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VOLUME26 MARCH 1935 NUMBER3

Self Education in Business-Frederick M. Feiker ...... 59

Important Books of the Year A Symposium (Concluded) ...... 60 Board Meeting Notes ...... 62

Special Library Survey Municipal Reference Libraries - Rebecca B. Rankin ...... 63 A Public Library's Service to City Officials-Janet Cartwright ...... 69 Conference News...... 71 Snips and Snipes...... 71 Business Book Review Digest...... 73 New Books Received ...... 74 Publications of Special Interest...... 75 Duplicate Exchange List ...... 78

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SPECIAL LIBRARIES published monthly September to April, with bimonthly issuer May to August, by The S ecial Libraries Association at 10 Ferry Street, Concord, N. H. Subscri tion Offices, 10 Ferr greet, Concord, N. H., or 345 Hudson Street, New York, N. Y. ~ditoriarand Advertising ofices at 345 Hudson Street, New York, N. Y. Subscription price: 55.00 a year; foreign 15.50; single copies, 50 cents.

Entered as second-clars matter at the Port Offke at Concord, N. H., under the act of , 1879 SPECIAL LIBRARIES

MARIANC. MANLEY,Editor MARCH, 1935

Volume 26 Number 3

Self-Education in Business By FREDERICK M. FEIKER Executive Secretary, American Engineering Counc~l,Washington, D. C.

enforced analysis and solution of dozen other association activities. It culmi- THEgroup business problems is probably the nates the work done by the editorial leaders of greatest contribution made by the NU, the business press for thirty years, and it gives Under the whip of recovery, men of business point to the profession of management to which have met group by group; they have formed engineering and business schools have turned midget constitutions for industries, called their attention in the last twenty years. And "Codes" and they have discussed the deeper lastly, and the reason for these remarks is that implications of their common purposes. The it makes evident the philosophy and creative most advertised of these four hundred and odd purpose of the Special Library and the Special codes, the determination of price policies and Librarian. of labor bargaining, are to my mind the least A Special Library is an instrument of the important results of this vast and complex self-education of business. The greatest limi- working organization in which thousands of tation to the Special Library is its name. My business men have been and are participating. early impression, until I learned to the con- The plain facts are that business has been go- trary, was that a Special Librarian was a sort ing to school and spending hundreds of thou- of luxury to be paid out of excess profits, if sands of dollars. and thousands of man-hours any. That a Special Librarian could be and in the study of applied economics and psy- often is, a staff consultant, for an individual chology. business or a community, I have discovered The editor of Special Libraries did not during some thirty years of vicarious business ask me to write an article on the NRA. I experience. could be critical of some of its major injustices So, I have seen the public service rendered and failures, but from the point of view of by a furnit~~reminded librarian in a furniture business education it marks a great step for- town, a business-method librarian in one of our ward in the self-education of business men. larger industrial cities, an advertising.minded Most of the philosophy and many of the custodian of knowledge in an advertising methods of the NRA are not new. At the agency, a financial minded person, posing as a worst, it is a bargain between acquisitive capi- librarian in a bank. I know experts in stores tal seeking to control profits and acquisitive of knowledge ill such widely separated fields labor seeking to control wages. At the best it is as zinc and music, or textiles and sports, or a dramatization of the need and value of exact government documents and styles. And all knowledge in business as a basis for self- this diversity of purpose and of interest is education in the making of business policy. In embraced in the title "Special Librarian." this respect it is the flower of the earlier work It ought to be possible to find a new name of trade practice committees, cost and account- for these graceful, mostly, torch-bearers of ing committees, arbitration committees and a of light. But whether we call them "Special SPECIAL LIBRARIES March, 1935 Librarians" or research assistants, or the and interpretation of the daily news of busi- Marthas of marketing, or high-heeled ency- ness in terms of the specialized requirements of clopedias, the fact remains that their function the industries and professions. This is the field in this traditionless age is increasingly impor- that I visualize as opportunity for the Special iant. Whether the job is decreasingly writing Librarian - an opportunity that has been a speech for the "Stuffed Shirt" in the front dramatized as never before. office or preparing a prkis on the number of If business is to meet the challenge of a frac- NRA codes containing machine hour limita- tion of the social and economic ideals, so tions, the job is fairly clear. They opcn the widely publicized at present, it must come by doors of special knowledge for the prcsent the slow process of self-education. This in- benefit of the professions or the industries. crease in the intelligence of management will Whatever named, the need of leadership in be hastened by the acceptance of the value of business self-education is a part of our present the work of those trained in the field of service situation. We need intelligent understanding we call Special Librarians.

Important Books of the Year A Symposium by Correspondence

(Concluded)

FROM THE LIBRARIAN OF A STATE DE- press releases of the Census Bureau on state PARTMENT OFlTAXATlON AND FINANCE general property tax levies, collections and The work done in the tax library is based delinquency, and on delinquency in cities very so much on official statistics and current dis- useful. Municipal tax delinquency has been a cussion in periodicals that it is rather difficult burning question since the depression began, to select five or six entirely new publications hence we were glad to get figures on its extent. of 1934 that have been most used. Whether or The figures are based on 1933 returns which not "Tax Systems of the World," the 1934 makes them for Census figures most timely. yearbook issued by the Tax Research Founda- They are classified as to kind of property, tion, qualifies as a new publication, it must be which makes them even more enlightening. mentioned first in point of value - in fact, it The reports of the New York State Com- would be very difficult to get along without mission for the Revision of the Tax Laws, it. When any question comes up as to whether authoritative analyses of the tax situation in a certain state has a certain tax, and if so, New York State and of possible improvements what are the rates, or when someone asks for a in our laws, are in constant use. The fourth Iist of the states that impose a sales tax, for report, which appeared in 1934, discusses de- example, with comparison of their provisions, linquent taxes, school costs and finance, and we need only turn to the conveniently ar- the municipal light and power problem. ranged tables in the yearbook to find all the Though the facts and conclusions apply to information requested in compact form. There New York, these subjects are of such universal are complete tables for 27 foreign countries, interest that the report should be of help in too, including the separate states of Australia, the economic collections of libraries in any the cantons of Switzerland, and such impor- state. tant cities as Danzig and Vienna. This infor- Books covering the whole subject of taxa- mation is up to date as of January 1,1934, and tion come out rather infrequently and there is we find it necessary to write in the legislative just one that we have used very much this changes as they occur, because questioners year. It is a handy little booklet, "Taxes and aIways ask for the very latest developments. Tax Trends," issued by the League of Women This year we have found the mimeographed Voters and written by the secretary of their March, 1935 SPECIAL LIBRARIES 61 Department of Efficiency in Government. Its Hamilton. A subject in which we are very brief, unbiased, readable and up to date pres- much interested just now is "Silicosis," and entation makes it valuable forready reference out of our large collection of material on this even to those who know a great deal about subject I believe the two of most value to us taxation, though it is most suitable for the in- are the "Symptoms of Silicosis" of the quiring taxpayer or chairman of a discussion Saranac Lake, N. Y., Conference in , group. The material is well arranged and easy and the " Pneumonokonioses (Silicosis) Bib- to get at from the table of contents as well as liomphy and Laws," by George G. Davis, the index, and there is a good list of references Ella M. Salmonsen and Joseph L. Earlywine. to supplement the frequent footnotes. - - Mary M. Wells, Nalional Safety Council. Beulah Baiky, Department of Taxation & Finame, Sfate of New York. FROM A BUSINESS RESEARCH LIBRARIAN IN A PUBLIC LIBRARY FROM THE LIBRARIAN OF A I am sending you notes on "useful tools" NATIONAL SAFETY COUNCIL that I hope will fit into your scheme: In reply to your recent letter regarding the Bratter, H. M. "Silver Market Dictionary." publications of 1934 which have been of special A comprehensive encyclopedia on a subject value in our work, it hurts me a little to recog- very much in demand at the moment. We nize only the newcomers as so many of our have found it useful for statistical data and standbys are older publications. Most of the discussion of current monetary problems as questions which come to the library can be well as for definitions and historical data. classified into two groups: Accident Prevention Meixell, Granville. "Trade Catalog Collec- and Occupational Diseases. tions." Useful as a working manual for de- In the first group, of course, the National veloping the trade catalog collection. Contains Safety Council publications furnish most of an excellent list of trade literature available our information. In the 1934 list we find our and sources for future publications. Annual Statistical report, "Accident Facts," Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Com- and, being a detailed statistical report of all merce. "Manufacturing Market Statistics.'' types of accidents, this publication is in con- In constant use for market surveys. stant use; also in this group are our series of Public Administration Clearing House. "A Safe Practices and Health Practices Dam- Directory of Organizations in the Field of phlets, issued at regular intervals, each cover- Public Administration." Answers a long felt ing a different subject, such as "Electrical need. Covers a wide variety of associations Equipment in Industrial Plants," "Mechanical serving industry, education, medicine, social Power Transmission," and "Industrial Eye service, and other interests. Gives addresses, Hazards." Another set of publications in names of officers, activihes and publications. constant use is the "Industry Report" series Manley, Marian C. "Business Directories: published by the Retail Credit Co., Atlanta, A Key to Their Use." An indispensable tool Ga. These pamphlets are issued monthly that is always in use by the staff and clients of and are short reports covering accident and the Bureau. Nearly 400 outstanding directories health hazards of different industries; "The are annotated and indexed. Cotton Industry," "The Petroleum Industry," Bureau of Business Information, U~iiversity and "The Carbonated Drink Industry1' are of Wisconsin. "Retailing: A Select List of some of the recent titles in this series. Books and Pamphlets!' Has been particularly Two recent publications covering occupa- useful because of comprehensive treatment of tional diseases consulted constantlv in our various phases of retailing and of specific lines work are Bulletin No. 582 of the U. S. Bureau of retail trade. The addition of special services of Labor Statistics: "Occupation Ilazards to the usual list of references to books, govern- and Diagnostic Signs," by Louis L. Dublin ment documents and periodicals makes this and Robert J. Vane, being a guide to impair- worthy of mention. ments to be looked for in hazardous occupa- Business Advisory and Planning Council, tions; and "Industrial Toxicology," by Alice United States Department of Commerce. 62 SPECIAL LIBRARIES March, 1935 "Notes on Existing Series of Data." Useful ness. Used as a "first place to look" for data on because it shows what information is available costs and production. covering production, shipments and stocks of Special Libraries Association. "Business manufactured and mineral products; who and Trade Dictionaries." Especially useful as a compiled it; period for which it is available, key to glossaries which are only small parts of and extent of coverage. larger books, and are not brought out in the Alford, L. P. "Cost and Production Hand- library's card catalog. -Rose L. Vormelkzr, book." A welcome addition to the growing Business Information Bureau, Ckveland Public series of handbooks covering the field of busi- Library.

Board Meeting Notes

HE Executive Board met in New York more Chapter and a member of the Com- Ton February 9, 1935, to consider the merce Group. budgetary items for 1935 and other items of Mrs. Lucile L. Keck, Chairman of the Civic- immediate moment. Social Group and a member of the Illinois For the Committee on Chapter Budgets, Chapter. appointed November 24, 1934, Mrs. Jolan M. Miss Florence Wagner, a member of the New Fertig, Chairman (the other committee mem- York Chapter and of the Newspaper Group. bers being Miss Laura A. Woodward, Treas- Mrs. Charlotte Noyes Taylor, Chairman of urer, and Mr. Herbert 0. Brigham, Director) the Science-Technology Group and a mern- reported that due to the late receipt of many ber of the Philadelphia Council. Chapter estimates for expenditures during The Petition of the Albany Capitol District 1935, it had not been possible to complete the Chapter, including also Troy, Schenectady, survey and study of the financial set-up of the Rensselaer, and other cities in Northeastern Association. Therefore, the following recom- New York, was presented and approved. The mendation was presented and approved: affiliation of this Fifteenth Chapter of the "Local Chapter Budgets are to be approved Association, under the Presidency of Miss for the first six months of 1935, amounts to be Adeline M. Macrum, is heartily welcomed. based on the old plan of budget allowances, It was also reported that a selling letter and using membership data as of November 17,1934 as basis. Two quarterly payments should be order form covering the tentative publication allowed to be drawn by the Chapters in the of the Technical Book Review Index is being same manner as was the practice during mailed to a selected list, the response to which previous years." will definitely fix the status and time of such publication. Accordingly, checks for the first quarterly The attention of members and other friends allowance under the old plan have been mailed is directed to the fact that a limited supply of to Presidents of Chapters, with the request the Organization and Activities Chart of the that they advise Headquarters during the Association, as printed on pages 12 and 13 of month of March as to their wishes regarding SPECIALLIBRARIES, , is available the second quarterly allowance. for distribution, upon request, for widening The National Budget for 1935 was discussed, membership. and, after many adjustments and readjust- A revision of the Membership Application ments, made necessary by the demands Blank has been printed and a supply has of the work and the shortage of funds, was been distributed to the SecretariesjTreasurers passed. The Nominating Committee for 1935-1936 of all Chapters, as well as to the Group and Chaptcr Membership representatives of the was appomted as follows: National Membershiv Committee. Additional Miss Alta B. Claflin, Cleveland, Chairman. copies may be obtained, upon request, from Miss Maria C. Brace. President of the Balti- Headquarters. March, 1935 SPECIAL LIBRARIES 63

The Special Library Profession and What It Offers 7 -Municipal Reference Libraries By REBECCA 8. RANKIN Librarian, Municipal Reference Library, New York

N preparing a survey of public adnhistra- municipalities in solving problerns similar to I tion libraries, a goodly share of our atten- those confronting them, about new legislation, tion would naturally turn to the municipal court decisions, state and Federal rulings reference library. This kind of special library affecting local government, new ideas and was one of the first in the field and had a plans of other city officials and all efficient powerful influence in the development of practices. For such purposes is a municipal special libraries in general. It was preceded by reference library established. the legislative reference library, a library for The secondary purpose of a muriicipal state legislators, and the municipal reference reference library is to serve the ordinary citi- library became its municipal counterpart. zen who wishes to be informed on the functions State governmental officials and city officials and responsibilities of his local government. came to the realization even before the heads These purposes help to give some idea of the of industry or the leaders of finance caught the scope of the library. Such a library has a large idea, that a special library can furnish the field of usefulness and many different func- proper facilities for procuring information tions. Its scope is as wide as the reaches of which a business, either public or private, municipal government itself. These extend needs in order to function efficiently. from the drafting of laws and ordinances to such mundane activities as street cleaning and SCOPE the disposal of sewage. The primary aim of the municipal reference library is to supply to the city officials in their HISTORY AND ADMINISTRATIVE various capacities accurate data of municipal ORGANIZATION government and administration. Data may In Chicago the Mayor secured a small relate to executive, legislative or judicial func- appropriation for the establishment of a Bu- tions, or to any of the thousands of activities reau of Statistics and Municipal Library in the of the administrative departments such as year 1900. Not until , 1913, was an applied science in highway building, bridge ordinance passed which created the Municipal construction, park administration, sewage dis- Reference Library under the jurisdict~onof the posal, water supply, or electrical production; Chicago Public Library. Actually it may be it may be for accounting procedure or statis- considered that Chicago had the first municipal tical science or municipal finance or tax reference library though not in name until methods or practical sociology. thirteen years later. The officials of an American city have the It so happens that the second mimicipal responsibility for deciding policies in such a reference library to be established was in wide range of activities, for all the functions Baltimore when on January 1, 1907, an which the modern city is called upon to per- amendment to the city charter went into form in these days. Their positions are most efTect creating a Department of Legislative important. Efticient service to the public de- Reference for the city. This library has al- mands power to perform, and a thorough ways combined the work of legislative and knowledge of municipal affairs. The official nu~nicipalreference library as it serves the must be kept informed about what other cities state legislature in addition to the city are doing, the successes or failures of other officials. It is an exception, however, be- administrations, the experiences of other cause no other municipal reference library 5* 64 SPECIAL LIBRARIES Much, 1935 serves the double purpose. A few of the legis- it were a separate bureau or department of the lative reference libraries, however, do have city government and directly under its super- sections devoted to municipal reference work. vision. Baltimore ifi an example of this type, as Milwaukee establislled the first municipal was I

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A Public Library's Service to City Officials

, By JANET CARTWRIGHT Public Library, Cincinnat~,Ohio

MEMBER of the Board of Trustees of of the work was the compilation of an accurate A the Cincinnati Public Library first began and up-to-date mailing list for the mimeo- the agitation for a special service to public graphed sheets which would describe the new officials. Himself a mayor of a Cincinnati books, pamphlets, and magazine articles on suburb which has its own government set-up, pertinent subjects. Within Hamilton County he felt that the library should notify the we included twenty-five mayors, twenty-five superintendent of highways when there is a council presidents, boards of trustees of public new book on road building; that waterworks affairs, boards of health and health com- officials ought to know of a fine new filtration missioners, police and fire chiefs, city treasurers method; and that health commissioncrs would and auditors, park commissioners, and all be interested in a special health survey carried Hamilton County officials. In spite of the ex- on in another city or county. Since the library istence of a good municipal reference library system is organized on a county-wide basis, in Cincinnati's City I-Iall, we did not exclude this service seemed entirely possible and the Cincinnati officials from our mailing list be- Board of Trustees voted to try the project for cause we felt - and the librarian there felt - a period of four months. This limit was re- that the ~ubliclibrary buys many books and cently extended. magazines that the smaller library cannot One of the first problems in thc organization afford to buy. This basic rnailing list has been 70 SPECIAL LIBRARIES March, 1935 constantly revised and enlarged mainly City Club, employnlent centers, housing au- through the medium of the newspapers and thorities, civic clubs, traffic clubs, crime com- from requests of those already receiving the missions, judges of the courts, and planning bulletins. commissions, we feel that we must keep up Any special librarian knows that a bulletin with what they are doing. It takes daily, of noteworthy happenings in a particular field thorough checking of newspapers to learn the is practically worthless unless it is timely. For name of the new police chief, the new head of this reason, on all new books added to our col- the Federated Civic Associations, and the fact lection which we think worthy of book notes, that next year Cincinnati is planning to have we put a rush slip so that they go through the its first municipal and industrial exposition. cataloging processes immediately. As soon as The responses from the work have been as the magazines have been checked in the peri- varied as they have been scattered. Welfare odical department and before they go to their workers descended upon us one by one and proper departments, they are sent to us. have been constant in their demands. The Pamphlets are treated in much the same employment center is using our lists as thc basis manner. At present we are using material from for study for their employees who are asked to all departments in the library with the excep- report at staff meetings on the readings they tion of the children's room, even the art have been assigned. A library in California department sharing honors on the subjects of has subscribed to our bulletins in full. Civil housing, municipal zoos, and markets. service is a subject much in demand. The With the combination of books, pamphlets, chairman of one of the housing groups is and magazine articles, we sent out what we particularly grateful for the information we are calling a Bidkii?z of Information for Public are able to send him. O&cials as often as we have enough items on a While i~ has been done often within an subject or on related subjects. We average six organization, we believe that this kind of bulletins a week with, of course, a variable service is a new departure in the public library mailing list. We are not trying to tempt water- world. There is really no way to measure its works officials to go over into the field of direct results. A person may come into the subsistence homesteads. library, ask for a particular magazine, and The Readers' Bureau found the material of read the article to which he has been referred. use to them and asked us to index the bulletins Another man may come in and either get a by subject. We have recently been asked to book himself or ask for it by the proper author keep the index also by author and title. and title. In either of these cases we have no One very interesting phase of the work has idea whether or not we have been the cause resulted from the movement for the reorgan- of the search. It is when we are called to the ization of county government in Ohio. After telephone because a man wants his bulletins an amendment to the Ohio Constitution, mailed to his home address instead of to his Cincinnati and Hamilton County voted for a business address; when a member of the plan- county charter and last November elected a ning commission of Nonvood, Ohio, writes us commission of fifteen men to draft a charter that we have been referring to so many things which will be voted upon by the electors this that he ought to see, especially in the magazine fall. We ordered important material on new Recreation, and asks us the address of the forms of county government which the llbrary magazine so that he can subscribe for it; when did not have and made an extensive bibli- the borrower actually comes in with a list to ography which we are keeping up-to-date by get what he wants; or when the borrower is issuing supplements as new material appears. confused about the items he has read and In connection with the work we have found finally admits, after the usual questioning by it necessary to keep and gradually enlarge a the librarian, that he "saw it in'a bulletin"; it clipping file. Working closcly with such groups is then we know that we are doing a useful as the Bureau of Municipal Research, com- piece of work and then that we believe we are mittees of the Public Health Federation, the really serving a new public-serving them court and traffic committees of the Woman's both in a public and in a special way. March, 1935 SPECIAL LIBRARIES 71 Conference News SNIPS and SNIPES COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN Costrrme de rigeirr po~rrla Bibliothicucaire. . . . APID progress is reported in Boston in Messieurs et Mesdames Patou, Worth, Moly- R preparation for the 1935 convention. neux, Schiaparelli, et Chanel agree - accord- Besides the comrnittce chairmen reported in ing to the hT~lYork SI~TI- that no librarian the February issue of SPECIALLIBRARIES, the can get along without one, preferably two, good following have consented to serve: black dresses. For good measure, the couturiers throw in lace jabots, fine ruching, collars and Hanard Day - Dr. Arthur H. Cole, librarian, cuffs of gold and silver lamb. Somehow there Haward School of Business Administration. ought to be something ultimate to cap this Committee on Local Arrangements - Loraine gracious unbending but all we can do is say A. Sullivan, Technology Division, Boston with the curate in Pride and Prejzidice, "what Public Library. amazing condescension!" Dinner Committee - Georgians Ames, li- . . . brarian, Radcliffe College Library. Some of Them Are. . . . Last month, we Local Hospitality Committee - Ruth McG. asked if librarians are people when it comes to Lane, Vail Library, Massachusetts Institute reading. We discovered two more who are. of Technology. Florence Bradley offered as her choice for the book of the year, "February Hill." As for TENTATIVE PROGRAM Marian Manley, we'll let her speak for herself. The tentative program is outlined as follows: "Dear S. & S. - TUESDAY,JUNE 11 "Why ask such limiting questions? Most of Morning and afternoon - Visiting day at your friends may be able to say what book read during 1934 was most important to them -but Harvard University. not this humble admirer. How could I stop at one? Noon - Lunch in Cambridge. Not that 1934 was my luckiest year in reading. Evening - First General Session. Addresses of It didn't bring me James Truslow Adarns' "Epic welcome. of America" or Walter Lippmann's "Preface to Morals" or Edward Martin's "Meaning of a WEDNESDAY,JUNE 12 Liberal Education." But I have a note of three Morning and afternoon - Group meetings. books that I am going to buy when events (and second hand book-stores) are propitious. They are Evening - Annual banquet. books I want to keep. One is "Behind the Door of Illusion " by an Inmate of Ward 8 -because it is a courageous, encouraging and revealing plcture Morning - Second general session. Business of an insane asylum that could be read for its meeting. help by anyone who has ever had the slightest Afternoon -Group meetings. Tea for all contact with such an institution. Another is S.L.A. members at the new building of the "The New Dealers" because of its vivid render- ing of an engrossing situation which will be as Christian Science Publishing Society. interesting or more so, with a ten or twenty year Evening - Entertainment. perspective as it is now. The third is "While FRIDAY,JUNE 14 Rome Burns" just for the pure enjoyment of it1 "As for novels - those that have kept coming Morning - Third General Session. Election of to mind are "Dusk at the Grove" because of its officers. love for a place; "The Foundry" because it was Afternoon - Group meetings. alive, intensely masculine and free from propa- Evening - Visit to Wayside Inn, South Sud- ganda; "Lust for Life" which I read because there was nothing else handy -and then couldn't bury, followed by dinner at the Inn. put down - and "Years Are So Long" because I ached with sympathy for everyone involved HOTEL and knew the shadow of that situation to lie Reservations at the Hotel Statler should be across so many lives. "Don't you know that it's dangerous to ask made direct. The hotel offers a rate of $3.50 'What's your choice?' when it comes to books? for a single room, and $3 for two persons in a "Yours - room. All rooms have bath. " M. C. hi. . . ." 79 SPECIAL LIBRARIES March, 1935 Changes and Chances. . . . The movement magazines. Hokl Management, we found to our from here to there continues. Emma William- pleased surprise that 20 large hotels have son, who has been the cataloguer in the library libraries for their employes, including the of the Guaranty Trust Company, is now Simon in Almeria, Spain, and D'Angleterre in librarian of the Magazine of Wall Street. . , . . . . . Another one up for Marian Dagney V. Anderson of the Queens Public Manley's Business Branch. The 1935 Custom Library went to Lehman Bros. recently to be House Guide lists under the Port of Newark, head of their Library. . . . And Natalie the name of the Business Branch of the Newark Brown who worked in S. L. A.'s T. A. B. has Public Library, and it's the only library that been reorganizing the Archives and Files of gets itself mentioned. . . . We have just seen the Men's Clothing Code Authority since a report of the General Conference on Refer- November. . . . Mrs. Ruth McG. Lane is the ence Data for Periodicals which the American new Vail Librarian at M. I. T. Mrs. Maynard Standards Association has sent out. Fred has retired. To what, we don't know, but we Davis is chairman and several S. L. A.'ers are hope it's to long, pleasant days of doing just members. The report looks good. . . . what she likes. . . . Major Concerns. . . . The Ncw Jerscy Specials are seriously thinking of making Shouts and Murmurs. . . . Katherine Ueh- lin, who spends her vacations acting with a themselves a chapter all their own. They've sent out a questionnaire asking for full and summer theatre company in Connecticut went frank answers to leading questions. We suspect up to Union College at Schenectady on Febru- ary 16 with the Columbia University Players we'll hear more of this later. . . . And Albany Capitol District Chapter has had its first to take part in John Howard Payne's "Maid of Milan." This old melodrammer, just pro- meeting. Albany selected the following officers: President, Adeline M. Macruni; Vice-presi- duced in 1832, contains Payne's most famous dent, Mrs. Ida G. Smith, Delaware & Hudson work, "Home, Sweet Home." No, Cassie Uehlin didn't sing it, but by her own admission Railroad Corp.; Secretary-treasurer, Mildred she did say at a critical moment, "Hear, Guffin, New York State Tax & Finance Li- husband, hear!" . . . brary; Directors, James I. Wyer, director of the New York State Library, and Harriet Peck, Rensselaer Polytechnic Library. . . . Snippets. . . . E. Lois Clarke tells us that Vice-president Dorothy Bemis, who is also nine institutional and 28 active members have Chairman of the University and College De- come into the fold since November 17. Some partmental Librarians Group, is arranging for have changed from associate to active, and a series of local group meetings to be hcld be- some from active or subscr~brto institutional, tween now and the first of May. . . . Techni- all of which must keep Headquarters busy. cal Book Review Index Committee has gotten Do they have little flags on our membership to the point where it is sending out subscription cards, we wonder? Gold for institutional, blanks. Sign on the d. 1, if you want the project silver for active, and tin for associate? Inci- to go through. . . . dentally, Miss Clarke discovered while she was checking menlbership dues that about 500 Newsofthe Month. . . . Ex-Editor Florence members had no group affiliations. That's been Bradley has gone Indian on us - but only fora renledicd to about 250 cases by now. . . month. Secretary Ickes has appointed Miss R. R. Donnclly & Sons Company, Chicago, Bradley to do a special investigation job for the have sent out a persotlal invitation to all people U. S. Bureau of Indian Affairs. It will take Iicr interested in printing to visit and utilize their to New Mexico wherc she will study Indian Graphic Arts Library. We wish we were near libraries and the Indian's reading. When ?he enough to accept. . . . The National Refer- returns, we hope she can tell us whether tllc ence Library in Cleveland has a collection of N. R. ever reads "Westerns" and Indm odd and unusual facts which they retail at stories, or if his reading inclines toward pent $5.00 per fact (adv't). . . . In one of my pet houses and West Indian cruises. . . . Much, 1935 SPECIAL LIBRARIES

Business Book Review Digest Compiled by tha Staff ol tha Business Brmch of the Public Librry, Newark, N. 1. Wilespace limitations permit only fie more importunl Books lo be cmered in these pages, ths Burincss Branch maintains an index to business book reviews. This now covers approximalely 5,000 tiUes, running from 1922 to date. This index may be freely consulted by specid librarians. Baeur, John and Gold, Nathaniel. Public dents of government and finance, puhllc officials, leg~s- utility valuation for purporen of rate con- lators and businesa ma. + Barror'~,December 24, 1934. p. 9 250 words trol. Macmillan, 1934.477 p. $3.50. Ird. Arls Inder, . p. v. 75 words. This hkis part of a study on legal valuation made Managemert R., January 1935. p. 28. 85 words. under the auspiceb of the Columbia University Council +-Trust Comparies, November 1934. p. 523. 525 words. for Research in the Swial Sciences. "In three inte- grated parts, it embodies the economic and legal funda- Collins, Kenneth. Retail selliq and the new mentals, as well as the practical and procedural as& order. Greenberg, 1934. 203 p. $2.50. of valuation, and giver special regard to ob~stives, An informal, frank, witty consideration of the prob- pollcy and admintstrative rcqulremcnts of publ~ceon- lems connected with retatling, particularly department trol " stores, with the emphas~son the advertising and mer- It contains a selected bibliography and table of cases, chandismg divisions. There are chapters devoted to the and will be of value not only to business men but to manufacturer, merchandwer, controller, general man- legislators and financiers as well. No critical comment ager, bnrgaln basement manager, sales promotion mau- given. ager, and a section covering advertising. Ind. Arts Index, November 1934. p. iv 100 words. In the opinron of one reviewer, this section devoted Managctnmt R., . p. 381. 210 words to advertising is the most technical part of the laok but M. is not, however, beyond the understanding of the lay. Bartlett, J. T. and Reed, C. Methods of man. The last two chapters dlscusa the replacement instalment selling and collection. Harper, problem under the new order and future opwrtunities 1934. 309 p. $3.50. in retailing. The book contains numerous ideaa for in- A manual of practlce hsed on the profitable and suc- creasing the cffect~venessof store e~ccutivesand snles cesstul mcthods of numerous conrpanies, coverlng the personnel. Recommended for its constructive crltlcism fields of manufacturing, wholewling and retailing. Dls- and persistent optlmlsm and spoken of as interesting, cusses standard collection practice, finance company provocative and entertaining. servlce, repossession, extensions, sales promotion and Dom. Comm., November 10, 1934. p. 155. 50 words. advertlalng mcthods. Outlines the prwcdure for small + Managemcut R, January 1935 p. 32. 500 w6rds as well aa large organ~zations. Eager, George. Dollar makers. Greenberg, Spoken of as a well rounded exposition "containing 1934. 197 $2.00. several new angles that wlll give a dlfferent viewpoint, p. and new objective in making IettCrs pull and in increas- A pract~cnl,stimulating book containing 197 aoccess- ing sales." No other cr~tlcalcomment. ful sales ideas used by merchants and manufacturer. Credit and Fm. Management, January 1935. p. 32. Each idea 15 prcaentcd on a single page, which makes 100 words. qulck readlng possible. The sabjccts are grouped as fol- Dom. Comm., December 20, 1934. p. 203. 60 words lows: Personal salesmanship advertising, retail selllng, Ind Arts Index. December 1934. p. Iv. 85 words. sales management, sales contests, showmanship in sell- Printed Salcsmanshtp, December 1934. p. 196. 125 in& fwd merchandising, findmg new markets, watching words trends, sales through new products, etc. No critical comment glven. Buck, A. E. Budget in govcrnmente of to- Dom. Comm., October 10. 1934. p. 118. 50 words day. Macmillan, 1934. 349 p. $3.00. Wr~tcrmAdv.. November 1934. p. 74. 100 words. Presents in a clear manner the background and actual Rautenstrauch, Walter. Who gets the mon- working of the budgetary proccss The orlgln and de- velopment of the budgct In foreign countries and in the ey? Harper, 1934. 99 p. $1.00. United States is discussed m the first chapter. Th13 is A penetrating, unbiased study of the distribution of followed by chapters on the general aspects of the national income, 1909-1928; 1929-1932. The author's budget, the rdle of the executive and legislature in purpore is to present facts that wlll be hclpfui in under. budgeting, the budget as a financial plan, formulation, standing what is wrong with the distributlon of wealth authorization, and execution of the budget, and ac- and income at the present time "He finds that over- countabil~tyfor the budget aa executed. An excdlent head costs ~ncreascd128% from 1917 to 1932, though bibliography coverlng general works, and works on each the total costs were unchanged and shows that the in- of the countrres discussed is included. It is well creased overhead 11 wasteful and tbat the facts of in- indued come distributlon must be conmdered if the nations1 One reviewer is skeptical as to the practicability of econonly is to be restored to a workable condition." sonlc of the author's suggestions and recommendations Barror'x, January 14, 1935. p. 8. 100 worda. for improving current budgetary practices in the natu- Comm. and Fm.. Dee. 12, 1934. p. 982. 100 words. ral state to local government, but in spite of this, states Dom, Comm., December 10, 1934. p. 191. 50 words. that it has exceptional value. Spoken of a8 the most Ind. Arts Index, November 1934. p, iv. 75 words comprehensive treatment yet written, of interest to stu- Management R., December 1934. p. 382.275 wordr 74 SPECIAL LIBRARIES March, 1935 Riddle, N. G. Investment policy of trust in- Warshaw. R. I. Understanding the new stitutions. Business Pubs. Co., 1934. 310 p. stock market. Greenberg, 1934. 207 p. $4.00. $2.50. Thls study will be of value to indlvidusls, rnstitutlons A simple, practml guide for the average invcstor and trustees interested in Investments. The machinery and trader. Describes the operation and organizatlan of of trust rnvesting together with the legal and economic the stock exchange, shows how to hny and sell stocks problems lnvolved are discussed, and a detailed picture under the new conditions and explains the rights of the of investment policies, practices and accomplishments of investor in his relationshly to his broker. Some of the trust 1n5trtutions from 1919 to 1932 presented. The ma- subjects covered are: Margin trading- mechanics and terial "represents the experience of the largest and regulations; short-eelllng; puts and calls; types of or- prohbly the best known trust instrtutions in the re- ders - placing and execution; brokerape charges; busi. spectlve areas " ness indices, chart and tape reading, avempng; pyra. "The author sets forth the various elate statutes gov- miding; arbitrating, syndicates and pools, etc. erning trust investments and Includes some valuable The appendices contain the Securities Act of 1934; tabular analyses showrng relative distribution of In- a glossary of Wall Street terminology, abbreviations vestments hy classcs, distribution of bonds, of stocks, commonly used in connection wlth securities, a selected cte. The chart showing distribution of wealth is alw, of hiblmgrapby and an up.to.date list of ticker symbols. interest." No crrtlcal comment. Barror's, November 12, 1934. p. 18. 150 words Barron's, November 12, 1934. p. 18 150 words. Savitlp~Bank I., December 1934. p. 60 175 words. Manauemcnt R, January 1935. p 29. 150 words.

NEW BOOKS RECEIVED Baer, J. B. and Woodruff,G. P. Commodity Hoover, Herbert. The challenge to liberty. exchanges. Harper, 1935. 337 p. $3.00. Scribner, 1935.212 p. $1.75. Black, T.M. Know your stamps. Walter J. Ireland, N. 0. The picture file in school, Black, Inc., 1934. 53,p. 25&. college and public libraries. Faxon, 1935. Buck, N. S. Survey df contemporary eco- 89 p. $1.25. nomics. Nelson, 1934. 862 p. $3.00. Johnson, A. W.The legal status of Church- Converse, P. D. Elements of marketing. State relationships in the United States. Prentice-Hall, 1935. 1085 p. $5.00. Univ. of Minn. Press. 1934.341 p. $3.00. Cowgill, G. R. The vitamin B requirement Key, P. V. R., ed. Music year book, 1935. of man. Yale Univ. Press, 1934. 280 p. Pierre Key Pub. Corp., 1935. 495 p. $3.00. $4.00. Landman. J. H. Since 1914. Barnes & Noble, Darling, M. L. Wisdom and waste in the 1934.288 p. $1.50. Punjab village. Oxford Univ. Press, 1934. Mathieu, A. M., ed. The writer's market. 383 p. $5.00. Writer's Digest, Cincinnati. 1934. 207 p. Frank, Robert. Social integration. Christo- $3.00. pher Pub. House, 1935. 213 p. $1.75. Mauron, Marie. Mount Peacock or Progress Giles, Ray. Your money and your life insur- in Provence. Macmillan, 1935.181 p. $1.75. ance. Harper, 1935. 142 p. $1.50. Hansl, P. W. Years of plunder. Harrison National Conference of Social Work. Pro- ceedings, 1934. Univ. of Chicago Press, Smith & Robert Haas, 1935.312 p. $2.50. 1934. 621 p. $3.00. Haydon, A. E.,ed. Modern trends in world- religions. University of Chicago Press, Nyman, R. C. and Smith, E. D. Union-man- 1934.266 p. $2.50. agement cooperation in "The Stretch 1934.223 $3.00. Herndon, 1. G. Our new federal taxes. Win- Out." Yale Univ. Press, p. ston, 1934.286 p. $2.00. Pack, A. N. The challenge of leisure. Mac- Hodes, Barnet. It's your money. Reilly & millan, 1934. 244 p. $2.00. Lee, 1935.218 p. $1.00. Petroleum Register, 193MS. Petroleum Hollingworth, H. L. The psychology of the Register Corp., 1934. 724 p. $10.00. audience. Am. Book Co., 1935.242 p. $2.50. Pruette, Lorine, ed. Women workers Honey, W. B. Dresden china. Macmillan, through the depression. Macmillan, 1934. 1934. 238 p. $5.00. 181 p. $2.00. Muh, 1935 SPECIAL LIBRARIES 75 Reilly, W. J. Straight thinking. Harper, fairs, 1933. Oxford Univ. Press, 1934. 646 1935. 178 p. $1.75. p. $8.00. Rice. J. H. The aftermath of glory. Walker, Tugwell. R. G. and Keyserling, L. H., ed. Evans & Cogswell Co., 1934. 324 p. $2.50. Redirecting education. v. 1, United States. Sasuly, Max. Trend analysis of statistics. Columbia Univ. Press, 1934. 283 p. $3.00. Brookings Institution, 1934. 408 p. $5.00. Verplanck, J. DeL. A country of shepherds. Spengler, E. H. and Klein, Jacob. Intro- Ruth Hill, Boston. 1934. 63 p. $1.50. duction to business. McGraw-Hill, 1935. Verrill, A. H. Romantic and historic Flor- 844 p. $4.00. ida. Dodd, Mead, 1935.307 p. $3.00. Tead, Ordway. The art of leadership. Yc- Weigert, Oscar. Administration of place- Graw-Hill, 1935. 319 p. $2.50. ment and unemployment insurance in Ger- Thomas. M. H., comp. Bibliography of Nich- many. Industrial Relations Counselors, olas Murray Butler, 1872-1932. Columbia 1934. 255 p. $2.50. Univ. Press, 1934. 446 p. $5.00. Williams, Michael. The Catholic Church in Toynbee, A. J. Survey of international af- action. Macmillan, 1934. 358 p. $2.50.

Publications of Special Interest Alford, L. P. Henry Lawrence Gantt; leader A clear analysia of the existrng complexities in de- in industry. Harper, N. Y. 1934. 328 p. veloping and enforcing carefully planned, integrated and legal rules and regulations in connection wrth the $4.50. many adm~nrstrativeauthorities of the government. The straightforward biography of a pioneer in the field of scientific management. Thow who now profit by Carter, John, ed. New paths in book-collect- the charts and other techniques he evolved will secure ing. Scribner, N. Y. 1934. 294 p. $3.00. broader understanding from this record of clear and A delightful series of essays showing paths by whicb accurate th~nklngand planning. HIS courageous and the would-h bmk collector can inupenmvely follow his vigorous character and success in the face of oppsitron desire 'For those who do not "collect" but merely en- will have a more general appeal. A brblrography of his joy, it suggests many d~ffercntlines of reading through writing included. innumerable references. From detective stories to musi. Allen, A. A. American bird biographies. cal first ed~tions,the range 1s wide. Comstock Pub. Co., N. Y. 1934. 247 p. Cheney, Sheldon. Expressionism in modern $3.50. art. Liveright Pub. Corp., N. Y. 1934. 437 A charming aeries covering the most familiar hirds p. $5.00. of North Amerrca All the important facts about hab~tnt, The author constantly stresses the basrc difference be. fwd, offspring, and similar data are given in a run- tween Realrsrn and Expressionrsm as the concern of nlng autobiogmphical story. Beautifully illustrated. Es- one with the real~t~csof the concrete world while the pecially good in work w~thchildren. Unindexed. other reveals the abstract rhythms or universal struc. ture. The many reference$, bath in the text and in en. Beard, B. B. Juvenile probation. American tertainrng footnotes, to current art discuasion. prov~de Book Co., N. Y. 1934. 219 p. $2.25. a guide to w~dereading The 205 illustrations give A clear analysis of records of 500 casea An interest- an engrossing aurvey of development in this art. Alto- ing and informative study ably prepared. Includes a gether a stindating and refreshing volume. "Lust lor selccted brief bibliography and gives examples of forms L~fe" provides good collateral rending. and records used. Many tables and illuminating foot. notes. Well indexed. Claire, G. S. Administocracy; the recovery laws and their enforcement. Macmillan, Berkeley, W. N, The small-community mu- N. Y. 1934. 130 p. $ .75. seum. P. Bell Co., Lynchburg, Va. 1932. J. A clear, readable discussion of the major activrtics of 95 p. $1.75. the Recovery Program The conditions resulting in the The informal notes of an enthusiast on a subject with various adrn~nistratrvcateps, the results of government almost unlimited possibilities. Suggestions on organiza- action and rta constitutional basis arc interestingly prc tion procedure, and special contacts. Short but enlrght. sentcd. A handboak through ihich the general reader cning notes on museums under way in small towns. No may easily inform himself of present trends ru govern. bibliography. Not indexed. mcnt. Text of chief Acts given in appendix Blachly, F. F. and Oatman, M. E. Admin- Commons, J. R. Myself. Macmillan, N. Y. istrative legislation and adjudication. 1934. 208 p. $3.00. Brookings, Washington. 1934.306 p. $3.00. Another record of American economic progress rn the 76 SPECIAL LIBRARIES March, 1935

last forty years through the eyes of an active partlci- Princeton University, Industrial Relations pant As an autobiography, more vivid and human than Section. Bibliography: emergency coSp- the life of Vebien Telllng pictures of hoyhood strug- gle<, Florida in the early days, university problemd aud erative exchanges for unemployment re- those of an industrial ahldcnt. Warm appreciation of lief. Princeton. Feb. 1. 1933. 5 p. Free. the Wisconsin legislattve reference library. The lack of Llsts general discussions, projects by states. Origlnal an index limits quick reference to the many leaders hat supplemented by cevdlmues. mentioned in Its pages A charming picture of a valiant llfc filled with warm human cnntadr. Reichard, G. A. Spider woman. Macmillan, Cooper, R. M. American consultation in N. Y. 1934.301 p. $3.50. A sympathetic description of the Navnjo'a way of life, world affairs. Macmillan, N. Y. 1934. 421 wlth blanket weaving na the central theme, made by an p. $3.50. understanding student and observer. Excellent photog- A clear exposition of the part the United States has raphy. A valuable presentation of a little known part of played In recent international compllcat~ous, lrmitlng American hfe. the record to essential steps hut supplying comprehen- sive footnotes and an excellent bibliography. A valuable Research Bulletin. Vol. XII, No. 5. Modern aid to an intelligent understanding of such current social and educational trends. Nat. Edu- problems. cation Assoc., Washington. November Hathaway, E. V.Romance of the American 1934. 254 single copy. map. McGraw, N. Y. 1934.325 p. $2.00. A well-worked-out series of charts wlth supplemental A simply told, charmingly illustrated story of the dlscusalon and hlbliographlc rcferencea. Baaed on the conquest of the dmerican continent, concentrating on Prealdent'a Rescarch Committee Recent Sodnl Trcnda. cxploratlon from Ponce de Le6n and Florlb to Major Interesting and graphic. Powell and the Grand Canyon. A graphic condensation Rider, Fremont, comp. Library handbook of of long years of history Indexed. No bibliography. the Olin Memorial Library. Wesleyan Many simplrficd rcproduct~onsof old mapa Univ., Middletown, Conn. 1934.92 p. Free. Johnston, J. B. Education for democracy. A guide to the uac of a particular llbrary that la applla- University of Minnesota Press, Minne- blc to many other.. A valuable nnd atlmulatinr tool for apolis. 1934. 286 p. $2.50. the student. A rcfreslllng and stimulating serles of papers on Ross, E. F. Beloved city. Author, 401 Cali- fundamental problems In education. Outspoken, Ilberal, and far.seeing Dean Johnston's work in uposlng fal- fornia St., San Francisco. 1934.76 p. $2.50. lacies and In presenting aound programs fdr greater No facts or figures but much of the fccl~t~oof San devclopmrnt of education as a preparation for hfe dc- Francisco la conveyed in thc charming deacrqhons and serves wlde study. illustrations that will bring San Francisco back to those who know her. All that is missed is a pictorial map. Lorimer, Frank and Osborn, Frederick. Dy- namics of population. Macmillan, N. Y. Rothschild, E. F. The meaning of unintelli- 1934.474 p. $4.00. gibility in modern art. University of Chi- A clcarly presented, amply documented study of the cago Press, Chicago. 1934. 103 p. $1.50. many prohlen~saffecting population growth Many ta- A vaUant attempt to drill into the reader that hla lack bles are glvcn ~llustratlngdifferent ramifications of the of underatanding of modern art la due to lrmltstiona of subject Among the topics are reproduction trends In hia own, since the artrat la more scnsitlvely attuned to the varlous occupations, the cultural and lntellcctual hack- finer tones of Ilfe. Well illustrated. ground of American stocks, economlc and social factors affecting fertility, etc. Amply lllustratcd through charts Science Library and the Research Associa- and tables. An extensive bibliography is arranged to tion of British Rubber Manufacturers. supplement each chapter. Many interesting specla1 stud. Rubber: its anti-axidants and preserva- les lncluded in appendix. An invaluable and illuminat- tives. (Bibliographical Series No. 151.) ing book clarifying a basic problem. Science Museum, South Kensington, Lon- McClintock, Miller. Short count traffic sur- don, S. W. 7. 1934.88 p. 5s. veys and their application ro highway Another of this Inatltutlon'a comprehen8Ive Imb. Thla design. Portland Cement Assoc, Chicago. mvera some fifteen hundred referenan and waa complled 1934.45 p. Free. in collaboration with the Remarch Aasociatlon of Brltl~h Rubber Manulacturera. Procedure and uses of ahort count traffic methods; costs, prcparat1on of traffic flow maps all clearly treated. Sberman, N. C. Food and health. Macmillan, Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., Policy- N. Y.1934. 307 p. $2.50. holders Service Bureau. Product develop- Well arranged, clear and interesting presentation ment. The Company, New York. 1934. making the reasons for dietary combinations clear to the most hurried reader. Well indued Among the ap- 23 p. Free. pendices are a selected bihhography of same 200 entr~cs, A deserlption of the methoda and results in studies of various tables showing computation and number of cal- product development by varlous wm$amea. nrics of many foods, etc. March, 1935 SPECIAL LIBRARIES 77 Shores, Louis. Origins of the American col- lege library, 1638-1800. George Peabody THE COMLNG College, Nashville. 1934. 290 p. $3.00. AMERICAN REVOLUTION An lllumlnatlng plcturc of an earlier type of llbrnry problem when mlanes of 8E a year were a matter of By George Soule course Contalna much of Intereat entertalninply a- "A alirewd, canny '+nkeeS hook, that goea straight to the heart of our vatlolls eaclal problems premed and carefully documented. The appendlx contamI partment considere Mr. Saulc our best econoldlc ~ubllclstTt~snt; a checklist of Colomal hbrasy donations, the catalogs of -John Chamberlain In The Nnu Yak T&J seveml notable glfta, and other related data. 304 paacs. Blbl~ographyand Indcx Prlce. $2 SO United States Government Manual. Na- WHAT OF TOMORROW? tional Emergency Council, Washington, By Ogden L. MiNs D. C. 1935.627 p. $2.00. His cogent crltlelsms, his constructive asggestlons and his Thls new publ~cationsupersedes the "Daily Revised program for recovery. will be valuable ammunitioh for the hfanual of Emergency Recove~yAgencies and Facili- Oppoaitlon. Evpry one who seeks forceful arguments ties." puhl~shcdlast year. It includes all government against the Ncw Deal pollclcs should read thls book agencies, whereas the 1934 manual contained only re- 151 pagea. Pnce, $2.00 covery agencies Full information 1s mvcn for ench dc- partment: personnel, creation and authority, purpose. THE OPEN DOOR AT HOME organnation, activlt~esand organizatmn chart. The ad- A Trial Philosophy of National Interest dress and telephone number of the offirc where ~nforma- By Charles A. Ueard tion abaut the department may be obta~ncdis included. Author sf "The Idea of Noltonal Infnerf" tic etc A list of approved codes and addresses of National Code Cc-curhor of " The Rm of American crvhr&n'. Authorit~csas of December 31, 1934, is given also. "Unquestionably thc most challenmng and posslbly the moat a~gnlficantanalyels of the crlsls yet wrlttcn thls sldc of Vincent, J. M. Aids to historical research. the Atlantic Its Importance, however, lles not m ~nucllin Appleton-Century, N. 1934.180 p. $2.25. Ita tnhercnt merit aa In the fact that we have for the first Y. the a mature. Intcllbble, and detalled statement of the A charnnng, clear and scholarly discussion of various 'new national~srn' willch heretoforc had been a mode of action unsupported by rholarly theory." forms of "extelnal criticism," pal+ography, chronol. 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