Gives the origin of customs, ceremonies, and superstitions of Great Britain. A general index in vol. 3. Cheaper edition published in London by Chatto, Windus & co., for 3s. 6d. Hazlitt, William Carew. Faiths and folk lore; a dictionary of national beliefs, superstitions and popular customs, past and current, with their classical and foreign analogues described and illustrated, forming a new edition of the popular antiquities of Great Britain by Brand and Ellis, largely extended and corrected and brought down to the present time and now first alphabetically arranged. Lond. Reeves, 1905. 2v. il. O. $6. 394 The arrangement being alphabetic it is more convenient to use than the old Brand. It is also more up to date. Chambers, Robert. Book of days; a miscellany of popular antiquities, in connection with the calendar. Phil. Lippincott, 1891. 2v. il. Q. $7. 394 Published originally 1862-64. Later editions show little revision. Under each day of the year (beginning with Jan. 1 and ending Dec. 31) is given anecdote, biography, history, curiosities of literature, and miscellaneous information. A general index in vol. 2 must be used. Useful in looking up information about Hallowe'en, Christmas, etc. Daniels, Cora Linn, and Stevans, C. M. Encyclopædia of superstitions, folklore and the occult sciences of the world; a comprehensive library of human belief and practice in the mysteries of life. Chic. Yewdale, 1903. 3v. il. pl. Q. $9. 394 Divided as follows: Birth and child life, Love and marriage, Death. Each of the divisions is subdivided alphabetically. Official register and directory of the women's clubs in America, 1907. Bost. H. M. Winslow, 1907. v. 9, por. O.* $1. 396 Arranged alphabetically by states. Gives under name of town the name of the club with the president's name and the number of members. The officers of each state federation with their addresses are also given. Helen M. Winslow, Shirley, Mass., is the editor and publisher. COSTUMES Planché, James Robinson. Cyclopædia of costume; or, Dictionary of dress. Lond. Chatto, 1876. 2v. il. pl. sq. Q. $20. *Continued annually. 391 Vol. 1 is a dictionary of costume, giving in alphabetic order concise definitions of terms used in describing dress, with copious illustrations; vol. 2 gives a history of costume in Europe. Besides many general books on costume, such as Racinet's Le costume historique illustrated biographies and histories of various countries and periods must be consulted. SCIENCE In no department (except statistics) is it more necessary to keep up with recent editions of reference books than in science. Many of the cyclopedias in this section become obsolete almost as soon as published. The reference library must therefore contain the latest editions and authorities. Comparatively few good scientific dictionaries exist. Many old cyclopedias are frequently found useful; among these are: Tomlinson's Cyclopædia of useful arts, mechanical and chemical, manufactures, mining, and engineering (Lond. Virtue, 1868. 3v.), and Ure's Dictionary of arts, manufactures, and mines (N. Y. 1857-62. 2v.). ANNUALS Science year book, with astronomical, physical and chemical tables, summary of progress in science, directory, biographies and diary for 1907. Ed. by B. F. S. BadenPowell. N. Y. Van Nostrand, Lond. King, Sell and co. 1907. v. 3, 0.* $2. 5s. 505 TABLES Smithsonian institution. Smithsonian meteorological tables, based on Guyot's meteorological and physical tables. 3d rev. ed. corr. to Dec. 1906. Wash. Smithsonian inst. 1907. 280 p. O. free. (Smithsonian miscellaneous collections, pt. of v. 35) 551 5 The Smithsonian institution has also published the Smithsonian physical tables (2d rev. ed. 1903), and the Smithsonian geographical tables (1894) "Classified according to the various and principal industries." A sketch or diagram accompanies the definition. Each volume has an index. The subjects covered are: v. 1, Machine details and tools; v. 2, Electrical engineering including telegraphy and telephony. Tolhausen, Alexandre. Dictionnaire technologique dans les langues française, anglaise et allemande. 5th ed. N. Y. Macmillan, 1908. 3v. S. $2.75 per vol. 603 v. 1, French-German-English; v. 2, English-GermanFrench; v. 3, German-English-French. Gives equivalents in English, French, and German of over 75000 terms employed in the industries, crafts, arts and sciences. Other similar dictionaries are: Hospitalier's Vocabulaire technique, industriel et commerciel. Nouy. éd. augm. (Paris, L'industrie électrique, n. d. 10 fr. English, French, German) Röhrig and others' Technological dictionary (Wiesbaden, Bergmann, 1891. 3v. $14.50) Eger's Technological dictionary in the English and German languages (N. Y. Lemcke, 1886. 2v. $9.80) and Webber's Technisches wörterbuch in vier sprachen (Berl. Springer, 1897-99. 4v. $4.40) which includes also Italian. Muret-Sanders's Encyclopædic EnglishGerman and German-English dictionary contains a large number of technical terms. BIBLIOGRAPHY International catalogue of scientific literature. Published for the International council by the Royal society of London. Lond. 1902. 1st annual issue, D.* £18 per year. 016.5 Each annual issue consists of 17 volumes embracing the following subjects: A mathematics; B mechanics; C physics; D chemistry; E astronomy; F meteorology; G mineralogy; H geology; J geography, mathematical and physical; K palæontology; L general biology M botany; N zoology; O human anatomy; P physical anthropology; Q physiology; R bacteriology. Each part includes an author catalog, a subjec catalog, schedules and indexes in four languages "The purpose is to record the titles of all original con tributions since Jan. 1, 1901 in certain branches o science." Individual volumes may be bought at prices varyin with their size from 10 to 35s. MATHEMATICS AND ASTRONOMY Davies, Charles, and Peck, W. G. Mathe matical dictionary and cyclopedia of mathe matical science. N. Y. Barnes [c 1855-83 592 p. il. O. $5. 510 * Continued annually. "Essentially a dictionary of chemistry in its application to the arts and manufactures, hence it deals but sparingly with the purely scientific aspects of chemistry, unless these have some direct and immediate bearing upon the business of the technologist. The work may be considered as complementary to Watts's Dictionary, the general plan and arrangement are similar." Preface. Van Nostrand's chemical annual, 1907; a handbook of useful data for analytical, manufacturing, and investigating chemists and chemical students. N. Y. Van Nostrand, 1907. v. 1, D.* $2.50. 540.5 Review of chemical literature, p. 417-491. *Continued annually. Darton, Nelson Horatio. Catalogue and index of contributions to North American geology, 1732-1891. Wash. Government printing office, 1896. 1045 p. O. (U. S. geological survey. Bulletin, no. 127) free. 016.557 Alphabetically arranged under author and subject. Includes references to articles in serials. Schmeckebier, L. F. Catalogue and index of the publications of the Hayden, King, Powell, and Wheeler survey. Wash. Government printing office, 1904. 208 p. O. (U. S. geological survey. Bulletin, no. 222) free. 016.557 Warman, Philip Creveling. Bibliography and index of the publications of the United States geological survey. Wash. Government printing office, 1893. 495 p. O. (U. S. geological survey. Bulletin, no. 100) free. 016.557 Catalogue and index of the publications of the United States geological survey, 18801901. Wash. Government printing office, 1901. 858 p. O. (U. S. geological survey. Bulletin, no. 177) free. 016.557 This is an extension of the preceding, which is fuller in bibliographic details, while this edition has a full index, broadly classified and alphabetically arranged. 1901 to 1903. Wash. Government printing office, 1903. 234 p. O. (U. S. geological survey. Bulletin, no. 215) free. 016.557 Weeks, Fred Boughton. Bibliography of North American geology, paleontology, petrology, and mineralogy, 1892-1905. Wash. Government printing office, 1902. 2v. 0.* (U. S. geological survey. Bulletin, nos. 016.557 188, 301) free. No. 188, 1892-1900; No. 301, 1901-05. Arranged alphabetically by authors' names, with full titles of separate papers, referring to the publication in which each paper is printed. Annotated. NATURAL HISTORY The Nature library. N. Y. Doubleday, 1905-08. v. 1-14, il. pl. Q. $50. 508 Contents: v. 1, Bird neighbors, by Neltje Blanchan; v. 2, Birds that hunt and are hunted, by Neltje Blanchan; v. 3, Bird homes, by A. R. Dugmore; v. 4, American animals, by Witmer Stone and W. E. Cram; v. 5, American food and game fishes, by D. S. Jordan and B. W. Evermann; v. 6, The butterfly book, by W. J. Holland; v. 7, The moth book, by W. J. Holland; v. 8, The insect book, by L. O. Howard; v. 9, Nature's garden, by Neltje Blanchan; v. 10, The mushroom book, by N. L. Marshall; v. 11, The tree book, by J. E. Rogers; v. 12, The frog book, by M. C. Dickerson; v. 13, The reptile book, by R. L. Ditmars; v. 14, The shell book, by J. E. Rogers. The volumes can be obtained separately. Valuable for a reference department because there is no dictionary of the subject. Good illustrations. ANIMALS Champlin, John Denison, jr. The young folks' cyclopædia of natural history, with editorial cooperation and an introduction by F. A. Lucas. N. Y. Holt, 1905. il. pl. O. $2.50. 725 p. 590 The Uniform with the other Champlin "Young folks' cyclopædias." It is valuable in a general reference library for the convenience of arrangement. cyclopædia covers the entire animal kingdom (including extinct animals) in an elementary manner, the articles being put under the popular nomenclature. Newton, Alfred. Dictionary of birds. Lond. Black, 1893-96. 1088 p. il. O. $5. 598.2 "Covers the whole field of ornithology, including, in addition to the birds named, the anatomy of birds, their classification, their geographical distribution, their geological history, and much matter that is purely biographical." Nation, 57:416. worth, Phil. Lippincott, 1905. 371 p. D. 7s. 6d. $2.50. 580.3 This edition contains a supplementary list, p. 295363. Lyons, Albert Brown. Plant names, scientific and popular, including in the case of each plant the correct botanical name in accordance with the reformed nomenclature, together with botanical and popular synonyms. 2d ed. rev. Detroit, Nelson, 1907. 580.3 630 p. O. $2.50. "More especially intended to meet the practical needs of the retail druggist." Preface. Smith, John. Dictionary of economic plants. N. Y. Macmillan, 1882. 457 p. 0. $3.50. 580.3 "A useful compendium of the popular names of plants which supply the natural and acquired wants of man in all matters of domestic and general economy; their history, products, and uses. Adapted to the general student." Leypoldt and Iles's List of books for girls and women. USEFUL ARTS AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE Bailey, Liberty Hyde. Cyclopedia of American agriculture; a popular survey of agricultural conditions, practices, and ideals N. Y. in the United States and Canada. Macmillan, 1908. v. 1-3, il. pl. maps, Q. $5 per vol. To be completed in 4 vols. 630.3 v. 1, Farms; v. 2, Crops; v. 3, Animals. The work is not arranged alphabetically. Articles are written by specialists and there are bibliographic references. The first volume treats of agricultural regions, the projecting of a farm, the soil environment, the atmosphere environment. There is an index and glossary. The second volume includes the plant and its relations, the manufacture of crop products, North American field crops (arranged alphabetically by topics) There is an index. Volume 3 relates to the animal and its relations, the manufacture of animal products; North Americian farm animals (arranged alphabetically by topics) - Cyclopedia of American horticulture N. Y. Macmillan, 1901-02. 4v. il. Q. $20. 630.3 "Purpose of this work is to make a complete record of the status of North American horticulture as it exists at the close of the 19th century. The work discusses the cultivation of fruits, flowers, and garden vegetables, describes all the species which are known to be in the horticultural trade, outlines the horticultural possibilities of the various states, territories, and provinces, presents biographies of those persons not living who have contributed most to the horti "The most complete similar recent work in the English language is Nicholson's Illustrated dictionary of gardening, four vols. 1884-87. . . . Mottet's French edition of Nicholson, five vols. 1892-99, is the largest modern cyclopedia of horticulture, and the only one which exceeds in size the present American venture." Preface to v. 4. Wilcox, Earley Vernon, and Smith, C. B. Farmer's cyclopedia of agriculture; a compendium of agricultural science and practice on field, orchard, and garden crops, spraying, soils, the feeding and diseases of farm animals, dairy farming, and poultry in the United States and Canada. N. Y. Orange Judd co. 1904. 619 p. il. pl. O. $3.50. 630.3 "Contains an account of the best methods of planting, cultivating, harvesting and utilizing the important farm crops, including field crops, fruits and garden vegetables; and a discussion of all the important data concerning the care and feeding of farm animals, including poultry." Calls attention to the valuable literature published by the various state experiment stations and the United States Department of agriculture. Arrangement is not alphabetic but by subjects which are subdivided alphabetically. Index. Clear, concise definitions of medical terms in current use in English, French, German, and Italian medical literature. Includes the Latin medical terminology. Dorland, William Alexander Newman. American illustrated medical dictionary; a new and complete dictionary of the terms used in medicine, surgery, dentistry, pharmacy, chemistry and the kindred branches, with their pronunciation, derivation and definition, including much collateral information of an encyclopedic character. 4th ed. rev. and enl. Phil. Saunders, 1906. 836 p. il. $4.50. 610.3 pl. O. Foster, Frank Pierce. Illustrated encyclopædic medical dictionary; being a dictionary of the technical terms used by writers on medicine and the collateral sciences in the Latin, English, French, and German languages. N. Y. Appleton, 1888-94. 4v.il. pl. 610.3 Q. $40. Gould, George Milbry. New medical dictionary. Phil. Blakiston, 1892. 519 p. O. $3.25. 610.3 Includes words and phrases generally used in medicine with their proper pronunciation and definitions. Concise and of convenient size for ready reference. Illustrated dictionary of medicine and allied sciences. 5th ed. Phil. Blakiston, 1900. 1633 p. il. sq. O. $10. 610.3 Gives pronunciation, derivation, and definition of terms used in medicine and the various sciences related to it biology, zoology, botany, chemistry, etc., with illustrations. The best medical dictionary. - Dictionary of new medical terms, including upwards of 38000 words and many useful tables; being a supplement to An illustrated dictionary of medicine, biology and allied sciences." Phil. Blakiston, 1905. 571 p. Q. $5. 610.3 Other good dictionaries of medicine are: Duane's Dictionary of medicine and the allied sciences (Phil. Lea, 1900. $4) Dunglison's Dictionary of medical science (Phil. Lea, 1903. $8) and Barton and Wells' Thesaurus of medical words and phrases (Phil. Saunders, 1903. $2.50) which are dictionaries of terms, and Quain's Dictionary of medicine (N. Y. Appleton, 1894. 2v. $14) which is a dictionary of diseases. National standard dispensatory; in accordance with the 8th decennial revision of the United States Pharmacopoeia as amended to 1907. Phil. Lea, 1907. 1860 p. pl. 0. $7.25. 615.12 Edited by H. A. Hare and others. Gives the natural history, chemistry, pharmacy, actions, and uses of medicines, including those recognized in the pharmacopoeias of the United States, Great Britain, and Germany, with references to the French codex. It has a general index. Wood, George Bacon, and Bache, Franklin. Dispensatory of the United States. 19th ed. rev. largely rewritten, and based upon the 8th decennial revision of the United States Pharmacopoeia. 1947 p. O. Phil. $7. Lippincott, 1907. 615.12 The first edition appeared in 1833. "The objects of a Dispensatory are to present an account of medical substances in the state in which they are brought into the shops and to teach the modes in which they are prepared for use." Preface. The work is arranged alphabetically under name of the drugs with index of diseases. A commentary upon the Pharmacopoeias of the United States and Great Britain. |