College and Research Libraries By C O N S T A N C E M . W I N C H E L L Selected Reference Books of 1956-1957 I N T R O D U C T I O N LIKE the p r e c e d i n g articles in this semi-annual series1 this survey is based o n notes w r i t t e n by m e m b e r s of t h e staff of the C o l u m b i a University li- braries. Notes w r i t t e n by assistants are signed w i t h initials.2 As the p u r p o s e of the list is to present a selection of recent scholarly a n d for- eign works of interest to reference work- ers in university libraries, it does n o t p r e t e n d to be e i t h e r well-balanced or comprehensive. C o d e n u m b e r s (such as A l l , 1A26, 2S22) have b e e n used to refer to titles in the Guide3 a n d its Supple- ments. B I B L I O G R A P H Y Masanov, I. F. Slovar' psevdonimov russkikh pisatelei, uchenykh i obshch- estvennykh deiatelei. Moskva, Izd- vo V s e s o i u z n o i k n i z h n o i palaty, 1956- . T o m 1. A T . 25r. B e t w e e n 1941 a n d 1949 a t h r e e - v o l u m e list of R u s s i a n p s e u d o n y m s ( G u i d e A 1 1 8 ) w a s p u b l i s h e d b y t h e A l l - U n i o n B o o k C h a m - b e r i n M o s c o w . T h a t w o r k is r e f e r r e d t o i n t h e p r e s e n t e d i t i o n as a n " a b b r e v i a t e d " v e r s i o n of t h e file w h i c h M a s a n o v s t a r t e d t o c o l l e c t i n 1900. T h e n e w e d i t i o n is c o n - s i d e r a b l y e n l a r g e d , b u t o m i t s t h e e x t e n s i v e i n t r o d u c t i o n b y M a s a n o v , w h o d i e d i n 1945. P r i n t e d s o u r c e s f o r t h e a t t r i b u t i o n s a r e i n - d i c a t e d i n m o s t cases. T h e list is e s s e n t i a l l y a g e n e r a l o n e , e m b r a c i n g R u s s i a n a u t h o r s , 1 CRL, January and July i s s u e s starting January, 1952. 2 R e f e r e n c e : Elizabeth Bryce, Eleanor B u i s t , E u g e n e Sheehy, John N e a l W a d d e l l , S u z a n n e F. W e m p l e . 8 Constance M. W i n c h e l l , Guide to Reference Books ( 7 t h ed.; Chicago; A L A , 1 9 5 1 ) ; Supplement (Chi- c a g o : A L A , 1 9 5 4 ) ; Second Supplement ( C h i c a g o : A L A , 1 9 5 6 ) . Miss Winchell is Reference Librarian, Columbia University Libraries. scientists, a n d p e r s o n s e n g a g e d i n social a n d p o l i t i c a l a f f a i r s , w i t h n o s t a t e d c h r o n o - l o g i c a l l i m i t s . F o u r v o l u m e s a r e p l a n n e d , v o l u m e s 1-3 t o c o n t a i n R u s s i a n , L a t i n a n d G r e e k p s e u d o n y m s i n s e p a r a t e a l p h a b e t s a n d a list of o t h e r s y m b o l s , w i t h a n a m e i n d e x i n v o l u m e 4 . — E . B u . E N C Y C L O P E D I A S Dizionario enciclope dico italiano. R o m a , I s t i t u t o della Enciclopedia italiana, 1955-57. v. 1-6. il. ( I n prog- ress) $28 per vol. C o n t e n t s : v. 1-6, A - L i e b . T o b e i n 12 Vols. A n e n c y c l o p e d i c d i c t i o n a r y g i v i n g m e a n - i n g s of w o r d s w i t h e t y m o l o g i e s , a n d con- cise e n c y c l o p e d i c a r t i c l e s . T h e s e a r e n o t s i g n e d a n d h a v e n o b i b l i o g r a p h i e s . T h e a r t i c l e s a r e m u c h b r i e f e r t h a n t h o s e i n t h e Enciclopedia Italiana, e.g., t h a t o n A f r i c a i n t h e Enciclopedia e x t e n d s t o a l m o s t 100 p a g e s a n d is p r o f u s e l y i l l u s t r a t e d w h i l e i n t h e Dizionario t h e r e is a n a r t i c l e of seven p a g e s w i t h six p a g e s of i l l u s t r a t i o n s . H o w - e v e r , t h e Dizionario h a s m a n y u s e f u l fea- t u r e s , s u c h as: a l a r g e a m o u n t of m i n o r bi- o g r a p h y , c h a r a c t e r s of f i c t i o n , t i t l e s of i n d i - v i d u a l w o r k s of l i t e r a t u r e , g a z e t t e e r i n f o r - m a t i o n , d e t a i l e d d i s c r i m i n a t i o n of w o r d m e a n i n g s , etc. I l l u s t r a t i o n s a r e e x c e l l e n t , s o m e i n c o l o r , a n d m o r e n u m e r o u s t h a n i n m o s t e n c y c l o p e d i a s . T h i s s h o u l d b e a u s e f u l u p - t o - d a t e c o m p l e m e n t t o t h e Enciclopedia. P E R I O D I C A L S American Periodicals 18th Century— 1800-1850; a Consolidated Index to the Microfilm Series of 18th Century Periodicals and . . . 1800-1850 Series. A n n A r b o r , University Microfilms, 1956- . Years 1-10 (reels 1-400). T h i s t e n - y e a r i n d e x w i l l b o t h f a c i l i t a t e a n d s t i m u l a t e u s e of t h e m o r e t h a n 600 t i t l e s n o w a v a i l a b l e t h r o u g h t h e t w o A m e r i c a n 24 COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES p e r i o d i c a l m i c r o f i l m p r o j e c t s ( A m e r i c a n p e r i o d i c a l series. 18th c e n t u r y p e r i o d i c a l s ; a n d A m e r i c a n p e r i o d i c a l series f ser.2; 1800-j). S t a n d a r d e n t r i e s a r e f o l l o w e d by in- d i c a t i o n of t h e p o r t i o n s m i c r o f i l m e d , a n d r e f e r e n c e t o t h e r e e l o n w h i c h each p o r t i o n a p p e a r s ; reels in t h e e i g h t e e n t h c e n t u r y series a r e so m a r k e d . A final i n d e x is p l a n n e d u p o n c o m p l e t i o n of t h e series.— E.S. Bibliografija rasprava, clanaka i knjizev- nih radova t G l a v n i r e d a k t o r : M a r e U j e v i c j Zagreb, Leksikografski Zavod, 1956- . v. 1 (in 2)- . $15 per vol. $12 by subscription. C o n t e n t s : Vol. 1, S t u d y of l i t e r a t u r e ; P a r t 1, G e n e r a l i t i e s , t h e o r y of l i t e r a t u r e , c o m p a r a t i v e l i t e r a t u r e ; P a r t 2, H i s t o r y of Yugoslav l i t e r a t u r e . P r o j e c t e d t o b e c o m p l e t e i n twenty-five v o l u m e s this w o r k a i m s t o f u r n i s h a com- p r e h e n s i v e r e c o r d of all i m p o r t a n t articles p u b l i s h e d in Yugoslavia since 1800 i n maga- zines, n e w s p a p e r s , y e a r b o o k s , collections, etc. I n this first v o l u m e o v e r 50,000 articles, d e a l i n g w i t h l i t e r a t u r e in g e n e r a l a n d w i t h t h e history of Yugoslav l i t e r a t u r e , a r e listed. E a c h f u t u r e v o l u m e will cover a d i f f e r e n t s u b j e c t field. A r r a n g e m e n t is a l p h a b e t i c a l by a u t h o r s ; a n o n y m o u s works a r e listed be- f o r e t h e a u t h o r s . T h e r e a r e s e p a r a t e i n d e x e s of subjects, of a u t h o r s a n d of p s e u d o n y m s a n d i n i t i a l s . — S . F . W . Letopis' periodicheskikh izdanii SSSR 1950-1954 gg.; bibliograficheskii uka- zatel'. Moskva, Izd-vo Vsesoiuznoi knizhnoi palaty, 1955. 552p., e r r a t a sheet. 26r.20k. A b i b l i o g r a p h y of p e r i o d i c a l s p u b l i s h e d in t h e U S S R b e t w e e n 1950 a n d 1954, i n all l a n g u a g e s . P a r t I is d e v o t e d t o j o u r n a l s , in classified a r r a n g e m e n t ; P a r t I I lists news- p a p e r s by p l a c e of p u b l i c a t i o n . E a c h p a r t has a l p h a b e t i c a l i n d e x e s . P r e v i o u s v o l u m e s w e r e a n n u a l s . I t is n o w p l a n n e d t o p u b l i s h a c o m p l e t e b i b l i o g r a p h y of this t y p e f o r five-year p e r i o d s , w i t h an- n u a l s u p p l e m e n t s l i m i t e d t o n e w serial titles, c h a n g e s a n d d e a t h s . — E . B u . Mott, F r a n k L u t h e r . A History of Amer- ican Magazines, v.4, 1885-1905. Cam- bridge, H a r v a r d University Press, 1957. 858p. $12.50. T h i s m o s t r e c e n t v o l u m e in t h e series c o n t i n u e s t h e p l a n of t h e e a r l i e r v o l u m e s (Guide E9), e x c e p t f o r t h e omission of a c h r o n o l o g i c a l l i s t i n g of m a g a z i n e s f o u n d e d d u r i n g t h e p e r i o d c o v e r e d . T h e first section b e g i n s w i t h a g e n e r a l discussion of t h e m a g a z i n e p u b l i s h i n g of t h e p e r i o d a n d c o n t i n u e s w i t h c h a p t e r s o n v a r i o u s types of magazines. T h e s e c o n d sec- t i o n , called t h e S u p p l e m e n t , consists of de- t a i l e d d e s c r i p t i o n s , a l p h a b e t i c a l l y a r r a n g e d , of " t h e m o r e i m p o r t a n t m a g a z i n e s f o u n d e d w i t h i n t h e p e r i o d . . . w h i c h a r e n o t l i m i t e d by t h e e n d - d a t e of t h e p e r i o d b u t a r e b r o u g h t d o w n t o t h e p r e s e n t o r t o t h e m a g a z i n e ' s o w n e n d - d a t e . " T h e v o l u m e is well i n d e x e d a n d copiously f o o t n o t e d a n d i l l u s t r a t e d . — E . B r . Paris. B i b l i o t h e q u e n a t i o n a l e . Departe- m e n t des periodiques. Periodiques slaves en caracteres cyrilliques; etat des collections en 1950. Paris, 1956. 2 v. 3500fr. per vol. T h e h o l d i n g s of t w e n t y Paris l i b r a r i e s a n d twenty-six F r e n c h u n i v e r s i t y l i b r a r i e s a r e r e p r e s e n t e d in this u n i o n list of p e r i - odicals, o t h e r t h a n n e w s p a p e r s . R u s s i a n , U k r a i n i a n , B e l o r u s s i a n , B u l g a r i a n a n d Ser- b i a n titles a r e a r r a n g e d in a single a l p h a b e t . T h e earliest v e r s i o n of t h e title, i n t h e origi- n a l o r t h o g r a p h y , has b e e n selected as t h e m a i n e n t r y . T h e r e is a n i n d e x of j o u r n a l s w h i c h h a v e a l t e r n a t e titles i n n o n - C y r i l l i c characters, as well as a brief c h a r t i n F r e n c h o n t h e e v o l u t i o n of t h e A c a d e m y of Sci- ences of t h e U S S R . Slavic p e r i o d i c a l s in L a t i n c h a r a c t e r s (Polish, Czech, C r o a t i a n ) a r e t o b e listed in t h e B i b l i o t h e q u e N a t i o n - ale's general Catalogue collectif des peri- odiques n o w in progress, b u t r e p o r t e d n o t a v a i l a b l e to l i b r a r i e s . — E . B u . Periodicheskaia pechat' SSSR, 1917- 1949; bibliograficheskii ukazatel\ Moskva, Izd-vo Vsesoiuznoi k n i z h n o i palaty, 1955- . fv.2] Zhurnaly, trudy, JANUARY 1958 25 i b i u l l e t e n i p o estestvennym n a u k a m i m a t e m a t i k e . 1956. 220p. 12r. [V.4] Zhurnaly, t r u d y i b i u l l e t e n i po t r a n s p o r t u , sviazi i k o m m u n a l ' n o m u delu. 1955. 123p. 9r.50k. T h i s is t h e d e f i n i t i v e S o v i e t b i b l i o g r a p h y of p e r i o d i c a l s , o t h e r t h a n n e w s p a p e r s , p u b - l i s h e d i n t h e U S S R i n a l l l a n g u a g e s , u p t o 1950. E a c h of t h e n i n e v o l u m e s c o n t a i n s t h e t i t l e s of j o u r n a l s , t r a n s a c t i o n s , b u l l e t i n s , e t c . i n a g r o u p of r e l a t e d s u b j e c t fields, i n classified a r r a n g e m e n t . T h e r e a r e t h r e e al- p h a b e t i c a l i n d e x e s : t i t l e s , p l a c e s of p u b l i c a - t i o n , a n d p u b l i s h i n g i n s t i t u t i o n s a n d o r g a n i - z a t i o n s . T h e t e n t h v o l u m e is t o c o n t a i n m a s t e r i n d e x e s . E a c h p e r i o d i c a l r e c e i v e s f u l l b i b l i o g r a p h i c a l d e s c r i p t i o n u n d e r t h e l a t e s t t i t l e ; t h e r e a r e cross r e f e r e n c e s t o a n d f r o m e a r l i e r t i t l e s . T h e n i n e v o l u m e s , as y e t u n n u m b e r e d , a r e u s u a l l y r e f e r r e d t o i n t h e f o l l o w i n g o r d e r , b u t a r e b e i n g p u b l i s h e d as com- p l e t e d : j o u r n a l s , etc. i n t h e fields of p o l i t i c s a n d e c o n o m i c s ; n a t u r a l sciences a n d m a t h e - m a t i c s ; t e c h n o l o g y a n d i n d u s t r y ; t r a n s p o r t , c o m m u n i c a t i o n s a n d m u n i c i p a l a f f a i r s ; agri- c u l t u r e ; s c i e n c e a n d e d u c a t i o n ; l a n g u a g e , l i t e r a t u r e a n d a r t ; m e d i c i n e , p h y s i c a l cul- t u r e a n d s p o r t ; p u b l i s h i n g , p r i n t i n g , l i b r a r y l i t e r a t u r e a n d b i b l i o g r a p h y . — E . B u . Predvaritel'nyi spisok periodicheskikh izdanii Rossii 1901-1916 godov. Len- ingrad, 1949. 306p. (Materialy p o bibliografii periodicheskikh izdanii; G o s u d a r s t v e n n a i a P u b l i c h n a i a biblio- teka im. M.E. Saltykova-Shchedrina) A l t h o u g h t h i s is a p r e l i m i n a r y list p u b - l i s h e d i n 1949, it fills a n i m p o r t a n t g a p i n t h e b i b l i o g r a p h y of R u s s i a n p e r i o d i c a l s . A p p r o x i m a t e l y 14,000 t i t l e s a r e i n c l u d e d , w i t h b r i e f n o t a t i o n as t o s p a n of p u b l i c a t i o n a n d p e r i o d i c i t y ; a r r a n g e m e n t is b y p l a c e of p u b l i c a t i o n . — E . B u . D I S S E R T A T I O N S Index to American Doctoral Disserta- tions, 1955-56. A n n A r b o r , Mich., Uni- versity Microfilms, 1957. 171p. T h i s l i s t i n g serves a t t h e s a m e t i m e as a n i n d e x t o Dissertation Abstracts (Supplement 1G2) a n d as a c o n t i n u a t i o n of Doctoral Dis- sertations Accepted by American Universi- ties (Guide G 1 0 ) . I s s u e d as n u m b e r t h i r t e e n of Dissertation Abstracts, it c o n s o l i d a t e s i n t o o n e list d i s s e r t a t i o n s f o r w h i c h d o c t o r a l de- g r e e s w e r e g r a n t e d i n t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s d u r - i n g t h e a c a d e m i c y e a r 1955-56, a n d t h o s e a v a i l a b l e o n m i c r o f i l m . — E . B r . S O C I A L S C I E N C E S Dictionnaire des sciences economiques. P u b l i e sous la d i r e c t i o n de J e a n R o m e u f . . . Paris, Presses universi- taires de France, 1956- . v.l- . (In progress) $9 p e r vol. C o n t e n t s : v . l , A - I . P u b l i s h e d i n F r e n c h , b u t i n t e r n a t i o n a l i n s c o p e , t h e d i c t i o n a r y i n c l u d e s t h o s e t e r m s g e n e r a l l y e m p l o y e d i n t h e s t u d y of eco- n o m i c s . T e r m s f r o m r e l a t e d fields ( p o l i t i c a l e c o n o m y , statistics, etc.) n e c e s s a r y t o t h e u n d e r s t a n d i n g of e c o n o m i c t h e o r y a r e a l s o i n c l u d e d , b u t n o t t h o s e u s e d i n t h e o r d i n a r y d i c t i o n a r y sense. T h e r e a r e b i o g r a p h i c a l s k e t c h e s of s i g n i f i c a n t figures, e x c l u d i n g liv- i n g p e r s o n s . A r t i c l e s v a r y i n l e n g t h f r o m a f e w l i n e s t o s e v e r a l p a g e s ; m a n y a r e s i g n e d ; a n d s o m e h a v e b r i e f b i b l i o g r a p h i e s . T h e s e c o n d v o l u m e w i l l i n c l u d e a n i n d e x of n a m e s of a u t h o r s c i t e d . — E . S . Ente per la storia del socialismo e del movimento operaio italiano. Biblio- grafia del socialismo e del movimento operaio italiano. T o m o 1, Periodici. R o m a , 1956. 1427p. ( I n progress) L.12,000. A c o m p r e h e n s i v e b i b l i o g r a p h y o n t h e socialist a n d l a b o r m o v e m e n t s i n I t a l y t o b e p u b l i s h e d i n 3 v o l u m e s . V o l u m e 2 w i l l c o v e r b o o k s , a n d v o l u m e 3 g o v e r n m e n t doc- u m e n t s . T h e first v o l u m e is a c h e c k l i s t of t h e s e r i a l p u b l i c a t i o n s of I t a l i a n l a b o r p a r - ties, w o r k e r s ' m o v e m e n t s , u n i o n s , etc., i s s u e d f r o m 1848-1950. B a s e d e n t i r e l y u p o n t h e h o l d i n g s of t h e B i b l i o t e c a N a z i o n a l e C e n - t r a l e d i F i r e n z e , it i n c l u d e s 3866 i t e m s w i t h f u l l b i b l i o g r a p h i c a l d e s c r i p t i o n f o r e a c h e n t r y . A r r a n g e m e n t is a l p h a b e t i c a l , w i t h in- d e x e s classified b y (1) p o l i t i c a l p a r t i e s ; (2) 26 COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES t r a d e s ; (3) d a t e of f o u n d i n g ; (4) p l a c e of p u b l i c a t i o n . T h e r e is also a n i n d e x of s u p - p l e m e n t s a n d of j o u r n a l s w h i c h c e a s e d a f t e r a s i n g l e issue, a n d a n i n d e x of p e r s o n a l n a m e s . — S . F . W . D I C T I O N A R I E S Novum glossarium mediae latinitatis ab anno DCCC usque ad annum MCC; e d e n d u m curavit C o n s i l i u m Academi- a r u m C o n s o c i a t a r u m . . . C o p e n h a g e n , E j n a r M u n k s g a a r d , 1957- . ( I n prog- ress). C o n t e n t s : S e c t i o n L r e d . by-, F r a n z B l a t t ; I n d e x s c r i p t o r u m m e d i a e l a t i n i t a t i s . . . q u i a f f e r u n t u r i n N o v o g l o s s a r i o . . . . T h e U n i o n A c a d e m i q u e I n t e r n a t i o n a l e h a s f o r s o m e t i m e b e e n s p o n s o r i n g t h e p r o - d u c t i o n of a series of m e d i e v a l L a t i n dic- t i o n a r i e s , e a c h s p e c i a l i z e d a c c o r d i n g t o p e - r i o d o r l o c a l i t y of d i a l e c t , s o m e i n v a r i o u s stages of p u b l i c a t i o n (e.g., A r n a l d i , Guide M 3 4 9 ) , o t h e r s o n l y i n t h e p l a n n i n g s t a g e . T h e v o l u m e n o w m a k i n g its a p p e a r a n c e is o n e d e s i g n e d t o c o v e r t h e " g e n e r a l " l a n - g u a g e of a u t h o r s f r o m t h e n i n t h t o t h e t h i r - t e e n t h c e n t u r i e s . W o r d t r e a t m e n t is p r i - m a r i l y l e x i c o g r a p h i c , i.e., n o t h i s t o r i c a l o r e n c y c l o p e d i c ; t h u s , t h i s l i m i t a t i o n , a l o n g w i t h t h a t of t h e n a r r o w e r p e r i o d c o v e r e d , w i l l m e a n t h a t t h e c o m p l e t e d w o r k w i l l a u g m e n t b u t n o t r e p l a c e D u C a n g e . T h e Index scriptorum, c o m p i l e d i n s c h o l a r l y de- t a i l , c o n s t i t u t e s i n itself a u s e f u l b i b l i o g r a - p h y of t h e m a j o r L a t i n a u t h o r s of t h e pe- r i o d . — J . N . W . S C I E N C E Crane, E. J., Patterson, A u s t i n M. a n d M a r r , E l e a n o r B. A Guide to the Lit- erature of Chemistry. 2d ed. N e w York, J o h n Wiley, 1957. 397p. $9. F o r t h i r t y y e a r s t h e first e d i t i o n of t h i s w o r k h a s b e e n t h e s t a n d a r d g u i d e i n t h i s field, b u t as i t h a s l o n g b e e n o u t of d a t e , t h i s s e c o n d e d i t i o n w i l l b e e s p e c i a l l y wel- c o m e . T h o r o u g h l y r e v i s e d b y E l e a n o r B. M a r r , t h e Guide f o l l o w s t h e o r i g i n a l p l a n w i t h t h e a d d i t i o n of t w o n e w c h a p t e r s . T h e t e x t h a s b e e n l a r g e l y r e w r i t t e n a n d t h e lists of b o o k s , p e r i o d i c a l s a n d o r g a n i z a t i o n s b r o u g h t u p t o d a t e . C h a p t e r s c o v e r r e f e r - e n c e b o o k s , p e r i o d i c a l s , p a t e n t s , g o v e r n - m e n t p u b l i c a t i o n s , t r a d e l i t e r a t u r e , o t h e r s o u r c e s i n c l u d i n g t h e s e s a n d u n p u b l i s h e d m a t e r i a l , a n d i n d e x e s . T h e r e is a n e s p e c i a l l y u s e f u l d i s c u s s i o n of p r o c e d u r e i n l i t e r a t u r e s e a r c h . T h e a p p e n d i c e s i n c l u d e lists of c h e m i c a l s y m b o l s a n d a b b r e v i a t i o n s , A m e r i c a n li- b r a r i e s of i n t e r e s t t o c h e m i s t s , d i s c o n t i n u e d p e r i o d i c a l s , d e a l e r s a n d p u b l i s h e r s , etc. T h i s w o r k w i l l b e of first i m p o r t a n c e f o r t h e c h e m i c a l a n d t e c h n i c a l l i b r a r y a n d v e r y use- f u l as w e l l i n t h e g e n e r a l c o l l e c t i o n s of r e f - e r e n c e l i b r a r i e s . F I N E A R T S N e w York Historical Society. The New York Historical Society's Dictionary of Artists in America, 1564-1860, by George C. Groce a n d D a v i d H . Wal- lace. N e w H a v e n , Yale University Press, 1957. 759p. $15. " A d o c u m e n t e d b i o g r a p h i c a l d i c t i o n a r y of p a i n t e r s , d r a f t s m e n , s c u l p t o r s , e n g r a v e r s , l i t h o g r a p h e r s , a n d a l l i e d a r t i s t s , e i t h e r a m a - t e u r o r p r o f e s s i o n a l , n a t i v e o r f o r e i g n - b o r n , w h o w o r k e d w i t h i n t h e p r e s e n t c o n t i n e n t a l l i m i t s of t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s b e t w e e n t h e y e a r s 1564 a n d 1860, i n c l u s i v e . " Introd. L i s t s a l m o s t 11,000 n a m e s a n d w h e n pos- s i b l e gives d a t e s a n d p l a c e s of b i r t h a n d d e a t h , c h r o n o l o g y a n d b i o g r a p h i c a l f a c t s , m e d i a , a n d s u b j e c t m a t t e r of w o r k , e x h i b i - t i o n s , p u p i l s , a n d i n s o m e i n s t a n c e s loca- t i o n s of r e p r e s e n t a t i v e w o r k s . B i b l i o g r a - p h i e s of s o u r c e s a r e g i v e n a t t h e e n d of e a c h s k e t c h . T h e d i c t i o n a r y g a t h e r s t o g e t h e r m u c h m a t e r i a l h i t h e r t o w i d e l y s c a t t e r e d , a n d s h o u l d b e u s e f u l i n a l l g e n e r a l as w e l l as a r t l i b r a r i e s . L I T E R A T U R E A N D L A N G U A G E Cambridge Bibliography of English Lit- erature, ed. by F. W . Bateson. Vol. 5, Supplement: A.D. 600-1900, ed. by George W a t s o n . C a m b r i d g e , Univer- sity Press, 1957. 710p. $12.50. " T h e p r e s e n t s u p p l e m e n t a t t e m p t s t o list . . . p u b l i c a t i o n s of s c h o l a r l y i n t e r e s t i n t h e s t u d y of E n g l i s h l a n g u a g e a n d l i t e r a t u r e JANUARY 1958 27 d o w n t o 1900 w h i c h h a v e a p p e a r e d s i n c e t h e o r i g i n a l b i b l i o g r a p h y w a s p r e p a r e d s o m e t w e n t y y e a r s a g o . . . . A s n e a r l y as p o s s i b l e s e c t i o n s h a v e b e e n b r o u g h t d o w n t o t h e b e g i n n i n g of t h e y e a r 1955." A r - r a n g e m e n t a n d s c o p e a r e v i r t u a l l y i d e n t i c a l w i t h t h o s e of t h e o r i g i n a l set, as, u n f o r t u - n a t e l y , is t h e l i m i t e d f o r m of c i t a t i o n — i n i t i a l s r a t h e r t h a n f o r e n a m e s , n o p u b l i s h - ers, n o p a g i n a t i o n f o r j o u r n a l a r t i c l e s , e t c . N o r is t h e r e e i t h e r a u t h o r o r s u b j e c t i n d e x ; t h e l a t t e r is p a r t i a l l y c o m p e n s a t e d f o r b y k e y i n g e a c h p a g e t o t h e p a g e n u m b e r of t h e c o r r e s p o n d i n g m a t e r i a l i n t h e b a s i c v o l u m e s , so t h a t a f t e r a f a s h i o n t h e o r i g i n a l i n d e x c a n b e u s e d . — J . N . W . Dictionnaire des oeuvres de tous les temps et de tous les pays: litterature, philosophie, musique, sciences fpar1 L a f f o n t - B o m p i a n i . r2. ed.] P a r i s , S.E.D.E. [1955] 4 v. il. V o l u m e des i n d e x . . . Paris, S.E.D.E. f 1955j 293p. $100 the set. T h i s is a n a b r i d g e d , F r e n c h e d i t i o n of t h e Dizionario letterario Bompiani (Guide R 3 1 ) o m i t t i n g t h e s e c t i o n o n l i t e r a r y m o v e - m e n t s a n d o n l i t e r a r y c h a r a c t e r s . T h e ar- ticles a r e n o t s i g n e d , a l t h o u g h s o m e w e r e r e w r i t t e n . L i s t i n g is b y t h e F r e n c h f o r m of t h e t i t l e s b u t u n f o r t u n a t e l y t h e i n d e x of t i t l e s i n t h e o r i g i n a l l a n g u a g e s is n o t in- c l u d e d i n t h i s e d i t i o n . — S . F . W . Eppelsheimer, H a n n s W . Bibliographic der deutschen Literaturwissenschajt, 1945-1953. F r a n k f u r t a m M a i n , Klos- t e r m a n n t cl957] 549p. D e s i g n e d t o fill p a r t of t h e g a p i n t h e b i b - l i o g r a p h i c a l r e c o r d of G e r m a n s t u d i e s of t h e last t w e n t y years, t h i s is a n e x c e l l e n t , c o m p r e h e n s i v e b i b l i o g r a p h y of w o r k s p u b - l i s h e d i n t h e w e s t e r n l a n g u a g e s d u r i n g 1945- 1953. I t lists b o o k s , p a m p h l e t s , d i s s e r t a t i o n s , a r t i c l e s , a n d b o o k r e v i e w s ; i n d e x i n g s o m e 200 j o u r n a l s a n d 250 c o l l e c t i o n s . A r r a n g e - m e n t is b y b r o a d s u b j e c t s , t h e first f o u r c h a p t e r s d e a l i n g w i t h G e r m a n l i t e r a t u r e i n g e n e r a l a n d t h e o t h e r t e n w i t h d i f f e r e n t lit- e r a r y p e r i o d s . T h e r e is a n a u t h o r a n d a s u b j e c t i n d e x . — S . F . W . Lohf, K e n n e t h A. a n d Sheehy, Eu- gene P. Joseph Conrad at Mid-Cen- tury: Editions and Studies, 1895-1955. M i n n e a p o l i s , University of M i n n e s o t a Press, 1957. 114p. $5.00. A n e n u m e r a t i v e b i b l i o g r a p h y i n t w o sec- t i o n s : (1) w r i t i n g s b y C o n r a d a n d (2) w o r k s a b o u t h i m . T h e a i m h a s b e e n t o b e as com- p r e h e n s i v e as p o s s i b l e a n d i n t h e first sec- t i o n a r e l i s t e d c o l l e c t e d w o r k s , s e l e c t e d w o r k s a n d e d i t i o n s of i n d i v i d u a l t i t l e s in- c l u d i n g s e r i a l i z a t i o n s a n d t r a n s l a t i o n s . T h e s e c o n d p a r t lists w o r k s a b o u t C o n r a d : b o o k s , essays, theses, r e v i e w s , a n d p e r i o d i c a l ar- ticles i n w e s t e r n l a n g u a g e s , f r o m 1895 t h r o u g h 1955. M o s t t i t l e s i n t h i s s e c t i o n h a v e b e e n c h e c k e d f o r a c c u r a c y b u t a f e w e n t r i e s f r o m f o r e i g n s o u r c e s c o u l d n o t b e v e r i f i e d a n d a r e i n d i c a t e d b y a n a s t e r i s k a n d l i s t e d w i t h t h e s o u r c e of r e f e r e n c e . M o d e r n L a n g u a g e Association of Amer- ica. Annual Bibliography. New York, 1956- . A n n u a l . Woodress, J a m e s Leslie. Dissertations in American Literature, 1891-1955. Dur- h a m , N.C., D u k e University Press, 1957. lOOp. $2.50. T w o i m p o r t a n t b i b l i o g r a p h i e s , o n e r e p r e - s e n t i n g a c h a n g e of s c o p e a n d t i t l e , t h e o t h e r a r e w o r k i n g a n d e x p a n s i o n of e a r l i e r , o u t - d a t e d lists. T h e Annual Bibliography c o n t i n u e s t h e M L A American Bibliography (Guide R l l ) , b u t w h i l e t h e l a t t e r w a s con- fined t o A m e r i c a n c o n t r i b u t i o n s i n t h e field of m o d e r n l a n g u a g e s , t h e 1956 c o m p i l a t i o n is t h e first s t e p t o w a r d m a k i n g t h e p u b l i c a - t i o n i n t e r n a t i o n a l i n s c o p e . A l t h o u g h neces- sarily selective, t h e b i b l i o g r a p h y n o w in- c l u d e s e n t r i e s f o r " b o o k s a n d a r t i c l e s i n E n g - lish, F r e n c h , G e r m a n , S p a n i s h , I t a l i a n , P o r - t u g u e s e , S c a n d i n a v i a n , a n d D u t c h " f r o m a m a s t e r list of a b o u t 1,000 s o u r c e s . A r r a n g e - m e n t r e m a i n s s u b s t a n t i a l l y t h e s a m e . T h e W o o d r e s s c o m p i l a t i o n lists s o m e 2,500 d i s s e r t a t i o n s w r i t t e n a t a p p r o x i m a t e l y 100 U . S . a n d f o r e i g n u n i v e r s i t i e s . A r r a n g e - m e n t is a l p h a b e t i c a l b y s u b j e c t i n t w o sec- t i o n s : i n d i v i d u a l a u t h o r s , a n d g e n e r a l t o p i c s . O m i s s i o n of t h e d a t e i n a c i t a t i o n i n d i c a t e s t h a t t h e w o r k w a s still i n p r o g r e s s . — E . S . 28 COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES Montgomery, Guy. Concordance to the Poetical Works of John Dryden. As- sisted by Mary J a c k m a n a n d H e l e n S. Agoa. Berkeley a n d Los Angeles, University of C a l i f o r n i a Press, 1957. 722p. $12.50. T h i s c o n c o r d a n c e , b a s e d o n t h e C a m - b r i d g e e d i t i o n of t h e Poetical Works of J o h n D r y d e n , e d i t e d by G e o r g e R a p a l l N o y e s , 1920 ( r e v i s e d a n d e n l a r g e d i n 1950), was l a r g e l y p r e p a r e d by P r o f . M o n t g o m e r y . A f t e r his d e a t h it was d e c i d e d t o issue t h e w o r k u s i n g I B M m a c h i n e s , a l t h o u g h w i t h t h i s m e t h o d it was n e c e s s a r y t o o m i t q u o t a - t i o n s , a n d o n l y t h e w o r d , p o e m s y m b o l , a n d l i n e n u m b e r c o u l d b e i n c l u d e d . A l l p o e m s i n t h e m a i n t e x t h a v e b e e n i n d e x e d , b u t n o t t h o s e i n t h e a p p e n d i c e s . All p r o s e passages, i n c l u d i n g s t a g e d i r e c t i o n s a r e o m i t t e d . F o r s p e c i a l w o r d s o m i t t e d see t h e P r e f a c e . T h i s s h o u l d b e a v e r y u s e f u l a d d i t i o n t o t h e col- l e c t i o n of c o n c o r d a n c e s . B I O G R A P H Y Academie royale des sciences, des lettres et des beaux-arts de Belgique. Biog- raphie nationale. Supplement. Bruxel- les, Etab. Emile Bruylant, 1956- . v. 1- . T h e first fascicle of t h i s n e w s u p p l e m e n t covers t h e l e t t e r s A-Claessens. I n t h e b a s i c set ( G u i d e S70) w h i c h b e g a n p u b l i c a t i o n in 1860 a n d was n o t c o m p l e t e d u n t i l 1944, t h e e a r l y v o l u m e s c o n t a i n e d s k e t c h e s of p e r s o n s w h o h a d d i e d b e f o r e 1850. T h i s s u p p l e m e n t i n c l u d e s a r t i c l e s o n p e r s o n s w h o h a v e d i e d s i n c e t h a t t i m e as w e l l as a f e w of e a r l i e r p e r i o d s . T h e s k e t c h e s v a r y f r o m a f e w l i n e s t o s e v e r a l p a g e s i n l e n g t h , a r e s i g n e d , a n d i n c l u d e b i b l i o g r a p h i e s . I t is e n c o u r a g i n g in- d e e d t o h a v e t h i s v a l u a b l e set c o n t i n u e d . Cattell, Jaques. Directory of American Scholars, a Biographical Directory. New York, R . R . Bowker, 1957. 3d ed. 836p. $20. A n i m p o r t a n t c h a n g e is t o b e n o t e d i n c o n n e c t i o n w i t h t h i s t h i r d e d i t i o n , t h e pres- e n t v o l u m e b e i n g l i m i t e d t o " b i o g r a p h i e s of t h o s e w o r k i n g in P h i l o s o p h y , H i s t o r y , L i t e r - a t u r e , t h e L a n g u a g e s , a n d o t h e r r e l a t e d dis- c i p l i n e s . " C e r t a i n o t h e r f i e l d s ( e c o n o m i c s , sociology, g e o g r a p h y , a n d p o l i t i c a l science) w h i c h w e r e i n c l u d e d i n e a r l i e r e d i t i o n s w e r e t r a n s f e r r e d t o V o l u m e I I I of t h e n i n t h edi- t i o n of American Men of Science (Supple- ment 2 N 2 7 ) . T h e Directory c o n f o r m s i n style a n d f o r m a t t o t h e l a t t e r w o r k , a n d cross r e f e r e n c e s t o a n d f r o m t h a t w o r k w e r e i n c l u d e d w h e n r e q u e s t e d . — E . S . M a n u e l , E. Arsenio. Dictionary of Phil- ippine Biography. Quezon City, Fili- p i n i a n a Publications, 1955- . v.l- . $22.50 per vol. T h i s is t h e first v o l u m e of a p r o p o s e d m u l t i - v o l u m e w o r k p l a n n e d t o i n c l u d e n o n - l i v i n g i n d i v i d u a l s w h o h a v e c o n t r i b u t e d sig- n i f i c a n t l y t o P h i l i p p i n e c u l t u r e . V o l u m e o n e c o n t a i n s a c o m p l e t e a l p h a b e t of b i o g r a p h i e s , l i m i t e d t o n o p a r t i c u l a r p e r i o d , a n d v a r y i n g in l e n g t h f r o m h a l f a p a g e t o a b o u t t h i r t y p a g e s . A g e n e r a l i n d e x lists s u b j e c t s b y oc- c u p a t i o n . E a c h b i o g r a p h y b e g i n s w i t h b i r t h a n d d e a t h d a t e s , " f i e l d of a c h i e v e m e n t " a n d p a r e n t s ' n a m e s , a n d c o n t i n u e s w i t h a c h r o - n o l o g i c a l a c c o u n t of t h e s u b j e c t ' s l i f e . Suc- c e e d i n g v o l u m e s a r e t o f o l l o w t h e s a m e p l a n , a n d a c u m u l a t e d i n d e x is t o b e i n c l u d e d i n t h e f i n a l v o l u m e . A list of w o r k s , w h e t h e r of a r t , m u s i c o r l i t e r a t u r e , is g i v e n f o r m o s t of t h e m o r e im- p o r t a n t f i g u r e s , a n d a b i b l i o g r a p h y of p r i n t - e d s o u r c e s is a p p e n d e d t o e a c h a r t i c l e , u s u - ally f o l l o w e d b y a n a c k n o w l e d g m e n t of p e r - s o n a l i n t e r v i e w s , w h i c h w e r e e x t e n s i v e l y u s e d . M a n y p h o t o g r a p h s of i n d i v i d u a l s , m a n u s c r i p t s , m u s i c a n d p a i n t i n g s a r e in- c l u d e d . — E . B r . Vaccaro, G e n n a r o , ed. Panorama degli italiani d'oggi. R o m a , Curcio [1956] 2 vols. L i s t i n g s o m e 25,000 l i v i n g I t a l i a n s f r o m all p r o f e s s i o n s , t h i s w o r k f o l l o w s t h e u s u a l p a t t e r n of a " W h o ' s W h o . " T h e sketches, b a s e d u p o n i n f o r m a t i o n o b t a i n e d t h r o u g h q u e s t i o n n a i r e s a n d f r o m p r i n t e d sources, v a r y i n l e n g t h d e p e n d i n g u p o n t h e avail- a b i l i t y of d a t a . T h e y u s u a l l y i n c l u d e , be- sides c o n c i s e b i o g r a p h i c a l i n f o r m a t i o n , lists of p u b l i c a t i o n s , a d d r e s s e s a n d t e l e p h o n e JANUARY 1958 29 n u m b e r s . S o m e e n t r i e s a r e d u p l i c a t e d i n t h e Chi e ? (Guide S I 5 4 ) b u t t h e t w o w o r k s s u p p l e m e n t r a t h e r t h a n d u p l i c a t e e a c h o t h - e r . R e v i s e d e d i t i o n s a r e p r o m i s e d . — S . F . W . T R A V E L Pescarzoli, A n t o n i o , ed. I libri di viaggio e le guide della raccolta Luigi Vittorio Fossati Bellani; catalogo descrittivo. R o m a , Edizione di Storia e Lettera- t u r a , 1957. 3 vols. T h i s is t h e c a t a l o g of a n i m p o r t a n t p r i - v a t e c o l l e c t i o n of I t a l i a n t r a v e l l i t e r a t u r e c o m p r i s i n g o v e r 5,000 b o o k s a n d p a m - p h l e t s f r o m t h e e a r l i e s t t i m e s t o t h e p r e s e n t . A l t h o u g h all w e s t e r n l a n g u a g e s a r e r e p r e - s e n t e d , t h e n u c l e u s of t h e c o l l e c t i o n consists of w o r k s i n I t a l i a n . W i t h t h e e x c e p t i o n of s o m e 300 r a r e i t e m s o n g e n e r a l t r a v e l a n d e x p l o r a t i o n , all t h e w o r k s d e a l w i t h I t a l y , v a r y i n g f r o m p e r s o n a l n a r r a t i v e s t o g u i d e b o o k s . L i s t i n g is c h r o n o l o g i c a l u n d e r l a r g e g e o g r a p h i c a l a r e a s w i t h a s e p a r a t e a u t h o r i n d e x f o r e a c h s e c t i o n . T h e b i b l i o g r a p h i c a l d e s c r i p t i o n is d e t a i l e d , i n c l u d i n g e x c e l l e n t n o t e s o n c o l l a t i o n , b i n d i n g s , i l l u s t r a t i o n s , d e d i c a t i o n s , e t c . — S . F . W . H I S T O R Y Barzun, J a c q u e s a n d Graff, H e n r y F. The Modern Researcher. N . Y., H a r - court, Brace, 1957. 386p. $6. A l t h o u g h m u c h of t h e t e x t is c o n c e r n e d w i t h r e s e a r c h p r o b l e m s i n h i s t o r y a n d a l l i e d fields, " t h i s b o o k is f o r a n y o n e w h o is o r w i l l b e e n g a g e d i n r e s e a r c h a n d r e p o r t w r i t - i n g , r e g a r d l e s s of h i s field of i n t e r e s t . " (Fore- w o r d . ) I t is, i n d e e d , g e n e r a l i n s u b j e c t a p - p l i c a t i o n , a n d p o t e n t i a l l y v a l u a b l e as w e l l t o m a n y l i b r a r i a n s , t e a c h e r s , a n d e d i t o r s con- c e r n e d w i t h t h e r e s e a r c h of o t h e r s . T h e au- t h o r s h a v e s k i l l f u l l y c o m b i n e d a m a n u a l of r e s e a r c h m e t h o d s , a n essay o n t h e e v a l u a t i o n a n d i n t e r p r e t a t i o n of f a c t s , a n d a t e x t b o o k o n t h e w r i t i n g of a c c e p t a b l e e x p o s i t o r y E n g - l i s h ; of p a r t i c u l a r i n t e r e s t t o t h e l i b r a r i a n a r e t h e t h o r o u g h a n d p r a c t i c a l c h a p t e r s o n l i t e r a t u r e s e a r c h i n g , v e r i f i c a t i o n , c i t a t i o n s , a n d q u o t a t i o n s , as w e l l as t h o s e o n w o r d c h o i c e a n d t h e s t r u c t u r e of s e n t e n c e a n d p a r a g r a p h . T h e r e a r e u s e f u l t a b l e s a n d d i a - g r a m s i n c l u d e d , a n d a d e t a i l e d b i b l i o g r a p h y . N o t l e a s t a m o n g t h e a u t h o r s ' a c h i e v e m e n t s is a stylistic e x c e l l e n c e of t h e i r o w n , a l l t o o r a r e l y f o u n d i n m a n u a l s of c o m p o s i t i o n . — J . N . W . Beers, H e n r y P u t n e y . The French in North America; a Bibliographical Guide to French Archives, Reproduc- tions, and Research Missions. Baton R o u g e , L o u i s i a n a State University Press, 1957. 413p. $12.50. P r e s e n t s " a h i s t o r y of t h e a c t i v i t i e s of A m e r i c a n a n d C a n a d i a n i n s t i t u t i o n s , his- t o r i a n s , a n d o t h e r s c o n n e c t e d w i t h t h e p r o - c u r e m e n t of r e p r o d u c t i o n s i n t h e f o r m of t r a n s c r i p t s , p h o t o s t a t s , a n d m i c r o f i l m f r o m F r e n c h a r c h i v e s a n d m a n u s c r i p t c o l l e c t i o n s . " T r e a t s p u b l i c a n d ecclesiastical r e c o r d s a n d p r i v a t e m a n u s c r i p t s , t r a c i n g t h e o r i g i n of t h e v a r i o u s m i s s i o n s a n d d e s c r i b i n g t h e re- p r o d u c t i o n s o b t a i n e d . E m p h a s i s is o n m a - t e r i a l r e l a t i n g t o U.S. h i s t o r y , b u t a c h a p t e r o n C a n a d i a n a c t i v i t i e s i n F r e n c h a r c h i v e s is i n c l u d e d . A n e x t e n s i v e b i b l i o g r a p h y a n d a d e t a i l e d i n d e x m a k e t h e v o l u m e a n effec- t i v e r e f e r e n c e t o o l . — E . S . Bibliographie annuelle de I'histoire de France du cinquieme siecle a 1939. A n n e e 1955- . Paris, Editions d u C e n t r e n a t i o n a l de la recherche sci- entifique, 1956- . (Comite fran^ais des sciences historiques) 1600fr. T h i s n e w a n n u a l i n c l u d e s b o t h b o o k a n d p e r i o d i c a l m a t e r i a l s o n t h e h i s t o r y of F r a n c e f r o m t h e b a r b a r i a n i n v a s i o n s t o 1939, t h e first v o l u m e l i s t i n g 4,890 s t u d i e s p u b l i s h e d i n F r a n c e a n d e l s e w h e r e d u r i n g 1955. Serv- i n g as a successor t o Repertoire bibliogra- phique de I'histoire de France b y C a r o n a n d S t e i n (Guide V236), t h e p r e s e n t c o m p i l a - t i o n f o l l o w s , w i t h c e r t a i n m o d i f i c a t i o n s , t h e s u b j e c t a r r a n g e m e n t of t h a t w o r k . T h e r e a r e s e p a r a t e s u b j e c t a n d a u t h o r i n d e x e s . P r o f . A n d r e A y m a r d h a s c o n t r i b u t e d a n " A p e ^ u b i b l i o g r a p h i q u e s u r les p u b l i c a t i o n s r ^ c e n t e s c o n c e r n a n t la G a u l e a n t i q u e , 1945 a 1955." — E . S . Bonser, W i l f r i d . An Anglo-Saxon and Celtic Bibliography (450-1087). Berk- 30 COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES eley, University of C a l i f o r n i a Press, 1957. 2v. $18.50. E m b r a c i n g A n g l o - S a x o n a n d C e l t i c his- t o r y i n t h e w i d e s t sense of t h e t e r m , t h i s i m p r e s s i v e c o m p i l a t i o n lists i n classified s u b j e c t a r r a n g e m e n t 11,975 i t e m s o n " a l l a s p e c t s of t h e p e r i o d , as p e r t a i n i n g t o t h e w h o l e of t h e B r i t i s h Isles, f r o m t h e c o m i n g of t h e S a x o n s , c. 450 A . D . t i l l 1087." E n t r i e s i n c l u d e a r t i c l e s i n p e r i o d i c a l s a n d F e s t s c h r i f - t e n t o 1953, m o n o g r a p h s , a n d t e x t b o o k s . B r i e f e d i t o r i a l n o t e s a r e s o m e t i m e s p r o v i d e d , b u t n o a t t e m p t is m a d e t o e v a l u a t e t h e i t e m s . M a t e r i a l d e a l i n g w i t h l i t e r a t u r e a n d l i n g u i s t i c s , as s u c h , is e x c l u d e d . A l t h o u g h i t d u p l i c a t e s n u m e r o u s l i s t i n g s i n s u c h b i b l i - o g r a p h i e s as t h o s e of C h e v a l i e r a n d P o t t - h a s t , t h e c o m p i l e r p o i n t s o u t t h e i r c o m p l e - m e n t a r y a s p e c t s . T h e s e p a r a t e i n d e x v o l u m e c o n t a i n s a n a u t h o r i n d e x a n d a d e t a i l e d t o p o g r a p h i c a l i n d e x . — E . S . Danske historiske forening. Dansk his- torisk bibliografi, 1943-1947, ved H e n - ry B r u u n . K 0 b e n h a v n , H a g e r u p s , 1 9 5 6 . 5 9 4 p . T h i s is t h e first of a series of b i b l i o g r a - p h i e s t o b e i s s u e d b y t h e D a n s k e h i s t o r i s k e f o r e n i n g , a i m i n g t o f u r n i s h a c o m p l e t e rec- o r d of w r i t i n g s o n D a n i s h h i s t o r y . S i m i l a r i n s c o p e a n d a r r a n g e m e n t t o E r i c h s e n a n d K r a r u p , Dansk historisk bibliografi (Guide V206) it lists o v e r 9,000 b o o k s a n d a r t i c l e s p u b l i s h e d d u r i n g 1943-1947. T h e r e is a n - o t h e r v o l u m e i n p r e p a r a t i o n w h i c h w i l l c o v e r 1913-1942, t h u s filling t h e g a p b e t w e e n E r i c h s e n a n d K r a r u p a n d t h e p r e s e n t w o r k . F u t u r e v o l u m e s w i l l c o v e r five y e a r p e r i o d s . — S . F . W . F e n t o n , W i l l i a m N . American Indian and White Relations to 1830. C h a p e l H i l l , N.C., University of N o r t h Caro- lina Press, 1957. 138p. (Needs a n d o p p o r t u n i t i e s for study series.) T h e m a j o r s e c t i o n of t h i s t w o - p a r t w o r k is a selective b i b l i o g r a p h y , c o m p i l e d b y L . H . B u t t e r f i e l d , W i l c o m b E. W a s h b u r n a n d W i l l i a m N . F e n t o n , " t o serve t h e n e e d s of g r a d u a t e s t u d e n t s a n d t h o s e d i r e c t i n g t h e i r s t u d i e s . " I t s s t a t e d p u r p o s e is t o b r i n g t o g e t h e r i n o n e list o u t s t a n d i n g s t u d i e s of I n d i a n - w h i t e r e l a t i o n s , w h e t h e r i n t h e h u - m a n i t i e s o r t h e social sciences. A n i n t r o d u c - t o r y p a r a g r a p h cites g e n e r a l b i b l i o g r a p h i c a i d s w h i c h m a y b e u s e f u l t o t h e s p e c i a l i s t . T h e s e c t i o n o n m a n u s c r i p t s o u r c e s gives l o c a t i o n s of c o l l e c t i o n s t h r o u g h o u t t h e U n i t - e d S t a t e s a n d i n C a n a d a . M r . F e n t o n ' s in- t r o d u c t o r y essay, b a s e d o n a p a p e r r e a d be- f o r e t h e I n s t i t u t e of E a r l y A m e r i c a n H i s - t o r y a n d C u l t u r e , p r o v i d e s a b r i e f s u r v e y of t h e f i e l d a n d suggests a r e a s f o r f u r t h e r s t u d y . — E . B r . Ramos, R o b e r t o . Bibliografia de la his- toria de Mexico. Mexico, D.F. [the author?] 1956. 772p. A l i s t i n g of 4,700 i t e m s , t h i s b i b l i o g r a p h y i n c l u d e s m o n o g r a p h s , g o v e r n m e n t d o c u - m e n t s , m a n u s c r i p t s , p a m p h l e t s , b r o a d s i d e s , etc. ( b u t n o t p e r i o d i c a l a r t i c l e s ) , t r e a t i n g t h e h i s t o r y of M e x i c o f r o m its d i s c o v e r y u p t o t h e p e r i o d of t h e t w e n t i e t h - c e n t u r y R e v o - l u t i o n . ( F o r t r e a t m e n t of t h e l a t t e r , see t h e s a m e a u t h o r ' s Bibliografia de la revolucidn mexicana, Guide V378.) P u b l i c a t i o n s t h r o u g h 1955 a r e i n c l u d e d , a n d c i t a t i o n s a r e g e n - e r a l l y a d e q u a t e , w i t h i n d i c a t i o n of o n e li- b r a r y l o c a t i o n f o r e a c h i t e m . U n f o r t u n a t e l y , t h e a r r a n g e m e n t is a s i n g l e l i s t i n g , a l p h a - b e t i c a l b y a u t h o r o r o t h e r m a i n e n t r y , w i t h n o p e r i o d d i v i s i o n , n o r is t h e r e a n y s u b - j e c t i n d e x . — J . N . W . Vallinkoski, J o r m a . Suomen historial- linen bibliografia 1926-1950. Finsk historisk bibliografi. Bibliographie historique finlandaise. H e l s i n k i tFors- san k i r j a p a i n o oy.] 1955- . v.l- . (Suomen historiallinen seura kasikir- j o j a . IV: 1- .) C o m p i l e d u n d e r t h e d i r e c t i o n of a com- m i t t e e r e p r e s e n t i n g v a r i o u s F i n n i s h l e a r n e d societies, t h e w o r k w i l l b e c o m p l e t e i n t w o v o l u m e s , l i s t i n g a p p r o x i m a t e l y 25,000 i t e m s i n a s u b j e c t a r r a n g e m e n t . I t c o n t i n u e s t h e b i b l i o g r a p h y f o r t h e 1901-25 p e r i o d b y M a l i n i e m i a n d K i v i k o s k i ( G u i d e V219), a n d f o l l o w s t h e p l a n a n d p r e c e d e n t s e s t a b l i s h e d by t h a t c o m p i l a t i o n . T h e g r e a t b u l k of m a - t e r i a l is a g a i n i n F i n n i s h . T h e s e c o n d vol- u m e w i l l i n c l u d e a n i n d e x . — E . S . JANUARY 1958 31 Writings on American History . . . In- dex, 1902-1940. W a s h i n g t o n , D.C., A m e r i c a n Historical Association, 1956 [i.e. 1957] 1115p. $10. L o n g a w a i t e d by h i s t o r i a n s a n d l i b r a r i a n s , this c u m u l a t i v e i n d e x t o t h e a n n u a l v o l u m e s (iGuide V101, V102) will b e g r a t e f u l l y re- ceived, l a r g e l y f o r its o b v i o u s v a l u e as a t i m e saver. A c c o r d i n g t o t h e f o r e w o r d , it "is n o t m e r e l y a c o n s o l i d a t e d o r c u m u l a t i v e r i n d e x ! . . . it c o n t a i n s r e f e r e n c e s a n d sub- j e c t classifications w h i c h will n o t b e f o u n d i n t h e s e p a r a t e i n d e x e s . " U n f o r t u n a t e l y , t h e c o n v e r s e seems t o b e t r u e as well; t h e r e a r e m a n y s u b j e c t s u b d i v i s i o n s a p p e a r i n g i n t h e a n n u a l v o l u m e s w h i c h h a v e b e e n e l i m i n a t e d i n t h e c u m u l a t i o n , o r so c u r t a i l e d as t o r e n - d e r t h e m of l i t t l e v a l u e . T h i s h a s d o u b t l e s s b e e n n e c e s s i t a t e d by t h e a t t e m p t t o k e e p p u b l i c a t i o n costs w i t h i n r e a s o n , as h a v e t h e very s m a l l t y p e size a n d t h e c l u t t e r e d for- m a t of t h e c o l u m n . I n e a c h case t h e r e a d e r s u f f e r s . — J . N . W . Portrait of a Library Professors u n d e r glabrous domes Are a n n o t a t i n g ancient tomes, W h i l e students, t h i n k i n g t h e m a bother, Are m o r e concerned w i t h one a n o t h e r . Sh! Quiet over there! L i b r a r i a n s w i t h k n o w i n g looks Are h o v e r i n g over reference books. T h e y file the things so we can use t h e m But still contrive some way to lose t h e m . Sorry, that one's out. A m o n g the stacks assistants l u r k : T h e y substitute a " h u s h " for work, B u t quickly stop w h a t they a r e n ' t d o i n g U p o n the smell of coffee brewing. Let's take five. Semester's e n d will find it packed W i t h students f r a n t i c f o r a fact: T h e d o c u m e n t e d t h e m e assignment Is t o r t u r e ' s u l t i m a t e refinement. What? Closing already? Vexations o f t e n make us d o u b t it, But sore would we be off without it. Robert C. Wylder in AAUP Bulletin (November, 1957) 32 COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES