This is one of the finest catalogs of any library, giving in dictionary order, books, pamphlets, and titles of articles in medical journals and transactions contained in one of the largest of medical libraries. A separate volume entitled Alphabetical list of abbreviations of titles of medical periodicals employed in the Indexcatalogue, vols. 1-16, numbers 282 pages, showing the large number of periodicals indexed.

Index medicus; a monthly classified record of the current medical literature of the world, 1879-1908. Wash. Carnegie institution, 1879-1908. v. 1-25, Q.

year.

$8 per 016.61

MECHANIC ARTS

International library of technology; a series of text-books for persons engaged in the engineering professions and trades. Scranton, International textbook co. c 190107. 81v. il. O. $5 per vol. 600

This series should be in every reference collection where there is much demand for books on engineering and allied subjects. The arrangement is not that of the usual reference book, but the set covers such a wide variety of subjects that there is no other that can take its place. The treatment is somewhat popular.

An English work which aims to give the modern meaning of technical terms used in the arts and sciences. The articles are brief. "Much space is devoted to chemistry, a fair amount to mechanical and electrical engineering, and relatively little to civil engineering. Music and heraldry are among the main topics... Thoroughly British point of view." Engineering news.

Hasluck, Paul Nooncree. Cassell's cyclopædia of mechanics, containing receipts, processes, and memoranda for workshop Lond. Cassell, 1900-04. Ser. 1-4, il. O. 7s. 6d. per vol. 603

use.

Tables and statistics relating to: progress of discovery, shipping and yachts, navies of the world, armies of the world, railroads, population of the United States, education, libraries, telegraphs, telephones, patents, manufactures, departments of federal government, the post office, international institutions and bureaus, mines and mining, geometrical construction, machine elements, mechanical movements, chemistry, astronomy, weights and measures.

Lueger, Otto. Lexikon der gesamten technik und ihrer hilfswissenschaften. 2. aufl. Stuttg. and Lpz. Deutsche verlagsanstalt, 1904-07. v. 1-5, il. Q. 30m. per vol. 603 v. 5 to Kuppinger.

First edition in 7v. 1894-99.

The articles are signed. References to the literature of subjects are given. One of the best reference books in the useful arts and sciences.

The following are useful occasionally although now on many subjects out of date:

Appleton's cyclopædia of applied mechanics; a dictionary of mechanical engineering and the mechanic arts. N. Y. Appleton, 1884 [c 78] 2v. Q. $15. 603 Benjamin, Park. Modern mechanism; supplementary volume to Appleton's Cyclopædia of applied mechanics. N. Y. Appleton, 603

1896 [c 92] 959 p. il. pl. Q. $7.50.

Describes machines, motors, and the transmission of power.

Knight, Edward Henry. American mechanical dictionary. Bost. Houghton [c 1872-76] 3v. il. pl. Q. $24.

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Greenwood, Edgar. Classified guide to technical and commercial books; a subjectlist of the principal British and American works in print. Lond. Scott, N. Y. Van Nostrand, 1904. 216 p. O. $3. 016.6 Arranged alphabetically under sections, e. g. under agriculture its subdivisions are grouped together. No annotations.

One of the best lists of English and American technical books.

Haferkorn, Henry Ernst, and Heise, Paul. Handy lists of technical literature. Milwaukee, Haferkorn, 1890-93. 6v. O. $12. o16.6

Contents: Useful arts in general; Military and naval science; Electricity and magnetism; Engineering and mechanics; Mines and mining; Fine arts.

Gives trade information, publisher, price, etc.; subject and author lists are in one alphabet.

John Crerar library, Chicago. List of books on industrial arts, Oct. 1903. Chic. 1904. 249 p. Q. 30 cts. 016.6 There is an alphabetic index of subjects, titles and names of persons, institutions and places.

ENGINEERING

Henley's encyclopædia of practical engineering and allied trades; ed. by J. G. Horner. N. Y. Henley, 1906-08. v. 1-4, l. pl. sq. O. $25 for set. 620.3

An English work published in England under the title Encyclopædia of practical engineering and allied

trades, ed. by J. G. Horner. Strong in mechanical engineering. Contains numerous scaled drawings and photographs.

In

Byrne, Oliver, and Spon, Ernest. Spon's dictionary of engineering, civil, mechanical, military, and naval; with technical terms in French, German, Italian, and Spanish. Lond. Spon, 1874. 3v. il. Q. $40. 620.3 Articles written mainly by practical engineers. dex in vol. 3. Out of date on many subjects. Among the most useful reference books on this subject are the so-called "pocketbooks" which are full of important facts such as tables, formulas, rules, etc. They are the best ready reference works and have the important advantage of being revised frequently, new editions appearing every year or two. The latest editions should be had if possible.

Gillette, Halbert Powers. Handbook of cost data for contractors and engineers; a reference book giving methods of construction and actual costs of materials and labor on numerous engineering works. N. Y. Myron C. Clark pub. co. 1906. 610 p. il. S. $4. 620

A very useful handbook.

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Dawson's The Engineering " and electric traction pocket-book (Lond. " Engineering," N. Y. Wiley, 1906. $5) Foster's Electrical engineer's pocket-book (N. Y. Van Nostrand, 1908. $5) Haswell's Mechanics' and engineers' pocket-book of tables, rules, and formulas pertaining to mechanics, mathematics, and physics (N. Y. Harper, 1884-1903. $4) Kempe's Engineer's year-book of formulæ, rules, tables, data, and memoranda in civil, mechanical, electrical, marine, and mining engineering (Lond. Lockwood, 1901. 8s.) Kent's Mechanical engineer's pocket-book (N. Y.Wiley [c 1895] $5) Kidder's Architect's and builder's pocket-book (N. Y. Wiley, 1908. $5) Meade's Chemist's pocket manual (Easton, Pa. Chemical pub. co. 1900. $2) Standard handbook for electrical engineers (N. Y. McGraw, 1908. $4) Suplee's Mechanical engineer's reference book; a handbook of tables, formulas and methods (Phil. Lippincott [ 1903-07] $5) Trautwine's Civil engineer's pocket-book (N. Y. Wiley, 1906. $5)

3v. il. maps, Q. $24.

MILITARY AND NAVAL Farrow, Edward Samuel. Farrow's military encyclopedia; a dictionary of military knowledge. N. Y. Military-naval pub. co. 1895. 623 Brief articles, not strictly technical, on military subjects, ancient and modern, foreign and domestic. Hamersly, Lewis Randolph. Naval encyclopædia. Phil. Hamersly, 1881. Q. $5.

1017 p. 359.03

A concise dictionary of nautical words and phrases, biographic notices, and records of naval officers, with special articles on naval art and science written by authorities. It contains also descriptions of naval stations and seaports.

Patterson's illustrated nautical encyclopedia. Rev. and enl. ed. Cleveland, The Marine rev. pub. co. 1902. 514 p. il. Q. $3. 359.03

Contains general sea terms, shipbuilding, navigation, marine engineering, and naval terms, also pictures of naval flags.

Wisser, John Philip, and Gauss, H. C. Military and naval dictionary, containing authentic and plainly-worded definitions of all terms used in the military and naval services, and brief but comprehensive definitions of the powers appertaining to each department of the United States government and the duties of all government officials. N. Y. Hamersly, 1905. 175 p. D. 50 cts.

Mineral

Rothwell, Richard Pennefather. industry; its statistics, technology, and trade in the United States and other countries to the end of 1901. N. Y. Scientific pub. co. 1902.* O. $5. 669

An annual publication alphabetically arranged. The United States Geological survey issues an annual work on the mineral resources of this country, which is distributed gratis. It does not appear so punctually as the preceding, and is limited to the United States.

Chester, Albert Huntington. Dictionary of the names of minerals, including their history and etymology. N. Y. Wiley, 1896. 320 p. O. $3.50. 549.03

Brief definitions and history of names; with an index to the authors of mineral names.

PATENTS office.

Wash.

U. S.-Patent Official gazette. 1872-1908. Government printing 608 office, 1872-1908. v. 1-135, il. Q.

Weekly since 1872. It contains brief advance descriptions and simple drawings, patents, trademarks, designs, and labels, issued each week; decisions of the Commissioner of patents and of United States courts in patent cases. In libraries having complete files of the Official gazette they are a much used part of the reference collection.

The annual reports of the Commissioner of patents contain indexes of patentees and of inventions to the Official gazette and to the Specifications and drawings. For fuller information concerning a patent, consult the Specifications and drawings of patents, issued twice a

month.

Continued annually.

Bolland, Simpson. Encyclopedia of founding and dictionary of foundry terms used in the practice of moulding. N. Y. Wiley, 1894. 535 p. D. $3.

671 Names of minerals, metals, and chemicals have been included.

Cole, George S. Encyclopedia of dry goods; a reference book of the wholesale and retail dry goods trade of the United States. New ed. rev. and enl. N. Y. Root newspaper assoc. 1900. 640 p. O. $2.50. 677 A useful reference book, alphabetically arranged, giving a descriptive and historical account of the standard fabrics, garments, and related articles of merchandise, and explanation of the processes of manufacture of textile fabrics.

There are also many dictionaries of special industrial subjects which will be of value in large technical collections. They have been omitted from this list but will be found in the List of cyclopedias and dictionaries in the John Crerar library (new edition)

Willets, Gibson. Workers of the nation; an encyclopedia of the occupations of the American people and a record of business, professional and industrial achievement at the beginning of the twentieth century. N. Y. Dodd, 1903. 2v. Q. $4.

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v. 1, Manufacturing and mechanical industries; trade and general business; v. 2, Transportation by land and water; mining, agriculture and the fisheries; the professions.

Trade catalogs contain much material of assistance in looking up subjects in the various industries.

TRADE DIRECTORIES

American iron and steel association. Directory to the iron and steel works of the U. S. 16th ed. corrected to Aug. 1, 1904. Phil. American iron and steel assoc. 1904. $10. 672

Issued biennially.

Hendricks' commercial register of the United States for buyers and sellers, especially devoted to the architectural, mechanical, engineering, contracting, electrical, railroad, iron, steel, mining, mill, quarrying and kindred industries. N. Y. Hendricks, 1905. 670 v. 14, 0.* $6. Contains names, addresses and business classifications, lists of manufacturers and dealers.

Additional titles of trade directories will be found in the List of cyclopedias and dictionaries, with a list of directories, in the John Crerar library (new edition)

PRINTING AND PUBLISHING American dictionary of printing and bookmaking. N. Y. Lockwood, 1894. 592 p. il. por. sq. Q. 655 Historical and technical, including biographic sketches and definitions.

Timperley's Encyclopædia of literary and typographical anecdote (Lond. Bohn, 1842. o. p.) is an old work containing much miscellaneous information about the history of printing. It is a chronological digest, with a full index.

International directory of second-hand booksellers and bibliophile's manual, including lists of the public libraries of the world, publishers, book collectors, learned societies and institutions, theological colleges, Burns clubs, etc. Rochdale [Eng.] Clegg, N. Y. Dodd, 1906. 478 p. D. 6s. $2. 655.4

Edited by James Clegg. This is the 7th issue of the directory which is published at intervals.

Information as to art exhibitions and sales of the year, lists of artists, art directory. In 1905-06 and later volumes the years of birth and death and the nationality of artists are given in list of paintings sold.

The Year's art; a concise epitome of all matters relating to painting, sculpture, engraving and architecture, which have occurred in the United Kingdom during the year 1907, together with information respecting the coming events of the year 1908. Lond. Hutchinson, N.Y. Scribner, 1908. il. 3s. 6d. 705

D.*

$1.40.

Compiled by A. C. R. Carter. Published since 1880.

* Continued annually.

Contains also an annotated bibliography of music, by H. E. Krehbiel.

About 1000 carefully chosen titles with excellent descriptive and critical notes. Prices of books are given. South Kensington museum. First proofs of the Universal catalogue of books on art. Lond. Chapman, 1870-77. 3v. sq. O. 016.7 v. 3 is a Supplement.

Author list; no annotations. Farrar, Charles Samuel. Art topics in the history of sculpture, painting, and architec3d ed. enl. Chic. Farrar, 1890 [c 81] 206 p. sq. O. 016.7

ture.

$1.25.

Designed to furnish a course of reading in the history of art, arranged as a syllabus with references to the best authorities on each topic.

ARCHITECTURE

Sturgis, Russell. Dictionary of architecture and building, biographical, historical, and descriptive. N. Y. Macmillan, 1901. 3v. il. pl. Q. $18. 720.3

"It is not hard to pick flaws in the best of technical dictionaries, and this one, in spite of its defects, which are of omission rather than commission, will prove an eminently useful and, in the main, reliable work." Nation, 72: 220.

Combines the features of a dictionary and an encyclopedia.

Longfellow, William Pitt Preble. Cyclopedia of works of architecture in Italy, Greece, and the Levant. N. Y. Scribner, 1903. 720.3 546 p. il. pl. Q. $6.

Arranged alphabetically by names of places with an account of the chief architectural monuments in each. The illustrations are good.

Architectural publication society. Dictionary of architecture. Lond. Richards, 1852-92. 6v. pl. F. $65. o. p. 720.3

An important work, including technical, aesthetical, historical, and biographic articles with bibliographic references.