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faculty, "The Text of Chaucer's Purse/J 
traces the genealogy of the I 1 known manu-
script versions of that well-known poem. 

Among the briefer bibliographical notes is 
one by Fillmore Norfleet, head of the French 
Department at Woodberry Forest, correcting 
the ascription of the subject of one of St. 
Memin's engravings, and otherwise supple-
menting published data regarding that artist. 
Another, by Guy A. Battle, graduate student 
at Duke University, deals with the study of 
progressive changes in box lines as a means of 
determining the order of printing of the 
various forms in certain early books. A third 
note, by James A. Steck, graduate student 
at the University of Virginia, makes use of the 
center rules between text columns for the 
same sort of analysis. George W. Williams, 
also a graduate student at Virginia, draws 
attention to the cruciform structure of 
Crashaw's "Upon the Bleeding Crucifix," as 
revealed in progressive changes by the author. 
A bibliographical ghost is laid by Mary 
Virginia Bowman, graduate student, in her 
note on "The Hallam-Tennyson Poems 
(1830)." Finally, the editor, Fredson 
Bowers, making use of variations to be found 

m the running titles of late seventeenth 
century English books, suggests "a form of 
truly bibliographical evidence which can be 
utilized with confidence under certain con-
ditions to determine whether two half-sheets 
were printed together or separately." 

The publication of the present volume was 
"aided by two generous grants from the Re·· 
search Council of the Richmond Area Uni-
versity Center, and from an anonymous 
donor." Perhaps that may account for the 
somewh.at selfconscious typographical format 
selected for this number. CertaiPly (in one 
man's opinion) the volume would be the 
gainer in general appearance if the use of 
rather cumbersome half titles for the indi-
vidual articles were discontinued-although 
in all fairness it must be admitted that these 
doubtless lend dignity and attractiveness to 
authors' offprints. In any case its scope, 
standards and usefulness having been demon-
strated in its first incarnation, the Papers of 
the Bibliographical Society of the University 
of Virginia will be welcomed in all future 
issues by bibliographers and librarians.-
Roland Baughman, Columbia University Li-
braries. 

Books for Catholic Colleges 
Books fO'r Catholic Colleges: a Supplement 

to ShawJs "List of Books for College Li-
raries.n Compiled under the auspices of the 
Catholic Library Association by Sister 
Melania Grace, S.C., and Gilbert C. Peter-
son, S.J. Chicago, American Library As-
sociation, 1948, x, I34P· $3.75. 
It is axiomatic that the implementation of 

the instructional and research programs of a 
college requires that its library's collections 
support the curriculum. While it is true 
that the subject matter covered in the general 
college curriculum is essentially the same in 
most American colleges, each of them differs 
in its emphasis. This difference, subtle in most 
cases, is the expression of an individual philos-
ophy of education. In Catholic colleges the 
emphasis is clear-cut. Here is presented the 
Catholic point of view, as it is applicable and 
pertinent to subject matter, character train-
ing and the like. This follows from the fact 
that the Catholic point of view is basic to 
Catholic education. It is obvious therefore 

that a segment of the collections of Catholic 
college libraries must reflect this emphasis. It 
appears logical that that segment should play 
a valid role in the accrediting process. As a 
core collection of works for the Catholic point 
of view, it would not supplant but should sup-
plement the Shaw list which has come to be 
the basis of the accrediting associations' quali-
tative evaluation of library materials. Per-
haps it was just the absence of an authorita-
tive Catholic list comparable to Shaw's which 
prevented the accrediting agencies from at-
tempting any evaluation of materials other 
than in Shaw which present the Catholic view-
point. The list under review is meant to 
fill this need. 

The exigencies of war and changing person-
al responsibilities forced postponement of 
compilation of the list in 1942, and brought 
in a new set of compilers in 1946. The 
methods and procedures which were set up 
with the approval of Charles Shaw and the 
Department of Library Science of Michigan 

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