Aids in Book Selection BOOK REVIEW DIGEST Devoted to the evaluation of cur. rent literature. About 2500 books a year are listed by author, with publisher, price, a brief descriptive note, and excerpts from the leading reviews culled from sixty representative journals. A title and subject index is included in a separate alphabet. Annuals, 1910-1926 inclusive, each $6. Continued in the monthly service. cumulated fully in August and February (annual), $18. Also sold on the service basis. Apply for rates. STANDARD CATALOG BIMONTHLY A selected list of best books for the small library. About 350 books a year, issued bi-monthly, annual cumulation in July, $1. Ask for sample copy. BIBLIOGRAPHIES Anthony Trollope: a Bibliography. By Screw Threads. Henry E. Haferkorn Mary Leslie Irwin. 97p. $1.50. 1926. 1,52p. pa. 250. Bibliography of available material on the systems Henrik Ibsen: a Bibliography. Ina T. Fir- and classification of screw threads, including toler: ances, allowances, and symbols of nomenclature, and kins. 8op. 750. on gages, methods of testing, and specifications. Reference List of Bibliographies: Chemis Poisonous Gas in Warfare: application, try, Chemical Technology and Chemical prevention, defense and medical treat ment. Henry E. Haferkorn and Felix Engineering Published Since 1900. Com- Neumann. Pt. 2. Jan. 15, 1918. 148. pa 25c. piled by Julian Arell Sohon and William A short annotated bibliography of gases and kinL. Schaaf. x,100p. $1.50 dred devices applied in the late war. The arrangement is by title under subject headings War with Mexico, 1846-1848. Henry E. Hafarranged in alphabetic order, and information is given erkorn. 93+xxviiip. pa. 5oc. for finding each bibliography; author, number of pages, publisher, place and date of publication if a Select bibliography on the causes, conduct and the book; author, volume number and inclusive paging, political aspect of the war, the resources, economic if a periodical. Each title is annotated. conditions, politics and government of the Mexican government and the characteristics of the Mexican people. Annotations and index. Modern Social Movements: Descriptive Summaries and Bibliographies. Savel Aerial Photography: Bibliography of availZimand. With introd. by Prof. Charles able material relating to the means, methods, experiments and results of A. Beard, viii,260p. $1.80. aerial photography. Henry E. Haferkorn. Free Speech Bibliography. Theodore Pt. I. 38p. pa. 50c. Schroeder. 247p. $4. Office Methods: a bibliography. Blanche B. See other books on Free Speech, p. 80. Shelp. 30p. Check List of Periodicals. Alvan W. Clark. Catalog of Literature for Advisers of 59p. pa. 90c. Young Women and Girls. Anna E. A list, with full statistics, of the periodicals Pierce. (2d ed. rev. and enl.) 149p. $1.25. indexed in Poole, the Faxon indexes, the Engineering index and the indexes published by The H. W. Wilson Company. Periodicals of International Importance: a Selection of 600 Useful in Libraries Spanish Literature in English Translation: Everywhere. E. M. Phelps and E. B. a bibliographical syllabus. Angel Flores. Ball. 28p. pa 35c. 82p. pa. 90c. 1926. See also 2400 Business Books; Reading lists; Study outline series; Standard catalog series; United States catalog series. Standard Catalog Series The Standard Catalog will be ultimately a cooperatively printed catalog of 10,000 titles, to be used in libraries, as a supplement to, or a substitute for, the card catalog. It will be published first in sections by class, and when complete in this form, it will be reissued in dictionary form. The selection is based on the best published lists available, aided by the advice of librarians and of experts in each field. The following items in the Series are now available or announced for early publication: Children's Catalog. By Minnie E. Sears. 4100 Titles, 640 pages, buck, $12. Sold also on service basis. Biography Section, By Minnie E. Sears. 2d ed. rev. and enl. 1150 titles. Ready April, 1926. 1200 Titles, 230 pages, buck, $3; additional copies on thin paper, sold only to those buying bound copies of either the 4100or 2100-title editions also, at 400 each if purchased with bound copies. If purchased subsequently, less than 5 copies 500 each; 5 or more copies, 400 each. To be supplemented by annual cumulations, price to be quoted as published. Supplement, 1926. 56 pages, paper, 6oc. Sociology Section. New edition in preparation. Standard Catalog for High Schools. By Zaidee Brown. 2600 books, 470 pamphlets. Pt. 1. Classified list. xviii,280 pages. Bound in cloth, $2.50. Postpaid. Thin paper edition, paper-bound, sold only to purchasers of cloth edition, for same library. $1 each; 10 or more copies, soc each. Pt. 2 Dictionary Catalog. In preparation. *Song Index. By Minnie E. Sears. An in dex, in one alphabet, by author, composer, title, alternate (and translated) titles, and first lines to over 12,000 songs in 177 song collections (262 vols.). xxxiv,650p. Sold on the service basis. Fiction Catalog. By Corinne Bacon. 2350 DEBATE MATERIAL -- Continued University Debaters' Annuals Child Labor. Johnsen, 1x,371p. $2.40. A series of year books, each a collection China, Yesterday and Today. Johnsen. In preparation. of representative intercollegiate debates on the important questions of the day. ConClosed Shop. Beman. 2d ed. rev. and enl. xlvii,282p. $2. structive and rebuttal speeches are given for both sides, and each debate is accom*Commercial Arbitration. Bloomfield. xxxv, panied by a 341p. $2.40. selected bibliography, and briefs. Criminal Justice. Kirby. liii,314p. $2.40. Contents Current Problems in Municipal Government, includ. Commission plan, City man Vols. I, II, III, IV, VI, VII, VIII and IX. ager plan and Home rule. Beman. xii, Out of print. 542p. $2.40. Current Problems in Taxation, includ. State Vol. V: 1918-1919. E. M. Phelps, ed. $1.80 income tax and Sales tax. Beinan. X,350p. Cabinet System of Government; Govern$2.25. ment Ownership of Railroads, (three deDebaters' Manual. Phelps. 5th ed. rev. x, bates); Federal Employment for Surplus 206p. $1.50. Labor. Disarmament. Reely. xxi,320p. $2.25. Vol. X: 1923-1924. E. M. Phelps., ed. European War. Vol. II. Bingham, xi,304p. X,409p. $2.25. Evolution. Phelps. lii,283p. $2.40. Legal Status of Strikes; California Crimi. 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