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Special I i braries I

VOL. 9 NOVEMBER 1918 No. 9

American Library Association THE I,IRH.AR\. O F CONGIIESS, \ ' ~ T r \ ~ ~ - ~ ~ ~ ~ ' ~ O ~ , L). ('

October 30th, 1918

Editor of SPECIAL LIBRARIES :

The increased and rapidly increasing cletnands on the Library W a r Service require, nay, lot-cc, e\:ery librarian to a renewed zeal

and effort in the campaign fo r financial support. Daily the service becomes more definite, more special, more efiective. Thc work in America has won our earnest and enthusiastic approval. ' h e greater work abroad calls for much more money than even the large sum asked in our budget.

The greatest danger a t the present moment is a slackening of interest and of effort because of a prospect of peace. Librarians

and the friends o i libraries should know that the end of the war will bring, not a cessation of this work, but merely a change in its direc- tion, and perhaps a greater burden. T h e task of aiding the Govern- ment's plans for education in the army during the period of adjust- ment and demobilization, when large numbers of men will be kept abroad, will strain our resources in money and people. The present

situation, therefore, really demands greater effort than we faced last summer.

The American Library Association is counting on the hearty *rid erfective aid of every librat-ian in the country.

American Library Association Library War Service

Headquarters: The Library of Congress, Washington, D. C.

October 30, 1918. Editor SPECIAL LLBRARIES :

W e wclcome gladly y o u r declsim to dcvute liberal space in your Novem- l ~ e r issue to the aid of t h e Second Libtary l\Tar Fund Campaigtl. Ever) such aid is needed, for the s u m called for is a large onc.

Yet i t is small c o n ~ p a r e d with the dcmands upon us , which eve11 for the upkecp of our- existing \ ~ o r l t haye no\v cumpletely rshaustetl our 0rigi1lal resources For extension of the \york in the directions now pressingly net- essary, the three and a ha l f millions now asltcd is indispensable. More build- ings must he I)uilt, more e q l l i ~ ~ n e l l t supplied, the personnel greatly etllargecl, and the purchase ol books multiplied many tltnes. 'The requisitiotls f rom the camps ior the type O F b o o k s purchased-chiefly technical-pour in i n increas- ing numbers. And to t h e demands of the camps are non. to be added the demands-for technical hooks-necessary for the Students' A r m y Tra in ing Corps: for we must s ~ t p p l c m e n t the efforts of the University and College libraries in their behalf.

And overseas! M u c h as we l~a\,e all-cady done there, this is b u t a frac- tion of what we tnust d o t o meet the opportunity, and the duty. T h u s far it has been one to the m e n fighting or preparing to fight. Short ly it may be onc to the inen in course of den~obilization. Demobilization w011't 1~ summary. I t may extend over a period of a year and a half or two years. During that period, the m e n , lacking the stimulus of impending actual con- flict, will I K peculiarly in n e e d of other stimuli and resource. 'L'hcir thoughls will be turning 1)aclr. t o t h e i r "jobs at home" or to the education which they have temporarily suspended . They must be provided w i t h the oppol-tunity to perfect themselves lor t h e job, to complete the education. T h e Govern- ment is concerned for t h i s . It has appointed an Educational Commission which is to organize an e n t i r e system of instruction-especially in indus.lria1 and vocational subjects, b u t practically comprehensive. I t is already a t work securing a faculty. Every welfare building abroad will be turned in to :I

t lass room. Laboratories wil l bc available a t the LycCes. -4nd books-a p rod ig ious number of them-will he needed. Text-books

-five million dollars' worth-are already being purchased I) y the Comtnis - sion. Reference books-a reference library for each instruction center-arc a necessary auxiliary. A n d these reference collections we are asked t o supply.

It is a unique o p p o r t u n i t y for a very far-reaching service. I t requires resources even l~eyond our Budget-requires, in fact, an expenditure lor books alone morc than d o u b l e that assumed in the Budget. And in addition i t will require expenses for administration not foreseen in a Budget iramed' long before demobilization was contemplated.

W e rnust thcrcforc have not merely the amount of the Budget, but , (01- an adequate service, a sum far in excess of it.

And to secure i t we m u s t have the very energetic aid of every library worker. Especially s h o u l d we have the active aid of every tnember tile Special Libraries Associa t ion , since the work that is now developing is t o be increasingly a n intensive w o r k , the books increasingly books for specialized studies, and the service of them increasingly specialized under the metllods which arc the d i s t i ngu i sh ing feature of the Special Libraries system.

HERBERT PUTNAM, General Dirpcfor.

Special Libraries for Our Fighting Forces R) PILANIT PARKER STOCR~RIDGL

-1 phase of the L,~ll~rar) W a r Ser v ~ c c of the : \~ncr~can L ~ b r a r y Assoc~a t~on wh~ch is grow- ing so rapidly that ~t soon may be the most ~mpor tan t phase of the Association's over- seas service, is the prcp;vat~on a~lcl itxtall;ition of special libraries OII a large and i ~ i c ~ e n s i n g ~ a r i c t y of technical suh je~ t s . Recent reports from Mr. Burton E Stevenson, librarian in charge of overseas d ls t r~l~ut ion for the Ameri- can Lil)rary Assoc~a t~on , indlcate that thls spcc~al I111rary service IS lapidly overtaking the general library servicc wh~ch , in the early days of Anierica's participatioti in the wxr, was sub- stantlally all that liad becn planned f o r or an- ticipated on the part of L11xdry Associatro~l ofliclals.

There were, it is true, a few Iarsccing a!id foreseeing Inen and wornell in library serwce who f rom the beginning I)clie\ed t l ~ a t a Na- tional Army composed of srlected young Inen would display in concentratccl form the s m e thirst f o ~ r Itnowledge and desire fur mental improvement that they liad rl~spl,iyetl 111 civil life There were more who were sure that the soldier w11o had any time fo r r c a d ~ n g would only like hterature of the "Deadwood Dick" variety. There were still more who did not I~elieve the soldiers would read at all W h e ~ i it was decided to estahl~sh a Library W a r Service and the American Li l rary Asso- ciation was asked to take over the task of set- ting up l i l~rarics in the camps and cantonments and arranging fo r the distribution of bool.;~ and period,icnls an appeal was made to t11c American public for g ~ f t s of hoolw and for only a small amount of money with which to set up and operate the library service Thc public responded generously with Imolcs and iI

surprisingly large percentage of I~oolts thus contrilmted have been usahle The fiction and general literature thus obtained, now morc than three million volutnes, form the lxdtbonc of Library W a r Service Reactional and gen- eral readitig, as a means of lcilling ennui anci I)y mental relaxation and stimulat~on aiding i l l

the upbuilding of morale, is reco~nized anti encor~raged 1 . r ~ tnilit:~rj. authorities as a vital and essential part of the complicated task of keeping our fighting men fit :uitl on their toes all the time Rut the real surprjse, hot11 to lihrariatis and to the Army allthoritics them- selves, came when the men began to dctnantl technical and cducatinnnl hooks of evcry kin(: and character and to study and master them with an avidity and thnrnufi.hness that nohodq had anticipated.

.As a resiilt or tlic tlcmantl for the wholc Ilruad class of hooks that arc grouped cinder tltc p e ~ ~ c r z l heatlinq "Edi~ratio~ial" the 41neri- call 1,ibrzty Assoc~atinn'c Lil)rarv W a r Scrvicr

has 11x1 to pulchasc nearly three quarters of :I

milliot~ tolunic\, and it IS liecause of the in- sistent demands f o r more and morc of t h ~ s 1tind of literature that ilic Associat~on has had to ask f o r public sul~scr~ptions of a t least $3,500.000 more, that being ~ t s proportion of the $170,500,000 Uuitcd War Worb Canipaigl~ fund wllich IS to 11c raised in thls month of November, for ihe maintenance of the s e v c ~ civilian organizations serving or11 soldiers ant1 sailors. And from wh:~t was necessarily at hrst a rather ~ n n t l o ~ n and Ii:~phae;lril methotl of supplying these tlema~itls thcre has bee11 tlmeloped In the ovelseas I ~ l ~ r a r y service oi thc A L. A. a systemat~c mctliod, in co-opera- t~o t i with the Army authorities, of establishirrg spco~al l ib~ar ics which mnlcc tlie best literaturc or1 an,, particul:~r tcchnical suhjcct immedi- ately available to oficers antl men whose work cnlls for that p a ~ t ~ c u l a r sort of spccial lmowl- edge.

Froni tlie beginning of L ~ l ~ r a r y War Servicc ~t has been the a11n to p~ovidc for any in- tl~vidual soldier tlie particular hook that he wanted when he wanted it. So far as i t has \)ern humanly possilde to do so cvely request for a spec~fic book 011 any sul~ject has hecn fillctl promptly. I n the camps and canton- ~nents in America, with their maln lilirar~c\ of thirty tI~ous:c~ld volumcs. and brimches an(i stations in the Y. M. C A,, Knights of Colurn- 1x1s. Salvation Army, War Camp Co~nrnunities. Kcd Cross, Jewish Welfare Roartl and Yomi; Women's Christian Assoc~iltiot~ buildings, as well as in mess-halls, I~:lrrncks, officers' quar- ters, hospital wartls, antl, in short, whereve~ n I~rancli l i l ~ r a r could he established, the re- quests for spcr1;11 boolts were early classifier1 anrl groupetl ant1 tlie lijts thus made up fornicll tlie hasis fo r the wlection of titles for th.. special l ibrn~ ics that :{re being installctl over- was. Thcse lists Ilave \)ern supplemented hl* tlic addition of titles selected 11y o f i c c ~ s of Ge~leral Pcrs1iin~'s staff in charge of varlous tcclinical departments in the servicc of suppl:. ant1 engajicd it1 military instruction. \O that the list of lmolts cont:~illetl in any onc of these sl~ecial lihrnries is ;I surprisingly complete in- dex of the literature cln that particnlar suhjcct that is rcgartled in the Army as of leal value

l3y way of illustrating the fact, concerning wIiic11 therc may be still some skeptics, that enlisted Inen and officers aliltc call for and read with avidity technical hooks that help tlicm to succecrl and ndvatice ill their rnilitarv work. as well as Imoks t h a t ;I! c cnlcul;~tcd to increase their cfficieric! in the ci rvilinn work to whldl thcy expect to ret11r.n. let me quotc here, llefore aoinfi. into details ah111 the overscas special lil.rrarics, from a f e v clocunimta~y sollrces:

LIBRARIES

From ;, ~ , ~ n k ortlcr sent in 1)y the librarian ; ~ t Camp Idee, Virji~nia: "Fift? copies each 'l[allual for Stahle Scrgea~its,' 'htanual For Farriers,' 'The Army Horse in .Iccident and I)iscase.' A \,cter~rrary tramin!: school is t o open herc at Camp I.rc w ~ t h more than 2.00C sturlcnts Officers ant1 instinctor5 arc alrcatly orr the ground and we antic~pate a run on o u r material in dealing with the care and cure of \ rmy horses."

Fr-on1 the Cliapl. l~~~. U S S. Mississippi. in lio acts as hranch l ih ra~ ia t~ for t he A. L. A. 011 t h ~ s battleship "I firid that o u r hospital corps mtl first a ~ d squnrls need books on nurs- inrr wli~ch do not co~nc under the list of hoolcs !& mc~~tionetl I do not tlebirc t o impose on your ki~rtlncss, Imt the lfctl~cal Ilfficcr on this \e\hel 11.1s requested me to ascertnitr ; IS to

"\~'liitilig OII 'R:lnditgi~iq ' "Xlorrt~nnrrr\. 'C.~re o i Strrg~cal Txtierits ' "Saundcrs. 'Modern Sursing.' "R~hcrts. 'Pathology antl Bacteriology.' "h.iati1iatta11 Hospital. 'Eye. E a r , Nose awl

Throa t Nursing "4tliitls, Primar! Studies for Nurscs. ' ".%tlcins. 'Cl~nical Stutlicq for N ~ t r s e s ' " Froni tlie l i h r a r ~ ; ~ ~ ~ of thc U S. S. Hurot ; :

"Sr.iicl n few hooks on Commercial .4rithmctic. Co~nmcrcial Cfiogrnplty :und Business Enslislr t o he used I>>- men on tlic vessel studying fo r tlie cxaminntions for ,eonian. S'av!. clerk and I ma twain."

From the librarian at C',cml> Wheeler: "Well t r \ e r 200 IIonks a rlay are lreing issued. T h e .utrjccts call for range ;111 tlie may f r o m :~i t ronomy to 7oo1ogv and lmlc O n e dxk's rccnrd last \\eel< showed the following. Wire- less, autornolile rrpnir, physics, plutnhitig, avi- tio on, Frcncli histmy. mncliine shop prncticc, hatid bgre~iatlcs, hand music. ~ a l j i e l ~ ~ ~ , Inall 11i;lkinr Fully tlircc-quartern of the hoolis tnltc~? arc non-fiction Mr Thotrras, thc new assistant librarian. requests that the readers In tlie Camp Lihrarv ease up 011 the deninr~tl lor h n o k ~ on ~nilitarv science as his a r m 1s lame hv reason of the numher of copies of \Toss. Rishop antl Cnrlock that lie has writtr-n cards for in the past wcek."

An analysis of recent hook orders selected 11 random. covcrinc al~otit 2.500 hooks. m a r c 1.1 Mr. H C Co~ril~lon in charge of hook pur- chase- for Library W a r Scrrice, shows t h w 4'3 pcr cent ;lrc tec1i1ric:tl lmoks covering surh tnpics as

Autnniohiles Rlacks~nitl i in~ nridges R ~ t i l d i n ~ Cnr~en t ry Civil E n g i n e ~ r i ~ ~ ~ Cotnprcssed Air Poncrete Flectric~ty Elertr~cal Rep;~iring

Cmoline Engines Locomotive Operatwn LIacli~~ie Shop Mccli:~n~cnl r)r.lfting Nccliar~~cal E~igrnerriug Motors Paintmg Plumbing Power Plant-; Pumps Railroads Roads San i t a t io~~ Sheet Mct:il \i'r~rl< Stcam Engines Structl~ral Stccl SIII-\ eying Telegrap11 Telephone IVater Sllpply Welrl~ng and Forging Wireless aud Wiring,

\ c ~ t h a few ou Algelrra. ( l e o m r t r ~ , Physics, Forestry, L~uiiber Handling and m~scellaneous tcclinical scil~jects Twent!. pcr cent of the 1.600 I~ooks are U I I such tec l i~i~cal military ttlpics as

Aviatioti, Military Cavalry Coast Defense Eng~ncc r Corps Explosives Field Art~l lery Food Fortifications Horses Infantry Machine G u n Officer's Manuills Ordnance Paper Work Quartermaster Corps Rifles p r l Musketry Signahng Theory antl Tactics 'rop?~rapliy a ~ r d Mapping Trammg, and T r e ~ ~ c l i Warfare

Eight pcr ccnt are on the causes of thr war . personal 11arr;itivcs of the war and stories of rniliiary and ~iaval operations. Thc remain- rng 29 per ccnt cover qeneral literature, his- tory, tr,lvel, art , etc , hut 110 lict~on.

A cable reccived on Octoher 4 f r y n tt!c Par i s 11eadqn:lrters "Requests pouring 111

11ro1 e tremendous demand educational hooks. Xeed itna~ediatcly thousands cacli elementary advanced aritlin~etic algebra geometry trig- o n o ~ n e t t y c h e m ~ s t r ~ physics Xramtnar ajil icul- t ~ ~ r a l f o ~ c s t r y l~usi~ress mcthotls cost account- IIIR commercc banking l a ~ v aarcliitecture mechanical drawing two liuntlrrd each I~oolc- kccping rulrl~er poultry. Securing smnll sup- ply England. September biggest month with arowing serrice e\crywl~ere."

SPECIAL LIBRARIES

S o t all of the classes of books requested by Mr. Stevenson in the forego~ng cablcgran~ a re included In the special libraries supplied to military u n ~ t s . A considerable proportion of 311 the lnlllion and a quarter volu~nes so f a r sent overseas a re circulated direct from Mr. Stevenson's Par is Ilbrary under the ruling of General P e r s h ~ n g authormng the distribution of boolts Lo individual soldiers through the Army mail servlce free of postage, This scr- vice was established early 111 September and already the requests for books run close to a thousand per day. This service is the cap- stone of the pyraniid of book distr!but~on to the men'of the A. E. F., the four~clat~on course being the thousand and more general branch l~l~raries ' establ~shed in the huts and club houses of the various relief organizations and snldicrs' clubs, whde the intermediate courses are the special libraries, the e s t d ~ l i s l ~ m c ~ ~ t of which began in July with the offer by Mr . Stevenson t o General Pershing's Chief of Staff, to place a t thc cllsposal of the .A. H, P. a complete t echnml hook service. The offer was immed~ate ly accepted and the slaff officers in charge of the numelous technical brancheg of the scrvlce were instructed to ~upplernent the hsts already 11repared 111 Washington with such other t ~ t l e s as they regarded as desirable. The result i s a systew of specla1 l i l ~ r a r ~ e s on such t o p m as Military Medicine and Surgery. Civil and M i l ~ t a r y Engmeering, Construction, Budding, Heawcr-Than-Air Plvlation, Lighter- Than-Air Aviat~orr, T~ansportation, Automo- Forestry, Electric~ty, Light Railways and Road Engineering, San~ta t ion, and General Military Sclence.

"Before we are through with this work," writes M r Stevenson, "I hope t o , h a w in oper- ation in France a. real library system at the service of the whole A. E. F."

T o ~l lus t ra te the scope of these special lib- raries, here is the list of ~boolcs on railroad construction and operation compiled in Wash- ington for the use of engineer units in rail- road work in France: Allen-"Ra~lroad Curves and Earthwork." Blackall-"U.p to Date Air Brake Catechism." Crandall-"Railroad Construction." Droege-"Freight Terminals and Trains." Droege-"Freight erminals and T r a ~ n s " Forney-"Catechism of the Locomotive." Fowler-"Locomotive Breakdowns and Their

Remedies." Gr~msha~v-"Locomotive Catechism." Kindelan-"The Trackman's Helper." Ludy-"AirdBrake." Prior-"Operatioll of Trains." Raymoll$-Elements of Rallroad Engineer- .--

JI lE .

Roberts-"Track Fromulz and Tables." Scarles-Field Engineering (Railroads)." Sellen--Railway Maintenance Engineering " Tratman-Railway Track and Truck Work." VanAulcen-"Practical Track Work."

Webb-Economics of Railroad Constructiotl." Webb-"Railroad Construction." W~llard-Mamtenancc of W a y and Struc-

tures." "West~nghouse Air-Brake System."

111 addition to t h e foregoing the Chief Eng~nce r of the A. E. F. requested tha t t he spcclal libraries comp~led f o r thc Division o f Light IZallways and Roads should contain the followl~ig titles : Trautwine, "Field Engioccrs Pocketbook." Merr~man, "Bridge Construct~on." Ha1te1-Masonry Construction.",, Baker-"Roads and Pavements. Harger 8: BonneS.-"High\vay Engineer's

f ocl~ctbook." Richardson-"Asphalt Pavements." Blanchard-"Highway Construction." Wellington-"Economic Railway Location." Molitor & ,Beard-"Mam~al for Resident

Engineer. Kidder-"Architect and Builder's Pocltel-

book." Marks-"Mechanical ~Engincer's I-Iandbook." Kent-"Mechanical Eng~ncer ' s I-Imdbook."

"Manual of Amcr~can Railway E n g i n e c r ing Association."

Gcbhard,t-"Steam Power Plant Engineering." Carpenter & D ~ e t r i c h - " E x p r i m e ~ ~ t d Engi-

neering." Marlcs & Davis-"Stcam Tables." ICarapetoof-"Ex~eri111m1tal Electrical Engi-

ncer~ng" (Vols. I and 2 ) . Pentler-"ElecLricaI Engineering Handbook." Peaboclv-"Steam Boilers." Kl~nbnli & Barr-"Stcam Design." Logan-"Mechan~cal Equ~pmcnt of Build-

~ngs" (3 vols.). Roberts Sr S~l~itI~-"Locornot~vc Operation."

Each special library placed by the A. L. A. in each important headquarters of a railway ongineermg unit of the A , E. P. consists, therefore, of two copies of each of the e l~ t i r c forego~ng list of 43 titles.

The average stay-at-homc Aruerican h:rs heard a great deal about the Avh t ion Service overseas, but how many of us realize tllc im- portance of the Lighter-Than-Air Scrvice- the work of the observation d)alloons? T o a list o f 25 titles on aviation submitted by Mr. Stevenson, the Chief of A i r S e ~ v i c c requested that there be added fo r the use of the Balloon Section a number of volumes on Mcchat~ical and Electrical Engi,neering, Radio-Telegraphy, Fabr~cs , Rubber, Cordagc and the Physics and Chemistry of Gases, as wqll a s several copies of each 01 the following titles:

"Meteorology"-W. I, Milham. "La P rev~s ion du Temps"-G. Dallet. "Xouvellc Methode de Provision du Temps"-

G. Guilbert. "Dav~s' Eletnentary Meteorology." "Smithsonian Institute Meteorological Tables,"

Revised Edition, 1p7. "Sherril's Topography.

1 SS SI'I~CLAL. LIBRARIES

.'blements oi perspectiven-Miller. h 1 ~ j ~ 3 ~ ~ 1 ~e t t e r in~" -H. S. Jacoby. .'Rogcrst Machnist's Guide," P a r t s 1 d l ~ d 11. .'HvdrOtlenation of dils"--Ca1elt011 Ellis.

"Gas ,Analys~s"--Dennis. .'L)escr~ptive Meteo~ology"-Will~s Moore. .'Handbuok for Gas Eilglneers"-Ncwblgg111g .'Physical Tables-Chc~n~cal Tables."

I t IS to buy the books necessary to equlp ~. . ttlese special 1;brdrlcs and to supply the genercll <lemand for technical and educational W O I - ~ S ,

wllicll callllot Ile obtn~ncd through m~scellan- cous gifts from the general public, tha t the .I\mcrlcan Library Associatroll \ d l need llot urlly the $3,500,000 orlgindly estimated, hut the atlclitionaI 50 per cent w h ~ h the Pres ldei~t Ilas just authorized the United War WorL calllpalgn to ask the public f o r thls month. 21, everyone wllo has to do wit11 technical I~ooks Icnows, thelr averagc cost per volume 1s much greater than the general run of f i c t i o ~ ~ .uld n~iscellaneous litcraturc. Publishers are generous in thcir d~scounts and many authors have waived then royalt~es on books purchased For Library War S e r ~ i c e ; 1)y next spnng, however, we w~l l have a t the presc~l t rate u r tran5port many morethan three milhon Au~cr i - car1 soldlcrs Irl France arid there must be \looks for all of them.

Even though the war were to crld to-morrow there would bc no let-up in the demand for educational and technical books I hav: no spacc hcrc to go Into details . d~ou t the Col- lege in Khaki," the foundatiorls of which have already been l a d overseas and by means , ,f which our Go\,ernment hopes t o re-educate our soldlerb ~ n t o c ~ v l l ~ a n s and bcttcr equipped and bette~ ttained civilians than they were bc- iorc they we~lt ~ n t o the Army. Thc period of tlcrnob~l~zat~on must not be allowed to be- come a per~od of detnoral~zation. I t will take a s long or longer to bring our boys back as it took to get them over. Therc is to bc a sgs- tern of scliools ranging all t he way froin elementary trade courscs to ~lniversity grades to fit cvery man of the A. E. F. t o take up the thread of civil life when he gets back, not where he d~opped it, but at a point at lcast op- ;losite his fellow worker who has moved ahctcl in business or industry while thc man In khaki was fighti~lg fo r his country. Thrce or four million dollars and probably more will be needed to supply the techni&l,,ancl educa- tional book requirements of the I<halci Col- lege" exclusive of thc actual t ex t I~ook te- ~/lIlrenlelltS of thc various curricula.

I f there wcre no other good ground for riving to the Umted W a r Worlc Campaign, thls service of hoolcs tn our soldiers would ~ u s t i f y thc whole appeal.

The Bureau of Education h a s just issued np excellent Gjiide to Govertt7,tent P~~bl ica- 110ltS

THE THINKER Hack of the beat ing hammer

By w h ~ c h the steel is wrought , Baclc of the workshop 's clatnor

'The seeker m a y find t h c Thought- T h e T h o u g l ~ t t ha t is ever rrlaster

Of iron a n d s t eam and steel, T h a t rises above disaster

And t ramples it under heel.

T h e drudge m a y f re t and t inker, O r labor wi th dusty blows.

Hut back of hint s tands the Th inke r , T h e clear-eyed ma11 who lc~iows;

F o r in to each plow o r saber, E a c h piece a n d p a r t and whole,

Must g o the brain of Labor , Which gives the work a soul!

Hack of the moto r s l ~ u m m ~ n g , Baclc of t h c belts that sing,

Back of the hammers drumming, Back of the c ranes t h a t swing,

T h e r e is t he eye which scans them, Watch ing th rough s t ress and strain,

T h e r e IS t he Mlnd which plans thern- Back of the brawn, the Brainl

Might of t he roa r ing boiler, Fo rce of t h e englne's thrus t ,

S t r eng th of t h e sweating toller, Great ly in these we t rus t ,

B u t back of them s tands the Schemer , T h e th inker who puts th ings through.

Hack of the Job-The Dreamer , \.C1ho's mak ing the dream come t ruel

; i~ne r i can t rade catalogues a r e used ex- tellsively in American consulates in for- elgn c o u n t r ~ e s . M a n y of the consulates provide reading rooms where A m e r i c a ~ ~ trade, industrial and technical journals are xccessible o r on exhibition. T h e Ameri- can consul a t M a d r ~ d , Spain, states, for example , tha t this advertising mater ia l has a potent influence upon indust ry in Spain because of t he excellence o f American in- clustrial me thods and the cons tan t and rapid progress being m a d e in technical and scientific research. These publications should he s e n t f ree ly t o ou r consulates a s a Incans of b r o a d e n ~ n g and increasing the ~nf luence and influence of American idus- tr ies a n d American products.

T h e present policy O F conserving paper hy discontinuing t h e distribution of f ree coples of this class of l i terature is causing uneasiness a t the' consulates. T h i s material is des i red particularly a t this t ime a s a means of s t imulat ing and increasing our t rade both n o w and after the war. Plans for the economic r econs t ruc t~on of our Foreign t rade should include a liberal dis- t r l b u t ~ o n of o u r t rade and technical 1,itera- ture. E. D. G.

Government Documents By .I H. FI~IIXJEI.

ui all written records, the pul~lic t l o c u n ~ c ~ ~ t is the most ~ n ~ p o r t a n t . No literal) form h , ~ , playccl so great a p a ~ t 111 the history of man- kind; none so closcl). follow\ its tlcvelop- ~nen t . A s meu pi~ssed through tlic i .irious stages of c ~ \ ~ l l z a l ~ o t i a d otlv:ulce~ncnL, the ~locllment paralleled ill frrrm, iu s y i ~ i t ailtl In content the changes that wcrc going on In tlic world aljout. As tlic visio~i of men cspantlet!, as tlicir pol~tical lil'e evolved Itself, as t l i c~ r nspiratiolis lose. so the tlocumelit tlcvelopetl 111

I ~ r e ; ~ l t h , in tone alitl in frecclom. W h c ~ i nicll, l~owcver, gre\\ srrvilc, igliorallt ;111tl u l~pro - gresslvc, L1ie11 thc tl(?cumc~it Irecalnc dull, ~ n - Ilexible a~ l t l narrow 111 slope Tn spite of its ~ l~tcr i ' s t ; I I I ~ I I T I ~ J I ~ . I I I C C , i l l bplte of the grc.~t part that it has played not only in tlic history oi Inen Imt in the rise ;uitl growth o f otl~cl- forms of liteiature, tlie govcl nmenl t l o c ~ u i ~ e ~ i t Iias, as a rule, been ~~eglcctetl I I ~ ~rulllic l i b r a r i a ~ ~ s lncleccl, it would Ile no cs,\gger,l- ti011 to say that for the last live thousand > r a l s it has recei\fetl mo,t :~ttcntion from those. who h a w untlerstootl but llttlc cr f 11l)r;ll ~ c s and their p o i ~ ~ t nf \ icw.

Whence ])roceetls this l;~clc of ~ l ~ t c r c s t ? The 11u11lic d o c u t n e ~ ~ t h:is I J C C I I w i ~ h u s f o r ccn- turies I t is the first c~v~tlcncc of cikilizetl socicly m d e r B jiove~nlnellt. I t is the first rccortl affecting t l ~ e lilrerties ;ind rlghts u i men. 1 t IS as old ;IS ilic l i l ~ r a ~ i:lli1s 111 n i c s s l o ~ ~ . Intleed, almost as s o o ~ ;IS the duc111nc11l 1v~15

evolved, the libraliil~l. illc l\ecper. t l i ~ C I I I I

server of records, c a m i l l t o Ircinp. It is the oldest of written iornls that :ire still with 11s. Yet a f tcr so 111;111> L l ~ o t ~ s ~ ~ n d XI s of co~nlr :~~~io~is l i ip , it is still ;I s t ~ ; ~ ~ i g e r among 11s. Why has it larctl so 111 ,lt or11 Ii:l~itls? The maln reason is that we tlo not u~~t lers t ;~ncl t , ~ c true me:uiing of tlic puldic tlocumcnt and h : e failed to g:iuge ~ t s great signifcnnce. Tts very nearliess to 11s m1(1 o11r C O I I S C ~ I I F I I ~ illal~ility to w e ~t I I I pcrspcclivc Inn) I I C C X I I W o f thl, llefilrct

istcllcc. 7 '11~ I ~ ~ ~ J ; I I I I ; ~ I ! ~ . \ o j //I,, S'I(~/(~-RJ thib ti111c.

h ~ ~ \ v c \ c r , \ o c ~ c ~ ~ w.1.; wcll atlvan~etl Men I I I ~ i ~ ) m : d s . :~ lL l~o~~gh they still . ~ I I C I ctl to tl1c11 I I ~ I S I O I 111 l i ir S1n.111 patches I I ~ q ~ o u i ~ t l u c r c culti\:~tctl, The l ' igr~s, the I l~~p l i r ;~ t e s , the Si lc , t ~ r \ \ h~ch was tluc tllc icltilitg of tlic I , i~ i~ls thnt these early tiien ~ n l i . ~ l ~ i t c ~ l , ovcrll~,\vctl ~wr~orlically -4s the cur- rent s~rl>sitlctl n11t1 t l ~ c \tlc;lni.: rcccdctl to their F ~ ~ I I I C I - I)allks, sr)it layers o l vcr!. fcrtllc ~ r n l l n t l wcrc tlcpos~tctl Ro~~ntlarics, Iio\vevcl., \vc*rc tlicicl~y iv;~.;l~c.(l aw;ly or co\el.crl. -4 s?stc~ii o f lal~il ~ n c a s u ~ e n i e ~ ~ t Il;ltl to firow up. 11111 wlio sIicn11(1 set the .tantl;~rtl, ant1 whn ~1i0111d force disputants to acccpt the hound- ; ~ n c s se t ? . \~:l in, thcw countries thnt prim- i t l \c men i~~h;~l , i te t l \ \ere dry T I I nltlcr to as- ~ U I C a goc~d li:~r\.est, rtrnscr\atiol~ nf tlie water supplv was ncressar) I I rigatin11 c;ui;tls werc I ~ u ~ l t . Local cli icCt:~~l~s wcrr In cli:~rge of tliesc and ~rcciyetl in I c t ~ ~ r n .I s l l ; ~ r ~ In the crops. Should the Illc..lsnle I I ~ I I ; \ I - ~ ~ or whcat, that

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,\,I , r l ~ l ~ , not be paid at ~ t s prollel tillle, s ~ ~ p p l of \{rater ~vould :it Once Ile Shut off

tIlcle be :in imnletllatr \ isi t by the qllperlnr ill cllarge tn demand tlie cause f o r the c l c l ~ n q u e ~ ~ q In time a strong chief lnight qaill control nyel a certain rmmher of these c;t~~iils From this it was not a difficult step f o r otlc Inan to pail1 the sulmeme control and 1,econle 111 fact a lcillg

111 other places the accluisition o f foorl, ~ i h e t h c r ~t was to follmv thc hunt o r to scc111e fish. necess~tatetl the association of men The success of such an cxpedi t io~l rlepetidecl on leadership and 011 i m p l i c ~ t o l ,edie~~ce Guiding the ship 01 leading the l1111lt paver1 the way for g o v e r ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ g the s t a t e I;urthe~niorc. In mall). places nu1 first his- t o ry of man is that of his wars with those allout hi111 Here , tun, the success of the c x p c d ~ t ~ o n depe~ided 011 I)ravery, obedience a n d leadership S o we find tendencies a m o n g all peoplcs to form states, and n o races in early times a re w ~ t h o u t political organization But it is lot our purpose t o trace the or ig i~ls of the s la te I t is s u f i c ~ e n t to note tha t in the s t ruggle for existence men so011 learn the advantages of living together Thd t union gives s t rength IS s o o ~ 1111dcrstnod. Men a re b y nature g~ega r ious , a ~ i d it is more reason- ab le for m a n j to l ~ v e together than t o live apa r t So. \ye see that hy the t ime men have passed from the savage s t a t e they have already I~egnn to learn the mean ing o f g o v e r ~ ~ ~ n e n t ; that wr i tmg comes af ter t h e idea of polit~cal organization has al- r eady taken root; tha t the public d o c u m e ~ i t , though old, reflects even at the outset ;I

h igh degree of c iv i l iza t io~~

IVhen we spcak of importance we liavc in mind a comparison of values. W h a t is i l lere then about the public docutnerit t ha t should glve i t greater consequence when n-eighcd ill the balance with o the r writ- ten records'

.5copr9-If we examine carefully the vol- llmc of material which wc class as U n ~ t e d S t a t e gorcrnment doc~u-nents coming each day , each weeli, car11 month from Wash- ingtoll , we a le a t once I>cn~ildererl both hy its mass and 1,- the wide field which i t covels Yet ill every place where m e n rrrgani7c thcnlselves tha t they m a y live titgether In conimutiit~es, 11.ltlnna1, state o r ~nunic ipal , that thcy may secure for them- .;elves and for their posterity the g rea te s t measure of happiness, the issue of docu- ~ ~ i e n t s continues El t . 1 ~ leg~t i rnate inter- e4t o f gove rn~ i i e~ t t is there represented. c-very legitimate ititcrest o f Inan is there g iven volce

Tn oltlpr l i n ~ e s so\erc igns a r roga ted to t h c l u x l r c s nearly 311 the functions "f t he

state. T h e w o r d s of Louis XIV., "I am the State," though they characterize French absolutism of tlie sixteenth century, might with equal faithfulness b e placed in the mouths of t he rulers that graced the thrones of E g y p t , Assyria a n d Babylonia. or Mcdia a n d Pe r s i a Individual l iberty has progressed in g rea t s t r ides since then. At the same t ime it shoold be noted tha t the tendency of the last century has been . to increase the v a r ~ e t y of t he functions of gov- ernnlent. T h e pu,blic documents of the an- c ~ e n t monarchies then cover a wide range. but their scopc with the g rowth of the nlednlnp of l iber ty and government has in- creased. and m a y reasonably be expected to d o s o even m o r e as t ime goes on. Fa r from t h r e a t e n i ~ ~ g to tlie of old age , the p u b l ~ c documen t is g rowing daily in im- portance-growing as m e n take a livelie1 ~ n t e r e s t in the i r city, their s t a t e and their n a t ~ o n ; g rowing a s legislators realize that t h v w o r k m u s t b e in the in teres t of the governed; g rowing as a keener conviction arises of civic righteousness, national jus- tice and t~a t lona l honor. Bu t much of the appeal of t he d o c u ~ n e ~ i t , no, doubt , is t o be iountl in i ts con ten t , i ts message

~lfc,ssqc-The message of the docunient is onc of l iberty, of ~ e s p o n s i b i l ~ t y bo th of Icings and of subjects. I n the ideal s ta te every documen t would have at1 interest for every cit izen.. 111 the s tudy of societal evolution the public document shows that man has ou tg rown his barbarous state. I t shows t h a t h e is already beginning t o rcal- ize t h a t lie h a s r ~ g h t s a s well as duties 011 the o the r hand the very fac t t ha t the document IS a wri t ten fo rm shows tha t abso- lute regal power is beginning to disinteg- ra te Me11 can then see the r ights t h a t the \ la te gua ran tees them and make their ap- peal to those rights. I t is fo r this reason that the government docunient has f rom time rm~ncn~or i a l received from all peoples and in :ill nations that reverence and attention which has been accorded to i t and to no other writ- ten record.

Tts message, too, is one of faith and unfaith. H e r e in our s tudy of documf?r~ts \ t e see h o w lcings and n ~ t i o n s h a r e rlsen Lo greatness because they have observed the t rus t t h a t has been put in t h e m by their subjects and b y lciridred nations. Here we see how men have risen in a r m s to force a k ing w h o has broken his pledged word o r has violated the wri t ten promise of his predecesors, and have forced h i m to slgn a Great Char ter , wherein he prom- ises 111s mcn t h a t the laws shall be a s they were in t h e t ime 01 their fa thers H e r e we see th is self-same Magna Cliarta send- Ing i ts message across the seas and influ- encing no t o n l y i ts own bu t o the r peoples a s well. H e r e we see again a n old code,

t he ('ode of Hamrnurahi , whcre i~ i a right- eous k ing has gatlicrecl for 111s people the existing laws s l i o w i ~ ~ g that the str011g shall not opprcs.; tlie weak, that j~ is t ice is t o l ~ e given t o the orphan, t o tlie witlow and to the poor Th i s code wc find 111 t u rn send- Ing ~ t s message to o thcr con t i t r~es , aird the laws of ou r ( 1 3 ~ can thus b e traced back for thousands of years to their beginning5 h o we find thc governmclit t l o c ~ ~ r n e ~ l t sent!- Ing its messagc not only to a small intcgral j i ~ o u p f o r wIio,~~i it IS intentlcd, 11t1t crossing rivers ancl oceans, deserts a ~ ~ d wild wa5tes. and r c p e a l ~ n g itself 111 \ a ~ i o u s tongues lo all men and n a t i o ~ ~ s . T h e messagc of the document cannot , howcver, I)c corisiclered xpal t From its influe~icc

I ~ r ~ l r t c i ~ r ~ - - ' ~ I i r histor> of a peoplc is qath- ered f rom its collected pl11)lic documen t s Looking across the ages , then, and review- ing t he her i tagc of cach of the g rea t ctn- pires tha t has l o n g since perished, recall- ing, too, the s t o r y of each of the natio:i* tha t exist to-day, we recoglilzc a t once how9 g rca t a pa r t has Ixen played Ily the rlocu- nicnt. I t has influe~lced profou~i t l ly r w r y function of the livcs o f men. E v e r y s t ruggle which o u r forefather: waged t o gain sonie new privilege, o r to tnaintain some liard- won r ight . is reflected in it. Frcerlom of speech and of w o ~ s l i i p , tlic r ight t o trial and t o peti t ion, the r ~ g l i t to a sha re i n thc governrucnl-all of the r ~ g l i t s tliat w e value in 0111- l ~ f c and that \vc now rezarrl :IS in- ;ilienal)le a re g i iarantee~l us h y t h e s t a t e tlirough the rnrdi i~tn of tlie document .4 scrap of paper has mad? n people forever f ree ; a scrnp of paper has reduced i t to e ternal thra ldom D'liat shall we sav of a n influence s o vital, s o fu~iclamentnl.

Again, tlie rlocumcnt is the oldest of wri ( ten forms. T h c s torv , t he poem. the 11ovel existed long hcforc i t , b u t tliey a c r c handed on f rom one generatioti to ano the r b y word of mouth. TI ] th is continued process tliey a t tn i~icd a reniarlta1)le tlegrer of c u c c l l c ~ ~ c r . being adorned a ~ i d hea~~ l i l i c i l very ~ n u c l i as a pel)l~le is s ~ n o o t l ~ e t l and ror~ntletl by thc perpetual wasl i i~igs of the sea. B u t over two t l i o ~ ~ s a n d years hcfore the first l i tc rary forms of any rountl-v wcrc recorded in writ ing, tlie g o v c r ~ ~ m e l i l t loc~~nicnt had alrcatl\ ,~~tninet l n wonderful degree of p c r f e c t i o ~ ~ Tt had of coursc. 1111s arlva~itagr-it was tlir product of t h r s t a t e T h c y tha t drvoted their attentloll to it were men of high I,irtli, mrci of rill- lure and refi~lcmetit Ti1 ancient Qypt lie wlio becatnc a scrihc ha11 put his foot on the first r u n g nf the latltlcr of an oficial life. "Set t o worlc atit1 I)econie ;i scril,e." s ays one papyrus. "for the11 thou shal t be a lender of mrn." a~itl .~nnther :~tlrls, the poor nlan "whose n a m p is u ~ i k ~ ~ n ~ v ~ i is like a

licavily-lade11 donkey--lie is drivel] by the scribe."

The re is no method whereby we can measure the deh t of literature to the public document. Records ha\v tl~sappeared or h a w bccn destroyed, and nien who m a y have cnl~gl i tcncd us have long since per- shed, tlieir tongues are now silent. But us we read inany o f the ancient govern- ment documents, with their ~ c c a s i o n a l rhythm i~ncl poetry, t h e ~ r elegancc of ex pression, their beanty of form, their exact- I I ~ S S , t he ca l e with w h ~ c h they are pre- pared, IVC cannot help but feel that thei r ~nf luence upon the various l~ t e ra ry fo rms riiust have bee11 great indeed. As for mod- ern docunients, ninny liave become classics ill our schools.

Men, great among their fellows, have lived ant1 liave perished f rom the face of this ea r th ; nations, supreme throughout the world, have risen and have fallen; the pub- lic t locu~iient, older than the influe~lce of any man , greater than any nation, con- tinues t o affect each moment the lives and fortuncs o f all men trlider a s j s t em of government Shall a c say then, tliat ~t has not earlled the right to more ancl closer a t tent ion at o u r ha~:tls?

J . H. Fricdcl.

T l ~ e Septenlllc~ issuc of the Arr~erirn~r Labor Lryislofion Rec~ie.ur conta~ns an analysis by s1111jects arid by states of the l a lm legisla- \Ion of thc year 1918

At a recent ~ n e e t i n g of tlie 1:araday So- ciety of England the co-ordinat~on of scien- tific publications was discussed, with a view towards a closer union of scientific a ~ l d industrial ~ e s e a r c h . Tt was thought that th is could he accomplished by having ,I f(2tlcration of scientific societies to receive ,ill scientific papers and allot them for read- Ing and discussion to the society to which they would I x of most ~n te res t . I n pr in t - I I I ~ these papers rt is proposed that all proceedings, t r a n s a c t i o ~ ~ s . l~ulletins, ctc.. -hall b e printed on the same size of paper :ind i l l the s a m e type

T h e Guaranty Trust Company of New York has been issuing n series of bulletins ~lcvote t l to financial and ~iidustrial recon- ~ t ruc t io r i in tlie United States and ahroad

'The first nu~nlicr of R t ~ z v ~ i l l ~ ~ , a 11cw maga- /Ine tlevotecl t o the disal)led soldier arid .ailor, has just appcarecl I t contains papers b y Ruclyartl K ~ p l ~ n g , ,Tosepli Conrad. J e rome I<. Jerome. .f. M, Barrie, E. V 1-ucas, John Galsworthy and others. I t is issued f rom 21 Bedford Street. T.ondon, , ~ n d Jo1111 Galswortliy is editor.

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List of Pamphlets on Present-day Questions Co~npiled by EDNA B. GEARHART

Bcnr~o~r~ics Diz,ision, NrzLt YorA P ~ ~ b l i c Library

Irrigation by Means of Underground Porous Pipe. By B R House. (Colorado Agric. Experiment Stat1011. BLII. 240.) 1.5 pp., pa.; '18; For! Coll~ns, Ohio.

Reference Material for Vocational Agrl- cultural Instruction. (U. S. Federal Board for Vocational Education Bul. 14.) 26 pp.: '18, F c d c ~ a l Board lor Vocat~onal Fduca- tion, Wash.

Stock-Poisoning Plants of the Range. 13y C, D. Marsh. ( U S .\gi-icultural De- partment. Bn1. 575.) 24 p p . ; 'IS; Sup't* of Doc.

The Department of Agriculture, investi- gating the causes and condit~ons under which lalige stock has heen lost has cletcr- mined that "Losses are due t o a compara- tlvely small number of plants." T, l~is bul- letin contains a list of sac11 plants with illustrations and clescriptio~is, the symp- toms of poisoning shown by the animals and the treatment for same.

Swine Husbandry Revised. By John N. Rosenbeiger, 1918 (I'ennsylvania Agric Dep't Gen. Bul. 307) 119 pp ; '18; Har- risburg, Pa.

This bulletin includes descriotions of I~rceds, feeds and their preparation and houscs with description, i l l~ts trat io~ls and diagrams.

Wheat. E. Mr. Wagner Sr Co., New Yorlc C i l v - . -, .

Statistics showing the world crops and world cot~sumpti~on of wheat ill recent years and the effect of wars on wheat prices.

BANKLNG Banking Service for Foreign Trade.

Guaranly Trus t Co., N. Y. A pamphlet of ten pages telling of the

f a c d ~ t ~ e s offered b y tlic Foreign Depart- ment of the Guaranty Trust Co, to "Bank- crs, ~na~ lu f ac t r~ r e r s and mercha~l'ts regard- ing the most economical and practical ~netllotls for financing foreign business."

T h e Financing of American Foreign Trade. Guaranty Trus t Company, N. Y.

Tells of the functions and facilities of f l ~ e Foreign Department of the Guaranty Trus t Co.

H o w t o Finance a Business. 23 pp. By J. Wal te r Bell, 111 Broadway, N. Y.

This hooltlet tells of the relation of the I~anlc to tlic business indn Some captiotis are "Rnowi~lg Which Banker t o Ap- proach." "The Bankers' Viewpoint," "Ex- amplcs of Financing."

The Relation of Industrial Chemistry to Banking. By C;. .A. O'Reilly 23 pp. Irv- lng National Bank, N. Y.

This pamphlct sets forth the need of co- operation between the bankers and chern- ~ s t s as a national Issile, and explains horn tlliis co-operal io~~ may lie brought al~orrt

BONDS How to Figure Interest Returns on Secu-

rities. Guaranty Trust C o , 130 Broadway, N. Y.

This booklet treats of true discount and its relation to long-term I)onds. I t also explams soine mcthods of applying the tables contained in I~asis 1)oolts.

F INANCE American Banking in Foreigh Trade.

By Lewis B. Pierson. Irving Naiional Ranlc, New Yorlc Cily.

In his address Mr Pierson tells of tllc tl~satlva~itages to be tnct by thc United States in its conlpelilion with Europc it1

the econotnic war to come Conversion Privilege of United States

Government Liberty Loan Bonds. Field, Richards Sr Co., 100 Broadway, N Y. C.

A pamphlet for the Liberty Loan inves- ors who are i l l doubt as to the collverslon tcrms of bhe diRerent issucs. TI oullines the pr~vilcge granted for thc various issues

Cuba. 80 pp. Guaranty Trus t Co., New Yolk City.

A booklet of general infor~nation ahout Cuba, tell,ing of its location, area, popula- lion, climate, agricultural products, for- ests, minerals, inrluetries, foreign trade, railways, education, banking, etc.

A New E r a in American Finance. The Wational C ~ t y Co , 55 Wall Street, N. Y. C

This booklet is a short history of the United States commerce and finance and tells the importance of the development to the investor.

The Efficiency of War and Peace. By Rollin P. Grant. President, Irving National Bank, Ncw Yorlc City.

"This pamphlet is the fourteenth of a series published by the Irving National Batik as a contribudioti to public thought upon questions relating to national pros- perity." A list of these pamphlets is in- cluded in the above-menlioned onc and will be sent upon request.

I t tells of the great need for uat101la1 rfficiency and how we will acquire it.

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INVESTMENTS A Dividend Every Month. Hartshortle

& Picabia, 7 Wall S t , N. Y. This booklet tells how to obtain a

nlonthly income by investing through the "Partial Payment Plan" In three preferred stoclcs. There is a table showing the length of tirne necessary to pay for the securities in full and how div~dends left to accumi~late nlater~ally reduce the debit 1)alance.

The Power of Savings. 11 parts E. M. Fuller & Co., 50 Broad Street, ?iT. Y . Pt. I , "How to Cut Down Expenses."

Explains the budget plan, suggesting it as a means toward saving, and as an ex- ample gives a family of five persons living on an income of $2,000, s h o w ~ n g the p~ o- portion spent for rent, clotlhing, etc.

Pt . 1 1 , "How to Make Money Grow." Treats of the growth of savings wlie~i

properly rnvested a~lrl inclucles d ~ r e c t i o ~ ~ s for opening a partial payment account. --

MARKETS Wheat. h hat ol the Outloolc? E W.

Wagner & Co., Ncw Yorlc City. T h ~ s is a circular presenting a chdrt

showing the tendency of prices ill the wheat market d u r ~ n g the la51 fourteen years, with iriterpretat~ve co~nmrn t

Problems of Aeroplane Improvement. ( U S. Naval Consulting Board and E n - gmeeri~ig Co~~nci l ' s War Committee of Technical S o c ~ e t ~ e s . Bul. 3.) 32 pp.; '18; U. S. Naval Consulting Board, D. C. Bib- liography, pp. 19-29.

This contmns articles on "Aeroplane MO- tive Power Improvement," "Problems in Ae~onautics," "Aircraft Problems," and a "\.\rorking Bibliography."

Standard Specifications and Tests for Portland Cement. Text as adopted by the American Society for testing materials and by the United States Government. Rcvised 1917. Spanish-E?g!isli edition, prepared under the supervlslon of the Buicau of Standards. (U. S. 1:oreign a ~ i d Domestic Com~nercc Bur. Industrial S t a n d a ~ d s No. 1.) 47 p p , pa., . lo; '18; Sup't. of Doc.

"This publication is one of a seriks COV- erlng industrial standards for materials, 1vl11c11 will i ~ ~ c l u d c stn~itlards prepared by bhe Government and by techn~cal societies and other orgaiiizntions.

The purpose of thc serles is t o facilitate commerce betwecn the United States and foreign c o u ~ l t r ~ e s b y gntlieri~ig together and malting available stanclarcls Eor matc- rials of varlous kinds, commercially accept- able ant1 r ep r e sc~~ t ing good Xmcrican prac- t m , t h r o ~ ~ g l i t h e ~ r trn~islation ~ n l o vari- ous foreign languages."

O I L Handbook of Oil Securities. 17rancis 8~

Co., 1 l'\:all Street, N. Y. 159 pp. This booklet revlews the market condi-

tions of independeni oil c o ~ n p a n ~ e s and also inclrrtles the c:lpital, acreage, protluc- tion, etc.

Mexican Petroleum. Ha r~s l i o rnc Kr Picabia, 7 \\:a11 Street, N. Y

This c~rcular analyzes the future possi- bilities o l the conipany, and ~ncludes such subjects as "Earnings and Resources," "Freight Rates," "Effect of High Rates," and "Improved Marketing Conditions "

TAXATION Taxation in England. I t s cffcct upon

the I3r1tisli security rnarlcet and the con- clusion to be drawn therefrom as to the f~rture of thc Amcr~can market. Hlrsch, Lilienthal Sr Co., 61 Broadway, N. Y.

The effect o l British war tax upon the diffe~ent types of securities is consitl- erecl in relation to the probable eticct our ow11 tax legislati011 will liave on ~nves t - ~ n c n ts.

TECHNICAL A New Disinfectant-Testing Machine.

Bv A .Mi Stimson a ~ ~ d M, H. Ne~l l . (U S. 6 1 1 , Health Reports Reprint KO. ' 462.) 12 PI) : '18; Si~p' t . of Doc.

Typical Specifications for Non-Bitumi- nous Road Materials. B y P ~ e v o s t I-Iubbarrl and 1;) a~ilc H Jacltson, Jr . (U. S, Agri- cult~lral Uul . 704.) 10 pp , .l).i; '18; Sup't nf Doc

" T h ~ s publicat~on shuuld be collsidcred as a companion I,ulletiii LO 'Typical Specifica- tions for Bituminous Road A,Iaterials.' U. S. l k p ' t , of Agr~c t~ l ture , Uul 691. 111 it are given a number of typical spccificatio~is for the more common non-l~ituminous male- rlals used in the construction and main- tenance of various types of liigl~ways." The publ~cation 11stcrl hcrcin deals with the com- mercial sizes of broken stonc and rccom- nie~itls a ~ i i i n i m ~ ~ ~ n ~ ~ m l b e r O F standard sizes Iiecessary lor the various types of ~oxt l s 111 whicli I)~olten stonr is usetl."

TRADE Economic Reconstruction. \Vitli hrialy-

sis of Main Tendencies in the P r i ~ ~ c i p a l Belligerent Cou~itr ies of Europe. (U. S. Foreign and lloinestic Commercc 13ureao. llo~iograp'h ') '18; Sup't of Doc.

The panip'l~let includes statistics oE y o - cluction, consumpti011 a ~ ~ d t ~ a d e in im- portant foodstuffs a ~ ~ d industrial raw mate- rials, prefaced by all introductio~i by Rur- uell S. Cutler, chic£ of the Bureau or For- t'lg~i and Donics t~c Commerce.

SPIZCLAL. LIBRARIES

The Chemist and His Library By EDWARD D G=SXAN. ! - i b r ~ r i n i ~ , -4. 11 I-ittle CO., Cnmbridgc, Mnss.

More than at any time in the world ' s his- tory chemical research is n o w t ak ing i t s place as an essential part o f product ive in- dustry. As a result of this, the chemis t is now called upon to investigate p r o b l e ~ n s 111

all lines of Industrial activity. 111 chemical research the unlimited possibilities fo r t he use of natural products and chemical com- binations In the solution of definite chem- ical problems is constantly causing the chetnist to investigate materials wi th w h c h he may be totally un fam~l i a r . I n l a rge chemical companies this IS cont inual ly hap- pening. The day is undoul)tedly pas t when many great d~scovcr ies i l l chemical science will result as a mat ter of a c c i d e ~ ~ t , and a t the present t ~ m e ~ r n p o r t a n t discov- eries result only after long s tudy a n d in- vestigation, begun in the l ibrary a n d fin- s h e d in the laboratory

To-day is the day of s u b s t ~ t u t e s , a n d in all branches of sc~entific p r o d u c t ~ o n sea rch 1s being made for the s a l c s r n a ~ ~ ' ~ proverbia l "something just as good." T h e r emarkab le success already achieved In p roduc ing sa t is - factory substitutes is well evidenced b y the present use of paper for ~ n a k i n g c lothing, the subs t i tu t io~~ of mesothorium fo r m d i u m , the use of cocoa cream In place of mill< and cream, the substitution of cot ton f o r s i lk in warfare, the artific~al maiiufacture of tapi- oca, and the production of a suga r subst i - tute such as maltose syrup, besides m a n y food substitutes which you m a y o r m a y n o t be familiar with in your daily diest. T h e wide range of subjects coming wider the possibilit~es oi chemical i n v e s t ~ g a t i o n n o w renders it necessary tor the chemis t t o m a k e constant and intensive use of t he l ibrary . and s o a demand for a collection of books . pamphlets, clippings, etc., f o r the use of the chemist has resulted in the sp r ing ing up. i n all sections of this country , of smal l libraries connected with chemical i t ldustries There can not be found, except in the larger public and univers~ty libraries adequa te col- lcctions o f chemical l i terature for t h e chem- ist to rely upon H e wants h is sou rces of information close a t hand, a n d it r a r e l y hap- pens that there is a large collection of the literature on a given subject wi th in e a s y access uriless he makes such a col lec t ior~ himself.

I t is only in recent years tha t specific illstruction in the use of c h c ~ n i c a l l i te ra ture has found a place in university ins t ruct ion In chemistry. h few colleges a r e n o w g iv ing their studcnts instruction in the use o f a Ilbrary, including lectures on s t anda rd cheln- --

*nacon, R F Research in Industrial Laborat 01 les, Sc~cncc , t i s 45 34.31, Jan. 12, 1917.

~ c d l I ~ o o k s a ~ i d periodicals. T h e importance of i n s t r u c t ~ o n in the use of che~n ica l litera- t u l e is we l l expressed by D I . R. F. Bacon, fo rmer ly direclor of the Mellon Insti tute,* a s fo l lows:

"Before cotnmencing laboratory work ~ l p o n a n y problem, it is obviously necessary t o d iges t i n t e l lgen t ly the impor t an t con- t r ibut ions which have been made upoil the sub jec t and t o take advantage of wha t other w o r k e r s have done in the same field. T h e a v e l a g e graduate is usually a lmost helpless when a t t e m p t ~ n g t o d o this, and conse- quen t ly requires close supervision. T h e mall1 tl~fficulties a re :

" ( a ) H e does no t know h o w to g o about i t ; h e does n o t k n o w where t o l,ook a s the m o s t probable source; and he is not famihar wl th t h e s tandard treatises and i i l lporta~lt journals .

" (b ) H e fails t o analyze the subject into ~ t s fac tors , and hence general ly looks for topics which arc too general. Because he does n o t find any reference to the problem a s a whole a s he has ~t in mind, he assumes tha t n o t h ~ n g has been done upon it and that t he re is nothing In the l i terature which will be. of a id to h im in the inves t igat~on. Were he t o sepa ra t e his subject in to i ts essential pa r t s a n d thcn t o co i~su l t the l i terature on each factor, he would find conslderablc in- format ion which he otherwise would miss.

" T h e solution is to be found in the provi- s lon ill the chemical curriculum, preferably 111 t h e senior year , of a course of lectures o n t h e l i terature of chemistry, w ~ t h particu- lar reference to the character of t he writ- ings a n d the s ta tus of the au thor s T h e purpose of these lectures should be t o pre- s e n t a genera l survey of the voluminous l i tera ture and to m p a r i ail accurate, sys- t e l n a t ~ c w o r k ~ n g kuowicrlge of chemical b ibl~ography."

I t rare ly happens even no\\ tha t a chem- ist lcnows the more cornmoll ~ n d e x e s , such a s " T h e Indust r ia l Arts ' Indes," "Engineer- Ing Magazine Index", the cumulative In- dexes of "Chernlcal . \bstractsH a l ~ d "The J o u r n a l Society of Chemical Industry' ' ; o r the n e w French chemical journal, "Chcmie e t Indus t t i e " T h e g iea t single help which h e h a s is "Chemical Abstracts," whlcll comes out hl-weekly and covers the mos t ~ m p o r t a n t per~ot l ica l and patent l i terature o n p u r e and applied chemistry Most chemis t s are fa ln i l~ar with this ancl use it qui te e s t e n s ~ v e l y .

I n spi te o f our contcmpt for Germal~y , o n e canno t overlook the lmpor t a~ lce of her

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clle~nical industrich, without which s h c could nevcr have rarrictl o n the p resen t war. And it is 111 ( ;elmany t h a t w e find the larges t and hest equipped l ibrar ies o n chemical l i terature i l l the world. A com- plete survey of l i b ~ a r i e s connected with in- dustri,al laboratories In this c o u n t r y woulcl give ample e v ~ d e n c e of tlic value a n d iin- por tance of a l ibrary for chcmical a n d tech- nical r e s e a ~ c l i , ba t unlor tunate ly n o such list has cver bcen compiled. T h e Cliem- ists' Club long ago found ~t necessa ry t o establish and maintain a I ~ b r a r y for t he use of i ts m e i n b c ~ s . This n o w n u m b e r s about 25,000 vo lun~es , and shou ld b e mnclc the nucleus for the formation of t h c l a rges t collection of chemical l~ t e ra t i i r e iu t h e world.

T h e a m o u n t of literature of i n t c rc s t a n d value t o tlic clieniist which is annua l ly producecl is such as t o malcc i t ~ m p o s s ~ l ~ l c for even the specializetl c h e ~ n ~ s t t o keep informed on his ow11 definite l i ~ i e o i work. I l e r c the l ibrary fi~irls its place. I t is n o w the usiial p r x c t ~ c e 111 mos t rescarch lahora- tories t o maintain a l ibrary lo r tlie col- lection of l i icrature on all s u b j e c t s unde r inves~tgat ion. Many of tlicsc Inborator ies n i a m t a ~ n a competent person t o t ake c h a r g e of all bibliographical work. Th i5 i ~ i c l ~ ~ t l e s - --

a ta t e -o f - thc -a~ I heal-ches, a b s t r ; ~ c t i ~ ~ g l i t e r a - ture on new lines of ~nves t iga t~on , a n d t h c sys temat ic c o l l c c t i o ~ ~ of re l~able i n l o r m a - ~ m n , wliellier in tlic form of books , pam- phlets, tradc cata logt~cs , periodical l i t e r a - ture , letters, o r memoranda of all k inds .

T h a t the l ibrary sholud be a n essential pal t o i tlic equ ipn ie~ i t of all eficient i n d u s - ~ ~ i a l laboratory has long been recognized 1)s D r A ~ t h u r I). L ~ t t l e , one of A m e r ~ c a ' s forcmost c l ic~nis ts T I I his own w o r d s I l r 1.1ttlc s t a t e s .

" I I I n o \\.a>-. ~ h e i e t o r e , call o r g a n ~ z e d c o - o p e l a t i o ~ i 1c11der more effect~ve service to research tIia11 b y ~nalcing readily access ible those vas t s to re s of spec~a l~zcd k n o w l e d g e u.Ii~ch rescarch has a11 eddy accu~nu la t ed but w l ~ i c h still require t o I)c t ~ o u g h t in to t h a t systcmntizccl and orderly a r r a ~ i g e m e n t which cliaractcrizes sclcncc. T h e r e sea rch 1al)oratory shoulcl be b a ~ l t a ~ o u ~ ~ c l a li- I ~ r a r y . T h e s e s p c c ~ a l libraries should b e l ~ ~ ~ l t e c l t oge the r ant1 closely atiiliated w i t h the g r e a t l i b r a l ~ e s of tlic world. T h e in - i c~ i s ive collection of scientific and technical ~ ~ ~ f o r r n a t ~ o n , t l i ro i~ghc~u t the world, i l s cod i - l i c a t ~ o n and i t s t l ~ s t r ~ h u t ~ o n , might we l l b e made a governmental function Lo a n e x - tent n o t n o w approached "*

*LiLtle, A D O~ganirat~on of industrial resed~ch .I p.ll)cr rc;id h u f o ~ c the Twenty-first Annual \ I c e t~ng of the r \ rne11~,111 Soclcly f o ~ Tcst ing Materi.~ls, A ~ ~ J I I ~ I C CI~!.. June, 1918

T h e General Theological Library

Las t mon th a day's mail b r o ~ ~ g h t t o t h e General Theological Library, a m o n g o thc r s , t he following requests.

I n a little Vermont hamlet so c lose t o the boundary line tha t it a ln los t wandcred over in to Canada, a Baptist min i s t e r w i shed t,o prepare a sermon on the m o r a l a n d re- ligious aspects of the war.

Down 011 Cape Cod a Universa l is t min- ister wished to read the r a the r expensive life of Joh11 Fiske, while a n Episcopal c lergyman in isolated Nan tucke t w a s pre- par ing a series of sermons on the Social In terpre ta t ion of the Sermon o n t h e Moun t .

I n a town under tlic shadow of M t . W a s h - i ~ ~ g t o n the Equal Suffrage ques t ion w a s being discussed and the Unitarian min i s t e r was asked to speak upon the subjcct .

A Methodis t millister in Connec t i cu t wished t o bo r row Thomas M o t t Osborne ' s books, a s he had a paper t o p r e p a r e fo r t he I t i ne ran t Club on Pr ison R e f o r m , and his Rhode Is land brother h a d t o review Prof . Hocking 's book. "Human N a t u r e and I t s Remaking" for his Asso$ation m e e t i n g

I n a small city in tlie e m p i r e of t h e

A I oostoolc" a C'ongrcgational pas to r w a s xslced t o p l epa re a patriotic address i n t h e in teres ts of t h e F o u r t h Liberty Loan .

T h e s e men were all ministers of s m a l l parishes, far f rom the madding c r o w d s of g rea t cities a n d jus t as t l ~ s t a ~ i t froiri t h e ~ c c ~ n i ~ i g book shelves of great l ibrar ies , bu t t hey knew tha l a ~ e q u e s t for thc boolcs thev ~ i c c d e d sen t t o the General T h e o l o g - ical L ~ b r a r y i l l Roston would be filled ill t he sliortcst p o s s ~ b l e time.

HISTORY

T l ~ i s l i l ~ r a r y was fouaded in B o s t o ~ i in 1860 b y prominent clergymen of d i f ferent d e r ~ o m i u a t i o ~ ~ s . w h o associated themse lves a s "proprietors of t l ieolog~cal and religious books of all communio~ls ." T o m e e t t h e ~ ' r o w i ~ ~ g demands, the original idea h a s bcc11 broatlcned and now iticludes b o o k s 011

p l i i l o ~ o p h y a n d ethics, sociology, and b i o g - raphy, togcllier wit11 inany other allied sub- jects I t is t h e on ly 1111ral.y of its k i n d i r ~ Ihc Uni ted Sta tes , and, as far as wc k n o w , 111 the world

( C ' o r ~ ~ i ~ r r ~ i - d r ; r r pngc 199)

i

NEW ENGLAND STATES L *wed br tb.

GENERAL TBEOLOGICAL LEQAQY

SPECIAL IJBRARIES

S p e c i a l L i b r a r i e s PUBLISHED B Y PRENTICE HALL, INC.,

FOR TlIe

SPECIAL LIBRARIES ASSOCIATION

Monthly except July and August P u b l ~ c a t ~ o n Office Prentice.Hall, Inc., 10 Fif th

Avenue, New qorlc City Editorial Ofice, 15% I$r.lsIlington Street, Wcst

Ncwton, Mass Entered a s Second Class hfatter November 16, 1917,

a t the Pos t Office a t New ~ o r k , N Y., under thc Act of M ~ r c h 3, 1879.

S u b s c r i p t ~ o ~ ~ s (10 issues). . . . . . . . . . .$2 00 a year Single coples ............................ 25 centa

SPECIAL LIBRARIES ASSOCIATION

P r e s ~ d e n t .................................... Guy Marion 27 Sta te Street, Boston, Massachusetts

VICC-President ................ Edwmd A. Redstone Socinl Law L i b r n ~ y. Boston, Massacliusetls.

Secretnry-Trc.~surer ....... Caroline E. Wil l~nrns Experiment Station, E I Dupont Co.,

Wilmington, Delnwarc.

EXECUTIVE BOAR11

President, Vice.Presitle~it. Secretary, T t e : ~ s u ~ e r , J 11. FI irdel, Wcst Xcwtn~i, Mass.

SPECIAL L I n R A R I E S

Editor-in-Chief. . . . . . J. H. Fr iedel

ASSOCIATE EDITORS I n charge of

Agr icul tu~nl nnd C;ove~nnient L ~ l w a ~ l e s Section Clnribel R. Bnrnett

n u s ~ n e s s and Com~nc rc~a l Lilrrarws Scc t~on Mary B. Day

........ Financial L i b r n ~ i e s Section.. Ella M. Genung Technologicnl and Eugineering Section

Edward D. Greenmnn Theological and F ine Acts Scctio~l Mnry A. Pi l l sbu~Y

EDITORIALS

T h e le t ters of the Pres ident of t he Anier- ican L ib ra ry Association and of the Di- rec tor Genepal of the L i lxa ry W a r Service explain clearly and decisively the taslc be- fore l ibrarians of the couniry a n d t h e pa r t of each of us in that task Whi l e wc rec- ognize tha t differences of opinion exist a m o n g librarians a s to the efficiency of the work, and there was m o r e t h a n one under tone of criticism evident a t Sara toga. wc sliould all realize that t he supreme judges, t he m e n in the a rmy and navy, f o r whom t h e l ibrary war service was designed, spcak laudably of tlie work and the good

\vhich from t h e first it has becn doing . . I lie work was o r g a l ~ ~ ~ e t l as a servlce, anrl ~ ' C I V I L C lias been i t s k e y ~ ~ o t c t l i rougl lo~~t . lVhe11 the American L i b r a ~ Association went t o war i n 1917, few reallzed corn- 111ctcly the t a sk which ~t mas as'suming. l 'hcre was 110 basis o f experic~lce througll wli~cli t o profit , such schemes o f I ~ b r a r g war servlce a s clitl c s ~ s t were unsuited t c ~ our needs or unsa t~s fac to ry ill various ways I t was left, therefore, Lo thc General Di- rector o f the Library \Var Service antl to his associates to make a plan antl carry Lliat plan to succcssf t~l fruition. Moreover, there was the t l~f l ic~l l t and u11ccrta111 t a sk of linlcing up the l~b ra r i e s of the country. of nlarslialing the 11l)rary forces behind the General Director. [ I I 110th of tlicse dircc- tions tlie w o r k lias 11ee11 carried out suc- ccs.;fully and well 'The Library War Serv- ~ c c IS worth t h e suppor t of cvcry I~bra r i an and of every .%me1 ican. Let us the11 put the Sccontl Llhrary \Var Fund, as well a s the Llnltetl War \Vork Campaign o\*el t hc Lop.

A NEW S T \I . 1: \ Sll A RE\\' .!IN

Many letters have come to the editor-in- cliief, commenting favorably on the im- p~ over1 appcarancc a11t1 content of S I ~ I 41. I , rna~a~ss . I t 15 the altn oi the editors in nialte each issue bet ter than those p ~ e c e d - ing, g rad t~a l ly clcvniing tlie whole pnblica- tion a n d t ransforming ~t to a useful tool and of continued service to t l ~ c librarian. i V ~ t l i this issue the appearance and com- position of tlic puhl ica t~on is, we believe. Further improvctl and the size also ~ncreasetl . T h c editorial staff intist, however, neces- s a r ~ l y rely to a g rea l extent upon the mem- hers of the Special L~bra r i e s A s s o c i a t i o ~ ~ a s well a s u p o n other of our prolessiot~al associales for aid in c o n t ~ i l x ~ t ~ ~ ~ g to ~ t s pages, lor making t h e publication a success. 111 the taslc of making S r ~ c r ~ r . Linnanrw an insti tution r a the r than a name, a w o r k ~ n g tool r a the r Llian a name, we 1 1 1 -

vite your co -ope ra t io~ i and your a d . Criticisms a n d suggest io i~s are welcometl

and due ~ r e t l l t will 1)e given where c r e t l ~ t is clue. r h e special 1111rar1a11 lias a lways had a reputation for efficiency, Tor re- sow cefulness, for tritrtnpliing o v c ~ ilifti- culty. F r o m the tirst lie lias been a pio- neer. W e h o p e dur ing the yeat to im- pa r t t o SPECTAT, T , T ~ ~ ~ A R I E S sollie of tlicse c l iaracter~st ics , to give it v i s i o ~ ~ without m a k ~ n g it visionary, to strike througli it a new note i n l ibrary jou r~~a l i sm.

TYPES OF SPIX'IAI. I.TIlR4Hllr,S

W e continue in this issue the series nf art icles on types of special libraries. 111

the Septemhcr-October i swe , Miss Doro -

SPECIAL

~ h e a C. Scliniiclt described briefly the li- b r a ~ y of the U n ~ v e r s ~ t y of Chicago School of Commerce and ~kltninistration. while Paul P. Foster told uf the Community Mo- tion Picture Library of New Yorlc City T h e former described a new field for tlie special library, that of tlie school for busl- ncss administration; the latter was devoted to an equally new held, that of the motion picture library.

I n the present issue two other types a lc described. The ,General Theological LI- brary treats with a dtvine s ~ ~ b j e c t In a prac- tical way, serving God's servants, tlie min- ~ s t r y , without regard to religious difference. I t is well to renlember in tliis c o n ~ i e c t ~ o ~ i that the first special l ib ra r~es were tlieolog- ~ c a l l ibrar~es, that the wort1 of authority. In s tate and in religion, was the first thing that man scught to preserve. The word of God told him how to live and held out to him the promise of a life beyond life; the \vord of the ruler, king or cliicf assurcd L O him those things which made life worth living. S o it is that the government docu- menL and the religious writing are the first library materials to be treasured.

T h e library of the Public Servicc Corpo- ration of New Jersey represents still an- other type of special library act iv~ty, that of tlie public utility. The special library is ~ n a k i n g good because it rests upon a principle-Service. 111 biology as else- where that yhich serves the more uscful purpose survives. The special library exists and grows only bccause it futictions use- fully in our economy

STATEMENT OF THE OWNERSHIP, MANAGE- MENT, CIRCULATION, ETC., REQUIRED BY

THE ACT OF CONGRESS OF AUGUST 24, 1912,

Of "Specla1 L ~ b r : ~ r l e s , " p n b l ~ s h c d mootlily cxcept July a n d Angust, a t h'ew York, N. Y., for Oct 1, 1916, S t a t e of New Yolk , County of S e w York, b s :

Before me, a Conlmissioner of Deeds 111 a i d for the S t a t e a n d county a f o ~ c s a i d , personally appcared Kicl~arcl P Et t lngcr , who, h a v ~ n g . been duly bworn a c c o r d ~ n g Lo law, dcposcs and s a y s tha t hc I S the l ' rcs~dcnt of Prcntice.TIal1, Ioc . , Publisl iers of S p c c ~ a l Libraries, a n d t h ~ t tlic f o l l o w ~ n g is, to the hest of h i s C~iowlerlgc and belief, n t rue s ta tement of thc o w n e r s h ~ p , rnnnagenirilt, etc.. of the aforesaid publication for the d a t e sliown i n the above c a p t ~ o n , r e q u ~ r e d by the Act of Aupust, 24, 1912, e inbod~cd in sectloll 443, Postal L a w s a n d R c g u l a l i o ~ ~ s , to w ~ t :

1 T h a t the names and addresses of the p u l ~ l ~ s h e r , c d ~ t o r , rnanaglng e d ~ t o r , a n d l~ i i s ineqs manager a re :

Publ i sher , Prent~re.TTal! I n c . 70 Fi f th Avenue, N e w Yorlc r i t y . N. Y ; Erlltor, J IT F ~ i e r l c l , 1559 \Vash- ington St1 ect. \Y Yewton, hIdss. I I a n n g ~ t i g Editor, n o n e , I l u s i ~ ~ e s s hIanager, none

2. T h a t the owners a le : Prcnt tce-Hal l , Inc. (Cor- p o r a t ~ o n ) 70 F ~ f t l i Avcn~ie . New Torlc, Charles W Gcrstenberg, 29 h'avcrly Place, New Y o r k , Richard P. E t t ~ n g e r , 12 LVavrrly Place, Nein York; H e n r y

l i rac l~ , 4 I'~ft!i Avenue, Xc\+ York; L P. Meyer, L'lattsburg. N. Y

J. T h a t tlic l i~ iuwn Imnrll~olcler~, niortagees, and other hecurlty I~oldcrs owiurig or holding 1 per cent 01 niorc of tutnl aniount of honds, mortgages, or tltlie~ srcuril icb a l e : None

4 T h a t the two l~nr .~gr .~pl i s next above, g i v ~ n g the I I I I I I ~ C S nf tlie ownel 5 , ztmkholders, a n d security hold- crr;. I F a l l ) , contaln I I U L [mly Llle 11st of stoclcholder~ and hcciirlty I~oldcrs J a they appcar upon t h e book4 of the cnillpan), h i t :~lso. 111 case\ w h c i r thc stock liolder oi seLurlty holdel dppcars upon the books of rhr comp.llly d s t ~ u s t c c 01 In a n y other l iduc~nry re I n t ~ o n , the n a m e of the pelson 01 corporntlon fol w l i u ~ i ~ audl trustee 1s actlng, i s g iven; also tha t the s a ~ d two pd~:rgraphs contain statcmellts c n ~ l ~ r a c i n g affiant's full knowledge :lnd belief a s to the clr- ci i~nstalices and c n n d ~ t ~ o n s under w111ch stockllolders and s e c u r ~ t y holders who do not appear up011 tllc hooks of the ~lJ111]1311Y a s t t ~ s t e c s , hold stock and s c c u r ~ t i e s In a capnclty other than tha t of a bona I~dts nwncr. : r ~ ~ r l t l l ~ s afiaii t hns no lenson to h c l ~ c v e thni a n y ntlici p c ~ son, assoc ia t~on, or c o ~ poratiml lids any in te res t d ~ r e c t or ~ n d i r e c t 111 the w i d stocli. bonds, 01 o ther s c c u r ~ l i e s than .IS zo stated by him.

RICIIARD P ETTINGER. PI cs , S N ~ , I I I to and suhsrr~llerl I~cEorc Ine th14 1Rth dnv of

'%ptcrn l~c~. 1918

DAVIl> 1: JUl<I)t \S hi) ~ o ~ n i i i ~ s ~ o n expire\ Dcc 4 , 191H

THE RIVEjRSIDE LIBRARY SERVICE SCHOOL

is read) to announcc its progiam ior the ncw short course b e g i r l n i ~ i ~ January 6. 1919, and ending March 1, 1919

Boolcbindiiig corers two weeks and will be taught by \V Elmo R e a v ~ s , who IS well known i l l that position

Cataloging and classificatioll will be taught by Miss Jeanne Frances Johnson, graduate of Pra t t Library School, head cataloger of the Tacoma Public Library and instructor in those subjects in library courses. .I new subjecl, "Tlic Business Library."

w ~ l l be offered in tliis course, to begill January 20 and run four weeks. I t will be taught I,y Miss Louise R . Krause, Mc- G ~ l l Univ. '96, Illi t lo~s Library School '98. 11l)rary organizer '98.'03, assistant librariati and itistructor in library methods, Tular~c Univ, '03-09; l ib~ar ian , H. hi . Byllesby 8z C o , Chicago, '09 to date, president C ~ I - cago Library Club, '14-'15; special lecturer Univ, of Chicago School of Cotnmercc and R u s ~ n e s s adrninis trat io~~, '16-18.

Tlic work will emphasize the applicatioi~ of library nlethods !0 business libraries.

Other l e c t u ~ e s in iiling and indexing will Ije given by another instructor cluring the last week of Miss Krause's course

The subject, "School Libraries," was tu have hcen taught by Mrs Beseler ('Ida Mendenhall), bnt she writes that she can. not come Anotliei~ teacher w ~ l l be e m - ployed.

SPECIAL LIRRARIES

I'lle o t l i e ~ *ubject i and teachers a re a s iollows:' I Z e f e r e ~ ~ c e and Uocu~ne~~ts-Xl lss L i l l ~ a ~ i

L)~ckson. I,~l,rary Ha~irlicraft-Mrs b l a l ~ c l F. L'aulk-

ner l 'cr~oclicals and serials. MIS* ,-\l~ce M.

LI utterfield. I,ihrary L a w , Bus i~ ie s s Ma~iage rnen t , Book

Selection, Old Books. Rare Boolcs and the Book Matltet-Joseph I?. Daniels.

A course for cant l~dates fo r camp l ibrary work will XISO be glven.

1\11 schools have cxpcrienced a g r e a t loss of s t u d e ~ ~ t s dur ing the war-Riverside with thc o the r s ; but the registration shows tha t tlie w in te r school shor t course will be niucli l a rge r t h a n we expected.

I t has been pre t ty well s h o w t ~ in Gov- e rnmen t affairs during the war and in busi - ness offices t h a t the best Foundation for office filing and record work is l ibrary train- ing. L a r g e b w m e s s concern have taken a g rea t m a n y I ~ b r a r y workers fo r t ha t gu r - pose, a n d sevcral.grac1~1ates of t he River- side School have already gone into special l i b ra r~es . Th i s new course w ~ l l give can. tlidate fo r such a career n mucli m o r e thor- ough prepara t ion. I t will give an oppor- tunrty f o r those I ~ u s ~ i ~ e s s librarialis who tlld not have the advantage of such a course t o take it n o w under an exper t w h o has leave of absence to conic t o California for t ha t purpose.

WOMEN IN INDUSTRY SERVICE 111 recognition of the g rea t m p o r t a n c e

of women's work in thc mindustries and t h e many complex problems ~nvo lved , a W o i n e n in I r ~ d u s t r y Scrvice was created i r ~ the U. S. Department oE Labor , in Ju ly , with Miss M a r y Van ICleeck as chief and Miss Mary Anderson as assistant chief.

Th i s new division has t w o tilain pur- p o s e s (1) to devclop national policies as to the c o n d ~ t i o n s of e inploy~i icnt of women 111 the industries and (2) to co-ordinate the work f o r women in o the la divisions of t he Depar tment O F 1,al)or. In the inclustr,ial serv- Ice sections of o ther departnlcnts of t he Federal Governmerit, and t o co-operate with t h e Sta te Depar tments of L a b o r in rlcvelopinp a ~inifictl policy throughout the country .

THE (;I:XERAI. T~IEOLOGI(~AJ. LTIPIARY

(Coi~tiilrrc~rl from pugc 195) Xinc years la ter , in 1900, t h e books were

made f r ee t o all ordained c lergymen in Ncw England . T h e men w h o lived m o r e

than twcnty m l e s from Boston had t h e p r w l e g e o f havmg boolts sent to them with the postage pard both ways, while those nlen l iving 111 Greater Boston c a n borrow boolcs 111 gcrsoli. T h e l ibrary rooins a re accessh le to anyone for r e a d i i ~ g and research. During ~ t s history the l ibrary has been connected wlth the most p r o m - inent clergynietl of Boston, who have served on s o m e of its varlous committees. An ]in- por t an t feature of t he last feiv years h a s been t h c work with the theologtcal s t u - dents of Greater Dostoil. Men from Xndo- ver T l i co log~ca l School, Harvard, Newton Theological School, l3oston University and T u f t s Theological School used the l ibrary s o constant ly that i t was found necessary t o devote one l o o m to them exclus~ve u s e

As the Dewey classificatio~l on religion is very ~iiatlecluate for large collect~oris, a levlsed classihcation, embodying the b e s t oi the Pr inceton Theological Library a n J J i c Har t fo rd 'I'heological Library classifica- tion, was lnatlc in 1905 by the Rev. George :I. Jaclcson, t h e l i b ra r~an a t that t i m e \\,hell ~t was cltcrded to reclassriy the theo - l o g m l and r c l i g ~ o u s division of the L ib ra ry ol Congress t w o y e a s ago, this class~fica- ti011 w a s borrowed a11d ~ncorporated ill t h e ~ r classificat~oii t o a ~ o n s ~ d e r a b l e extent .

'The M a r y h a s a con~plett : printed ca t a - logue of tlie boolcs, a s well as a d ~ c t i o n a r y card catalogue.

h Quar te r ly Bulletiri is publ~shed by the l ibrary, which ~ n c l u d e s not only the recent accessions, b u t reading llsts on tlic differ- c n t phases of the work of thc mirlislry. These hsfs are n ~ u c h more valuable thari mere bibliograplires on the subject, as e a c h l ~ s t is anno ta t ed l 'hey have been corn- prlecl b y such authorit ies as Presidelit M c - GiCiert of U111on Theological Semina ry , who prepared one on the Reformation; Prof. Badc of Berlcclcy Theological S e n - inary on the I n ~ ~ o d u c t ~ o t i to the Old T e s - tament ; Prof . Athearn of Boston Univer- sity o n R c l l g i o ~ ~ s Education, Prof. Ed- \yard C, M o o r e of Harvard University O I I

Modern Miss ions , and the last and v e r y ~ m p o r t a n t Bulletill contains a list on t h e European W a r , its moral' d~lil re l ig~ous a s - pects, prepared by Iiev. LVillard L. S p e r r g o f Central Church, Uoston. These Bulle- tms a r e mallet1 to the 6,000 ministers i n New E ~ ~ g l a n d , and for the last four y e a r s 2,000 of these ministers have used our b o o k s constantly.

T h e Library of the Public Service Corporation of New Jersey

By h ~ . a r . j C, h i r ~ t rrr1.r.. ~ lhmi inr l

Tlic I'ublic Sc rv~cc Library was estab- tslied early in 1911 in rcsponsc to a gen- crally expressed desire for a means w111cIi would clear the various ofices of an accu- mulation of books, pamphlets and maga- zincs, and, a t the same t~nzc, preserve and rci~tler accessible the material thus col- Icctctl. This the library acco~uplished.

I t was soon recognized, howc\ er, that the library could be made to occupy a field of I~roatler useful~icss.

'I'hc un t le r ly i~~g companies of the Corpo- r a t ~ o n , the I 'ul~l ic Service Electric Com- pany, 1'11l)lic Service Gas Compa~iy , a~itl Prlhlic Scrt ice Radway Company, s ~ p p l y electricity a ~ ~ t l gas 2nd opcrate street r a~ l - way4 in a t e r r i~o ry that covels a large pall of the State of Kew Jersey, ~ n c l u t l ~ n g prac- tically all the large cities antl altogetlicr some 200 m~~nicipal i t ies . Tlie 1il)rary 15

located at tlie general of ices in the Tel- 1n111al Building at Xewarli 'To secure iot thc 10,000 o r inore employees scatte~ctl over the state the Ix~iefitu thcy itlight rea- so11a1)l~. espect Lo derive irom the Corpo- r a t~on ' s special I~brary . ~t wdq nccessal! Lo depart from the origi~ial conception of f u r n i s h i ~ ~ g r e i c r e ~ ~ c c ~ L O thc general olfice forcc only.

A c i r c ~ ~ l a t i ~ i g s~?.Stc111 IVBS the11 c~olvet l \\liicli inclutletl not only the I~oolcs. Iiut p~act ical ly everything 111 tlic l i l )~nry, pcriotl- icali and panlplilets i~lcludetl Tlie p l a ~ ~ was rnatlc feasible by ~ ~ t i l i z i r ~ g the exten- slve system of the Railway Company, over whicli are camled our privatc nail bags to practically elrery locality in which our employees work. Only in escept~onal cases has ~t been found ncccssary to forward l i l~rary matter through the L. S, mail. I t rcqui~erl solne time lo folly e s t a l ~ l ~ s h this c i r c ~ ~ l a t l ~ i g system on a satisFactory basis. hut at thc present t ~ m c very few packages :ire tlelaycct or lost.

Tlir tlirecfolcl c l ia~ac te r of thc Corpora- tio~l 'h I)us1ne5s makes the scope of our li- brary rather 1,roader than that actually fou~irl necessary in special company libra- rles (If 11s 5,000 books, four-fifths are tli- vitlrd about equally I~ctwcen s t ~ i c l l y gas. clectricity and railway subjects The re- 11ia11iing fifth covers the subjects of ac- c o u ~ l t ~ ~ i g , business practice, corrcspontl- ence. s ~ l e s n i a ~ ~ s h i p , scientific marlageincnt. accitlcnt prevention, phys~cs , cliemislry and m:~thematics. As the legal department of the ( orporat ioi~ mn~n la in s its own \\.ell- cc l~~~pper l refercncc lihrary. 110 at tempt has

I~een inadc to accumulate law b o o k s ; how- ever, boolcs of a marc genela1 character, dealing cspcc~ally w ~ t h business l a w have Ijeen secured.

The file of the Service ~ o l n m i s - sion reports is complete for l a t e r years and f a~ r ly so for earlier ones O n l y sucll governnzent, c ~ t y and state p u b l ~ c a t i o ~ l s are securcd as may be of service to us. Pro- ceedings oi tlie National e n g i n e e r i n g SO- c~ct ies ale received as well as a few Eng- 11~11 ones.. Several hundred t r a d e cata- logues lor111 a valuable anliex to the mall1 collection.

\bout 100 periodicals arc s u b s c r i b e d to regularly, ~nclutling all prominent t e chn i ca l journals publ~shctl in the U111tec1 S t a t e s , a umber of English ones and a few p o p u l a r nlagazi~les. The more Important t e chn i ca l periodicals are bound every s ix n ~ o u t l ~ s - those not 1)ound are clipped T h e latest issues of the popular magazines a r e placed i l l Library Bureau binders and a r e k e p t ill the l h r a ry lor 11oo11-time r e a d i n g , thc earlier Issues arc ci~culated. T h e t e c h n i c a l publicat,~ons arc rcvicwed as they c o m e in and articles of spec~al interest in o u r line of work i~iclesecl. .2 card of d i f fe ren t color 15 used for each year, and the c u r r c n t five years only are kept 111 the main file. T h c various indexes, such a s Pooles, E n g i n e e r - ing index and thg Industrial Ar t s i n d e x ren- tlcrs thc back numbers casdy accc s s ib l c .

All the books are ca~alogued a n d she lvcd accord~ng lo thc Tlewcy Dec~ma l Classi i i - cation and Cutmter systcm of a u t h o r IIUIII-

hers. Pamphlels are grouped by s u b j e c t , placed in binders, and treated a s boolcs Government, state a ~ i d city d o c u m e n t s arc shelved apart from the books a n d panz- phlets. These are not numbered b u t are catalogued Tlie trade catalogues are also calaloguetl by subject and company, b u t the s l ~ p s are filed in a separate t ray, a s the Subject headings are s o minute that they \voultl conflict with those of thc m a i l l cata- logue.

The charging system follows Llie g e ~ ~ e r a l practice, save that we do not i s s u e bor- rower's cards. This departure from the regular custom was found necessary, as we serve several thonsancl forgetful p e o p l e in all parts of New Jersey. The m a t c r i a l is charged to the name of t Iic i nd ivdua l , antl as we keep the a p p l ~ c a t ~ o n forlns ac- cessible, we find this method v e r y prac- t~ca l The boolcs are issued for v a r y i ~ l g per~otls, a c c o r t l ~ ~ ~ g to the d e m a n d ; the

per iodicals for f rom tlirce to seven days. F ines were cliargecl for ovc rdue I~oolcs wlieti t h e l i l ~ r a r y was first opened, b11t f o u n d t o he impractical a f t e r a t ime.

T h e l ib ra ry is co~ lduc ted in a v c r p infor- mal f a sh ion . T!ielastic ru les a11cl t o o mucli stancling on teclinicalities wo111d b e quite o u t of place. T h e lnorc lenient we are. the m o r e r eady are ou r pat rons to call upon us. M a n y of them a re wi thout m~rcl i edu- ca t ion, a n d all ~ ron-bound rule would clis- c o u r a g e thei r c o m i ~ i g As a n examplc , take a m o t o r m a n 3truggling with e lementary electricity: 11c neetls his I~oolc For a longer per iod than the engineer, w h o perhaps ~ n c r c l y refers to forgol tcn data . W e t ry to m a k e s rules to fit the indivirlual

T h e ma jo r i ty of t he magazines. af tcr they a r e checlccd and inrle\etl, t r a w l a tlcfinitr rou te W c have a 1o11g list of mcti who receive cacli issue regularly. 4 sllp of paper h e a r i n g the name of the l i l)rary and thc r u l e s gove r l i i~ ig tlie for\vartl ing of tlie t i iagaxine is pasted 0 1 1 tllc cover. 0 1 1 this slip is writ tell tlie name o f the pcriotlical. tlatc of issue and the lianics of the mcli in t u r n a s thcy a r c to pass tlic magazlllc a l o n g F o r our own recortl \ve use the hoolc ca rd with tlie recipient's I iamc as well a s tlic rnagaz i l~e t i t le: da tc of ~ ~ i a a a z i l i e is g i v c ~ i in the first cnlrrnln, date of issue in t h e sccond . and da te of re turn in tlie third. T o avoid Icecping tlie men wai1111c too l o ~ ~ g f o r the i r magazines. several copies of the no-L usccl pcriodicals are talrcn.

\\re a l s o have n littlc personcil file 'This filc l tccps us it1 t o ~ ~ c l ~ wi th the 1tic11 wish- ing 1111-to-date ~nformal io t i 011 t l i e i~ par- t icular l ine of worlc 01 special lin1,hy. Tn r e \ i e w i n g the niajiazi~ies, these s111ljccts arc Itcpt in mint1 and tlie ~ ~ c w e s t i i ~ a t c r ~ a l sent tllenl

O n c e a mon th \ve <end o ~ i t out 'urrent Refe rence list. T h i s list iq compiled f rom the a r t i c l e s indexed in tlic magazines rr- cc i \~ct l clnrinf: tlie t i~ontli and l iew l~oolrq purchascd. Tt is tlivitletl in to t en sections. c o r e r i n g accountancy, aa tomohi les , elcctric I-ailwavs, gas . electric, powcr plant en- g inee r ing . general subjects 1)otIi technical and nnn- tech~i ica l , scientific r n a ~ l a g e m e ~ i t . p ~ r b l i c utilities ant1 I)oolcs and paln- pli lets T h e list a s :i whole is not sent to cve ryonc 1111lcss i t is r e o l ~ c s t e d Only such sectiorrh :ls a r c of special i ~ i t e r c s t t o tlic ~ n t l i v ~ d u a l employee a r e s e n t h im regu- Inrly T h i s schcnie bri11g.s the library intn pe r sona l toucli \v i t l~ thc i~it l ividual at Icast oncc n tiinnth

11-r t r v to reach each clV\v ctnplovee hv h i i r i ~ ~ g his a~p l i ca t in l l card sent u s h e f o ~ c they a r c filed \YIICII I h c w a r c received. a l e t t e r I S s en t to tllc new e ~ n p l o y e c , call-

ing his a i t e n t i o ~ i to the a d v a ~ i t : ~ ~ c s m a d e available t l i roug l~ the l ibrary .\I) ap1Ili- catin11 blauk is inclutlecl, t o g e l l ~ c r with a slip asking him t o s t a t e \vIiich sul)jects h e would liltc t o I)e infornlcd of r e g u l a ~ ly. \Vhc~i the applic3tion blnrllc is ret[~rllccl, duly filled ou t , it is iiletl and ano thc r let- ter sent hini in reg;il-tl to thc curre111 ref- r l c ~ ~ c e lists, asking I ~ i m t o check the sec- liolls lit: \ v i s l i c~ to rcccive 11101lth1y.

BOOK REVIEWS Chemical F r e n c h : \ I I T I ) t~ ntluctio~l t o

the S t ~ ~ t l y of F1enc11 C l i c ~ i l ~ c , ~ l Li tera lure . T,iternt~irc. Ry N a ~ ~ r i c e T.. Do l t Tub- lishctl I)y [lie C h c n ~ i c a l P u l i l i s l ~ i n ~ : Co., Fas ton. Pa.. 1911: $3 00

'This 1)nolc is i ~ ~ i c ~ i d c t l for \ tutlents tle- ser\.ilig ii spcci:ll k l lnwlc t l~c of chc~iiicaf PI c ~ ~ c l i T L c o ~ ~ t a i ~ ~ ' ; :i series of g~ atlctl rcnd- ~ I I ~ S in ~ I I O I - ~ : I I I ~ C , org;inic :111<1 i11r111slriaI c l icmis t~y. with cxcrciqcs rcviewinr: l l ie principles o f F r c ~ i c l i g ran lmcr , i n c l u t l i ~ ~ g t h e :u-ticles. I ~ ~ I I I I S . rcl-1)-;, ctc , cornhini~ig e a c l ~ i l l simple t c r l i~ i i ca l Ia~lguafi .c, ant1 lxtrtica- Iarly as cmplovetl ill c l i c~n i s t ry T L is no? iiile~itlecl FOI Ilie l , ~ v m : i ~ ~ . I I I I ~ i)resilpposcs e l c t i i c~ i tn~~y I c ~ ~ n w l c t l ~ c of I ) r ~ l l l chc~nist!-y :in([ F r c ~ ~ c l i . T-Towcvcr. for the o rd ina ry person it offers all c . r rc l le~i l means o f s c ru r i~ ig ;I I carling l;nn\vlrrlgc of TI c n r h clieniical l i t c r a t ~ r r c

l7. n. G

The German Secret Service in America. R\. To1111 Tr icc J o ~ : r s nntl Pau l Werr ick T-Tollister P u l ~ l i s l ~ e t l I I V Smal l . M a v ~ i i ~ r d & Co . T?,o<to~i M a s s . 1918. 340 PI) $2 00 net .

4 re~n~~-Ir : i l ) lc : xcoun t O F G e r m i n p lo t s ,111~1 propxp:~ntl:! in t h e IJnitctl S t a t c s T h e efforts of t he T e u t o n i c agents to taltc ad- vantage of o ~ i r ~ i c ~ t t ~ a l i t y , t o s top ship- ~ n c n t s of mun i t ions ahroatl. to cripple 0111- intlus(ries ant1 n r ~ r z l ~ i ~ ) p i ~ ~ g , to infll~er~c-c ptlhlic o1)inioli t h rough the prcss an.1 through t l ~ r e a t s o r lorcc are c h r o ~ ~ i c l c t l wit?i a vividness an(l rnc i~ lc>s Ihs t makes t h c I~ool i esccllcnt ~rc'ntli~~:: N o one call uutlcr- \ land the w a r full!. ;,II[I the ct~~itfi t ir)l ls tll:lt prccctlctl o u r c r ~ t r y 111to il lha t ha\ 11ot rcnrl this 11ook. .I splc~itl i( l :~ccoun t O F tlic Hun loo>c. :it h a y at~cl c a u g l ~ t

202 SPECIAL 1.JBRARIE.S

The Peace of Roaring River. By Gcorge \ all Scliaiclc. Published by Small, May- l ~ a r d & Co . Boston. M a s s , 1918 313 pp. $1.50 net.

A novel of the Northern wilds. A New Yorlc girl, at the c ~ i d of her resources, takes a sporting chance, and with thc otlcls against her, overcomes one dificulty ovet ailother, and finally wins the happiness and love which she had sought. I t is a story tliat glves onc renewed courage and leaves a feellng tliat life is worth living and that fate is nothing hut mastery over oneself ;IIICI ovcr others

Miss M. Alice Matthews, librarian of the Institute for Government Research, Wasli- ~ngton , I). C., has accepted tlie librarian- ship of the Carncgic E t~dowment for Inter- national Pcace in Washington, s~icceeding Miss Kathryn Sellers, who was recently xppoi~ited Judge of the Juvenile Court of the District of Co1uml)ia. Miss Matthcws \\AS for seven years librarian of tlie U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (Department of T,ahor), resigning that posi t~on about two years ago to organize a special l i b ~ a r y in Government administration for the Insti- tutc for Government Research

P E R S O N A L NOTES Tlic followi~ig habc left various publ~c

l~brar ies in Indiana to enter special I~brary service ill Washington. D. C Miss Lucy Balcom, Miss Lois Barnes, Miss Sue K Beck, Miss Lenore Bonham, Miss Alma Curtis, and Miss Ruth Louderback.

Miss Charlotte G. Noyes, late of the H. M. Wilson Company of New York, has accepted a position as librarian to tlie Jackson Laboratory of E. I, du Pont de Nemours Sr Conlpany, located near Wil- ~ningtoii, Delaware Miss Noyes Iias bee11 ~cle~~tif icd with tlie publication of the United States Catalogue, and more recently wit!] tlie compilation of the Industrial Arts 111dex.

Miss I rene D e Matty, for several years Miss Eva R. Peck, l i l)rarlall o f tllc Fort I~brar ian of the M e l l o ~ ~ I~ is t i tu te , Pl t tsb~irgh. was l l l a r l i e r ~ o n septernhel 2, 1 ~ 1 8 , to M ~ . \Yayne. I n d , Municipal Reference Library,

R. J. Piersol. has been granted leave of absence to scrvc as first assistant librarmian at Camp Mills.

Miss Elizabeth V. Dobbins, formerly l ~ l ~ r a r ~ a ~ ~ of thc .4merican Teleplio?q and Telegraph Company, is now organlzlng a l ~ b r a r y a t 52 Rroadway, New York City. dcrotcd to economic I~teralure.

Mrs. Donald L. Dutton, formerly Miss Dorcrthy H a n r e y , lias rcsumed her d u t i e ~ a 5 assistant in tlie Carnegie Endowment fnr J n t e r n a t i o ~ i ~ l Peace, while her husl~and, Captain Donaltl I, Dutton, C A C , is in service in T7rancc.

John I. Fitzpatriclr, law Iihranan of tlie Ye\,. York State Library, lias been commis- ~ionecl first l i e u t c ~ ~ a n t In the Ordnance De- partment, and is now stationed at Wasli- ~ n g t n n . D. C.

Miss Clara M Guppy has been appointwi l~brar ian of tlic Me11011 Institnte, Fitts- 1)urgli. l'a.

Miss Miriam S. Smith, who lias been on tlie library staff of the Masacliusetts Insti- tute of Technology for a tiuii~l)cr of years. has accepted a position as librarian to tlie main office library of the Clieniical l lepart- ment of E. I clu Polit de Nemours & Com- pany, at Wilmingtoti, Delaware.

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.lfl~~rrclpol R r f c r m c c Libr i~ry Notes f o ~ October 16, 1918, is all educational num- her. I t is announced that this is thc first of a type of special nutnbers, of which more will I)e issued later This departure I S a decided improvernc~it 011 tlie past, ant1 \[r. Tlyde as well as Miss Ina Clemcnt, who prepared !his tiumber, are to be con- gratulated upon ~ t .

SPECIAL IJB1IARIF.S

Select Bibliography on Cost of Living in the United States

Bibliography United Sta tes . Library of Congress Diwsion o f bibliography. Select list of rcfcrences on the cost of l iving and rmces. Washingtoll , 1910; 107 p p --- Additional rcfcrenccs on tlie cos t of livlns and prices \ I ' a s l i~ng to r~ , 1912. 120 pp.

Books h n c r ~ c a ~ l acadcmy of polltical antl social science. T h e cost of l iving rJhiladclphia, American academy of political autl social sclence. 1913 301 pp. .4nnala. \.. X L V I I I . W h o l e 110. 137

l i r d u c ~ n g the cost of food (!la-

t r ~ b u t i o n . I'h~ladelpliia, A n l e r ~ c a ~ l academy of political a11tI s o c ~ a l scl- cnce, 1913. 306 pp. .4nnals, v. T \V11 ole no. 139. Tiarnes, J111ius I-IowIatitI. H ~ g h cost of 11ving; l l ~ o u g l ~ t s , rar~doni and o the r . of a 1)usincss nlati. X e w Y o r k . Ijarnes, 1917, 33 pp. Bratdorf , JOIII I \Y. K a t ~ o n a l socie ty for thc end of stlife. K e n Yorlc. Rroetlway p r~b l l s l i~ng co , 1912, 62 pp. 1311ge 1Villiam Spofford T r u e food values and their low costs, 01 ~ c o ~ i o m y i l l living. N e w York, Sully & Klein- teich, 1916, 218 pp. Rloomci~, J . M High cost of l iving \VIiy-cost too high-reward for serv- ice s o Ion Los Angeles Rloomcr. 1912. 64 pp. I3osworth. Louise Mario11 'Tlic l ir- i r ~ g wage O F wonierl workeis :I s t d y o[ incomes and expenditures of four hundred and fifly women worlccrs in the city of Bostori. Philadelphia, 1911. 90 pp. . \~ner ican academy of political and s o c ~ a l science .\nnals. Snpple- 11ient 13ouclte, Oswald I:retl R ~ s ~ n g cos t of 11ving. Menasha Wis . George Ban ta p c ~ b l i s h ~ n ~ co . 15116. 87 pi) R ~ b l i o g - raphy. pp 86, 87. H r o w ~ l . Suqa11 \nna! Hoxv thc cnds nict. Rostoil. Osgood, 18R5, 64 pp. UruCre. Martha Betisley and Br~ ik re . Kohert \\'. Tncreasing home efficiency New Yorli. Mncrn i l l a~~ . 1912. 318 p p I311reau of tailway econo~nics , W a s h - 111gton. TI c. .4 comparative s tudy c ~ i railway wages antl tlic cost of liv- ing ill the LTnitetl S ta te>, the LTnited Ringdotn antl the principal countr ies

of Contmental Europe Washington. 13. C., 1912, 77 pp. Bulletin no. 34.

13. Rurrcll, Caroline Renedict Living on a little. By Caroline French Benton (pseud.). Bosion, Dana Estes Co . 1908;264 pp.

1 -I. Rvinrrton. Margaret Frances. Home- stkarc the l iou~eholds of a mill town New York. Charities publication corn- inittee, 1910. 292 pp

15 Car l~s le , l o h ~ l Grrffi11. Increased cost of l ivmg and reduced wages. Speech in the Senat* of the United States, July 29, 1892 \Vash~ngton, 1892, 16 pp.

I6 Carneg~e , Andrew T h e cost of living in Britain compared w ~ t l i tlie United States. Tn his T h e ernprre of 1111si- ness. New York, 1902, p p 243-260

17 Chapln, Robert Coit. Tlie standard of Ilvii~g a m o ~ ~ g n ~ o r l i i ~ ~ g r n e l ~ ' ~ fam- ilies in bi(w Ynrlc city. S e w York. 1909. 289 pp Partial b~hllography, p p 282-285

1s Charity o r g a ~ ~ ~ z a t i o ~ i socicty oi the City of Xcw Yorli. C o ~ n m ~ t t e e on home cco:lotnics "My nloney won't reach." . . New York, 1918, 22 pp.

19 Chicago f'ublic T ~ l ~ r a r y . Mun~cipal reference 11l)rary Foot ls t~~ffs , retail poices in tne~i ty-[our c~t les . C h ~ c a g c ~ 1916. 7 pp.

20 Clark, Mrs. Suc .\ii~slie antl IVyatt. Edi th Fra~ilclin. Ma lu~ ig both ends meet. Nekv York. Macmillan. 1911. 270 P P

21' Clark. \Ya!ter E r ~ i e s t , l 'he cost of living. r h ~ c a g o . XlcClurg. 1915. 168 I'P

22. Co~igt lon, Leon .-\be1 1:i~ht for f o o d IJhiladelp1iia, T,ippi~lcott, 1916. 207 p p

2.3 Consun1crs1 Lcague of the Tlistrict of Columbia 4th report . M a ~ c l l , 1915. lo Octol>er, 1916, 40 pp

24 Cooper. Lenna Frailces. H O W to cu t food costs. Good health pub., 1917 128 p11

25 I.)an~e!, Thomas C r ~ s l i i ~ ~ g . High cost of living. Cause-I emetly Washing- ton. D. C , 1912. 171 p p

26 Dodge. Jacol, Richards The standard of living in the United States. Salem. 1890, 20 pp.

27. Eversolc, Oscar Pe r ry Tlie high cos t of 11\'ing. For t \?ravlle. Tnrl . Eversole. 1912. 13'7 pp

28. Fisher, Irving :I11 ii~ter~labioilal corn- tnission of the cos t of living Prince- ton, N J , 1912, 17 pp

How to invest when prices ;ire I - I S ~ I I ~ . A scientific method of pro- v ~ d i ~ i g for the increasrng cost of hv- ing. Scranton, Pa. Sumner & Co.. 1912, 114 pp.

hIcmoranduni a s Lo an inter- ~ i i ~ t ~ o ~ i x l co~ii~l i iss ion 011 thc cost oI living. S e w Havcn, 1911. 105 pp. The s ta~ir lar t l izat io~~ o f tlie dollar. Ycw I-Ia\-ell, 1911, 21 pp.

\\'liy is tlie dollar shr inking? \ stutly in the high cost of 1,ivlng

N e n York, l , lacniilla~i, 1914,.233 pp. r a ~ i l i , I i a l ~ ~ a n . Cost of l i v i ~ ~ g . S e w York, 13011l)lcclay, 1615, 162 pp. Gantt, Hcnsry Lawrence W o r k , \\rages and profits 2tl etl. rev and el11 S e w Yorl;, T h e E~ig inecr ing magazine co., 1913, 312 pp. Gephart, Francis Cultis, antl Lusk, (;raliani. ".41ialysi\ a11c1 cost of rcady- to-serve foods ' Chicago. A ~ n e r ~ c a i i ~iicdical assoc~a t ion , 1915. 83 pp. (;el her. G-orrre I-Ieri~v. T h e high cost

Gil,l;s, \\'i;~ilretl Stnart 'The mini- mum cost of l i v i ~ ~ g ; n stntly of fam- ilies of I~mitctl income i l l New Y o l k city. Ne\v Yorlc, Macmil la~i , 1917, 93 PP. Gompels, S a n i ~ ~ e l . \ I ages antl cost of livi~ig. 111 L a l ~ o r i l l Europe a ~ ~ t l Amcr- ica. New Yorlc. I-Iarper, 1910, pp. 222-235. (;oulrl, IClgi~i I<alsto~i Lovcll. T h c social cor~ t l~ t iou of I;~l)or. Baltimore. Tlic . lol i~is Hopkills press, 1893, 42 pp 1.1 a1 . I .' IS , H c ~ i r y John. R e c e ~ i t official i ~ i v c s t i ~ a t ~ o n s 011 thc cost oI livirie. l ' r i ~ ~ c c ~ o u . Princetoll university press. 1'112. 9 pp. I irri.fel(l, J~:lsn (;olcli~~a 1:ilmily Inun- ~gr . iph.s , the h ~ s t o ~ y of t w e ~ ~ t y - f o u r t ,nn~lies livi~irr in the tiiicldlc wrst side of New Y O L I ~ city. N c w Y o ~ l c , J. T<cmpster p r in t i~ ig company, 1905. 1.50 pp. I - I ( I I I ~ I I ~ c I , Jncol) H a r r y T h e aholi- t ~ o n o f poverty. Bosloti, Houghton 1lilTli11 C o., 1914, 122 pp. Hoirc , 1:rcderic C l c ~ n s o ~ ~ . T h e hiell cost of l iv~ng. New York , Scrlbner, 1917. 275 pp. . .

liar~tslcy. Karl. 'The Iiigh cost of liv- ing, c l~angcs in gold-product io~i , and thc rise in prices; Lr. 1))- Zr~st in Lewis. ( ' l i~cago , C. H l ie r r & company, 1914. 114 pp. l i enngot t , Gcorgc 1;. S t a ~ ~ d x r d of liv- I I I ~ Tn Record of s city. A social \urvcy o l 1,owell. Mass ;~chusc t t s Yew York. 1912, pp. 110-137. licnncdy, Joliti Curtis a ~ i d others \\'ages and family budgets i l l the Chi-

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cago s tockyards districls. Chicago, University o f Chicago Press, 1914, 80. PP. I'hng, Clyde Lyndon. Lower livillg costs in cities: a constructive program for urban efficiency. New York, Ap- plctoll, 1915, 355 pp.

A study of trolley light f re~gli t service acid Philadelphia markets in their b e a r ~ n g on the cost of farm produce. Philadelohia. Dcr)L. of puhlic koilcs, 1912, 58 pi Lauck, W. Jenks. C o s ~ of living and the war. Cleveland, Uoyle & Waltz pr int co., 1918, 196 pp. Bibliography, DO. 179-196. . . L a w s o ~ i , T h o m a s I\' H ~ g h cost of livi~ig. Scituate. Mass T. W. Law- son , 1913, 180 pp Leetls, John Baco~i . Household b~lt l - get. Germantown, P a , Leeds, 1917, 246 pg. Lcvasseur , Bnl~lc . T h e A t i ~ e r i r a ~ l worlcnian ,411 Anierican t r a ~ ~ s l a l i o n 11y T h o m a s S. Aclams, ctl. I)y Theodore M a r l ~ u r g . Baltiniore, T h e John Hop- Itins press, 1900, 517 pp. Txwis, Samuel Bbe~iezer. 'I'lie river of nloney antl the influence of the nloncy t rus t s y s t c n ~ upon the increased cost of l i v i ~ i g New Yorlc. Knickcr- bocker press, 1912, 72 pp. Tdcwis, David J o h n The high cost of living; a problem i l l t r a n s p o ~ t a - t i 0 1 1 relief t o consuliicrs through a bystem of postal express. Speech i l l

tlic H o u s c of Keprese~~ta t ivcs , 1;cl)ru- nry 3, 1913 Washington, 1912, 16 pp, MacBride, IZobcrt Irwin Luxury as a social s t a ~ ~ d a r d . Cooperstown, N. Y., i r t l iu r 11 Crist conlpany. 1915, 106 pp Bibliofi.rapI1)-, pp. 98-1 06. MacCatin, .21€rctl \Vatterso~i Thir ty sen t bread; how to escape a Iiigher cost of liviile New York. Dorari. - 1917. 83 pp. klcCartIiv, C'harles ('ost of livina x11d the ren1e;l.v. Nat~ona l agricultura'l or- ganizat ion, 1917. 12 pp. McSwee~iey , Edward Francis. "The food supply in New England." The s ~ l u a t i o n we are facing and what we can a ~ i d slioulcl do. An address a t the c leve~i ih annrral n i e e t ~ ~ i g of the New l<~~glat ic l 1;ederation for Rural P r o g - rcss, March 3, 1917. Boston, 1917, 14 pp. hlore. Xfrs. L o ~ ~ i s e Bolartl. \,\rage-earn- ers' b ~ r t l g e t s a study of s tandards and cost of living 111 New York C,ity. New Yorlc, H o l t , 1907, 280 pp. Morsou , IValter Russell Tlic high cost of living and ~ t s r c ~ i ~ e d y . Buf - falo. N. Y., Haussauer-Jones pr int ing co.. 1913, 56 pp.

01 K a g c l , Charles T h e tailroad wage law. L\ t l t l~css clel~vered before t h e E n - gincel-s' club of St. Louis Oc tohc r 6. 1916 St. Louis, 1916. 16 pp.

62. Natiotial cduca t~on association. Re- po r t of the Commit tee o n teachers ' sa lar ies a i d cost of I~ving. R o b e r t C. Rroolts, c x c c ~ ~ t i v e secre tary . A n n Ar- bo r . Micli . 1913, 328 pp.

63 N ~ t i o n a l indus:rial conference boa,rrl Cos t of living. I n Tndustrial news su rvey , March 13, 1917-datc.

64 - War-time changes in t h e cost of l iving Boston, Nat ional indust rml cotiiercnce board, 1918, 78 pp,

05. Ycxr ing, Scott . I :~nancing the wagc- earner ' s family. A survey of the fac ts Ijcaring O I I i~ iconie and expenditures i l l t h e families of American wagc- ea rne r . New York, Huc l~sc l i , 1913. 171 PP

(56. - T h e public-school teachcr a ~ i d the standard of l i v ~ n g I n National eclucatio~i a s soc~a t ion of t h e U ~ ~ i t e t l S t a t e s . Journal of proceedings and ;~clclresscs 1914, pp. 78-92.

07. - Reducing the cos t of l i v i n ~ . LJliilatlelpliia, Jacobs , 1914, 343 pp .

68. Ncshi t t , F lo re~ ice E s t ~ m a t i n g a f am- ~ l y I~udget . 111 Sears , Amelia. T h e c l ~ a r i t y visitor. Chicago, 1917, pp 3 - 6 7 ,

69. Newcomb, H a ~ r y T u r n e r Rai lway r a t e s and the cost of living. \Vashing- ton, D. C., 1906, 28 pp.

70. N e w York (Ci ty) . Ranlters t ,rust co. S t u d y of budgetary increases, 1915- 1917. New Y o l k Decemher . 1917.

71. Ni tsch, Mrs. Ilcleri Alicc (h l a t thews) . T e n dollars enough. Bosto11, E-Iough- Lon. Mifllin tb company, 1887, 279 pp.

72. P e c k , l:ra~ilc \Y. T h e cos t of l i v i ~ i g on M i ~ i ~ l e s o t a farms, 1905-1914 St. P a u l , U ~ i i v c ~ s i t y f a rm, 1916, 31 pp

73 Quincy, Josiali. Cheap food depend- cnt on cheap t r a~ i spor t a t ion . Bos ton , j 1-1. Irastbur~i 's press , 1869, 20 pp

74 Reeves, Mrs P e m l ~ e r R o u n d abou t a po~u l t l a week: a s t o ~ ) of l ~ f e ainollg the working classes. New York. Macmillan, l'j13, 231 pp. Richards, Ellell I - I c~ i r~e t t a . T h e cost of food. N e w York. \Viley, 1901, 161 pp. Bibliography, pp 155-158

T h c cost of I ~ v i n g as modi- fied by s a n ~ t a r y sctence. N c w Y o r k , Wi lcy . 1899, 121 pp. - . - -

77. - T h e cost of shel ter N e w Y o r k . Wilcy, 1905, 136 pp.

78. Richardson, Anna Stcese. Adven tu res ill thrift I~ldianapol is , Ro l~bs -Mer r i l l co., 191G. 229 pp

79 Rose , Mary Swarta . Feeding t h e fam- ily. New Yorlc, Macmillan, 1916, 449 pp.

XO Ryan , Joli~i Augustine A living wage. e t l ~ ~ c a l and eco~ioniic aspects. Ncw Yorlc, Macmillan, 1906, 346 pp,

81 Sca r s , Amelia. The charity visitor, 3. handhoolc fo r beginners. Ch~cago. Chicago school of civics ant1 philan- thropy, 1912, 69 pp

82. Sa~iclers, Freclrric \Villiam An espo- sition in out1111e of the relalio~i o i r e r tnin cco r to~~ l i c pri~lciples to social rcatljustment. Chicago, Unirersity O F Chicago press. 1898, 64 pp

83. Selah, Frank A. .I practical way to reduce the high cost of living Nc\v York, Webster press, 1911, 12 pp

84 S i s hundred dollars a year . A wife's effort at l o ~ v living, under high prices Bostori, T r i cknor & Fields. 1867. 183 PP.

N.5 S t e rn , Franccs , aild Spitz, Gertrude T. Food f o r the worker, ctc. Bos- ton, Whi t comb & B a n o w , 1917, 131 PP.

86 Stockwell, Herbe r t G. Cost of retail merchandising: a suggestion as to how consumers may reduce high cost of living. N c w Yorlc, Bureau of busi- ness research, 1912. R ~ ~ s i u e s s research. special issue. Y o 27.

87 Streigliloff, F r a n k Hatch. The stand- ard of living among the i~ldustrial peo- plc of America Boston. Houghton Mifflin company. 1911. 196 pp. Bib- l iography, p p XV-XIX

Official Publications Colorado. Bureau of labor statistics Ricnnial repor t . Denvcr, 1888-1913

88. 1887-8. Statist ics of wages , cost of living, pp. 250-253, 323-329.

89 1891-2. Social condition awl cost of living, pp. 11.5-118.

00. 1893-4. Sumrnary of average incomcs and cxne~ ld i t~ r re s for 35 years. pp. 137- ~~~ ~

151. 01, 1901-2 P r i ces of commodities In Col-

orado, pp. 98-122. H o w trusts have affccted prices arid wages In the LTniterl Sta tes . pp. 416-420

92. 1903-4. Cos t o f living-prices of co11.r- n~oclitics. pp. 45, 47.

93. 1907-8. T a b l e showing cost of livlng in various countries, facing p. 78.

94. 1909-10. T h e increase cos t of l ivi~lg. pp. 341-357.

95 1911-12. Repor t on a n i n v e s t i ~ a t i o ~ l of t he h igh cost of living, pp. 275-277. Connecticut. Burcau o l labor statis- tics Annual report FTartford, 1888- 1897.

96. 1888 Comparative wages and cost of t h e necessaries of life, 1860-1887, p. 95. Receipts arid expellses of nage-earl)- e m , pp 97-135

97. 1897. Statist ics of cost of living, pp 26-8 1.

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Dallas (Tcxxs) Report of survey committee to thc 1)all:ls wage commis- sion and sul)mittcd by thcm to tlir honorable mayor a ~ l d board of comlnls- s i o ~ i c l s of tlic city of Dallas, ,\pril 25, 1917. U,~l las , 1917, 16 pp. Grcal Britain. Uon~tl oE trade Cost

or livinl: in America~l towns. Report. l \ 'ashi~igton, 1911. U. S. 61tl ( 'ollg, 1st scss Senate, Doc. 22. - Forc ig~i o l l i~c . Unitctl Statcs. lieport 011 the eartllllgs uf labor a ~ i d cost of living in the consul i~r rlislr~ct of Cli~cago London. 1-1 :LI r1so11. 1892, 12 pp. Illinois. Ilureau of l a l ~ o ~ si:~listics 13icn11inl rcpcri t. Sp~inglicltl. 1882-18fW 1x81-2 Statistics o l wages, rents an11 thc cost of living, pp 290-365 1883-4. Earnings, expenses and C O I I - tlit~oir of working~ncil and tlieir fam- ~ l i c s , pp 133-414. I~ldiana. Burcau of s ta t i s l~cs Report 1liclian:~polis, 1892. 9 1 - 9 2 Tlic cost ol living (in 1891

III I ~ ~ t l i n ~ i a p o l i s , IZvn~~svillc a~l t l Tcrrc I - l : l ~ ~ t r ) . pp, 339-352. lo\r.ii. l3ul-car1 of l a l~or statistics. Ei- C I I I I I ~ I ~ I C ~ O I 1. 1)es Moi~les , 1885-1891 1884-5 School teacl~ci s, wages, c o s ~ of living, pp. 254-259. T:~l)lc of wagcs. ~ o h t of l iv~ng , p11 296-34.5 1x86-7 \,\/ages, cost o i livi~~fi ' , homcs of ware-earners. DII. 5-1 18. 16.5-187.

106. 1888-9; ~ t a t i s t ~ & " o f wages, cost of livinx. p1~ 5-101, 125-173.

I 9 0 - 9 1 Cost ot Iivinr. 1111. 271-273. - . . A

Kansas. Hu1e;1u of labor ant1 indus- trial stntihlics .4nnrial repol t . To- pclm, 1855-1908. 1885. \V;qcs-tul)lcs, (lay-cost, cost 11I

l i v ~ ~ i g , pp. 204-231. 1886. \Yngc-worl~crs , thcit cnrnings :111t1 CSpCIlsCS, pp. 20-21 1. 1887. iVapc-wo~lce~s , their earllings ~ l ~ t l cspenscs, pp. 75-191 1888. \Vage-uwrlrcrs, tlicir e a r ~ i i ~ ~ g s a ~ i d c u p c n ~ 5 , pp. 169-265. 1889. \V:lgc-worlcc~s, their earnings a11t1 cspcuses. pp. 197-280 1895. \Vagc-worlcers, tlicir ca rn i~ lgs and C S P C I I S C ~ , 111). 134-142. 1896. \\':~gc-worl.;c~s, tlicir earni~lgs a~icl espenscs, p p 61-87 1898. \Vagc-worltc~ s, their earnings nntl C X ~ C I I ~ C S , 111). 3R-149, 1899 \Ydgc-wo~lcers, their carni~lgs and e 'pc~~scs , pp. 20-21 1. 1901. \Vajie-workers, their cartlings and csprnscs, 111). 5-121. 1902 \V;~gc.-wo~lccrs, tlicir c:l~ nlllgs ilnd ~ X ~ ~ I I Z C S , pp. 193-273. 1903. \Vagc-\\*orlw~s, t l lc i~ earnings p. 3-152. .-\ 1ii.c-yea1 cornparis011 oi wages, co%t of Iiviiig, pp. 153-158.

120 1904. A comparison of rctail prlces and living commodities f o r five years, 111). 179-214 Wage-earners' statistics, pp. 339-360.

121 1906 \Vagc-ea~ners ' statistics, PP. 1-88.

122. 1907 \\:age-earl~ers' statistics, PP. * . A .

I - I U l . Maryla~itf. Bureau o f industrial s ta t- istlcs. hnl lual 1886-1913. 1884-5 Cost of living,

1111, 1-4, 10-21. pp. 113-121. OD. 249-259.

1908. ' I 343-350. 1909. d pp. 164-174. 1910 ' pp. 172-145. 1911. ,' pp. 192-203 Massachusetts. Bureau of stalislics o l Inl~or, h t ~ n u a l report. Dosto~i . 1872- 1904 lS72 S l a l i s l ~ c s of cost of l i v ~ n g . p p 251-57, 343. 474, 477-80, 505-8, 511-513, 1573. Statistics of cost ol living, pp 109-1 28 . . . . . - -

130 1874. Cosl of living among proics- sional men, pp. 24-27. Statistics o f cost of living in 41 cities and towtis, 1111. 260-261

137 1875 Cost of living of worlcingmcn's iam~lies , pp. 354-385.

158 1876. V a r ~ o u s statistics r e l a t ~ ~ ~ g to the cost of living, p p 44-258.

139 1881 SLatistics of occupations, earn- ings, cost of living, elc., in Mainc, N e w I-Iampshire, Massachusetts. Rhotle Island, Connecticut, aiid New York , pp 416-441.

1-10, 1884. Comparative prices and cos t O F living: 1860-1883, Massacliusctts antl Grcat Britain, pp. 437-469.

1-11 1885 Comparative wages and prices, 1860-1883, Massach~iset ts and Grext Britain, pp. 105-157. FIistor~cal review o f wages and prices. 1752-1860. 1111. 161-469.

142 1901. ~ t ' i i i s and cost of living: 1872, 1881, 1897, and 1902. pp. 239-314.

143. 1904. T h e causes of high prices. pp. 79-130

1-14 - - Comparative wages, prices and cost of living. B y Carroll D. \ l~ r ip l i t , chief O F the Bureau of s tat- istics of labor. Boston, 1889, 225 pp.

14.;. - - Living condit io~is of the wage-earning population i l l certain citles o i Massachusetts, with sonle cornparlsons betwcen the United Slates antl the United Kiiigtlom. Bos- toll, 1911. pp. 189-333

Commission on cost o l l iving Repor t . May , 1910. Boston. 1910, 752 pp. House doc. 1750. -- Report on a n t h r a c ~ t e coal. Boston, 1916, 8 pp. Massachusetts. Commission 011 cost of living Repor t on the cost of liv- ing, February , 1917. Bos ton , 1917, 40 PP.

Directors of the For t o i Bos- toll. Fish a s a food: o r fish against mea t Boston, 1914, 8 pp. Bulletin 110. 1.

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