Mühlbrecht, Otto. Wegweiser durch die neuere litteratur der rechts- und staatswissenschaften für die praxis bearbeitet. 2. aufl. Berl. Puttkammer, 1893–1901. 2v. O. 016.32 v. 1 to 1893, 15m.; v. 2, 1893-1900, 30m. Classified with alphabetic index, giving prices of books, as well as other bibliographic details. The most comprehensive bibliography of jurisprudence and political science.

Continued by the list entitled Mühlbrecht's Uebersicht der gesammten staats- und rechtswissenschaftlichen litteratur, 1900 (6m.) published bi-monthly with an annual index.

Stammhammer, Josef. Bibliographie der social-politik. Jena, Fischer, 1896. 648 p. Q. 18m. 016.32

An author list with subject index, including books in various languages, more full in German. Refers not only to books and pamphlets, but also to periodical articles.

- Bibliographie des socialismus und communismus. Jena, Fischer, 1893. 303 p. O. 10m. 016.335

Marot, Helen. Handbook of labor literature. Phil. Free lib. of economics, 1899. 96 p. D. $1. 016.331

Classified and annotated.

Brooks, Robert C. Bibliography of municipal problems and city conditions. 2d ed. rev. and enl. N. Y. Reform club, 1901. 346 p. O. (In Municipal affairs, v. 5.) 50 cts. pap. 016.352

Complete to Jan. 1, 1901, it "aims to include the books, pamphlets, and periodical literature on municipal affairs of the United States, Great Britain and Colonies, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, and other European countries." Preface. It is a subject list arranged by topics, cities, and countries with an author index.

Gross, Charles. Bibliography of British municipal history. N. Y. Longmans, 1897. 461 p. O. (Harvard historical studies) $2.50. 016.942

Includes gilds and parliamentary representation. The Journal of political economy (Chic. University of Chicago press) in its monthly bibliography includes all current economic literature: books, English, French, German and Italian, government publications of Great Britain and the United States, and periodical references.

The Economic bulletin published quarterly by the American economic association (Baltimore, Economic bulletin, $2 per year) the first number of which appeared April

1908 is a bibliographic summary of the literature of economics containing book reviews, a list of doctoral dissertations in political economy in progress in American universities and colleges and a list of recent publications covering all current literature of scientific importance in the field of economics in which 37 periodicals are indexed, the arrangement being classed.

GOVERNMENTS

Sears, Hamblen. Governments of the world to-day. Meadville, Pa., Flood, 1895. 418 p. il. tab. D. $1.75. o. p. 350

Arrangement alphabetic under name of country. A concise handbook of important facts relating to the principal governments of the world.

Wilson, Woodrow. The state; elements of historical and practical politics. Bost. Heath, 1900 [c '98] 686 p. D. $2. 320.9 The Statesman's year book is the most up to date reference book for the governments of the world. For description see p. 41.

UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Townsend, Malcolm. U. S., an index to the United States of America, historical, geographical, and political; a handbook of reference combining the "curious" in U. S. history. Bost. Lothrop, 1890. 482 p. il. pl. o. p. maps, D. $2. 973

A compilation of curious information including nicknames of states, state mottoes, state seals, presidential cabinets, political parties, wars, constitutions,

etc.

Handbook of United States political history for readers and students. Bost. Lothrop [ 1905] 441 p. il. maps, O. (Reference index series.) $1.60. 320.973

It is based on his "U. S. an index to the United States of America," but does not altogether duplicate its contents. Gives information regarding the presidents, cabinet officers, political parties, political vocabulary, electoral system, inauguration day, etc.

POLITICAL PARTIES

McKee, Thomas Hudson. National conventions and platforms of all political parties, 1789 to 1901, conventions, popular and electoral vote. 4th ed. rev. and enl. Balt. Friedenwald, 1901. 370 p. por. D. $1. 329

A convenient reference book, arranged chronologically, with index of names and of subjects.

Contents: Executive officers, 1789-1903, the Continental congress, the Congress of the United States, Biographies.

- Official congressional directory for the use of the U. S. congress. 60th cong. 1st sess. Wash. Government printing office, 1908. il. pl. map, O. 35 cts. 328.738

Gives names and short biographic accounts of members of Congress, committees, reports, consuls, etc. It has also a helpful section headed "Official duties," which describes the work of the several departments, bureaus, offices, etc., of the government. A new issue for each session of Congress.

Previous years from 1809 to date will be found useful.

U. S. Bureau of the census. Official register of persons in the civil, military, and naval service, and list of vessels, 1907. Wash. Government printing office, 1907. 2v. Q.

351.2

v. 1, Directory; v. 2, Postal service. Published biennially since 1816. Known as the Blue book. It contains the name of every employé of the government, stating whence appointed and salary received.

Herringshaw, Thomas William. Herringshaw's American statesman and public official year-book, 1906. Chic. Amer. publishers' assoc. 1906. 554 p. O. $5. 923.27

A record of the lives of the executive, senators, congressmen, jurists, army and naval and federal officials, governors and state officials, judges and officers of the courts, judges, mayors, aldermen, attorneys and other state, county and city officials. Of no special impor

tance.

Lanman, Charles. Biographical annals of the civil government of the United States. Wash. Anglim, 1876. 676 p. O. $7. 923.27 An enlargement of his Dictionary of Congress (Wash. 1864)

There are about 7000 biographic sketches of our national law-makers, alphabetically arranged. The tabular records cover useful facts about our government, such as: Speakers of the House, Presidents of the Senate, successive administrations, names of presidential electors, Supreme court of the U. S., ministers to foreign countries, etc.

Executive register 1789-1902. Balt.

Mosher, Robert Brent. of the United States, Friedenwald co. 1903. 351 p. O. $2. 923.27

Contains list of the presidents and their cabinets, the law governing their election, appointment, qualification, and term of office, the electoral and popular vote at each election, also literal copies of the Declaration of independence, the articles of confederation and the constitution.

Murlin, E. L. The United States red book. Alb. Lyon, 1896. 591 p. por. pl. O. $1. 923.27 Contains portraits and biographies of the president and his cabinet, senators, and members of the House, etc.

Poore, Benjamin Perley. Political register and congressional directory; a statistical record of federal officials of the U. S., 17761878. Bost. Houghton, 1878. 716 p. Q. $6.

923.27

The legislative manuals of the states such as Murlin's Illustrated legislative manual, the New York red book, and Smull's legislative handbook and manual of the state of Pennsylvania are necessary for information regarding the state government, its officials, population of the state, election returns, etc.

LAW

The statutes of the state in which the library is situated, the ordinances of the city, and the Revised statutes of the United States and the United States Statutes at large should be. on the reference shelves of every public library, and in addition the session laws of the state, which are valuable also historically, and the laws passed at each session of Congress.

Public libraries cannot as a rule buy many law reference books. The special law libraries and state libraries must be referred to for subjects which are beyond the province of the public library.

CYCLOPEDIAS

Cyclopedia of law and procedure. N. Y. American law book co. 1901-07. v. 1-28, O. $6 per vol. 340.3

v. 28 to Mutual assent. In course of publication. Edited by William Mack and H. P. Nash.

Groups the law under certain well-defined heads, each of which is preceded by an analysis. In notes citations are given to cases in the various federal and state courts of the United States and to the courts of the United Kingdom and of Canada.

Cyc. annotations to Cyclopedia of law and procedure, 1-27 cyc. annotated with all cases decided since the original articles were written and with omitted cases; errata corrected, new principles announced, etc. N. Y. American law book co. 1908. v. 1, Q. $6.* 340.3 The first of an annual continuation of the Cyclopedia of law and procedure.

American and English encyclopædia of law. 2d ed. Northport, N. Y. Thompson, 1896-1905. 32v. O. $7.50 per vol. 340.3

v. 31-32 are index volumes.

Edited by D. S. Garland and others under the supervision of James Cockcroft.

Supplement (to the 2d ed.) Northport, N. Y. Thompson, 1905-07. 4v. O. $7.50 per vol. 340.3

First edition is complete in 29 vols. and an index digest.

A summary of each subject, with full notes referring to many cases, often summing up briefly the decision. Occasional bibliographic references. The articles are by various authorities Intended for the lawyer rather than for the general reader.

Bouvier, John. Bouvier's law dictionary. New ed. rev. to date by Francis Rawle. Bost. Boston book 0. 1897 [c '39-97] 2v. O. $12. 340.3

An encyclopedic dictionary, containing concise treatises on all the different phases of the law. Adapted to the laws and constitution of the United States, with references to the civil and other systems of foreign law. References are made to valuable articles in legal periodicals, and to reports of cases, abridgments, digests, and other authorities.

"[Bouvier] was the father of the hand-books of American law, dictionaries, encyclopædias, and all, by which we are surrounded and sometimes overwhelmed. Amid them he holds his own, through the inherent excellence of his arrangement, system, and execution." Nation, 66:389.

on the laws of England, with notes selected from the editions of Archbold, Christian, Coleridge, Chitty, Stewart, Kerr, and others, and, in addition, notes and references to all text-books, and decisions wherein the commentaries have been cited and all statutes modifying the text, by W. D. Lewis. Phil. Welsh, 1897. 4v. por. O. $10.

347 The above is the latest edition of Blackstone. For popular use, almost any edition will answer the pur*Continued annually.

pose.

Divided into two parts: the first brings the statistics to 1890, the second embraces the last decade of the century to Nov., 1898. There are thus two alphabets and a general index at end. Tables of statistics of all countries, and covering as many years as possible on all subjects, the arrangement alphabetic.

Gannett, Henry. Statistical abstract of the world. N. Y. Wiley, 1907. 84 p. S. 75 cts. 310

Year-books or annuals which give statistical information regarding the various states of the world are usually published about February or March of each year, and should be obtained immediately upon publication. They form one of the most important sections of a reference department, since they afford a ready guide to recent statistics, saving much investigation into authorities more difficult of access. Not only the current number, but back numbers as well, will be found necessary in a large library.

Besides the Statesman's year-book which is issued in England, there should be an American annual to supply the necessary statistical facts about our own country which cannot be found so completely given in the English publication, e. g. election returns of the various states, etc.

Annuals of special subjects are described under their respective headings, e. g. an art annual under Fine arts, etc.

Especially useful for the United States, but it also includes foreign and miscellaneous statistics not to be found in the Tribune almanac. In constant use in a reference department. Every reference librarian must know its contents thoroughly. Index in front. There is also an index to subjects contained in former volumes of the almanac which are not included in the latest volumes.

Tribune almanac and register for 1908. N. Y. 1908. D.* 25 cts. pap. 317.3

Published yearly by the New York Daily Tribune. Confined to facts about the United States. Recent statistics, election returns, laws, and other political information. Index at end.

*Continued annually.

"Besides world statistics and vital, commercial, financial, educational, and religious statistics the book contains the latest and most accurate information concerning industrial conditions, poverty, crime, intemperance, and reform movements, with bibliographies of all these subjects. A directory of societies (including settlements, unions, and religious societies) and workers, and a review of the social progress made during the last years by every important country of the world, prepared in most cases by some one on the ground." Brookline public library bulletin.

Statistician and economist, 1905-06. San Fran. McCarty, 1906. v. 23, il. D. $3.50. 317.3

Formerly published under the title Annual statistician and economist, now a biennial publication. Gives recent statistics and tables of the United States, with some information about other countries; also miscellaneous facts and tables.

U. S. Bureau of statistics. Statistical abstract of the United States, 1901. Wash. Government printing office, 1902. v. 24, O.* free. 317.3

Annual statistics of population, finance, commerce, industries, agricultural and other products, immigration, education, etc., for the current year, and in many cases for a number of years past.

Hawaiian almanac and annual for 1905; the reference book of information and statistics relating to Hawaii. 31st year of publication. Honolulu, 1904. O.* 85 cts. 919.69

Census reports. Wash. U. S. Census office, 1901-02. 10 v. pl. maps, tab. Q. free.

317.3

v. 1-2, Population, v. 3-4, Vital statistics, v. 5-6, Agriculture, v. 7-10, Manufactures.

These large reports are not necessary in the small library.

The special reports of the Census bureau may also be found useful in the reference departments of large libraries.

Statistical atlas, prepared under the supervision of Henry Gannett. Wash. U. S. Census office, 1903. 57 p. 207 pl. sq. Q. free. 317.3

Shows the population, vital statistics, agriculture, and manufactures by means of colored charts. Earlier editions are based on the 10th and 11th censuses, and are occasionally to be used.

The Census bureau issues many bulletins which give more detailed information on subjects.

The Bureau of the census is now connected with the Department of commerce and labor which is an important source for obtaining economic information.

Census reports of the various states publishing them must be consulted for more detailed information.

Edited by J. S. Keltie. Statistical and descriptive information regarding all the countries of the world, revised every year. It has a high reputation for accuracy, and is the most important of the year-books. Arrangement: British empire; Foreign countries, alphabetically. Refers at end of each country to statistical and other books of reference concerning it. Index.

Whitaker, Joseph. Almanack for 1907. Lond. Whitaker, 1908. D.* $1. 314.2

Contains an account of astronomical and other phenomena, information respecting the government, finances, population, commerce, and general statistics of the British empire throughout the world, with brief notice of other countries. Alphabetic index in front. Supplementary volume, entitled Whitaker's Peerage, gives the history of the peerage.

Published since 1869.

*Continued annually.

Statistical abstract for the principal and other foreign countries in each year from 1893 to 1902-03. 31st no. Lond. Wyman, 1905. 359 p. O.* 1s. 6d. 314.2

The British government also publishes: Statistical abstract for the United Kingdom in each of the last fifteen years from 1891 to 1905 (Lond. Wyman), Statistical abstract relating to British India from 1894-95 to 1903-04 (Lond. Wyman), and Statistical abstract for the several colonial and other possessions of the United Kingdom from 1888 to 1902 (Lond. Wyman)

Other British annuals* of importance in large libraries are: Australasian handbook, shippers, importers and professional directory and business guide (Gotch, 10s. 6d.), British almanac and family cyclopædia (Letts, 1s.), British empire year book (Stanford, £1 1s.), British imperial calendar and civil service list (Warrington, 5s.), Civil service year-book and official calendar (Sheppard, 2s.), Colonial office list (Harrison, 10s. 6d.), Constitutional year-book (Blackwood, 28.), English woman's year-book (Macmillan, $1.50), Foreign office list and consular handbook (Harrison, 6s.), India list, civil and military (Lond. Allen, 10s. 6d.), New South Wales official year book (Government printer), New Zealand official yearbook (Lond. Eyre, 1s.), Politician's handbook (Vacher, 6s.), Roxburgh's Handbook of Jamaica (Lond. Stanford, 7s. 6d.), Victorian year-book (Melbourne, Government printer), Western Australian year-book (Perth, Government printer), Year-book of Australia (Lond. Paul, 10s. 6d.) For additional annuals consult the list in Pitman's Where to look.