College and Research Libraries B y C O N S T A N C E M . W I N C H E L L Selected Reference I N T R O D U C T I O N LIKE T H E PRECEDING ARTICLES i n t h i s ' s e m i - a n n u a l series1 this s u r v e y is based on notes w r i t t e n by m e m b e r s of the staff of the C o l u m b i a U n i v e r s i t y L i b r a r i e s . I n this issue, these i n c l u d e assistants f r o m the R e f - erence, Science and F i n e A r t s D e p a r t m e n t s . N o t e s w r i t t e n b y assistants are signed w i t h initials. 2 A s the purpose of the list is t o present a selection of recent s c h o l a r l y and f o r e i g n w o r k s of interest to r e f e r e n c e w o r k e r s in u n i v e r s i t y libraries, it does not p r e t e n d to be either w e l l - b a l a n c e d or c o m p r e h e n s i v e . C o d e n u m b e r s ( s u c h as G 1 3 and 1 A 3 8 ) h a v e been used to r e f e r to titles in the Guide3 and its first Supplement. B I B L I O G R A P H Y T o t o k , W i l h e l m and W e i t z e l , R o l f . Hand- buch der bibliographischen Nachschlage- werke. F r a n k f u r t am M a i n , K l o s t e r - m a n n , 1 9 5 4 . 2 5 8 p . D M 8.50. A selective bibliography of bibliographies, less extensive than M a l c l e s , Les sources du travail bibliographique (Guide Suppl. 1 A 1 0 1 ) and intended mainly f o r student use. Empha- sis is placed on European and A m e r i c a n w o r k s , although there are some titles listed for Russia and the F a r E a s t ; L a t i n A m e r i c a , A f r i c a , and A u s t r a l a s i a are omitted. In t w o p a r t s : first, a general section, cover- ing national bibliographies, encyclopedias, li- brary catalogs, biography, periodical indexes, 1 C O L L E G E A N D E E S E A R C H L I B R A R I E S , J a n u a r y a n d J u l y issues s t a r t i n g J a n u a r y 1952. 2 Reference Department: E l e a n o r B u i s t , M a r y Cun- ningham, O l i v e Johnson, K e n n e t h L o h f , E u g e n e S h e e h y , John N e a l W a d d e l l . Science Libraries: Rosalie M . S a i t t a , R u s s e l l S h a n k , E d w a r d A . S w i e r z b . Fine Arts Library: M a r y W . Chamberlin. 3 W i n c h e l l , Constance M . Guide to Reference Books. 7th ed. C h i c a g o , A L A , 1 9 5 1 ; Supplement, C h i c a g o , A L A , 1954- Books of 1953-1954 etc., and second, subject bibliographies. E n - tries are annotated, but information is brief and occasionally incomplete or misleading. T h e introductory text to each section gives an outline of the types of books covered and their u s e s . — O . J . P E R I O D I C A L S R a n g a n a t h a n , S h i y a l i R a m a m r i t a . Union Catalogue of Learned Periodical Publica- tions in South Asia. P u b l i s h e d w i t h the assistance of U N E S C O . L o n d o n , In- dian L i b r a r y A s s o c i a t i o n , 1 9 5 3 - . v . i . £ 3 . ( I n p r o g r e s s ) . V o l . 1 of a planned three volume set is devoted to the physical and biological sciences. V o l . 2 w i l l deal w i t h the humanities and social sciences, and vol. 3, generalia and a cumulative alphabetical index. T h e w o r k is based on information received f r o m 210 libraries in Indonesia, M a l a y a , T h a i l a n d , B u r m a , Ceylon and India. T h e editor fears that this volume contains many inaccuracies, and indicates that a revised edition w i l l be brought out. A r - ranged by the C o l o n classification system, the individual entries give the history of the periodical, and tell the volumes or years held by participating libraries. A n alphabetical in- dex (subject, title, sponsoring body, country of publication) refers back to the class-mark. — M . C . T o r t a j a d a , A . and A m a n i e l , C . de. Ma- terials de investigation. Indice de ar- ticulos de revistas (1939-1949). M a - drid, C o n s e j o S u p e r i o r de I n v e s t i g a c i o n e s C i e n t i f i c a s , B i b l i o t e c a G e n e r a l , 1 9 5 2 . 2 v . 2 5 0 Pesetas. A new and valuable periodical index cover- ing 128 journals f r o m the sciences and the humanities, but since it is based upon periodi- cals issued by the Consejo, the index does not include many of Spain's important academic journals. T h e alphabetical listing combines 30 COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES a u t h o r s and subjects, and the headings used w e r e based upon the L i b r a r y of C o n g r e s s , Sears, and other standard guides. Succeeding v o l u m e s are p l a n n e d . — K . L . DISSERTATIONS Master's Theses in Science. 1 9 5 2 - W a s h i n g t o n , B i b l i o P r e s s , 1 9 5 4 - . v . i - . $ 7 . 0 0 . F i r g t of a proposed annual list in the field of pure and applied science, the w o r k includes some 5,588 entries f r o m 138 institutions. Items are numbered and a r r a n g e d alphabeti- cally by title under g e n e r a l subject. T h e r e is an index by institution, but none by a u t h o r or specific s u b j e c t s . — E . S . RELIGION A m e r i c a n T h e o l o g i c a l L i b r a r y A s s o c i a t i o n . Index to Religious Periodical Literature, 1949-1952. C o m p i l e d a n d e d i t e d by J . S t i l l s o n J u d a h w i t h the assistance of L e s l i e J o a n Z i e g l e r . [ C h i c a g o ] A m e r i - c a n T h e o l o g i c a l L i b r a r y A s s o c i a t i o n , 1 9 5 3 . 2 2 0 p . $ 6 . 0 0 . A joint e f f o r t of the 22 theological semi- naries of the Association, this is a s u b j e c t and a u t h o r index to 31 periodicals not indexed else- w h e r e . T h e l a t t e r section of the v o l u m e is a supplementary a u t h o r index of book r e v i e w s selected f r o m most of these periodicals. Suc- ceeding v o l u m e s are p l a n n e d . — K . L . The Encyclopaedia of Islam. N e w e d . P r e p a r e d b y a n u m b e r of l e a d i n g o r i e n - t a l i s t s ; e d i t e d by J . H . K r a m e r s , H . A . R . G i b b , a n d E . L e v i - P r o v e n ^ a l u n d e r the p a t r o n a g e of the I n t e r n a t i o n a l U n i o n of A c a d e m i e s . L e i d e n , B r i l l ; L o n d o n , L u z a c , 1 9 5 4 - . v . i , f a s c . 1 - . G l d . 1 0 p e r f a s c . ( I n p r o g r e s s ) . F o r first edition, 1911-38, see Guide K 2 5 5 . A completely n e w edition expanded to in- clude the results of recent research, in g e n e r a l it covers the same fields as b e f o r e but w i t h m o r e i n f o r m a t i o n on economics, social m a t - ters, and art. Bibliographies accompany each article but details f o r the most f r e q u e n t l y quoted w o r k s are f o u n d only in a composite bibliography at the beginning of each fascicle. T o be complete in five v o l u m e s of about 1280 pages, six fascicles of 64 pages each w i l l be published annually. A g e n e r a l index and an atlas of the Islamic w o r l d are planned to complete this e d i t i o n . — M . C . SOCIAL SCIENCES A c a d e m i e d i p l o m a t i q u e i n t e r n a t i o n a l e . Dic- tionnaire diplomatique, comprenant les biographies des diplomates, du Moyen Age a nos jours, constituant un traite d'historie diplomatique sur six siecles, p u b l i e sous l a d i r e c t i o n de M . A . F . F r a n g u l i s . G e n e v e , P a r i s , N . Y . , M o n - t e v i d e o , L o n d r e s [ 1 9 5 4 ? ] I 2 6 i p . A n international biographical dictionary of diplomats including names f r o m the M i d d l e A g e s to the present. Some articles are signed and some include bibliographies. L i n t o n , G e o r g e E . The Modern Textile Dictionary. N . Y . , D u e l l , S l o a n a n d P e a r c e , 1 9 5 4 . 7 7 2 p. $ 1 2 . 5 0 . C o m p i l e d by a specialist and c o v e r i n g the textile and related fields in their c u r r e n t and historic, domestic and foreign, g e n e r a l and specialized aspects. T h e f o l l o w i n g are repre- s e n t e d : apparel, asbestos, color, history of costume, dyeing, fabrics, fashion and style, fibers and yarns, finishes and finishing, knitting, labor, lace, leathers, man-made and synthetic fibers, m a n u f a c t u r i n g processes, plastics, print- ing, sciences used in the trade, and spot and stain removal and c a r e of clothing. T h e r e is a 32-page section of illustrations w i t h cross references f r o m the text, as w e l l as c h a r t s and tables t h r o u g h o u t . — K . L . L y t l e , W i l l i a m M . Merchant Steam Ves- sels of the United States, 1807-1868. "The Lytle List," c o m p . f r o m o f f i c i a l m e r c h a n t m a r i n e d o c u m e n t s of t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s a n d o t h e r s o u r c e s . E d . w i t h an i n t r o d . b y F o r r e s t R . H o l d c o m p e r . M y s t i c , C o n n . , S t e a m s h i p H i s t o r i c a l S o - c i e t y of A m e r i c a , 1 9 5 2 [ i . e . 1 9 5 3 ] . 2 9 4 P . ( S t e a m s h i p H i s t o r i c a l S o c i e t y of A m e r i c a P u b l i c a t i o n n o . 6 ) . JANUARY, 1955 31 A revision and e n l a r g e m e n t of Merchant Steam Vessels of the United States, 1807-1856, comp. under the a u t h o r ' s supervision and issued by the B u r e a u of N a v i g a t i o n in 1931. P r e c e d e s in date Merchant Vessels of the United States, 1866/67, published by the U . S. B u r e a u of C u s t o m s . ( G u i d e L 4 0 3 ) . G i v e s i n f o r m a t i o n on name, tonnage, y e a r and place built, first home port and disposition. T h e r e is a separate list of ships lost and one of ships converted to steam. U . S . L i b r a r y of C o n g r e s s . C e n s u s L i b r a r y P r o j e c t . Statistical Bulletins; An An- notated Bibliography of the General Sta- tistical Bulletins of Major Political Sub- divisions of the World, p r e p a r e d b y P h y l l i s G . C a r t e r . W a s h i n g t o n , 1 9 5 4 . 9 3 P - A t head of t i t l e : U . S . L i b r a r y of C o n g r e s s . R e f e r e n c e D e p t . , U . S . D e p t . of C o m m e r c e . B u r e a u of the C e n s u s . A companion to its Statistical Yearbooks ( I 9 5 3 ) - ( S e e C O L L E G E A N D R E S E A R C H L I - BRARIES 15:294, J u l y 1 9 5 4 ) . L i s t s periodicals issued by an official agency m o r e f r e q u e n t l y than annually, c o v e r i n g sta- tistics in several s u b j e c t fields. A r r a n g e d by continent and then by c o u n t r y . Indicates beginning date, f r e q u e n c y , categories of sta- tistical data, holdings in W a s h i n g t o n libraries, etc. D I C T I O N A R I E S R a v e n t o s , M a r g a r e t H . A Modern Spanish Dictionary. L o n d o n , E n g l i s h U n i v e r - sities P r e s s , 1 9 5 3 . I 2 3 p . 4 5 s . A i m e d at being up to date, this n e w and excellent Spanish-English, English-Spanish dictionary has been compiled to meet the par- t i c u l a r needs of E n g l i s h - s p e a k i n g readers and students. W h i l e obsolete w o r d s have been excluded, special attention is given to c u r r e n t scientific, political and social terms, such as cathode rays, atomic pile, A t l a n t i c C h a r t e r , iron curtain, nylon stockings, etc. F o r each p a r t there is a separately paged section g i v i n g g e o g r a p h i c a l names w h o s e spelling d i f f e r s in the t w o l a n g u a g e s , proper names, abbrevia- tions, w e i g h t s and measures, and c u r r e n c y . — K . L . W o r t a b e t , J o h n a n d P o r t e r , H a r v e y . Eng- lish-Arabic and Arabic-English Diction- ary; with a Supplement of Modern Words and New Meanings, by J o h n L . M i s h . N . Y . , U n g a r , 1 9 5 4 . 4 5 5 p . ; 4 2 3 P . $ 8 . 5 0 . A reprint of a basic dictionary, long out of print, w i t h a selection of modern w o r d s and expressions appended as a supplement, w h i c h " s h o u l d enable the student to read the a v e r a g e A r a b i c n e w s p a p e r or book w i t h o u t missing the sense of many w o r d s . " T h e r e is still an apparent need f o r a comprehensive modern dictionary of the l a n g u a g e . — K . L . S C I E N C E Who's Who in British Science, IQS3- L o n d o n , L e o n a r d H i l l , 1 9 5 3 . 2 9 2 p . 4 2 s . T h i s first edition lists more than 3,000 names in all fields of B r i t i s h science, pure and applied, in industry, research and the u n i v e r - sities. G i v e s personal and professional details. P H Y S I C S W h i t f o r d , R o b e r t H . Physics Literature; A Reference Manual. W a s h i n g t o n , S c a r e c r o w P r e s s , 1 9 5 4 . 2 2 8 p . $ 5 . 0 0 . A c a r e f u l l y selected list of titles on physics and peripheral subjects. P r e s e n t e d in three sections, the first t w o listing titles according to " t o o l " u s e s — b i b l i o g r a p h i c a l i n f o r m a t i o n , history, biography, etc. T h e subject approach comprises the third section. E a c h chapter is introduced w i t h brief definition of scope and aims and w i t h mention of related sections. L i b r a r y terminology is used so extensively that some expansion or simplification of l a n g u a g e might m a k e it more u s e f u l to the scientist and teacher. T h e occasional annotations are good. F o r m a t l e a v e s something to be desired. I t is especially v a l u a b l e as a listing of a nucleus collection f o r a physics l i b r a r y . — R . M . S . C H E M I S T R Y H a y n e s , W i l l i a m s . American Chemical In- dustry : A History. N . Y . , V a n N o s - s t r a n d , 1 9 4 5 - 1 9 5 4 . 6 v o l s . il. $ 1 5 . 0 0 p e r v o l . ; $ 7 6 . 0 0 per set. V o l . 1 : B a c k g r o u n d a n d B e g i n n i n g , 1 6 0 8 - 1 9 1 1 . 32 COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES V o l s . 2 - 3 : T h e W o r l d W a r I P e r i o d , 1 9 1 2 - 1 9 2 2 . V o l . 4 : T h e M e r g e r E r a , 1 9 2 3 - 1 9 2 9 . V o l . 5 : D e c a d e of N e w P r o d u c t s , 1 9 3 0 - 1 9 3 9 . V o l . 6 : T h e C h e m i c a l C o m p a n i e s ; C o m - pany H i s t o r i e s to 1 9 4 8 . A n encyclopedic w o r k in 6 volumes, pub- lished during the ten-year period, 1945-1954, American Chemical Industry aims to trace the development of chemical manufacturing in the U . S . from 1608-1948. T h i s comprehensive history is the w o r k of W i l l i a m s Haynes, editor of Chemical Who's Who (Guide, N 2 1 4 ) and author of numerous publications dealing with the chemical industry. In many respects the set embraces many excellent reference fea- tures. T h e chapters are well documented with footnotes and extensive bibliographies. Each volume has a company and personal name in- dex as w e l l as a subject index; unfortunately there is no cumulative index for all six vo- lumes. T h e r e are numerous portraits scattered throughout the text. Appendices contain much useful material, statistical as w e l l as bibliographical.—E.A.S. E T H N O L O G Y M u r d o c k , G e o r g e P e t e r . Ethnographic Bibliography of North America. 2 d ed. N e w H a v e n , H u m a n R e l a t i o n s A r e a F i l e s , 1 9 5 3 . 2 3 9 p . $ 3 . 1 5 . T h e 1941 edition ( G u i d e N 3 1 2 ) is photo- graphically reprinted and all new and cor- rected references are added as an appendix. N e w material is listed through 1950. T h e listing is classed by geographical area, and there is an index of tribal names but no general index. A l s o included is a map of tribal areas. — K . L . E N G I N E E R I N G A m e r i c a n P e t r o l e u m I n s t i t u t e . D i v i s i o n of R e f i n i n g . Glossary of Terms Used in Petroleum Refining. N . Y . , 1 9 5 3 . l 8 8 p . $ 1 . 5 0 u n b o u n d ; $ 3 . 0 0 b o u n d . T h i s glossary, which aims to interpret correctly petroleum terminology, is limited to terms commonly encountered in the refining branch of the petroleum industry. T h e defini tions are intended for general, rather than technical usage, and are not to be construed as authoritative or specific definitions for legal purposes. T h e glossary is actually a compila- tion, as definitions w e r e selected from various published sources, such as Chamber's Tech- nical Dictionary, Hackh's Chemical Diction- ary, Hutchinson's Technical and Scientific Encyclopedia, as well as other similar refer- ence works. H o w e v e r , the individual source from which each definition w a s taken is not indicated. T h e definitions themselves are rather short, averaging 3 or 4 lines each; pronunciation is given f o r each term. Cross references' are liberally u s e d . — E . A . S . W o l d m a n , N o r m a n E . Engineering Alloys: Names, Properties, Uses. 3 d ed. C l e v e - l a n d , A m e r i c a n Society f o r M e t a l s , 1 9 5 4 . 1 0 3 4 P . $ 1 5 - 0 0 . Contains useful data on 19,280 proprietary, commercial and technical alloys, containing nearly all the alloys manufactured in the United States and many f r o m foreign coun- tries. T h e text is divided into five sections: ( 1 ) alloy index listing alloys by trade name; (2) alloy data giving composition properties, uses, with a key to the m a n u f a c t u r e r s ; ( 3 ) directory of m a n u f a c t u r e r s ; ( 4 ) index relating manufacturers to alloys; ( 5 ) useful data ap- pendix. A first-class ready reference aid which should prove useful to public rollege, and special l i b r a r i e s . — R . S . P R I N T I N G A s c a r e l l i , F e r n a n d a . La tipografia cinque- centina italiana. F i r e n z e , Sansoni anti- q u a r i a t o , 1 9 5 3 . 2 5 9 p . il. ( C o n t r i b u t i alia B i b l i o t e c a b i b l i o g r a f i c a italica. 1 ) . A useful compilation of information about printers active in Italy in the 16th century. Arrangement is geographical by region, then alphabetical by city, then chronological by printer. Adequate indices. F I N E A R T S G u n n i s , R u p e r t . Dictionary of British Sculptors, 1660-1851. L o n d o n , O d h a m s P r e s s [ 1 9 5 3 ] ; C a m b r i d g e , M a s s . , H a r - v a r d U n i v e r s i t y Press, 1 9 5 4 . 5 H P - il. 6 3 s . ; $ 1 2 . 5 0 . JANUARY, 1955 33 T h i s " a t t e m p t e d dictionary of B r i t i s h sculp- t o r s " contains more than 1700 individual entries f o r sculptors w o r k i n g in G r e a t B r i t a i n between 1660 and 1851. U n d e r the name of each artist is given his dates, a short biography and a list of signed or documented w o r k s . F o r i m p o r t a n t artists a f a i r l y complete list of their w o r k s is included, w h i l e f o r minor c r a f t s m e n only their best productions are mentioned. Sources consulted are mentioned in the p r e f a c e and r e f e r e n c e s to authorities are made under the individual artist entries. Indices of places and of names ( o t h e r than those of the a r t i s t s ) add to its usefulness. — M . W . C . The Pelican History of Art, e d i t e d b y N i k o l a u s P e v s n e r . L o n d o n , P e n g u i n B o o k s , 1 9 5 3 - . T h e p r o j e c t e d 48 v o l u m e s of this English l a n g u a g e history of art are scheduled to appear at the rate of 4 v o l u m e s a y e a r ( a t the m o d e r - ate price of 42s a v o l u m e ) and w i l l cover the a r t and architecture of the E a s t and W e s t f r o m prehistoric times to the present day. E a c h v o l u m e , w r i t t e n by an o u t s t a n d i n g B r i t i s h or A m e r i c a n scholar, contains 250 to 300 pages of t e x t and about 190 pages of h a l f - tone plates as w e l l as plans and d r a w i n g s in the text. T h e inclusion of a bibliography, notes and index in each volume, and in some cases of a glossary of t e r m s makes each v o l u m e a convenient handbook to the a r t of t h a t p a r t i c u l a r period. T h e v o l u m e s w h i c h have appeared so f a r a r e : W a t e r h o u s e , E l l i s K i r k h a m . Painting in Britain, 1530-1790 [ 1 9 5 3 ] R o w l a n d , B e n j a m i n . The art and architecture of India; Buddhist, Hindu, Jain. [ i 9 5 3 ] S u m m e r s o n , John. Architecture in Britain, 1530 to 1830. [ 1 9 5 3 ] B l u n t , A n - thony. Art and architecture in France, 1500- 1700. [ 1 9 5 3 ] R i c k e r t , M a r g a r e t . English medieval painting. [ 1 9 5 4 ] — M . W . C . M O V I N G P I C T U R E S P a d u a . U n i v e r s i t y . C e n t r o c i n e m a t o g r a f i c o . Bibliografia generale del cinema. Bibli- ographic generale du cinema. General Bibliography of Motion Pictures. A c u r a di C a r l V i n c e n t , R i c c a r d o R e d i e F r a n c o V e n t u r i n i . R o m a , E d i z i o n i d e l l ' A t e n e o L : 9 5 3 J 2 5 1 p. $ 6 . 0 0 . 34 I n t e r n a t i o n a l in scope, this listing of s e v e r a l thousand titles constitutes a u s e f u l collection of books and, to a lesser extent, periodical articles on the m a j o r aspects of the subject. Representation of E u r o p e a n and A m e r i c a n titles is w e l l balanced, and the t r i - l i n g u a l t e x t is a h e l p f u l f e a t u r e . M a t e r i a l s are grouped under eleven g e n e r a l headings, w i t h f u r t h e r subdivision in some c a s e s ; u n f o r t u n a t e l y , the index of personal and c o r p o r a t e names only is inadequate f o r this kind of a r r a n g e m e n t , so t h a t a good deal of searching is often necessary f o r titles on a specific subject. M a n y of the citations are bibliographically incomplete, and the p r o o f - r e a d i n g , at least of English names and titles, has been p a r t i c u l a r l y c a r e l e s s . — J . N . W . L I T E R A T U R E D r e v e t , M a r g u e r i t e L . Bibliographie de la litterature franqaise, 1940-1949. C o m - p l e m e n t a l a B i b l i o g r a p h i e de H . P . T h i e m e . G e n e v e , D r o z , 1 9 5 4 - . f a s c . 1 - . ( I n p r o g r e s s ) . T h i s is a continuation of the bibliographies of modern F r e n c h l i t e r a t u r e by T h i e m e (Guide R 5 7 8 ) and D r e h e r and R o l l e ( G u i d e R 5 7 1 ) , and is a r r a n g e d in similar form". T h e original list of periodicals indexed has been enlarged and n e w authors have been added. T o date three fascicles have been received c o v e r i n g A to Julien G r e e n . L e c l a i r e , L u c i e n . A General Analytical Bibliography of the Regional Novelists of the British Isles, 1800-1950. P a r i s , B e l l e s L e t t r e s , 1 9 5 4 . 3 9 9 p . $ 4 . 2 5 . A u s e f u l compilation based on three main p e r i o d s — 1 8 0 0 - 1 8 3 0 , 1830-1870, a f t e r 1 8 7 0 — representing the g r o w t h of the genre f r o m the novel of national manners to one w i t h a con- scious regional basis. F o r each author there are brief biographical notes, a listing of the novels pertinent to the scope of the w o r k , their v a r i o u s editions, and the scene of each novel, w h e r e v e r ascertainable. T h e editions listed are l a r g e l y English, although f o r the more recent w o r k s some attempt is made to include A m e r i c a n imprints. W h i l e many minor novelists are covered, it is difficult to see w h y G e o r g e E l i o t w a s included and not J a n e A u s t e n , or L i a m O ' F l a h e r t y and not COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES 1 James Joyce. T h e r e are indices of authors' names, place-names, and authors' names ar- ranged under regions, as w e l l as t w o maps, one with names of authors, the other with place-names important to the regional novel as t r e a t e d . — K . L . O l z i e n , O t t o . Bibliographic zur deutschen Literaturgeschichte. S t u t t g a r t , M e t z - lersche V e r l a g s b u c h h a n d l u n g , 1 9 5 3 . I 5 6 p . ( A n n a l e n der deutschen L i t e r - a t u r . E r g a n z u n g s h e f t 2 . ) D M 1 5 . Includes some sources covered by more com- prehensive bibliographies, but emphasis is here placed on w o r k published since J. K o r n e r , Bibliogr aphis ches Handbuch des deutschen Schrifttums, 1949 ( G u i d e R508), through the end of 1952. Includes bibliographies of in- dividual authors arranged alphabetically.— O . J . W o l e d g e , B r i a n . Bibliographic des romans et nouvelles en prose francaise anterieurs a 1500. G e n e v e , L i b r a i r i e D r o z , 1 9 5 4 . i 8 o p . ( S o c i e t e de publications romanes et frangaises. 4 2 ) . A r r a n g e d alphabetically by author, except f o r title entries of anonymous works, or w o r k s appearing in more than one version each by a different author. T h e compiler has tried to give the f o l l o w i n g information about each item: the standard w o r k to be consulted, loca- tion of mss., early editions, modern editions, date of composition, source of material, clues to identity of author. In the preface and within the entries are many references to ar- ticles or books concerning individual novels or short stories, or these literary forms in general. T h e r e are six indices listing 1 ) mss., 2) printers, 3) authors, works, and literary themes mentioned, 4) place-names, 5) patrons, and 6) a b b r e v i a t i o n s . — M . C . G E N E A L O G Y B a i l e y , R o s a l i e F e l l o w s . Guide to Genea- logical and Biographical Sources for New York City (Manhattan), 1783-1898. N . Y . , T h e A u t h o r , 60 E . 80 St., 1 9 5 4 . 98p. $4.50. A s either a specialized bibliography or a manual of procedure in genealogical research, this w o r k should prove frequently useful to the general librarian and invaluable to the specialist. "Revised f r o m The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, v. 106- 08, 1952-54," the guide consists of t w o main chapters, the first treating the period to 1855, the second continuing to 1898. M a t e r i a l s in each are arranged under a variety of classifi- cations, such as court records, vital statistics, general and special directories, street maps, church registers, etc. L i b r a r y and archival locations are given for collections as a whole and for types of material as w e l l as for in- dividual titles, and the explanatory text is pointed and clear. T h e r e is an adequate topi- cal index, but the inclusion of titles cited in the text would have been h e l p f u l . — J . N . W . H I S T O R Y B i n a n i , G . D . and R a m a R a o , T . V . India —at a Glance. (A Comprehensive Ref- erence Book on India). [ C a l c u t t a ] O r i e n t L o n g m a n s [ 1 9 5 3 ] 1 8 9 6 p. $20.85. Aimed at presenting "as succinctly and co- herently as possible an all-round picture of the nation." Contains, in addition to brief articles and factual summaries, much statis- tical and directory-type information as well as some biographical sketches. A r r a n g e m e n t is by topic, and various aspects of government, politics, industry, finance, education, art and culture, etc., are treated. Sources for statis- tical tables are seldom given, but heavy reli- ance on government and official sources is asserted in the P r e f a c e . T h e r e is a general index, though there are numerous errors in alphabetization.—E.S. G e b h a r d t , B r u n o . Handbuch der deutschen Geschichte. H r s g . v o n H e r b e r t G r u n d - m a n n . 8. v o l l s t a n d i g neubearbeitete A u f l a g e . S t u t t g a r t , U n i o n D e u t s c h e V e r - l a g s g e s e l l s c h a f t , 1 9 5 4 - . v . i - . F r i i h - z e i t und M i t t e l a l t e r . R M 3 4 . Scholars associated with several G e r m a n universities have contributed chapters to a thoroughly revised eighth edition of this com- pendium of G e r m a n history which first ap- peared in 1891-92. C u l t u r a l developments are JANUARY, 1955 35 n o w i n c o r p o r a t e d w i t h t h e g e n e r a l p o l i t i c a l a c c o u n t ; c o n s t i t u t i o n a l , e c o n o m i c and social h i s t o r y receive s e p a r a t e t r e a t m e n t . T h e f i r s t v o l u m e c o v e r s t h e p e r i o d f r o m t h e o r i g i n s t o t h e end of t h e 15th c e n t u r y . S o u r c e s and g e n e r a l b i b l i o g r a p h y , listed a t t h e b e g i n n i n g of each c h a p t e r , a r e s u p p l e m e n t e d by e x t e n s i v e b i b l i o g r a p h i c n o t e s on s u b o r d i n a t e topics, w i t h p a r t i c u l a r a t t e n t i o n t o t h e l i t e r a t u r e of r e - s e a r c h on d i s p u t e d p o i n t s . T w o a d d i t i o n a l v o l u m e s a r e a n n o u n c e d , v o l u m e t w o to c o v e r t h e p e r i o d t o t h e b e g i n n i n g of t h e 19th cen- t u r y , a n d v o l u m e t h r e e t o t h e p r e s e n t . — E . B . India: A Reference Annual. 1 9 5 3 - D e l h i , M i n i s t r y of I n f o r m a t i o n and B r o a d c a s t i n g , 1 9 5 3 - . " C o m p i l e d by t h e R e s e a r c h a n d R e f e r e n c e D i v i s i o n . " A g e n e r a l g o v e r n m e n t a l y e a r b o o k , c o m p r i s - ing c o n s i d e r a b l e d i r e c t o r y - t y p e s t a t i s t i c a l a n d t e x t u a l i n f o r m a t i o n on t h e m a j o r services of t h e n a t i o n a l g o v e r n m e n t a n d t h e activities of t h e c o u n t r y as a w h o l e . I n s t i t u t e of E a s t A s i a t i c Studies. Korean Studies Guide. B e r k e l e y , U n i v e r s i t y of C a l i f o r n i a Press, 1 9 5 4 . 220p. $3.50. A topically a r r a n g e d " h a n d b o o k of basic i n f o r m a t i o n f o r p u r s u i n g t h e s t u d y of t h e v a r i o u s a s p e c t s of K o r e a n c u l t u r e . " E a c h c h a p t e r h a s a brief i n t r o d u c t o r y s t a t e m e n t o u t l i n i n g the s u b j e c t t r e a t e d , f o l l o w e d by an a n n o t a t e d b i b l i o g r a p h y of t h e i m p o r t a n t w o r k s , W e s t e r n a n d O r i e n t a l . I t e m s a r e n u m b e r e d , and t h e r e a r e s e p a r a t e a u t h o r a n d t i t l e indices. E m p h a s i s is on h i s t o r i c a l m a t e r i a l s , and t h e n a t u r a l sciences a r e a l m o s t e n t i r e l y e x c l u d e d . A p p e n d i c e s i n c l u d e a list of r u l e r s , p u b l i s h i n g h o u s e s a n d societies, a n d a g l o s s a r y . — E . S . J e r u s a l e m . H e b r e w U n i v e r s i t y . E c o n o m i c R e s e a r c h I n s t i t u t e . A Selected Bibliog- raphy of Articles Dealing with the Mid- dle East, 1939-1950. J e r u s a l e m , 1 9 5 4 . 95p. $2.00. C o n f i n e d to m a t e r i a l s in t h e p e r i o d i c a l col- lection of t h e I n s t i t u t e , t h e w o r k i n c l u d e s a r t i c l e s in H e b r e w , E n g l i s h , F r e n c h , G e r m a n and I t a l i a n r e l a t i n g t o M i d d l e E a s t e r n p o l i - tical, social, c u l t u r a l a n d e c o n o m i c c o n d i t i o n s . I s r a e l and P a l e s t i n e a r e o m i t t e d ( b e i n g s e p a - r a t e l y c o v e r e d , Guide V 4 0 8 ) , as is m a t e r i a l on t h e oil c o n t r o v e r s y f o r w h i c h a f u t u r e b i b l i o g r a p h y is p r o p o s e d . A r r a n g e m e n t is by s u b j e c t u n d e r c o u n t r y , w i t h n u m b e r e d e n t r i e s in t h e o r i g i n a l l a n g u a g e , an E n g l i s h t r a n s l a - tion f o l l o w i n g t h e H e b r e w listings. P r e f a c e a n d s u b j e c t h e a d i n g s a r e in E n g l i s h a n d H e - b r e w . T h e r e is n o a u t h o r i n d e x . — E . S . M y l i u s , N o r b e r t . Afrika Bibliographie, 1943-1951. W i e n , V e r e i n F r e u n d e der V o l k e r k u n d e , 1 9 5 2 . 2 3 7 p . 40 Sch. A m i m e o g r a p h e d b i b l i o g r a p h y of A f r i c a n f o l k l o r e a n d allied disciplines, based on t h e c o l l e c t i o n s of t h e W i e n e r M u s e u m f u r V o l - k e r k u n d e , w h i c h i n c l u d e s t i t l e s of w o r k s p u b l i s h e d f r o m 1943 t o J u l y 1952, t h u s s u p - p l e m e n t i n g H . A . W i e s c h o f f , Anthropological Bibliography of Negro Africa (Guide N 3 1 6 ) w h i c h c o v e r e d t h r o u g h 1942. A f t e r g e n e r a l sections w h i c h list b i b l i o g r a p h i e s a n d p e r i o d i - cals, t h e m a t e r i a l is a r r a n g e d by g e o g r a p h i c a l r e g i o n s and s u b d i v i d e d by s u b j e c t . P e r i o d i c a l a r t i c l e s a r e n o t i n c l u d e d . Excerpt from "Dues Blues" F r o m Stanford Library Bulletin, vol. V I , no. 23, F e b r u a r y 25, 1 9 5 4 : " A s if w e d i d n ' t h a v e t r o u b l e e n o u g h w i t h income t a x e s , c a r r e g i s t r a t i o n s a n d t h e flu epidemic, t h e l i b r a r y a s s o c i a t i o n s h a v e g a n g e d u p on us a g a i n w i t h t h o s e g r e e t i n g s w h i c h a r r i v e e v e r y y e a r a b o u t this t i m e . . . " T h e q u e s t i o n t h a t a l w a y s pops u p w h e n t h e s e bills f o r d u e s a r e received is " W h a t h a v e t h e s e a s s o c i a t i o n s d o n e f o r m e ? " A n d t h e a n s w e r is likely to be, " W e l l , t h e r e ' s t h e a n n u a l c o n f e r e n c e , and t h e d i s t r i c t and c h a p t e r m e e t i n g s , a n d t h e n t h e Bulletin—" . . . " T h e s e i n c i d e n t a l s to m e m b e r s h i p , t h e c o n f e r e n c e s a n d t h e j o u r n a l s , a r e in f a c t t h e l e a s t i m p o r t a n t r e a s o n s f o r j o i n i n g t h e a s s o c i a t i o n s . T h e g r e a t t h i n g is t h a t , being c o m m i t t e d t o a p r o f e s s i o n , d e p e n d e n t on it f o r o u r daily b r e a d , a n d a t t a c h e d d i r e c t l y t o it w i l l y - n i l l y f o r 3 5 - 4 0 h o u r s a w e e k , it b e h o o v e s u s t o c o n c e r n o u r s e l v e s w i t h t h e i m p r o v e m e n t of it, of t h e i n s t i t u t i o n s o r t h e c o m m i t t e e s it serves, and t h e c o n d i t i o n s u n d e r w h i c h w e m u s t w o r k a t i t . " 36 COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES