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DIRECTORIES: American book trade manual, 1915. N. Y. R. R. Bowker co., 1915. v. 1. 26cm. $5. 655.4 Contents: (1) The year in books; (2) library, book-trade and kindred periodicals; (3) library, booktrade and kindred organizations; (4) private col lectors; (5) directory of booksellers; (6) directory of publishers.

Continues some of the lists formerly included in the American library annual.

International directory of booksellers and bibliophile's manual, including lists of the public libraries of the world, publishers, book collectors, literary and scientific societies, universities and colleges, and a select bibliography of bibliographies. 9th ed. Rochdale [Eng.] Clegg, N. Y. Dodd, 1914. 644 p. 6s. $2. 655.4 Revised every four or five years.

Répertoire international de la librairie. Cde Internationales buchhändleradressbuch.

Adeline, Jules. Art dictionary; tr. fr. the French and enlarged. Lond. Virtue, N. Y. Appleton, 1891. 422 p. il. 20cm. 7s. 6d. $2.25. 703

Attempts to include all terms used in art, archae ology, architecture, heraldry, painting, sculpture, engraving and etching, and technical terms used in describing articles in museums, e. g. terms relating to costume, armor, pottery, etc. Incorporates all the material in the original French work and also considerable information from Fairholt's Dictionary of terms in art.

Drake, Maurice, and Drake, Wilfred. Saints and their emblems. Lond. Laurie, Phil. Lippincott. 1916. 235 p. pl. (part col.) 35cm. 42s. $10. 703

Contents: (1) Dictionary of saints; (2) Diction ary of emblems; (3) Appendices: Patriarchs and prophets with their emblems, Sibyls with their em blems, Patron saints of arts, trades and professions, Other patron saints.

Waters, Mrs. Clara (Erskine) Clement. Handbook of Christian symbols and stories of the saints as illustrated in art. 2d ed. Bost. Ticknor [c1871-86] 349 p. illus. 21cm. $2. 703

-Handbook of legendary and mythological art. 22d ed. Bost. Houghton, 1890 [c71-86] 575 p. illus. 20cm. $3. 703

Good popular handbooks on symbolic and legend. ary art.

Sturgis, Russell. Dictionary of architecture and building, biographical, historical, and descriptive. N. Y. Macmillan, 1901. 3 v. illus., pl. 27cm. $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.

Architectural publication society. Dictionary of architecture. Lond. Richards, 1852-92. 6 v. illus., pl. (part col.), plans. 36cm. $65. o. p. 720.3

Longfellow, William Pitt Preble. Cyclopedia of works of architecture in Italy, Greece, and the Levant. N. Y. Scribner, 1903. 546 p. illus., pl. 30cm. $6. 720.3 Arranged alphabetically by names of places with an account of the chief architectural monuments in each. The illustrations are good. Viollet-le-Duc, Eugène Emmanuel. Dictionnaire raisonné de l'architecture française du xi au xvi° siècle. Paris, Morel, 1868. 10 v. illus. 24cm. 250 fr. 720.3

Solon, Louis Marc Emmanuel. Ceramic literature; an analytical index to the works published in all languages on the history and technology of the ceramic art; also to the catalogues of public museums, private collections and of auction sales in which the descriptions of ceramic objects occupy an important place; and to the most important price-lists of the ancient and modern manufactories of pottery and porcelain. Lond. Griffin, 1910. 660 p. 28cm. 42s. 016.738

Pt. 1, author list; pt. 2, classified list.

NUMISMATICS

Dye, John S. Dye's coin encyclopædia; a complete illustrated history of the coins of the world. Phil. Bradley, 1883. 1152 p. 22cm. o. p.

332.4 Useful for finding the value of the coins of the world; includes all countries and gives descriptions and illustrations of coins.

Martinori, Edoardo. La moneta; vocabolario generale, con 1,600 fotoincisioni nel testo, 140 tavole e 3 indici. Roma, Istituto italiano di numismatica, 1915. 596 p., cxliv pl. on 97 1., [cxlvi-clvi p. illus. 31cm.

ENGRAVINGS

737

Slater, John Herbert. Engravings and their value; a guide for the print collector. 4th ed. rev. and enl. Lond. Gill, 1912. 716 p. 29 pl. 23cm. 18s. 760

"A dictionary of engravers and their works, being an alphabetical list of the principal engravers, with the approximate market values of the prints attributed to them."

Library of Congress. Catalog of the Gardiner Greene Hubbard collection of engravings; comp. by A. J. Parsons. Wash. Govt. Print. off 1905. 517 p. pl. 30cm. $3.20.

PAINTING

760

Includes biographies of musicians and articles about their works but omits musical practice, theory, history, etc. Now not up to date but occasionally useful for the earlier names and titles, plots of older operas, etc., not given fully in more recent works.

DeBekker, Leander Jan. Stokes' encyclopedia of music and musicians, covering the entire period of musical history from the earliest times to the season of 19091910. New and enl. ed. N. Y. Stokes, 1910. 753 p. 21cm. $3. 780.3

Comprehensive, compact work, embracing definiticns, explanation of theories, biographies, lists of works, stories of operas, conservatories, publishers,

etc.

Elson, Louis Charles. Elson's music dictionary, containing the definition and pronunciation of such terms and signs as are used in modern music, together with a list of foreign composers and artists, with pronunciation of their names, a list of popular works and a short EnglishItalian vocabulary of musical words and expressions. Bost. Ditson, 1905. 306 p. 22cm. $1. 780.3 "A manual of lucid condensation." Nation, May 17, 1906.

Encyclopédie de la musique et dictionnaire du Conservatoire. Directeur, Albert Lavignac. Paris, Delagrave, 1913. pt. 1. illus. 29cm. 84 fr. 780.3

Not alphabetically arranged; pt. 1 covers the history of music.

Grove, Sir George. Grove's dictionary of music and musicians; ed. by J. A. Fuller Maitland. Lond. and N. Y. Macmillan,

1904-08. 5 v. 105s. $25.

The standard encyclopedia in English, covering the whole field from 1450 to 1904, with special emphasis, however, on English subjects. Has good articles by specialists and bibliographies. Includes articles on musical history, theory and practice, instruments, terms, etc., biographies of musicians and articles on Does individual compositions, all in one alphabet. not give plots of operas.

Hughes, Rupert. Music lover's cyclopedia, containing a pronouncing and defining dictionary of terms, instruments, etc., including a key to the pronunciation of 16 languages, many charts, and explanation of the construction of music for the uninitiated, a pronouncing biographical dictionary, the stories of the operas, and numerous biographical and critical essays by distinguished authorities. Garden City, 948 p. 22cm. N. Y., Doubleday, 1912. $1.80.

780.3 A good cheap handbook of the subject, a revised cheaper edition of his Musical Guide, 1903.

Contents: (1) Pronouncing dictionary of musical terms and instruments; (2) Stories of operas; with acts, entrances, songs and casts of original creators; (3) Pronouncing dictionary of given names, titles, epithets, etc.; (4) Biographical dictionary of musicians; (5) Necrology of musicians who have died since publication of 1st ed.

Mendel, Hermann, and Reissmann, A. Musikalisches conversations-lexikon, eine encyklopädie der gesammten musikalischen wissenschaften. Berl. Schmidt, 1870780.3 79. 11 v. 24cm. 78 m. -Ergänzungsband. Berl. 1883. 11 m. Riemann, Hugo. Hugo Riemanns Musiklexikon. 8. vollständig umgearb. aufl. 18 m. Berl. Hesse, 1916. 1,276 p. 26cm. 780.3

Issued in 23 parts, 1914-16.

standard work, the best one volume dictionary. There is an English translation of an earlier edition. (Lond. Augener, 1899.)

-Orchestral music (class M 1000-1268) Govt. print. T

Scores. catalogue. Wash. off. 1912. 663 p. 25cm. $1.

INSTRUMENTS

016.78

Sachs, Curt. Real-lexikon der musikinstrumente, zugleich ein polyglossar für das gesammte instrumentengebiet; mit 200 abbildungen. Berl. Bard, 1913. 442 p. 780.3 illus., diagrs. 26cm. 35 m.

MUSICIANS

See Biography, p. 144-45.

OPERAS

Clément, Félix, and Larousse, Pierre. Dictionnaire des opéras (Dictionnaire lyrique) contenant l'analyse et la nomenclature de tous les opéras, opéras-comiques, operettes et drames lyriques représentés en France et à l'étranger depuis l'origine de ces genres d'ouvrages jusqu'à nos jours. Rev. et mis à jour par Arthur Pougin. Paris, Larousse, [1905) 1293 p. 25cm. 20 782

fr.

First edition published 1869 under title: Dictionnaire lyrique.

"Supplément, 1904"; p. [1181]-1293. Includes conArranged alphabetically by titles. siderable descriptive, critical and historical matter.

Dassori, Carlo. Opere e operisti (dizionario lirico 1541-1902). Elenco nominativo universale dei maestri compositori di opere teatrali, col prospetto cronologico dei loro principali lavori e càtalogo alfabetico generale delle opere serie, semiserie, buffe, comiche e simili rappresentate ... dall' origine dell' opera in musica fino ai di nostri, coll' indicazione di data e di luogo della prima rappresentazione, avuto speciale riguardo al repertorio Genova, Tip. editrice R. Istituto sordomuti, 782 1903. 977 p. 20cm. 8 L. An

italiano.

Includes 15,406 operas by 3628 composers. author and title list only, with no descriptive or critical matter. In two parts (1) author list, (2) title list.

Riemann, Hugo. Opern-handbuch. Repertorium der dramatisch-musikalischen litteratur (opern, operetten, ballette, melodramen, pantomimen, oratorien, drama

Published in pts., 1881-86 (including 1st supplement) by C. A. Koch; 2d supplement, 1892. In 1900 publication transferred to H. Seemann nachfolger. Composers and titles given in one list; includes descriptive and historical information.

Towers, John. Dictionary-catalogue of operas and operettas which have been performed on the public stage, comp. by John Towers. Morgantown, W. Va., Acme pub co, [1910] 1045 p. 24cm. $7.

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Contents: pt. 1, Dictionary of operas and oper ettas; pt. 2, Composers and their operas in alphabetical order; pt. 3, Libretti, with the number of times they have been set to music for the public lyric stage.

A title-a-line list of 28,015 operas, giving for each, the title, composer's name and dates, and whether ever publicly performed. The most comprehensive list in any language, containing more titles than the corresponding French work by Clement, the German work by Riemann, or the Italian list by Dassori, but lacking the descriptive and critical material included by Clément and Riemann. Principally use. ful for ready reference for ascertaining without delay the name of the composer of any given opera.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Library of Congress. Catalogue of opera librettos printed before 1800, prepared by O. G. T. Sonneck. Wash. Govt. print. off. 1914. 2 v. 26cm. $2 per set. 016.782

v. 1, Title catalogue; v. 2, Author list, composer list and aria index.

A detailed catalog giving for each libretto full cataloging information, date and place of first performance and valuable bibliographic and historical notes. Entry is first by original title, and then by titles of replicas and translations, with references from all alternative, later and translated titles.

-Dramatic music, catalogue of fullscores, comp. by O. G. T. Sonneck. Wash. Govt. print. off. 1908. 170 p. 25cm. 40 cts. 016.782

acters of the standard operas. Rev. and enl. N. Y. Crowell [c1915] 461 p. 17cm. $1. 782

Includes eighty-eight operas, arranged alphabetically by titles, and gives for each the names of composer and librettist, circumstances of writing, date of first production, time and scene of story, cast of characters and brief outline of plot.

Melitz, Leo Leop. The opera goers' complete guide, comprising 229 opera plots. New ed. N. Y. Dodd, 1911. 508 p. 20cm. $1.50.

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Enlarged from the first ed., 1908, by a supplement of 130 pages which describes eighteen operas written or newly produced since 1908. Includes more operas than other books of this type.

Upton, George P. Standard operas, their plots and their music. Chic. McClurg, 782 1912. 412 p. 20cm. $1.75.

Includes 148 operas arranged alphabetically by composers' names. Better than Melitz for comment on music, motifs, etc.

GAMES AND SPORTS

Champlin, John Denison, jr., and Bostwick, A. E. Young folks' cyclopædia of games and sports. N. Y. Holt, 1890. 831 p. 20cm. $3. 790.3 Includes indoor and outdoor games and sports. Brief articles, from the American standpoint.

Gomme, Alice Bertha. Traditional games of England, Scotland, and Ireland; with tunes, singing rhymes, and methods of playing according to the variants extant and recorded in different parts of the kingdom. Lond. Nutt, 1894. 2 v. 22cm. 25s. 790.3

Suffolk and Berkshire, Henry Charles Howard, earl of. Encyclopaedia of sport and games. New and enl. ed. Lond. Heinemann, Phil. Lippincott, 1911. 4 v. illus., pl. (some col.) 27cm. 10s. 6d. per vol. $3 per vol. 790.3 Principally from

Good articles and illustrations. the English point of view; American subjects treated less fully.