THE LIBRARY CHRONICLE.

List of Places where the Public Libraries Acts have been adopted, with Dates of Adoption.

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"KecorD of Sibltograpbg an& %ibvavs Xtteraiure. Die deutschen BQcherzeichen (Ex-Libris) von ihrem Ursprunge bis zur Gegenwart. Von F. Warnecke. Mit... 21. Ab- bildungen ini Text und 26 Tafeln. Berlin, 1890. Verlagvon J. A. Stargardt. 8vo. pp. 255. Lcs Ex-Libris et les Marques de Possession du Livre. Par Henri Bouchot du Cabinet des Estampes. Paris, Bibliothlquc des Coimaissancei utiUs aux Amis des Livres, Edouard Rouveyre, tditeur, 1891. (Nov., 1890.) 8vo. pp. 104. 6 francs. Of the two books before us Herr Wamecke's was the first published and also claims prior attention on account of its greater size. It consists mainly of a descriptive list of some hundreds of German book-plates, arranged in the alphabetical order of their owner's names, prefaced by a brief history of the book-plate, especially in Germany where it was first used. The volume is completed by a list of designers and engravers and