"While this dictionary treats of more than 600 subjects covering all the important and many of the obscure branches of the human family, it is intended primarily as a discussion of the various races and the peoples indigenous to the countries furnishing the present immigration movement to the U. S. or which may become sources of future immigration," Preface.

Popular rather than scientific, but useful because it is the only dictionary of the subject in English and because the foreign dictionaries are not up to date. Short articles; general bibliography p. 8-12, but no bibliographies in the text; maps, good crossreferences.

Museum handbooks of ethnographical collections are often useful reference aids both for their reliable descriptive matter and their many excellent illustrations. Important examples of such handbooks are:

British museum. Guide to the antiquities of the stone age in the department of British and mediaeval antiquities. 2d ed. London, 1911. 145 p. illus. pl. 22cm. 1s. Handbook to the ethnographical collections. London, 1910. 304 p. illus. pl. maps. 22cm. 2s. 571

AMERICAN INDIANS

Hodge, Frederick Webb. Handbook of American Indians north of Mexico. Wash. Govt. print. off. 1907-10. 2v. illus. 23cm. (U. S. Bureau of American ethnology. Bulletin 30) $3.

"Contains a descriptive list of the stocks, confederacies, tribes, tribal divisions and settlements north of Mexico, accompanied with the various names by which these have been known, together with biographies of Indians of note, sketches of their history, archeology, manners, arts, customs and institutions, and the aboriginal words incorporated in the English language....Accompanying each synonym (the earliest known date always being given) a reference to the authority is noted, and these references form practically a bibliography of the tribe for those who wish to pursue the subject further." Preface.

Other publications of the Bureau of

American ethnology contain much valuable reference material on the manners, customs, arts, language, etc. of the native races of North America, and should be used freely for such questions. For catalogs and indexes see under Public documents, p. 171.

NATURAL HISTORY

The Nature library. N. Y. Doubleday, 1905-12. 17v. illus. pl. (some col.)

508

Contents: American animals, by Witmer Stone and W. E. Cram; American food and game fishes, by D. S. Jordan and B. W. Evermann; Bird neighbors, by Neltje Blanchan; Birds that hunt and are hunted, by Neltje Blanchan; Bird homes, by A. R. Dugmore; Book of grasses, by M. E. Francis; The butterfly book, by W. J. Holland; The frog book, by M. C. Dickerson; The insect book, by L. O. Howard; Mosses and lichens, by N. L. Marshall; The moth book, by J. G. Holland; The mushroom book, by N. L. Marshall; Nature's garden, by Neltje Blanchan; The reptile book, by R. L. Ditmars; The shell book, by J. E. Rogers; The spider book, by J. H. Comstock; The tree book, by J. E. Rogers.

Useful for a reference department because there is no English encyclopedia of the subject. Good illustrations.

Sold separately, the three bird books $2.50 ea.; the others $4. ea.

BOTANY

Gerth van Wijk, H. L. Dictionary of t plant names. Published by the Dutch are society of sciences at Haarlem. The Hague, Nijhoff, 1911. v. 1. 1444 p. 29cm. 18 Al.

580.3 Contents: v. 1, Latin names A-Z. Later volumes will contain the English, French, Dutch and German lists.

A dictionary of names and terms only, arranged alphabetically by the Latin names and giving under each Latin name all the equivalent popular and literary names in the English, Dutch, French, and German languages. Aims to include names of all wild and cultivated plants, flowers and fruits, varieties and subvarieties and parts of plants now or formerly used in medicine or industry. The first volume containing the Latin forms is of use principally in a scientific library but the later volumes which will form a dictionary of popular and literary names should be very useful in the larger public libraries. The only work of its kind and very

accurate.

Jackson, Benjamin Daydon. Glossary of botanic terms. 3d ed. Lond. Duckworth; Phil. Lippincott, 1916. 428 p. 20cm. 7s. 6d. $3. 580.3

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. 630 p. 21cm. $2.50. 580.3 "More especially intended to meet the practical needs of the retail druggist." Preface.

Willis, J. C. Manual and dictionary of the flowering plants and ferns. 3d ed. Cambridge, [Eng.] Univ. Press, 1908. 712 p. 19cm. (Cambridge biological ser.) 10s. 6d. $2.75.

582

fere

Pt. 1, Pines, by B. B. Sudworth.

581.91

Contains 36 maps showing the distribution of 36 species of pines. The completed atlas will show the distribution of all North American trees now known, exclusive of those occurring wholly in Mexico.

ZOOLOGY

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Ziegler, Heinrich Ernst. Zoologisches wörterbuch; erklärung der zoologischen fachausdrücke. Zum gebrauch beim studium zoologischer, anatomischer, wicklungsgeschichtlicher und naturphilosophischer werke. 2. verm. und verb. aufl. Jena, Fischer, 1912. 737 p. illus. 19 m. 590.3

An excellent dictionary of terms, with good illustrations. Gives concise definitions, in German.

Champlin, John Denison, jr. The young folks' cyclopædia of natural history, with editorial co-operation and an introduction by F. A. Lucas. N. Y. Holt, 1905. 725 p. illus. pl. 21cm. $3.

590

Uniform with the other Champlin "Young folks' cyclopædias." Covers the entire animal kingdom (including extinct animals) in an elementary man. ner, the articles being put under the popular nomenclature.

BIRDS

Newton, Alfred. Dictionary of birds. Lond. Black, 1893-96. 1088 p. illus. 23cm. cheaper issue 1899, 16s. 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.

Swann, H. Kirke. Dictionary of English and folk-names of British birds; with their history, meaning and first usage: and the folk-lore, weather-lore, legends, etc., relating to the more familiar species. Lond. Witherby, 1913. 266 p. 22cm. 10s. 598.2

ATLAS

Bartholomew, J. G. Atlas of zoögeography. A series of maps illustrating the distribution of over 700 families, genera and species of existing animals, prepared by J. G. Bartholomew, W. Eagle Clarke and Percy H. Grimshaw. Under the patronage of the Royal geographical society. Edin. Bartholomew, 1911. 67 p. 36 double maps. 46cm. 52s. 6d. 912

Forms v. 5 of Bartholomew's physical atlas. An entirely new work, not based, except plate 36, on any previous work. Includes all families of mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibians together with several of the more important genera and species, most of the families of fishes and a selection of families and genera of molluscs and insects. Text furnishes concise information about the groups whose distribution is shown on the plates. About 200 maps all together, as most of the 36 plates contain 6 maps each. Contains also a bibliography of about 1,000 titles arranged by regions subdivided by animals.

v. 10, Motor vehicles. 12s., $4.

v. 11, Metallurgy of iron. 10s. 6d., $3.

10s,

An excellent dictionary, much used by translators. As far as it is completed it is the best and most comprehensive work of the kind.

For terms in subjects not yet covered by the above, some of the older works must still be used. Among such works are: Tolhausen's Dictionnaire technologique dans les langues française, anglaise et allemande. 5th ed. (N. Y. Macmillan, 1908. 3 v. $2.75 ea.); Rohrig's Technological dictionary (Wiesbaden, Bergmann, 1891. 3 v. $14.50); Eger's Technological dictionary in the English and German languages (N. Y. Lemcke 1886. 2 v. $9.80); and Webber's Technisches wörterbuch in vier sprachen (Berl. Springer, 1897-99. 4 v. $4.40) which includes also Italian.

AGRICULTURE AND HORTI

The farm and the community; Biographies. Contains signed articles by specialists, with bibliographies. Not alphabetically arranged.

- The standard cyclopedia of horticul

ture; a discussion, for the amateur, and Bruny the professional and commercial grower, R of the kinds, characteristics and methods Farter ed. of cultivation of the species of plants grown in the regions of the United States and Canada, for ornament, for fancy, for fruit and for vegetables; with keys to the natural families and genera, descriptions of the horticultural capabilities of the states and provinces and dependent islands, and sketches of eminent horticul turists. N. Y. Macmillan, 1914-17. 6 v. col. front., illus. (incl. maps) pl. (part col.) 27cm $6 per vol.

630.3

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. illus. pl. 24cm. $3.50. 630.3 - Farmer's cyclopedia of live stock.

N. Y. Judd, Lond. Paul, 1908. 745 p. illus. 24cm. $4.50. 630.3 Landlexikon. Ein nachschlagewerk des allgemeinen wissens unter besonderer berücksichtigung der landwirtschaft, forstwirtschaft, gärtnerei, der ländlichen industrien und der ländlichen justiz- und verwaltungspraxis. Hrsg. von Konrad zu Putlitz und dr. Lothar Meyer. Stuttgart, Deutsche verlags-anstalt, 1911-14. illus., plates (part col.) maps. 26cm.

6 v. 20 m. per vol.

620.3

A comprehensive work, covering not only agriculture but also many other subjects of importance to the farmer; practically an encyclopedia of rural life.

For extended reference work in agriculture and horticulture the publications of the Department of agriculture at Washington and the reports, bulletins, etc., of the various state experiment stations are of first importance. These may be used through the Experiment station record (see under Special indexes, p. 10), and through the general and special catalogs of public documents described in the section on Public documents, p. 170. In libraries specializing in reference work in agriculture the card index of experiment station publications prepared by the Office of experiment stations is very useful, but this is too expensive for the general library which does not specialize in the subject.

MEDICINE

Medical reference books often present a difficult problem in the general library because (1) they are expensive, (2) they are often so technical that they can be used intelligently only by the physician or medical student, and (3) in a miscellaneous library they are sometimes misused by certain types of readers. It is therefore important to buy only the books which are actually needed, and unless the library is maintaining a special medical reference collection it is usually best not to place such books upon the open shelves. This latter restriction applies especially to the large medical encyclopedias, not to the biographical, bibliographical or historical reference books on this subject.

Reference handbook of the medical sciences, embracing the entire range of scientific and practical medicine and allied science, by various writers. 3d ed. compl. rev. and rewritten, ed. by Thomas Lathrop Stedman. N. Y. Wood, 1913-16. v. 1-6 illus., plates (part col.) diagrs. 28cm. $7. 610.3 per vol.

For scientific, not popular use.

TERMS

Cattell, Henry Ware. Lippincott's new medical dictionary, a vocabulary of the terms used in medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine and the allied sciences, with their pronunciation, etymology and signification, including much collateral information of a descriptive and encyclopedic character. 3d ed. Phil. Lippincott, 1913. 1108 p. illus. 23cm. $5. 610.3

Dorland, William Alexander Newman. American illustrated medical dictionary; a new and complete dictionary of the terms used in medicine, surgery, dentistry, pharmacy, chemistry, nursing, veterinary science, biology, medical biography, with the pronunciation, derivation, and definition, including much collateral information of an encyclopedic character. Together with new and elaborate tables of arteries, muscles, nerves, veins. 8th ed., rev. and enl. Phil. Saunders, 1915. 1137 p. illus., plates (part col.) 23cm. $4.50.

Excellent dictionary, one of the best.

610.3

perature scales, comparative metric and English barometer scales, chemical elements with their symbols and atomic weights, chart of regions of the body.

Lang, Hugo. Lang's German-English dictionary of terms used in medicine and the allied sciences. 2d ed., ed. and rev. by M. K. Meyers. Phil. Blakiston, 1913. 564 p. 24cm. $5. 610.3

Adds 4,400 new definitions to the 45,000 included in the first edition (1902). The best of the GermanEnglish dictionaries of medical terms; useful as supplementing the general German-English dictionaries which do not contain many of the special scientific

terms.

DISPENSATORIES AND PHARMACOPIAS Hare, Hobart Amory. National standard dispensatory, containing the natural history, chemistry, pharmacy, actions and uses of medicines; in accordance with the 9th decennial revis on of the United States 3d ed. enl. Pharmacopoeia. Phil. Lea., 1916. 2081 p. 27cm. $11.50. 615.12

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. Phil. Lippincott, 1907. 1947 p. 25cm. $7.

Index medicus, a monthly classified index of the current medical literature of the world. v. 1-21, Jan. 1879-Apr. 1899; 2d ser., v. 1-14, 1903-16. N. Y. Bost. and Wash., 1879-1916., 26cm. $8. per yr.

016.61 Editors: Jan. 1879-Apr. 1899, J. S. Billings, Robert Fletcher; Jan. 1903-16, Robert Fletcher, F. H. Garrison.

Publication suspended, May-Dec. 1895. The index for that period is included in the succeeding vol, after that of Apr. 1896.

Ceased publication with Apr. 1899; was revived by the Carnegie institution of Washington in Jan. 1903. During the interval a similar index, Bibliotheca medica (Index medicus) was pub. by the Institut de bibliographie of Paris.

The standard current bibliography of medicine; a monthly subject list with annual author and subject index. Covers publications in all principal languages and includes periodical articles and other analytic material as well as books.

Quarterly cumulative index to current medical literature. Chic. Amer. med. assoc. 1916. v. 1. $3. 016.61

U. S. Surgeon-general's office. Indexcatalogue of the library, authors, and subjects. Wash. Govt. print. off. 16 v. 29cm. $5 per vol.

1880-95.

016.61 (at,

Second series. Wash. Govt. print. off. 1896-1915.

21 v. 29cm. $5 per vol.

016.61

A dictionary catalog; including not only books and pamphlets but also a large number of references to periodical articles The and other analytics. Surgeon-general's library is one of the largest medical libraries of the world and this monumental catalog is therefore a very important bibliography of the subject.

DOMESTIC SCIENCE

Cassell's new dictionary of cookery, containing about 10,000 recipes. Lond. Cassell, 1912. 1165 p. illus. pl. (partly col.) 26cm. 7s. 6d. 641.03

Garrett, Theodore Francis. Encyclopædia of practical cookery; a complete dictionary of all pertaining to the art of cookery and table service. Lond. Gill, 1898. 2 v. illus. pl. (partly col.) 27cm. 63s. 641.03 Includes explanations of terms and processes as well as recipes.

Ward, Artemas. The grocer's encyclopedia, a compendium of useful information concerning foods of all kinds, how they are raised, prepared and marketed, how to care for them in the store and home, how best to use and enjoy them and other valuable information for grocers and general storekeepers. N. Y. Artemas Ward, 1911. 784 p. 29cm. $10. 641.4

Attempts to give information on every article of food and drink and some other commodities handled by general storekeepers. Many good illustrations, including 80 full-paged colored plates. Appendices contain: (1) Glossary of 519 English terms with