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who, having made great contributions and 
reputations, relaxed their vigilance over the 
whole in order to pursue one aspect which 
particularly appealed to them or in which 
they were particularly gifted" (p. 179). And 
in speaking of the Newberry's cataloging ar-
rearage he remarks, "It is always difficult for 
a layman to understand that cataloging takes 
time and a certain amount of backlog is a · 
necessity to efficient operation of a catalog-
ing department." Not that Williamson ex,_ 

cuses some of Poole's mistakes; he has 
given as objective a view as a biographer 
probably can, and there is no special plead-
ing to cover his subject's weaknesses. 

The reviewer shall resist the temptation 
to cover the final chapter with Williamson's 
evaluation of Poole's contribution to pro-
fessional life. This is an excellent biography, 
well written and thorough, and every librar-
ian ought to read it for himself.-Edward 
G. Holley, University of Houston. 

Books Briefly Noted 

American Theological Library Association. 
Seventeenth Annual Conference. Sum-
mary of Proceedings. Golden Gate Bap-
tist Theological Seminary, Mill Valley, 
California, June 17-21, 1963. Austin, 
Texas: 1963. $2.50. 

Basic Tools of Research, An Annotated 
Guide for Students of English. By Philip 
H. Vitale. Great Neck, N.Y.: Barron's 
Educational Series, 1963. 173p. $1.95. 

Calligraphy and Handwriting in America, 
1710-1962. [Exhibition 1 assembled and 
shown by the Peabody Institute Library, 
Baltimore, Maryland, November 1961-
January 1962. [Comp. by P. W. Filby1• 
1 vol. Caledonia, N.Y.: Italimuse, 1963. 
(unpaged) illus., facsims. $6. 

A Guide to Information Sources in Space 
Science and Technology. Vol. 1. By Ber-
nard M. Fry and Foster E. Mohrhardt. 
New York: Interscience Publishers, 1963. 
xiv, 579p. $9.50. 

International Dictionary of Literary Awards. 
By Jane Clapp. New York: Scarecrow 
Press, 1963. 545p. $15. 

Introduction to Bibliography and Reference 
Books. By B. Wynar. Denver, Colo.: Uni-
versity of Denver, 1963. 225p. $3.50. 

Jo-ho Kan-ri Bin-ran [The Handbook in In-
formation Control 1• By N. Muroo, 0. Ide, 
S. Kanemura, T: Kono, Y. Tsuda. Tokyo, 
Japan: Nik-Kan Ko-gyo Shin-bun-sha, 
1963. 1330p. 4500 yen. 

Kentucky Literature, 1784-1963. By Ish 
Richey. Tompkinsville, Kentucky: Mon-
roe County Press, 1963. 23-6p. $5.25. 

A New Dictionary of British History. By 
S. Steinberg. New York: St. Martin's 
Press, 1963. vi, 407p. $10. 

Periodica Philologica Abbreviata, A List of 
Initial Abbreviations of Periodicals in 
Philology and Related Subjects. Compiled 
by Tor Ulving. Stockholm: Almquist and 
Wiksell, 1963. 137p. Sw. Kr. 15. 

PR Blue Book. Ed. by Edwin C. Mead. 
Meriden, N.H.: PR Publishing Company, 
1964. xiii, 286p. 

Swedish Commentators on America 1638-
1865. By Esther Elisabeth Larson. New 
York: New York Public Library, 1963. 
139p. $5.50. 

The Talfourd P. Linn Collection of Cervan-
tes Materials. Ed. by Paul J. Kann and 
Rolland E. Stevens. Ohio: Ohio State 
University Press, 1963. 91p. $2. 

United States and Canadian Publications on 
Africa in 1961. Ed. by Peter Duignan 
(Hoover Institution Bibliographical Se-
ries XIV). Stanford, California: Stanford 
University, The Hoover Institution on 
War, Revolution, and Peace, 1963. vi, 
114p. $3. 

U. S. Office of Education Library Statistics 
of Colleges and Universities, 1961-1962. 
Washington, 1963. $1. • • 

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