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of copyright l a w . In his preface Shaw ac-
curately states that copyright is obtained 
merely by publishing with the proper notice, 
but then he waits until the sixth and ninth 
chapters to offer the caveat that certain other 
requirements are also necessary. 

M e m b e r s of the publishing trade w i l l un-
doubtedly object with angelic indignation to 
Shaw's contention that in having the copy-
right in their name, believing that they "may 
gain more or get better protection," they do 
so " a t the expense of the author." T h i s 
stand, along with substantiated examples of 
confusion in the law, forms the basis for 
Shaw's proposal to redraft the copyright 
statute and make copyright the exclusive 
domain of authors. T h e reviewers concede 
that this position may be sound in theory, 
but from a practical standpoint they query 
whether any substantial change would be 
effected in the light of standardized contracts 
and practices in the trade. 

Unquestionably the most valuable portion 
of the book as f a r as librarians are concerned 
is Chapter X V I I I which deals with literary 
property and scholarly institutions. T h e con-
stantly haunting legal problems of facsimile 
reproduction, such as by photostat and micro-
film, recompiling and the replacement of 
pages is expertly dealt with in a lucid man-
ner. T h i s chapter in effect reveals one more 
facet of the classic problem facing libraries 
with regard to the acceptance o(r rejection 
of manuscripts, theses and other materials, 
namely, exactly w h a t is it that the donor 
has a right to give in the first place? A f t e r 
perusing the chapter with this aspect in mind, 
librarians are well advised to re-examine 
their collections. Some startling discoveries 
and reactions are assured. 

Each of the pithy chapters ends with a 
summary of its contents, which is useful both 
as a preliminary survey of each chapter and 
a final thought provoking reappraisal. T h e 
text is well documented although the refer-
ences are inconveniently placed at the end 
of the book in a separate section and the 
term " C . O . B . " is constantly used without any 
indication that it is an abbreviation for Copy-
right Office Bulletin. Bibliophiles and per-
fectionists may object to the price of six dol-
lars placed on the volume by author-publisher 
Shaw, pointing out the uneven inking, slick 
paper and deficiencies in the binding process. 
Notwithstanding this, the treatise is highly 

recommended for librarians and others w h o 
believe that it is their obligation to have more 
than a smattering of the concepts of literary 
property and copyright l a w . — H a r r y Bitner 
and Mortimer Schwartz, Columbia Univer-
sity Law Library. 

Educational Measurement 
Educational Measurement. Ed. by E. F . 

Lindquist and published by the American 
Council on Education. Washington, D . C . 
1951, 819P. $6.00. 

T h i s is a comprehensive handbook and text-
book on the theory and technique of educa-
tional measurement on the advanced grad-
uate level. T h e volume w a s planned by the 
Committee on Measurement and Guidance of 
the American Council on Education in 1945 
to overcome the lack of reference and in-
structional materials in those universities 
offering graduate training in educational 
measurement. 

Seventy experts in the measurement field, 
under the general editorship of E. F . Lind-
quist, participated in the writing of this 
volume. T h e proceeds from the sale are to 
go into a permanent Measurement Book 
P r o j e c t Fund which will be used for future 
revisions of the w o r k . • 

T h e book contains 18 chapters divided into 
three parts: T h e Functions of Measurement 
in Education; T h e Construction of Achieve-
ment T e s t s ; and Measurement T h e o r y . 
Ample charts, graphs, illustrations and se-
lected references are furnished throughout. 
F o r those teacher-training institutions not 
offering graduate courses in measurement, 
this w o r k may w e l l find a place in the refer-
ence collection to supplement w o r k s such as 
the Encyclopedia of Educational Research.— 
Irving A. Verschoor, Columbia University. 

The H. W . Wilson Company 
The H. W. Wilson Company; Half a Cen-

tury of Bibliographic Publishing. By John 
L a w l e r . Minneapolis, University of M i n -
nesota Press, 1950, $3.00. 
L a w l e r ' s The H. W. Wilson Company is 

presumably an example of the growing tend-
ency of historical scholarship to be concerned 
with the critical analysis of the emergence 
and development of American commercial 
and industrial enterprise. B u t in the pages 

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of this book one w i l l not find the objectivity 
and dispassionate appraisal that have char-
acterized many other writings of this genre. 
O n the contrary, here is a panegyric to the 
honor and success of Halsey W . W i l s o n , the 
company he founded and his associates in 
the undertaking. 

M r . W i l s o n succeeded in subject bibliog-
raphy, the history of which is strewn with 
the wreckage of ill-fated enterprises. A l m o s t 
the only man w h o has made bibliography 
profitable, he created an organization that is 
characterized by "an innate sense of duty, 
respect for the company's founder, delight in 
the challenge of a responsible job, recogni-
tion of its opportunities, pride in accomplish-
ment" ( p . 1 3 9 ) . H i s w a s a staff that suf-
fered from " a strange disease . . . called the 
Bibliographical U r g e " ( p . 1 3 9 ) , a staff that 
enjoyed "conditions of w o r k [that w e r e ! 
f a v o r a b l e " (p.140), a "sense of adventure" 
(p.140), a "policy of welcoming women in a 
period when prejudice barred them from most 
business firms" (p.140), an "encouragement 
of initiative on the part of its w o r k e r s " 
(p.140), in short a congenial " f a m i l y " ( p . 1 4 1 ) . 

T h i s reviewer does not wish to belittle 
the achievements of the W i l s o n Company, 
though the author himself almost does as 
much by the very excesses of his praise. T h e 
W i l s o n bibliographic services are a substantial 
contribution to the development of biblio-
graphic organization in the English-speaking 
world, and as such they merit a really serious 
studv based on a solid understanding of the 
problems of, subject bibliography. B u t the 
pages before us fail to perform this task. 

T h e w o r k itself is divided into three parts: 
P a r t I : The Past, in which the librarian w h o 
is reasonably familiar with the W i l s o n serv-
ices will discover little of importance that is 
new or significant. P a r t I I : The Present, 
which contains, among other matters, two 
quite excellent chapters on the compiling of 
the C.B.I, and the periodical indexes, the 
only part of the entire w o r k that makes any 
substantial contribution to the informed li-
brarian's knowledge of the subject. T h e 
w o r k concludes with a series of appendices 
that supply listings of the W i l s o n publica-
tions, and a " N o t e on Sources," which, in-
cidentally, seem to be f a r more voluminous 
than w a s necessary for the execution of the 
w o r k . — J e s s e H. Shera, Graduate Library 
School, University of Chicago. 

College Fund'Raising 
Fund-Raising for the Small College. By Ed-

w a r d L . H a w t h o r n e . N e w Y o r k , C o l u m -
bia University, T e a c h e r s College, Bureau 
of Publications, 1950, 25ip. $3.00. 
T h i s book should be required reading for 

every college president and his chief officer 
in charge of fund raising. Here, in slightly 
over 200 pages, M r . H a w t h o r n e presents a 
first-rate analysis of the problems that are 
involved in financing the small colleges of 
this country. 

W h i l e the general statistics and informa-
tion on philanthropic giving w i l l certainly 
prove instructive, college officers are urged 
to study carefully the last two sections which 
deal with the various considerations that must 
be taken into account in developing a financial 
program for a small college. 

T h e w r i t e r has correctly stressed the im-
portance of preliminary planning and organi-
zation. T o o many college fund-raising pro-
grams have started on the assumption that 
there is nothing much more to do than to 
ask for money. T h i s book shows how im-
perative it is to make a careful analysis of 
the public from whom the funds are to be 
solicited, the importance of preparing this 
public for a request for funds and the or-
ganization necessary to make such a program 
a manageable one. 

M r . H a w t h o r n e has not confined himself 
to generalizations of fund raising but pre-
sents a bill of particulars on the best w a y to 
go about it. T o those w h o are just starting 
a fund-raising program, a careful reading and 
rereading of this book is strongly recom-
mended. T h o s e w h o have already had some 
years' experience w i l l wish that they had had 
an opportunity to read it before they started 
their endeavors.—James A. Perkins, Carnegie 
Corporation of New York. 

Texas A. and M. Survey 
" R e p o r t of a Survey of the L i b r a r y of the 

T e x a s A . and M . College October, 1949 to 
February, 1950." By Robert W . O r r and 
W i l l i a m H . Carlson. College Station: 
T e x a s A . and M . College, 1950, i67p. 
( M i m e o g r a p h e d ) . 

T h e surveys of land-grant college libraries 
continue to add to our information concern-
ing an important arm of librarianship in the 

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