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amount of work we are performing compared with our Canadian brethren, it is to be remembered that they have the overwhelming advantage accruing from a sympathetic and generous legislature which strengthens their hands in the substantial way of monetary grants.

MODERN AMERICAN LIBRARY ECONOMY as illustrated by the Newark, N.J., Free Public Library. By John Cotton Dana. Part V: The School department. Section 4 School libraries by

Grace Thompson and J. C. Dana. 1911.

This work is not concerned, as its title might seem to imply, with general libraries in the schools for the use of the children, but deals with small collections of books lent to teachers for use in their classrooms. The library authority in Newark aims at affording the teachers in their classroom work whatever help may be obtained from books. To this end any teacher in grades three to eight may have books sent to her room for the school year. The selection of these small collections, which do not generally exceed 40 volumes, is left entirely to the teacher, unless she solicits the advice of the School Department at the Public Library. Some teachers check in the Newark Graded Lists the books they prefer, while others call at the library and select their books from the shelves of the model library kept for the purpose. Some lists of typical libraries are given from which we can learn the ideas of different teachers in this matter. Some of the lists are very general while others show a preponderance of works dealing with subjects of the school curriculum for the year.

It can readily be understood how such an arrangement will benefit both teachers and taught. The work of the teacher will be simplified and the scholars interested to a greater degree in their work by the presence of this additional illustrative matter relating to the lessons. Not only are the books used for this purpose, however: the teachers lend them to likely readers amongst the children, and attempt in various other ways to encourage a love of good reading. We are particularly pleased to read that "Books are never given as rewards for good conduct, nor withheld as marks of punishment, for some of the most disorderly boys are the most appreciative and omnivorous readers".

The school libraries may be changed wholly or in part as often as desired. School visiting is a prominent feature of the administration. This consists of the Chief of the School Department at the Public Library visiting the schools where these small libraries are located, and offering advice and suggestions where necessary. This visit is considered a golden opportunity to explain to the children the function of the Central Library and to describe what it contains.

The remainder of the pamphlet is taken up with descriptions of routine work connected with administering the libraries, and the first article entitled "Public School Changes" outlines a plan for future activity in the way of establishing such a collection of books in each school as will meet the demands of the various societies meeting within the building. This will be better understood when it is explained that the schools are utilized for meetings by all kinds of educational, social, literary, technical, and other societies, and the advantage of such collections in the schools when they are established cannot be overestimated.

RECENT LIBRARY PUBLICATIONS.

AMERICAN.

BROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY.-Bulletin. 3rd series. Vol. IV. January, 1912. 68 pp.

Contains an extensive list of new books, fully annotated, and arranged in Dewey form; together with an appendix of foreign works, and a list of special subjects treated of in former issues.

Charles Dickens, 1812-1870. A list of books and references to periodicals in the Brooklyn Public Library. 1912. 68 pp.

A substantial contribution to the bibliography of Dickens. The arrangement is as follows: bibliographies, works, plays based upon Dickens, biography, criticism, etc. The list includes books and parts of books (listed alphabetically by authors), and periodical articles entered under titles.

CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY.-Book Bulletin. Vol. I.

December, 1911, and January and February, 1912.

No. 10.

Lists of additions, arranged in Dewey form, accompanied by special articles. The December number has a note and list relating to Mr. Arnold Bennett, accounting, advertising, and salesmanship. The January issue has a long Dickens list, and a note about the recently opened Department of Civics at the Central Library, and a brief account of the destruction by fire of the Austin Branch. The special features of the February number comprise the "Repertoire of the Chicago Drama Players," with a list of the plays performed by the Irish players -about whom there has recently been some disturbance; and, under the title of " Books furnished by Uncle Sam," some details of the above-mentioned Department of Civics.

CLEVELAND PUBLIC LIBRARY.-The Open Shelf. Vol. III. No. 4. October-December, 1911. 8 pp.

A list in Dewey form, without annotations. The list has sections for works in foreign languages, and also one for the blind, books in this portion being embossed in the American Braille system.

COLUMBIA DISTRICT PUBLIC LIBRARY.-Monthly Bulletin. Vol. III. No. 2. Free. 4 pp.

A short list of new books and library news, issued at Washington. GRAND RAPIDS PUBLIC LIBRARY: issued from the Ryerson Public Library, Michigan. Vol. VII. No. 2. November, 1911. 12 pp.

In Dewey form. The list is accompanied by a number of brief notes about the activities of the Library, and has a list of magazine articles of especial interest. A small pamphlet inset, entitled, "What the Grand Rapids Public Library can do for You," is a business-like advertisement of the library system.

HAVERHILL (MASS.) PUBLIC LIBRARY.-Bulletin. Vol. III.
No. 12.
January, 1912. 8 pp.

Devoted xclusively to a list of books for children, with preliminary matter respecting the juvenile department and its work. 22,239 volumes, out of a total issue of 58,898 of children's books, were lent through school libraries.

ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY.-Bulletin.

Vol. IX. No. 3.

List of serials in the University Library, together with those in other libraries in Urbana and Champaign. September, 1911. Super roy.,

234 PP.

$1.30.

7000 titles of newspapers, magazines, periodicals, and annuals in various languages, in alphabetical order. The Libraries contain some volumes of the 'Library Association Record," and it is noted that vols. 6 to 11 are upon order. It is intended to revise this extensive list and to keep it up to date.

MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY LIBRARY.-Staff Manual Ann. Arbor, 1912. 32 pp.

Apparently an annual publication for the guidance of the staff and for student assistants. The various departments are dealt with seriatim. NEWARK (N.J.) FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY.-Books for Boys and

Girls. 1912. 68 pp.

A revised edition of the list published in 1906, giving concise entries of 1656 titles. Part I is comprised of author entries, part 2 is a subject-index. The list "is the result of several years' careful consideration of the best reading for children". Reference books are not included.

NEW YORK STATE LIBRARY, EDUCATION DEPARTMENT. -Circular. October, 1911.

A pamphlet, without title, explaining progress being made, and arrangements devised for the new State Library to supersede that largely destroyed by fire last year. The pamphlet is deserving of the attention of booksellers, in particular.

NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY.-Monthly list of additions. January and February, 1912.

Lists in Dewey form, with particulars of the Library service. A note in each number indicates that special tickets are issued for teachers allowing them to retain works for special study for a period not exceeding six months.

PITTSBURGH CARNEGIE LIBRARY.-Monthly Bulletin. December, 1911, and January and February, 1912.

Fully annotated lists in Dewey form. A new feature is that of excerpts from reviews of various books in the Library. The January number has a special list on brick manufacture. Each issue has a section of literature for the blind. Accompanying these numbers is the index to the 1911 volume. This covers 120 pages of author entries with title entries added for fiction. The contents gives full particulars of subject headings.

ST. LOUIS PUBLIC LIBRARY.-Monthly Bulletin. Vol. IX. New series. No. 9. November, 1911. 26 pp.

List arranged in Dewey form, with some annotations. Special sections relate to Dickens and to Woman Suffrage. A page is devoted to a graceful tribute to the memory of the late Librarian, Mr. F. M. Crunden, whom many on this side knew and highly esteemed.

SPRINGFIELD CITY (MASS.).—Library Bulletin. Vol. XXXII.

No. 2. 20 pp.

This monthly opens with a running commentary on some new books, and, in addition to its Museum and Art Gallery notes, has a short Dewey list of recently added books, and a select list of interesting articles in January magazines. WORCESTER (MASS.).—Free Public Library Bulletin. Vol. XIII.

No. 8. October-November, 1911, and Vol. XIV. No. 2. February, 1912.

Annotated lists, Dewey form. The February issue includes a special catalogue of works on bee-keeping, dairying, fruit culture, and poultry.

BOOKSELLERS' CATALOGUES.

J. Baer & Co., 6 Hochstr., Frankfurta. M.

No. 590. Trade and Commerce.

Nos. 593-594. Prussia. 4691 nos.

No. 595. Statistics. 2100 nos.

No. 596. Italian Language and Literature. 2642 nos.

Ellis, 29 New Bond Street, London, W.

No. XIII. Music. 518 nos.

No. 394.

No. 404.

No. 411.

G. Fock, Schlossgasse 7-9, Leipzig.
Physiology. 3967 nos.

Church History and Systematic Theology. 4942 nos.
Law. 3747 nos.

W. Heffer & Sons, Cambridge.

No. 84. Miscellaneous books. 3339 nos.

R. Jäschke, 75 Charing Cross Road, London, W.C.

No. 1. Foreign books. 987 nos.

No. 18.

No. 432.

L. Jouan, 98 Rue Saint Pierre, Caen.
Miscellaneous books.

List & Francke, 2 Talstrasse, Leipzig.
Art and Archæology. 2837 nos.

T. de Marinis & Co., 5 Via Vechietti, Florence.

No. XI. MSS., Autographs, Incunabula, and rare books. 402 nos. With many facsimiles.

F. Muller & Co., 16-18 Doelenstraat, Amsterdam.

Annual catalogue of Cartography, Geography, and Voyages, 15th-19th centuries. 184 pp.

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Part 3. German

Part 4.

L. S. Olschki, 4 Lungarno Acciaioli, Florence. No. 78. Illustrated books, 15th and 16th centuries. School. 119 facsimiles. 1073-1192 pp. No. 79-80. Illustrated books, 15th and 16th centuries. German School, English School. 123 facsimiles. 1195-1328 pp. Pickering & Chatto, 66 Haymarket, London, S. W. 128 pp.

History, Topography, Travels. Part 1.

Probsthain & Co., 41 Gt. Russell Street, London, W.C. No. 24. China and her neighbours. Part 1. 1176 nos.

H. Welter, 4 Rue Bernard Palissy, Paris. Catalogue of long sets and books of reference.

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