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brings out the retrogression as wel( as pro­
gression of cartographic publications through­
out the years. "The force of bad · example," 
he points out, "is a characteristic in the lives 
of maps as of men." 

Mr. Wroth follows his subject closely and, 
while he is telling a story, the reader is not 
allowed to forget that the author is also 
talking maps and charts. He uses references 
to maps in his footnotes, instead of the usual 
quotations from historical manuscripts, to 
document his statements. In fact, twenty­
eight of the forty-one "works most frequently 
cited in notes" appended to the text, are 
studies on cartography, and .several others are 
borderline works leaning strongly toward the 
subject of maps.. Also appended is a list of 
I<.?4 of the principal maps mentioned, arranged 
in chronological order, with notes in each 
case as to the location of the particular copy 
consulted. · 

Special mention should be made of the 
twenty-two folding plates bound in with the 
text which are reproductions, in most cases 
reduced in size , of some of the most unusual 

maps and charts referred to. Besides adding 
to the general usefulness of the text as a 
reference work, they present to the reader, in 
some cases for the first time, rare treasures 
which many persons may never be privileged 
to see in the original. Some of these docu­
ments have long since been lost or destroyed, 
but their influence on cartographic history 
is incontestable. The reproductions are 
something of an achievement in themselves, 
and the collotype process has produced a 
finished ,product .which is both attractive and 
remarkably legible. 

This publication, a few copies of which are 
available in book form, separately paginated 
and with an index, presents a subject and a 
body of literature which is all too unfamiliar 
to geographers and historians of the present 
day. And yet it is no more possible to under­
stand the - history of the ancient Pacific with­
out recourse to maps and charts than it is 
to study intelligently the present war in that 
area without them.-Lloyd A. Brown, li­
brarian, Peabody Institute of the City of 
Baltimore. 

Anniversaries and Holidays 

Anniversaries and Holidays,· A Calendar of 
Days and How to Obs erve Them. Mary 
Emogene Hazeltine. Second edition, com­
pletely revised with the editorial assistance 
of Judith K. Sollenberger. American Li­
brary Association, 1944. 3 16p. 

The announcement that an excellent and 
time-tested reference tool has been revised 
is always good news to the reference librarian. 
Acquaintance with the first edition of Miss 
Hazeltine's "calendar-bibliography" assured 
us of excellence in the revision. Our expecta­
tions have been more than fulfilled; the new 
volume deserves an enthusiastic reception. 

The revised edition adds many new names 
and anniversaries, completely revises the bib­
liographies, and arranges its material more 
compactly. Three of the parts have been 
telescoped into one, leaving five divisions in 
the book instead of seven. Calendar dates and 
code numbers for entries in the bibliography 
s~ctions are in heavier type and placed more 
conspicuously in the page heading, making the 
volume easier to use. 

The ''Calendar" reflects trends in recent 

history and politics by the addition of such 
new anniversaries as Pan American Day, 
Atlantic Charter Day, Pearl Harbor Day, and 
independence days for Latin American coun­
tries, and by the appropriate omission of, for 
example, Germany's Constitution Day of 
1919. Many of the special weeks and days 
publicized and celebrated in America have 
been included: Book Week, Garden Week, 
Buddy Poppy Week, Race Relations Sunday, 
and many others. Inauguration Day has 
been changed to January 20, with a nete re­
garding changes of date in its history. 

The new "Calendar" contains 1387 personal 
names, approximately five hundred more than 
in the first edition. The names are chosen 
to represent all fields of endeavor and the 
new ones are chiefly those of persons who 
have become prominent in recent years, such 
as Stephen Vincent Benet, George Washing­
ton Carver, . Winston Churchill, George 
Gershwin, Mahatma Gandhi, Thomas Masa­
ryk, the Mayos, and Toscanini. Some less 
important names in the old edition have been 
omitted. A number of entry dates have been 

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corrected as a result ·of new research, na­
tionality has been added to personal names, 
and the exact date of death has been given 
for deceased persons. A few typographical 
errors have crept in, as in the entries for 
John D. Rockefeller, that in the calendar 
and index being under July 9 and that in the 
classified index under July 8. 

As before the "Calendar" contains brief 
or long descriptive notes for all entries, ref­
erences by code number to informatiqn about 
the person or event in composite books listed 
in Parts II and III, and very complete bibliog­
raphies of historical, literary, and entertain­
ment materials for important holidays. 
References to individual biographies, periodi­
cal references, and portraits have been almost 
entirely omitted. · 

Bibliographies in Parts II and .III have 
been thoroughly revised, with new titles re­
placing more than half of the earlier refer­
ences whose content is now obsolete or 
incomplete. Many of the annotations have 
been rewritten. Titles in the two sections 
are numbered consecutively, and juvenile 
books are indicated by j or jj and by notation 
of the school grades for which they are suit­
able. 

"Books about Holidays" (Part II) is ar­
ranged by general subjects connected with 
holiday and anniversary observance. In 
"Books about Persons" (Part III) collective 
biographies are arranged alphabetically by 
author and subject. To the reviewer it seems 
confusing to find the general references scat­
tered among the classified lists, since the 
typography does not show too clearly the lines 
of demarcation. As a bibliographical list, , 
Part III would be easier to use if the general 
references had been placed in a group at the 
beginning. 

The classified index is a very useful guide 
to names of important persons in various 
occupations or fields of interest, and of im­
portant inventions. References given are to 
the calendar dates with which entries are 
associated and thus indirectly to material in 
books. The classification includes fifty-nine 
categories and is therefore fairly minute; 
there are also cross references to related 
fields. A few omissions of persons whose 
names appear in the calendar have been noted; 
e.g.~ Ibsen's name does not occur in the list 

of Scandinavian authors, though he is included 
under ''Dra~atists." S~veral others ar~ in 
both groups. 

The general index forms an adequate key 
to the events and persons in the book. Ref­
erences are _to calendar dates or to pages. 
Names of individual inventions are omitted 
and may be found only in ·the classified index 
under "Inventions." References to subdivi­
sions in the classified index are not always 
included; for example, the only reference to 
chemists, physicists, and geologists, is under 
the general heading "Scientists." A few addi- _ 
tional cross refc;rences are needed: from 
Twain to Clemens, from Raphael to Sanzio, 
from Loyola to Ignatius of Loyola. There 
is also a certain inconsistency in the use of 
Christian names in the index. 

The few defects mentioned are minor ones, 
inevitable in any book of such broad scope, 
and do not detract measurably from the 
usefulness of . the volume as a · whole. One 
would look long to find a more satisfactory 
tool for use on holiday or anniversary ques­
tions, at least from the librarian's point of 
view. Not so storied as Chambers' Book of 
Days~ more concise and comprehensive than 
Douglas' American Book of Days·~ less inter­
national than Spicers' Book of Festivals~ more 
selective in calendar and lists than White~s 
Conspectus of American Biography~ less con­
cerned with ."firsts" than Kane's Famous First 
Facts and More First Facts~ this is still the 
best general tool in its field. , 

For exhibitors, advertisers, radio broad­
casters and script writers, and for teachers, 
clergymen, and clubs, this book is a godsend. 
For librarians, who need not only information 
about days and their associations but also a 
key to fuller descriptions and biographies in 
the volumes on their shelves, it is an indis­
pensable tool. As a buying list for library 
holiday collections it is · the most valuable 
bibliography available today. Most libraries 
will wish to keep both editions available, since 
some books on their shelves may n~t be ·ana­
lyzed in the new edition of Anniversaries and 
Holidays. . 

Reference librarians owe a debt of gratitude 
to Miss Hazeltine for bringing up to date 
this invaluable reference tool.-Ruth M. 
Erlandson~ reference librarian~ White Plains~ 
N.Y.~ Public Library. 

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