College and Research Libraries


Current Reference Aids 

C OMPILED by the Subcommittee on Current Reference Aids of the Association of College and Reference Libraries, covering the quarter, April I-June 30, I94L 
Titles are arranged by broad D.C. classification, with citations to reviews and annota­
tions in many instances. The committee: Louis Shores, chairman; Frances Neel 
Cheney, secretary; Etheldred Abbot; Mabel L. Conat; Jack Dalton; Judith W. Hunt; 
Louis Kaplan; Charles F. McCombs; Robert Orr; James T. Rubey; Harold Russell; 
Anne M. Smith. Please address all communications to Louis Shores, Peabody Library 
School, Nashville, Tennessee. 

OIO 

(General only, including periodical indexes) 

Bennett, Whitman. A Practical Guide to 
American Book Collecting (I663-I940). 
Bennett Book Studios, I94I. 254P· $7.50. 

P.W. 139:1784·8s, Apr. 26, 1941. (Favorably re­
viewed by R. W. G. Vail.) 

Annotations and full bibliographical information on 
the first printings of nearly a thousand outstanding 
American books. 

Besterman, Theodore. Early Printed Books 
to the End of the Sixteenth Century: A 
Bibliography of Bibliographies. Quaritch, 
I940. 309p. 2Is. 

Hervias, E. Varela. lndice de la Hemero­
teca Municipal de Madrid. Fasciculo I. 
Section de Cultura e Informacion, Artes 
Gd.ficas Municipales, Madrid, I941. 
I50p. 25 pesetas. 

1oughlin, G. Louis. Basic Reference Forms. 
Crofts, I94I. 94P· So¢. 

Martin, Laura K. Magazines for High 
Schools; An Evaluation of a Hundred 
Titles. Wilson, I94I. I6Ip. $1.75. 

Winchell, Constance M. Reference Books 
of I938-I940. A.L.A., I94I. w6p. $1.25. 

020 Library Science 

Schone, Walter. Deutsche Zeitung des 
siebzehnten 1ahrhunderts in Abbildungen. 
Harrassowitz, I940. 432p. RM 20. 
(Deutsche Zeitung im ersten 1ahrhunderts 
ihres Bestehens, I609-I700.) Deutsche 
Literaturzeitung, column I30, Feb. 2, 
I94I. 

I oo Philosophy 

Bibliotheca Esoterica: Catalogue Annote et 
Illustre de 6,707 Ouvrages ... des Sci­
ences Occultes et des Societes Secretes. 
Dorbon aine, I940. 668p. 8o fr. 
(French) 

300 Social Sciences 

Adler's Directory; A Compilation of Pas­
senger Steamships Sailing from European 
Ports and Arriving in the Eastern Ports 
of the U.S. from I899 to I929 Inclusive. 
Steamship Directory Publishers, I940. 
3I2p. $10. 
Arranged first by year, then by country, steamship 

line, day of the month, and name of steamship. 
Designed for the use of immigrants seeking citizen­
ship, but also valuable for the historian. 

Anuario Ercilla, ano I, I940. Sinopsis Gen­
eral de Chile. . . . Paises Latinoameri­
canos. Ercilla, I940. I992p. Apply. 
Statistics on government, economics, etc. 

1ohnson, Charles S. Statistical Atlas of 
Southern Counties. University of North 
Carolina Press, I941. 355P· $4. 
Has bibliography of over 6oo books, doctoral dis­

sertations, and special reports on counties. 

Schapera, I., camp. Select Bibliography of 
South African Native Life and Problems. 
Oxford University Press, I94I. 250p. 
IOs.6d. 

Nature 147:525, May 3, 1941. 

330 Economics 

Chapel, Charles E. Fingerprinting; A Man­
ual of Identification. Coward-McCann, 
I94I. 299P· $4.75. 

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History with chapters on technique, fingerprint 
patterns, and classification. For the layman, but 
quite detailed in treatment. 

Clarke, Helen I. Social Legislation, Ameri­
can Laws Dealing with Family, Child, 
and Dependent. Appleton-Century, I940. 
655p. $4.50. 
Am. Pol. Sci. R. 34:1205, Dec. 1940; Ann. Am. 

Acad. 213:216, Jan. 1941. 

Poel, D. C. van der. Economische Encyclo­
pedie. ·w. de Haan, I940. 700 columns. 
3-95 guilders. 

Ratti, Luis P. Diccionario Razonado de la 
Legislacion Comercial, Occidental Busi­
ness Agency, Buenos Aires, I940. 539P· 
Apply. 

Social Security Year book for the Calendar 
Year I939· Annual Supplement to the 
Social Security Bulletin. Federal Security 
Agency, I940. 27Ip. 50¢. 
First issue. Covers 1933·39­

U.S. Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Com­
merce. Atlas of Wholesale Dry Goods 
Trading Areas by Elma S. Moulton. 
Government Printing Office, I94I. I07P· 
30¢. (U.S. Bureau of Foreign and Do­
mestic Commerce. Economic Series, I2) 
Forty-six selected metropolitan areas. Market data 

coverage incomplete. 

U.S. Temporary National Economic Com­
mittee. Monographs. Government Print­
ing Office, I940-I94I. 44 vols. $I6.5o. 
Charts, diagrams, and statistical data. 

Wer leitet? Die Manner der Wirtschaft 
und der einschlagigen Verwaltung. Hop­
penstedt, I940. IOI2p. RM 72. 
Gives for each man: date of birth, occupation, ad· 

dress, companies with which affiliated, and society
membership. 

370 Education 

Baez Allende, Amadeo. U niversidades 
Latino-Americanas. lmprenta N acional, 
I94o. 40p. Apply. 

Contains brief histories. 

Beals, Ralph A., and Brody, Leon. Litera­
ture of Adult Education. American As­
sociation for Adult Education, I94I. 493P· 
$2. 

DECEMBER, 1941 

Brainard, Alanson D. Handbook for School 
Custodians. University of Nebraska, Ex­
tension Division, I94I. I 70p. $1. (Con­
tribution to Education I6.) 

Cattell, ]. McKeen, Cattell, Jaques, and 
Ross, E. E., eds. Leaders in Education­
A Biographical Directory. 2d ed. Sci­
ence Press, Lancaster, Pa., I94I. I I34P· 
$7. 
First revision in eight years. 

Engelman, Lois E., and Eells, Walter C. 
The Literature of Junior College Ter­
minal Education. American Association 
of Junior Colleges, 7 44 Jackson Place, 
Washington, D.C., I94I. 322p. $2.50. 
(Terminal Education Monograph 1.) 

L.J. 66:607, 626, July 1941. 
Annotated bibliography of more than 1500 titles. 

Holmes, Ruth M. Sources of Free Teach­
ing Aids. State Teachers College, Lock 
Haven, Pa., I94I. 50¢. 

Lehman, Maxwell, and Yarmon, Mormon. 
Guide to U.S. Government Jobs. Home 
Institute, I09 W. I9 St., N.Y., I941. 
39P· I5¢· 

Small, George D. Dean of Men's View­
point--:-An Annotated Bibliography of 
References of Interest to Deans and Ad­
visers of Men. National Association of 
Deans and Advisers of Men, I94I. 200p. 
Apply. 

Traxler, Arthur E., and Seder, M. Ten 
Years of Research in Reading-Summary 
and Bibliography. Educational Records 
Bureau, 437 W. 59 St., N.Y., I94I. I95P· 
$1.25. (Bulletin 32.) 

400 Philology 

Goldman, Stanislaw. Dictionnaire Fran~ais­
Polonais et Polonais-Fran~aise. Edit. 
Franco-Polonaises, I940. 508p. 36 fr. 
(French) 

Wilhelm, Hellmut. Deutsch-Chinesisches 
Worterbuch. Pt. 1. Nossler, Shanghai, 
I940. 208p. RM 40 (complete) 

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500 Sciences 

National Research Council. Industrial Re­
search Laboratories of the United States. 
7th ed. National Research Council, 1940. 
372p. $3.50. (Bulletin 104.) 
Am. Chern. Soc. News Ed. 19:598, May 25, 1941. 

530 Physical Sciences 

Ellis, Carleton, and Wells, Alfred A. The 
Chemical Action of Ultraviolet Rays. 
Reinhold, 1941. 961p. $12. 
Am. Chern. Soc. News Ed. 12:548, May 10, 1941; 

Am. Chern. Soc, ll. 63:1773, june 1941; Jl. Datry
Sci. 24:A129·3o, May 1941. 

Jackson, Mary L. Guide to Mineral In­
dustries Literature. Pennsylvania State 
College Library, State College, 1940. 18p. 
50¢ (Pennsylvania State College, Library 
Studies 2.) 

Patterson, Austin M., and Capell, Leonard 
T. The Ring Index. A List of Ring 
Systems Used in Organic Chemistry. 
Reinhold, 1940. 661p. $8. (American 
Chemical Society Monograph 84.) 

Am. Chern. Soc. News Ed. 19:278, Mar, 10, 1941. 

570 Biological Sciences 

Chamberlin, Willard ]. Entomological 
Nomenclature and Literature. Edwards 
Brothers, Ann Arbor, Mich., 1941. 103P· 
$2.60. 

Clute, Willard N. American Plant Names. 
Willard N. Clute & Co., Indianapolis, 
1940. 285p. $3. 

A list of vernacular names of plants in North· 
eastern America. 

Cushman, Joseph A. Foraminifera, Their 
Classification and Economic Use. 3d ed., 
rev. and enl. with An Illustrated Key to 
the Genera. Harvard University Press, 
1940. 535P· $6. 

Bibliography: p. 335-94. 

Hambidge, Gave . Hunger Signs in Crops. 
Judd & Detweiler, Washington, D.C., 
1941. 327P· $2.50. 

Am. Soc. Agron. ll. 33:579-80, June 1941. 

Hayman, R. W., and Holt, G. W. C. The 
Families and Genera of Living Rodents. 
Vol. I, Rodents Other than Muridae by 

]. R. Ellerman. Quaritch, 1940. 689p. 
35S. 

Hering, Martin. Lepidopterologisches Wor­
terbuch. Kernen, 1940. 123p. RM 5.6o. 

Hortus Second; A Concise Dictionary of 
Gardening, General Horticulture and 
Cultivated Plants in North America. 
Camp. by L. H. Bailey and E. Z. Bailey. 
Macmillan, 1941. 778p. $12. 

Flower Grower 28:286, June 1941. 

6oo Useful Arts 

Brown, Harry P., and Panshin, Alexis J. 
Commercial Timbers of the United States. 
McGraw-Hill, 1940. 554P· $5. 

ll. Forestry 39:492, May 1941; Mech. Engr. 
63:390, May 1941; Southern Lumberman 162:32, 
Feb. 15, 1941. 

Haven, George B. Handbook of Industrial 
Fabrics. 3d ed. Wellington-Sears Co., 
65 Worth St., N.Y., 1941. 789p. $2. 
Am. Chern. Soc. News Ed. 19:548, May 10, 1941. 
Limited to cotton fabrics manufactured by one 

company. Useful to purchasers. 

610 Medicine 

Allen, Edgar van N uys, ed. Specialties in 
Medical Practice. Nelson, 1940. 2 vols., 
loose-leaf. $22. 

Great Britain. War Office. International 
Nomenclature of Blood Groups. Special 
Army Order 41. H.M. Stationery Office, 
1941. Id. 

Hiron, Peter. Knaurs Gesundheits Lexikon. 
Knaur, 1940. 575P· RM 2.85. 

Johnson, Bascomb, camp. Digest of Laws 
and Regulations Relating to the Preven­
tion and Control of Syphilis and Gonor­
rhea in the Forty-eight States and the 
District of Columbia. American Social 
Hygiene Association, 1940. 438p., loose­
leaf. $4.50. (American Social Hygiene 
Association Publication A-274·) 

Merck & Co., Inc. [Annotated Bibliogra­
phies] Merck & Co., Rahway, N.J., 
1940-41. Free. 
Alpha-Tocopherol (Vitamin E). 1940. 

138p. 

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Nicotinic Acid. 1940. 142p. 
Pantothenic Acid. 1941. sop. 
Riboflavin. 1941. I73P· 
Sulfapyridine (2-sulfanilyl aminopyridine). 

1940. 144P· 
Vitamin B

1 
(Thiamine Hydrochloride). 

1940. 97P· 
Vitamin B6 (Pyridoxine). I 941. 64p. 
Vitamin K. 1940. 91p. 

Mitchell, Albert G. Pediatric Bibliography. 
National Research Council, 1941. 1 Igp. 
75¢. (Monographs of the Society for 
Research in Child Development VI, No. 
I.) 

Sollner, Roland. Index Therapeutique de 
Medecine Dentaire. Poyot, 1940. 191p. 
8 fr.(Swiss) 

Von Oettingen, Wolfgang F. Toxicity and 
Potential Dangers of Aliphatic and Aro­
matic Hydrocarbons: A Critical Review 
of the Literature. Government Printing 
Office, 1940. I35P· 20¢. (Public Health 
Bulletin 255.) 

Bibliography: p. 58-65, I25-35. 

Obstetrics & Gynecology Guide. Vol. 1­
Obstetrics and Gynecology Guide, 3313 
qth St., Washington, D.C., 1941- . $g. 
a year. 

620 Engineering 

Anderson, Edwin P. Audels Millwrights 
and Mechanics Guide. Audel & Co., 49 
W. 23rd St., N.Y., 1940. I 167p. $4. 

Crosby-Fish-Forster Handbook of Fire Pro­
tection. R. S. Moulton, ed. gth ed. 
National Fire Protection Association, 6o 
Battery-March St., Boston, 1941. 1308p. 
$4-50. 

Engr. News Rec. I26:79-8o, Mar. 27, I94I; Heat­
ing, Piping, Air Cond. I3: I34-35, Apr. I94I. 

" ... represents the work of more than IOo au­
thorities." 

Motor's Factory Flat Rate Manual. 14th 
ed. Motor, 572 Madison Ave., N.Y., 
1941. 12ogp. $6.so. 

U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. Concrete 
Manual. 3d ed. U.S. Bureau of Re­
clamation, Denver, 1941. 466p. $1. 

DECEMBERJ 1941 

Engr. News Rec. I26:6I6, Apr. 24, I94I· 
" ... brings concrete knowledge up to date and 

outlines bureau practices...." 

Vine, Davis. The Reference Book of Air­
craft Wheels. Pitman, 1941. 61p. Is. 

Welded Steel Tubing Handbook. Formed 
Steel Tube Institute, 1621 Euclid Ave., 
Cleveland, 1941. 86p. $1. 

Prod. Engr. I2:332, June I94I; Refrig. Engr. 
4I :330, May I94I. 

Welding Encyclopedia. Stuart Plumley, ed. 
10th ed. Welding Engineer Publishing 
Company, 506 S. Wabash Ave., Chicago, 
1941. 712p. $5. 

In addition to technical material, it contains in­
formation for buyers of welding supplies and equip­
ment. 

Who's Who in Engineering, 1941. 5th ed. 
Lewis Historical Publishing Co., N.Y., 
1941. 2107p. $10. 

700 Visual Arts 

Almanach du Cinema, 1941. Film-Press-
Service, Geneva, 1940? I 14p. 2 fr. 
(Swiss) 

First issue. Also published under the title Film­
Kalender, I94I. 

Bunim, Miriam S. Space in Medieval 
Painting and the Forerunners of Perspec­
tive. Columbia University Press, 1940. 
261p. $s. 
Art Bull. 23 :I78-8o, June I94I; Parnassus I3 :I8I, 

May I94I; Technical Studies 9:I76-8o, Jan. I94I­
Bibliography: 207- I 6. 

Douglas, Frederic H., and Harnoncourt, 
Rene d'. Indian Art of the United States. 
Museum of Modern Art, N.Y., 1941. 
218p. $3.50. 
Art. Bull. 23:I67-69, June I94I; Art Digest I5:27, 

Mar. I, I94I; Mag. of Art 34:2I6, Apr. I94I; 
Parnassus I3 :u7, Mar. I941. 

Selected bibliography: 2II-I8. 

Kobbe, Herman. Housing and Regional 
Planning. Dutton, 1941. 233p. $3. 

Arch. Rec. 89:28, Apr. I94I. 

National Society for the Study of Education. 
Fortieth Year book; ... Art in American 
Life and Education ... ed. by Guy M. 
Whipple. Public School Publishing Co., 
Bloomington, Ill., 1941. 81gp. $4. 
Parnassus I3 :I83, May I94I. 

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Thomas, Mary. Dictionary of Embroidery. 
Hodder and Stoughton, I94I. 6s. 

Wheeler, Joseph L., and Githens, A. M. 
American Public Library Buildings. Scrib­
ner, I94I. 484p. $4. 

Booklist 37 :s39, July IS, I941. 

780 Auditory Arts 

Panum, Hortense. The Stringed Instru­
ments of the Middle Ages: Their Evolu­
tion and Development. Rev. and ed. from 
the Danish by ]. Pulver. Wm. Reeves, 
I941. 520p. 22s.6d. 

8oo Literature 

Allen, Gay, and Clark, Harry H. Literary 
Criticism; Pope to Croce. American 
Book Co., I94I. 66gp. $4. 

"Collected writings of the main literary critics of 
the western world since the seventeenth century."
P.W. 

Bentley, Gerald E. The Jacobean and 
Caroline Stage; Dramatic Companies and 
Players. Oxford University Press, I941. 
2 vols. $I5. 

Booth, Bradford A., and Jones, Claude E. 
A Concordance of the Poetical Works of 
Edgar Allan Poe. Johns Hopkins Press, 
I94I. 225p. $s.so. 

Bryan, William F., and Dempster, G. C., 
eds. Sources and Analogues of Chaucer's 
Canterbury Tales. University of Chi­
cago Press, I94I. 765p. $10. 

Dumesnil, Rene, and Demorest, D. L. Bib­
liographie de Gustave Flaubert. L. 
Giraud-Badin, I940. 36op. 65 fr. 
(French) 

Grismer, Raymond L. A New Bibliography 
of the Literatures of Spain and Spanish 
America. Partial Report of W.P.A. Proj­
ect II O.P. I65-I-7I-I24. Taylor-Made 
Perine Book Co., Minneapolis, I941. 
V ols. I-2. $3 each. 
Hispania 24:248, May I94I. 
Lists everything printed in Spanish. Covers the 

letter "A." 

Haas, Robert B., and Gallup, Donald C. A 
Catalogue of the Published and Unpub­
lished Writings of Gertrude Stein, Ex­

hibited in the Yale University Library, 22 
February to 29 March, I94I. Yale Uni­
versity Library, I94I. 64p. 50¢. 
P.W. I39:I232-3s Mar. IS, I94I (Reviewed favor­

ably by R. F. Roberts). 

Hangen, Eva C., comp. A Concordance to 
the Complete Poetical Works of Sir 
Thomas Wyatt. University of Chicago 
Press, I94I. 545P· $5. 

Hill, Raymond T., and Bergin, Thomas G., 
eds. Anthology of the Proven<;al Trouba­
dours; Texts, Notes, and Vocabulary. 
Yale University Press, I941. 363p. $5. 
(Yale Romanic Studies, I7.) 

Langenbucher, Hellmuth. Volkhafte Dich­
tung der Zeit. Junker und Diinnhaupt, 
I940. 653p. RM 10? 

Includes portraits, brief biographies, and biblio­
graphical references. 

Lewis, Benjamin R. The Shakespeare 
Documents; Facsimiles, Transliterations, 
Translations and Commentary. Stanford 
University Press, I941. 330p. $35. 

Matthiessen, Francis 0. American Renais­
sance; Art and Expression in the Age of 
Emerson and Whitman. Oxford Univer­
sity Press, I94I. 702p. $5. 

Ostrom, John W. A Checklist of Letters 
to and from Poe. Alderman Library, 
University of Virginia, I941. 57P· $2. 
(University of Virginia Bibliography 4.) 

A mimeographed checklist of all known letters 
written to or by Edgar Allan Poe. 

Picon Salas, Mariano. Formacion y Proceso 
de la Literatura Venezolana. Cecilio 
Acosta, I 940. 27 I p. 8 Bolivars. 
Contains a bibliography of Venezuelan literature 

for I930-40. 

Steinhauer, Harry, and Walter, Felix. Om­
nibus of French Literature. Vol. I, From 
the Renaissance to the Revolution; Vol. 
II, The Nineteenth Century. Macmillan, 
I94I. $3.50 each. 

Tannenbaum, Samuel A. John Webster; A 
Concise Bibliography. The Author, 6oi 
w. II3th St., N.Y., I94I. 48p. $3.25­
( Elizabethan Bibliographies, I g.) 

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Tannenbaum, Samuel A. Shakespeare's 
The Merchant of Venice; A Concise Bib­
liography. The Author, I94I. 150p. $6. 
(Elizabethan Bibliographies, I 7.) 

Tannenbaum, Samuel A. Thomas Kyd: A 
Concise Bibliography. The Author, I94I· 
34P· $3.25. (Elizabethan Bibliographies, 
I8.) 

Walch, J. L. Nieuw Handboek tot de 
N ederlandsche Letterkundige Geschie­
denis. Afl. I-2. M. Nijhoff, I940. 208p. 
8.50 guilders (complete) 

Waxman, Meyer. History of Jewish Lit­
erature from the Close of the Bible to 
Our Own Days. Bloch, I930-41. 4 vols. 
Vol. I, $2.50; vol. 2, $4.; vol. 3, $4.50; 
vol. 4, $5.50. 
B.R.D. 1931, p. 1oo8; 1934, p. 991. 
Fourth volume completes this scholarly and favor· 

ably reviewed history of post-Biblical literature. 

Wiley, Autrey N ., ed. Rare Prologues and 
Epilogues, I642-I700. Norton, I941. 
403p. $4.50. 
An index to first lines and appendix, an introduc­

tory history, and critical essays. 

goo History 

Maliniemi, A., and Kivikoski, E. Suomen 
Historiallinen Bibliografia, Igoi/25. I940. 
527, I07P· Apply. (Suomen Historiall. 
Seura. Kasikirjoja, 2.) 

N abholz, Hans, and Klaui, Paul. Quel­
lenbuch zur Verfassungsgeschichte der 
Schweizerischen Eidgenossenschaft und 
der Kantone. H. R. Sauerlander, 
I940. 376p. 6 fr.(Swiss) 

N ederlanders over de Zeeen; 350 J aar 
N ederlandsche Koloniale Geschiedenis. 
Onder redactie van J. C. de Haan [et al]. 
W. de Haan, I940. 351p. 6.50 guilders. 

Neue Propylaen-Weltgeschichte; Heraus­
geber: Willy Andreas. Band I: Urge­
schichte, Friihzeit, Altertum. Propylaen, 
I940. RM 30? 

To be complete in 6 volumes and an index volume. 
Index volume to contain chronological tables. Pro­
fusely illustrated. 

gio Geography and Travel 

Herrmann, Albert, ed. Die Altesten Karten 
von Deutschland his Gerhard Mercator; 
22 Tafeln in Faksimile mit ErHiuterndem 
Text. K. F. Koehler, I940. 24P· RM I8. 
(Deutsche Literaturzeitung, Jan. 5, I94I, 
column 35-39.) 

MacFadden, Clifford H. A Bibliography 
of Pacific Area Maps. Institute of Pacific 
Relations, I94I. I30p. $1.50. (Studies 
of the Pacific, 6.) 

Puerto Rico. Reconstruction Administra­
tion. Puerto Rico, a Guide to the Island 
of Boriquen, comp. . . . in cooperation 
with the Writers' Program of the W.P.A. 
The University Society, N.Y., 1940. 409p. 
$2.75· 
Includes material on the history/ government, ~co­

nomics, and social and cultural h e of Puerto R1co. 

Serial Map Service. Sept. I939- (month­
ly). Blackwell, I939- . $6. a year. 

Unger, W. S. Topografische Prenten en 
Teekeningen. J. C. & W. Altorffer, I940. 
308p. 2.50 guilders. (Catalogus van den 
Historisch-Topografischen Atlas van het 
Zeeuwsch Genootschap der Wetenschap­
pen, II.) 

920 Biography 

Diccionario Biografica de Chile. 3d ed. 
"La N acion," I940. 1o8op. Apply. 

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