. Poole’s labors, and contain much more matter. If, then, one Englishman could do twice as much as forty Americans have done, it follows that in the i8th century at least bibliografy (in the somewhat peculiar sense in which the Atkenceum uses the word) was existent in Eng- land. If it does not flourish there at present, as the Athenaum implies, perhaps it came over to this country with those good old English words and phrases which the English now call “the American language.” But the Athenccum does not do its countrymen justice. It is true their work is inferior both in quantity and in neatness of form to the French; yet Bohn’s Lowndes is no mean successor to Watt. Quaritch’s red tomes have not merely the merit of bulk ; and the British Museum catalog, though it was planned by a foreigner, has been made in large part by Englishmen. If Americans really have display- ed more penchant for this pursuit than the older branch of their race, it may be from two causes : First, from something, be it climate or mixture of blood, which produces in this country a distinct mental resemblance to the French ; second, from our mechanical disposition. A bibliografy, an index, is a tool, and delights a tool-making and tool-using people. It abridges labor, and the American people have a mania for labor-savers. Every one who prepares a work of this kind be- lieves that he is shortening the road to knowledge, and Americans have a great respect for knowl- edge and a strong inclination for filanthropy. No country has produced more or more devoted
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missionaries. Bibliografers and indexers feel that they are humble servants of the gospel of learning, of knowledge, of science. Humble servants, to be sure, but some people are hum- ble and like to labor on low levels rather than not labor at all. The sarcasm quoted by the iicBum, “that they spend in copying title-pages the time other people spend in reading books,’’ may be true and yet not be a very serious reproach. To copy title-pages for other people’s benefit is quite as noble an occupation as to read books for one’s own amusement. And when we hear of the immense preparations made for the English Philological Society’s new dictionary, we are led to believe that the Americans are not the only persons in the world willing to sacrifice themselves a little in dull work for others’ profit.
It is singular that after this exordium the chief objection made to Mr. Poole’s Index is on ac- count of a matter in which it is ^^wbibliografical.
“ Mr. Poole’s arrangement of his material is no doubt in accordance with the rules of indexing which have been sanctioned by the librarians of both countries — excellent people in themselves, but a little too over- conscious of the fact that they live in a scientific age. We confess to think- ing the work would have been somewhat more compact had the arrangement been a little less mechanical. To take an example: on turning to one of the early articles, ‘Aris- tophanes,’ we first find enumerated, as was right and proper, some general articles on Aristophanes ; next comes a re- view in the Edinburgh of Mitchell’s edition of ‘ The Acharni.ans ; ’ then an article on Aristophanes and Socrates by E. Everett, which, if it refers to any play, must refer to ‘The Clouds];’ next an article on ‘The Birds,’ and another on Cary’s translation ; then, after some articles on ‘ The Clouds,’ we come back to an article on the ‘ Com- edies of Aristophanes,’ which surely might have figured at the top along with the general articles ; a little way on we come to a.not\i&r Edinburgh Review article on Mitchell, which had better, we should have thought, gone with the preceding article on that editor ; a little lower down is in- dexed an article from Fraser, ‘“The Possums” of Aris- tophanes,’ without a word to indicate it is a squib ; then ‘ “ The Rooks” of Aristophanes,’ possibly a skit too, but probably a translation of ‘ The Birds,’ which should have been put along with the other articles on ‘ The Birds.’
Now this is very far from being “ scientific.” A “ scientific” method generally requires some investigation on the part of the maker and presupposes special knowledge also in the user. This method does neither. It would rather be called the practical, common-sense, rough- and-ready method. The scientific, bibliografical, or, as some would say, pedantic method would be just what the Athenaum prefers. It undoubt- edly would give the best result in the eyes of a scholar, and for him it is the most convenient
order, but it is at least a matter for discussion whether the “scientific,” artistic style would be under all subjects and for all persons the best. It is certain that if an attempt had been made to introduce it throughout, we should not have had the Index in our hands in Dec., 1882. This may seem a very unsuitable reason for not at- tempting minute work ; but that it weighs with Americans is a proof that they are not so “ bib- liografical” yet as they are thought to be.
A PLAN OF SYSTEMATIC TRAINING IN READING AT SCHOOL.
By W: E. Foster.
The plan detailed below has impressed the writer as having some striking advantages, and he has thought that its details would be of in- terest to other librarians than himself. The school in which it has been in force for a few years past is the Point St. School in Providence ; and as described here its operation is confined chiefly to the first room, or principal’s room, the pupils of which have an average age of about fif- teen years. A plan of supervision somewhat approaching to this, and intended as a prepara- tion for it, is, however, found in other rooms in the school.
The main points of the plan are as follows : (i.) Careful and uninterrupted study of the re- sources of the Public Library, and making them available w^herever possible. (2.) A “school library,” selected chiefly from books in the Public Library, circulating under the personal direction of the principal. (3.) The systematic supervision, instruction, and training which ac- company the reading of these books.
The books themselves have been gradually accumulating during the last three or four years, and have now become a library of several hun- dred volumes. But the significant feature of the collection is the fact that the books have been selected by the principal, Mr. Sawin, with as minute care as a surgeon would use in select- ing his instruments. Not one has been admit- ted until he has thoroughly satisfied himself of its contents. The importance of this knowledge will be appreciated when it is considered that in a certain sense he himself makes the selection of reading for each pupil. Out of the list of num- bers presented by the pupil, he furnishes that book which in his judgment will best further the process of intellectual training and development which he has in view for that individual pupil ; and he may go outside of the pupil’s list alto- gether. The study of the adaptation of individual books to individual readers is plainly an essential feature of the plan.
This, however, is but one half of the story. The pupil, we will suppose, has drawn Coffin’s “Old times in the colonies,” or Miss Buckley’s “ Life and her children.” But the use which he shall make of the book is by no means optional with him. He may not return it the next day ;
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he inust keep it at least one week, and in certain cases an extra week. He may not return it un- read or superficially read ; he knows that he must give a satisfactory account of his reading. There are several ways in which the principal satisfies himself of the fruits of each pupil’s reading, (i.) The written cxercise-books. Each pupil is supplied with a blank-book, and before returning a book which he has read he must enter in this as care- ful an abstract of it as possible, and he has the book itself before him while writing it. It is a well- attested fact that to write down on paper the main ideas of the last book read, has a tendency to write them at the same time into the reader’s own mind. (2.) Otal abstracts, from memory. On Friday afternoons, besides reading from their written exercise-books, the pupils are called upon to state in their own words the substance of some book — not necessarily the last one — which the principal has at some time put in their hands for reading. The advantages of this method, in drawing upon the pupil’s own resources, in compelling him to call new faculties into exercise, in giving him facility in the use of his material, are too obvious to need extended statement. (3.) IViitten abstracts from memory. Their object is to allow the pupil time to go more into details, to make his statements more deliberately, and to do fuller justice to himself, than when on his feet, giving an oral account. Moreover, they are not furnished on some specified day in the week, by all the pupils at the same time. Each individual pupil, under such circumstances and at such times as the judgment of the principal may dictate, prepares and presents his own ab- stract. This work is of striking excellence. The writer has had the pleasure of examining a large number of these abstracts. With few exceptions they show such a familiarity with the contents of the books as could have been gained only by in- telligent and thorough mastery of their essential points.
The question may be suggested whether ah undue amount of time and attention is not in this way devoted to that small number of books which at the most will be all that can be read under these conditions. If reading these few books were the whole end and aim of the plan, it would be open to question. But no one can fail to see that an essential feature of the plan is the acquiring of the method. Not simply the information that New York was settled by the Dutch, or that sponges grow on rocks, or the at- tendant circumstances in either instance, are the end in vievv ; but ability to deal with other books, and preparation for making the most effective use of a library. And every additional book thus read and mastered confirms the habit and fixes the tendency.
It may be queried, however, what sort of “abstracts” these pupils of fifteen are capable of making. It is true that they are not abstracts in the same sense in which the “Table of con- tents” of Mr. Bancroft’s new work on the “ Formation of the constitution,” for instance, is an abstract of that work. They are not of course exhaustive enough for that. The pupil give^ ,a
brief statement of the purpose of the book, and then in most instances a general survey of the book as a whole. After that it is found that in some cases the tendency is to select some in- cident of the book. This, the pupil will say, “ is one of the most interesting of the matters de- scribed here.” This is certainly natural. Yet it is clear that the most of them have caught the essential idea of an abstract ; and some of the papers show a very noteworthy degree of skill in analysis. Special pains are taken to develop this facility ; and a marked difference can be ob- served in this particular between the papers pre- sented near the beginning of the year and those near the close. Books, moreover, have some- times been given back, to be re-read ; and papers, to be re-written. It is interesting to notice, also, that, whether the account be an oral or a written one, it seldom fails to begin with a state- ment of what “ the object of this book is.” In- quiry, however, shows that the pupils have been carefully trained in the use and purposes of the the title-page, the table of contents, the preface, and the index. They are held responsible if they cannot furnish the information which these aids would help them to find.
It might perhaps be expected that the tendency of so systematically controlling the reading of these pupils would be to extinguish all real in- terest. However plausible such a theory may appear, it can have little weight against the actu- ally observed tendency. The writer has more than once been present at a weekly exercise such as has been alluded to, and has himself talked with more than one member of the school.* Nothing could be more hearty or unmistakable than their interest in the topics, and the spirit with which they enter into the plan ; and it is perhaps most noticeable ir; the oral exercise re- ferred to. The remark of a pupil that “ it is impossible not to become interested in the book, it is so plainly written,” might possibly be set down as an unmeaning platitude if occurring in a written exercise, but when uttered by a pupil whose eyes, and whole attitude, bear eloquent testimony to the genuineness of the feeling, it is not easy to question the success of the method. And, in truth, if you once concede the teacher’s authority to exercise control over other lines of study, and if, still farther, you concede his sound- ness of judgment and ability to command the confidence of his pupils, the existence of this feeling on the part of the pupils no longer seems any more unreasonable in theory than in prac- tice.
Very much does depend on who the teacher is ; on his intelligent familiarity with the books, tact in dealing with children, and judicious adapt- ation of all the details. Granting these, however, it is plain that the system possesses great ad- vantages. It is based on a correct theory. It is exceedingly effective in practice. It com- mends itself to the intelligence of the child. It is accompanied by his lively interest. It brings
* See Library Journal, v. 5, p. 102-4 \ New England Journal of Education, Feb. 19, 1880.
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to his attention, at the time, some of the most suitable books for his reading. It furnishes the best preparation for his future use of books. It is an invaluable introduction to his use of a public library. . Public libraries need have no appre- hensions at the foundation of “ school libraries’’ like these. More than any other agency, per- haps, they are serving to create a reading public for the future who will use the resources of a library to the best advantage.
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Section i. The city council of any city shall have power to establish and maintain a public library and reading-room, together with such kindred apartments and facilities as said coun- cil shall approve, for the use and benefit of such city, and may levy a tax not to exceed one mill and one half of a mill on the dollar annu- ally, on all the taxable property of the city, such tax to be levied and collected in the same man- ner as other taxes of said city, and to be known as the “ library fund.”
Sec. 2. When any city council shall have decid- ed to establish and maintain a public library and reading-room, under this act, the mayor of such city shall, with the approval of the city council, appoint a board of nine directors for the same, chosen from the citizens at large, with reference to their fitness for such office ; and not more than one member of the city council shall be a member of said board.
Sec. 3. Said directors shall hold office, one third for one year, one third for two years, and one third for three years from the first of July following their appointment, and at their first regular meeting shall cast lots for the respect- ive terms ; and annually thereafter the mayor shall before the first of July in each year ap- point, as before, three directors, to take the place of the retiring directors, who shall hold office for three years, and until their successors are appointed. The mayor may, with the con- sent of the city council, remove any director for misconduct or neglect of duty.
Sec. 4. Vacancies in the board of directors, occasioned by removal, resignation, or other- wise, shall be reported to the city council, and be filled in the same manner as original ap- pointments.
Sec. 5. Said directors shall, immediately after their appointment, meet and organize by the election of one of their number as president, and by the election of such other officers as they may deem necessary. They shall make and adopt such by-laws, rules, and regulations for their own guidance and for the government of the library and reading-room as may be expe- dient, not inconsistent with this act. They shall have the exclusive control of the expenditures of all moneys collected to the credit of the li- brary fund, and of the construction of any li- brary building, and of the supervision, care, and custody of the grounds, rooms, or buildings constructed, leased, given, or set apart for
that purpose ; provided, that all moneys col- lected and received for such purpose shall be placed in the treasury of said city, to the credit of the ‘‘library fund,” and shall be kept sepa- rate from other moneys of the city, and shall be drawn upon by the proper officers of said city, upon the properly authenticated vouchers of said directors. Said board shall have power to purchase, lease, or accept grounds, to erect, lease, or occupy an appropriate building or buildings for the use of said library ; to appoint a person of suitable learning, ability, and ex- perience as librarian, and all necessary assist- ants, and fix their compensation, to remove such appointees ; and shall in general cany out the spirit and intent of this act, in establishing and maintaining a public library and reading-room, together with such kindred apartments and fa- cilities as said council shall approve.
Sec. 6. Every library and reading-room es- tablished under this act shall be forever free to the use of the inhabitants of the city where lo- cated, always subject to such reasonable rules and regulations as the board of directors may adopt, in order to render the use of said library and reading-room of the greatest benefit to the greatest number ; and said board may exclude from the use of said library and reading-room any and all persons who shall wilfully violate such rules. And said board may extend the privileges and use of such library and reading- room to persons residing outside of such city in this State, upon such terms and conditions as said board may from time to time prescribe.
Sec. 7. The said board of directors shall make, on or before the second Monday in June, an annual report to the city council, stating the condition of their trust on the first day of June of that year, the various sums of money received from the library fund and from other sources, and how such moneys have been expended, and for what purposes ; the number of books and periodicals on hand ; the number added by purchase, gift, or otherwise, during the year ; the number lost cr missing ; the number of visitors attending ; the number of books loaned out, and the general character of such books ; with such other statistics, information, and sug- gestions as they may deem of general interest. All such portions of said report as relate to the receipt and expenditure of money, as well as the number of books on hand, books lost or missing, and books purchased, shall be verified by affi- davit.
Sec. 8. The city council of said city shall have power to pass ordinances imposing suitable penalties for the punishment of persons com- mitting injury upon such library, or the grounds, or other property thereof, and for injury to, or failure to return, any book belonging to such library. It shall be the duty of every librarian or board of directors, having charge or control of such library or property, to post up in one or more conspicuous places connected therewith a print- ed copy of this section. And justices of the peace, or city or police courts, in their respect- ive counties, shall have jurisdiction to hear, try,
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and determine all prosecutions under this sec- tion.
Skc. 9. Any person desiring to make dona- tions of money, personal property, or real estate for the benefit of such library, shall have the right to vest the title to such donation in the board of dire'ctors created under this act, to be held and controlled when accepted by such board according to the terms of the deed, gift, devise, or bequest of such property ; and as to such property the said board shall be held to be special trustees.
Sec. 10. When fifty legal voters of any town or borough shall present a petition to the clerk of the town or borough, asking that an annual tax may be levied for the establishment and maintenance of a free public library and read- ing-room in such town or borough, and shall specify in their petition a rate of taxation, not to exceed three mills on the dollar, such clerk shall, in the next legal notice of the regular annual election in such town or borough, give notice that at such election every elector may vote
“fora mill tax for a free public library
and reading-room,” or “ against a — • mill tax for a free public library and reading-room,” specifying in such notice the rate of taxation in said petition ; and if the majority of all the votes cast in such town or borough shall be “ for the tax for a free public library and reading- room,” the tax specified in such notice shall be levied and collected in the same manner as other general taxes of said town or borough, and shall be known as the “ library fund pro- vided^ that such tax may be lessened or increased within the three-mill limit, or made to cease, in case the legal voters of any such town or borough shall so determine by a majority vote at any annual election held therein ; and the corporate authorities of such town or borough shall have and may exercise the same powers conferred upon the corporate powers of cities under this act.
Sec. II. At the next regular election after any town or borough shall have voted to es- tablish and maintain a free public library and reading-room, there shall be elected a library board of six directors, one third for one year, one third for two years, and one third for three years ; and annually thereafter there shall be elected two directors, who shall hold their office for three years arid until their successors are elected and qualified ; which board shall have the same powers as are by this act conferred upon the board of directors of free public libra- ries and reading-rooms in cities. No director of any free public library or reading-room es- tablished under the provisions of this act in any city, town, or borough shall receive any com- pensation for any services rendered as such di- rector.
Sec. 12. The secretary of state is hereby au- thorized to send a copy of the annual laws of the State, together with the legislative docu- ments and journals, to each free public library which shall desire them.
Approved, April 13, 1881.
AN INDEX TO SOME RECENT REFER- ENCE LISTS.
By H; J. Carr, Grand Rapids, Mich.
The following memoranda were made by the compiler from time to time, mainly for his own use, and make no pretence of being exhaustive under any topic.
It must be understood that the references in this index are not to books or articles about the various subjects, but to lists of books, or parts of books about them.
It is to be hoped that in the near future some one may follow out the same idea more extensively, including refer- ences to still other bibliographical literature, to which the present compiler has not convenient access.
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS USED.
B. P. L., Boston Public Library Bulletin ; C. U. L., “ The Library” of Cornell University Library ; H. L. A., Hartford Library Association Bulletin ; H. U. L., Harvard University Library Bulletin; L. j., Library journal ; P. P.
L. , Providence Public Library Monthly reference lists ; Ph.
M. L., Philadelphia Mercantile Library ; St. L. P. Sch. L., St. Louis Public School Library Bulletin.
Adams’ (J: Quincy) Administration. P. P. L., 2d an. report, 1880, App. 15, p. 27-28.
tEstheticism [Oscar Wilde, etc.]. P. P. L.,
2 ; I, (Jan,, ’82).
Afghanistan. B. P. L., 4 : 34-5, (Jan., ’79).
Africa. The French in Tunis. P. P. L.. I : 27, (July, ’81).
African Exploration and Travel, H, L. A., V. I, no. 2, p. 2, (Mar., ’79).
America. Maps, discoveries, etc. B. P. L.,
3 : 205-209, (Apr., ’77).
Early English explorations in. B. P. L. ,
3 : 241-4, (July, ’77).
^Before Columbus. B. P. L., 8 : 65-9,
(April, ’76).
Early explorations in. B. P. L., 3 . 103-6,
(July, ’76).
In the i6th century. B. P. L., 3 : 136-141,
(Oct., ’76). See L. j., I : 26.
Early history of Virginia. B. P. L., 3 : 269-
273, (Oct., ’77)-
Early newspapers. B. P. L., 4 : 106-8,
(July, ’79).
American History (Colonial). H. U. L., i : 90-2, (Dec., ’77,) I ; 1 10-2, (March, ’78).
(Colonial, Puritans, Revolutionary, and
Constitutional.) H. U. L., i ; 153-5, (June, ’78.) I : 195-6, (Oct., ’78).
(New Eng. and Mass. Bay, 1620-35.) H.
U. L., I : 243-5, (Jul., ’79). I : 287-8, (Apr., ’79)-
Early. Ref. list to lectures on. (W: E.
Foster.) L. j., 5 : 329-330, (Dec., ’80).
Founding of Boston. (W: E. Foster.)
L. 5 : 288-90, (Sept., ’80).
Philadelphia, 1682-1882. [Penn Anniver- sary.] P. P. L., 2:39, (Nov., ’82).
The French allies, 1778-81. P. P. L., i :
41, (Nov., ’81).
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American History. Yorktown, Oct 19, 1781, P. P. L. , I : 37, (Oct., ’81).
Hamilton’s influence. P. P. L., i ; ii,
(Mch., ’81).
Sve also Adams’ administration ; Washington.
American Local History, Check list for. B. P. L., 3:38-40, 72-5, 107-111, 141-2, 181-3, 212-14. 250-1, 275-8, 302-7, 336-342. 369- 375, 422-9, (Jan., ’76-Oct., ’78), and 4 : 26-7, (Jan., ’79).
Architecture, Works relating to. C. U. L.,
1 : 24-41, (Jan., ’82).
Arnold, Matthew. List of his writings. Lit. world, 12 ; 215, (Jun. 18, ’81).
Art. The Venus of Melos. P. P. L., 2 ; 13a, (Apr., ’82).
Art, Decorative. B. P. L., 3 : 210-211, (Apr., ’77). 3 : 348, (Apr., ’78).
Arts. Fine. Course of reading to help begin- ners. H. L. A., V. I, no. I, p. 2, (Dec., ’78).
Astronomy, Comets. P. P. L.. i : 25, (Jul., ’81).
See also Mercury ; Venus.
Bihle, Revision of the English. P. P. L., i : 19, (May. ’81).
Biography. Best works of. [70 v. for an acad- emy library.] Lit. world, 10 : 301, (Sep. 13. ’79)-
Biographies. Best individual lives written in English. 47 named, and prize list of 5 se- lected. Lit. news, 2 1304, (Oct., ’81). •
Blake, W: B. P. L., 4 ; 335, (Apr., ’81).
Boston, Founding of. 250th Anniversary. Sept. 17, 1880. (W: E. Foster.) L. j.. 5 :
288-290, (Sept.. ’80).
Browning, Robert, Bibliography of. Lit.
world, 13 :76-7. (Mch. ii, ’82).
Burns, Robert, Ref. list on. (W: E. Foster.)
L. j.. 5 : 290-1, (Sept., ’80).
Burritt, Elihu, Works of. Lit. World, 10 ; 109, (Mch. 29, ’79).
Carlyle. T:. Ref. list on. (W: E. Foster.) P. P, L.. I : 9, (Mch., ’81). Satne in L j.. 6 : 48-9, (Mch., ’81).
B. P. L., 4 : 334, (Apr., ’81).
Bibliography of. Lit. world, 12 : loi,
(Mch. 12, ’81.)
Catacomiis. Roman. P. P. L., 2 : 5, (Feb., ’82.)
Centennial Exhibition at Philadelphia. B. P.
L., 3 : 171, (Jan., ’77). {See L. j., i : 187.) Channing, W: Ellery, Reference list on. (W :
E. Foster.) L. j., 5 : 112, (Apr., ’80). »
Chaucer, Editions of. Lit. world, 9 : 116, (Dec., ’78).
Children, Training of, Instructive books upon. Ext. from Scribner’s, Oct., 1881. Lit. news,
2 : 338, (Nov., ’81).
Chinese in America. B. P. L., 4:143, (Oct, ’79)-
P. P. L., 2 : 13, (Apr., ’82).
Christmas, problem. [Presentation books for 7 different members of a family.] Prize lists, and one each selected. Lit. news, 3 : 337-8, (Nov., ’82.)
Chronology. The Gregorian calendar. P. P. L., 2 : 37, (Oct., ’82).
Civil Service. See Political Economy.
Coins and Medals. B. P. L., 3:429-433, (Oct., ’78).
Commerce. Proposed inter - oceanic canal. P. P. L., 1 : 45, (Dec., ’81).
The Suez Canal. P. P. L., 2:3, (Jan.,
’82).
Constitution, U . S. (W: E. Foster). L. j., 5 : 172-5, and 5 : 222-3 (June and July, ’80.)
Webster and the. P. P. L., 1:7, (Feb.
’81).
Cookery-books. (J: B: Fredericks.) Publish- ers’ trade list annual, 1878.
Copyright, B. P. L., 5 : 59-60, (Jan., 82), and 111-6, (Apr., ’82).
Literary property. Catalog of books and
articles relating to. (Thorvald Solberg), Pub. weekly, 20 : 205-8 (Aug. 27, ’81), 21 : 381-4, 473-4, 504-6, 529-30, 548-9 ; 22: 30-2, 578-581, 609-611, 904-5, (A-Macleod.) (1882).
International. (W : E. Foster.) L. j., 5 :
112, (Apr., ’80.)
Cyclopedias, Choice of. (Justin Winsor.) Lit. world, 9 : 11-12, (June, ’78).
Darwin, C:, Principal works. Lit. world, 13 : 145, (May 6, ’82).
and his scientific influence. P. P. L., 2 :
15, (May, ’82).
Disraeli — Beaconsfield, Bibliography of. Lit. world, 12 : 149-150, (Apr, 23, ’81).
Reference list on. P. P. L., i : 13, (Apr.,
81).
Drama. Best plays for amateur performers. [List of 50 to select from.] Lit. news, i : 194, (Aug., ’80) [and 6 selected], i : 217, (Sept., ’80).
Sheridan’s “ Rivals.” P. P. L., i : 15,
(Apr., ’81).
Shakespeare. Sanity of Hamlet. P. P. L.,
I : 13, (Mch., ’81).
Dumas, Alex. Series order of some of his I novels. Pub, weekly, 18 : 189, (Aug. 14,
I ’80).
Eastern Question, Russia, Turkey, and the. B. P. L., 3:244-8, (Jul., ’77), and 379-380, (Jul., ’78).
The demand for the cession of Dulcigno.
P. P. L., 1:3, (Jan., 81).
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Eastern Question. Elements of unity in S, E. Europe. P. P. L., 2 ; 9, (Mch., ’82).
European interests in Egypt. P. P. L. ,
2: 25, (Jul., ’82).
Education, University, in Germany. P. P. L., 2 :2i, (June, ’82).
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, Bibliography of. Lit. world, II : 183-5, (May 22, ’80).
Concordance. Partial index to familiar
passages in his poems. Lit. world, 13 : 233-6, (Jul. 15, ’82.)
in periodical literature. [References from
Poole’s Index.] Pub. weekly, 21 1477, (May, 6, ’82).
Philosophical position. P. P. L., 2 : 17,
(May, ’82).
English Classics. See Literature.
English History. The English people before the Norman conquest. P. P. L., i 143, (Nov., ’81).
England in the i8th century. P. P. L.,
i : 39. (Oct., ’81).
The Plantagenets in England, 1154-1485.
P. P. L., I : I, (Jan., ’81).
English Language, Growth of. H. L. A., vol. 2, no. 2, p. 2, (Apr. i, ’80). (Miss C. M. Hewins).
Evolution and theism, Ref. list to lectures on. (W: E. Foster.) L. j., 6 :3i-2, (Feb,, ’81).
Faust, Bibliography of translations of. Lit. world, 12 : 272-4, (Aug. 13, ’81).
Fiction. Authors of fiction excluded from li- braries. L. j.,' 6 :3i4 ; 7 : 28, (Dec., ’81, and Feb., ’82).
The ten best novels. The ten next best
novels. Lit. news, 3:81-82, (Mch., ’82), [Prize questions and selections.]
Best hundred novels. (F: B. Perkins.)
L. j., I : 166-7, (Jan. 31, ’77).
The brightest short stories. Lit. news, 2 :
241, (Aug., ’81).
Stories of the sea. Lit. world, 12: 57-60,
(Feb. 12, ’81). [Excellent list with comments, etc.]
A $100 list of juveniles. Lit. world, 12 :
202, (Jun. 4, ’81).
Books for boys and girls. L. j., 6 : 182,
(Jun., ’81).
Stories for boys (of ii to 14 years). Lit.
news, I : 278, (Nov., ’80.) [Prize quest.; list of 63, and 6 selected.]
Works of fiction for girls. Lit. news, i ;
105-6, (May, ’80). [Prize quest. ; 52 named and 6 chosen.]
The representative American novel. Lit.
news, 3 : 145, (May, ’82). [Prize quest.; list of 42, and 5 selected.]
Fiction. The best French novels and plays. Lit. news, 3:209-210, (Jul., ’82). [Prize quest.; lists of 49 and 47 respectively.] Selections from, =3:240. See comments upon, in 3: 229-231, “ French plays for home reading,” (Aug., ’82).
Serial stories in bound vols. of leading pe- riodicals. (W: 1. Fletcher.) L. j., 6:42-4, i66, (Mch. and May, ’8t).
Serials. [Juveniles, principally.] Ph. M.
L. Finding list for novels (1878), p. 107-110.
Sequences in the works of popular authors.
St. L. Pub. Sch., L., No. 12, Nov.-Dee., 1880.
1 p.
Serial order of a number of Trollope’s
works. Lit. world, ii : 266, (Jul., 31, ’81).
See also Reading.
Finance, Literature of American. [30 re(gr- ences to best works.] Lit. world, 11:313, (Sep. II, ’80).
and banking. Special list of publications,
1876, ’77 and ’78. (W. Scott Parker.) Pubs’,
trade list annual, 1878.
Gold and silver. H. U. L., i : 112-13,
(Mch., ’78).
The national banks. P. P. L., 2 : 27,
(Aug., ’82).
Florence [Italy]. P. P. L., 2:1, (Jan., ’82).
Forestry. Trees and forests. B. P. L., 4: 31-4, (Jan., ’79). [Reprinted from Bui. Julv,
’78 (Vol. 3).]
France. Stability of the French Republic. P. P. L., I : I, (Jan., ’81).
Burke and the French Revolution. P. P.
L., 2 : 13a, (Apr., ’82).
Franklin, B: 1. Works of, in Boston Pub. Lib’y. II. Works of, not in the Boston P. L. B. P. L., 5:217-231, (Oct., ’82); and III. Works relating to Franklin. B. P. L.,
5 : 276-84, (Jan., ’83).
Genealogy. Individual American genealogies. B. P. L., 4: 62-8, (Apr., ’79). Local histo- ries with. 4 : 96-7, (Jul., ’79) ; Collections and ref. list on subjects. 4 : 141-2, (Oct., ’79).
Geology and Paleontology, List of Ameri- can authors in. (J. D. Whitney.) H. U. L.,
2 : 352-6, (Apr., ’82), and 2 : 426-9, (Oct., ’82).
“George Eliot,” Ref. list on. (W:E. Fos- ter.) L. j., 6 : 15, (Jan., ’81). Same in P. P. L., I : 5, (Feb., ’81).
German History. The German Empire. P. P. L., 2 :9, (Mch., ’82).
Greek Art. Discoveries at Olympia. P. P. L., I : 39, (Oct., ’81).
Greek Drama. Dramas of Sophocles. P. P. L., I : 17, (May, ’81).
Greek Lexicography. [Lists and partial bib- liography.] Lit. world, 13 :353, (Oct. 8, ’81).
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Hamilton, SirW:, Ref. list on. (W: E. Fos- ' ter;) L. j., 6 : 188-9, (June, ’81).
Hf.li’s, Arthur. List of writings. Lit. world, |
12 : 152, (Apr. 23, ’81). I
Heraldry, List of works on. B. P. L., 4 : 29- 31, (Jan., ’79). Genealogy. !
Hieroolyi’Iiics, Eoyi’TIAN, Apparatus for the study of. C. U. L., i : 45-6, (July, ’82).
Hilliard, G: S., Works of. Lit. world, 10 : 41, (Feb. I, ’79).
Histories, Best short, of France, Germany, Spain, Italy, and Greece. Lit. world, 13 : 265-6, (Aug., 12, ’82).
of civilization. [Grit, notes of seven.]
Lit. world, 9 : 17, (June, ’78.)
See also English ; German.
Homer and Virgil. Selected list for study of. Lit. world, 12 : 167-8, (May 7, ’81). '
Hugo, Victor, Bibliography of. Lit. world,
13 : 181-4, (June 3, ’82).
Hume, D:, Ref. list to lectures on. (W: E. Foster.) L. j., 5 : 42, (Feb., ’80).
Indexes to periodical literature. B. P. L., 5 : 52-8, (Jan., 82).
Indian Question, The. B. P. L., 4:68-70, (Apr., ’79).
Ireland and the land question. B. P. L., 5 : 116-120, (Apr., ’82).
Italy, Unification of. P. P. L., 1:33, (Sep., ’81).
Journalism, Literature of. Lit. world, 10 : 157, (May 10, ’79).
Library, $100 list for. [basis of] a. Lit. world,
12 : 120, (Mch. 26, ’81).
$100 list of juveniles for. [Select List.]
Lit. world, 12 : 202, (June 4, ’81).
School, List of 100 vols. for. [Mich. State
Teacher’s Ass’n.] Lit. news, i : 210, (Sept., ’80). Second 100 vols. i : 248, (Oct., ’80).
List of popular scientific books for. Lit.
world, 13 : 357. (Oct. 21, ’82).
French books for a Public. [Select list.]
Lit. world, 13 : 75, (Mch. ii, ’82).
Howto use the. (W: E. Foster.) P. P.
L. 2d An. rept., p. 28-9. (Appendix 16, 1880.)
Legislation. List of State Pub. Lib. Laws.
(H: A. Homes.) L. j., 5 : 79, (Mch., ’80).
See also Reading.
Lincoln, Abraham. P. P. L., 1:21, (June, ’81).
Literary Property. (Copyright, Internation- al Copyright, and kindred subjects). Bibli- ography of. By Thorvald Solberg. Pub- lishers’ weekly, 20 : 205-8, (Index to arts, notes, etc., in P. W., v. 1-19,= 1872-81.)
21 : 381-4, 473-4. 504-6, 529-530, 548-9 ; 22 : 30-2, 578-581, 609-611, 904-5. (Catalog: A- MacLeod ; to be cont’d.)
Literature. Collateral readings on various .subjects : — “ Shakespeare’s Sonnets,” “ Rape of the Lock,” “Princess,” etc. Lit. world, 13 : 75, (Mch. II, ’82).
German. The Niebelungenlied. P. P. L.,
j 2 : 7, (Feb., ’82).
of Legends. Some English works em- bodying principal*current traditions and le- gends. Lit world, ii : 79, (Feb. 28, ’80).
Periodical. See Indexes.
of Queen Anne. [Selected lists.] Lit.
world, 12 : 233, (July 2, ’81).
of 1776. [Bibliog. of.] B. P. L., 3:31,
(Jan. ’76).
of 1777. B. P. L., 3:172-7. (Jan. ’77).
[See L. j., I : 25-6, and 187.]
of travels, geography and geology. [No.
of works on, in sundry libraries.] Lit. world, II ; 419, (Nov. 20, ’82).
Scandinavian. [Brief list of English works
on.] Lit. world, 12 : 352, (Oct. 8, ’81.)
Spanish. [Best grammar and classics, etc.]
Lit. world, 12 : 73, (Feb. 26, ’81).
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, Ref. list on. P. P. L., 2 : 5, (Feb., ’82).
Ref. list on. (W: E. Foster.) L. j., 5:
290, (Sep., ’80).
Bibliography of. Lit. world, 12 : 87-8.
(Feb. 26, ’81).
Mathematics, Works relating to, in Cornell Univ. Library. C. U. L., 1:60-76, (July, ’82) ; 95-108, (Oct., ’82).
Mercury, Transits of. Index catalog of books and memoirs on. (E: S. Holden.) H. U. L.,
I : 209-212, (Oct., ’78).
Models of style and good composition. [Sundry English and Am. writers named, and prize list of each selected.] Lit. news, 3 : 272 (Sept., ’82).
Mottoes for photographs, from Shakespeare. (14) Lit. world, 10 : 75, (Mch. i, ’79).
Music. [Bibliog. notes on.] B. P. L., 3:34, (Jan., ’76).
Mysteries, Miracle Plays, and Religious Dramas. B. P. L., 4 : 131-5, (Oct. ’79).
Nihilism, Alexander II. and. P. P. L,, i : 10, (Mch., ’81).
Russia and. B. P. L., 4:332-4, (Apr.,
’81).
Opium. List of over 70 titles of books and ar- ticles on, in Dr. H. H. Kane’s “Opium- smoking in America and China,” N. Y. , ’82. [Cited by W. E. F. in L. j., 7 : 12, (Jan., ’82)].
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Os(;ooD, S:, D.D., Writings of. Lit. world, ii : 141, (Apr. 24, ’80).
Parks and landscape gardening. B. P. L., 4 : 268-270, (Oct., ’80).
P.vsTiMEs, Best, -for rainy days or chilly even- ings. [29 games briefly described.] Lit. news, I : 165-8, (July, ’80) [and prize list se- lected from same], i : 193, (Aug., ’80).
Philadelphia, 1682-1882. [Penn Anniver- sary]. P, P. L., 2 : 39, (Nov., ’82).
Periodicals. List currently received at Cen- tral Lib. Reading Room. B. P. L., 3:418- 421, (Oct., ’78).
Philosophy. The centenary of Kant. P. P. L., I : 29, (Aug. ’81.)
Emerson’s position in. P. P. L., 2:17,
(May, ’82).
Mental, History of. P. P. L., 3:143,
177-181, 214-6, 248-9, 273-4, 334-6, 376 ;
4 : 27-9, 97-8, 179-180, (Oct., ’76-Jan., ’80).
See also Spencer, H.
PoE, Edgar A., Bibliography of. Lit. world, 13 :457, (Dec. 16, ’82).
Poetry. Best recent short poems (53). Lit. news, 3 : 112, (Apr., ’82.) [And select list from same.] 3 : 144, (May, ’82).
Cyclopaedias of. [6 cited.] Lit. world,
12 : 197, (June 4, ’81).
Wordsworth’s. P. P. L.,2:33, (Sept.,
’82).
Political Economy, Civil-service. B. P. L.,
5 : 120-2, (Apr., ’82).
English discussion of protection. P. P. L.,
I : 35, (Sept, ’81).
Free ships. P. P. L., i : 15, (Apr., ’81). '
Land tenure. (W. E. Foster.) L. j.,6:
268-9, (Oct., ’81).
Local self-government. P. P. L., 2:23,
(JuL, ’82).
Tendencies of local self-government in
the U. S. P. P. L., 2 : 27, (Aug., ’82).
Tariff legislation in the U. S. P. P. L. , 2 :
43-9, (Dec., ’82).
Political Economy and political science. Se- lected list for general reading, and introduc- tion to special study. (W. G. Summer). L. j., 5 : 17-21, (June, ’80).
See also Finance ; Commerce.
Political Literature. Leading works on Political economy, international law, and po- litical history. Lit. world, 12 : 29, (Jan. 15, ’81.) And additional references to same, in Pub. weekly, 19 : 70, (Jan. 22, ’81).
Campaign literature. [Presidential, politi- cal and financial, 1880.] Pub. weekly, 18 : 207-8, (Aug. 21, 80).
V joVkNAl:.
Pottery and Porcelain. More recent prom- inent or popular works on. (W. Scott Parker.) Pubs’, trade list annual, 1878.
[Bibliog notes on.] B. P. L., 3:210-211,
(Apr., 77). Sec 3 : 348, “ Decorative art,” (Apr., ’78).
Railroads, Mountain [Bibliog. notes on]. B. P. L., 4 : 70-1, (Apr., 79).
Reading, Ref. list on. (W: E. Foster.) L. j., 5 :4i, (Feb., ’80). Same Lit. news, i : 69-70, (Apr., ’80).
L. j. prize question. 100 next best books,
for general readers. Prize lists and votes. L. j., 6 : 326-7, (Dec., ’81), and Pub. weekly, 2 : 35-7, (Jan. 14, ’82).
How to read a historical novel. H. L. A.,
vol. 2, no. I, p. 2, (Jan. i, ’80). (Miss C. M. Hewins).
German reading (For beginners). H. U. L.,
I : 119, (Mch., ’78).
Books (New) for boys. (10 to 14 years)
(26). Lit. world, 10 : 92, (Mch., 15, ’79).
For the children’s vacation. (Hewins.)
H. L. A., vol. 2, no. 2, p. 2, (July i, ’80).
Books for young men (33). Lit. world,
10 : 62, (Feb. 15, ’79^
Books for young people. (Young women,
15-20 years.) [From the Christian Register.'\ Pub. weekly, 14 : 369-70, (Sept. 21, ’78). [Notes to same from the Nation attached.]
Favorite books. [5 each, of 8 different
classes.] Lit. world, 9 : 45, (Aug., ’78).
Summer books. H. L. A., v. i, no. 3, p.
2, (June I, ’79.)
— — Reading club topics. (49.) Lit. news, 2 : 113, (Apr., ’81). Select list from same, 2 : 144, (May, ’81).
Recitations and readings (170), arid Recita- tions for the young (86). Lit. news, 2 : 48- 50, (Feb., ’81). Select list from same, 2 : So-i, (Mch., ’81).
See also Library ; Literature.
Reference-Books. List of the most useful. (Justin Winsor,) H. U. L„ 2 : 341-3, (Apr., ’82). (Chronology only.)
List of the principal, important in libraries.
(A. R. Spofford.) U. S. Special Lib. Rep. (1876), p. 688-710.
Good books of reference. [Naming 21 of
“ the smaller books of reference in most com- mon use.”] Lit, world, 14 : 12, (Jan. 13, ’83).
Reformation. The relation of Erasmus to his time (1467-1536). P. P. L., i : 23, (June, ’80).
Rennaissance, The. (Lists of works in B. P. L., treating of the art, literature, political his- tories, and biographies of the.) B. P. L., 4 : 98-106, 1 35-141, 209-2 1 1, 243-4, 271-2, 302 -3, 403-5, and 5 : 48-52, (July, ’79-Jan., ’82).
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Richelieu, Cardinal, Career of. P. P. L., i : 35, (Sept., ’81).
Roman Catholic Church, in the U. S. Lit. world, 8 : 202-3, (Apr., ’78).
Roman History. The last years of the Roman Republic. P. P. L., 2 : 19, (June, ’82).
Ruskin, J: (Ref. Liston.) (W: E. Foster). L. j., 6 : 172, (May, ’81).
Russia, Turkey, and the Eastern question. B. P. L., 3 : 244-8, 379-380, (July, ’77, and July, ’78.)
Sea. Deep-sea phenomena. P. P. L., 1:25, (July ’81.)
Sermons, not controversional or sectarian. (About 20 V.) Lit. news, i : 43, (Mch., ’80.)
Shakespeare. Analysis of motive in “ Mac- beth.” P. P. L., I : 47, (Dec., ’81).
Memoranda on “Othello” by actors. P.
P. L., I : 43, (Nov., ’81).
Poems. Bibliography of the earlier edi- tions. (Justin Winsor.) H. U. L., 207-8, 264-8, (Oct., ’78, and Jan., ’79).
Simms, W: Gilmore, Works of. Lit. world, 13 : 351, (Oct. 21, ’82).
Spelling Reform, Literature of the. Spel. Ref. Assoc. Bui., No. 5, Apr., ’78, p. 13-15.
(Ref. list on.) (W: E. Foster.) L. j., 5:
81, (Mch., ’80).
Spencer, Herbert (Ref. list to lecture on). (W: E. Foster.) L. j., 5 : iii, (Apr., ’80).
(Ref. list on.) P. P. L.,2 : 31, (Sept, ’82.)
Stael, Mme. de (Ref. list on). P. P. L., i : 23, (June, ’81).
Stanley, Dean (Ref. list on). P. P. L., i : 29, (Aug., '81).
Sunday-School Books, Some good, specified. (From the Congregationalist.) Lit. news, 1 : 37, (Mch., ’80).
Books accepted by the Ladies’ Com.
(From the Christian Register.') Lit. news, I : 98, (May ’80).
for infant class. (80 submitted from which
6 to select.) Lit. news, 4 : 89, (Mch., ’83).
Supernatural, The. Some prose works mak- ing a successful use of. Lit world, ii : 79, (Feb. 28, ’80).
Taylor, Bayard. Complete list of his writings. Lit. world, 10 : 12, (Jan. 4, ’79).
Teaching [25 best English books on]. Lit. world, 13 : 380-1, (Nov. 4, ’82).
Catalog of books on. (C. W. Bardeen.)
Bardeen’s Catalog of School bulletin publica- tions, July, ’82, p. 13-32. (Pub. trade list an., 1882).
Tennyson, Alfred, Chief works of. Lit. world, 13 : 281, (Aug. 26, ’82).
Text-Books. American educational catalog, 1882. (Including subject classification.) Pub. weekly, 22:46-84, (July, ’82), and Trade list an., ’82. [^See Trade list an. of previous years for earlier editions of sam.e.]
relating to chemistry and physics. Circ.
of information, U. S. Bureau of Ed., No. 6- 1880, p. 157-166. Wash.: ’81.
Trollope, Anthony. List of his works with dates. Pub. weekly, 22 : 870, (Dec. 9, ’82), and Lit. world, 13 : 456, (Dec. 16, ’82).
Turkey. See Eastern question.
United States Government Publications. (Most val. current annual and other reports, auth. by law or Congress.) Pub. weekly, 20:209-211, (Aug. 27, ’81). Monthly lists of same ; P. w., 20 : 429, 518 and 850, (For July, Aug., Sept., and Oct., ’81), 21 : 175, (For
Nov. and Dec., ’81). 21:428, (For Jan. i-
Mch. 31, ’82). 22 : 544-5, (For Apr. i-Sept.
30, ’82).
Venus, Transit of. P. P. L., 2 : 49, (Dec., ’82).
Washington, G: (Ref. list on.) P. P. L., i : 5, (Feb., 81).
Waverley Novels, Historic basis of the. Lit. world, 12 : 400-1, (Nov. 5, ’81).
Webster, Daniel. (Ref. list on.) P. P. L., 2 : 35, (Oct., ’82).
See Constitution.
Ulijrarg iStonoms aiUr Ibistorg.
Annuario del cuerpo facultativo de archiveros, bibliotecarios, y anticuarios. Ano de 1881. Madrid. 8-1-490 p. 8°.
Friends. An address on some growing evils of the day, especially demoralizing literature and art, from the representatives of the re- ligious Society of Friends for Penn., N. J., and Del., 2d month, 10, 1882. Phila., Friends’ Book Store, n. d. 16 p. S.
Low, Seth, Mayor of Brooklyn. Libraries, their influence on ancient and modern civilization. (In Brooklyn, d. Jan. 12.) 2^ col.
Closes by recommending that Brook^n Library be made a public library.
Pool, R. B. Libraries of railroad young men’s Christian associations, n.p., [1882]. 7 p. O. “The books should be adapted to the tastes of practical men of common sense who want to devote their spare minutes to reading which will help to advance them in their work or give them agreeable pastime. The books should be a little above the average grade of the readers, not below. . . . Whatever is immoral, sensa- tional, or trashy must be excluded.” Lists of suitable books are given.
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Schmidt, C, Zur Geschichte der iiltesten Biblio- theken und der ersten Buchdrucker in Strass- burg. Strassburg, Schmidt, 1882. 6 + 200 p.
S'\ 5 m.
Noticed in LiL Centralhlatt, Dec. 9, col. 1715. What a librarian should be. (In Bibliographer, Dec., 1882, V. 3. p. 10-13.)
A translation (taken from the Philobiblion, N. Y., March, 1863) of a discourse by the Abbe Cotton des Houssayes on his appointment as librarian to the Sorbonne.
WiNSOR, Justin. The functions of a library in a community of scholars. (/« the Christian register, Feb. 8.) 3 col.
An abstract of a lecture before the Cambridge Divinity School. . . . “ Not a single library is perfect enough to satisfy any considerable num- ber of the diversity of specialists. I have had to do tvith some of the best equipped general libraries in this country, provided with good keys of their contents, and yet I never attempted the investigation of a single subject, in any direction, that I did not find myself at a loss both for books that have been and books that have not been written. Nevertheless, it is a common piece of foolishness for the thoughtless to wish our libraries were thinned out and re- duced to what they call manageable proportions. Books are but people, usually at their best — people of many ages and from many parts. The good folk who sneer at the profusion of books seldom sneer at the still greater profusion of men. I once asked the late Mr. Winter Jones, when he was the principal librarian of the best working library in the world, the British Museum, ‘ How often does it happen that a special student, seeking the utmost recesses of his subject, can find all he desires in your vast collection ?’ His answer was, ‘ Not one such investigator in ten is satisfied.’ ‘ Because you have not the books he needs ?’ I asked.
‘ Yes, partly for that reason,’ he replied, ‘ but still in good part because the books do not exist. When you have been a librarian as long as I have,’ he added, ‘ you will be convinced of the exceeding small margin of the bounds of knowl- edge which books have as yet spread over. ’
“ It is always dangerous to say a book is of no value. It is impossible to say what current ephemeral publication may not become of the utmost importance.” Mr. Winsor spoke of the obligation resting upon ministers of country parishes particularly to be purveyors of great libraries.' He knew a clergyman, now the president of a Western college, who ever since he was a librarian had sent him at short intervals the local waifs and estrays of literature which had come in his way. He knew another, living near a paper-mill, who had saved from destruc- tion things which have sometimes proved of almost priceless value.
Mr. Winsor then referred to the missionary work of libraries, and what they had done for the education of the people. “ The influence of
American work in this direction has been felt in Europe. In England, the librarians of the larger libraries are advancing rapidly in the same direction.”
” Our own libraries are as yet too narrow and confined for exhaustive research. John Quincy Adams thought fifty years ago that it was not to our credit that nowhere in the United States could Gibbon be tracked through its course by the verification of his foot-notes. I doubt if it could be done to-day. That America has strug- gled well to equip her scholars is only too ap- parent from the enhancement and the value of old books which has gone on under American competition in the book marts of London, Paris, and Leipzig. The infinite stores of knowledge to-day must have better keys, and can have them. Bibliographies, digests, indexes, must shorten labor, and they will. Bibliography is a vocation fast becoming necessary to every scholar. It is a matter of congratulation to us as Americans that the potentiality of the subject catalogue is a power of our own creation. We have developed it, despite the disregard^ not to say disapproval, of the Old World. There is no factor in the efficiency of a library equal to the catalogue ; and yet the catalogue is almost never thought of by those who found libraries.”
Abstracts of and extracts from Reports.
Cleveland {01) P. L. Added 3544 v. ; total, 36,- 563. “ The former large number of highly sensa- tional novels are nearly all worn out, and have been condemned, and it is a subject for con- sideration, whether the percentage of a better class of fiction could not be increased without detriment, and to the added popularity of the institution. . . . Some changes in the business system that suggested themselves were made one year ago, and the result has been more favorable than was anticipated. Inquiry has elicited the opinion from the assistants in the circulating department, that the work seems hardly more than one half what it was the pre- vious year, and yet the records indicate no falling off in service performed. Increased ex- perience is no doubt valuable.”
Leeds {Engl) P. L. — “ The return of issues for 1881-82 shows a decrease upon that of the previous year, which may be accounted for by the improved state of trade in the town, and also by the decision of the committee to discontinue the purchase of three-volume novels.” A compara- tive table is appended to the Report, giving the figures for several great public libraries. Boston, U. S., comes easily first, with 404,221 volumes an issue of 1,040,553, and an expenditure of ^23, 590 ; then Manchester, with 160,769 volumes, an issue of 1,065,853, and an expenditure of 11,000 ; then Liverpool — volumes, 121,315 ; issue, 1,251,- 576 ; expenditure, ^^13,000 ; then Leeds — vol- umes, 117,231 ; issue, 662,018 ; expenditure, only ;^470o. — Acad.
Mass. State L. — The agent of the Library in England ” succeeded, through the kindness of the American minister, in obtaining the assurance
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from the officers of Parliament that the set of journals of the House of Lords and the House of Commons now in the Library should be made complete to date.
Worcester {Mass^ P. L. — Issue, 114,845 ; reference, 48,846 ; Sunday use, 2143. The Directors say : “ The public library is but a more recent growth from the same root that first bore the public school. Both institutions have their origin in the conviction that a self-governed community, if it is to remain free, must be well taught. In some parts of the country it has been argued that the State university is the natural and logical supplement to the common schools of the towns, and that a youth has as much right to expect secondary as to demand primary education at the hands of the commonwealth. Massachusetts has never favored this notion ; certainly not of late years, but instead has gone on, whether under the guidance of a conscious purpose or by a happy though unconscious in- spiration, we need not ask, to create the true people’s university in the establishment of the Free Public Library. It is the peculiar felicity of this mode of solving the problem that by adopting it we avoid the most formidable of all the arguments urged against furnishing the higher education at the public expense — namely, the plea that to single out a few young men or young women with natural endowments ex- ceptionally good and to give them special ad- vantages of training at the cost of the tax-payers, is unfair. The higher education to which the Free Public Library invites a community is ob- noxious to no such cavil. It offers to all a fair field and no favor. If, among those whom the public schools have graduated, there are any whose minds are more than ordinarily good, here is the opportunity for making them better in a way of which no one has the right to be jealous. There is no partiality, no discrimination. A more thoroughly democratic device for giving even chances to all and special privileges to none could not be imagined, and it is quite con- ceivable that here in Worcester many a youth who devotes a fair share of his leisure, out of working hours, to self-improvement within the walls of the library may at forty be able to show himself a better taught man than many another who in earlier life enjoyed at no little outlay of time and money the advantages of a university education. This view of the matter ought especially to commend itself to the authorities of a manufacturing city. With the increased use of labor-saving machinery is sure to come, sooner or later, a marked decrease in the amount of time that goes to make a day’s work. How these reclaimed hours are destined to be spent is one of the most anxious questions the public mind can ask itself when looking into the future. It would be foolish to expect all of them or even the greater number of them to be given to books and reading ; but whether the fractional portion of time so devoted is to be greater or less will largely depend upon the measure of attractive- ness with which the city is willing to clothe its library. Already the institution has proved it-
self a great public educator to an extent which could scarcely have been anticipated. “We trust,” wrote Mr, Hoar in 1867, speaking in be- half of the board of directors, “ We trust the time will come when the means at the disposal of the directors will be such that there will be no book to which any citizen really and earnestly desires access which will not be supplied in one or other of the departments of the library.” It may be said without boasting, but cannot be said without thanks, that the day thus hopefully predicted is fully come. It has now been for some time the settled usage of the library to supply readers, with the least possible delay, whatever works they may really need for purposes of serious inquiry. For a city so dependent as ours must necessarily be on the intelligence of its people in competition with rivals more ad- vantageously situated with respect to tidewater and fuel, the value of such a reservoir of in- tellectual power as the Free Public Library can scarcely be overstated. The fact that great pains are taken in our Worcester library to further the efforts of those who come in search of definite information upon special topics wonderfully enhances the value of the books themselves, and adds weight to what has been said about the educational value of the institution. At Oxford a few weeks ago, at a meeting held to devise some suitable memorial of an eminent member of the university, lately deceased, it was decided that the very best thing to do would be to found a library, and in connection with it provide an ample endowment for the main- tenance of certain educated librarians whose duty it should be personally to assist students in their investigations. The English are always fond of finding a precedent for whatever they do, and in this instance they discovered one in the case of the Ambrosian library of Milan, which is, it seems, provided with a staff of librarians trained to aid readers. Had they looked westward instead of eastward in their search, these friends of good learning might have seen in the United States more than one instance of a library in which just such work as they had in mind is done to-day.”
iUibliogcafj).
Beauchamps, J. de, and Rouveyre, E. Biblio- graphie raisonnee et pratique. Tome i, fasc. 1-3. Paris, Rouveyre et Blond, 1882. 1-48
p.+i-iy pi, 8® (in 2 col.).
Each vol. to have 12 bi-monthly fasc. @ 3 fr. ; finer paper @ 6, io,and 15 fr. To be cont.
Bibliography of E. A. Poe. (In Literary world, Dec. 16.) col,
Bohn, Emil. Bibliographic der Musik-Druck- werke bis 1700 welche in der Stadtbibliothek, der Bibliothek des Academischen Instituts fiir Kirchenmusik und der Kdniglichen und Uni-
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versitats Bibliothek zu Breslau aufbewahrt werden. Berlin, 1883. 450 p. 8®. 14 m.
Describes 1450 works, mostly for the first time.
Brivois, Jules. Guide de I’amateur ; bibliog. des ouvrages illustres du i9e siecle princ. des livres it gravures sur bois. Paris, P. Rou- quette, 1883. 13+468 p. 1. O. (950 copies.)
Estrejcher, K. Bibliografia polska. Krakau, 1882. 280 p. 8^. 10 m.
Polish bibliografy. Part 2, v. i, being v. 8 of the whole work, containing a chronological arrangement of 73,000 Polish books published 1455-1799. Vols. 1-7 appeared 1872-82 (192 III.), but are now out of print.
Face, R. Les oeuvres de Baluze catal. et de- crites. Tulle, 1882. 119 p. 8”.
Friedekici, K: Bibliotheca orientalis. 1881, 6. Jahrgang. Lpz., O. Schulze, [1882]. 76 p. 2.50 m.
1301 nos. The first part gives the contents of all Oriental periodicals.
Heinsius, W: Allgemeines Biicherlexikon. 16. Bd., 1875-79, ti^sg. V. O. Kistner. Lpz., Brockhaus, 1881-2. 2 v. 812 + 876 p. 4®.
Irel.^.ni), Alexander. Emerson bibliography. (In Athenceuniy Jan. 13, p. 53.) 2d col. Without a word of credit, the first section (more than half of the “Bibliography”) has bodily been taken from Poole’s “ Index.”
The OLD book-buyer’s guide. Vol. i, no. i. Phila., Feb., 1883. 8 p. Q.
4 p. of reading matter, and 4 p. of Jordan Bros.’ catalogue of second-hand books.
M, Giry and M. de Curzon have published in the Bibliotheque de I’Ecole des Chartes, a com- plete bibliography of the writings of M. Jules Quicherat, embracing 13 books and 350 memoirs published in 35 magazines.
H: Harrisse has added a bibliography (pp. 370-375) to his Jean et Sebastian Cabot, Paris, Leroux, 1882, 400 p. 1. O.
Gilbert M. Tucker, in his entertaining Amer- ican English, (pp. 334-360 of Transactions of the Albany Institute, separately printed with a title- page, Albany, 1883, O.) gives a bibliography, pp. 358-360.
Catalogs and cataloging.
East Hampton (Mass.) P. L. .A.ssoc. Catalog. Boston, Estes & Lauriat. 218 p. O., with two views of a very pretty library building. Title-a-liner. Imprints. Simple dictionary. Providen('e (R. I.) P. L. ist suppl. to the Finding list. Prov., 1882. 61 p. 1. O.
Authors and titles in one alfabet. Except in biografies, no subject entries are given ; and no imprints, the dates referring to the actual pe- riod of the book.
Univ. of Minnesota Library. Finding lists,
isted., to Sept., 1881. St. Peter, 1881. 8-1-
147 p. O.
Full Names.- -Admiral Paschal Stone (His- tory of England) ; Wilbur Olin Atwater (Fer- tilizers, Cooperative experimentings, etc.).
The Cornell “Library,” no. 4, contains a bibliografical note on St. Bonaventura de mun- ditia sacerdotum, and continuations of the Ice- landic and the mathematical catalogues. Har- v.VRD Univ. L. bulletin for Jan. begins a “ Bib- liography of Ptolemy’s Geography, by Justin Winsor,” and “The Carlyle collection,” by W: C. Lane.” No. 2 of the Philadelphia Merc. Li- brary’s Bulletin contains “ reading notes on Her- bert Spencer and his works” (2 p.), and “ Index to the new classification of the library” (17-!^ p.).
“ For folks who have to do with books, accu- racy and completeness in the giving of proper names are quite indispensable. Yet even the mother of Jakob Grimm might have smiled had she seen his name expanded to Jakob Ludwig Karl Grimm, as it is in some library catalogues. And a personal acquaintance of the Muscovite linguist, Rudolph Westphal, ventures the asser- tion that even Westphal himself has forgotten the other names which conscientious librarians have inserted in pencil on his title-pages. But coming years may produce other Grimms, with Jakob among their Christian names, so that no less degree of fulness would prove distinctive. Th i already established /ashion of christening children with three names, and the gradually prevailing fashion of printing these in full on the title-page of books, are on the whole entirely commendable. Geoffrey Chaucer and William Shakespeare managed, indeed, to scrape through tolerably successful literary careers without middle names, and the latter was as vacillating in the orthography of his surname as the most ardent modern spelling reformer could desire ; albeit the somewhat exceptional character of the writings of these two eminent men will doubtless continue for some time longer to distinguish them sufficiently from possible homonymous rivals to whom the future may give birth. Far more trou- blesome to bibliographers than either of these kinds of cases must be those in which an author’s name changes while an index is in press or library-cards are in making. Fancy, for in- stance, the sighs of the poor cataloguer as he changes the card-headings of ‘ Adam Bede ’ and the score that follow it, from ‘ Eliot, George,’ to ‘Evans, Marian,’ and then to ‘ Lewes, Marian Evans,’ and then to ‘ Cross, Marian Evans [Lewes],’ and finally, on sober afterthought, back to the original pseudonym. These sighs have been heaved and all these changes made in a well-ordered library not five miles from Boston.” — Nation, Feb. i.
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JLitcvature for tijr ^oung.
Edited ev Miss C. M. Hewins, Librarian di’ Har'i'eord Library Association.
Notes and suggestions, from various sources, on read- ing and the best tise of books, are to be iticluded in this department.
The following list is selected from books published dur- ing the late holiday season. A book whose title is given without a note is a safe one for library use.
Ad.v.ms, W. H. Davenport, ed. Page, squire, and knight ; a romance of the days of chivalry. Dost., Estes & Lauriat. D. $1.75.
Adapted from the French of Madame Colomb. Aims to place before us both the flowery and the thorny side of the old Feudal System, and, in the words of the editor, ‘ the young reader is shown that the pomp and pageantry of kniglithood involved much suffering of the poor and op- pression of the feeble.’ ” — Literary world. rEsop, and others. The book of fables, chiefly from yEsop ; chosen and phrased by Horace E. Scudder. Host., Houghton, Mifflin & Co. S. 50 c.
Alcott, Louisa M. Aunt Jo’s scrap-bag. V. 6 : An old-fashioned Thanksgiving, etc. Bost., Roberts. S. $1.
Alcott, Louisa M. Proverb stories. Bost., Roberts. S. $1.25.
Asbjorn.sen, P: Chr. Folk and fairy tales ; tr. by H. L. Brffikstad, with an introd. by Edm. W. Gosse. N. Y., Armstrong. II. D. cl., $2.50 ; bds., $1.75.
“ The Norwegian peasant kept up the art of story-telling around the winter fire when it had long been forgotten elsewhere ; and Asbjornsen began his search in time to col- lect four volumes of them, from which these are chosen. Many of them are easily recollected as the common proper- ty of many nations.” — Boston Advertiser.
Baldwin, Ja. The story of Siegfried ; il. by Howard Pyle. N. Y., Scribner. D. $2.
“ There are many versions of the fascinating story. Mr. llaldwin has drawn his materials from all of them, from the Volsungs’ Saga, the Nibelungen Lied, the Eddas, and the minor legends of the glorious northern hero. He has intro- duced as episode the stories of .<Egis, of Balder, of Idun, and of Thon But the fortunes of Siegfried, and his ad- ventures with Mimer and Fafnir, Gunther, Brunhild, and the North Kings, he has followed to the end, to that sad work of treachery, the death of the hero.” — B Advertiser.
Bartlett, G: B. New games for parlor and lawn ; with a few old friends in a new dress. N. Y., Harper. S. $1.
Beard, D. C. What to do, and how to do it : the American boy’s handy book. N. Y., Scribner. D. $3.
” This work is the best we have met to teach a boy what to do and how to do it in order to construct his playthings, such as kites, fishing-tackle, aquariums, knots, bends and hitches, boats, balloons, hunting apparatus,' blow and other guns, traps, sleds, snow-shoes, and a hundred other things ; also to stock and keep an aquarium, to fish, to rig and sail a boat, to camp out, to go bird-nesting, to rear birds, to hunt, to trap, to make and sail an ice-boat, to make a pup- pet-show, etc., etc.” — Boston Globe.
Belt and spur : stories of the knights of the middle ages, from the old chroniclers. N. Y., Scribner cS: Welford. D. $2.
” One of the best boys’ books of the season, a collection of the stories of chivalry from the chroniclers of the Middle Ages. It begins with Wace’s account of ‘ how Duke Will- iam and his knights landed in England,’ and ends with ‘ the act of arms between the Lord Scales and the Bastard of Burgundy ’ in Nation.
Black, W: An adventure in Thule: a story for young people. N. Y., Harper. Q., pap., 10 c.
Brush, Mary E. Paul and Persis ; or, the rev- olutionary struggle in the Mohawk Valley. Bost., Lee & Shepard. S. $1.25.
Buckley, Arabella B. Winners in life’s race; or, the great backboned family. N. Y., Apple- ton. il. D. $1.50.
” A careful examination has revealed no serious errors, and from incidental remarks it is evident that the author has resorted to recent and eminent authorities for the facts which are marshalled with praiseworthy clearness in order- ly succession. The illustrations, though a trifle coarse in execution, are fresh, sufficiently accurate, and in a majori- ty of ca'^es original. There is little poetry, no cant, and no objectionable sentimentality. The paper and typography are good, and there is an excellent index.” — Nation.
Bu i terworth, Hezekiah. Zigzag journeys in the Occident. Bost., Estes & Lauriat. sq. D. cl., $2.25 ; bds., $1.75.
Chaucer for children ; a golden key, by Mrs. H. R. Haweis. New ed., rev. N. Y., Scrib- ner & Welford. O. $2.50.
Church, Rev. Alfred J. Stories from Livy ; with il. from designs by Pinelli. N. Y., Scrib- ner & Welford. D. $2.
Coffin, C: Carleton. Building the nation. N. Y., Harper, sq. O. $3.
” Intended to attract children to a study of the political and economical growth of the United States. The hi.stori- cal student might take exceptions to many of the writer’s most unqualified assertions, and to his generally summary decisions upon points which are still debatable ; but from the boy’s point of view there is very little to criticise.” — Nation.
Eggleston, G; Cary. The wreck of the Red Bird : a story of the Carolina coast. N. Y., Putnam. D. $1.25.
Ewing, Juliana Horatia. Brothers of pity and other tales of beasts and men. N. Y., Young. D. 75 c.
“ The story of the quaint little dreamer is very attractive. As he pores over pictures in old books his imagination is fired by the ‘ masked faces and solemn garb’ of the ‘ Fra- telli della Misericordia,’ who ‘ bind themselves to be ready in their turn to do certain offices of mercy, pity, and com- passion to the sick, the dying, and the dead. . . . They work with covered faces, and are not known even to each other. . . . Each takes his turn when it comes round to nurse the sick, carry the dying to hospital, and bury the dead.’ Musing over the old Italian brotherhood and be- wailing his youth and weakness, the child determines to be a Brother of Pity to all little beasts and insects.” — Academy.
French, H; W. Our boys in India. Bost., Lee & Shepard, sq. O. $2.50 ; bds., $1.75.
” Sensational, but full of information and of human in- terest. But is it impossible for a writer to make American boys talk decent English ? Scott Clayton, who was a very good youth, and one of the travellers, had, sometimes, a most unattractive style of conversation, but he improved at the last. This is one of the most important books for young people that has appeared this sea.son.” — Boston Ad- vertiser.
Gautier, Th^ophile. My household of pets ; tr. by Susan Coolidge. Bost., Roberts, sq. S.
$1-25.
Greey, E: The golden lotus, and other legends of Japan. Bost., Lee & Shepard, sq. D. $i.50-
‘‘ Adults will find an after-dinner hour well spent in chuckling over the pages of this book of faultless typog- raphy, and the young folks will learn how the children of Japan think, dream, and play.”—
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Greky, E: The wonderful city of Tokio. Bost., Lee & Shepard, sq. O. $2.50 ; bds., $1.75.
“ Every page of the book betrays the author’s thorough familiarity with the Japanese character, both human and typographic, and he gives us a picture of New Japan, snowing how at every turn the old and the new civilization jostle each other. The old quaint and pleasing supersti- tions are being hustled away before the meaner supersti- tions of trade and Mammon. The book is both fascinating and instructive, despite the monotonous gestures and be- havior of Sally and Fitz.” — Nation.
Hale, E: E. Stories of discovery told by dis- coverers. Bost., Roberts. S. $1.
“ Begins with the first voyage of Columbus, and narrates briefly the more important sea-voyages of discovery of the last three centuries, Bruce’s African explorations, and the opening up of the country west of the Mississippi. It is almost unnecessary to say that Dr. Hale knows how to make a book for boys.” — Sttnday-school times.
Hale, E: E. and Susan. A family flight over Egypt and Syria. Bost., Lothrop. il. sq. O. $2.50 and $3.
Harris, Amanda B. Wild-flowers, and where they grow ; il. by Miss L. B. Humphrey. Bost, Lothrop. sq. O. $3.
Irving, Fannie Belle. Six girls : a home story ; il. by F. T. Merrill, {New issue. '\ Bost,, Estes & Lauriat. D. $1.50.
“ Plainly the work of a young American woman who can neither spell nor write English ; and, no matter how racy the style nor how full of incident the story, how can the critic recommend a book that is written with culpable carelessness, if not ignorance, of which the veriest school- girl should be ashamed ?” — Independent.
Higginson, T; Wentworth. Young folks’ his- tory of the United States. New ed., brought down to Arthur’s administration, Bost., Lee & Shepard. D. $1.50.
Johnson, Rossiter. History of the French war. N. Y., Dodd, Mead & Co. D. (Minor wars of the U. S.) $1,25.
Johnson, Rossiter. History of the war of 1812-15 between the United States and Great Britain. N. Y., Dodd, Mead & Co. il. D. (Minor wars of the U. S.) $1.25.
Kingston, W: H: G. James Braithwaite, the supercargo ; story of his adventures ashore and afloat. N. Y., Armstrong. D. $1.50. Knox, T: W. Boy travellers in the far East. Pt, 4 : Adventures of two youths in a journey to Egypt and the Holy Land. N. Y., Harper, sq. O. I3.
Lillie, Lucy C. Mildred’s bargain, and other stories. N. Y., Harper, sq. S. $1.
“ A collection of six stories. Three of them evidently written for young girls, the other three for children.”— Literary world.
MacDonald, G: The princess and Curdie. Phil., Lippincott. D. $1.25.
“ Poetry thinly disguised in exquisite prose. It is a charming allegory intended for children, but will prove equally interesting to ‘ children of a larger growth.’ It is deeply religious, although the name of the Deity does not occur in it. Its influence can be only be for good.” — Liter- ary world.
Miller, Olive Thorne. Little people of Asia.
N. Y., Dutton, sq. O, $2.50.
Morw^ood, Vernon S. Facts and phases of animal life, interspersed with amusing and original anecdotes. N. Y., Appleton. D. $1.50.
It would be useless to multiply extracts to show how
worse than worthless is this miserable compilation. The ‘ anecdotes ’ consist largely of obnoxious stories conspicu- ously silly, teeming with errors of fact, often superstitious or ludicrously credulous. It is a book which should not be put into the hands of any child. The illustrations are mostly old, worn cuts, which seem in part to have been taken from spelling-books of a past generation. The press- work and binding are good, and are the only good things about this publication, though the author is styled on the title-page ‘ Lecturer to the Royal Society for the Preven- tion of Cruelty to Animals.’ ” — Nation.
Omer, F: a. Young folks’ history of Mexico. Bost., Estes & Lauriat. S. (Young folks’ hist.) $1.50.
“ We do not know of any other accessible history of Mexico from the earliest times to the present, and Mr. Ober has done his work with great industry and thorough- ness.” — Nat io n .
Oswald, Felix L. Zoological sketches : a con- tribution to the outdoor study of natural his- tory. Phil., Lippincott, O. $2.
Percy, T: The boy’s Percy : old ballads of war, adventure, and love, from Bishop T. Percy’s “ Reliques of ancient English po- etry ed. for boys with an introduction by Sidney Lanier. N. Y., Scribner. D. $2.50.
” I know that he who walks in the way these following ballads point will be manful in necessary fight, fair in trade, loyal in love, generous to the poor, tender in the house- hold, prudent in living, plain in speech, merry upon occa- sion, simple in behavior, and honest in all things.” — Intro- duction.
Rideing, W: H. Boys in the mountains and on the plains ; or, the western adventures of Tom Smart, Bob Edge, and Peter Small. N. Y., Appleton, sq. O. $2.50.
Scudder, Horace E. The Bodley grandchildren and their journey in Holland. Bost., Hough- ton, Mifflin & Co. il. sq. O. bds., $1.50.
” The new Bodleys with the old go to Holland to pick out the connection between Dutch and American history. The framework is the same lively and piquant narrative as of old, and the filling instructive fact with plenty of pict- ures. Evidently both author and publishers find the Bodleys too profitable a family to be allowed to die out, and a large section of the juvenile reading public will be glad that they show themselves bound to keep up the race.” — Literary world.
Shaw, Flora L. Phyllis Browne. Bost., Rob- erts. S. $1.
“ One closes this admirably written story with sincere regret that so charming a book should be deformed by two or three painfully sensational chapters. The characters of the Polish lad, of plucky Katie, and of the sweet and brave Phyllis, are well drawn and consistent thoughout ; but they are brought into most undreamed of and tragic situa- tions. For girls and boys in their teens, the story will be, however, attractive and rich in good lessons. For younger children, it is too exciting to be wholesome reading.” — Christian register.
Stockton, Frank R. Ting-a-ling tales ; il. by E. B. Bensell. {New ed.'\ N. Y., Scribner. S. $1.
Stoddard, W: O. Saltillo boys. N. Y., Scribner. D. $1.
Stoddard, W. O. The talking leaves : an In- dian story. N. Y., Harper, sq. S. $1. Strickland, Agnes. The queens of England ; abridged and adapted from Strickland’s ‘‘Queens of England,” by Rosalie Kaufman. Bost., Estes & Lauriat. sq. S. (Young folks’ hist.) $1.50.
Towle, G: M. Drake : the sea-king of Devon. Bost., Lee & Shepard. S. $1.25.
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ititratj) ^iJurcljase^Jiist.
A SKLECriON OF NEW 1500KS, WTIH NOTES OF COMMENDAT ION OR CAUTION.
Books mcniioned without notes can, as a rule, be safely purchased for the general reader. The binding, tinless otherwise expressed, is generally understood to be iti cloth.
A RGEL, Maggie. ['‘The Duchess”] Por- tia. Phil., Lippincott. D. $1.25 ; pap., 40 c.
“ The author of ‘ Molly Bawn ’ and ‘ Airy Fairy Lilian ’ has won a place for herself, and her last novel, ‘ Portia,’ will be sure of readers, but it will not altogether please them. It is a rather painful story, told in this author’s sprightly man- ner.”— Literary world.
Adams, Herbert B. The Germanic origin of Ne.vv England towns. Balt., O. (Johns Hopkins Univ. studies), pap., 40 c. Baghavad-gita (The) ; or, the sacred lay : a Sanskrit philosophical poem ; tr. with introd. and notes by J: Davies. Bost., Houghton, Mifflin & Co. O. (Eng. and for. philos. lib j $3-50.
Baldwin, Ja. Introduction to the study of English literature and literary criticism : de- signed for the use of schools, seminaries, col- leges and universities. In 2 v. V. i : Poetry. Phil., Potter. D. $2.50.
Bancroft, G: History of the United States from the discovery of the continent to the es- tablishment of the constitution in 1789. Neiv ed., partly rewritten and thoroughly revised. In 6 V. V. I. N. Y., Appleton. O. $2.50. ” On comparing this with the corresponding volume of the ‘ Centenary ’ edition of 1876, one is surprised to see how e.xtensive changes the author has found desirable, even after so short an interval. The comparison of the three editions illustrates his untiring energy and faithfulness of preparation, as well as, perhaps, a certain restlessness and captiousness of self-criticism. . . . There is an excellent analytic table of contents. But the new arrangement is not the result merely of subdivision : the matter is rear- ranged in such a manner as vastly to increase the lucidity and continuousness of treatment.” — Nation.
Barrington’s fate. Bost., Roberts. S. (No Name ser.) $1.
“One of the best of the recent novels.” — Boston Ad- vertiser.
Bartlett, J; Russell. Familiar quotations. %th ed., greatly enlarged. Bost., Little, Brown & Co. D. $3 ; hf. cf., $5.
Bent, S: Arthur. Short sayings of great men ; with historical and explanatory notes. Bost. , Osgood. O. $3.
“ Each mot has a short explanatory note giving the time and circumstances under which it was said, written, or, as in the ca.se of Gen. Dix C Shoot him on the spot ’), tele- graphed. Has indexes of authors and sayings.” Bloomfield. Georgiana, Baroness. Reminiscen- ces of court and diplomatic life under Queen Victoria. 2 v. N. Y., Putnam. O. $7.50. — Same, N. Y., Munro (Seaside lib.) pap., 20 c.
” Lady Bloomfield held for several years the post of lady-in-waiting to Queen Victoria, and then married the Hon. Mr. Bloomfield, who was for over fifty yeais in the English diplomatic service as MinLster at the courts of St. Petersburg, Berlin, and Vienna.” — Chicago Tribune.
“ A chatty and entertaining work.”
Brink, Bernhard ten. Early English literature (to Wiclif) ; from the German by H. M. Kennedy. N. Y., Holt. D. $2.25.
“ We commend it most heartily to the earnest study of
every lover of English literature. The writer is a master of his subject, and holds all the details in a firm gra.sp. For the first time since we have had a literature, we are able 10 read its primal history in a coherent and intelligible shape.” — Nation.
Br INTON, Daniel G., M.D. American hero- myths. Phil., Watts. O. cl., $1.75.
Dr. Brinton says, “ Nearly all historians continue to write about some of the American hero-gods as if they had been chiefs of tribes at some undetermined epoch.” The object of this book is to show the true character of these hero-myths. — Phila. Telegraph.
Browne, Irving. Law and lawyers in litera- ture. Bost., Soule & Bugbee. D. net, $1.50.
The design is to show by extracts how the law and lawyers have been treated in literature by historians, novelists, poets, moralists, essayists and satirists.
Browning, Rob. Lyrical and dramatic poems, sel. from the works of Robert Browning ; ed. by E: T. Mason. N. Y., Holt. D. $2.
“ Selected with special reference to the large number of readers who can enjoy those portions of his poetry which are clear and melodious, and do not enjoy those which tax the ingenuity and fail to please the ear.”
Buell, Walter. Joshua R. Giddings : a sketch. Cleveland, O., W: W. Williams. D. $1.
” Biography of a noted opponent of slavery and a promi- nent American statesman, b. 1795, d. 1864; was for 21 years a Member of Congress, where he was noted for his great oratorical powers.’’
Caine, T. Hale. Recollections of Dante Ga- briel Rossetti. Bost., Roberts. O. $3.
“ Mr. Caine gives us more of the man and Mr. Sharpe more of his works.” — Boston Advertiser.
Carter, Rev. Andrew, and Watt, Francis.
Picturesque Scotland ; its romantic scenes
and historical associations, described in lay, legend, song, and story, with an account of the national sports and games of the High- lands. N. Y., Wiley. 6 pi. and 125 il. O. ^ $2.50.
^Cleveland, Nehemiah. History of Bowdoin College, completed by A. S. Packard. Bost.,
Osgood. O. $5..
Cohn, Morris M. Essay on the growth of law.
Chic., Callaghan. D. $1.50.
Diltz, H. P. The Duchesse Undine. Phil., Peterson, sq. S. pap., 75 c.
” A hysterical aberration.” — Chtc. Tribune.
Farrar, F: W. Early days of Christianity. Cheap ed. N. Y., Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co. O. 75 c. ; pap., 40 c.
” Those who have read Canon Farrar’s former works will be sure that the narrative portion will be conducted with fascinating eloquence ; that every page will furnish evidence of wide reading and refined culture ; that, combined with reverence for Christianity as the supreme and perfect relig- ion, there will be everj-where apparent a generous apprecia- tion of whatever may be true and good in other systems ; that questions affecting traditional opinions will be discussed in a scholarly fashion, and with an air of the most entire in- dependence, but without the concession of any really impor- tant point.” — R. B. Drummond in the Academy.
Forrester, Airs. I have lived and loved. Phil., Lippincott. S. $t.
” The book is full of wretchedness— the wretchedness that comes of selfishness, untruth, dereliction in duty, and is enough to give a sensitive organization the nightmare.” — Literary world.
Francillon, R; E. Quits at last. N. Y., Q.
(Harper’s Franklin sq. lib.) pap., 15 c. Franzos, Karl Emil. The Jews of Barnow : stories ; from the German by M. W. Mac- dowall. N. Y., Appleton. S. $1.
“The author has felt keenly how degraded is the social
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position, how depraved is the moral tone, of the Jews in Austrian Poland ; and he has done his best to call atten- tion to some of their rare virtues, to create an interest in their dreafy lives.” — Saturday Review.
Freeman, E; A. Introduction to American in- stitutional history. Balt. 39 p. O. (Johns Hopkins Univ. studies.) pap., 25 c.
Froude, Ja. Anthony. Short studies on great subjects. <\th ser. N. Y., Scribner. D. $1.50.
” His account of John Henry Newman and the Tractari- an movement derives special importance and vividness from the intimate relations in which Mr. Froude stood to Mr. Newman and others. The other articles are : ‘ Life and times of Thomas Becket,’ ‘Origin and Celsus,’ ‘A siding at a railway station,’ ‘ Cheneys and the house of Russell,’ ‘ A Cagliostro of the second century.’ ”
Geddie, J: The Russian Empire — historical and descriptive. D. N. Y., T. Nelson & Sons. $2.
” His historical authorities are "scanty, his principal one being Rambaud ; but he has made good use of his materi- als in general, and his book will be found instructive read- ing.”— Nation.
Geikie, Archibald. Geological sketches at home and abroad. N. Y., Fitzgerald. O. (Humboldt lib.) pap., 15 c.
Gerhard, W: P; House drainage and sanitary plumbing ; repr. from Van Nostrand' s Maga- zine. N. Y., Van Nostrand. T. (Van Nos- trand’s sci. ser.) bds., 50 c.
Gibbon, C: The golden shaft : a novel. N. Y., Q. (Harper’s Franklin sq. lib.) pap., 20 c.
” The story is interesting, the plot is most ingeniously de- vised, the characters are cleverly conceived and consistently drawn.” — Sat. review.
Hale, P; M., co7np. The woods and timbers of North Carolina. N. Y., E. J. Hale & Son. D. $1.25.
Harris, Jos. Gardening for young and old : the cultivation of garden vegetables in the farm garden. N. Y., Orange Judd Co. D. $1.25.
Haussonville, Vicomte de. The salon of Mme. Necker ; from the French by H: M. Trollope, N. Y., Munro. Q. (Seaside lib.) pap., 20 c.
” To some, her principal interest may seem to be that she happened to be