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 1954-1955 Miss Winchell is reference librarian, Columbia University. I N T R O D U C T I O N LI K E T H E P R E C E D I N G A R T I C L E S in this semiannual series1 this survey is based on notes written by members of the reference staff of the Columbia Uni- versity libraries. Notes written by assist- ants are signed with initials.2 As the purpose of the list is to present a selection of recent scholarly and for- eign works of interest to reference work- ers in university libraries, it does not pretend to be either well-balanced or comprehensive. Code numbers (such as A l l and 1A26) have been used to refer to titles in the Guide3 and its first Sup- plement. B I B L I O G R A P H Y Besterman, T h e o d o r e . A World Bibliog- raphy of Bibliographies . . . 3d. rev. ed. Geneve, Societas Bibliographica [1955- ] v. 1- . 90 Sw.fr. Contents: v. 1, A-E. 1326 col. T h e a u t h o r estimates t h a t this e d i t i o n , to c o m p r i s e f o u r volumes, will list 80,000 sepa- r a t e items, c o m p a r e d w i t h 65,000 i n c l u d e d in t h e p r e c e d i n g e d i t i o n ( G u i d e A l l ) . Exam- i n a t i o n of t h e first v o l u m e s u b s t a n t i a t e s this figure, w i t h n e w m a t e r i a l s p a r t i c u l a r l y no- ticeable u n d e r such topical h e a d i n g s as " A e r o n a u t i c s , " " A t o m , A t o m i c e n e r g y , " etc. Coverage t h r o u g h t h e closing d a t e of 1953 seems a d e q u a t e l y m e t , w i t h a f e w l a t e r en- tries i n c l u d e d as they b e c a m e available. Ar- r a n g e m e n t , scope a n d l i m i t a t i o n s r e m a i n as 1 COLLEGE A N D R 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 i s s u e s , s t a r t i n g J a n u a r y 1952. 2 E l e a n o r B u i s t , K e n n e t h L o h f , S u z a n n e S z a s z , E u g e n e S h e e h y , J o h n N e a l W a d d e l l . 3 C o n s t a n c e M . W i n c h e l l , Guide to Reference Books ( 7 t h e d . ; C h i c a g o : A L A , 1951) ; Supplement ( C h i - c a g o : A L A , 1 9 5 4 ) . in t h e e a r l i e r editions, so t h a t o n l y u p o n a p p e a r a n c e of t h e a u t h o r - i n d e x v o l u m e can f u l l use of t h e set be m a d e . F o r t h e first time, t h e a u t h o r has w o r k e d extensive- ly w i t h t h e resources of t h e L i b r a r y of Con- gress, a n d to seemingly g o o d effect f o r in- clusion of U.S. items. E v e n so, t h e n u m b e r of b i b l i o g r a p h i c inconsistencies a n d omis- sions in A m e r i c a n i m p r i n t s is a b n o r m a l l y h i g h . — J . N . W . Bibliographie der Ubersetzungen deutschsprachiger Werke. Verzeichnis der Seit 1951 erschienenen und in der Deutschen Biicherei vorhandenen Schriften, bearb. u n d hrsg. von der Deutschen Biicherei. Leipzig, VEB Verlag fiir Buch- u n d Bibliothekswe- sen, 1954- . Jg. 1- . quarterly. A q u a r t e r l y b i b l i o g r a p h y listing transla- tions f r o m t h e G e r m a n i n t o o t h e r languages, w h i c h h a v e b e e n p u b l i s h e d since 1951. T h e a r r a n g e m e n t is by large class g r o u p s , sub- d i v i d e d by l a n g u a g e s w i t h a n a u t h o r i n d e x . 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 is d e t a i l e d , t h e t r a n s l a t e d title is followed by t h e o r i g i n a l G e r m a n title in brackets, a n d prices a r e in- c l u d e d . I t is h o p e d t h a t a v o l u m e covering 1945-1950 will follow. Evans, Charles. The American Bibliog- raphy . . . v. 13, 1799-1800, by Clifford K. Shipton. Worcester, Mass., Ameri- can A n t i q u a r i a n Society, 1955. 349 p. $25. A c a r e f u l l y e d i t e d c o n t i n u a t i o n of a n in- v a l u a b l e b i b l i o g r a p h y ( G u i d e A142). Vol- u m e 13 completes t h e year 1799, w h i c h h a d only b e e n covered t h r o u g h t h e l e t t e r " M " i n v o l u m e 12, a n d b r i n g s t h e work d o w n t h r o u g h t h e e n d of 1800, w i t h a u t h o r a n d s u b j e c t indexes. Most of t h e items i n c l u d e d were e i t h e r e x a m i n e d o r verified in r e l i a b l e b i b l i o g r a p h i e s , a n d n o t , as so o f t e n occurs JANUARY, 1956 41- i n E v a n s ' work, a c c e p t e d o n t h e basis of booksellers' a d v e r t i s e m e n t s . T h o s e titles n o t e x a m i n e d o r described by a c a r e f u l bibliog- r a p h e r h a v e b e e n p u t in brackets. W h e n a n a n o n y m o u s work is listed u n d e r a u t h o r , cross-reference is given f r o m t h e title. Im- p r i n t i n f o r m a t i o n is given m o r e f u l l y t h a n in p r e v i o u s volumes, b u t , because of con- s i d e r a t i o n s of space a n d cost, titles h a v e b e e n a b b r e v i a t e d to i n c l u d e o n l y t h e i r es- sential p o r t i o n s . N e a r l y all of t h e items h a v e b e e n located in libraries o r p r i v a t e collections, a n d , in most cases, m u l t i p l e lo- c a t i o n s h a v e b e e n listed. I t is h e a r t e n i n g to r e a d in t h e i n t r o d u c t i o n t h a t n e g o t i a t i o n s a r e n o w u n d e r w a y r e g a r d i n g t h e p r e p a r a - t i o n of a final v o l u m e w h i c h w o u l d i n c l u d e a s u p p l e m e n t a n d i n d e x to t h e c o m p l e t e set.—K.L. Paperbound Books in Print. New York, Bowker, 1955- . $2. per year. I n t e n d e d as " a n easy-to-use i n d e x to avail- a b l e p a p e r b o o k s , " t h e work is s c h e d u l e d to a p p e a r t h r e e times a year ( J a n u a r y , A p r i l , a n d S e p t e m b e r ) a n d will i n c l u d e b o t h i t e m s in p r i n t a n d those a n n o u n c e d f o r p u b l i c a - t i o n w i t h i n t h e n e x t q u a r t e r . T h e first p a r t is a selective s u b j e c t i n d e x w i t h a l p h a b e t i c a l t i t l e a r r a n g e m e n t u n d e r b r o a d s u b j e c t h e a d - ings, p l u s a highly selective fiction i n d e x c o n t a i n i n g a m e r e s a m p l i n g of titles. T h e p r i n c i p a l p a r t of t h e w o r k is a n a u t h o r list- i n g w i t h m o r e t h a n 4500 i t e m s a p p e a r i n g in t h e S u m m e r n u m b e r . Price, p u b l i c a t i o n n u m b e r , a n d p u b l i s h e r ' s symbol a r e i n c l u d e d in each entry.—E.S. Pennink, R . Catalogus der Niet-Neder- landse drukken:l500-1540 aanwezig in de Koninklijke Bibliotheek 's-Gra- venhage. 's-Gravenhage, Staatsdruk- kerij- en Uitgeverijbedrijf, 1955. 267p. G.20. M a y b e o r d e r e d f r o m N i j h o f f . 2373 n u m - b e r e d e n t r i e s . Lists E u r o p e a n i m p r i n t s , 1500-1540, n o t p u b l i s h e d i n t h e N e t h e r l a n d s , w h i c h a r e in t h e n a t i o n a l l i b r a r y . D e t a i l e d r e f e r e n c e s a r e given to b i b l i o g r a p h i c sources a n d t h e r e a r e i n d e x e s by p r i n t e r s a n d o r i g i n a l owners. T a u b e , Gurli Elisa. Svensk festskriftsbib- liografiaren 1891-1925. Uppsala, Ap- pelbergs Boktryckeri, 1954. 168p. (Svenska bibliotekariesamfundets skriftserie, II) A listing of Swedish f e s t s c h r i f t e n ar- r a n g e d a l p h a b e t i c a l l y by p e r s o n h o n o r e d , g i v i n g t h e f u l l c o n t e n t s of each v o l u m e . T h e r e is a classed i n d e x by s u b j e c t field a n d a n a u t h o r i n d e x to t h e c o n t e n t s of t h e vol- umes. U.S. Library of Congress. General Ref- erence and Bibliography Division. Current National Bibliographies, com- piled by Helen F. Conover. Washing- ton, D. C., Government Printing Of- fice, 1955. 132p. $.75. A n e x t e n s i o n of t h e series, " C u r r e n t Na- t i o n a l B i b l i o g r a p h i e s , " p r i n t e d f r o m 1949 to 1953 in t h e Library of Congress Quar- terly Journal of Current Acquisitions (Guide A132 a n d 1A26). L i m i t e d t o sources b e i n g p u b l i s h e d c u r r e n t l y in mid-1954, t h e b i b l i o g r a p h y i n c l u d e s lists of p u b l i c a t i o n s of all k i n d s — b o o k s , d o c u m e n t s , p a m p h l e t s , serials, theses, m a p s , music. H o w e v e r , spe- cialized a n d selective s u b j e c t lists of g e n e r a l l i t e r a t u r e a r e i n c l u d e d o n l y f o r c o u n t r i e s w h e r e f u l l e r sources a r e n o t available. W i t h few e x c e p t i o n s , all of t h e items a r e b e i n g received c u r r e n t l y by t h e L i b r a r y of Con- gress. A r r a n g e m e n t is by b r o a d p o l i t i c a l areas a n d i n d i v i d u a l c o u n t r i e s . W h e r e resources f o r a p a r t i c u l a r c o u n t r y a r e extensive, items a r e g r o u p e d u n d e r t h e f o l l o w i n g h e a d i n g s : g e n e r a l ( m a i n l y books), i n d e x e s of peri- odical articles, g o v e r n m e n t d o c u m e n t s , a n d d i r e c t o r i e s of p e r i o d i c a l s a n d n e w s p a p e r s . 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 c o m p l e t e , a n d n e a r l y all of t h e e n t r i e s a r e a n n o t a t e d . T h e r e is a n i n d e x of titles a n d a directory of p u b l i s h e r s . — K . L . E N C Y C L O P E D I A S Ensiklopedia Indonesia. Bandung, N. V. Penerbitan; 's-Gravenhage, W. Van Hoeve, 1954- . v.l- . il. $8.50 per vol. v. 1, A-E. C h a r a c t e r i z e d by very brief articles o n a 42 COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES wide variety of subjects ( i n c l u d i n g biogra- p h i e s of l i v i n g persons) this g e n e r a l encyclo- p e d i a emphasizes Asiatic affairs. U n f o r t u - nately, n o b i b l i o g r a p h i e s a r e given. T h e r e a r e n u m e r o u s "see" references, p l u s "see also" r e f e r e n c e s i n d i c a t e d by asterisks. G o o d t y p o g r a p h y , n u m e r o u s illustrations, m a p s a n d p l a t e s c o n t r i b u t e to t h e generally at- tractive f o r m a t . V o l u m e 1 c o n t a i n s a special section o n t h e flag, c o n s t i t u t i o n a n d c a b i n e t m e m b e r s of I n d o n e s i a , t h e D e c l a r a t i o n of H u m a n R i g h t s , o p e n i n g bars of n a t i o n a l a n t h e m s , a t a b l e of h e a d s of g o v e r n m e n t s , a n d o n e of n a t i o n a l holidays.—E.S. P E R I O D I C A L S Paris. Bibliotheque nationale. Cata- logue des periodiques clandestins, 1939-1945. Paris, 1954. 282p. 880fr. T h i s is a catalog of c l a n d e s t i n e serial p u b - lications d i s t r i b u t e d in Nazi-occupied coun- tries. I n t h r e e sections: 1) Periodicals dis- t r i b u t e d in F r a n c e ; 2) Periodicals d i s t r i b u t e d in o t h e r c o u n t r i e s ; 3) S u p p l e m e n t . As only those serials a r e listed of w h i c h o r i g i n a l o r p h o t o s t a t i c copies a r e to b e f o u n d in t h e B i b l i o t h e q u e n a t i o n a l e , t h e l i s t i n g f o r F r a n c e is n e a r l y c o m p l e t e , c o m p r i s i n g 1015 titles, w h i l e t h e listing f o r o t h e r c o u n t r i e s is p a r t i a l , c o m p r i s i n g only 71 titles. Biblio- g r a p h i c a l d e s c r i p t i o n s a r e f u l l , i n c l u d i n g , w h e n e v e r possible, p u b l i s h e r , place a n d d a t e of p u b l i c a t i o n of each issue. I n t h e n o t e s a n y a d d i t i o n a l a v a i l a b l e d a t a , such as t h e n a m e s of editors, p r i n t e r s , c o n t r i b u t o r s , etc., a r e given. T h e r e is a good d e t a i l e d i n d e x . — S.S. Verzeichnis auslandischer Zeitschriften in Schweizerischen Bibliotheken. Re- pertoire des periodiques etrangers regus par les bibliotheques suisses. 4.Aufl. Bern, Vereinigung Schweizer- ischer Bibliothekare, 1955. 620p. 1. ed. 1904; 2. ed. 1912; 3. ed. 1925. P. xix-xl c o n t a i n a list of i n s t i t u t i o n s re- p o r t i n g w i t h c o n d i t i o n s of l e n d i n g . T h i s u n i o n list i n c l u d e s some 34,300 titles, w i t h i n d i c a t i o n of holdings, of f o r e i g n peri- odicals p u b l i s h e d since 1900 f o u n d in Swiss libraries. 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 ti- tle even in t h e case of p u b l i c a t i o n s of so- cieties a n d i n s t i t u t i o n s , i.e., a n n u a l r e p o r t s , b u l l e t i n s , proceedings, etc. a r e e n t e r e d di- rectly u n d e r title i n s t e a d of u n d e r t h e n a m e of t h e s p o n s o r i n g body as is d o n e in Ameri- can libraries. H o w e v e r , t h e r e is a g e o g r a p h i c i n d e x w h i c h gives societies, i n s t i t u t i o n s a n d g o v e r n m e n t agencies u n d e r p l a c e n a m e list- i n g t h e i r p u b l i c a t i o n s a n d giving r e f e r e n c e s to t h e entries in t h e m a i n a l p h a b e t . R E L I G I O N Barrow, J o h n G. A Bibliography of Bib- liographies in Religion. A n n Arbor, Edwards Bros., 1955. 489p. $15. (For sale by the author, 716 Brown Bldg., Austin 1, Texas.) A c o m p r e h e n s i v e c o m p i l a t i o n a t t e m p t i n g " t o b r i n g t o g e t h e r all separately p u b l i s h e d b i b l i o g r a p h i e s in t h e field of r e l i g i o n . " I t does n o t i n c l u d e b i b l i o g r a p h i e s a p p e n d e d to books a n d to articles in codices, o r i n d e x e s of f o r b i d d e n books. T h e a r r a n g e m e n t is by s u b j e c t field w i t h a n a u t h o r a n d s u b j e c t i n d e x . U n d e r each subject, titles a r e a r r a n g e d chronologically by d a t e of p u b l i c a t i o n . T i t l e s a r e a n n o t a t e d a n d l o c a t i o n of copies in n u m e r o u s Ameri- can a n d E u r o p e a n l i b r a r i e s is i n d i c a t e d . U n - f o r t u n a t e l y , s u b j e c t h e a d i n g s d o n o t s t a n d o u t well in a l i t h o p r i n t e d work, a n d , as t h e r e a r e n o r u n n i n g titles, it is necessary to w o r k almost e n t i r e l y f r o m t h e t a b l e of c o n t e n t s . Bibliotheca catholica neerlandica im- pressa, 1500-1727. Hagae Comitis, M. Nijhoff, 1954. 669p. fl. 40. I n t e n d e d as a " r e p e r t o r y of t h e s p i r i t u a l l i t e r a t u r e " (i.e., " e v e r y t h i n g p r i n t e d f o r t h e s p i r i t u a l life") p u b l i s h e d in t h e L o w C o u n - tries d u r i n g t h e p e r i o d i n d i c a t e d . A r r a n g e - m e n t is c h r o n o l o g i c a l w i t h a m a i n - e n t r y in- d e x . I n f o r m a t i o n given includes place, p u b - lisher a n d d a t e , b u t n o t p a g i n a t i o n , a n d t h e r e a r e r e f e r e n c e s f r o m later to earlier e d i t i o n s of t h e same work. C o m p i l e d f r o m b i b l i o g r a p h i e s , library catalogs, etc. (of which t h e r e is a list w i t h a b b r e v i a t i o n s ) , t h e fact t h a t " n o n e of t h e works listed was ever JANUARY, 1956 i 43 actually c o n s u l t e d " is p a r t i a l l y c o m p e n s a t e d f o r by t h e i n c l u s i o n of at least o n e source of r e f e r e n c e f o r each entry.—E.S. [Brunotte, Heinz] Evangelisches Kirchenlexikon; kirchlichtheologisches Handworterbuch. Gottingen, Vanden- hoeck u n d R u p r e c h t [1955- ] Lfg. 1-3 in 2 pts. DM. 4.80/lfg. A n e d i t o r i a l g r o u p of G e r m a n P r o t e s t a n t clergy a n d theological scholars has p u b l i s h e d t h e first sections of a n encyclopedic diction- ary, to be c o m p l e t e d i n t h r e e v o l u m e s (35 parts). I t is i n t e n d e d as a m o d e r n s u p p l e - m e n t to o l d e r works of r e f e r e n c e o n Chris- t i a n theology a n d c h u r c h affairs, emphasiz- i n g r e c e n t l i t e r a t u r e , in p a r t i c u l a r t h e for- eign l i t e r a t u r e u n a v a i l a b l e in G e r m a n y f o r a c o n s i d e r a b l e l e n g t h of time. T h e e d i t o r s ex- pressly r e f e r to O s t e r l o h a n d E n g e l l a n d , Biblisch-theologisches Handworterbuch, 1950, f o r m o r e t h o r o u g h t r e a t m e n t of Bib- lical theology, a n d to t h e Evangelisches Soziallexikon, 1955, f o r g r e a t e r d e t a i l in m a t t e r s of P r o t e s t a n t social ethic. E n t r i e s i n c l u d e theological concepts, clerical terms, n a t i o n a l a n d g e o g r a p h i c areas w i t h e m p h a s i s o n t h e i r religious history, a n d b i o g r a p h i e s of p e r s o n s associated w i t h t h e field of r e l i g i o n . A stated a i m is " t o d e f i n e c o n c e p t s so as to e n a b l e r e a d e r s to m a k e t h e i r o w n j u d g - m e n t s . " A p p r o x i m a t e l y 16,000 e n t r i e s a r e c o n t e m - p l a t e d , w i t h a series of l o n g articles o n ma- j o r subjects as t h e m a i n f e a t u r e . Articles o t h e r t h a n brief ones a r e signed a n d con- t a i n b i b l i o g r a p h i e s . — E . B . Williams Library, L o n d o n . Dr. Wil- liams's Library, London. Catalogue of Accessions, 1900-1950, Being a Cata- logue of Books Published and Added to the Library during that Period. Ed. for the Trustees, by Doris M. Johnson. London, Dr. Williams's T r u s t , 1955. 776, cxlv p. £2.5s. T h i s l i b r a r y is p a r t i c u l a r l y s t r o n g in theology, ecclesiastical history, history of re- ligion, p h i l o s o p h y a n d r e l a t e d subjects, a n d also i n c l u d e s m a t e r i a l s i n history, sociology, a n d t h e history of l a n g u a g e a n d l i t e r a t u r e . It does n o t h a v e fiction, science, technology o r music. T h e m a i n p a r t of t h e catalog, a r r a n g e d ' a l p h a b e t i c a l l y by a u t h o r , is f o l l o w e d by a s u p p l e m e n t w h i c h lists periodicals, publica- t i o n s of societies, c o n n e c t e d series, etc. O n l y works p u b l i s h e d b e t w e e n 1900-1950 a r e in- c l u d e d . S O C I A L S C I E N C E S Annuaire Europeen, European Year- book. Published u n d e r the auspices of the Council of Europe. T h e Hague, Nijhoff, 1955- . v.l- . 584p. G.28.50. " D e v o t e d to t h e scientific study of Euro- p e a n i n t e r n a t i o n a l o r g a n i z a t i o n s , i n c l u d i n g t h e i r c o n s t i t u t i o n s , t h e i r f u n c t i o n s a n d t h e i r w o r k , " t h e first v o l u m e of this y e a r b o o k c o n c e n t r a t e s o n eight p r i n c i p a l o r g a n i z a t i o n s (e.g., C o u n c i l of E u r o p e , E u r o p e a n Coal a n d Steel C o m m u n i t y ) w i t h p l a n s to i n c l u d e n e w a n d m o r e t e c h n i c a l i n s t i t u t i o n s a n d to sup- p l e m e n t p r e s e n t d a t a in s u b s e q u e n t vol- umes. I n t h r e e sections: Articles (historical a n d d e s c r i p t i v e i n f o r m a t i o n ) ; D o c u m e n t a r y ; a n d B i b l i o g r a p h i c a l (abstracts of i m p o r t a n t books o n E u r o p e a n i n t e g r a t i o n a n d a se- lected list of articles). D o c u m e n t s a p p e a r in b o t h F r e n c h a n d English, abstracts i n Eng- lish, a n d t h e b u l k of t h e articles in F r e n c h w i t h E n g l i s h s u m m a r i e s . I n d e x e d . — E . S . Bernsdorf, Wilhelm and Biilow, Fried- rich, eds. Worterbuch der Soziologie, u n t e r Mitarbeit zahlreicher Fachleute. Stuttgart, Enke, 1955. 640p. DM. 26.40. A o n e - v o l u m e encyclopedic d i c t i o n a r y of sociological t e r m s w i t h signed c o n t r i b u t i o n s by 84 G e r m a n specialists. Most articles con- t a i n brief b i b l i o g r a p h i e s w i t h A m e r i c a n a n d English w r i t i n g s f r e q u e n t l y cited. T h e work resembles V i e r k a n d t ' s Handworterbuch der Soziologie, 1931, b u t is a r r a n g e d as a dic- t i o n a r y . Cross r e f e r e n c e s a r e n u m e r o u s , m a n y r e f e r r i n g f r o m t h e English t e r m . T h e e d i t o r s state t h a t t h e work is n o t i n t e n d e d as a m a j o r h a n d b o o k f o r specialists b u t r a t h e r as a r e f e r e n c e tool f o r s t u d e n t s of social science a n d t h e p r a c t i c i n g social w o r k e r . F o r r e f e r e n c e p u r p o s e s it s h o u l d p r o v e m o r e satisfactory t h a n a n u m b e r of o n e - v o l u m e s u b j e c t d i c t i o n a r i e s of similar 44 COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES p u r p o s e n o w a p p e a r i n g in English. A sup- p l e m e n t a r y v o l u m e o n sociologists is p l a n n e d . — E . B . Bibliography on the Communist Prob- lem in the United States. New York, F u n d for the Republic, 1955. 474p. $5. A n a n n o t a t e d b i b l i o g r a p h y " p r i m a r i l y d e v o t e d t o l i t e r a t u r e r e l a t i n g to C o m m u - n i s m in t h e U n i t e d States since . . . 1919," this is o n e of t w o v o l u m e s o n t h e s u b j e c t p u b - lished by t h e F u n d f o r t h e R e p u b l i c . T h e c o m p a n i o n v o l u m e , Digest of the Public Record of Communism in the United States ( N e w York, 1955), is a "collection of ab- stracts of decisions, laws, o r d i n a n c e s , hear- ings, r e p o r t s a n d o t h e r p u b l i c d o c u m e n t s . " A r r a n g e d in two m a i n indices, a u t h o r a n d subject, t h e Bibliography is s u p p l e m e n t e d by five a p p e n d i c e s . I n g e n e r a l t h e closing d a t e is 1952, b u t some l a t e r items a r e in- c l u d e d . H e a r i n g s a n d o t h e r p u b l i c docu- m e n t s a r e listed o n l y in t h e c o m p a n i o n vol- ume.—E.S. H a m b u r g . Welt-Wirtschafts-Archiv. Lan- derlexikon. H a m b u r g , Verlag Weltar- chiv, 1955- . v. 1- . $38.25 the set. A n e w encyclopedia of t h e social a n d e c o n o m i c s t r u c t u r e of t h e c o u n t r i e s of Eu- r o p e , exclusive of t h e Soviet U n i o n , this first v o l u m e is to be followed by two m o r e to e n c o m p a s s o t h e r m a j o r g e o g r a p h i c a l re- gions. A r r a n g e m e n t is by c o u n t r y , w i t h arti- cles of s u b s t a n t i a l l e n g t h , e.g., G r e a t Brit- a i n , 150 pages. T o p i c s covered i n c l u d e gov- e r n m e n t a l s t r u c t u r e , politics, social organi- zation, g e o g r a p h y , economics, finance, agri- c u l t u r e , t r a d e , i n d u s t r y a n d e d u c a t i o n . Al- t h o u g h t h e r e is some historical o r i e n t a t i o n , e m p h a s i s is o n t h e p r e s e n t . B i b l i o g r a p h i e s seem a d e q u a t e a n d c u r r e n t . — J . N . W . Szladits, Charles. Bibliography on For- eign and Comparative Law; Books and Articles in English. N.Y., Oceana Pubs., 1955. 526p. $15. A n extensive b i b l i o g r a p h y of some 14,000 books a n d p e r i o d i c a l articles in English in t h e b r o a d fields of f o r e i g n a n d c o m p a r a t i v e law n o t i n c l u d i n g A n g l o - A m e r i c a n legal sys- tems. T h e a r r a n g e m e n t is by a fairly de- tailed classification scheme w i t h a n i n d e x of a u t h o r s a n d a g e o g r a p h i c i n d e x . I n m a n y cases brief descriptive a n n o t a t i o n s a r e given f o r books, a n d some of w h a t a r e c o n s i d e r e d t h e m o r e i m p o r t a n t p e r i o d i c a l articles are m a r k e d by asterisks. T h i s s h o u l d be a n im- p o r t a n t work i n t h e fields of p o l i t i c a l science a n d g o v e r n m e n t as well as law. D I C T I O N A R I E S Belisle, Louis A. Dictionnaire general de la langue frangaise au Canada. Quebec, Belisle Editeur, 1955- . fasc. 1- . il. $15. T o b e p u b l i s h e d in a b o u t 33 fascicles of 64 pages each, t h e r e s u l t a n t v o l u m e to in- c l u d e some 2,000 pages, this is a g e n e r a l F r e n c h d i c t i o n a r y , based o n L i t t r £ , b u t par- ticularly u s e f u l because it c o n t a i n s Ca- n a d i a n i s m s w i t h t h e i r e q u i v a l e n t s in literary F r e n c h . A fleur-de-lis is used to i n d i c a t e words a n d m e a n i n g s p e c u l i a r to C a n a d i a n F r e n c h . Special a t t e n t i o n is given to Ca- n a d i a n flora a n d f a u n a , a n d t e r m s of com- m e r c e a n d i n d u s t r y as well as t e c h n i c a l terms. C i t a t i o n s s h o w i n g usage a r e d r a w n f r o m F r e n c h classical a u t h o r s , f r o m m o d e r n F r e n c h a n d f r o m t h e colloquial speech of t h e F r e n c h in C a n a d a . Corominas, Juan. Diccionario critico etimoldgico de la lengua castellana. Berna, Ed. Francke, 1954- . v.l- . $13. per vol. A c o m p r e h e n s i v e etymological d i c t i o n a r y giving dates of o r i g i n of w o r d s w i t h q u o t a - tions s h o w i n g usages a n d d e r i v a t i o n s . Cov- ers t h e languages of b o t h Spain a n d Span- ish America a n d includes t h e a n c i e n t lan- guages, such as p r e - R o m a n I b e r i a n a n d vul- g a r A r a b i c , as well as dialects a n d L a t i n - A m e r i c a n influences. Collison, Robert Lewis. Dictionaries of Foreign Languages; a Bibliographical Guide to the General and Technical Dictionaries of the Chief Foreign Lan- guages, with Historical and Explana- JANUARY, 1956 45- tory Notes and References. New York, H a f n e r Pub. Co., 1955. 21 Op. $4. P r e p a r e d by a n E n g l i s h l i b r a r i a n a n d based o n t h e collection in a n A m e r i c a n u n i v e r s i t y library, this b i b l i o g r a p h i c a l g u i d e s h o u l d b e h e l p f u l to l i b r a r i a n s , t r a n s l a t o r s a n d o t h e r s n e e d i n g i n f o r m a t i o n a b o u t dic- tionaries. T h e selection is c o m p r e h e n s i v e , a n d historical a n d critical n o t e s a r e given f o r t h e d i c t i o n a r i e s of all t h e m a j o r l a n g u a g e s of E u r o p e , A f r i c a a n d Asia. T h e l a r g e r c h a p t e r s a r e d i v i d e d i n t o sections: g e n e r a l , etymological, specialist (synonyms, a n t o - nyms, etc.) d i c t i o n a r i e s r e l a t i n g t o special periods, slang a n d dialect, a n d b i l i n g u a l (usually English, b u t w i t h some i m p o r t a n t f o r e i g n - l a n g u a g e d i c t i o n a r i e s n o t e d ) . A n a p p e n d i x lists technical d i c t i o n a r i e s in vari- o u s l a n g u a g e s a r r a n g e d by s u b j e c t . Snell, Bruno. Lexikon des friihgriechis- chen Epos. I n Zusammenarbeit mit d e m T h e s a u r u s Linguae Graecae u n d mit Unterstutzung der U N E S C O u n d der Joachim- Jungius-Gesellschaft, H a m b u r g . . . Gottingen, Vanden- hoeck & R u p r e c h t , 1955- . Lfg. 1- . T h i s n e w d i c t i o n a r y is t h e first p a r t of t h e Thesaurus Linguae Graecae to b e p u b - lished. A l t h o u g h similar in its g e n e r a l in- t e n t i o n to t h e Thesaurus Linguae Latinae, {Guide, M340) t h e G r e e k Thesaurus will c o n t a i n w h e n c o m p l e t e d a series of diction- aries, each c o v e r i n g a d i f f e r e n t l i t e r a r y pe- r i o d . T h i s o n e will list every w o r d w h i c h occurs in t h e texts of t h e earliest G r e e k literary works u p to b u t n o t i n c l u d i n g t h e works of Antimachos.—S.S. S C I E N C E Sachet, Marie-Helene and Fosberg, F. Raymond. Island Bibliographies: Mi- cronesian Botany; Land Environment and Ecology of Coral Atolls; Vegeta- tion of Tropical Pacific Islands. Comp. u n d e r the auspices of the Pacific Sci- ence Board. [Washington] National Academy of Sciences-National Re- search Council, 1955. 577p. $6. I n t h r e e s e p a r a t e sections (as suggested in t h e sub-titles), each section of this a n n o - t a t e d b i b l i o g r a p h y is a r r a n g e d by a u t h o r a n d has its o w n s u b j e c t i n d e x . Books, peri- odical articles, m i m e o g r a p h e d m a t e r i a l , a n d some u n p u b l i s h e d items are i n c l u d e d . Bib- l i o g r a p h i c a l i n f o r m a t i o n is given i n ab- b r e v i a t e d ( a n d o f t e n unsatisfactory) f o r m , b u t l o c a t i o n of copies, p r i m a r i l y in Wash- i n g t o n , D. C., libraries, is i n d i c a t e d . I n d e x - i n g consists in g r o u p i n g a u t h o r s ' n a m e s p l u s dates of p u b l i c a t i o n u n d e r s u b j e c t h e a d i n g s w i t h o u t i n d i c a t i o n of p a g e n u m - b e r . T h e r e is a list of serial a b b r e v i a t i o n s a n d a s e p a r a t e a d d e n d a list f o r each section. —E.S. A P P L I E D S C I E N C E De Vries, Louis. English-German Tech- nical and Engineering Dictionary. 1st ed. N.Y., McGraw-Hill, 1954. 997p. A c o m p a n i o n v o l u m e t o his German-Eng- lish Technical and Engineering Dictionary {Guide, Suppl. 1P5). Lists m o r e t h a n 130,000 e n t r i e s . E m p h a s i s is o n e n g i n e e r i n g t e r m s b u t o t h e r t e c h n i c a l a n d some few g e n e r a l t e r m s a r e i n c l u d e d . H a r v a r d University. Psycho-Acoustic Laboratory. Bibliography on Hearing. S. S. Stevens, Director; J . G. C. Lor- ing, Compiler; Dorothy Cohen, Tech- nical Editor. Cambridge, Mass., Har- vard Univ. Pr., 1955. 599p. $7. A n e n l a r g e m e n t of A Bibliography in Audi- tion, c o m p . by G e o r g e A. M i l l e r [ a n d oth- ers]. 1950. 2v. C o v e r i n g t h e p e r i o d 1938-1952, w i t h a selection of m a t e r i a l s b e f o r e 1938, this edi- t i o n c o n t a i n s over 10,000 titles, almost d o u b l i n g those i n t h e first e d i t i o n a n d re- p e a t i n g all titles listed t h e r e . T h e large sub- ject fields covered i n c l u d e : a n a t o m i c a l , bio- physics, a n i m a l studies, speech a n d i n f o r m a - t i o n , music, noise, n e u r a l activity, biochem- istry a n d p h a r m a c o l o g y , psychophysics, deaf- ness, a u d i o m e t r y , a n d a u d i t o r y t h e o r y . T h e m a i n 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 w i t h a s u b j e c t i n d e x . T i t l e s a r e usu- ally given i n t h e o r i g i n a l l a n g u a g e f o l l o w e d by a n E n g l i s h t r a n s l a t i o n in brackets. 46 COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES Music The Guide to Long-Playing Records. N.Y., Knopf, 1955. 3v. $11.50. Contents: v. 1, Orchestral music, by Irving Kolodin; v. 2, Vocal music, by Philip L. Miller; v. 3, Chamber and solo instrument music, by Harold C. Schonberg. Three recognized experts present here an annotated list of the serious music available on long-playing records, which, by virtue of comprehensiveness and practicality, should be useful to a very large group. Listing is by composer, with subdivisions by musical form, and there are supplementary listings in volumes 2 and 3 of individual perform- ers in collections, miscellanies, etc. Although no mention is made of a closing date, a number of early 1955 releases are included. Relative merits of the several perform- ances of a given work are clearly indicated, and although personal preferences are ob- vious (and properly so), the balance between objective and subjective criticism seems skill- fully maintained. There are adequate in- dexes; the uninitiated, however, may be con- fused by the arrangement of abbreviations at the head of each title. Particularly note- worthy is the high literary standard of the text of the annotations.—J.N.W. L I T E R A T U R E Jonas, Klaus W. Fifty Years of Thomas Mann Studies, 1902-1951. Minneapo- lis, University of Minnesota Press, 1955. 217p. $5. A selective compilation of approximately 3,000 books, parts of books, pamphlets, and periodical and newspaper articles about Mann, covering the period 1902, the year in which articles on Buddenbrooks began to appear, through 1951, the year of publica- tion of Der Erwahlte. However, important items of earlier or later dates are included, as well as Mann's self-critical and auto- biographical writings. T h e systematic ar- rangement includes sections on bibliography, biography, themes, style, political, social and philosophical thought, research in progress, and on each of the author's novels, novel- ettes and short stories. Except in the case of newspaper citations, bibliographical infor- mation is complete and uniform.—K.L. B I O G R A P H Y Who's Who in Librarianship, ed. by T h o m a s L a n d a u . Cambridge, Bowes and Bowes, 1954. 268p. 50s. T h e first of its kind for British librarians, Who's Who in Librarianship includes ap- proximately 3,000 notices of the usual who's who nature, although comparison with other sources of information suggests a rather high percentage of omissions. "Spe- cial interests" are noted in most of the sketches, and these have been further used to form a number of supplementary classi- fied lists. Who's Who in Library Service. 3d. ed., Dorothy Ethlyn Cole, ed. N.Y., T h e Grolier Society, 1955. 546p. $6. This new edition of Who's Who in Li- brary Service lists some 11,000 U. S. and Canadian librarians, with personal and pro- fessional data which seem pertinent, accu- rate and, for the most part, current. Infor- mation is based on questionnaires sent to graduates of approved library schools and members of the several national library as- sociations; apparently, those librarians fail- ing to reply were excluded, regardless of other considerations.—J.N.W. Who's Who in World Aviation. Wash- ington, D.C., American Aviation Pub- lications, 1955- . v. 1- . $10. Includes some 2400 names covering offi- cials of aircraft companies and airlines; of- ficers of the air services of all countries; dis- tinguished members of pioneer pilot or- ganizations; government officials and legis- lators with significant interest in aviation, etc. A T L A S E S Atlas mira. [A. N. Baranov, V. N. Ly- siuk, S. I. Shurev and others, editors] Moscow, 1954. [13]p. 283p. of colored maps. 51 cm. $55. A world atlas, in Russian, prepared under JANUARY, 1956 47- the Chief Administration of Geodesy a n d Cartography of the Ministry of I n t e r n a l Af- fairs, by order of the Council of Ministers of the U.S.S.R. Maps are primarily physical a n d politi- cal; u n l i k e the Bol'shoi sovetskii atlas mira (Guide U169) there are n o economic or historical maps. Considerable emphasis is given to communication routes. Seventy-five maps (or approximately 2 5 % ) are of the U.S.S.R. a n d its subdivisions, a n d 105 are devoted to Western Europe. R e m a i n i n g sec- tions include Asia (52), Africa (17), N o r t h America (91), South America (14), a n d Aus- tralia, the oceans a n d polar regions (17). T h e bulk of the work was completed in 1953. T h e index, to be published separately, is not yet available. T o facilitate reference to the key to symbols a duplicate u n b o u n d page on firm p a p e r is provided. T h e cartographic methods employed ap- p e a r to be of superior quality, a n d format is comparable with the best atlases published in Europe.—E.B. Svenska sallskapet for antropologi och geografi, Stockholm. Atlas over Sver- ige. Stockholm, Generalstabens lito- grafiska anstalts forlag, 1953- . $112 complete. A new a n d valuable regional atlas of Sweden, which, when complete, will contain 150 folio-size colored maps together with descriptive texts a n d will afford a thorough treatment of all aspects of Swedish geogra- phy. T h e fourteen sections will include ma- terial on geophysics a n d geology, meteorol- ogy a n d hydrography, pasturage a n d animal husbandry, p o p u l a t i o n , agriculture, forestry, industry, communications, trade, economic conditions, social conditions, cultural de- velopment, political geography a n d history. T h e r e are extensive English summaries in each folio section, a n d all maps a n d tables have parallel English headings. Scheduled to be completed in a b o u t three years, the atlas will contain seventy-five fascicles (kart- blad) of which fifteen have been issued.— K.L. H I S T O R Y Diccionario historico argentino, publi- cado bajo la direccion de Ricardo Piccirilli, Francisco L. Romay [y] Leoncio Gianello. Buenos Aires, Edi- ciones Historicas Argentinas [1953- 1954] 6v. $70. T h i s alphabetical dictionary consists, in general, of brief articles on persons, places a n d institutions connected with the history of Argentina. Some longer, survey-type arti- cles on broader subjects are also included. As the chief emphasis is on biography, nu- merous sketches of e m i n e n t artists, scien- tists a n d educators, in addition to those of historical figures, are included. U n u s u a l b u t useful, especially to librarians, is the in- clusion of articles on the history of the country's m a j o r periodicals a n d newspapers. Although p r e p a r e d by Argentine schol- ars, the articles are not signed a n d the bib- liographies are brief a n d scattered. Further- more the work has not been indexed a n d cross references have generally been omitted. T h u s , u n f o r t u n a t e l y , the wealth of informa- tion accumulated here is not readily acces- sible.—S.S. Historical Abstracts: a quarterly of ab- stracts of historical articles appearing currently in periodicals the world over . . . Eric H. Boehm, Editor, v.l, no.l- March, 1955- . Vienna, His- torisches Seminar, 1955- quarterly. $15 to individuals and to institutions with an annual book fund of less than $10,000; $25 to institutions with an annual book fund of more than $10,- 000. T h e first two issues of this new abstract j o u r n a l in the historical field contain almost 1700 abstracts f r o m more than 400 periodi- cals, with the expectation that coverage will be e x t e n d e d to more t h a n 600 periodicals by the end of volume two. I t is i n t e n d e d to include articles on "political, diplomatic, eco- nomic, social, cultural a n d intellectual his- tory a p p e a r i n g on the period 1775-1945 in the periodical literature (including year books) the world over." Each issue will also include a brief news section, installments of a World List of His- torical Periodicals, a list of the periodicals ab- stracted; a n d subject a n d a u t h o r indexes. 48 COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES