College and Research Libraries this r e p o r t should be supplemented by the technical reports published in Personal Psy- chology d u r i n g the 1952-55 p e r i o d . — E r v i n Eatenson, Columbia University Libraries. Technical Book R e v i e w Technical Book Review (Science. E n g i n e e r - ing. M e d i c i n e . T e c h n o l o g y ) , V o l . 1, N o . i - 2 , S e p t . / O c t . — N o v . / D e c . , 1954. L o n - d o n ; E . W . Publications, L t d . B i - m o n t h l y . 15s. O n e of the serious gaps in the book selec- tion apparatus f o r scientific and technical li- braries is a current list of n e w books. N o list of such books n o w published is adequate f o r the purpose. W i t h the appearance of the Technical Book Review, it appeared t h a t f o r the first time such a service might become available. T h e principal content of the first t w o issues w a s given o v e r to r e v i e w s of n e w books sup- plemented by a special d e p a r t m e n t headed T.B.R. Register. T h e f o l l o w i n g statement precedes the n e w books l i s t e d : T h e T . B . R . R e g i s t e r is d e s i g n e d to be a check list g i v i n g a u t h o r , title, n u m b e r of p a g e s , p u b l i s h e r , price, edition a n d ( w h e r e a v a i l a b l e ) brief d e t a i l s of e v e r y book r e - cently p u b l i s h e d or about to be p u b l i s h e d in t h e U n i t e d K i n g d o m , the B r i t i s h C o m m o n - w e a l t h a n d t h e U . S. A . W i t h the c o o p e r a t i o n of p u b l i s h e r s a n d o t h e r s , h o w e v e r , w e h o p e t h a t b e f o r e l o n g the r e g i s t e r w i l l be as complete as is p r a c t i c a b l e . A t a l a t e r d a t e it is i n t e n d e d to i n c l u d e books in f o r e i g n l a n g u a g e s . T h e first issue listed a p p r o x i m a t e l y 235 titles, 6 4 % of w h i c h w e r e B r i t i s h , including only one E m p i r e publication, and 3 6 % w e r e issued in the U n i t e d States. W i t h but v e r y f e w exceptions all of the U n i t e d States titles listed w e r e s h o w n to also h a v e B r i t i s h o u t - lets. T h e l a r g e s t p r o p o r t i o n w e r e W i l e y and M c G r a w - H i l l publications. A n unexpected exception w a s three titles published by M c - K n i g h t and M c K n i g h t of B l o o m i n g t o n , I l l i - nois. T h i s w a s obviously inadequate c o v e r a g e but it w a s to be understood f o r a n e w j o u r n a l . T h e editor w r o t e : " W e f u l l y r e a l i z e the im- mensity of the t a s k , " and expressed hope f o r f u l l cooperation of publishers in the f u t u r e . T h e second issue, h o w e v e r , recorded many f e w e r titles and an even s m a l l e r percentage of U n i t e d S t a t e s publications. ( T h e r e w a s also a m a r k e d depreciation in the q u a l i t y of the paper used f o r the text.) O f the total of 107 titles, 7 4 % w e r e British, including only one E m p i r e publication, and 2 6 % w e r e f r o m the U n i t e d States. T h e distribution f r o m the U . S. w a s s o m e w h a t better, there being a good representation of t w o additional pub- lishers, A c a d e m i c and R e i n h o l d . T h e infrequency of publication, coupled w i t h late appearance of the issues, leaves a g r e a t deal to be desired f o r an aid of this kind. T h e first issue ( S e p t . / O c t . ) and the second issue ( N o v . / D e c . ) w e r e received in C h i c a g o respectively on N o v e m b e r 22 and F e b r u a r y 9. T h e first t w o issues contained 25 and 32 r e v i e w s , supplemented in the second issue w i t h a small number of shorter notices. T h e panel of r e v i e w e r s promises excellence i n s o f a r as the n e w publications are covered. T h e merit of r e v i e w s , h o w e v e r , in such limited numbers seems questionable. T h e appearance of r e v i e w s in scientific and technical j o u r n a l s such as Science and Nature ( a m o n g the gen- eral publications) and a w i d e v a r i e t y of spe- cial s u b j e c t j o u r n a l s seems better to serve the need f o r r e v i e w s . A n d f o r an a c c u m u l a - tion of critical opinion the Technical Book Review Index has a w i d e r range of practical v a l u e to libraries. O n the f a v o r a b l e side the w i d e s u b j e c t c o v e r a g e is to be commended. T h e criticism of too w i d e c o v e r a g e alluded to by the editor in the first issue is, as he suggests, invalid. Isolation a m o n g the v a r i o u s sciences is at best w a s t e f u l . T h e a r r a n g e m e n t of the T.B.R. Register under the main divisions of the U n i v e r s a l D e c i m a l C l a s s i f i c a t i o n is v e r y u s e f u l . T h e bibliographic style is good and the typography is adequate, a l t h o u g h so com- pact t h a t on the g r a y paper of the second issue there is a sharp reduction in readability. —Herman H. Henkle, The John Crerar Library. Index to W i n g Index of Printers, Publishers, and Book- sellers in Donald Wing's Short-Title Cata- logue, 1641-1700. B y P a u l G . M o r r i s o n . C h a r l o t t e s v i l l e : U n i v e r s i t y of V i r g i n i a P r e s s , f o r the B i b l i o g r a p h i c a l Society of 426 COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES