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PUBLISIlED BY TFIR from i~blepeople. About one-quwter :Lpe SPECTAL LIBRARII3S ASSOCIATION 1)lainly letters ol' pcol~le~110 are tryi~lglo Editor~nland Publication Office. Stale L~brnry gal seine kind of polltical job rl~lotli~r Indianapolis, Ind. c~llm'teris, l)erhal)s, made 1111 or earllest lleo- Subscriptions. 93 Brond strcel, Boston, Mnss. 1)1cwho have 110 idea al)out the worlr xnrl n 110 Apnllcntlon pcmcllng for ndmi%~on as second- are lrobably totally in fit to manage snch clwr ~natteiat the PostolAcc, InAinnapol~s,Intl. work. "Now I think the movement in Illis coun- Subscription...... $2.00 n ycar (10 numhcrs) try is in n di~ngerous situ:~tion bec:luse or Single copies.. .25 cents ...... this. 1 tlllnk th~tevery librariall in this -.------.. - wol'lc should do his best to stop the tonurl- Prrslclent. .TOFIN COTTONDANA tion ol departments w71ien it is found t11:lt Flee Publlc Idiblsnry,Sewnrli. N. J. there RIT 110 trained people ~11oci~n take Vice-president, I:OBPR'P W. TVIXIT'I'RN Publ~c$~rvice Commlss~on, New Torlc CXty cliurgo of tlieln. The \vorlt cannot he done Scclptru~-1 reasurer - - - Guy 12. MAIIION by people who have no tra~ningor rxperl- Arthur D. Lfttle, Inc., 93 Rrond St. Boston, Mnsv ence in it. It will b~ a fai1ul.e iml we 011glit k:xcc~~tlveEonrd Parmnnx~. VICP-P~ESIDENT. RECRI:TART-TRDASURFR.BIASAGING IQDITDR SPE- to be Irank with tile legislatu~~e~t' Lrainecl ~~eopie.are not secured lor these places. "I t11i:lk tho t your gubl~cation, 'Specla1 iJibinarles,'o11ght to issue th~swarning. A great liarin can be done to ;I good move- nieut by rushing ~ntoit or hy allowing poll- tichins or pcol~lc totally uiifit to work in A Warning ...... 33 suc:h clepartitients to have charge of then^. New York State Library ...... 34 You know ant1 I lcilow that there are no ex- The Insurance Library at Boston, by D. 11crts 111 this work, so d~fficultIS the wol.li, N. Handy, Librarian ...... 34 and n greilt deal of training ancl esge~.iencc Fire l nsurance Organizations ...... 36 in political sclence and in lam and in the technical c1et:uIs of statiite law 1s necessary Select List of References Charities and before any such work cnn he undertaken Corrections...... 37 by anybody. Thc same thing is true in tlw -. - -. --- . -.. -. ------.- .- cnta logiiig and classificat~onworlr coni~ertctl wit11 it A WARNING. "I hope you and your associat~onwill dl+ The Eollowmg extracts froin iX letter writ- courage the building ol depal'tments wlin-e ten 11p Dr. Chnrlcs iLtcCtll'Lhy, of the \Viscon- it is Lound that Lhey are to come 111 undcl- sln legislat~ve reference department, calls political coiiditlol~sor troni son~cother pre- test or to t'nrnieh jobs tor somebody." attention to n serious danger ill the move- The National Rlnnicipal Leagoe commit- ment for the establishme111 of legisltit~r~e tee's report on municip;il rcf'erence lihrnrles and rnunicil~alreference clapartn~euts. dec!lares (hat the c~~~alificat~onsot the hencl "I have received," he snld. "many lettei's .or a library sl~oulclbe "a liberal edircallot~, with ~peciul t~xiiiing in ~~ol~tlcaisclerlce. from state libraries and from rit~esin this economicb, ~nlu~~ciptllgovernment and meth- country proposing to stnrt leslslntive retev- ode of orgi~nixationand ndininistratioii, ;Iilrl ence del~artmentsor muiiicipal reference de- lie sho111d be selected tor iiierlt alone." partments. These letters show rne that The editor wishes to rommend these stille- nients to everyone who IS interested in this there is a widespread movement in this progrcsslre moveinent. X cicpnrtlile~it in country for Lhe establishment of such cle- politics is gractict~llyuseless; n dc:lartmeiil partmeuts, but they also show me. that III charge ol persons who do not have tile there are sell-see1nn.g people who are try- necessary I~niniiigand the proper 01ltl00li is sure to be a clisappoi~~trnent.NO 1Wl'- ing to establ~sllthese clepattnlents for tlic so11 sho~~ldbe consiclered for such t~ lace purpose of gmving themselves jobs. Onc- ni~lesshe has trn~ningarid ab~lit)',and es- half the letters recei~eclare in em'nest and trao~,rlinnryze:~l I'or progressive service. SPECIAL LIBRARIES

NEW YORK STATE LIBRARY. perllaps then moultl apl~earon first tliougl~t. on AI:n.t+ 2:) the New Yorlc Stntct I,ib~~ary It colnl11iws (1) The Ilre w:lste, wlilcli Iics was tlest~.oj'rtl by fire. 1 trw thousand b:lclc of and m:~ltcspors~ble tlie fire 1ns11r- books i~litlperhaps one-tenth or the mann. :ulcae t~'a~isirct~on:nntl, (2) Fire protect1011 scri~tcollection were saved. 110th mi~cli and pwvention, wli~ch totlay accompany all injnred by lire and \wter. fire insurance :~ct~vlty.The iormer includes Thc leglslt~t~~ereterence sectioll :~nd~ts all data hear~ng on the aal~~re,extent, i~icon~p:~riihlecollect~ons, the work of twcn- C:LLISCS :11itI sor~itl s~pnif~canr~of (1cstri1~- ty ye'lrs, were completely destroyed. 'Clwse t~onor life and property by r~ccidentalfire. included a consolidxt~on on cards ot the Its Htert~tureis tountl in the proceedings or annual indexes to leg~slation from 1891 to hre pravention :~ssoci;ltions, reports of lire 1908, ~nclusive;thc mmiuscript for 1909 on11 nlarshals and police, dally fire records, the 1!)10 was ready for the printer; and the 1911 c1;tbotxte statistici~lstudies of the Nntio~~al i~ltlexhad been started. In tnliillg up the noarc1 of Fire TJnclerwriters and the "Chr011- work a@LiII ~t has seemed besl to beqin icle" Fire Tables, and others of like cli:tr- with tlie ~ndexfor 1911, with the hope that, acter. The literature of flre protection and the years 1909 and lYl(1 may bc completed prevention is even more coniprel~ensive. at some time in lhe f~~tr~re,and that the Building construction, building rnaler~als. consolidated Index may be lw:onstructetl lire tlepartn~entorgnnixntion, equipnicnt and from the pr~ntedcopies oC the bulletins. management; water supply systems, power, Active u'orlr on the Blennial Review of pipe clistribution and water storage; Are 1,egislation and other legislation bulletins apparatus and fire exti~iguishingequipmen1 will have to be d~scontinuedfor the present. and even town-plann~ngmay properly be hut there IS no intention of definitely aban- included in the literature of fire prevention doning the series. and protection. The library's collection may be ~*ouglllv THE INSURANCE LIBRARY AT BOSTON. grouped as follows: a. Theory and practice of Rre insurance, (D. N. Handy, Librarian.) including its hifitory. l'hc iiiel~rance library at Boston is the 11. Related subjects as clescribetl above. most complete collection of fire insurar~ce c. Fire insurance maps. literature In existence. There are oflier li- (1. Memorabil~a. 11r;lrius of irisumnce containing larger and The maps, of which there are nearly six c>clu:~lly\:tlr:tBle collections of lire and mis- 11:1ndrecl, form an importnnl part of the 11- c>~llaneo~lsinsurances, bul 111 llie field of lwary's equ~prnel;t. Intended pr~mar~lylor flre insurance it stands quite alone. thf: use of rate mak~ngcommittees of the The library was founded and IH main- Insurance Exchange, their upkeep is a mat- tamed by the Insurance Library Association ter of some importance. Thc smaller maps nf Boston, ~ncorporatedimder tlie laws of are re~iewed every iew years; the larger Massachusetts hi 1887. h,lemhersliip In the ones are corrected by means of correclion :~ssoctation Is of three k~nds.Active, hte sligs usually about once a, year At tmes and Associate, and at 1Jrcselil numhers the correct~onslips for a s~ngleiuap will about four hundred. Its income 1s derived exceed 1,000 These have to be pasted on from membership tees, contributions Iron1 .by hand. All snlall 1naps are bound by the certain underwriting organizations having association and are filed by states nlpha- hendquarters m Boston in return for cer- helically. As a rule but one map is placed txin prlwleges, mld from Imuls Invested. in a binder they arc hled flat, with label< Wlule the association's activities have on the back. Two thouea~ldcards arranged ken directed cluefly to the i~phuilding of in filing cabinets f~irn~slithe key to the the library, they hare ~ncidentallyengaged maps. Large maps are placed on rollers in in the development of technical lectures, specially prepared cases, the tops of which and i11 evening courses in fire 1nstir:mce sfl'ortl t?bles for consnlt~ngthem. and related subjects. At the g~esenttllne The "memorab~lin" of the lihrary con- it lins cnrolled iu its evelung classes one sists of CLWIY flre insurance policies-many hundred p~:~ils,most of them younp, men very rare-fire policy collcct~ons gntl~ered :~ctl~allyemployed in the business of in- fiom all parts of the world; fire marks, surance. lionse plates, fire englavlngs and other ina- The lihrary contains m~!ch of value 011 terial of 11ke character and many pholo- lwonches other than Ilre insurance 2nd its graphs. ralntcd subjects. It:; liles of i~lsurnncc The nctivitles of the I~braryare spent ~)~riodlcals,state reports and insurauce laur first in nlalring acccssible the material tlw.Mu lor example, caber 311 Insurances; I~nrl: second 111 cliwove~ing and gett~nr: 1)ut nevelthelcss ~t remains essent~allg 11 hold oi current material and ot material I1111xryot hre Insurance 0111y. ~leetlcrl to complete sets nlrcady partly se- Thr f~cldot rclated subjects is hroi~tlct* rlrrcd: ~lldthlrd in e~tend~ngthe library SPECIAL LIBRARIES service anlong those who are, or ought to noted and Placed in the deslc tray From he, its users. lime to time these nlernornndn car(ls nre Many books and pamphlets are clupli- assorted and such inqmries and requesls catecl, the duplicate being subject to loan sent as llleir data calls for. A dating stamp by members. The loaning privileges arc! is Used to S~OWwhen inqu~rieswere mailed; open to all lne~nberson YI~-ningan applica- alld replies, furlher refereilces, etc, are tion blank which is npprovecl by the lrus- notecl on the hack ot the c:~rd ivllen pub- tees. licCLtl0ns noted ]lave 1)een secllred the cor- Approval of the application gives the right Isesponding card In the cleslc tray IS dc- to cIranr 1)ooI~s until Decen~l)er of th? stsoyed current year. ,2p0lictltio1ls must be re- T4'or periorllcal pl~bl~cationsotllel. than newed annually. Borrower's cards are IS- ~o~~rnals,s~ch RA nnnual reports, proceed- sued to approved applicants and must be 111~3, etc., a different method is pl~rsued. presentecl for stamping when books are There are sonle three hundred assoriations, cir:~wll. T3001cs may be retained seven days. state clepartn~ents, commiss~ons, etc., is- During the lecture season and while even- suinq publicat~ons at stated interrals In ing courses In ~ns~iranceare in progress the whose literature the hbrary IS interested. library regularly issues special reference TO keep In touch with thein a loose leaf reading hbts covering the subjects ~ulder form has bcen prrpnred, nrlal)tecl to n. 3Ioosc conslrleratlon. These are posted on a hulle- binder, size A. 1%. This i'orm 1s printed 111 tin l~oarcland later are brought together In two colors (blne, orlqinal :und salmon dal)ll- iL loose leaf binder. The hbrary airns to cates, triplicates, etc.). All assoc~ntions, assist very directly those engaged in even- dcpart~nents,comrn~ss~ons, etc., are entered ing class work. alpl~abeticallyon the blue sheets, a cilrbo:~ The Ilbrr~ryhas n card index comprismg duplicate being made at the same time on about 28,000 cards arranged for the most the salmon sheet. The blue sheets are part in d~ctlonaryform, with frequent group- filed all)habetically by classes, all fire mav ing of cnrds imder guide headings. In this shnl's reports together, for example, and thr respect its methods do not differ essentially stiln~onalphabetically by the date when thc from other libraries. Tt firlds pamphlet lit- [~~thlicationis nsunlly issued. (Sec .\ppen- clix A.) The sheets contain spxces fo~ erature :L source or trouble, but manages very well hp filing all pamphlets as soon as name, nrldress, yrriotlic.lty ot ~)ul)licalion, received in "Grip" Imclerfi of the standard d:~teol issue, most lavorable time to write correspondence filing case slze. Binders are SOY and pric-e if tor sale; also In vestical numbered serially and filed in drawers, ver- colu~unsfor "Dixte of issue written for," tically .They are nlarlced BP T. 1, 2, 3, 4, "Date wsltten for," "Dtile rece~recl"al~d "Rc- marks." On the first ol each n~ontli by etc. "TIP." fitanas lor "Bound Pamphlets;" reference to cluplicate of the cosresponrl~ng "T" stands for "Temporary" From time to month one is kept ci~rrentlyadvised or whnr to time pamphlets bearing on the same sub- sl~ouldbe written for to keep his tile to date. ject are withdrawn irom the "BP. 'C.'sU and Tlils, of course, is suppleme~itecl I)) regn- placed in permnnent bindings of uniform 1t1r review 01 currc~tpubl~catious. The ap])ealsance and lettering. The transfer is or~gin;rls bccon~ea desk inrles of all pull- noted on a transfer slip pasted on the inside lisliers of p~rlodicalmatter with which it 1.; ol' a temporary binder. Permanent hinders des~ledto keep in touch, The cIII~)IIc>IIL~~ are designated by "RP." and the serial num- serve col~stantly to renliiid one OY wliill her. Permaneritly bo~mdpamphlets are filed he oi~qlltto begin to write lor The ~'eco~~tl. nnmerically on the shelves although as thc 1;ppt on the dnplicate, shows \vh:~t h:~sI~PPII collection increases and specialization is further extended ~t becomes a question clone ant1 with wh:it success. whether the bound pamphlets should not 1)e The library plrblisl~es qunrt~rly il bulle- distri1)ntecl among their several c:lassific,a- tin ol' c.urrellt, lire insns:~nce :uld sel:ltPd tions. sl111~ec.tslite~~sl~~sc., ol \rrhith sl!. nl~rnlwh Ilt~\-ebrc.11 issl~ed Its ainl is to p~ovldein The ~ncthocl ernployed to keep ill toocll collvenlcnt form 101' the llse of file Il1ltlPl'- with c~~rrentIiteratnre is probnhly simllm. writers ;\ll(l htlldpntb of i111Aerwritlng reL~r- to that ol' ot,her special 111~1-aries F~rstcnr- prices to CIII.I-~III pul~l~ci~liolls01 1llt~'Wst. rent insurance perioclicals, of \vllich there Scl.;l,)l)onl,s nntl t4lll)l)ingsliles illP llsell I'OS are al)o~~tonc hundred coming to Ihe read- Gurnii~edlei\t sc:l'ill)- Ing rooms, are ecannecl for book or other m,l(all [ug;ti\.r 11l;ller1;1l. 1)00lch, e:\cll I)oolc devolcd to ;L sl)eci:ll sllb- notices of interesl Pveryth~nglo 1)e sent lor 1s noted 3lenlortintla of torthcoming rr- ~~~t,:llli] for smaller clipp~nps :L verticill, ports. puhllcst~ons,etc., :ire made nntl filed loldill~,ljle :~lnlost sclf-i~itleslng,iitT wrtl in a tlrsk ~xrdIra\ S11c+11iutle::cs as "The cstens~vely. 1Cngineering News," "Technicf~l Iildes,' The 11br:lr~ 11ll(ls its fir!d of relaled sill "Reader's G~~ide,"etc., also are gone over. jects steatlily n itlerung and the llped 01 rrrrything b?l~e\edto 1)e ol' importnnc-e is l<<~el>lnc~111 lllpyt 1);ltroI 011 [he h~~(~~~~illli~ SPECIAL LIBRARIES

:rowing. The inci'easing complexity of busi- with fire insnrance s~lbjectshnm the 11olicy- ]less, its manifold changes in metl~otl,tho holder's stanclgolnt. hemlldering lnultiplication ot manufacturing The lnsurance Library Association of Bos- processes, all of whlch have some bear~ng ton, R C. Brush, Clerk, 141 Milk street, Bos- 011 the fire hazard; the congestlon of thc ton, Mass. Publishes quarterly "Bulletm" titles w~th~ts lnling up of values and fierce contaming matter relnting to the associat~on c~~llpetitivestrife, and nnmerous other fac- anrl an index oC c~~rrontlire Insurance and tors are forc~ngupon fire nnderwriters a I-elated subjects literature. recognition of the fact that somewhere Association of Life lnsurance Presidents, must be lodged lor immediate use the va- George T.Wright, 1Dsy , Secretary, 1 Matllso~l rietl lufcnnation that will end~lethc csl)crt avenue, New York Clty. Publishes annual ro properly adv~sethose charged wlth the groceedmgs and occasio~lal ~timghlets on conduct of the business. Bat where the subjects of current inlerest to life under- actual collection of relt~tcclninter~al should writers. Especially good for tmiely cliscus- pntl and co-operntion with other I~brarles s~onsof mntlers affecting lire lnsurance begin 1s d~flicultof decisio~i. practice from the We company standpomt. Experience slio\rrs that the lenst promis- ing infor~natiouis sometimes the most valn- Fire lnsurance Club of Ch~cago,Ncwton 1,. :~l)lrand tl1:lt Lhe less one has to direct Smnple, Secretary, 205 LaSalle street, Ch1- members to other hbl'aries the better satls- cago, 111, Publ~shesn "Bnlletin." Also at Ill- lied they arc wth their own. Lervals, In book form, leclureu on fire insw- Some :~tten~l~thas been made to index nnce subjects ilel~vei'ecl 111 its wintcr lec- l-t~la~edmater~al 111 nearby public Ilbmrles, ture course. I~utwhile Lhis work would doubtless prove Associatlon of Casualty and Surety Com- extremely bal~ittble in the case of material panles, William C. RIulvey, Secretary, New nhith rould not lor one rcason or another York, N. Y. Publishes annual proceeclings. 11' othelwlse obtained, it IS open to qnes- Reports of committees usnally or interest. tion nllctl~erit p;lys lor any pertinent ma- International Associatlon of Accident Un- rt.ll:~l whicl~ nl~ghtbe obtained Lor onc's derwr~ters,F. Robertson Jones, Secretary. o \v n IWelity and Casualty Company, (!edar The lilirnry receives mnny ~nrlnirles by street, New Yorlr Pity. Issues annual re- ~i~nil,wli~cli. within ~.caso~~:~l)leliniils, it rn- ports ol ~~roceedlngscontaining commitlee (IP:IVUI's 10 ilnswer. reports, pnpcrs ancl acldresses. Also col- lects, through hbrarian ol' association, pol- FIRE INSURANCE ORGANIZATIONS. ICY-formsshowing all Corn~s111 use by acci- dent iinclerwrilers F~reItisurance Society cf , Amerlcan Museum of Safety, W~lliarnIT. Ihwl W. Kei~be~,Secretnl'y, 140 S. IFowtll Tolm:m, Director, 29 U'est 39th street, New ht veer, IJl~iladelpl~~a,Pa I'u blishes "Balle- York Clt). Devoted to study of sale-gnarcl- 1111." Also ;lt 11ltel'~als11rlntt4 ~ri'c~rec:lilius ing hazards to life or ~nd~~stri:~luntlertali- mgs. I'ubllshes tlescriptlve ~nml)hleLsimtl cont:~iuil~qpnl~ers reitd nt winter lecture bulletin. co~~rse Board of Casualty and Surety Underwrit- Flre Underwriters' Assoclatlon af the ers, 1.'. 11. Kingsbury, Sec'relary, Scrnnton, Northwcst, N. 1C. Uriggs. Secretary, Chlcngo, Pa. Annual reporl cont;lins valuable Ilapers, 111. 1'1111ts annu:tl ~)roreedlngscontaining reports of conimiltees, etc artlcles :~ndpapers rear1 at nnn11:~lmeetings National Board of Flre Underwr~ters,\V. Rel~orts1871-clntc, '31 vols. E. Mallaliere, General Agent. 1:16 William street, New Yorli ('~ty t'nblishes xnnl~al Icsurance Institute of artf ford, Louis N. proceedings and occas~onnlmonogralihs oil nenitlo.1, Secretary, Hartford, Conn. Tssuc? fire insurt~ncewibjects Annual report con- nnliu:~l ~roc~eclinjis,~ncluding papers on in- tt~ins,among other things, very carehlly sluance suhjects read belore the ~nstitutr corn~~ilccltnbulntion of fircs in cltles of 20,- (100 ~nhalnta~\ts01 over in thc Unlletl clu~ing the year States. lnsurance Society of New York, 11:. R. American Assoclatlon cf Mutual Insur- Ilardy, Secrctnry, 81 William street, New ance Compan~es,secretary's office. Erie, 1% E'orlc Pity. Iss~~es"Bu~llet~n " Also occn- P1111lishrs annual proceedungs coritailiii~g sionnlly reprlnts ul papers and titicl~~es~esI)tll)t'l'S, I'ellOrts Of comlnitlees, etc. 1'~:ldbehre Its men~l~ers Foreign. Pcllcyhclders' Unlcn, George H I-lolt. Belfast lnsurance Institute, J~IIICS\\'il- limnron, 11011. Secrelary. 79 Roy;11 nvenlie, lT:~nawl., L1~nIiati:lu bu~ld~nq.('h~cngo. 111. Iiell'nst, Ir-el;tnd. IS\IICS OOCC:L~IOII:I~11:1111pl1lets, etc., de:~l~ng Birmingham lnsurance Institute, C'. 14'. SPECIAL LIBRARIES

(Inrson, I-loll. Secretary, 10 Bellnett's 11111, SELECT LIST OF REFERENCES ON I3irnl i~iglit~m,Englantl. STATE SUPERVISION AND ADMIN. insurance Institute of Bristol, 13 S. Sim- ISTRATION OF CHARITIES AND molls, SeCWktry, Slatc Insulbance ('olnpany, Urislol, ErlfilancZ. CORRECTION IN THE UNITED STATES. Insurance lnstltute of Cardiff, Edward IT. Schielc, 1-1011. Secreta~.y,Cardiff, Ellgl:lll(I. (('oapilecl uncler the direction of H. H I3 Insurance lnstitute of Edinburgh, D, hr. Mrger, C'liief Bibliogragher, 1,ibl.nl.y of (':lmel'~Il,Secretary, 95 George street, Pdin- ('ongr~ss, with the co-operation ot tlie l)nr~;h, Scotland. State Lihmrie~and Stale Legislative Rel'- erence Zlcpartments.) Faculty of Actuaries In Scotland, \\'ni. G. \\'alton, Ilon. Secretary, 14 Queen street, Ii'Scellt legislntion regarding state boar(ls Rdinburgli, Scotland. of control will be tound summnr~zedni the lnsurance and Actuar~alSociety of Glas- XllllUtlI review nncl index 01 legislation pub- gow, Stewtu't I,owrie, Hon. Secretary, 161 llshed by the New Porlr Slate L~br~ry,and West George street, Clasgow, Scotland. in the "Xmcric:~ii Political Science Review," Issued quarterly. lnsurance Institute of Great Brita~nand Ireland, (Iharles Stevenson, Secretary, 5 .%I- American prison association. I~el't Spl~are, Manchester. England. I'uh- I'rocecdings of the annual congress of llshes annual journal containing selected the An~ericanprison association. 1886 -date. 1)aI)ers l'ead before afhl~ated institutes. Chicnao, 1886-date. 24 \'ols. 1-13. (1898-date.) Pr~ce,tis v. lnsurance Institute of Ireland, \I7ni. A National prlson association of the United McConaell, 1-1011. Secretary, 31 Dame street, States of America. Dubhn, Ireland. Iudes to tlie reports of the National prlsou associ;~tion, 1870, 1873, 1874, Insurance lnstitute of Liverpool, Hugh 1883-1904 Conip. by Mary Y. Titm, Tyler, Hon. Secretary, 5 Titheburn slreet, with ~ntrocluctlonby Eugene Smith. I~irel.l~ool,England. International pr'lson comniies~on. Sam- lnsurance lnstitute of London, G bIcl

(111 NPU Yr)rlc srnte ronfe~enccof charl- control or In;\nngcnient of stnle insll- ties ;III~Icoi'recl loll. 1'1-oceeilings, tutions. I WZ, DI). 261-268. Albany, 1403.) Dis- Report, 1909. castiiol~: pp 268-270 Indiana. 130il1~1of state cl~arilies. Fairl~e,.I. A. The centralization of atlrni~~ls- The development ot' p\~bllc,charities alld tration in New Sork state. correction 111 the state of Incliilna. New York: Columbia university, 1898. .Teffel'sonville: Ind~ann reformatory 2'07 up. (Stl~tllcsin history, economics printing trade school, 1910. 131 pp. and public law Ed. by the Facalty Publishecl by the Doal'd of stale of political science ot Columbia, uni- char~ties111 May, 1!)10, A silnllilr lers~ty,vol. IX, No 3.) publication was issued In 1905. "I!l~nrities and correction": pp. 78- Lewis, C. T. State supervision of chnrities 123. and correction. its necessity, ant1 the best methods Fetter, F. A. State superv~sionand adrnin- Charities, March 21, 1903, v. 10: 878-282. istration. Lew~s,0. F. The possible co-ordinntlon of Survey, June 2G, 1909, v. 22: 45.5-457, the correctional inshtutions ol' the state Folks, Homer. The care of destitllce, neg- of New Yorlt. lected and delinclnent children, (In New Yorli state conference or chal-I- New York, 1,ondon: 1'. R?lnc~~iillancorn- ties and correction. IJroceedinps. pany, 1902. 251 pp. (American IMI- 1909, ]ID 212-236. Albany, 1910.) antlirogy of the nineteentll century. Massachusetts. Hoard of stnte char~ties. Ed. by H. S. Brown.) The pubi~cclimities of R1:~ssachusetts References at the beginning of each durlng the century ending Jan. 1, chapter 1876: a report made to the hlnssnchlb Hebberd, Robert R. Charities, State boards setts centcnnitd commission, Feb. I, 0 e. 1876, mltler cl~rectlon of the RIassa- (Tn Bliss, TV. D. P. The new encyclo- chuset ts board of state ck~rities. pedia of' soc~alreform. Ncw Pork. noston TYright & Potter, 187G. 108 1111. 1908, Pp. 157-158.) Supplement to the Twelflh annual Hebberd, R. W. Supervision of charities in report. New York. Massachusetts. Laws, statutes, etc. A Anlericiln acndenlrl of uol~tlct~l~~~ and so- ~nanualof laws relating to the str~lr cia1 SC~~IICC. inllali, May, 1904, v. board of char~tyof RIassacl~usetts. 23. 477-482 Boston, 1908. 174 PB. 8". Henderscn, C. It, Modern lnethorls of chnr- Massachusetts. State botu'd of charity. ity. Annual report. 2lst-3lst. 1898/!)9-19111 New Yorlc: The nlacmillnr~ co.. l!II)-1. Boston, 1900-1970. 11 r. (Public docn- 715 pp. ment No. li 1 Ribliograllhy: pp. 088-702. See (lontellts under The city and "Sti~teboiwds of chnrities nncl COP- town nllnsl~o~~ses,The pauper rill- rection": pp. 407-41.1. Slates slrnct, nnd lleports ol certmn hiefly the two for~nsof rentrill charitable corporntlons. sapervision known in this cor~n- Massachusetts. State board of charity. try, and theilS aclva~~lages. Special regort regnrd~ngtllc Mi~ssachu- setts stale emiator~um [at Rutland]. Report of committee on supervision [n. 11 YtlOl.] 6 PI). Yo and control of penal Institutions. Michigan. Laws, stncures, etc. (In NRtlonal prison association. 1'1 o. Laws reluting to the supl~urtof pool' cced~ngsof the ann~iolcongress, 1903, pcrsorls, juvenile courts, etc Com- gp. 135-154. Pittsburg, 1904.) piled luncler the supervisiol~of Georgc Also printed in Anierican joul*nal of .I Prescott, secretary of state. Ry sociology, Nov , 1903, v. 9, pp. 329-345. authority Illinois. Board of publlc chnrities. Idansing . U'ynlioop, I-Inllenbeclc C'mw Rulletin of public charities, v. 1-2. ford Co., stnte prmters, 1906 103 ~1). Spri~igfield,1909-1910. 2 v. Q~~t~rterly. . Doard of control of state insti- See v. 2 110 6, Dec., 1909 Chap. I, tntions. Review of the tow years' charity Tlie~lnial~.el~ost. 1st-6th. 1900/02-1909/10. cnmp~igu. Chap. IT, lhxperiences St. Paul, 1903-11110 5 v leading to and i~iclilcling the en- ('onl~nl~esthe biennial report of the actment of the new charities ad- stnte bonrcl or corl.ections and cl1i11'i- ministration law ties. Illinois. General assembly. Senate National ccnference of charit~esand cor- Special committee . . . for the purpose rect~on. of co~mpilingthe laws of the several A guide to the study of cht~rit~esand stnLes up011 the s~lbjectsof boards of ro~wctionby mean.; of the ~)rocewI- SPECIAL LIBRARIES

ings of the National conference of Providence: E. 1. I~rcem:u~Co., 1910. chnr~tlesand correction, 18'74 to 1907. 131-161 !)!I. Clomp, by Aiexmlder .Tohnsou. [In- part 4' br tile annual report for Inon. tlla~~apolis?],1908. 3531)p. ('arol -lr'onov~ci,specla1 agent. "State sugervis~onand administra- -- Chnrltable and ~)hilnntliropicagrn- tion": pp. 12-31. cies in Ithotle Island cities. T)iscussions of the subject will alfio be found in the Proceedmgs for 1908 and 1909. The Proceed~ngs -- Laws, stnl utes, ctc. for 1909 may be consn1i.ed for iL Abstract ol the general and pltblic laws list of state boards and commls. . . . z*elatlng to the powers ;111d (111- sions ns at pt-esent existing. tles of tlle state board oL' chnr~ties New York. 1,egislature. Joint committee aud cor~~ections.Rev. to .Jan. 1, 1911. . . . designated to inclu~re ~ntomethotl? Smith, S. G. The bonrd of control in ilIinnc- of tlnanc~aladmin~stration of state instl- soh. Lutions. American jo~~rnalof sociology, Shy, Report, daled Alhany, N. Y., March 9, 1901, V. 6: 778-782. 1910. The Minnesota system in the man- Albany, 1910. 12 pp. 8'. (Senate, 90. agement of public charitable and correc- 40.) tiom1 it~stitutiollv New York (State). Salary clatjsificat~on Amerlcan journal of sociology, Sept., commission. 1908, v. 14: 213-218. . . . Schedule of salaries and wagefi in Sparling, S. E. State 1)o~rds of control, the state charitable and reformatory wth sixcia1 reterence to JV~sconsin. inst~tutions,~ncludinq all changes to American academy of pol~t~caland so- 1)ecember 31, 1910. cial science. Albany: J. B. Lvon Co.. state ~mnters. Annals, Jan . 1901, v. 17: 74-91. 191i. 105 pp. do. State boards and commissions (Iowa, Minne- William 1%. Stewart, cha~rmnn. bilta, Ohio). 3. 8. Pennsylvania. Auditor-general's office. Charities, blay 1902, v. 397-399. State prisons, hosp~tals,sold~ers' homes State charitlks aid association, New York. and orphan schools controlled by the 41111nal report . . . to the state board commonwenlth of Pennsylvania, em- of charities of the state of New Yorlr. bracing thelr h~story,flnances and the 1st-(late; 1873-date laws by which they are governed. New Yorlc, 1873-date. :X v. Compiled under authority of an act The reports form numbers of the of assenlbly approved July 2, 1895, p~tbl~cationsof the i~ssoc~atiou. by direction of Amos H. Mylin, audi- tor-general of Pennsylvania. ('atalog~~eoC the l~braryof the stnte charities aid association. Kevlsed. [Harrisburg] : C M. Rusch, state print- Ncw Yorlr, 1RYG. 8'. (Publ~cation,No. er. 1897. 2 v. .A, 44.J Pennsylvania. Board of public charities. Pltblic boards and conferences of h digest of the laws relating to the chnr~tylegislat~on, pp. 42-52. board of pubhc charltles of Penusyl- Virginia. Slate library vnnia. State boards of control. Dec., lW7. Hart-~sburg: C. E. Aughinbnugh, 1910. [Richmond, 1 !)07]. 4 p11, (Leg~slatire 148 pp. 8'. reference l~stNo. 4.) Pennsylvania. Commission to investigate Warner, A. G. American charltics, revised various charitable instltut~ons. by Mary Roberts Coolidge. Report of ~nvesl~gat~onsand general New York 7'. Y. Cro~vellGr Co., rl9nSI. finchngs and recomn~endations of the 510 pp. (Library ot econonllcs nntl legislative conlmission to investigate pollt.lcs [4] .) varlous charitable ~nstitutions. Ribliograplly: pp. 467-493. Harrisburg, Pa.: Harrisburg pul~l~shinji "Agencies for supervision :lnd con- co., state printer. 1907. 126 pp. Irol": pp 423-436. "Proposed nets ol assembly": PI). Wassam, C'. U', Organized charity In Iowa. 112-125. Iowa journai of history and gol~tics,.Tan., Putnam, E. C, hlassachnsetts. State care 1906, 1'. 4. 86-125. of ch~lclren West V~rginia. State board of control. Cl~arit~es,Jan. 7, 1905, v. 12' 360-364. Rlennial report, lst-1910- Rhode Island. Bureau ot inclnstrinl stnt~s- I!harlestown: News-hlnil C'o., 101 0-1 tics. v. so. Pharitable and philantlzropic agencles Report covers ~nanagell~e~ltfrom I 11 PI'OVIAence. Ort., 190S-Segt.. l!Iln. SPECIAL LIBRARIES

Whltten, R. H Public arlministrat~on in sions, thus malrilig quick and easy rck- Massach~~setts;the relation of central to ence po~sil)leto any phase of tlie city, its local activity. hie and activities. It is admirable as a New Yorlr: Cohlmbia lulliversity, 1893 model for imitation by city librarlarls in 167 pp. (Studies 111 history, eco- every clty. Chnrlties Prtblic.ation Society, nomics and publlc law. Ed. by the N. Y., 1911. 29G pages, including a11 index Faculty of political science of Colnm- of 40 pages. Price, $1.50. bia unlverslty, vol VIII, no. 4.) '.Public Door relief": pp. 40-54. CONGRESSIONAL LEGISLATIVE REFER- "Penal instrtutloas" pp 55-63. ENCE DEPARTMENT. Wines, F H. Report of the general secre- twy. [Review of the history and work To of state of charltics allcl Publicity through the library Press of the boarcls of control.] country should be glven the eborts of Sena- (Ill State cllal.ities aid assoclntioll of- tor Owen of Oklalloma and Re~resentatlve New e5rsey, allllual rc- Nelson of Wlsconsln to have a legislative port, 1903, 33-100. ~~~~~~il,~,reference library established at our national capital. 1901 ) Dwing the third session of the Sixty-first Wlscons~n. Laws, statutes, etc. Congress a Senate bill was lntl'oduced with of Wlsconsill relating to l,,lblic charities and matters pertailllllg to the ~ntention of creating a United States Legislative Reference Bureau (S. 10, 0411, the State board of control of reformx- ""d "0"Se measure sought to create a tory, chnrlta,,ie slid penal institutions. bIadlsoll, Democrat prillting "Lewslative Division of the Congrefisioll~l Library" (13. R 31, 536). pany, state printer, 1902. 124 pp. It did not seem opportune to urge either bill at the short sesslon just closed, but th? INTERNATIONAL MUNICIPAL CON- IIouse bill may again be introduced at the GRESS AND EXPOSITION. coming special session in Ap1'11, if it seems The I'h~cngoAssociation of Commerce is adviseable. In any event, it is not too early nlrently malting actlre preparations lor the for llbrm'y worlreis and others interested in Internntional hlunic~pal ('ongress and Ex- providing for our law-mnlters in Washing- ~>ositionwhich is to be held in that clty an ton the best facilities tor comparative studs September 18-30, 1911. This Congress and and expelt assistance to enl~stthemselves Exposition will cover In a practical as well in the ranks of those who will endeavor to as theoretical ~nalinermatters of interest to impress upon the members of Congress all branches of n~uniclpal ser~ice. Upon from their respective districts the misdonl each day of the Congress papers will be of these bllls. If not at the April sessloll, read and chscussed by prominent municipal then nt the opening of Congress late in 1911, olTlci:~le, and l~roniment l~iun~cigalltiesof some such measure as these will be pusliccl this country and toreign countries will haw ylgorously. nltrnctive exhlblts of municipal undertalc- JOT-IN EOPNTON KAISER, ings in whlch they excell. The e nit nu far- Legislative Rel'ermce T,ihrnriall, turers at 1nrul1icll)al appliances will have Austin, Texas. elabotxtc exhibits that wlll intereat and in- - struct lnnnicipal oflicials everywhere. Ed- - ward H. Allen, 77 Jackson noulevarcl, IS gen- elal manager. John itac\'icar, one of tile TH E H. R. H U NTl N G CO. rommissioners ot Ues JToines, la., as noted elsewhere, has lleell elected as conin~~ss~ou- Springfield, Mass. er gcnet'al of the exl~osit~on. makes a spec alty of looking u and rtport- CIVIC B~BLIOORAPHYFOR GREATER ing on special items. ~lassifier~catt~loysare NEW YORK. issued mont.hly. Corresponde~icc invited. .211 important bibliogmphg for Greater binding' New York has been issued by the Russell --- S~gePounclat~on. The bibliography is clnssi- fied Under the follo~ing nescription, his- The standard of binding established :;nd tory, populntion, government and politics. ynblic works, Doblic finance, economic con- maintained by dit~ons,transportntlon and commun~cat~on, whlic health, housing, crime and correv- THE AMERICAN LIBRARY BINDERY tlon, poverty and ci~arities,education, re- ligion, recrentlon and socml organizalions. of Philadelphia These main subjects are subclivi(let1 ~nto one I~nndretl tort). divisions and subdivi- has become universally recogn~zed.