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reply to obvious needs of bibliographically 
untrained readers. 

More than 500 entries (fifty pages) are 
in the chronological check-list of his pub-
lished writings. The British Museum cata-
logs give some 125 Pollard entries, and the 
Library of Congress allows him 165 in its 
pre-1956 imprints catalog. His catalogs and 
bibliographies are excellent and highly ef-
fective tools. What is known and practiced 
in bibliography today is heavily indebted 
to him, so these essays are certainly a fitting 
selection as the second title in The Great 
Bibliographers Series.-David E. Estes, As-
sistant University Librarian, Special C ollec-
tions, Robert W. W oodrutf Library, Emory 
University, Atlanta, Georgia. 

Voices from the Southwest: A Gathering in 
Honor of Lawrence Clark Powell. Gath-
ered by Donald C. Dickinson, W. David 
Laird, Margaret F. Maxwell. Flagstaff, 
Ariz.: Northland Press, 1976. 159p. 
$12.50. LC 76-26769. ISBN 0-87358-
157-1. 
Voices from the Southwest is a festschrift 

volume that is more than the usual lauda-
tory collection in honor of one man-in this 
case, Lawrence Clark Powell. Truly, 
Powell's love for the Southwest and the hon-
or which he deserves are amply represent-
ed through poetry, art, and literature. Un-
like most books of this nature, however, 
each essay, poem, and photograph will be-
come important for its own unusually high 
quality. Where else would one find poetry 
by William Everson, photography by Ansel 
Adams and John Schaefer, a drawing by 
Jose Cisneros, gathered together with essays 
by such writers as Paul Horgan, Frank 
Waters, Richard Dillon, and many other 
outstanding personalities of the Southwest? 
The admiration Powell elicits has been suc-
cessfully translated into a fine book which 
every library will want to possess. The 
varied contributions were gathered by Don-
ald C. Dickinson, W. David Laird, and 
Margaret F. Maxwell, all of the University 
of Arizona. 

I especially enjoyed the vivid introduc-
tion to the history of the Southwest by Elea-
nor B. Adams; the lucid essay, "Authors 
and Books of Colonial New Mexico," by 
Marc Simmons; and the amusing piece, 

"Amateur Librarian," by Paul Horgan. This 
last contains a brilliant description of Cap-
tain Jack-the man who served as the most 
unorthodox librarian at New Mexico Mili-
tary Institute during Horgan's student days. 
The library now has the distinction of car-
rying Paul Horgan's name. Also Richard 
Dillon, Harwood Hinton, Jake Zeitlin, and 
Ward Ritchie caught my imagination with 
their vignettes of the literary careers of 
J. Ross Browne, Richard Hinton, and Law-
rence Clark Powell. Two bibliographical 
checklists have been contributed by Robert 
Mitchell and AI Lowman. The descriptive 
comments by Lowman on each of the LCP 
keepsakes entertain as they illuminate. 

This fine volume will add distinction to 
any library, private or public. It is a sub-
stantive contribution to the literature of the 
Southwest and is well treated by its de-
signer, John Anderson, and printer, Paul 
Weaver of the Northland Press. The bind-
ing is by Mark and Iris Roswell. When one 
judges the quality of the production, one 
must consider the price most equitable. 

Larry Powell's seventieth birthday vol-
ume will be your pleasure, as it was mine, 
now and for the years to come.-William 
R. Holman, Librarian, Humanities Research 
Center, University of Texas at Austin. 

Books and Undergraduates: Proceedings of 
a Conference Held at Royal Holloway 
College, University of London, 4th-6th 
July, 1975. Edited by Peter H. Mann. 
London: National Book League, 1976. 
132p. £3.35 (incl. postage). ISBN 0-
85353245-1. 
In these days of increased attention to 

the problem of user frustration in academic 
libraries, we need to give consideration to 
influences beyond the library's policies and 
programs. This volume reports a conference 
which tried to learn how the flow of books 
to the student could be improved, but with 
a theme of the interdependence of teaching 
faculty, librarians, publishers, booksellers, 
and students. Participants were from these 
groups, and representatives from each gave 
the major talks. Ideas were contributed in 
question-and-answer sessions after each 
talk and in discussion groups. 

This 1975 conference was sponsored by 
the National Book League, but it grew out