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COLLEGE and RESEARCH LIBRARIES, a DIVISION of the AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION ^ the World's Great Libraries Are September 1960 Vol. 21, No. 5 PUBLISHED BY THE ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES, A DIVISION OF THE AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION ^ The world's great libraries are "part of yours" with microfilms Notable ENGLISH resources help newer libraries catch up with expanding needs ENGLISH LITERARY PERIODICALS begins with Heraclitus * Ridens and Democritus Ridens of 1681, ends with 1900. Purchase on annual subscription of 100M pages, $500. * ENGLISH BOOKS (Pollard and Redgrave) 1475-1640, and (Wing) 1641-1700. Both series available on annual subscription basis of * 100M pages for $500. COMING! BRITISH AND CONTINENTAL RHETORIC AND ELOCU- TION, sponsored by Speech Ass'n. of America, comes in a set of 40M Basic Russian pages, for $200. 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