By C O N S T A N C E M. W I N C H E L L
Selected Reference Books of 1956-1957
INTRODUCTION
IKE the preceding articles in this
semi-annual series 1 this survey is
based on notes written by members of
the staff of the Columbia University libraries. Notes written by assistants are
signed with initials. 2
As the purpose of the list is to present
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
A l l , 1A26, 2S22) have been used to refer
to titles in the Guide3 and its Supplements.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
Masanov, I. F. Slovar'
psevdonimov
russkikh pisatelei, uchenykh i obshchestvennykh
deiatelei.
Moskva, Izdvo V s e s o i u z n o i knizhnoi palaty,
1956- . T o m 1. AT. 25r.
B e t w e e n 1941 a n d 1949 a t h r e e - v o l u m e
list of R u s s i a n p s e u d o n y m s ( G u i d e A118)
was p u b l i s h e d by t h e A l l - U n i o n B o o k C h a m b e r in Moscow. T h a t w o r k is r e f e r r e d to in
t h e p r e s e n t e d i t i o n as a n " a b b r e v i a t e d "
version of t h e file w h i c h M a s a n o v s t a r t e d
t o collect in 1900. T h e n e w e d i t i o n is considerably e n l a r g e d , b u t o m i t s t h e e x t e n s i v e
i n t r o d u c t i o n by M a s a n o v , w h o d i e d in 1945.
P r i n t e d sources f o r t h e a t t r i b u t i o n s a r e ind i c a t e d in most cases. T h e list is essentially
a general one, embracing Russian authors,
1
CRL, January and July issues starting January,
1952.
2
Reference: Elizabeth Bryce, Eleanor Buist, Eugene
Sheehy, John Neal Waddell, Suzanne F. Wemple.
8
Constance M. Winchell, Guide to Reference
Books
(7th ed.; Chicago; A L A , 1951); Supplement
(Chicago: A L A , 1954); Second
Supplement
(Chicago:
A L A , 1956).
Miss Winchell is Reference
Librarian,
Columbia University
Libraries.
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scientists, a n d p e r s o n s e n g a g e d in social
a n d political affairs, w i t h n o stated c h r o n o logical limits. F o u r v o l u m e s a r e p l a n n e d ,
v o l u m e s 1-3 to c o n t a i n R u s s i a n , L a t i n a n d
G r e e k p s e u d o n y m s in s e p a r a t e a l p h a b e t s
a n d a list of o t h e r symbols, w i t h a n a m e
i n d e x in v o l u m e 4 . — E . B u .
ENCYCLOPEDIAS
Dizionario
enciclope
dico
italiano.
Roma, Istituto della Enciclopedia
italiana, 1955-57. v. 1-6. il. (In progress) $28 per vol.
C o n t e n t s : v. 1-6, A-Lieb. T o b e in 12 Vols.
A n e n c y c l o p e d i c d i c t i o n a r y giving m e a n ings of w o r d s w i t h etymologies, a n d concise encyclopedic articles. T h e s e are n o t
signed a n d h a v e n o b i b l i o g r a p h i e s . T h e
articles a r e m u c h b r i e f e r t h a n those in t h e
Enciclopedia
Italiana, e.g., t h a t o n A f r i c a in
t h e Enciclopedia
e x t e n d s t o almost 100
pages a n d is p r o f u s e l y i l l u s t r a t e d w h i l e in
t h e Dizionario
t h e r e is a n article of seven
pages w i t h six pages of illustrations. H o w ever, t h e Dizionario
has m a n y u s e f u l features, such as: a large a m o u n t of m i n o r bio g r a p h y , characters of fiction, titles of indiv i d u a l works of l i t e r a t u r e , gazetteer i n f o r m a t i o n , d e t a i l e d d i s c r i m i n a t i o n of w o r d
m e a n i n g s , etc. I l l u s t r a t i o n s a r e excellent,
some in color, a n d m o r e n u m e r o u s t h a n in
m o s t encyclopedias. T h i s s h o u l d be a u s e f u l
up-to-date complement to the
Enciclopedia.
PERIODICALS
American
Periodicals
18th
Century—
1800-1850; a Consolidated
Index
to
the Microfilm Series of 18th Century
Periodicals and . . . 1800-1850 Series.
A n n Arbor, University Microfilms,
1956- . Years 1-10 (reels 1-400).
T h i s ten-year i n d e x will b o t h f a c i l i t a t e
a n d s t i m u l a t e use of t h e m o r e t h a n 600 titles
n o w a v a i l a b l e t h r o u g h t h e two A m e r i c a n
COLLEGE
AND RESEARCH
LIBRARIES
periodical microfilm projects
(American
periodical series. 18th century periodicals;
a n d American
periodical series f ser.2;
1800-j). S t a n d a r d entries are followed by indication of the portions microfilmed, a n d
reference to the reel on which each p o r t i o n
appears; reels in the eighteenth century
series are so marked. A final i n d e x is
p l a n n e d u p o n completion of the series.—
E.S.
Bibliografija rasprava, clanaka i knjizevnih radova t Glavni redaktor: Mare
Ujevicj Zagreb, Leksikografski Zavod,
1956- . v. 1 (in 2)- . $15 per vol.
$12 by subscription.
Contents: Vol. 1, Study of literature;
Part 1, Generalities, theory of literature,
comparative literature; Part 2, History of
Yugoslav literature.
Projected to be complete in twenty-five
volumes this work aims to f u r n i s h a comprehensive record of all i m p o r t a n t articles
published in Yugoslavia since 1800 in magazines, newspapers, yearbooks, collections,
etc. I n this first volume over 50,000 articles,
dealing with literature in general a n d with
the history of Yugoslav literature, are listed.
Each f u t u r e volume will cover a different
subject field. A r r a n g e m e n t is alphabetical
by authors; a n o n y m o u s works are listed before the authors. T h e r e are separate indexes
of subjects, of authors a n d of pseudonyms
a n d initials.—S.F.W.
Letopis'
periodicheskikh
izdanii
SSSR
1950-1954 gg.; bibliograficheskii
ukazatel'.
Moskva, Izd-vo Vsesoiuznoi
knizhnoi palaty, 1955. 552p., errata
sheet. 26r.20k.
A bibliography of periodicals published
in the USSR between 1950 a n d 1954, in all
languages. Part I is devoted to journals, in
classified a r r a n g e m e n t ; Part II lists newspapers by place of publication. Each p a r t
has alphabetical indexes.
Previous volumes were annuals. It is now
p l a n n e d to publish a complete bibliography
of this type for five-year periods, with ann u a l supplements limited to new serial
titles, changes a n d deaths.—E.Bu.
JANUARY
1958
Mott, Frank Luther. A History of American Magazines, v.4, 1885-1905. Cambridge, Harvard University Press,
1957. 858p. $12.50.
T h i s most recent v o l u m e in the series
continues the p l a n of the earlier volumes
(Guide E9), except for the omission of a
chronological listing of magazines f o u n d e d
d u r i n g the period covered.
T h e first section begins with a general
discussion of the magazine p u b l i s h i n g of
the p e r i o d a n d continues with chapters o n
various types of magazines. T h e second section, called the S u p p l e m e n t , consists of detailed descriptions, alphabetically arranged,
of " t h e m o r e i m p o r t a n t magazines f o u n d e d
within the period . . . which are n o t limited
by the end-date of the period b u t are
b r o u g h t down to the present or to the
magazine's own end-date." T h e volume is
well indexed a n d copiously f o o t n o t e d a n d
illustrated.—E.Br.
Paris. Bibliotheque nationale. Departement des periodiques.
Periodiques
slaves en caracteres cyrilliques;
etat
des collections en 1950. Paris, 1956.
2 v. 3500fr. per vol.
T h e holdings of twenty Paris libraries
a n d twenty-six French university libraries
are represented in this u n i o n list of periodicals, o t h e r t h a n newspapers. Russian,
U k r a i n i a n , Belorussian, Bulgarian a n d Serbian titles are arranged in a single a l p h a b e t .
T h e earliest version of the title, in the original orthography, has been selected as the
m a i n entry. T h e r e is an i n d e x of journals
which have alternate titles in non-Cyrillic
characters, as well as a brief chart in F r e n c h
on the evolution of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR. Slavic periodicals in
Latin characters (Polish, Czech, Croatian)
are to be listed in the Bibliotheque Nation-
ale's general Catalogue collectif des periodiques now in progress, b u t r e p o r t e d n o t
available to libraries.—E.Bu.
Periodicheskaia
pechat'
SSSR,
19171949;
bibliograficheskii
ukazatel\
Moskva, Izd-vo Vsesoiuznoi knizhnoi
palaty, 1955- . f v.2] Zhurnaly, trudy,
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i biulleteni po estestvennym n a u k a m i
matematike. 1956. 220p. 12r.
[V.4] Zhurnaly, trudy i biulleteni po
transportu, sviazi i k o m m u n a l ' n o m u
delu. 1955. 123p. 9r.50k.
T h i s is t h e d e f i n i t i v e Soviet b i b l i o g r a p h y
of periodicals, o t h e r t h a n n e w s p a p e r s , p u b lished in t h e U S S R i n all languages, u p to
1950. E a c h of t h e n i n e v o l u m e s c o n t a i n s
t h e titles of j o u r n a l s , transactions, b u l l e t i n s ,
etc. i n a g r o u p of r e l a t e d s u b j e c t fields, i n
classified a r r a n g e m e n t . T h e r e a r e t h r e e alp h a b e t i c a l i n d e x e s : titles, places of p u b l i c a t i o n , a n d p u b l i s h i n g i n s t i t u t i o n s a n d organizations. T h e t e n t h v o l u m e is to c o n t a i n
m a s t e r indexes. E a c h p e r i o d i c a l receives f u l l
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 u n d e r t h e latest
title; t h e r e a r e cross r e f e r e n c e s to a n d f r o m
earlier titles.
T h e n i n e volumes, as yet u n n u m b e r e d ,
a r e usually r e f e r r e d to in t h e f o l l o w i n g
o r d e r , b u t a r e b e i n g p u b l i s h e d as comp l e t e d : j o u r n a l s , etc. in t h e fields of politics
a n d economics; n a t u r a l sciences a n d m a t h e matics; technology a n d i n d u s t r y ; t r a n s p o r t ,
c o m m u n i c a t i o n s a n d m u n i c i p a l affairs; agric u l t u r e ; science a n d e d u c a t i o n ; l a n g u a g e ,
l i t e r a t u r e a n d a r t ; m e d i c i n e , physical cult u r e a n d sport; p u b l i s h i n g , p r i n t i n g , l i b r a r y
literature and bibliography.—E.Bu.
Predvaritel'nyi
spisok
periodicheskikh
izdanii Rossii 1901-1916 godov. Leningrad, 1949. 306p. (Materialy po
bibliografii periodicheskikh izdanii;
Gosudarstvennaia Publichnaia biblioteka im. M.E. Saltykova-Shchedrina)
A l t h o u g h this is a p r e l i m i n a r y list p u b lished in 1949, it fills a n i m p o r t a n t g a p i n
t h e b i b l i o g r a p h y of R u s s i a n periodicals.
A p p r o x i m a t e l y 14,000 titles a r e i n c l u d e d ,
w i t h brief n o t a t i o n as t o s p a n of p u b l i c a t i o n
a n d periodicity; a r r a n g e m e n t is by p l a c e of
publication.—E.Bu.
DISSERTATIONS
Index to American
Doctoral
Dissertations, 1955-56. A n n Arbor, Mich., University Microfilms, 1957. 171p.
T h i s listing serves at t h e s a m e t i m e as a n
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i n d e x t o Dissertation
Abstracts
(Supplement
1G2) a n d as a c o n t i n u a t i o n of Doctoral
Dissertations
Accepted
by American
Universities (Guide G10). Issued as n u m b e r t h i r t e e n
of Dissertation
Abstracts, it consolidates i n t o
o n e list dissertations f o r w h i c h d o c t o r a l degrees w e r e g r a n t e d in t h e U n i t e d States d u r i n g t h e a c a d e m i c year 1955-56, a n d those
available on microfilm.—E.Br.
SOCIAL
SCIENCES
Dictionnaire
des sciences
economiques.
Publie sous la direction de Jean
Romeuf . . . Paris, Presses universitaires de France, 1956- . v.l- . (In
progress) $9 per vol.
C o n t e n t s : v . l , A-I.
P u b l i s h e d in F r e n c h , b u t i n t e r n a t i o n a l i n
scope, t h e d i c t i o n a r y i n c l u d e s those terms
g e n e r a l l y e m p l o y e d i n t h e study of economics. T e r m s f r o m r e l a t e d fields (political
e c o n o m y , statistics, etc.) necessary t o t h e
u n d e r s t a n d i n g of e c o n o m i c t h e o r y a r e also
i n c l u d e d , b u t n o t those u s e d i n t h e o r d i n a r y
d i c t i o n a r y sense. T h e r e a r e b i o g r a p h i c a l
sketches of significant figures, e x c l u d i n g livi n g persons. Articles vary in l e n g t h f r o m a
f e w lines t o several pages; m a n y a r e signed;
a n d some h a v e brief b i b l i o g r a p h i e s . T h e
second v o l u m e will i n c l u d e a n i n d e x of
n a m e s of a u t h o r s cited.—E.S.
Ente per la storia del socialismo e del
movimento
operaio italiano.
Bibliografia del socialismo e del
movimento
operaio italiano. T o m o 1, Periodici.
Roma, 1956. 1427p. (In progress)
L.12,000.
A comprehensive bibliography on the
socialist a n d l a b o r m o v e m e n t s in Italy to
b e p u b l i s h e d in 3 v o l u m e s . V o l u m e 2 will
cover books, a n d v o l u m e 3 g o v e r n m e n t docu m e n t s . T h e first v o l u m e is a checklist of
t h e serial p u b l i c a t i o n s of I t a l i a n l a b o r parties, workers' m o v e m e n t s , u n i o n s , etc., issued
f r o m 1848-1950. Based e n t i r e l y u p o n t h e
h o l d i n g s of t h e Biblioteca N a z i o n a l e Centrale di Firenze, it i n c l u d e s 3866 items w i t h
full bibliographical description for each
e n t r y . A r r a n g e m e n t is a l p h a b e t i c a l , w i t h indexes classified by (1) political parties; (2)
COLLEGE
AND RESEARCH
LIBRARIES
trades; (3) d a t e of f o u n d i n g ; (4) p l a c e of
p u b l i c a t i o n . T h e r e is also a n i n d e x of supp l e m e n t s a n d of j o u r n a l s w h i c h ceased a f t e r
a single issue, a n d a n i n d e x of p e r s o n a l
names.—S.F.W.
DICTIONARIES
Novum glossarium mediae latinitatis ab
anno DCCC usque ad annum
MCC;
edendum curavit Consilium Academiarum Consociatarum . . . Copenhagen,
Ejnar Munksgaard, 1957- . (In progress).
C o n t e n t s : Section L r e d . by-, F r a n z B l a t t ;
Index scriptorum mediae latinitatis . . .
q u i a f f e r u n t u r i n N o v o glossario. . . .
T h e Union Academique Internationale
has f o r some t i m e b e e n s p o n s o r i n g t h e prod u c t i o n of a series of m e d i e v a l L a t i n dictionaries, each specialized a c c o r d i n g to per i o d or locality of dialect, some in v a r i o u s
stages of p u b l i c a t i o n (e.g., A r n a l d i , Guide
M349), o t h e r s o n l y i n t h e p l a n n i n g stage.
T h e v o l u m e n o w m a k i n g its a p p e a r a n c e
is o n e d e s i g n e d t o cover t h e " g e n e r a l " lang u a g e of a u t h o r s f r o m t h e n i n t h to t h e thirt e e n t h centuries. W o r d t r e a t m e n t is prim a r i l y lexicographic, i.e., n o t historical o r
encyclopedic; thus, this l i m i t a t i o n , a l o n g
w i t h t h a t of t h e n a r r o w e r p e r i o d covered,
will m e a n t h a t t h e c o m p l e t e d w o r k will
augment b u t not replace DuCange. T h e
Index scriptorum,
c o m p i l e d i n scholarly detail, c o n s t i t u t e s in itself a u s e f u l bibliograp h y of t h e m a j o r L a t i n a u t h o r s of t h e period.—J.N.W.
SCIENCE
Crane, E. J., Patterson, Austin M. and
Marr, Eleanor B. A Guide to the Literature of Chemistry.
2d ed. New
York, J o h n Wiley, 1957. 397p. $9.
F o r t h i r t y years t h e first e d i t i o n of this
w o r k has b e e n t h e s t a n d a r d g u i d e in this
field, b u t as it has l o n g b e e n o u t of d a t e ,
this second e d i t i o n will b e especially welcome. T h o r o u g h l y revised by E l e a n o r B.
M a r r , t h e Guide follows t h e o r i g i n a l p l a n
w i t h t h e a d d i t i o n of two n e w c h a p t e r s . T h e
t e x t has b e e n largely r e w r i t t e n a n d t h e lists
of books, periodicals a n d
organizations
JANUARY
1958
b r o u g h t u p to d a t e . C h a p t e r s cover reference books, periodicals, p a t e n t s , governm e n t publications, trade literature, other
sources i n c l u d i n g theses a n d u n p u b l i s h e d
m a t e r i a l , a n d i n d e x e s . T h e r e is a n especially
u s e f u l discussion of p r o c e d u r e i n l i t e r a t u r e
search.
T h e a p p e n d i c e s i n c l u d e lists of chemical
symbols a n d a b b r e v i a t i o n s , A m e r i c a n libraries of i n t e r e s t to chemists, d i s c o n t i n u e d
periodicals, dealers a n d p u b l i s h e r s , etc. T h i s
w o r k will b e of first i m p o r t a n c e f o r t h e
chemical a n d technical l i b r a r y a n d very usef u l as well in t h e g e n e r a l collections of reference libraries.
FINE
ARTS
New York Historical Society. The New
York Historical Society's Dictionary of
Artists
in America,
1564-1860, by
George C. Groce and David H. Wallace. New Haven, Yale University
Press, 1957. 759p. $15.
" A d o c u m e n t e d b i o g r a p h i c a l d i c t i o n a r y of
p a i n t e r s , d r a f t s m e n , sculptors,
engravers,
l i t h o g r a p h e r s , a n d allied artists, e i t h e r amat e u r o r professional, n a t i v e or f o r e i g n - b o r n ,
who worked within the present continental
limits of t h e U n i t e d States b e t w e e n t h e
Introd.
years 1564 a n d 1860, inclusive."
Lists almost 11,000 n a m e s a n d w h e n possible gives dates a n d places of b i r t h a n d
d e a t h , c h r o n o l o g y a n d b i o g r a p h i c a l facts,
m e d i a , a n d s u b j e c t m a t t e r of work, exhibitions, p u p i l s , a n d in some instances locations of r e p r e s e n t a t i v e works. Bibliograp h i e s of sources a r e given at t h e e n d of
each sketch. T h e d i c t i o n a r y g a t h e r s t o g e t h e r
m u c h m a t e r i a l h i t h e r t o widely scattered,
a n d s h o u l d b e u s e f u l i n all g e n e r a l as well
as a r t libraries.
LITERATURE
AND
LANGUAGE
Cambridge Bibliography
of English Literature, ed. by F. W . Bateson. Vol. 5,
Supplement:
A.D. 600-1900, ed. by
George Watson. Cambridge, University Press, 1957. 710p. $12.50.
" T h e p r e s e n t s u p p l e m e n t a t t e m p t s to list
. . . p u b l i c a t i o n s of scholarly interest in t h e
study of English l a n g u a g e a n d l i t e r a t u r e
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d o w n t o 1900 w h i c h h a v e a p p e a r e d since
t h e o r i g i n a l b i b l i o g r a p h y was p r e p a r e d
some t w e n t y years ago. . . . As n e a r l y as
possible sections h a v e b e e n b r o u g h t d o w n
to t h e b e g i n n i n g of t h e year 1955." Arr a n g e m e n t a n d scope a r e v i r t u a l l y i d e n t i c a l
w i t h those of t h e o r i g i n a l set, as, u n f o r t u nately, is t h e l i m i t e d f o r m of c i t a t i o n —
initials r a t h e r t h a n f o r e n a m e s , n o publishers, n o p a g i n a t i o n f o r j o u r n a l articles, etc.
N o r is t h e r e e i t h e r a u t h o r o r s u b j e c t i n d e x ;
t h e l a t t e r 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
keying each p a g e to t h e p a g e n u m b e r of t h e
c o r r e s p o n d i n g m a t e r i a l in t h e basic volumes,
so t h a t a f t e r a f a s h i o n t h e o r i g i n a l i n d e x
can b e u s e d . — J . N . W .
Dictionnaire
des oeuvres de tous les
temps et de tous les pays:
litterature,
philosophie,
musique, sciences fpar1
Laffont-Bompiani. r 2. ed.]
Paris,
S.E.D.E. [1955] 4 v. il.
Volume des index . . . Paris, S.E.D.E.
f 1955j 293p. $100 the set.
T h i s is a n a b r i d g e d , F r e n c h e d i t i o n of
t h e Dizionario
letterario
Bompiani
(Guide
R31) o m i t t i n g t h e section o n literary movem e n t s a n d o n literary characters. T h e articles a r e n o t signed, a l t h o u g h some were
r e w r i t t e n . L i s t i n g is by t h e F r e n c h f o r m of
t h e titles b u t u n f o r t u n a t e l y t h e i n d e x of
titles in t h e o r i g i n a l l a n g u a g e s is n o t inc l u d e d in this e d i t i o n . — S . F . W .
Eppelsheimer, H a n n s W .
Bibliographic
der deutschen
Literaturwissenschajt,
1945-1953. F r a n k f u r t am Main, Klostermann t cl957] 549p.
D e s i g n e d to fill p a r t of t h e g a p in t h e bibl i o g r a p h i c a l r e c o r d of G e r m a n studies of
t h e last t w e n t y years, this is a n excellent,
c o m p r e h e n s i v e b i b l i o g r a p h y of works p u b lished in t h e w e s t e r n l a n g u a g e s d u r i n g 19451953. I t lists books, p a m p h l e t s , dissertations,
articles, a n d b o o k reviews; i n d e x i n g some
200 j o u r n a l s a n d 250 collections. A r r a n g e m e n t is by b r o a d subjects, t h e first f o u r
c h a p t e r s d e a l i n g w i t h G e r m a n l i t e r a t u r e in
g e n e r a l a n d t h e o t h e r t e n w i t h d i f f e r e n t literary p e r i o d s . T h e r e is a n a u t h o r a n d a
subject index.—S.F.W.
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Lohf, Kenneth A. and Sheehy, Eugene P. Joseph Conrad at Mid-Century: Editions and Studies, 1895-1955.
Minneapolis, University of Minnesota
Press, 1957. 114p. $5.00.
A n e n u m e r a t i v e b i b l i o g r a p h y in t w o sections: (1) w r i t i n g s by C o n r a d a n d (2) works
a b o u t h i m . T h e a i m has b e e n to b e as comp r e h e n s i v e as possible a n d in t h e first sect i o n a r e listed collected works, selected
works a n d e d i t i o n s of i n d i v i d u a l titles inc l u d i n g serializations a n d t r a n s l a t i o n s . T h e
second p a r t lists works a b o u t C o n r a d : books,
essays, theses, reviews, a n d p e r i o d i c a l articles in western languages, f r o m 1895
t h r o u g h 1955. M o s t titles in this section
h a v e b e e n checked f o r accuracy b u t a few
e n t r i e s f r o m f o r e i g n sources c o u l d n o t b e
verified a n d a r e i n d i c a t e d by a n asterisk
a n d listed w i t h t h e source of r e f e r e n c e .
Modern Language Association of America. Annual Bibliography.
New York,
1956- . Annual.
Woodress, James Leslie. Dissertations in
American Literature,
1891-1955. Durham, N.C., Duke University Press,
1957. lOOp. $2.50.
T w o i m p o r t a n t b i b l i o g r a p h i e s , o n e repres e n t i n g a c h a n g e of scope a n d title, t h e
o t h e r a r e w o r k i n g a n d e x p a n s i o n of earlier,
o u t - d a t e d lists. T h e Annual
Bibliography
c o n t i n u e s t h e M L A American
Bibliography
(Guide R l l ) , b u t w h i l e t h e l a t t e r was confined t o A m e r i c a n c o n t r i b u t i o n s in t h e field
of m o d e r n languages, t h e 1956 c o m p i l a t i o n
is t h e first step t o w a r d m a k i n g t h e publicat i o n i n t e r n a t i o n a l in scope. A l t h o u g h necessarily selective, t h e b i b l i o g r a p h y n o w includes e n t r i e s f o r " b o o k s a n d articles in English, F r e n c h , G e r m a n , Spanish, I t a l i a n , Portuguese, S c a n d i n a v i a n , a n d D u t c h " f r o m a
m a s t e r list of a b o u t 1,000 sources. A r r a n g e m e n t r e m a i n s s u b s t a n t i a l l y t h e same.
T h e W o o d r e s s c o m p i l a t i o n lists some
2,500 dissertations w r i t t e n at a p p r o x i m a t e l y
100 U.S. a n d f o r e i g n universities. 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 s u b j e c t i n t w o sections: i n d i v i d u a l a u t h o r s , a n d g e n e r a l topics.
Omission of t h e d a t e in a c i t a t i o n i n d i c a t e s
t h a t t h e w o r k was still in progress.—E.S.
COLLEGE
AND RESEARCH
LIBRARIES
Montgomery, Guy. Concordance to the
Poetical Works of John Dryden. Assisted by Mary Jackman and Helen
S. Agoa. Berkeley and Los Angeles,
University of California Press, 1957.
722p. $12.50.
T h i s c o n c o r d a n c e , based o n t h e Camb r i d g e e d i t i o n of t h e Poetical
Works of
J o h n D r y d e n , e d i t e d by G e o r g e R a p a l l
Noyes, 1920 (revised a n d e n l a r g e d in 1950),
was largely p r e p a r e d by Prof. M o n t g o m e r y .
A f t e r his d e a t h it was d e c i d e d to issue t h e
work u s i n g I B M machines, a l t h o u g h w i t h
this m e t h o d it was necessary to o m i t q u o t a tions, a n d only t h e word, p o e m symbol, a n d
line n u m b e r could be i n c l u d e d . All p o e m s
in t h e m a i n text h a v e b e e n i n d e x e d , b u t n o t
those in t h e a p p e n d i c e s . All prose passages,
i n c l u d i n g stage d i r e c t i o n s are o m i t t e d . F o r
special words o m i t t e d see t h e Preface. T h i s
s h o u l d be a very u s e f u l a d d i t i o n to t h e collection of concordances.
BIOGRAPHY
Academie royale des sciences, des lettres
et des beaux-arts de Belgique. Biographie nationale. Supplement.
Bruxelles, Etab. Emile Bruylant, 1956- .
v. 1- .
T h e first fascicle of this n e w s u p p l e m e n t
covers t h e letters A-Claessens. I n t h e basic
set ( G u i d e S70) w h i c h b e g a n p u b l i c a t i o n in
1860 a n d was n o t c o m p l e t e d u n t i l 1944, t h e
early v o l u m e s c o n t a i n e d sketches of p e r s o n s
w h o h a d d i e d b e f o r e 1850. T h i s s u p p l e m e n t
includes articles o n p e r s o n s w h o h a v e d i e d
since t h a t t i m e as well as a few of earlier
periods. T h e sketches vary f r o m a f e w lines
t o several pages in l e n g t h , are signed, a n d
i n c l u d e b i b l i o g r a p h i e s . It is e n c o u r a g i n g ind e e d to h a v e this v a l u a b l e set c o n t i n u e d .
Cattell, Jaques. Directory of American
Scholars, a Biographical
Directory.
New York, R. R. Bowker, 1957. 3d
ed. 836p. $20.
A n i m p o r t a n t c h a n g e is to b e n o t e d in
c o n n e c t i o n w i t h this t h i r d e d i t i o n , t h e prese n t v o l u m e b e i n g l i m i t e d to " b i o g r a p h i e s of
those w o r k i n g in Philosophy, History, Liter-
JANUARY
1958
a t u r e , t h e L a n g u a g e s , a n d o t h e r r e l a t e d disciplines." C e r t a i n o t h e r fields (economics,
sociology, geography, a n d political science)
w h i c h were i n c l u d e d in earlier e d i t i o n s were
t r a n s f e r r e d to V o l u m e I I I of t h e n i n t h edit i o n of American
Men of Science
(Supplement 2N27). T h e Directory
c o n f o r m s in
style a n d f o r m a t to the l a t t e r work, a n d
cross r e f e r e n c e s to a n d f r o m t h a t w o r k were
i n c l u d e d w h e n requested.—E.S.
Manuel, E. Arsenio. Dictionary of Philippine Biography. Quezon City, Filipiniana Publications, 1955- . v.l- .
$22.50 per vol.
T h i s is t h e first v o l u m e of a p r o p o s e d
multi-volume work planned to include nonliving i n d i v i d u a l s w h o h a v e c o n t r i b u t e d significantly to P h i l i p p i n e c u l t u r e . V o l u m e o n e
c o n t a i n s a c o m p l e t e a l p h a b e t of b i o g r a p h i e s ,
l i m i t e d to n o p a r t i c u l a r p e r i o d , a n d v a r y i n g
in l e n g t h f r o m half a p a g e to a b o u t t h i r t y
pages. A g e n e r a l i n d e x lists subjects by occ u p a t i o n . Each b i o g r a p h y begins w i t h b i r t h
a n d d e a t h dates, "field of a c h i e v e m e n t " a n d
p a r e n t s ' names, a n d c o n t i n u e s w i t h a chronological a c c o u n t of t h e subject's life. Succ e e d i n g v o l u m e s a r e to follow t h e same p l a n ,
a n d a c u m u l a t e d i n d e x is to b e i n c l u d e d in
t h e final v o l u m e .
A list of works, w h e t h e r of art, music or
l i t e r a t u r e , is given f o r most of t h e m o r e imp o r t a n t figures, a n d a b i b l i o g r a p h y of p r i n t ed sources is a p p e n d e d to each article, usually followed by a n a c k n o w l e d g m e n t of personal interviews, w h i c h were extensively
used. M a n y p h o t o g r a p h s of i n d i v i d u a l s ,
m a n u s c r i p t s , music a n d p a i n t i n g s a r e included.—E.Br.
Vaccaro, Gennaro, ed. Panorama
degli
italiani d'oggi. Roma, Curcio [1956]
2 vols.
L i s t i n g some 25,000 living I t a l i a n s f r o m
all professions, this w o r k follows t h e u s u a l
p a t t e r n of a " W h o ' s W h o . " T h e sketches,
based u p o n i n f o r m a t i o n o b t a i n e d t h r o u g h
q u e s t i o n n a i r e s a n d f r o m p r i n t e d sources,
vary in l e n g t h d e p e n d i n g u p o n t h e availability of d a t a . T h e y usually i n c l u d e , besides concise b i o g r a p h i c a l i n f o r m a t i o n , lists
of p u b l i c a t i o n s , addresses a n d t e l e p h o n e
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n u m b e r s . Some e n t r i e s a r e d u p l i c a t e d i n
t h e Chi e ? (Guide SI54) b u t t h e t w o w o r k s
s u p p l e m e n t r a t h e r t h a n d u p l i c a t e each other. R e v i s e d e d i t i o n s a r e p r o m i s e d . — S . F . W .
TRAVEL
grams included, a n d a detailed bibliography.
N o t least a m o n g t h e a u t h o r s ' a c h i e v e m e n t s
is a stylistic excellence of t h e i r o w n , all too
rarely f o u n d in m a n u a l s of c o m p o s i t i o n . —
J.N.W.
Pescarzoli, Antonio, ed. I libri di viaggio
e le guide della raccolta Luigi
Vittorio
Fossati Bellani; catalogo
descrittivo.
Roma, Edizione di Storia e Letteratura, 1957. 3 vols.
Beers, Henry Putney. The French in
North
America;
a
Bibliographical
Guide to French Archives,
Reproductions, and Research Missions. Baton
Rouge, Louisiana State University
Press, 1957. 413p. $12.50.
T h i s is t h e catalog of a n i m p o r t a n t private collection of I t a l i a n travel l i t e r a t u r e
c o m p r i s i n g o v e r 5,000 b o o k s a n d p a m p h l e t s f r o m t h e earliest times to t h e p r e s e n t .
A l t h o u g h all western l a n g u a g e s a r e r e p r e sented, t h e n u c l e u s of t h e collection consists
of works in I t a l i a n . W i t h t h e e x c e p t i o n of
some 300 r a r e items o n g e n e r a l travel a n d
e x p l o r a t i o n , all t h e works d e a l w i t h Italy,
v a r y i n g f r o m p e r s o n a l n a r r a t i v e s to g u i d e
books. L i s t i n g is c h r o n o l o g i c a l u n d e r large
g e o g r a p h i c a l areas w i t h a s e p a r a t e a u t h o r
i n d e x f o r each section. T h e 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 d e t a i l e d , i n c l u d i n g excellent
n o t e s o n collation, b i n d i n g s , illustrations,
d e d i c a t i o n s , etc.—S.F.W.
Presents " a history of t h e activities of
A m e r i c a n a n d C a n a d i a n i n s t i t u t i o n s , historians, a n d o t h e r s c o n n e c t e d w i t h t h e proc u r e m e n t of r e p r o d u c t i o n s in t h e f o r m of
transcripts, p h o t o s t a t s , a n d m i c r o f i l m f r o m
F r e n c h archives a n d m a n u s c r i p t collections."
T r e a t s p u b l i c a n d ecclesiastical records a n d
p r i v a t e m a n u s c r i p t s , t r a c i n g t h e o r i g i n of
t h e v a r i o u s missions a n d d e s c r i b i n g t h e rep r o d u c t i o n s o b t a i n e d . E m p h a s i s is o n material r e l a t i n g to U.S. history, b u t a c h a p t e r
o n C a n a d i a n activities in F r e n c h archives
is i n c l u d e d . A n extensive b i b l i o g r a p h y a n d
a d e t a i l e d i n d e x m a k e t h e v o l u m e a n effective r e f e r e n c e tool.—E.S.
HISTORY
Barzun, Jacques and Graff, Henry F.
The Modern Researcher. N. Y., Harcourt, Brace, 1957. 386p. $6.
A l t h o u g h m u c h of t h e t e x t is c o n c e r n e d
w i t h research p r o b l e m s i n history a n d allied
fields, "this b o o k is f o r a n y o n e w h o is o r
will b e e n g a g e d in research a n d r e p o r t writing, regardless of his field of i n t e r e s t . " (Foreword.) I t is, i n d e e d , g e n e r a l in s u b j e c t app l i c a t i o n , a n d p o t e n t i a l l y v a l u a b l e as well
to m a n y l i b r a r i a n s , teachers, a n d editors conc e r n e d w i t h t h e research of others. T h e aut h o r s h a v e skillfully c o m b i n e d a m a n u a l of
research m e t h o d s , a n essay o n t h e e v a l u a t i o n
a n d i n t e r p r e t a t i o n of facts, a n d a t e x t b o o k
o n t h e w r i t i n g of a c c e p t a b l e e x p o s i t o r y English; of p a r t i c u l a r i n t e r e s t to t h e l i b r a r i a n
a r e t h e t h o r o u g h a n d practical c h a p t e r s o n
l i t e r a t u r e searching, verification, citations,
a n d q u o t a t i o n s , as well as those o n w o r d
choice a n d t h e s t r u c t u r e of s e n t e n c e a n d
p a r a g r a p h . T h e r e a r e u s e f u l tables a n d dia-
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Bibliographie
annuelle de I'histoire de
France du cinquieme
siecle a 1939.
Annee 1955- . Paris, Editions du
Centre national de la recherche scientifique, 1956- . (Comite fran^ais
des sciences historiques) 1600fr.
T h i s new a n n u a l includes both book and
p e r i o d i c a l m a t e r i a l s o n t h e history of F r a n c e
f r o m t h e b a r b a r i a n invasions to 1939, t h e
first v o l u m e listing 4,890 studies p u b l i s h e d
in F r a n c e a n d elsewhere d u r i n g 1955. Servi n g as a successor to Repertoire
bibliographique de I'histoire de France by C a r o n a n d
Stein (Guide V236), t h e p r e s e n t compilat i o n follows, w i t h c e r t a i n modifications, t h e
s u b j e c t a r r a n g e m e n t of t h a t work. T h e r e a r e
s e p a r a t e s u b j e c t a n d a u t h o r indexes. Prof.
A n d r e A y m a r d has c o n t r i b u t e d a n " A p e ^ u
b i b l i o g r a p h i q u e sur les p u b l i c a t i o n s r^centes
c o n c e r n a n t la G a u l e a n t i q u e , 1945 a 1955."
—E.S.
Bonser, Wilfrid. An
Celtic Bibliography
COLLEGE
Anglo-Saxon
(450-1087).
AND RESEARCH
and
Berk-
LIBRARIES
eley, University of California Press,
1957. 2v. $18.50.
E m b r a c i n g Anglo-Saxon a n d Celtic history i n t h e widest sense of t h e t e r m , this
impressive c o m p i l a t i o n lists i n classified
s u b j e c t a r r a n g e m e n t 11,975 items o n "all
aspects of t h e p e r i o d , as p e r t a i n i n g to t h e
w h o l e of t h e British Isles, f r o m t h e c o m i n g
of t h e Saxons, c. 450 A.D. till 1087." E n t r i e s
i n c l u d e articles i n periodicals a n d Festschriften to 1953, m o n o g r a p h s , a n d t e x t b o o k s .
Brief e d i t o r i a l n o t e s a r e sometimes p r o v i d e d ,
b u t n o a t t e m p t is m a d e to e v a l u a t e t h e
items. M a t e r i a l d e a l i n g w i t h l i t e r a t u r e a n d
linguistics, as such, is e x c l u d e d . A l t h o u g h it
d u p l i c a t e s n u m e r o u s listings in such biblio g r a p h i e s as those of C h e v a l i e r a n d Potthast, t h e c o m p i l e r p o i n t s o u t t h e i r complem e n t a r y aspects. T h e s e p a r a t e i n d e x v o l u m e
contains an author index and a detailed
t o p o g r a p h i c a l index.—E.S.
Danske historiske forening. Dansk historisk bibliografi, 1943-1947, ved Henry Bruun. K0benhavn,
Hagerups,
1956.
594p.
T h i s is t h e first of a series of bibliograp h i e s to b e issued by t h e D a n s k e historiske
f o r e n i n g , a i m i n g t o f u r n i s h a c o m p l e t e reco r d of writings o n D a n i s h history. Similar
in scope a n d a r r a n g e m e n t to Erichsen a n d
K r a r u p , Dansk historisk bibliografi
(Guide
V206) it lists over 9,000 books a n d articles
p u b l i s h e d d u r i n g 1943-1947. T h e r e is ano t h e r v o l u m e in p r e p a r a t i o n w h i c h will
cover 1913-1942, t h u s filling t h e g a p b e t w e e n
Erichsen a n d K r a r u p a n d t h e p r e s e n t w o r k .
F u t u r e v o l u m e s will cover five year periods.
—S.F.W.
Fenton, William N. American
Indian
and White Relations to 1830. Chapel
Hill, N.C., University of N o r t h Carolina Press, 1957. 138p. (Needs and
opportunities for study series.)
T h e m a j o r section of this t w o - p a r t w o r k
is a selective b i b l i o g r a p h y , c o m p i l e d by
L. H . B u t t e r f i e l d , W i l c o m b E. W a s h b u r n
a n d W i l l i a m N . F e n t o n , " t o serve t h e n e e d s
of g r a d u a t e s t u d e n t s a n d those d i r e c t i n g
t h e i r studies." Its stated p u r p o s e is to b r i n g
JANUARY
1958
t o g e t h e r in o n e list o u t s t a n d i n g studies of
I n d i a n - w h i t e relations, w h e t h e r in t h e hum a n i t i e s o r t h e social sciences. A n i n t r o d u c tory p a r a g r a p h cites g e n e r a l b i b l i o g r a p h i c
aids w h i c h m a y b e u s e f u l t o t h e specialist.
T h e section o n m a n u s c r i p t sources gives
l o c a t i o n s of collections t h r o u g h o u t t h e U n i t ed States a n d in C a n a d a . M r . F e n t o n ' s int r o d u c t o r y essay, based o n a p a p e r r e a d bef o r e t h e I n s t i t u t e of Early A m e r i c a n History a n d C u l t u r e , p r o v i d e s a brief survey of
t h e field a n d suggests areas f o r f u r t h e r
study.—E.Br.
Ramos, Roberto. Bibliografia de la historia de Mexico. Mexico, D.F. [the
author?] 1956. 772p.
A listing of 4,700 items, this b i b l i o g r a p h y
includes monographs, government
docum e n t s , m a n u s c r i p t s , p a m p h l e t s , broadsides,
etc. ( b u t n o t p e r i o d i c a l articles), t r e a t i n g
t h e history of M e x i c o f r o m its discovery u p
to t h e p e r i o d of t h e t w e n t i e t h - c e n t u r y Revol u t i o n . (For t r e a t m e n t of t h e latter, see t h e
same a u t h o r ' s Bibliografia
de la
revolucidn
mexicana, Guide V378.) P u b l i c a t i o n s t h r o u g h
1955 a r e i n c l u d e d , a n d citations a r e generally a d e q u a t e , w i t h i n d i c a t i o n of o n e lib r a r y l o c a t i o n f o r each i t e m . U n f o r t u n a t e l y ,
t h e a r r a n g e m e n t is a single listing, a l p h a betical by a u t h o r o r o t h e r m a i n e n t r y , w i t h
n o p e r i o d division, n o r is t h e r e a n y subject i n d e x . — J . N . W .
Vallinkoski, Jorma. Suomen
historiallinen
bibliografia
1926-1950.
Finsk
historisk bibliografi.
Bibliographie
historique finlandaise. Helsinki t Forssan kirjapaino oy.] 1955- . v.l- .
(Suomen historiallinen seura kasikirjoja. IV: 1- .)
C o m p i l e d u n d e r t h e d i r e c t i o n of a committee representing various Finnish learned
societies, t h e w o r k will b e c o m p l e t e i n two
volumes, listing a p p r o x i m a t e l y 25,000 items
in a subject a r r a n g e m e n t . I t c o n t i n u e s t h e
b i b l i o g r a p h y f o r t h e 1901-25 p e r i o d by
M a l i n i e m i a n d Kivikoski ( G u i d e V219), a n d
follows t h e p l a n a n d p r e c e d e n t s established
by t h a t c o m p i l a t i o n . T h e g r e a t b u l k of material is again in F i n n i s h . T h e second volu m e will i n c l u d e a n index.—E.S.
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Writings on American History . . . Index, 1902-1940. Washington, D.C.,
American Historical Association, 1956
[i.e. 1957] 1115p. $10.
L o n g a w a i t e d by historians a n d librarians,
this c u m u l a t i v e i n d e x to t h e a n n u a l volumes
(iGuide V101, V102) will be g r a t e f u l l y received, largely f o r its obvious value as a
time saver. A c c o r d i n g to t h e f o r e w o r d , it
"is n o t merely a consolidated or c u m u l a t i v e
r i n d e x ! . . . it c o n t a i n s references a n d sub-
ject classifications which will n o t be f o u n d
in t h e separate i n d e x e s . " U n f o r t u n a t e l y , t h e
converse seems to be t r u e as well; t h e r e are
m a n y subject subdivisions a p p e a r i n g in t h e
a n n u a l volumes which have been e l i m i n a t e d
in t h e c u m u l a t i o n , or so curtailed as to rend e r t h e m of little value. T h i s has doubtless
b e e n necessitated by t h e a t t e m p t to k e e p
p u b l i c a t i o n costs w i t h i n reason, as have t h e
very small type size a n d t h e cluttered form a t of t h e c o l u m n . I n each case the r e a d e r
suffers.—J.N.W.
Portrait of a Library
Professors under glabrous domes
Are annotating ancient tomes,
While students, thinking them a bother,
Are more concerned with one another.
Sh! Quiet over there!
Librarians with knowing looks
Are hovering over reference books.
They file the things so we can use them
But still contrive some way to lose them.
Sorry, that one's out.
Among the stacks assistants lurk:
T h e y substitute a "hush" for work,
But quickly stop what they aren't doing
Upon the smell of coffee brewing.
Let's take five.
Semester's end will find it packed
W i t h students frantic for a fact:
T h e documented theme assignment
Is torture's ultimate refinement.
What? Closing already?
Vexations often make us doubt it,
But sore would we be off without it.
Robert C. Wylder in AAUP
(November,
1957)
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