College and Research Libraries By E D N A M A E B R O W N N e w Periodicals of 1954-Part I Miss Brown is head, serials section, De- scriptive Cataloging Division, Library of Congress. ERE IT NOT f o r the f a c t that societies and institutions l a u n c h e d n e w j o u r n a l s , the n u m b e r of n e w p e r i o d i c a l s w h i c h a p p e a r e d d u r i n g the first six m o n t h s o f 1954 w o u l d h a v e been brief i n d e e d . T h e s u b j e c t s and style o f these j o u r n a l s v a r y g r e a t l y . S o m e are p r o b - ably d o o m e d f o r an early e n d ; o t h e r s it is h o p e d c a n be c o n t i n u e d . A s usual the b i b l i o g - raphy w h i c h f o l l o w s b e l o w is based u p o n the acquisitions of n e w serials t h r o u g h g i f t , e x - c h a n g e , o r p u r c h a s e at the L i b r a r y of C o n - g r e s s . B I B L I O G R A P H Y T h e J o h n C r e r a r L i b r a r y b e g a n publishing Crerar Current in February 1954 for the pur- p o s e of i n f o r m i n g the p u b l i c of the r e s o u r c e s and activities of that l i b r a r y . T h e first issue, eight p a g e s in l e n g t h and i n f o r m a l in style, c o n t a i n s a b r i e f d e s c r i p t i o n o f the l i b r a r y ' s c o l l e c t i o n o n p e t r o l e u m , m e n t i o n o f n o t e - w o r t h y acquisitions in 1953 and u n d e r the h e a d i n g " C r e r a r T r e a s u r e s " a f e w p a r a - g r a p h s by M r . B a y d e s c r i b i n g " L e o n a r d F u c h s ' s ' H e r b a l s ' ( 1 5 4 2 - 4 3 ) . " Lektuurgids p u b l i s h e d by Sikkel in A n t w e r p is an a n n o t a t e d listing of n e w b o o k s in the D u t c h l a n g u a g e . T h e first issue i n c l u d e d also a brief article on H e r m a n T e i r l i n c k and a c h r o n o l o g i c a l listing o f his w o r k . T h e K n i g h t s of C o l u m b u s F o u n d a t i o n f o r the P r e s e r v a t i o n of the H i s - t o r i c D o c u m e n t s at the V a t i c a n L i b r a r y has been m i c r o f i l m i n g m a n u s c r i p t s in the V a t i c a n M a n u s c r i p t L i b r a r y and is n o w issuing Manu- scripta, a q u a r t e r l y , n u m e r i c a l listing of the c o d i c e s so r e p r o d u c e d and a v a i l a b l e at St. L o u i s U n i v e r s i t y . T h e f o u n d a t i o n h o p e s to be able s o o n t o i n c l u d e in the j o u r n a l the results of the r e s e a r c h d o n e in this m a n u s c r i p t m a t e r i a l n o w m i c r o f i l m e d . ABSTRACTS Current Chemical Papers is a classified w o r l d list of n e w p a p e r s in p u r e c h e m i s t r y c o m p i l e d f r o m p e r i o d i c a l s c o n t a i n e d in the l i b r a r y of the C h e m i c a l Society in L o n d o n . E n t r i e s in the first issue are a r r a n g e d u n d e r ten b r o a d s u b j e c t s and give a u t h o r and title o f the article and the b i b l i o g r a p h i c a l citation in- c l u d i n g n a m e of j o u r n a l , date, v o l u m e and p a g e . GENEALOGY The Louisiana Genealogical and Historical Society has b e g u n t o issue a s m a l l m i m e o - g r a p h e d Bulletin. I n c l u d e d in the first issue w e r e c e m e t e r y inscriptions c o p i e d f r o m t o m b - stones in the J a c k s o n , L o u i s i a n a c e m e t e r y , the h e a d s of f a m i l i e s of C a t a h o u l a P a r i s h as r e - p o r t e d in the C e n s u s o f 1810, q u e r i e s and society n e w s . L I T E R A T U R E Akzente is a n e w l i t e r a r y j o u r n a l f r o m M u n i c h w h i c h w i l l publish p o e t r y , stories, essays and c r i t i c a l studies. Audace w a s s t a r t e d in B r u s s e l s to publish p r o s e w o r k s in the F r e n c h l a n g u a g e . T h e r e w i l l be i n c l u d e d in each n u m b e r a n o v e l , s h o r t s t o r i e s , a play and o t h e r pieces of p r o s e . Arabica, Revue d'Etudes Arabes is i n c l u d e d h e r e a l t h o u g h in a d d i t i o n to p u b l i s h i n g studies on the l a n g u a g e and l i t e r a t u r e o f the A r a b i a n w o r l d t h e r e w i l l be i n c l u d e d d o c u m e n t s and n o t e s d e a l i n g w i t h the h i s t o r y and c i v i l i z a t i o n of the A r a b i c w o r l d and the influence of A r a b i c c u l t u r e o n the W e s t e r n w o r l d . T h e sections " B u l l e t i n C r i t i q u e " ( b o o k r e v i e w s ) and " R e v u e B i b l i - o g r a p h i q u e " s h o u l d c o n t r i b u t e m u c h t o the v a l u e of this j o u r n a l . The London Magazine w i l l publish c o n t r i b u t i o n s f r o m E u r o p e a n s , A m e r i c a n s and w r i t e r s f r o m the C o m m o n - w e a l t h c o u n t r i e s , w h e t h e r they are w e l l k n o w n and t a l e n t e d o r y o u n g and u n k n o w n . T . S. E l i o t c o n t r i b u t e d " A M e s s a g e " t o the first OCTOBER, 1954 421. n u m b e r . Quixote f r o m E n g l a n d is m a d e up of p o e t r y and s t o r i e s f r o m n e w A m e r i c a n and English writers. La Revue des Lettres Modernes published in P a r i s has as its aim the c o m p a r a t i v e s t u d y of m o d e r n l i t e r a t u r e . T h e t w o p r i n c i p a l a r t i c l e s in the b e g i n n i n g issue w e r e " S i t u a t i o n de la L i t t e r a t u r e A n g l a i s e d ' A p r e s - G u e r r e " and " L e T h e m e de F a u s t dans la L i t t e r a t u r e E u r o p e e n n e . " Vindrosen is a D a n i s h j o u r n a l p u b l i s h i n g p o e m s , fiction, c r i t i c a l articles and a s e c t i o n o f b o o k r e v i e w s . T h e c o n t r i b u t o r s to New Ventures s e e m t o be l i m i t e d t o A m e r i c a n s . W i l l i a m C a r l o s W i l - l i a m s ' " T h e F u n c t i o n of L i t e r a t u r e : a L e c t u r e G i v e n t o J u n i o r E x e c u t i v e s " is the o p e n i n g a r t i c l e . T h e r e f o l l o w p o e m s , s t o r i e s and a n o v e l e t t e . M U S I C The publishers of The Juilliard Review state that their j o u r n a l is g o i n g t o be d e v o t e d " t o a s e r i o u s v i e w o f m u s i c in o u r day, as w e find it, and in t e r m s o f the idea that m u s i c is a high art, neither t r a d e , n o r e n t e r t a i n m e n t n o r c o m m o d i t y . " P O L I T I C A L A F F A I R S D e d i c a t i o n t o the e x p o s u r e of the C o m - m u n i s t d a n g e r t o the F r e e W o r l d is the p u r - p o s e of East and West p u b l i s h e d in L o n d o n . T o a c c o m p l i s h this the e d i t o r s w i l l p r e s e n t the c a s e o f the B a l t i c States, E s t o n i a , L a t v i a and L i t h u a n i a , the first W e s t e r n states t o be s o v i e - tized by the Kremlin. Le Monde Diplo- matique w h o s e subtitle a n n o u n c e s it t o be a " j o u r n a l des c e r c l e s d i p l o m a t i q u e s et des g r a n d e s o r g a n i s a t i o n s i n t e r n a t i o n a l e s " p r e - sents such p r o b l e m s as the r e l a t i o n s b e t w e e n the U . S . and the F a r E a s t , seating R e d C h i n a in the U n i t e d N a t i o n s , a r e p o r t f r o m the G e n e v a c o n f e r e n c e and brief r e p o r t s of a c t i v i - ties of the U n i t e d N a t i o n s , U N E S C O , the Red Cross, etc. The United Nations Review supersedes the United Nations Bulletin and w i l l r e p o r t the U n i t e d N a t i o n s s t o r y in g r e a t e r detail than d i d the Bulletin. T h e first issue discusses the U n i t e d N a t i o n s ' e f f o r t s t o a r r i v e at a t r e a t y of p e a c e f o r K o r e a and the r e c o n - s t r u c t i o n o f that c o u n t r y , the p o l i t i c a l g r o w t h of S o m a l i l a n d , the p r o g r e s s of the technical assistance p r o g r a m and m a n y o t h e r activities. RELIGION Istina p u b l i s h e d by the C e n t r e d ' E t u d e s I s t i n a , B o u l o g n e - s u r - S e i n e , s u p e r s e d e s the center's Russie et Chretiente. The content of the n e w j o u r n a l w i l l be a r r a n g e d u n d e r all o r s o m e o f the f o l l o w i n g h e a d i n g s : R u s s i e et C h r e t i e n t e ; C h r e t i e n t e s O r i e n t a l e s ; O r i e n t et O c c i d e n t ; P r o b l e m e s de 1' O e c u m e n i s m e . T h e Journal of Psychotherapy as a Religious Process " a s s e r t s that the u n d e r s t a n d i n g of the ills of m a n k i n d and their s u b s e q u e n t c u r e c a n o n l y t a k e p l a c e w h e n the p s y c h o t h e r a p i s t in t h e o r y and p r a c t i c e a p p r o a c h e s the sick p e r s o n f r o m a spiritual and r e l i g i o u s o u t l o o k that g o e s b e y o n d the l i m i t e d r a t i o n a l i s m o f m o d e r n scientific p s y c h o l o g y and t h e r a p y . " S C I E N C E The Eugenics Quarterly is published by the A m e r i c a n E u g e n i c s S o c i e t y and s u p e r s e d e s Eugenical News. In a d d i t i o n t o articles, m a n y w i t h b i b l i o g r a p h i e s and r e f e r e n c e s , t h e r e a r e also b o o k r e v i e w s and a b s t r a c t s and a brief a n n u a l r e p o r t o f the s o c i e t y in the first issue. T h e S o c i e t y o f P r o t o z o o l o g i s t s b e g a n The Journal of Protozoology to publish the results of o r i g i n a l w o r k of either d e s c r i p t i v e o r e x - p e r i m e n t a l n a t u r e . A r t i c l e s are i l l u s t r a t e d and a c c o m p a n i e d by b i b l i o g r a p h i e s . Norois, Revue Geographique de I'Ouest et des Pays de V Atlantique Nord published by the Institutes of G e o g r a p h y o f the F a c u l t i e s of L e t t e r s of C a e n , P o i t i e r s and R e n n e s , s u p e r s e d e s the Bulletin of the Groupe Poitevin d'Etudes Geographiques. Radiation Research, the offi- cial o r g a n of the R a d i a t i o n R e s e a r c h S o c i e t y , is b e i n g p u b l i s h e d t o p r e s e n t p a p e r s d e a l i n g w i t h the physical, c h e m i c a l and b i o l o g i c a l e f f e c t s of r a d i a t i o n . T h e t e r m r a d i a t i o n is used in its b r o a d sense and includes specifically u l t r a v i o l e t , i n f r a r e d , and visible light as w e l l as i o n i z i n g r a d i a t i o n . B i b l i o g r a p h i e s and s u m - m a r i e s a c c o m p a n y each a r t i c l e . M E D I C I N E T h e W o r l d M e d i c a l A s s o c i a t i o n has s t a r t e d World Medical Journal to replace the former Bulletin as its official j o u r n a l . T h i s n e w p u b - l i c a t i o n w i l l c a r r y a s s o c i a t i o n n e w s as w e l l as articles o n m e d i c a l s u b j e c t s of interest t o d o c t o r s . T h e e n t i r e c o n t e n t of the first issue w a s in each of the t h r e e l a n g u a g e s , E n g l i s h , F r e n c h and Spanish. L A W The Business Law Review published in .422 COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES E n g l a n d intends to c o v e r the w h o l e field of c o m m e r c i a l l a w and practice, including b a n k - ing, shipping, air l a w , insurance, e x p o r t i n g , c o m p a n y l a w and practice, a c c o u n t i n g and taxation, business m a n a g e m e n t and arbitration. W h i l e the f o c u s w i l l be o n English legal d e v e l - o p m e n t , sight w i l l not be lost of the f a c t that c o m m e r c i a l l a w has international ramifications and consequently c o m p a r a t i v e and interna- tional c o m m e r c i a l l a w w i l l be treated. South Texas Law Journal is published by the stu- dents of South T e x a s C o l l e g e of L a w , H o u s t o n . C o n t r i b u t i o n s are by T e x a s at- torneys w i t h one f r o m a m e m b e r of the c o l l e g e f a c u l t y and treat of recent legal findings. ENGINEERING Nuclear Engineering is now but a single sheet with brief announcements c o n c e r n i n g the application of a t o m i c energy f o r generating p o w e r in electric plants. T h e Institution of M e c h a n i c a l Engineers is publishing s u m m a r i e s of the papers later published in f u l l in the i n - stitution's Proceedings, in The Chartered Me- chanical Engineer. T h e s e s u m m a r i e s w i l l appear in advance of the meetings at w h i c h the papers w i l l be presented and discussed. Industrial Design is "published for active industrial designers and the design executives t h r o u g h o u t industry w h o are c o n c e r n e d w i t h p r o d u c t design, d e v e l o p m e n t and m a r k e t i n g . " Such articles as " T h e S t u d e b a k e r S t o r y , " and " D e s i g n in the C o m p a n y : W h e r e , W h a t , H o w ? " are typical of the material in v o l u m e i , n u m b e r i . A n o t h e r official publication is ISA Journal ( I n s t r u m e n t Society of A m e r i c a ) w h i c h f o r m e r l y appeared as a section in In- struments. H e r e w i l l be published papers on design and application of instruments in the mechanical, electrical, e l e c t r o n i c o r optical fields. British Welding Journal is the official j o u r n a l of the Institute of W e l d i n g and the British W e l d i n g R e s e a r c h A s s o c i a t i o n and in- c o r p o r a t e s the Transactions of the Institute and Welding Research. The publication coun- cil "is determined to m a k e the j o u r n a l a tech- nical periodical of first-rate q u a l i t y . " I t w i l l disseminate t h r o u g h o u t the metal c o n s t r u c t i o n industries the results of research based upon the activities of the institute and the associa- tion. ADVERTISING The Advertising Specialty Counselor as its subtitle states is " t h e p r o g r e s s i v e m a g a z i n e f o r the advertising specialty i n d u s t r y . " P E R S O N N E L A D M I N I S T R A T I O N Journal of Personnel Administration and Industrial Relations w i l l publish reports of in- vestigations in the fields of j o b analysis and evaluation, psychological testing and other personnel m e a s u r e m e n t techniques, e m p l o y e e and supervisory training, w a g e and salary a d - ministration and other related subjects. B U S I N E S S M A C H I N E S The Association for Computing Machinery started a Journal, the contents of the first issue of w h i c h is m a d e up of papers presented at meetings of the association. T h i s w o u l d seem to be a valuable publication f o r persons interested in the application of m o d e r n machinery t o mathematical and statistical operations. Periodicals The Advertising Specialty Counselor. T h e A d - vertising Specialty Institute, Inc., 6053 Pine St., Philadelphia 43. v.x, no.i, April 1954. Monthly. $3.50. Akzente. Carl Hanser Verlag, Miinchen. no.i, 1954. Bimonthly. 17.50DM. Arabica. E. J. Brill, Leiden, v . i , no.i, January 1954. 3 no. a year. 26 fl. Association for Computing Machinery. Journal. 2 East 63d St., New York 21. v . i , no.i, Janu- ary 1954. Quarterly. $10. Audace. Bruylant, Rue de la Regence 67, Brux- elles. no.i, January 1954. Quarterly. 170 f r . British Welding Journal. Institute of W e l d i n g , 2 Buckingham Palace Gardens, London. S . W . i . v . i , no.i, January 1954. Monthly. £ 5 . The Business Law Review. T h a m e s Bank Pub- lishing Company, Ltd., Henley Hall, Ipswich, England, v . i , no.i, January 1954. Frequency not given. Price not given. The Chartered Mechanical Engineer. Institu- tion of Mechanical Engineers, Storey's Gate, St. James Park, London, S.W. 1. v . i , no.i, January 1954. Monthly (except July-August). £ 5 . Crerar Current. John Crerar Library, Chicago 1. v . i , no.i, February 1954. Frequency not given. Free ? Current Chemical Papers. Chemical Society, OCTOBER, 1954 423. Burlington House, London, W . i . no.i, 1954. Frequency not given. $12.75. East and West. Alliance Publishing Company, London, no.i, 1954. Quarterly. $2. Eugenics Quarterly. American Eugenics Soci- ety, 230 Park Ave., N e w York 17. v . i , no.i, M a r c h 1954. $3. Industrial Design. W h i t n e y Publications, Inc., 18 East 50th St., N e w Y o r k 22. v . i , no.i, Feb- ruary 1954. Bimonthly. $9. ISA Journal. Instrument Society of America, 1319 Allegheny A v e . , Pittsburgh 33. v . i , no.i, January 1954. Monthly. $5. Istina. Centre d'Etudes Istina, 25, Boulevard d'Auteuil, Boulogne-sur-Seine. v . i , no.i, J a n u a r y / M a r c h 1954. Quarterly. 1,500 f r . Journal of Personnel Administration and In- dustrial Relations. Lee W . Cozan, Editor, P.O. Box 662, Benjamin Franklin Station, Washington, D.C. v . i , no.i, January 1954. Quarterly. $6. The Journal of Protozoology. Society of Proto- zoologists, 10 Liberty St., Utica, N . Y . v . i , no.i, February 1954. Quarterly. $9. Journal of Psychotherapy as a Religious Process. Institute for Rankin Psychoanalysis, Inc., 1062 H a r v a r d Blvd., Dayton 6, Ohio, v . i , January 1954. Annual. $2. The Juilliard Review. 120 Claremont Ave., N e w York 27. v . i , no.i, January 1954. 3 no. a year. $1. Lektuurgids. Uitgeverij De Sikkel, Lamorinie- restraat 116, Antwerpen. v . i , no.i, January 1954. 10 no. a year. 120 B.Fr. The London Magazine. Chatto & W i n d u s , 42 W i l l i a m IV St., London, W . C . 2 . v.i, no.i, February 1954. Monthly. 32s. 6d. Louisiana Genealogical and Historical Society. Bulletin. Charles E. East, 1455 A l f r e d St., Baton Rouge, v . i , no.i, February 1954. B i - monthly. $2. Manuscripta. Knights of Columbus Foundation, 221 North Grand, St. Louis 3. V.I, no.i, April 1, 1954. Quarterly. Free? Le Monde Diplomatique. 5, Rue des Italiens, Paris I X . no.i, M a y 1954. Monthly. 1,100 fr. New Ventures. 1627 Spruce St., Philadelphia 3. no.i, 1954. 4 no. a year. $3.50. Norois. Faculte des Lettres, 8, Rue Descartes, Poitiers, France, v . i , no.i, J a n u a r y / M a r c h J954- Quarterly. 900 fr. Nuclear Engineering. Industry and P o w e r Pub- lications, 420 Main St., St. Joseph, Michigan, v . i , no.i, A p r i l 1954. Monthly. $1. Quixote. W a r r i n g t o n Examiner, W a r r i n g t o n , England. W i n t e r 1954. Frequency not given. $2.50. Radiation Research. A c a d e m i c Press, Inc., N e w York i c . v . i , no.i, February 1954. Bi- monthly. $9. La Revue des Lettres Modernes. 73, Rue du Cardinal-Lemoine, Paris V. no.i, February 1954. Monthly. 1,500 fr. South Texas La