Second hand about $1 per vol.

▼. 1-27, Biographical and critical sketches and selections; v. 28, Songs, hymns, and lyrics; v. 29, Biographical dictionary of authors. v. 30, Synopses of noted books; General index; v. 31, Index guide by E. C. Towne.

The most useful of the general collections; arranged alphabetically by authors, with a biographical sketch of each author and representative selections from his writings. The biographical dictionary (v. 29) gives brief sketches of all writers treated in the main work and includes additional names also. volume of synopses is frequently useful.

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A new edition, under the editorship of A. H. Thorndike and J. W. Cunliffe, is in preparation. Brewer, David Josiah. World's best St. Louis, Kaiser, 1900. 10 v. illus. pl. 26cm. $35. 808.4 Arranged alphabetically by authors. Indexes: (1) essayists (2) subjects (3) chronological indexes (4) general index of authors, subjects, events, noted sayings, etc.

World's best orations. St. Louis, Kaiser, 1899-1901. 10 v. pl. por. 23cm. $3.50 per vol. 808.5

Arranged alphabetically by authors, gives for each a brief biographical sketch and selected orations. Indexes: (1) orators, (2) subjects, (3) chronological index of orators, (4) chronological index of periods and events, (5) chronological indexes of law, gov ernment and politics, of religion and philosophy, of literature, (6) general index of orators, subjects, events, etc.

Lee, Guy Carleton. World's orators, comprising the great orations of the world's history, with introductory essays, biographical sketches and critical notes. N. Y. Putnam, 1900. 10 v. fronts., pl., ports. 23cm. $15. 808.5 Arranged by periods, e. g. ancient Greece, ancient Rome, early church, etc.

Reed, Thomas Brackett. Modern eloquence. Phil. Morris, 1901-03. 25cm. $60.

15 v. 808.5

Contents: v. 1-3, After dinner speeches; v. 4-6, Lectures; v. 7-9, Occasional addresses; v. 10, Anecdotes, indices; v. 11-15, Political orations.

DICTIONARIES

Champlin, John Denison, jr. Young folks' cyclopædia of literature and art. N. Y. Holt, 1901. 604 p. illus. 20cm. $3. 803

Concise accounts of masterpieces of literature and art, including music, painting, architecture, and sculp

ture.

Gidel, Charles Antoine, and Loliée, Frédéric. Dictionnaire manuel illustré des

Arranged by countries and under each by centuries; for each century gives names of the principal writers with brief biographical data, list of works, notes about works, and bibliographical references to editions, translations, and critical works and articles. A very useful manual for the older literatures, though not exhaustive.

La littérature comBetz, Louis Paul. parée. Essai bibliographique. Introduction par Joseph Texte. 2. éd. augm., pub., avec un index méthodique, par Fernand Baldensperger. Strasbourg, Trübner, 1904. 386 col., 13891-410 p. 24cm. 6 m. 016.8

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ENGLISH AND AMERICAN Allibone, Samuel Austin. Critical dictionary of English literature and British and American authors, living and deceased, from the earliest accounts to the latter Cat. half of the nineteenth century. Containing over forty-three thousand articles (authors), with forty indexes of subjects. Phil. Lippincott, 1870-91. 5 v. 26cm. $17.50. 928.2

v. 1-3, A-Z; v. 4-5, suppl. by J. F. Kirk, A-Z. A standard work very useful in spite of the fact that it is not entirely accurate and so must often be checked, for important points, by reference to some other authority. Based in part upon Watt's Bibliotheca Britannica (see under Bibliography) and reflects Watt's inaccuracies. Arranged alphabetically by authors, giving for each brief biographical sketch, full list of works with dates, and references to critical comments or reviews.

Moulton, Charles Wells. Library of literary criticism of English and American authors. Buffalo, Moulton pub. co. 190105. 8 v. ports. 26cm. $5 per vol. 928.2

Contents: v. 1, 680-1638; v. 2, 1639-1729; v. 3, 1730-1784; v. 4, 1785-1824; v. 5, 1825-1854; v. 6,

1855-1874; v. 7, 1875-1890; v. 8, 1891-1904.

v. 8 has two general indexes (1) authors criticized (2) authors of criticisms.

Primarily a compilation of quoted material not an encyclopedia of original articles. For each author treated gives brief biographical data and then selected quotations from criticisms of his work grouped as (1) personal (2) individual works (3) general. Extracts are of some length and are given with exact reference, so that the work serves both as an encyclopedia of critical comment and an index of literary criticisms. Very useful to the reference libraIn school rian, and in general public library work.

and college work must sometimes be used with care, as instructors often prefer not to have their students use criticisms of any work until after they have read the work itself.

ANNUALS

Literary year-book and bookman's directory, 1897-1916. Lond. Allen, N. Y. Dodd, 5s. per 1897-1916.* v. 1-20. por. 20cm. 805 vol. $1.25

Contains: Directory of British and Colonial authors, with very brief biographical data and lists of writings; Obituary list; Copyright laws; List of the more important British libraries with notes of special collections and rules of admission; Lists of British and Irish, American, Canadian and Indian periodicals with notes of the kind of material accepted for publication; subject list of periodicals; List of literary and dramatic societies; Proof readers' marks, samples of type, glossaries of bibliographical and typographical terms; Lists of authors assistants, literary agents, copyists, directory of publishers, tables of royalties, etc.

Writers' and artists' year-book, 1906-16. Lond. Black, 1906-16.* v. 1-11. 18cm. 1s. 805 per vol.

"Compiled in order to meet the needs of the free lance contributor and is not a general press directory." Preface.

Contents: List of English journals and maga zines, with statement of kind of material accepted and rates of payment; List of news agencies, literary agents, film companies, American and Canadian periodicals, Directories of American and British publishers. List of British editors, Societies and clubs, No biography. Special publishers, contracts, etc.

Faxon, Frederick Winthrop. Literary annuals and gift books, a bibliography with a descriptive introduction. Bost., Bost. book co. 1912. 140 p. 22cm. (Useful ref016.805 erence series, no. 6) $2.50.

Pt. 1, American annuals; pt. 2, English annuals. Each part is arranged alphabetically by titles of annuals, with full bibliographical descriptions and indications of locations of copies in one English and nine American libraries. Chronological index. Reprinted with many additions from Bulletin of Bibliography, 1908-1911.

810.8

Contents: v. 1-13, Selections; v. 14, Miscellanæ; v. 15, Biographical dictionary of authors; v. 16, Historical side-lights, 50 reading courses, chart, bibliography and index.

Miller, Marion Mills. Great debates in American history, from the debates in the 73.4 British Parliament on the colonial Stamp 49 act (1764-1765) to the debates in Congress at the close of the Taft administration (1912-1913). N. Y. Current lit. pub. 14 v. co. [1913] fronts., illus., plates, 810.8 ports. 24cm. $42.

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Stedman, Edmund Clarence, and Hutchinson, E. M. Library of American literature. N. Y. Webster, 1891 [ 87-90] $33. 11 v. ports. 24cm. "The design is to afford the reader a general view of the course of American literature from the outset. ...It is made for popular use and enjoyment..." Preface.

Select and characteristic examples from American literature are given without any critical notes, and the work is not confined to masterpieces. The arrangement is chronological, with a general index in the last volume, which is useful in finding selections on special subjects. In the index, poems are indexed by title under Poetry. Short biographies of the authors are given in volume 11, which also contains a list of noted sayings of Americans. Portraits.

Whitcomb, Selden L. Chronological outlines of American literature. N. Y. Mac-T millan, 1894. 286 p. 19cm. $1.50.

ENGLISH

810.2

Adams, William Davenport. Dictionary of English literature; a comprehensive

guide to English authors and their works. N. Y. Cassell, 1884. 776 p. 20cm. 7s. 6d. 820.3 Includes in one alphabet authors, names, literary subjects, titles of literary works, famous sayings or passages, first lines, pseudonyms, fictitious characters, etc. Concise articles with a few bibliographical notes. Especially useful for its indications of where poems, plays, etc., which are not published separately, can be found.

Cambridge history of English literature, ed. by A. W. Ward and A. R. Waller, Cambridge [Eng.] Univ. press, N. Y. Putnam, 1907–16. v. 1-12. 25cm. 9s. per vol. $2.50 per vol.

820.9

To be completed in 14 vols. and 2 suppl. vols.

Contents: v. 1, Beginnings to Cycles of romance; v. 2, End of the middle ages; v. 3, Renascence and Reformation; v. 4, From Sir Thomas North to Michael Drayton; v. 5-6, Drama to 1642; v. 7, Cavalier and Puritan; v. 8, Age of Dryden; v. 9, Steele and Addison to Pope and Swift; v. 10, Rise of the novel; Johnson and his circle; v. 11, Period of the French Revolution; v. 12, The 19th century, pt. 1. The most important general history of the literature; each chapter is by a specialist on that part of the subject. and there are extended and very useful bibliographies.

Chambers's cyclopædia of English literature. New ed. by David Patrick. Lond. Chambers, Phil. Lippincott, 1901. 3 v. illus. 27cm. $12. 820.3

The first edition was published in 1842-44, a revision was made in 1876, and again in 1888. This new edition is thoroughly revised by well-known writers, and brought up to date, including also English literature in the British dominions beyond the sea and American literature. The arrangement of the work is chronological.

Garnett, Richard, and Gosse, Edmund. English literature; an illustrated record. Lond. Heinemann, N. Y. Macmillan, 1903. 4 v. fronts., illus., plates (part col.) ports., facsims. (part col.) 27cm. £3. $20. 820.9

Contents: v. 1. From the beginnings to the age of Henry VIII; v. 2, From the age of Henry VIII to the age of Milton; v. 3, From Milton to Johnson; v. 4, From the age of Johnson to the age of Tennyson, by E. Gosse.

Gives literary history, biographical and critical sketches of authors, account and criticism of various works of literature, some illustrative extracts and quotations and many illustrations, in both black and white and colors, largely from contemporary prints, illuminations, portraits, etc. The special reference value of the work is in these illustrations.

McCarthy, Justin, and others. Irish literature. Phil. Morris [c 1904] 10 v.

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(part col.) maps, facsims. 24cm. Subscrip820.8 -tion.

Representative selections from the works of Irish writers ancient and modern in prose and in verse, with brief biographic sketches. Alphabetically arranged. Volume 10 contains Gaelic authors, and a general index.

Ryland, Frederick. Chronological outlines of English literature. Lond. Macmillan, 1890. 351 p. 19cm. 6s. $1.50. 820.2

The author designed this work to occupy "the same position which an ordinary date book does with regard to our political history." It gives in tables the dates of literary works, biographic dates, foreign literature, history and annotations. Part 2 is a list of authors and their works. A very useful outline.

Frequently reprinted but without any extension of the tables beyond the original date 1889. For somewhat similar tables, more to date, see appendix to Century cyclopedia of names, described p. 110.

Wells, John Edwin. Manual of the writings in Middle English, 1050-1400, pub. under the auspices of the Connecticut academy of arts and sciences. New Haven, Yale univ. press, 1916. 941 p. 23cm. $5. 820.2

"This manual makes the first attempt to treat all the extant writings in print, from single lines to the most extensive pieces, composed in English between 1050 and 1400. At times, as with the Romances, the Legends, and the Drama, a desire for greater completeness has led to the inclusion of pieces later than 1400.

"The work is not a history, but a handbook. It seeks to record the generally accepted views of scholars on pertinent matters, and does not pretend to offer new theories or investigations." Preface.

Gives for each piece listed, its probable date, MS or MSS, form and extent, dialect in which first composed, source or sources when known, bibliography, and comment and abstract also in case of the longer works.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

For most purposes the bibliographies given in the Cambridge history of English literature will be found satisfactory. For many questions the English national bibliographies described in the section Bibliography, p. 180–83, will have to be used, especially those dealing with the earlier periods. The following manual is a useful bibliographic handbook for university students or other advanced workers.

Körting, Gustav. Grundriss der geschichte der englischen literatur von ihren anfängen bis zur gegenwart. 5. verm. und verb. aufl. Münşter i. W., Schöningh, 1910.

443 p. 22cm. (Sammlung von kompendien für das studium und die praxis. 1. ser. 1) 6 m. 016.82

ALLUSIONS

The small reference books called handbooks of information, or books of allusions, are constantly needed for minor reference questions about the various biographical, literary, mythological, geographical and other allusions made by writers. They are also needed by readers who are participating in "puzzle" or "prize question" contests. Books of this type usually give only brief information, are not always accurate, and seldom give authorities. They are useful as first aids, but must be checked by other authorities for important questions. No one book covers the whole field so it is well to keep many books of this type at hand.

Ackermann, Alfred Seabold Eli. lar fallacies. Phil. Lippincott, Cassell, 1908. 312 p. pl. $1.50

PopuLond.

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A cheaper edition, without the appendices, is also published: Chatto, 3s. 6d. Lippincott $2.

Century cyclopedia of names, a pronouncing and etymological dictionary of names in geography, biography, mythology, history, ethnology, art, architecture, fiction, etc. Rev. and enl. N. Y. Century co. [1911] 1085, 156 p. 31cm. $7. 803 Also issued as v. 11 of the Century dictionary. A useful and reliable reference book for names. Gives brief articles and indicates pronunciation. This edition contains two alphabets, the first of which is reprint of the original list of names in the first edition. with some revisions and changes, especially in statistics, population figures, etc., while the second is a reprint from the supplementary list of 3,000 new names and new matter about older names, which was appended to volume 2 of the 1909 supplement to the Century dictionary. Stars in the main alphabet refer to additional information about the same name in the suplementary alphabet and vice versa. Contains appendices: (1) Chronological table of the chief events of history; (2) List of rulers; (3) Genealogical charts; (4) Chronological out. lines of European and American literature.

Edwards, Eliezer. Words, facts, and phrases. Lond. Chatto, Phil. Lippincott, [pref. 1881] 631 p. 20cm. 3s. 6d. $2.50.

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Latham, Edward. Dictionary of names, nicknames, and surnames of persons, places' and things. Lond. Routledge, N. Y. Dutton, 1904. 334 p. 20cm. $1.50. 803

Brief particulars regarding names not usually found in the biographic dictionaries and encyclope dias, c. g. names of ships, race-horses, popular resorts, etc.

Phyfe, William Henry Pinkney. 5000 facts and fancies; a cyclopædia of important, curious, quaint, and unique information in history, literature, sciences, art, and nature. N. Y, Putnam, 1901. 816.p. 24c $3.

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Weekly since 1849; divided into series, each containing 12 volumes; the present series, the 11th, was begun in 1910. There is an index to each volume and a general index to each series. If it is not convenient to keep the whole set in the reference room the 10 general indexes should be kept there.

Contains a large amount of interesting and often very valuable information on out of the way ques tions, usually small points in general and local history and literature, bibliography, manners, customs, folklore, local observances, quotations, proverbs, etc. Much of the information is in the form of answers to questions from readers, articles are signed and sources of information are given. Indexes are well made and detailed and should be used constantly as supplements to the handbooks of allusions, quotations, proverbs, etc. A similar publication in French is the following:

Intermédiaire des chercheurs et curieux, correspondance littéraire, historique et artistique, questions et réponses, lettres et documents inédits, communications diverses à l'usage de tous, 1864-1916. Paris, 1864-1916. v. 1-74. illus., plates, ports., facsims. 25cm. 18 fr. per year. 805

Table générale, (1864–1896, Tomes 1-34). Paris, 1897. 1008 numb. col. 25cm. 8.50 fr.

Walsh, William Shepard. Handy book of curious information comprising strange happenings in the life of men and animals, odd statistics, extraordinary phenomena and out-of-the-way facts concerning the wonder lands of the earth. Phil. Lippincott [1913] 942 p. 20cm. $3.50.

Phil. $3.50.

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-Handy-book of literary curiosities. Lippincott, 1893. 1104 p. 20cm. 803

One of the most useful of these handbooks.

Wells, David Ames. Things not generally known; a popular hand-book of facts

Wheeler, William Adolphus, and Wheeler, C. G. Familiar allusions; a hand-book of miscellaneous information. 5th ed. Bost. Houghton, 1890 [c 81] 584 p. 20cm. $2. 803

A large number of smaller books will be found to contain answers to out-of-theway questions and allusions. Among the best-known of these may be mentioned: Timbs's Things not generally known and his Popular errors (books issued in the middle of the 19th century, but still useful) and more recently Southwick's Quizzisms and its key and his Wisps of wit and wisdom (1892).

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Peet, Louis Harman. Who's the author? a guide to the authorship of novels, stories, speeches, songs, and general writings of American literature. N. Y. Crowell [ 1901]. 317 p. 15cm. 50 cts. 810.

A convenient little volume in which are given the author and a brief characterization of American lit erary productions. It has also a list of authors.

Later edition, 1907, has title Handy book of American authors. 35c.

Wheeler, William Adolphus. Who wrote it? ed. by C: G. Wheeler. Bost. Lee, 1887 [c 81]. 174 p. sq. 803 19cm. $2. A brief index to the authorship of the more noted works in ancient and modern literature. Includes distinctive titles of poems, plays, essays, novels, romances, philosophical and literary treatises. Works of the latter half of the 19th century are not included. A few critical quotations are given.

NOTED NAMES OF FICTION Walsh, William Shepard. Heroes and de heroines of fiction, classical, mediæval, legendary; famous characters and famous names in novels, romances, poems and dramas, classified, analyzed and criticised, with supplementary citations from the best authorities. Phil. Lippincott [1915]. 379 p. 20cm. $3. 803

Heroes and heroines of fiction, modern prose and poetry; famous characters and famous names in novels, romances,