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Internationale Bibliographie des Buch- und Bibliothekswesens mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der Bibliographie. Fünfter Jahrgang: 1930 by Joris Vorstius; Erwin Steinborn Review by: Edwin Eliott Willoughby The Library Quarterly, Vol. 2, No. 1 (Jan., 1932), p. 75 Published by: The University of Chicago Press Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/4301863 . Accessed: 17/06/2014 23:55 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use, available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp . JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact [email protected]. . The University of Chicago Press is collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to The Library Quarterly. http://www.jstor.org This content downloaded from 195.78.108.20 on Tue, 17 Jun 2014 23:55:20 PM All use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions

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Internationale Bibliographie des Buch- und Bibliothekswesens mit besondererBerücksichtigung der Bibliographie. Fünfter Jahrgang: 1930 by Joris Vorstius; ErwinSteinbornReview by: Edwin Eliott WilloughbyThe Library Quarterly, Vol. 2, No. 1 (Jan., 1932), p. 75Published by: The University of Chicago PressStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/4301863 .

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REVIEWS 75

Internationale Bibliographie des Buch- und Bibliothekswesens mit besonderer Beriicksichtigung der Bibliographie. Fiinfter fahrgang: I930. In kritischer Auswahl zusammengestellt von JORIS VORSTIUS

und ERWIN STEINBORN. Leipzig: Otto Harrassowitz, I93I. PP. Xiii+ 224. The current number of this valuable bibliography of library science and

the book arts lists about 7,100 titles, nearly twice as many as were contained in the first volume-an increase which indicates, as Herr Vorstius observes in the preface, a great growth during the last five years of literary activity among bookmen and librarians. Because of this quantity of titles, it has been nec- essary to expand the classification. Since 1927 the scheme of classification of the Internationale Bibliographie has steadily improved; and the material, despite its bulk, is very easily handled. The index, also, is well done, except for one serious shortcoming: it contains only personal names and a few titles. The Library of Congress, for instance, does not appear in the index, its pub- lications being listed under the names of members of its staff who compiled them or under the first word of the title, which is usually some trivial word such as "Catalogue," "Exhibit," or "Information." The reader, therefore, in these cases is unable to find a desired book under the most obvious heading, the name of the library or learned society which was responsible for its pro- duction. For this and various other reasons the addition of corporate head- ings to the index would add greatly to the utility of the bibliography.

The high standard of accuracy which characterized the former annual volumes is maintained in the present one.

EDWIN ELIOTT WILLOUGHBY

GRADUATE LIBRARY SCHOOL UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO

a Guide to historical literature. Edited by WILLIAM HENRY ALLISON, SIDNEY BRADSHAW FAY, AUGUSTUS HUNT SHEARER, and HENRY

ROBINSON SHIPMAN. New York: Macmillan Co., I93I. PP. xxviii +1222. $I0.50.

After eleven years expectation we have, not our "new Adams," but some- thing bigger and better. The general reader may have to be told its value and how to use it, the librarian will learn for himself, just as he learned Paetow, and will be more and more enthusiastic about it and grateful for it as experi- ence grows. The historian will know at once how to use it, how to supple- ment its limitations, and how to appreciate the eleven years of diligent, pains- taking, and expert work.

Let us suppose that the general reader wants a book on New Jersey. He will look in the Index-and not find it (there is no topical index)-or in the Table of Contents-and not find it. The Table of Contents lists United

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