College and Research Libraries EUGENE P. SHEEHY Selected Reference Books of 1965-1966 T ms ARTICLE continues the semi-an- nual series1 originally edited by Con- stance M. Winchell. Though it appears under a byline the list is actually a proj- ect of the reference department of the Columbia University libraries, and notes are signed with the initials of the in- dividual staff members. 2 Since the purpose of the list is to pre- sent a selection of recent scholarly and foreign works of interest to reference workers in university libraries it does not pretend to be either well balanced or comprehensive. Code numbers (such as All, 1A26, 2S22) have been used to refer to titles in the Guide3 and its supple- ments. BmLIOGRAPHY British Museum. Dept. of Printed Books. Short-Title Catalogue of Books Printed in the Nether lands and Belgium and · of Dutch and Flemish Books Printed in other Countries from 1470 to 1600 now in the British Museum. London: Trustees of the British Museum, 1965. 274p. 50s. With the publication of this list, the British Museum series of short-title cata- logs now covers its holdings from "all those countries of the European conti- nent where there was a considerable out- put of early printing." (Pre£.) Thus, British Museum books published before 1601 in, and in the language of, France, Germany, Italy, Belgium and the Nether- 1CRL, January and July issues starting January 1952. 2 Carol Anne Bondhus, Marilyn Goldstein, Rita Keckeissen, Evelyn Lauer, Hugh Macdonald, Sarah Ropes, Charlotte Smith. · 3 Constance M. Winchell, Guide to Reference Books (7th ed.; Chicago: ALA, 1951 ); Supplement (Chicago: ALA, 1954); Second Supplement (Chicago: ALA, 1956); Third Supplement ( Chicago: ALA, 1960); Fourth Supplement (Chicago: ALA, 1963). 304 / lands, Portugal, and Spain as well as Spanish America can be identified from their respective catalogs. As in earlier lists, entry is by author with abridged title, and the index is of printers and publishers.-R.K. Enciclopedia de orientaci6n biblio- grafica. Director: Tomas Zamarriego. Barcelona: J. Flors, 1964-65. 4v. Although titles in many languages and topics international in scope are con- sidered, this annotated Spanish-language subject bibliography is definitely direct- ed to Spanish interests. The subject ar- rangement, complemented by an author index, shows a heavy concentration in the areas of Roman Catholic theology and church history, and in the human- ities. The necessity for selection in the face of the seeming avalanche of interna- tional literature requires careful discrim- ination and, while the editor offers the work to the nonspecialist as a study guide to the best material in all fields, the sciences and non-Hispanic letters do suffer. For the most part, the annotations are analytic rather than descriptive, and represent the work of an impressive array of Hispanic scholars.-C.A.B. Gronroos, Henrik. Suomen bibliografisen kirfallisuuden opas. Guide des biblio- graphies finlandaises. Helsinki: Suoma- laisen Kirjallisuuden Seura, 1965. 219p. This bibliography of bibliographies on Finland includes works published up to December 1, 1965, in which a minimum of one chapter is devoted exclusively to Finland. Both separately published bib- liographies and those appearing in books and periodicals are covered. There are four main divisions: general bibliog- Selected Reference Books of 1965-19661305 raphies grouped by language; "Finland in foreign literature/Foreign countries in Finnish literature" arranged by coun- try; specialized subject bibliographies; and bibliographies of individuals. Within sections the secondary arrangement is chronological by dates covered. Four indexes complete the work: subjects, names, authors, and anonymous works. Although the bibliography is chiefly in Finnish, the arrangement and indexes make its use relatively easy for persons not knowing that language; an additional help is the fact that the introduction and table of contents are in French as well as in Finnish.-S.R. Paris. Bibliotheque Nationale. Departe- ment des Imprimes. Catalogue general des livres imprimes: auteurs-collec- tivites-auteurs-anonymes, 1960-1964. Paris: 1965- . v.1- . (To be in 12v.) Contents: v.1, A-Bic. 996p. Beginning with v.187, the Catalogue general of the Bibliotheque N ationale has included imprints through 1959 only. This is the first volume of the promised quinquennial supplements-a welcome series on several counts. It records addi- tions for the 1960-64 period, and there- fore includes (as do the "Additions" vol- umes of the British Museum catalog) some works of earlier date, though non- French items published prior to 1960 are largely excluded. Unlike the basic cata- log, the supplementary series includes corporate entries and title entries for anonymous and collective works. There are added entries for joint authors, trans- lators, etc. Separate series are planned for works in Cyrillic characters, works in Modem Greek, and works in Hebrew characters.-E.S. Peeters-Fontainas, Jean F. Bibliographie des impressions espagnoles des Pays- Bas meridionaux. Nieuwkoop: B. de Graaf, 1965. 2v. $50. This bibliography comprises works by Spanish authors which were produced from 1520 to 1785 in presses of the Pays- Bas meridionaux (the Spanish Nether- lands). Covering such diverse subjects as devotional texts and accounts of voyages of discovery, the work is arranged alpha- betically by author or anonymous title. Entries are numbered, and include full bibliographical data, descriptive notes, and locations of copies. For each author, the complete works are given first, fol- lowed by individual ones arranged by title; works with the same anonymous title are listed chronologically. The first volume contains a comprehensive list of works consulted, and at the end of the second volume are added appendices on additional findings, a series of illustra- tions of printers' marks, and a chronolog- ical table serving as a kind of index to the editions cited. The bibliography was painstakingly compiled and should be of great value to scholarship in the history of the book and of printing.-M.G. MICROFORMS National Register of Microform Masters. Sept. 1965- . Washington: Library of Congress, 1965- . Irregular. Included in NUC subscription. Two basic purposes are outlined for this new service: ( 1) to provide a com- plete national listing of microform master negatives from which libraries may ac- quire prints in single copies, thus avoid- ing expensive duplication of masters; and ( 2) to identify those negatives which are stored under particular conditions to insure preservation. Foreign and do- mestic books, pamphlets, serials, news- papers, and foreign dissertations are in- cluded, but not technical reports, type- script translations, foreign or American manuscripts, American doctoral disserta- tions and masters' theses. Titles for which Library of Congress or National Union Catalog cards are available are arranged by card number, the remainder alpha- betically. Locations are indicated by li- brary symbols, followed by symbols indi- cating form of the master. The Register is concerned solely with master micro- 306 1 College & Research Libraries • July, 1966 forms retained for the purpose of mak- ing copies, not with those that may be used by readers.-C.S. LIBRARIES Lewanski, Richard Casimir, comp. Sub- ject Collections in European Libraries; a Directory and Bibliographical Guide. New York: Bowker, 1965. 789p. $25. Title also in French, German, Italian, Russian, and Spanish; prefatory matter in English, French, and German. Designed as a companion to Lee Ash's Subject Collections ... in the U.S. and Canada (2d ed., N.Y., 1961), this work covers subject collections in northwest- ern Europe primarily, and a limited number in other parts of Europe, exclud- ing Asiatic parts of the Soviet Union and Turkey. Approximately eight thousand collections in six thousand libraries are represented, but coverage is very uneven, information having been derived from questionnaires in some instances and from published directories in others. En- tries include address of library, name of director, size of the special collection, and restrictions on use. Instead of the alphabetical subject arrangement used in the Ash volume, the language problem has dictated use of the Dewey Decimal Classification; abridged classification tables and brief indexes are provided. The arrangement, plus the uniformity of the typography, does not lend itself to easy scanning or quick reference, yet the guide is welcome as an initial effort in this area.-C.S. PERIODICALS Index to Little Magazines, 1943-1947. Comp. by Stephen H. Goode. Denver: Alan Swallow [ c1965], 287p. $7.50. Continuing retrospectively the work begun in 1948 by Alan Swallow, et al., this author-subject index of a selected list of little magazines not indexed else- where covers the years 1943-1947. It is the first of an anticipated ten-volume series to be concerned with the complete range of American little magazine activi- ty from 1900 to 1948. As in previously published volumes, subject headings are kept at a minimum, using personal names especially and broad topical cate- gories. In this volume, subjects are dis- tinguished from author entries by upper case letters. The exclusion of citations for editorials, graphic art, and book re- views are the principal variations from the volumes covering more recent years. The list of magazines indexed includes neither place of publication nor the numbers of the volumes or issues in- dexed.-M.G. Union List of Serials in Libraries of the United States and Canada. 3d ed. Edna Brown Titus, ed. New York: H. W. Wilson, 1965. 5v. $120. "Under the sponsorship of the Joint Committee on the Union List of Serials with the cooperation of the Library of Congress, funded by a grant from the Council on Library Resources, Inc." Few reference works of recent years can have been more eagerly awaited or more welcomely received than this third edition of the Union List of Serials. While, as is generally known, it does not advance the period of coverage of the second edition and its supplements, it does list nearly twelve thousand addi- tional titles which began publication be- fore 1950. Thus, 156,449 serials held in 956 libraries in the U.S. and Canada are now represented. Entries from the sec- ond edition and supplements were com- bined and carried over without change "except in those instances where reports of bibliographical. changes in title were investigated and additional locations sup- plied." Deletions of holdings were made only where expressly requested. Harold Rovelstad, chairman of the joint commit- tee, has contributed a preface giving a brief history of union lists and some in- Selected Reference Books of 1965-1966 I 301 teresting remarks on the mechanics of preparing this third ( and, alas, most probably last) edition.-E.S. MAsTER's THESES Black, Dorothy M. Guide to Lists of Masters Theses. Chicago: ALA, 1965. 144p. $5.25. Perhaps no other type of material is as troublesome to the interlibrary loan li- brarian as the master's thesis. This work is offered as a help in verifying and im- proving citations for interlibrary loan requests, as well as an aid to research at the graduate level. It deals only with printed sources, incorporating references from Palfrey and Coleman (Guide GB) as appropriate. There is a section of lists of master's theses in subject fields, and another of lists from specific institu- tions. Descriptive annotations are pro- vided, and the information on lists issued in series is remarkably detailed.-E.S. RELIGION The Encyclopedia of the Lutheran Church. Julius Bodensieck, ed. Min- neapolis: Augsburg Publishing House, 1965. 3v. $37.50. Sponsored by the Lutheran World Federation, this encyclopedia may be considered an authoritative «description" of Lutheran doctrine, history, and activi- ty. Each of the seven hundred contribu- tors is responsible for the articles bear:- ing his signature, and the standards of scholarship are high. The articles are generally written from an historical rather than an analytical point of view; some offer an appended bibliography. The scope of the title is broadened to the extent that brief descriptions of other religions, beliefs, and cultures are in- cluded as a frame of reference. This en- cyclopedia serves well as a convenient reference work on Lutheranism, and stu- dents and researchers in many fields may find it useful as a preliminary guide.- C.A.B. SociOLOGY Davis, John P. The - American Negro · Reference Book. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1966. 969p. $19.95. The purpose of this work is to pro- vide «a reliable summary of current in- formation on the main aspects of Negro life in America, and to present this in- formation in sufficient depth to provide the reader with a true perspective." (Pre£.) Intended for consecutive reading as well as for reference, the volume con- sists of twenty-five essays written by specialists, and dealing with the social, . cultural, and economic life of the Negro. From the reference point of view, its chief merits lie in the bibliographic ref- erences contained in the footnotes and following each chapter, and in the very extensive and noteworthy index. The latter runs to eighty-eight pages and in- cludes numerous cross references and identifying notes.-C.S. Encyclopedia of U.S. Government Bene- fits. R. A. Grisham, Jr., ed. Union City, N.J.: Wm. H. Wise, 1965. 1()()1p. $7.95. The Introduction promises that this book "includes all the services and bene- fits provided by the government and will help [the citizen to understand his] re- lationship to his government." It pro- vides an alphabetical list of benefits and government programs which should be useful for general reference, but is very uneven in coverage and one notes errors and inconsistencies in the compilation. Some articles, such as «Social Security," are very long and detailed, while others are too short to be useful and do not say how or where to apply for benefits. In some cases short articles are repeated within other articles: e.g., «Fellowships, National Defense Education Act" is re- printed at the beginning of "National Defense Education Act Fellowships." Another irregularity is the incomplete cross referencing from names of indi- 3081 College & Research Libraries • July, 1966 vidual national parks to the general article where each is described. A good point is the great quantity of photo- graphs, but even these seem to be more decorative than instructive.-S.R .. Texas. University. Po.pulation Research Center. International Population Cen- sus Bibliography: Latin America and the Caribbean. Austin: University of Texas, Bureau of ·Business Research, 1965. various pagings. $3. (Census bibliography, 1) First in a series which aims to provide a universal bibliography of census re- ports, this volume covers Latin America and the Caribbean. (Nos. 2 and 3 of the series, dealing with Africa and Oceania respectively, have also ap- peared, and follow the pattern of the first. ) The bibliography mainly consists of listings of separately-published popu- lation census reports, though other types of series (e.g., housing and agriculture) are included if population data are in- cluded therein. Arranged alphabetically by area and then chronologically, entries frequently include national, provincial, state, and city censuses from colonial times to the present, with listing of sources, scope notes, and analyses of sets. There are also indications of censuses taken but not published. Although the table of contents is adequate for the main areas cited, there is no index-an aid needed for the smaller areas and types of information provided.-M.G. Welsch, Erwin K. The Negro in the United States: a Research Guide. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1965. 142p. $1.85 paper; $5 cloth. In this "critical introduction," designed to include "almost all areas of involve- ment which could conceivably be the .subject of an introductory · inquiry" (Foreword), the author has tried to se- lect the ~est, or most important works for inclusion. Four main divisions-sci- ence, philosophy and race; historical and sociological background; major issues to- day; the Negro and the arts-are given subdivision appropriate to the matter. Books, periodicals, and essays are in- cluded with comment, usually descrip- tive and critical. Citation is brief, full information (including price for in-print books) being listed in a bibliography which serves also as an author index. Subject index and analytic table of con- tents facilitate use.-R.K. PoLITICAL SciENCE Metron Inc., New York. Universal Refer- ence System. International Affairs. Prepared under the direction of Alfred de Grazia. New York: rc19651• 1205p. $29.95. (Political science, government and public policy series, no. 1 ) Subtitle: An annotated and intensively indexed compilation of significant books, pamphlets, and articles, selected and processed by the Universal Reference System-a computerized information re- trieval service in the social and behavior- al sciences. This computer produced index of 3030 items is the first of an ambitious series designed to cope with the social science literature explosion by providing inten- sively indexed materials "above a modest level of quality" for "maximum research satisfaction." (In trod.) The selection is of classics and twentieth-century writ- ings with heavy representation for pub- lications of the last three years; all so- cial and behavioral sciences are in- cluded. Two listings make up the work: the Catalog, which. lists items in an arbitrarily assigned numerical order with complete bibliographical information, descriptive annotation, and all the de- scriptors which characterize the work; and the Index of Documents, which is the means of. access to the Catalog. The Index section is an alphabet of index Selected Reference Books of 1965-1966 I 309 terms (descriptors from the Universal Reference System) with entries under each term grouped by form and then by date. All descriptors assigned a docu- ment are given and the Catalog item number to which reference is being made. Writings average twenty descrip- tors and have from ten to twenty list- ings in the Index to make them "thoroughly retrievable." A distinctive feature is that descriptors apply not only to content, but to method as well. An author index is appended.-R.K. LAW Kling, Samuel G. The Complete Guide to Everyday Law. Chicago: Follett Publishing Company, 1966. 624p. $6.95. Written by an experienced lawyer, this book is a layman's guide to basic law of such topics as marriage and divorce, sales, real estate, veterans' benefits, con- tracts, wills, social security, and other areas of general interest. The clear ques- tion-and-answer method of coverage, complemented by tables which specifiy the practice of individual states, provides a handy outline to the principles of law. The selection of a lawyer, his fees, and his function in the court are discussed in the opening chapters of the volume, and a glossary of terminology and a selection of legal forms supplement the text. The nontechnical language and the practical nature and arrangement of the subjects included make this quite a useful guide through the technicalities of everyday legal matters.-C.A.B. TREATIES Harvard University. Law School. Li- brary. Index to Multilateral Treaties; a Chronological List of Multi-party International Agref?ments from the Six- teenth Century · through 1963, with Citations to Their Text. Vaclav Mos- tecky, ed. Cambridge, Mass.: 1965. 301p. $13. The traditional definition of "treaty" has here been expanded to include inter- national agreements among organiza- tions, as well as among governments. This heterogeneous list is selective, con- fining itself to those documents signed by three or more nations. However, the Index does conveniently extend the cov- erage of the U.S. Department of State Catalogue of Treaties, 1814-1918 ( 1919; Guide L653), and, like that volume of- fers citations to sources for the complete text (official, if possible) of the treaties. The entries also include such data as catchword subject description and names of participating parties. The volume is supplemented by a "Subject and Region- al Guide" which serves as a general in- dex.-C.A.B. LINGUISTICS Akademiia N auk SSSR. Institut Russkogo Iazyka. Strukturnoe i prikladnoe iazy- koznanie; bibliograficheskii ukazatei literatury, izdannoi v SSSR s 1918 po 1962 g. Moskva: N auka, 1965. 193p. 1r.,3k. According to the preface, this is the first index to the literature of structural and applied linguistics, either in the Soviet Union or abroad. Limited to ma- terials published in the USSR in both Slavic and non-Slavic languages, it in- cludes books; · dissertations; articles from journals, serial publications, and antholo- gies; and reviews. Newspaper articles are excluded. The editors report that all items have been examined before being assigned to the classified arrangement. A separate list of books and articles pub- lished abroad in foreign languages, but which were the subject of Soviet reviews is included, along with an abbreviations list and a list of non-Russian periodicals published in the USSR and referred to in the text. There is a name and title in- dex.-E.L. 310 1 College & Research Libraries • July, 1966 DICTIONARIES Filin, Fedot Petrovich. Slovar' russkikh narodnykh govorov. Leningrad: Nauka [Leningradskoe otd-nie], 1965- . v.1- . Contents: v.1, A-Aia. 302p. Covering the nineteenth and twen- tieth-century vocabulary of Russian dia- lects, this dictionary will be one of a number of dictionaries which are pro- jected to cover all aspects of the Russian language. It attempts to include all Rus- sian dialects, even those spoken in for- eign-language areas, and also to note those features of Russian dialects which have fallen into disuse or are now only weakly preserved. The entries give the pronunciation, meaning, region of origin, and use of each word, as well as pattern sentences and references to sources. Half of this first volume is given over to an extensive bibliography of manuscript and printed sources, plus a list of ad- ministrative and geographical regions and their abbreviations.-E.L. Haugen, Einar lngvald. Norwegian Eng- lish Dictionary. Oslo, U niversitets- forlaget; Madison: Univ. of Wisconsin Press, [1965]. 500p. $12.50. Intended for the student of Nor- wegian, and containing many features not found in other Norwegian-English dictionaries, this should be a useful addi- tion to reference collections. Forms of Norwegian, Dano-Norwegian, and New Norwegian are listed in a single alpha- bet. Definitions are given in American English and are often labeled as to usage (archaic, humorous, etc.). Common ab- breviations, important place and proper names, and cultural features have been listed in the main alphabet. Cross refer- ences are made from variant spellings to that which is currently official, and irregular, nonlexical forms are also cross referenced. The introduction, which is in English, is especially useful. It offers instructions on the use of the dictionary, a history of the Norwegian language, a pronunciation guide, and a bibliography of more than seventy other dictionaries and word lists. Typographically the pages have a crowded appearance, but this defect is more than compensated for by the unusually thorough coverage.- S.R. AGRICULTURE Boalch, Donald Howard, ed. Current Agricultural Serials; a World List of Serials in Agriculture and Related Subjects (Excluding Forestry and Fish- eries) Current in 1964. Oxford: Inter- national Association of Agricultural Li- brarians and Documentalists, 1965- . v.1-. Contents: v.1, Alphabetical list. 351p. More than twelve thousand four hun- dred serials «current in the summer of 1964, dealing with agriculture and kin- dred subjects" (Pre£.) are entered alpha- betically by title or corporate body in this first volume of a projected two- volume work. Since the range of «kin- dred subjects" is broad, there is a certain coincidence of listings here and in the World List of Scientific Periodicals, but, as a current subject list rather than a union list, the new work should prove useful. New or changed titles will be reported in the Quarterly Bulletin of the International Association of Agricultural Librarians and Documentalists, thus in- suring currency. As far as possible, title, place of publication, starting-year, fre- quency, publisher, and UDC number are indicated for each serial. An index of UDC numbers in English, French, Ger- man, and Russian is given at the end of the volume. The second volume, to ap- pear in 1966, will provide "a UDC and quadrilingual index, by subject and place of origin." (Pre£. )-E.S. THEATER AND CINEMA Bessy, Maurice and Chardans, Jean- Louis. Dictionnaire du cinema et de la television. Paris: Jean-Jacques Pauvert, 1965- . v.1- . J Selected Reference Books of 1965-1966 I 311 Contents: v.1, A-C. 520p. 96F. With the increasing focus of scholarly attention on the cinema as an art form, there is need for reference works to pro- vide the basic information which stu- dents will require in their research. When complete in five volumes (with .. filmographie" or list of film titles) , the Bessy and Chardans work should prove a considerable step in this direction. The dictionary does not include true biog- raphies of film and television personali- ties, but the entries under personal names, in addition to giving brief identi- fying statements, attempt to list chrono- logically all of an individual's film ap- pearances. These entries constitute a considerable part of the work and are useful primarily for motion pictures, tele- vision work not being well reported. Photographs are scattered profusely throughout and are of varying degrees of usefulness, most being very small. Volume one contains some long and ba- sically technical articles such as "Cam- era" and .. Censure"; an article on .. Af- fiches" (Posters) gives an historical sur- vey reaching back well before the advent of the cinema. But the dictionary is strongest by far in history of cinema technology-ranging from production equipment and methods to theater con- struction and maintenance. Altogether, the work supplies a great deal of infor- mation not easily found elsewhere, mak- ing this an almost indispensible work for the cinematic sciences despite the un- even coverage of television.-H.M. Rigdon, Walter, ed. The Biographical Encyclopedia & Who's Who of the American Theatre. New York: J. H. Heineman, [1966, c1965]. 1101p. $82.50 . . To present as complete as possible a picture of the American theater, past and present, is the goal of this encyclo- pedia. The main section is a selective, alphabetical list of 3350 biographies of American and European actors, direc- tors, playwrights, designers, teachers, and others who have made notable con- tributions to the American theater. Sup- plementing this is a .. Necrology," inter- national in scope, listing over nine thou- sand people with place and date of birth and death. To complete the historical picture are a list of plays produced in New York since 1900, with the name of the theater, opening date, and number of performances for each; complete play- bills for 1959-64 of Broadway, off-Broad- way, and leading United States repertory companies; and a chronological listing of American plays which received their first professional production abroad. Also useful are the lists of American theater awards and their recipients. Two bib- liographies are included: one of theater recordings; another of biographies. This is an indispensible tool for theater and research libraries.-S.R. LITERATURE Cioranescu, Alexandre. Bibliographie de la litterature fran~aise du dix-septieme siecle. Paris: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 1965- . v.1- . Contents: v.1, Generalites; A-C. 666p. 90F. In effect, a continuation of the same author's bibliography covering the six- teenth-century (Suppl. 4R106), and of- fered with the hope that another will follow for the eighteenth, this bibliog- raphy is concerned with truly literary works. While the sixteenth-century was covered in one volume which included a comprehensive index, this is the first of several volumes and will have an in- dex in the last only. Otherwise the format is largely similar to that of the earlier work: a general section with sub- divisions for history of the book, liter- ary history, social and religious back- ground, literary forms, etc., followed by bibliographies of individual authors. Fu- ture volumes will continue the author 3121 College & Research Libraries • July, 1966 alphabet, which lists an author's own works followed by critical studies on an international level. More comprehensive than the corresponding Cabeen volume (though without annotations ) , the bib- liography remains selective but offers rich material. Until the index appears it may be somewhat difficult to get at the diversified information in the first sec- tion, but once complete, the set should be highly useful to scholars in this field. -M.G. J ahn, J anheinz. Die neoafrikanische Literatur; Gesamtbibliographie von den Anfiingen his zur Gegenwart. [Dusseldorf]: E. Diederichs Verlag, [ 1965] 0 359p. $12.50. Also published under title: A Bibliog- raphy of Neo-African Literature from Africa, America, and the Caribbean (New York: Praeger, 1965). Captions and introductory material in German, English, and French. Here is a rather curious bibliography of an area of literature that still needs to be better defined, though the com- piler promises to do so in a forthcoming book. The present work is apparently not strictly limited to those works which would exhibit J ahn' s as yet unspecified "stylistic elements of neo-Mrican litera- ture," but it should be generally useful as a list of literary works by Negroes in Africa, the Americas, and the Caribbean (but excluding North Mrica, Europe and Australasia). Arrangement is by area, the two great divisions being Afri- ca and America.. In addition, there is a section for anthologies and one for liter- ary forgeries. One notes considerable emphasis on very recent works and con- temporary authors, but a book by Ioannes Latinus as early as 1573 is in- cluded. There is an author index, but another of titles would increase the value of the book. Altogether, this is a fair bibliography for a literature now emerg- ing into real importance.-H.M. Kindler~ Literatur Lexikon. Zurich: Kindler Verlag, [1965- ]. v.1- . (To be in 7v.) $37.50 per v. ( SwF165,40). Contents: v.1, A-Cn. 2710 col. Although inspired by Bompiani' s Dizionario letterario (Guide R31 ) , this is an altogether new work, and a signifi- cantly more useful one than either the Bompiani or the French adaptation thereof ( Dictionnaire des oeuvres . . . ; Suppl. 3R7). In addition to the brief history of a work and the precis of its plot that Bompiani provides, Kindler fur- nishes an excellent short bibliography at the end of each article, listing, when ap- propriate, first edition, standard editions, adaptations (dramatic or operatic), criti- cal works, and translations. Since most titles are entered in the original lan- guage, the Lexikon serves even the per- son who does not read German as a quick bibliographic source on any not- able work in world literature. Titles in Eastern as well as Western literature are covered-though not with the same de- gree of comprehensiveness-and there is a certain emphasis on the works of liv- ing authors. In all, good bibliographies, the broad range of the work, and its lavish format (good paper, clear type, and beautiful color plates) make this a welcome reference tool. A separate index will be issued with each volume until the cumulated index is published in the final volume.-H.M. Smirnov-Sokol'skii, Nikolai Pavlovich. Russkie literaturnye al'manakhi i sbor- niki XVIII-XIX vv.; [bibliografiia]. Moskva: Kniga, 1965. 590p. 3r., 30k. In 1956 the author published a bib- liography of the same title ( Suppl. 3R131), with the designation "prelim- inary list." Now the complete edition ap- pears, containing more than three hun- dred additional listings and offering bib- liographic and historical information on literary anthologies of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Three different Selected Reference Books of 1965-1966 1 313 kinds of anthologies are represented in one chronological sequence: general col- lections of literary miscellany, collections of humor, and children's anthologies. Wherever possible, information concern- ing the editorial history and a list of the contents are given for each anthology. An essay on the history of Russian liter- ary anthologies of the period, illustra- tions, and two indexes (one of titles; the other of authors of individual items) en- hance this well organized work.-E.L. Temple, Ruth Zabriskie and Tucker, Martin, eds. A Library of Literary Criticism: Modern British Literature. New York: Ungar, [1966]. 3v. $30. This work, similar in plan to Nyren's A Library of Literary Criticism: Modern American Literature ( Suppl. 4R40), covers more than four hundred twen- tieth-century British writers, giving for each excerpts from criticism bearing on his qualities, status, and "if he is well known, something of his life and person- ality." (In trod.) Arrangement is alpha- betic by author treated, with criticisms in chronological order, a plan that often serves to illustrate fluctuations in literary reputation. Excerpts have been drawn from both books and articles, and exact sources are noted. The Introduction, be- sides stating policies and principles of compilation, surveys the British review- ing scene of the past half century. Bib- liographies of an author's own works ap- pear at the end of the volume; a "cross- reference index to authors" indicates significant mention of writers within the critical selections, and an "index to crit- ics" draws together all selections of one writer in this compilation.-R.K. BIOGRAPHY Australian Dictionary of Biography. Mel- bourne: Melbourne University Press, 1966- . v.1- . Contents: v.1, 1788-1850, A-H. 578p. $12 Aust. Supported in a variety of ways on a national basis, this new biographical dic- tionary is planned as a scholarly work based on consultation and cooperation. "The burden of writing has been shared almost equally by university historians and by members of historical and gene- alogical societies and other specialists." (Pre£.) Most articles are signed, but there are unsigned articles, usually pre- pared by the Dictionary staff. Citations to published or manuscript sources are provided. As with the new Canadian bio- graphical series noted below, chronologi- cal division has been established: there are to be two volumes for the 1788-1850 period; four volumes for the 1851-1890 period; and probably six volumes for 1891-1938. "The placing of each indi- vidual's name in the appropriate section has been generally determined by when he did his most important work. ... For articles that overlap the chronological division, preference has usually been given to the earlier period." (Pre£.) Some six thousand articles are to be in- cluded. While most entries are of ob- vious significance, some names in the early period were chosen merely as ex- amples of the "Australian experience." A provisional list of names for the next period will be inserted in th·e final vol- ume of each of the first two sections to serve as a guide until a complete index is published.-E.S. Dictionary of Canadian Biography. To- ronto: University of Toronto Press, 1966- . v.1- . Contents: v.1, 1000 to 1700. 755p. $15. Since the establishment of the ..D.C.B." in 1952, scholars, researchers, and librarians have looked forward to the publication of this new work. The editors are striving to produce a com- plete dictionary of national biography "which should supply full, accurate and concise biographies of all noteworthy inhabitants of the Dominion of Canada 314 1 College & Research Libraries • July, 1966 (exclusive of living persons), from the earliest historical period to the time of publication." ( Gen.Introd.) The new dictionary differs from the D .N .B. in having a "period arrangement": each volume will be self-contained and will cover a specific number of years, with the biographies arranged alphabetically within the period. While the chronologi- cal arrangement does not lend itself as readily to quick reference as does the single alphabet, it is useful in giving an historical perspective. Introductory es- says and an index of names mentioned in the text are also helpful in this respect. Volume I covers maritime explorers, Indians, and people of New France, Acadia, Hudson's Bay Colony, and New- foundland. The 594 signed biographies in this volume are mainly in the 300- 1000 word range, and are generally shorter than those projected for later volumes. Bibliographies are appended. A French-language edition is being pub- lished simultaneously, articles being written in French or English according to the ·writer's preference, then trans- lated for the alternate edition.-C.S. Renouard, Philippe. Imprimeurs & li- braries parisiens du XVIe siecle: ouvrage pub lie d' apres les manuscrits de Philippe Renouard par le Service des Travaux Historiques de la Villa de Paris avec le concours de la Bib- liotheque Nationale. Paris: 1964- . v.1-. Contents: v.1, Abada-Avril. 367p., plates. 200F. Edited from the manuscripts of the master printer and scholar Philippe Renouard ( 1862-1934), this is the first volume in a series to be devoted to the careers and production of sixteenth-cen- tury Parisian printers and booksellers. When completed, it will serve as a bib- liography of Parisian imprints of the period and will offer a considerable con- tribution to knowledge of the French Renaissance and early urban history. Pri- marily a biobibliography, this first vol- ume includes citations to materials in 234 libraries in France and nine foreign countries. Each entry has a biographical notice, often followed by references to documents and unpublished archival ma- terials. Listings for printers predominate, and contain chronologically descriptive notes on their editions. Plates at the end of the volume illustrate the various printers' typographic traits. There is a detailed subject index. The completed work will be useful in both the bio- graphical and bibliographical fields.- M.G. GEOGRAPHY Monkhouse, Francis John. A Dictionary of Geography. London: Edward Arriold, 1965. 344p. 35s. Some three thousand four hundred terms used in specific geographical con- text are included here in a clear and compact format. The emphasis is on spe- cific, factual information, but the defini- tions are supplemented by statistics, formulae, and diagrams: e.g., under the pertinent entries, ocean areas and depths, longest rivers, and altitudes of mountains are given. Foreign words are listed where accepted in English, and special attention is given to variations in American and English usage. Ety- mologies and derivations are not given in detail, and political names, countries, cities, regions, etc., are omitted. At back is an analytical list of entries ( among the categories are Landforms, Ocean- ography, Climate, Cartography, and Archaeology) which defines the scope of this useful work.-S.R. The Times, London. The Times Index- gazetteer of the World. London: The Times Publishing Co., Ltd., 1965. 964p. £10. Essentially a companion to the Times Atlas of the World ( Suppl. 2U29, etc.) Selected Reference Books of 1965-1966 I 315 as a location guide for the three hundred forty-five thousand geographical fea- tures listed in the volume, this new work is not a descriptive gazetteer and its other uses are limited. Each listing is identified by political entity and located by latitude and longitude, with reference to a Times map in most cases. However, the feature can be located on any map upon which it is possible to plot ac- curately longitude and latitude; these co- ordinates are given to the nearest minute. The volume could also be of help in es- tablishing a standard spelling for a geo- graphical name, since there are cross references from alternate spellings to that currently used ( 1965) by the gov- ernment in power. Spot checking indi- cates that the index is exceedingly thorough in its listings for any well mapped area of the world.-H.M. HISTORY Akademiia N auk SSSR. Institut Istorii. Istorii istoricheskoi nauki v SSSR; do oktiabr' skii period. Bibliografiia. Moskva: Nauka, 1965. 702p. The scope of this bibliography is his- toriographical literature dealing with the prerevolutionary history of, and pub- lished in, the territories now comprising the USSR. It includes books, articles, es- says from collections, dissertations, and some items from newspapers. Special at- tention is focused on the prerevolution- ary Lenin era and the contributions to historiography made by the members of the nineteenth-century radical and revo- lutionary movements. Citations are grouped in a subject classification scheme of which the three main divi- sions are: ( 1 ) general historiography; ( 2) literature about the activities of in- stitutions and societies in the field of history; and ( 3) literature about regional historians. A detailed index facilitates use.-E. L. Dahlmann, Friedrich Christoph. Dahl- manr? W aitz. Quellenkunde der deut- schen Geschichte; Bibliographie der Quellen und der Literatur zur deut- schen Geschichte. 10. auH. Hrsg. im Max-Planck-Institut fiir Geschichte von Hermann Heimpel und Herbert Geuss. Stuttgart: A. Hiersemann, 1965- . Lfg.l- . Approx. $350 the set. Contents: Lfg.l, Einleitung, Verzeich- nis der allgemeinen Abkiirzungen, Verzeichnis der Sigel; Lfg.2, Abschnitt 393: 8 Buch, Allgemeines; Abschnitt 394; 8 Buch, Weltkrieg und Versailles 1914-1919 (Anfang). DM 25 per Lfg. Long recognized as the standard bib- liography for German history, the 9th edition of Dahlmann-W aitz appeared in 1931 (Guide V252). This new edition is to be in six volumes, and publication will be spread over the next several years. Coverage is extended to the end of World War II, and includes works pub- lished through 1960. The general plan of the work remains the same: a general section, and a chronological section by historical periods. On the basis of the single fascicule of bibliography received (sections are being published as com- pleted rather than in sequence of cov- erage), plus comparison of the table of contents of the 9th edition with the out- line for the lOth, substantial reworking of the various sections is indicated. The publisher's announcement estimates three times as many entries for the new edition, and a greater number of non- German writings is to be included throughout. All the same, since numer- ous citations are evidently being dropped, librarians may well wish to 'keep the 9th edition in the reference col- lection.-E.S. Johann Gottfried Herder Institut, Mar- burg. Bibliothek. Alphabetischer Kata- log. Boston: G. K. Hall, 1964. 5v. $250. The Johann Gottfried Herder Institut was established in 1950 "for the purpose of scholarly research on those countries 3161 College & Research Libraries • July, 1966 in which German and Slavic peoples lived in proximity for many centuries" (Foreword), and the holdings of its li- brary cover not only writings on the cul- tures of the East Central European states, but also important works on the Soviet Union, Finland, and West Ger- many. These volumes reproduce the li- brary's card catalog, with entries (au- thors and some subjects) for approxi- mately seventy thousand volumes, in- cluding one thousand one hundred cur- rent serials, dealing with "the territory itself; the inhabitants and all their ac- tivities through the course of history, from prehistoric times to the present; and all aspects of cultural life." Works on the natural sciences, technology, and medicine are excluded. As a listing of works on the cultures of East Germany, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, and Czechoslovakia it should be especially useful.-C.S. Kuehl, Warren F. Disse~tations in His- tory; an Index to Dissertations Com- pleted in History Departments of United States and Canadian Univer- sities, 1873-1960. Lexington, Ky.; Uni- versity of Kentucky Press, 1965. 249p. $12.50. A welcome addition to the growing corpus of dissertation bibliographies in various disciplines, this volume lists more than seventy-five hundred doctoral dissertations from the history. depart- ments of some eighty universities for the long span of years designated in the sub- title. Dissertations dealing with his- torical topics, but submitted in depart- ments other than history are not in- cluded. Entries are arranged alphabet- ically by author, and for each are given the author's full name, dissertation title, university, and year. A "numerical sum- mary" lists universities covered, date of first history degree, number of degrees conferred, and sources consulted. The long subject index, described as "stan- dard in form following in general the pattern in the . . . Guide to Historical Literature" ( p.211), is a combination of standard subject headings and important key words from the dissertation titles.- R.K. Lexikon der alten Welt. [Hrsg. von Carl Andresen et al.] Ziirich, Stuttgart: Artemis Verlag, 1965. 3524 col. DM 280. For classical scholars and students of antiquity, this work will be a welcome complement to the Oxford Classical Dic- tionary (Oxford, 1949). Unlike the older work, this volume does not limit itself strictly to Greco-Roman civilization, but includes material on the Orient when related to Western culture, and also on early Christianity. Two hundred and thirty-seven scholars have contributed signed articles in the areas of literature, philosophy, political and cultural his- tory, religion, law, economics, technol- ogy, and communications. Detailed cross references and the inclusion of up-to- date bibliographies in individual articles expand the usefulness of the work, while maps, charts, and drawings enhance the text. Additional features include a list of illustrations depicting persons men- tioned in the articles, descriptions of famous Greek and Latin manuscripts and papyri, chronologies of the most im- portant archaeological excavations, and translations of selected Greek and Latin quotations. There is also an extensive abbreviations list, a list of place names with reference to locations on maps in the volume, and an index of Greek and Latin terms with their German equiv- alents.-E.L. Polska Akademia N auk. Instytut His- torii. Bibliografia historii Polski. Pod red. Heleny Madurowicz-Urbanskiej oprocowali Wieslaw Bienkowski [ et al.]. Warszawa: Panstwowe Wydawn. Naukowe, 1965- . v.1, pt. 1- Selected Reference Books of 1965-19661317 Contents: v.1,pt.1, Do roku 1454. 759p., zl.155; v.1,pt.2, 1454-1795. 399p., zl.86. These two parts make up Volume I of what is to be a three-volume bibliog- raphy of Polish history from earliest times to 1944. The first section of part one is a general guide to bibliographic and reference aids, methodology, his- toriography, archives and libraries, and auxiliary studies; it is followed by bib- liography of . Polish history arranged by periods to 1454, with appropriate sub- divisions. Volume I, part 2, continues the period sections to 1795. (Volume II will deal with Polish history to 1918, and Volume III that of the years following. ) While coverage extends to such subjects as statistics, economics, and sociology, the bibliography is meant to be selective rather than exhaustive. Both books and periodical materials are included; the great bulk of entries is, understandably, in Polish. There are some brief annota- tions and cross references; items are numbered; and an author index is promised.-E.S. Repertoire methodique de l'histoire mo- derne et contemporaine de la France. v.8, Annees 1907, 1908 et 1909. Paris: Editions du Centre National de la · Recherche Scientifique, 1965. 241 p. 20F. After an unusual number of delays and vicissitudes this volume, edited from the original research of Pierre Caron and his associates, appears to fill the gap in the series ( Guide V235) so that it now offers consecutive coverage for the 1898- 1913 period. The classified arrangement with indexes of authors and persons and of places is consistent with that of the previously published volumes.-E.S. • • CHURCH HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS . . . (Continued from page 303) working with the collection is not a pro- fessional librarian, basic rules of filing, cataloging, classification, and preserva- tion must be mastered. One of the most important things would seem to be to establish a set of rules and organizational procedures to be followed. No collection should be al- lowed, like Topsy, simply to grow. A mass of unorganized materials is of little value to anyone. Patrick Henry once said, "I know of no way of judging of the future but by the past."43 If this be true, it can be con- cluded that if the various church bodies are· to progress in the days to come, they must know their history and heritage. A collection of church historical materials is essential to such knowledge. • • 43 Patrick Henry, "American Liberty," Great Ameri- ca~ Speak ..• , ed. by F. C. Packard (New York: Scnbner, r1951 1), p. 2. JUNIOR COLLEGE . . . (Continued from page 266) The people who met in May recom- mended to their respective boards that a continuing joint committee of AAJC and ALA be established to give leadership to such projects and that some full-time staff services be made available to the committee. This presentation started with an em- phasis upon the importance of communi- cation in the learning process. The events just reported lead to the happy conclu- sion that communication is improving between professionals who have some- what different responsibilities on the campus but a common interest in fa- cilitating the learning process through effective and suitable library services. We can talk to each other. We can listen to each other. We have a basis for understanding. And it is in that kind of climate that we move into this era with the conviction that what we shall do is difficult, but more important, it is es- sential, and it is time it was done. • •