current literature, 1898. Catalogs of English
publishers, bound in one volume and indexed. J. Whitaker & Sons,
London, $5.
Rules for an author and title catalog, condensed. See Cutter, Rules
for a dictionary catalog, 1891, p. 99-103. Sent from the United States
Bureau of education, Washington, free. These are the rules adopted by
the American Library Association.
*Sonnenschein, W.S. Best books, readers' guide, 1891. Sonnenschein,
London, $8. Gives author, title, publisher and price of about 50,000
carefully selected and carefully classified books.
Sonnenschein, W.S. Reader's guide to contemporary literature
(50,000v.), supplement to Best books, 1895. Sonnenschein, London,
$6.50.
*Subject headings for use in dictionary catalogs, Library Bureau,
1898, $2. In a small library this is not needed, but it will save
trouble to get it.
Lawrence, I. Classified reading. A list with publishers and prices of
books for the school, the library, and the home, 1898. Normal school,
St Cloud, Minn., $1.25.
Iles, George. List of books for girls and women and their clubs, 1895.
Library Bureau, $1.
World's library congress, papers prepared for, held at World's
Columbian exposition, Chicago, 1893. United States Bureau of
education, Washington, D.C., free. Covers very fully the entire field
of library economy.
II. PERIODICALS
Book news, monthly. Wanamaker, Philadelphia, 50 cents. (Book reviews.)
Dial, semi-monthly, 24 Adams St., Chicago, $2. (Book reviews, notes
and essays.)
Literature, weekly. Harper & Bros., N.Y., $4. (Current English and
American literature.)
Nation, weekly. New York, $3. (Book reviews, art, politics.)
Publishers' weekly, the American book trade journal, 59 Duane St.,
N.Y., $5. (Lists nearly all American and best English books as
published.)
Library journal, monthly, $5 a year, 58 Duane St., New York. This is
the official organ of the American Library Association.
Public libraries, monthly, $1 a year, 215 Madison St., Chicago.
Presents library methods in a manner especially helpful to small
libraries.
New York Times Saturday review of books and art. The Times, N.Y., $1.
Monthly cumulative book index. An author, title, and subject index to
the books published during the current year, brought up to date in one
alphabet each month. Morris & Wilson, Minneapolis, Minn., $1.50
III. OTHER THINGS
Accession book. See catalog of the Library Bureau. For a very small
library a common blan
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