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POOLE'S INDEX, 1892-96. The third supplement to "Poole," covering the five-yearly period 1892 to 1896 inclusive, is announced for early publication. Like the previous volume, it is edited by William I. Fletcher, librarian of Amherst College, with the co-operation of many members of the American Library Association, and issued in uniform style with the preceding volumes. This third supplement, much of which has appeared in the yearly volumes of the "Annual Literary Index," will be nearly one-third larger than either of its predecessorsa fact that is striking evidence of the large increase in the number of periodicals requiring inclusion in such an index. Of the 185 sets covered by this volume, 60 have not been indexed in any previous issue, and of these 42 have existed only since 1891. The discontinuance of 33 sets indexed in the volume of 1887-92 only partially offsets this increase, the net gain being 27. There are 1355 volumes indexed in this volume, as against 1068 in the previous one.

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AS OTHERS SEE US. The Newark (N. J.) Daily Call gave not long since an interesting brary Conference, based evidently upon the personal narrative of one of the pilgrims. The English newspapers, said this reporter, "took the conference and the tour of the librarians ble to take everything. Only once did they very seriously, as English papers are liaseem to find anything funny to put in type, and Mr. Fletcher gives in his preface an interest- that was at Plymouth, when they remarked ing comparison as to the life of periodicals, based on the tables included in the several vol upon the peculiarities of speech of the Americans, colloquialisms,' they called them. umes in the "Index." These show that "the big reception was given the visitors at Plymwhole number of periodicals indexed in Poole'outh, and a local paper commenting upon it from the beginning is 404, of which number 195, said: Had the waiters been less discreet they or 48 per cent., were continued beyond the year would inevitably have betrayed some amuse1891. The figures given show an increase, by ment at the colloquialisms. One gentleman, decades, from the six periodicals of 1801 - 10, whose railway journey had evidently induced with which the Poole sets originated, to 90 in great thirst, was anxious to allay it with claret 1881-90, and 55 for the six years 1891-96, the cup, and looking longingly at a brimming jug present being the most productive period of all. with slices of lemon and lumps of ice floating Among the periodicals now first included in the in it, directed the waiter to fetch the pitcher.' new supplement are the Outlook and Independent, The glass jug you mean, sir? Yes, sir,' reof which the most important articles only are plied the waiter urbanely, as he poured out the indexed, and the entire set of the Magazine of cooling blend. 'Waal, I don't care what you Art, the valuable contents of which are fully call it, glass jug or pitcher. I guess it's the contents I feel particular about,' replied the traveller, his face beaming with contentment as he ladled in some more ice and took in a mighty draught. Another was concerned to find that when he innocently asked for some more 'pie' a plate of pigeon pie was brought him. No, I've no use for that,' he remarked quaintly. I want pie with plums in it, and not little birds."

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