42

1st ɛer. 1885-1904 published with title Statistical year book of Canada.

Commercial handbook of Canada with 382 trade register and index of industrial opportunities, ed. by Ernest Heaton. Toronto, Heaton's agency, 1905-07. v. 1-3, D.* $1. 317.I Canadian annual review of public affairs, 1901-07. Toronto, Annual review pub. co. v. 1-7, pl por. maps, O.* $3. 1903-08.

Edited by J. Castell Hopkins.
The volume for 1901 was published by G. N. Morang
& co. as Morang's annual register of Canadian affairs.
There is an index of names; also an index of affairs.

FOREIGN

8m.

$2.70.

FRENCH

JAPANESE

Financial and

maps, Q.*

v. 7,

315.2

Lond. Ward, n.d.

Dictionary of

.338 p. pl. O.

£1.

380.3

The above dictionaries are now very much out of date but contain historical information of value. They must be used with discrimination.

ANNUALS

British trade year-book, 1905, covering the 25 years 1880-1904, and showing the 10s. 6d. course of trade, with tables, each containing 380.5 several sections of British or international 335 p. Q.* trade, diagrams and various abstract tables. Lond. Murray, 1905.

N. Y. Journal Commercial year-book; a statistical and historical record, 1896-1901.

380.5 of commerce and commercial bulletin, 1896– 1901.

6v. O. $1 per vol.

No more published.

Relates to trade, industries, agriculture, banking, currencies, securities, railroads, shipping, insurance, population, etc., of the nations of the world.

Statistics are given from 1840.

U. S. labor.

Index.

Department of commerce and free. Review of the world's commerce 380.5 222 p. 0.* during the year 1905. Wash. Government printing office, 1906.

Statistical tables of United States imports and
exports, and statistical reports of the commerce of
foreign countries. Index of places.

Reprinted from Commercial relations of the United
States with foreign countries.

COMMERCIAL ATLASES AND

GEOGRAPHY

Bartholomew, John George. Atlas of the world's commerce; a new series of maps, with descriptive text and diagrams showing products, imports, exports, commercial con

*Continued annually.

ditions and economic statistics of the countries of the world. Lond. Newnes, 1907. 42176 p. maps, tab. diagr. $8. 380

"The first object of the Atlas is to show where all the commodities of commerce come from - our food, drink, clothing, and all that we use in our daily lives." Covers general physical, political and economic aspects, communication and transportation, regional maps, distribution of food products, of textile materials, mineral and miscellaneous products. There is an alphabetic list describing and showing the geographic distribution of the principal commodities of commerce, by W. A. Taylor.

Philip, George and son, pub. Philip's commercial atlas of the world; a series of 61 maps, illustrating every aspect of geographical science. Lond. Philip, 1908. 84 leaves, 62 maps, F. 380

Philip, George. Philip's mercantile marine atlas; a series of 30 plates containing over 100 charts and plans, with tables of 8600 distances between ports, national and house flags, lists of British and United States consulates, and a complete index of 20000 ports. 2d ed. Lond. Philip, N. Y. Hammond, 1905. 27 p. 28 maps, F. 63s. 380 A work of much value. Good maps.

There is an index of places. The index gives references by latitude and longitude.

Chisholm, George Goudle. Handbook of commercial geography. 4th ed. rev. and extended. N. Y. Longmans, 1903. il. maps, O.

$4.80.

639 p. 380

Useful for finding information about commodities and about the commerce of different countries.

The Commercial Museums library of Philadelphia is one of the best sources of information on questions relating to the foreign commerce of the United States.

PRODUCTS

Freeman, William George, and Chandler, S. E. The world's commercial products; a descriptive account of the economic plants of the world and of their commercial uses. Lond. Pitman, 1907. 391 p. il. sq. Q. $3.50. 380 Not alphabetically arranged, but each chapter treats of a food product. Index.

BUSINESS

Beach, Elmer Henry, and Thorne, W. W. American business and accounting encyclopædia; a standard reference book for

Science of accounts, advertising, promoting and business management generally. Review of the laws of the different states of the Union.

Gaskell, G. A. Compendium of forms, educational, social, legal, and commercial. Atchison, Davis, 1887. 586 p. sq. Q. $4. 658

Hill, Thomas Edie. Hill's manual of social and business forms, a guide to correct writing. New ed. rev. Chic. Hill, 1895. 581 p. il. sq. Q. Subscription, $3. 658

These two works are similar in scope, comprising miscellaneous information regarding correspondence, forms used in business, proof-reading, etiquet, etc. Alphabetic index.

New York journal of commerce and commercial bulletin. Commercial precedents selected from its columns of replies and decisions, by Charles Putzel. Hartford, Conn. American pub. co. 1907. 776 p. O. 650

$4.

Contains a list of the wealthy people of the United States, giving their office and residence addresses, business connections, and other details. Arranged alphabetically by states, subdivided by cities and towns; also a list of all stock exchange members in the United States and Canada.

Manual of statistics, stock exchange handbook, 1908. N. Y. Nicoll, 1908. v. 30, 0.* $5.

332 Statistics of banks, railroads, corporation interests, and markets of this country.

Moody's classified investments; being a directory showing the ownership of government, municipal, railroad and other investment securities, held by savings banks, insurance companies and other financial institutions in the United States and Canada. N. Y. The Moody corporation, 1905. v. 1, 0.* $10. 332 Moody's manual of corporation securities. N. Y. Moody pub. co. 1899. v. 1, 0.* $10.

*Continued annually.

332

A useful reference book for ascertaining facts regarding industrial trusts and consolidations in the United States and Canada, e.g. steam railroad, electric traction, gas and electric light, water supply, telephone and telegraph, mining and oil; also legal directory of American bankers' credit company, financial institutions, and membership of the stock exchanges.

Poor's ready reference bond list (ed. of Jan. 1905) containing all important facts required by investors, bond experts, bankers and others relative to the bonded indebtedness, interest charges, etc., of the leading railroad systems in the United States; a supplement to Poor's manual of railroads. N. Y. Poor, 1905. v. 5, 0.* $4.

332

Contains also tables showing the rates and dates of all dividends paid by steam railroad companies, street railroad companies and industrial corporations, 1897 to 1904 inclusive.

American street railway investments, 1908; issued annually in connection with the Street railway journal. N. Y. McGraw, 1908. v. 15, Q.* $5 per year.

332 A reference book of electric railway statistics and finances.

Rollins, Montgomery. Money and investments; a reference book for the use of those desiring information in the handling of money or the investment thereof. Bost. Estes, Lond. Gay, 1907. 436 p. O. $2. 332 Explains in language as little technical as possible the many most commonly used terms and expressions in relation to investment matters.

Smith, Howard Irving. Smith's financial dictionary. N. Y. Smith, 1903. 543 p. O. $7.50.

332

"Compiled for the purpose of assembling and interpreting the terms employed in financial and allied commercial affairs." It contains the financial and related terms in use in Great Britain as well as those in use in the United States.

Summary of the monetary systems of the world, with a table of the monetary designations of the various countries.

Muhleman, Maurice L. Monetary systems of the world; a study of present currency systems and statistical information relative to the volume of the world's money. Rev. ed. N. Y. Nicoll, 1896. 239 p. D. $2. 332

COINS

Bergen, W. von. Rare coin encyclopædia. Milwaukee, Caspar, 1901. 123 p. il. S. $1.50. 332.4

Continued annually.

Dye, John S. Dye's coin encyclopædia; a complete illustrated history of the coins of the world. Phil. Bradley, 1883. 1152 p. 0. 332.4 o. p. Useful for finding the value of the coins of the world; includes all countries and gives descriptions and illustrations of coins.

MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT Municipal year-book, 1902, with summaries and editorial discussion, ed. by M. N. Baker. N. Y. Engineering news publishing co. 1902. 350 p. O. $3. 352

It chiefly relates to engineering matters concerning municipalities, and records the population, assessed valuation, names of principal city officials, municipal or private ownership of public works, with names of companies, etc. The arrangement of the main part is that cities are placed under their states, which are arranged geographically. In the introduction are given summaries arranged according to the size of cities and towns.

No more published.

Municipal year book of the United Kingdom, 1907. Lond. Lloyd, 1907. O.* 3s. 6d. 352

INSURANCE

Hayden's annual cyclopedia of insurance in the United States, 1906-07. Hartford, Conn. Insurance journal co. 1907. D.* 368 Arranged alphabetically.

Insurance year book, 1907-1908, fire and marine. N. Y. Spectator co. 1907. v. 35, 0.* $6. 368

Includes for the United States and Canada reports of fire insurance companies, insurance agents, record of the year, fire departments, water supply and fire appliances.

POST OFFICE

U. S. official postal guide, rev. and pub. monthly, Jan. 1908. Albany, N. Y. J. B. Lyon co. 1908. 383 O.* $2 per year.

Issued annually by authority of the Post-office department, with monthly additions and corrections. Good for finding all facts relating to the postal service, list of post offices, rates of postage, foreign mails, general regulations, etc.

St. John, Edward. A postal dictionary; being an alphabetical handbook of postal rates, laws, and regulations for all who use the mails, compiled from official sources. 9th ed. rev. N. Y. Grafton press, 1905 [c 1891-1905] 112 p. T. 25 cts. 383

A very small but convenient handbook.
*Continued annually.

Poor, Henry V. Manual of the railroads of the U. S. for 1907. N. Y. Poor, 1908. v. 40, 0.* $10. 385

Gives the routes of railroads, their mileage, stocks, bonds, debts, expenses, organizations, officers, etc., street railway and traction companies.

Travelers' official railway guide for the United States, Canada, and Mexico, 1908. N. Y. Nat'l railway pub. co. 1908. 0.* $5 per year, 50 cts. per monthly copy. 385 Railway time-tables, maps, mileage, list of officials, and other information relating to railroads.

Describes the origin, derivation, founders, development, arms, emblems, character, and personnel of more than 600 secret societies in the United States. An index to titles of organizations and an index to proper names. A second edition (N. Y. Treat, 1907) contains a few additions chiefly " with reference to membership of organizations and a mention of the more important which have fallen by the wayside."

Mackey, Albert Gallatin. Encyclopædia of freemasonry and its kindred sciences, comprising the whole range of arts, sciences, and literature as connected with the institution; containing also an addendum giving the results of subsequent study, research and discovery to the present time and a self-pronouncing dictionary by C: T. McClenacham. New and rev. ed. Phil. Evarts, 1906. 1080 p. il. O. $6.

Addendum is the only new part p. 923-1025.

CHARITIES

366.1

Fletcher, Alfred Ewen. Sonnenschein's cyclopædia of education. 3d ed. enl. Lond. Sonnenschein, 1889. 570 p. O. 7s. 6d. 370.3

Brief articles by specialists on the history, theory, and practice of education, with references to sources and a bibliography of education as an appendix.

The new edition (1906) makes some attempt at revision but the old plates have been used showing very little alteration.

Kiddle, Henry, and Schem, A. J. Cyclopædia of education. N. Y. Steiger, 1877. 868 p. O. o. p. 370.3 Not sufficiently recent to be of every-day use, but it is the only American cyclopedia of the subject. Rein, Wilhelm. Encyklopädisches handbuch der pädagogik. 2. aufl. Langensalze, Beyer, 1903-07. v. 1-7, Q. 18.50m. per

vol.

To be completed in 8 vols.

366

370.3

This is the most important and most recent educa *Continued annually.

tional cyclopedia. The articles are signed and there are bibliographic references.

The French cyclopedia Dictionnaire de pédagogie et d'instruction primaire by Ferdinand Buisson (Paris, Hachette, 1882. 4v.) is important for information regarding French education.

Barnard's American journal of education (Hartford, Conn., 1856-81. 31v.) and the National education association's Journal of proceedings and addresses (v. p. 18571907) contain much valuable information which is made easier of consultation by their index volumes (see p. 10, 19)

The latest reports of the United States Bureau of education and those of the state and city superintendents of instruction must frequently be consulted for statistical and other information relating to education.

The Bureau of education is the best source for information regarding education.

ANNUALS

American college and public school directory, 1901. St. Louis, Evans, 1901. v. 24, 0.* $2. 370 Classified lists and addresses of colleges, seminaries, academies, normal schools, business colleges, and other schools of this country, giving name of president and of denomination with which the institution is associated.

Minerva; jahrbuch der gelehrten welt, 1891-1907. Strassb. Trübner, 1891-1908.

v. 1-16, il. S.* 8m. per vol.

378

A most valuable yearly publication which gives brief history, list of publications, faculty, etc., of the universities, colleges, technical schools, libraries, museums, learned societies, and institutes; arranged alphabetically under name of city with cross references from names of institutions and index of personal names. There is a list of places in the front.

Patterson's college and school directory of the United States and Canada; a complete list and description of all the schools, colleges and other institutions of higher education. Chic. American educational co. 1908. v. 5, 0.* $5. 370

In the main classification a complete list of schools and colleges is given arranged by states, with information as to the kind of school, class of students admitted, religious denomination, year of establishment, and the name of the head of the institution. There is also a classification according to the kind of schools, normal, technical, etc. Besides these lists there is a list of *Continued annually.

Greek letter fraternities, their chapters and where located, a list of college newspapers and publications, a list of state and county superintendents of public instruction, and a list of libraries and one of foreign universities.

The Public schools and preparatory schools' year book (Lond. Sonnenschein. 3s. 6d. *)

The Schoolmasters yearbook and directory, a reference book of secondary education in England and Wales (Lond. Sonnenschein. 7s. 6d. *)

Girls' school year (Lond. Sonnenschein. 2s. 6d. *)

Baird, William Raimond. Baird's manual of American college fraternities; a descriptive analysis of the fraternity system in the colleges of the United States, with a detailed account of each fraternity. 6th ed. N. Y. Alcolm co. 1905. 574 p. il. D. $2. 378.73

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Columbia university - Library. Books on education in the libraries of Columbia university. N. Y. Columbia university, 1901. 435 p. O. (Library bulletins, no. 2) $1. 016.37

A catalog of more than 13500 titles, classified with a full author index. The list includes the books in the Bryson library of Teachers' college.

The fullest and most valuable of the bibliographies of education.

Cubberley, Ellwood P. Syllabus of lectures on the history of education with selected bibliographies and suggested readings. 2d ed. rev. and enl. N. Y. Macmillan, 1904 [c 1902-04] 361 p. O. $2.60. 370.9

This edition contains much new material and many revisions. Important to the librarian for the bibliographies.