list of all newspapers and periodicals published in the United States, territories, and Dominion of Canada, Cuba and the West Indian Islands. Phil. Ayer, 18801916.* v. 1-36. 25cm. $5 per yr. 016.071

Title varies.

Binder's title: American newspaper annual. Absorbed Rowell's American newspaper directory in 1910.

Contents, 1916: (1) Statistical tables; (2) Population of cities of over 3,000; (3) Presidential election statistics, 1912; (4) Catalogue of American newspapers, dailies, weeklies and monthlies, as follows (a) United States, arranged by states and cities, (b) Canada, arranged by provinces and cities, (c) Newfoundland, (d) Bermuda, (e) Cuba and the West Indies; (5) List of daily newspapers with indication of whether morning or evening, and special Sunday, weekly, semi-weekly editions and circulation; (6) Monthly and weekly publications; (7) Religious publications arranged by states with indication of denomination; (8) Agricultural publications, with information as to specialty and circulation; (9) Class and trade publications, by subject; (10) Secret society publications; (11) Publications in foreign languages arranged by language; (12) Co-operative newspaper lists.

The standard American list; comprehensive, listing in 1916 24,589 newspapers and periodicals, but not claiming completeness, as it intentionally omits certain classes of papers, e. g. publications of private and high schools and smaller colleges, local church papers and most house organs issued merely to exploit goods of their firms. The main list, no. 4, covers more than 1,000 pages and gives (1) considerable gazetteer information about each city, i. e. its distance and direction from some important place, its railroads, water or stage communications, note of banks or of nearest banking place, etc., leading manufactures, products and institutions and (2) detailed information about each paper or periodical listed including its name, frequency, character or politics, date of foundation, size of column and page, subscription price, circulation figures, names of editors and publishers. Has many good maps, at least one for each state, and a standard time map.

Rowell's American newspaper directory, containing a description of all the newspapers and periodicals pub. in the United States and territories, Dominion of Canada and Newfoundland. [1st]-40th year; 1869-1908. N. Y. Rowell, 1869-1908. 40 v. in 61. illus. plates, ports. 21-26cm. 016.071

Annual, 1869-77; quarterly, Jan. 1878-Oct. 1879; annual, 1880-96; quarterly, June 1897-Dec. 1901; semiannual, Apr.-Oct. 1902; annual, 1903-08.

Title varies. Merged in Ayer's American newspaper annual, 1910.

1st ed. 1907; 2d ed. 1908. Contents: (1) Alphabetic title list giving in general, for each periodical, frequency of publication, date of founding, publisher's address, subscription price, note of changed or merged title; (2) subject index, less complete than title list. Lists about 10,000 titles, omitting railroad reports and most public documents and including society publications sparingly. Includes fewer titles than Ayer and often gives briefer information for those included, but more convenient than Ayer for quick reference work because of alphabetic arrangement.

U. S. Bureau of the census. History and present condition of the newspaper and periodical press of the United States, with a catalogue of the publications of the census year, by S. N. D. North. Wash. Govt. print. off. 1884. 446 p. 30cm. 317.3

ENGLISH

Newspaper press directory: and advertisers' guide, containing full particulars of every newspaper, magazine, review, and periodical published in the United Kingdom and the British Isles, the newspaper map of the United Kingdom, the continental, American, Indian and colonial papers, and a directory of the class papers and periodicals. London, Mitchell, 1846-1916.* v. 1-71 ports. maps. 28cm. 2s. 016.072 Title varies.

Contents, 1916: (1) Special articles; (2) Newspaper obituaries; (3) Indexes; (4) London newspapers, with full description as to price, date of founding, politics, publisher, etc.; (5) London suburban newspapers; (6) English provincial newspapers, arranged alphabetically by towns; (7) Welsh newspapers; (8) Scottish newspapers; (9) Irish newspapers; (10) British Isles newspapers; (11) British magazines, reviews and periodicals; (12) Telegraphic and press associations; (13) Special colonial articles (trade, etc.); (14) Colonial press; (15) Leading papers of the United States; (16) Foreign press (selected list only).

Sell's world's press; the handbook of the fourth estate; founded by Henry Sell. Lond. Sell, 1884-1915.* v. 1-34. illus. plates (part col.) ports. maps. 25cm 5s. per vol.

016.07

Title varies: before 1914, Sell's dictionary of the world's press 1914- Sell's world's press.

Not only a bibliography of English newspapers and periodicals but also an annual of information about journalists and journalism in England and the colonies.

Contents, 1915: (1) Editorial section: articles on current journalistic subjects, bibliography of journalism, etc.; (2) Special reference section: Who's who in the daily press, Newspaper and allied societies, Summary of copyright act of 1911, World's press telegram rates; (3) Complete index to all British papers and periodicals with page reference to following lists: (a) London daily papers, (b) Provincial newspapers, arranged alphabetically by towns, (c) Newspapers of the British Islands, (d) Scottish newspapers, (e) Irish newspapers; (4) Monthly, quarterly and periodical publications (alphabetical title list); (5) County list of daily and weekly papers; (6) Papers published in the British Dominions; (7) Foreign press (selected titles only); (8) Directory of press photographers; (9) News agencies, art and literary agents, etc.

Willing's press guide and advertisers' directory and hand-book, 1874-1916. Lond. Willing, 1874-1916.* v. 1-43. 21cm.

per vol.

1s. 016.072

A useful inexpensive list. Contents, 1916: (1) Alphabetical list of newspapers and periodicals issued in the United Kingdom, with year of establishment, when published, price, publisher's name and address; (2) Classified list; (3) Metropolitan newspapers: (a) alphabetical list, (b) list by date of publication; (4) Metropolitan and suburban local papers; (5) Provincial newspapers, magazines directories, etc., arranged by counties; (6) Provincial newspapers and periodicals arranged by towns; (7) Existing newspapers and periodicals of the 17th and 18th centuries, arranged chronologically; (8) Titular changes and amalgamations; (9) London addresses of colonial and foreign newspapers; (10) Principal American and continental newspapers; (11) Reporting, telegraphing, and news agencies.

FRENCH

Annuaire de la presse française et du monde politique, 1880-1916. Paris, Flammarion, 1880-1916.* v. 1-37. illus. ports. facsims. 18-22cm. 13 fr. per yr. 016.074

Title varies. Continues E. Mermet's La Publicité en France, 1878-80.

An important and useful bibliography and annual, containing not only full information about French journals and the French press but also a considerable amount of the statistical, gazetteer, political and governmental information needed by French journalists. Contains many portraits. Scope and contents of volumes before 1914 differ somewhat from the volumes issued since 1914.

Contents, 1916: (1) Livre d'or de la presse

pendant la guerre; (2) les journaux du front; (3) la censure; (4) les affiches de l'emprunt de la victoire; (5) les éphémérides de la guerre (1915); (6) la vie politique et sociale (1915); (7) la vie littéraire; (8) nos colonies et protectorats; (9) le monde parlementaire, sénat et chambre; (10) les grandes administrations de l'état; ville de Paris; (11) principales agences de publicité; (12) code usuel de la presse, 9. éd.; (13) syndicats et les associations professionnelles de la presse française; (14) critiques et chroniques; (15) liste de pseudonymes de journalistes et gens de lettres; (16) journaux des départements; (17) journaux des colonies; (18) journaux de Paris (classed list); (19) correspondences de presse; (20) la presse étrangère; (21) grandes institutions financières de Paris; (22) bulletin des diverses associations, sociétés, etc. (classed list); (23) Indexes: (1) index of syndicates, associations and newspapers, journals, etc.; (2) index of names.

Annuaire des journaux, revues et publications périodiques parues à Paris. Paris, Le Soudier, 1881-1914.* V. 1-34. 20cm. 3 fr. per vol. pap. 016.054

Issued annually but revised only every other year, in the even years; in the odd years the previous issue plus a supplement of new titles is printed.

Contents: (1) main list arranged alphabetically by titles giving for each periodical included its full title, editor's name, format, number of current volume, date of foundation, frequency of publication, average number of pages, plates, etc., in each number, its weight, price per number, subscription price in Paris, France, and the postal union, dates when subscriptions begin, how long they run, publisher's address, etc.; (2) classified list, with brief titles, referring to main list, arranged by broad not small subjects.

A very useful list for current periodicals, excellent for identifying titles, for securing the information needed before ordering, for some historical information, and for subject lists. Includes only Paris publications; for provincial periodicals the Annuaire de la presse française must be used.

A trade edition of the above, entitled Catalogue tarif des journaux, differs from the Annuaire des journaux only in the fact that it runs to December instead of November of each year, and gives both subscription prices and trade discount prices.

Title, before 1916, Deutscher journal-katalog. An annual trade bibliography, listing only the periodicals and transactions regularly handled by the German dealers. Consists of (1) a main subject list giving full title, frequency of publication, publisher's name and address, price, month when new volume or subscription starts, and information whether subscription is by year or volume, and (2) alphabetical title index. Useful for identifying title, for finding what German periodicals there are on a given subject and for securing the information needed before placing a subscription, but of no value for information about the history, editorship, etc., of the periodicals listed, or for collation of complete sets. Corresponds to the French Annuaire des journaux, but is inferior to the latter in historical information.

Sperlings zeitschriften-adressbuch sämtliche zeitschriften und alle hervorragenden politischen tagesblätter Deutschlands, Österreichs und der Schweiz. Stut. 18611915.* v. 1-53.

RUSSIAN

016.073

SWISS

Brandstetter, Josef Leopold. Bibliographie des revues, gazettes et almanachs suisses. Berne, Wyss, 1896. 302 p. 22cm (Bibliographie nationale suisse, fasc. 1b) 3 fr. 016.059

UNION LISTS

A union list of periodicals is a catalog, usually in alphabetical title arrangement, of the periodicals to be found in the libraries in a special region, with indication of the libraries containing any given title. There are two types of such lists, (1) lists of periodicals currently received (2) lists of sets, with exact indication of what portion of each set is in the libraries listed. The second type is more useful. Such lists are of great reference importance since they often show where a library can find periodical or volume not in its own collections. The principal use of such

lists is for reference and inter-library loan purposes but they are often useful also as catalogers' aids. Foreign union lists are naturally not useful for inter-library loans, but are often very helpful in identifying foreign titles.

AMERICAN AND CANADIAN

Boston. Public library. List of periodicals, newspapers, transactions and other serial publications currently received in the principal libraries of Boston and vicinity. Bost. 1897. 143 p. 25cm. 25 cts. 016.05

An alphabetical title list with subject index of about 7,000 serials in libraries in Boston, Cambridge, Jamaica Plain and Somerville. Does not indicate volumes.

California university. Library. Co-operative list of periodical literature in libraries of central California. 3d ed. enl. Berkeley, 1902. 130 p. 23cm. (Bulletin, no. 1.) 50 cts. 016.05

An alphabetic list of about 4,700 titles in 19 libraries. Gives exact statement of files.

Chicago library club. List of serials in public libraries of Chicago and Evanston, corrected to Jan. 1901. Chic. 1901. 185 p. 24cm. $1. 016.05

Alphabetic list of about 6,640 titles, with exact statement of volumes. Includes all serials not of a purely administrative nature in 15 libraries, provided a library has (1) five volumes or years in sequence, (2) one half the set if less than 10 volumes or years, (3) the first or last volume of the set. Continued by the following:

John Crerar library, Chicago. Supplement to the List of serials in public libraries of Chicago and Evanston. 2d ed. corrected to Nov. 1905, ed. by C. W. Andrews, with a bibliography of union lists of serials, comp. by A. G. S. Josephson. Chic. 1906. 220 + 28 p. 27cm 20 cts. 016.05

An alphabetic list of 4,060 titles in 19 libraries, supplementing the previous list by adding new material from the original libraries and all the periodicals of four libraries not previously represented. The two lists together include 12,000 titles.

Joint catalogue of the periodicals, publications and transactions of societies, and other books published at intervals to be found in the various libraries of the city of Toronto. [2d ed.] Toronto, Univ. press, 1913. 112 p. 25cm 016.05

An alphabetical list with exact indication of files of the serials, exclusive of public documents, that are to be found in eleven Toronto libraries.

Library of Congress. Union list of periodicals, transactions, and allied publications currently received in the principal libraries of the District of Columbia; comp. under the direction of A. P. C. Griffin. Wash. Govt. print. off. 1901. 315 leaves. 28cm. $1. 016.05

Printed on only one side of the leaves. Alphabetic list of about 6,500 titles in 15 libraries. Does not indicate files.

New York. Engineering societies' library. Catalogue of technical periodicals, libraries in the city of New York and vicinity, comp. and ed. by the assistant librarian, Alice Jane Gates, with the cooperation of a committee of the New York library club. N. Y. United eng. soc. 1915. 110 p. 27cm. $3.

016.05

New York library club. Union list of periodicals currently received by the New York and Brooklyn libraries. N. Y. 1887. An alphabetic list of about 2,100 serials in 39 libraries. Indicates complete sets but does not give 58 p. 24cm 016.05

exact statement of volumes for incomplete files. Badly out of date, but still useful because there is no later general list for New York. For later subject lists (Mathematics, Chemistry, Archaeology, etc.) of periodicals in the New York Public library and Columbia University see N. Y. Public library Bulletin, v. 1-4. Philadelphia.

Free library. List of serials in the principal libraries of Philadelphia and its vicinity, prepared by J: P. Lamberton. Phil. Free library, 1908. 309 p. 27cm. $2. (Bulletin, no. 8) 016.05 An alphabetic list, with exact statement of files, of 12,012 periodicals in 24 libraries.

Supplement. Phil. Free library, 1910. (Bulletin, no. 9) price 75c. 016.05

Supplements the original list by supplying omissions, principally in 18th century periodicals, and by adding the periodicals of two libraries not previously included. Adds about 1,000 titles.

Hirsch, Paul. Rheinischer zeitschriftenkatalog; im auftrage des Verbandes rheinischer bibliotheken bearb. von dr. Paul Hirsch. Bonn, C. Georgi, 1914. 343 p. 25cm. 15m. 016.05 Union list of the periodicals in the 60 libraries of the Verband.

Prussia. Auskunftsbureau der deutschen bibliotheken. Gesamt-zeitschriften - verzeichnis. Hrsg. vom Auskunftsbureau der deutschen bibliotheken. Berlin, Königliche bibliothek, 1914. 355 p. 29cm. 30m. 016.05 "Verzeichnis der an allen deutschen bibliotheken laufend gehaltenen zeitschriften."

Strassburg. K. Universitäts- und landesbibliothek. Katalog der laufenden zeit

schriften der Kaiserl. universitäts- und landesbibliothek, mit einschluss der zeitschriften, welche von den seminaren und instituten der Universität, den reichs-, landes- und stadtbehörden sowie einer anzahl von körperschaften und wissenschaftlichen gesellschaften in Strassburg gehalten werden. Strassburg, K. J. Trüb016.05 ner, 1911. 253 p. 22cm. 2m. Classified catalog, with alphabetical title and subject indexes.

Pontificio istituto biblico. Elenco alfabetico delle pubblicazioni periodiche esistenti nelle biblioteche di Roma e relative a scienze morali, storiche, filologiche, belle arti, ecc., con saggio di indice sistematico per quelle dedicate a discipline teologiche, bibliche e orientalistiche. Roma, Pontificio istituto biblico, 1914. 25cm. 6.50 L.

406 p. 016.05

Alphabetical title list, with indication of files. of periodicals in 45 libraries in Rome. Partial subject index.

Zeitschriften-verzeichnis der schweizerischen bibliotheken. Catalogue des périodiques reçus par les bibliothèques suisses. 1911. 2. aufl.-2. éd. Zürich, Verlag der 311 p. 25cm. (PubVereinigung, 1912. likationen der Vereinigung schweizerischer bibliothekare. Publications de l'Association des bibliothécaires suisses. IV) 5fr. 016.05

An alphabetical title list, with indexes of place and personal names, of the current serials received Marks complete Jan. 1, 1911 in 225 Swiss libraries.

sets .but does not give statement of broken files. In an American library this list is useful principally for the verification of titles of foreign periodicals, especially Swiss periodicals.

Supplementary list of journals. Lond. Harrison, 1904. 68 p. 21cm.

Scudder, Samuel Hubbard.

016.505 Catalogue

SO

of scientific serials of all countries, including the transactions of learned cieties in the natural, physical, and mathematical sciences, 1633-1876; by Samuel H. Scudder. Cambridge, Harvard univ. 1879. 358 p. 24cm. (Library of Harvard university. Special publications. I) $4. 016.505 Classified by countries, with indexes of towns, titles and subjects.

U. S. Surgeon general's office. Library. Alphabetical list of abbreviations of titles of medical periodicals employed in the Index-catalogue of the library of the Surgeon-general's office, United States army, from volume I to volume XVI inclusive. Wash. Govt. print. off. 1895. 282 p. 29cm 016.61

NEWSPAPERS

Newspapers are often very important Curin certain lines of reference work. rent issues are helpful for reference work on questions of the day, current history, politics, local happenings, current or local opinion, etc. and back volumes serve the same purpose for the current history, etc., of an earlier period, and are particularly important as contemporary records, as registers of contemporary opinion and as records of facts often too small or too local in their application to be included Bound in the general reference books. files of newspapers are therefore important additions to the reference equipment of any library which can afford and use