College and Research Libraries EUGENE P. SHEEHY Selected Reference Books of 1968-69 INTRODUCTION THIS ARTICLE continues the semiannual series1 originally edited by Constance M. Winchell. Although it appears under a byline, the list is actually a project of the Reference Department of the Co- lumbia University Libraries, and notes are signed with the initials of the in- dividual staff members. 2 Since the purpose of the list is to pre- sent a selection of recent scholarly and foreign works of interest to reference workers in university libraries, it does not pretend to be either well balanced or comprehensive. Code numbers (such as AA 71, 1EA29) have been used to refer to titles in the Guide to Reference Books3 and its Supplement. BIBLIOGRAPHY Gray, Richard A. , comp. Serial Bibliog- raphies in the Humanities and Social Sciences. Ann Arbor, Mich .: Pierian Pr. , 1969. 345p. $7.00. (68-58895). Proposing to "identify and designate the salient characteristics" (Introduction) of serially published bibliographies of pri- mary utility to humanists and social sci- entists , this volume cites both currently published and defunct works, those com- plete in themselves , and those that ap- pear as features within other serials. Spe- cial attention has been paid to useful but little known lists. Arrangement is classified by Dewey numbers; entries contain title, with trans- 1 CRL, January and July issues starting January, 1952. 2 Linda Benson, Rita Keckeissen, Georgia Lanzano, Eileen Mcilvaine, Mary Ann Miller, Heidimarie Peter- son, Janet Schneider, Nancy Schroeder. 3 Constance M. Winchell, Guide to Reference Books (8th ed.; Chicago: American Library Association, 1967); Supplement (Chicago: ALA, 1968). lation if not in English; starting date for current, and inclusive dates for noncur- rent, publications; full imprint for sep- arately published series, and journal title for "hidden" bibliographies. Descriptive annotation is given by means of a number and letter code described in the introduc- tion and given in chart form on the end- papers. This permits much information on language, form of materials included, fre- quency, bibliographic arrangement, and contents to be neatly compressed into a single line, but requires reference to th e code for explanation. There are four in- dexes to aid in reference use.-R.K. ARCHIVES Brooks, Philip C. Research in Archives; the Use of Unpublished :Primary Sources. Chicago: University of Chicago Pr. , [1969]. 127p. $5.75. (69-19273). This manual is addressed to the re- searcher or the graduate student who lacks instruction in the use of unpublished sources. Seven short chapters deal with problems involved in finding and using archival materials, together with such ques- tions as choosing a topic and organizing the search; responsibility of the archivist and the researcher; limitations of access; notes and copies; the critical attitude to- ward sources; and modern techniques of reproduction. There is a short bibliography and an index.-R.K. ENCYCLOPEDIAS Encyclopaedia Universalis. Paris: En- cyclopaedia U niversalis France, 1968- v.1- (In progress) ill. ( 2700F). Contents: v.1-3, Aalto-Causalite. The product of a joint effort of the En- cyclopaedia Britannica and the Club Fran- <;ais du Livre, this new French-language general encyclopedia is intended both for I 109 110 I College & Research Libraries • March 1970 reference and for in-depth informative reading. Sixteen of its twenty volumes will constitute the text; three will form the thesaurus or index; and one will act as the organum or summary and systematic guide. Because its intention is predominantly systematic, entries are limited to broad articles. Understandably, little emphasis has been placed on biography. Many cross- references are provided in the text from specific headings which have no separate entries to the broad heading which has been adopted. Even so, the encyclopedia will be limited in its usefulness until the index volumes appear, for such headings as "Anglais (Art)" and «Anglais (Droit)" have been used. The arrangement, despite the emphasis on subject correlation, is alphabetical. The format is quite agreeable, illustra- tions numerous and attractive. With the exception of the rare short enb·y, each ar- ticle is preceded by a table which pre- sents the headings used within the article to organize the rna terial. An overview of the subject follows, outlining its impor- tance and problems. At the end of the treatment of a subject over which there is some controversy a section of "deb a ts ouverts" presents opposing viewpoints. Bibliographies emphasizing standard and recent French works are appended to the articles; articles are signed with initials. References to related headings appear at the end of each article.-L.B. PERIODICALS and NEWSPAPERS Committee on Latin America. Latin Amer- ican Economic and Social Serials. Lon- don: C. Bingley; [Hamden, Conn.], Archon Books , 1969. 189p. $7.00. (7 4-382598) . This union list of current and recent Latin American economic and social sci- ence serials held in British libraries was published as part of an effort to promote interest in Latin American studies in the United Kingdom. Latin America has been interpreted as including the islands in the Caribbean as well as Central and South America; "economic" has been broadly in- terpreted to include agricultural serials when the important products of an area are considered therein. Publications known to have ceased prior to 1945 have been ex- cluded. Arrangement is by title within geographical area; general sections for Latin America and the Caribbean list serials published by international organizations or those of a general nature published outside Latin America. An index of sponsoring bodies and an index of titles are useful ad- ditions. Items which are indexed in the Index to Latin American Periodicals (Guide AF154) have been so designated.-].$. Latin American Newspapers in United States Libraries; a Union List. Com- piled ... by Steven M. Charno. Austin: Univ. of Texas Pr., [1969]. 619p. $20.00. (Conference on La tin American History, Publ. 2) ( 69-63004). Compiled and edited in the Serial Di- vision of the Library of Congress for the Conference on Latin American History, this union list represents an initial step toward increased utilization of this source material. The more than 5 ,500 titles in seventy reporting libraries include publi- cations of twenty Latin American repub- lics and , Puerto Rico. Objective of the in- ventory "has been not only the b·aditional provision of a key to the researcher, in need of specific material, but also ... be- cause of the physical deterioration of the pulp newspaper files , the identification of the holdings of specific titles so that a composite of such holdings could be merged in the preparation of master neg- ative microfilms."-Introduction. Although specialized periodicals are excluded, offi- cial gazettes before 1900 have been listed because of their general news value. Ar- rangement is by place of publication, first by country then by city, without index approach. Each enb·y consists of title, fre- quency, and beginning date when avail- able. Additional notes concerning title and frequency changes, suspensions, and sim- ilar information are given wherever pos- sible.-].$. Kujoth, Jean Spealman. Subject Guide to Periodical Indexes and Review Indexes. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Pr., 1969. 129p. $5.00. ( 79-1268). Using a subject classification roughly corresponding to major-subject depart- ments in colleges and universities, the "academic-subject index" of this guide can lead the librarian or student quickly and easily to lists of indexing sources in vari- ous fields. Code letters follow each title, and by referring to the "type-of-informa- tion code" the user can learn what kinds of articles or types of reviews these spe- cific works index. In the "title descrip- tions" section is found a full annotation, including the form, content, and subject coverage of each title cited in the "aca- demic-subject index." Finally, a list of the sources which perform the particular func- tions enumerated in the "type-of-informa- tion code" (e.g., indexing of primarily gen- eral or popular material; indexing of re- views of tape recordings) can be seen at a glance by referring to the "summary of titles" which is presented in tabular form. This is a concise guide, well organized for easy use.-M.M. DISSERTATIONS West, Earle H. A Bibliography of Doc- toral Research on the Negro, 1933- 1966. [Ann Arbor, Mich.], Xerox, Univer- sity Microfilms, 1969. 134p. $5.00. (73- 76349). The compiler has drawn from Ameri- can Doctoral Dissertations and Disserta- tion Abstracts (both of which are now University Microfilms publications) cita- tions to some 1,500 dissertations "cover- ing every aspect of study relating to the Negro and the United States ... or deal- ing primarily with the problem of race." -Introduction. Arrangement is topical, with fairly general headings such as "Re- ligion," "Rural Problems," "The Courts and Law." The author index gives volume and page reference to Dissertation Abstracts, together with order information for those dissertations available for purchase from University Microfilms. This will be a use- ful list, and it is somewhat surprising to see w'hich topics have received most at- tention in doctoral research-for example, there is much more emphasis on inter- group relations as opposed to economic status and problems of the Negro.-E.M. Selected Reference Books I 111 BIOGRAPHY Tilman, Robert 0., ed. International Bi- ographical Directory of Southeast Asia Specialists, 1969. Athens, Ohio: Inter- university Southeast Asia Committee, As- sociation for Asian Studies, [1969]. 337p. $4.50 pa. Although its purpose-to make known to fellow scholars the background, work, and interests of area specialists-is similar to the Hispanic Foundation's National Di- recto1·y of Latin Americanists ( Suppl. 1DB13) , the scope of this new directory is international. Information is based on replies to questionnaires, and includes ref- erences to the biographee's five most sig- nificant published works and to his cur- rent research projects, as well as the ex- pected information on educational back- ground and career. More than half of the 950 Southeast Asia specialists listed are Americans; no completed questionnaires were received from the USSR and the Chinese People's Republic. Indices by na- tionality, country and field of specializa- tion, and language facility complement the alphabetical arrangement.-E.S. GENEALOGY Smith, Elsdon Coles. American Surnames. Philadelphia: Chilton, [1969]. 370p. $9.95. (71-85245). A book on American surnames must necessarily include names of many nation- al origins. Rather than offer a mere dic- tionary of names Mr. Smith's method has been to provide a running account of the origin of the most common American fam- ily names (and some of their less com- mon variants), with special attention to the social conditions and customs sur- rounding the adoption of surnames in Eng- land and in Europe in general. Names are treated in four main groups: patro- nymics, occupational names, nicknames, and place names. There is a further sec- tion of "Surnames not properly included elsewhere." An index, a bibliography, and an interesting list of the 2,000 most com- mon surnames in the United States com- plete the volume.-E .S. 112 I College & Research Libraries • March 1970 LANGUAGE Wall, C. Edward and Przebrenda. Words and Phrases Index. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Pierian Pr. , 1969. 390p. $17.95. (68- 68874). Subtitle: A Guide to Antedatings, New Words, New Compounds, New Meanings , and Other Published Scholarship Supple- menting the O.E.D., Dictionary of Ameri- canisms, Dictionary of American English, and Other Major Dictionaries of the Eng- lish Language. The Words and Phrases Index will be a time-saver for those interested in word usage. It lists unusual words, compound words, and phrases, and provides refer- ences to notes or articles in four serial publications where use of the words is dis- cussed. The serials thus indexed are Amer- ican Notes and Q'ueries ( 1962-67) , Amer- ican Speech ( 1925-66), Britannica Book of the Year ( 1945-67) , and Notes and Queries ( 1925-66). The compilers claim to provide information "often not avail- able in major dictionaries," and include "slang, dialects, non-standard and geo- graphical variations of the English Ian- guage."-Introduction. The work is a com- puter product, with words listed alpha- betically and phrases listed under the first word other than an ruticle. A second volume will rearrange phrases and com- pounds under variant entries, and will in- clude entirely new items.-G.L. LITERATURE Hayne, David M., and Tirol, Marcel. Bib- liographie critique du roman canadien- fran(;ais, 1837-1900. [Toronto] University of Toronto Pr., [1968]. 144p. $4 .00. ( 77-4062.13) . Working within carefully defined lim- its, the authors have produced a fairly specialized, but very useful work for the student of French-Canadian literature. Nineteenth century works of prose fiction (separately published at least once) by Canadian authors writing in French are the subject of the bibliography. Editions (including serializations and published ex- tracts), English translations, and signifi- cant critical studies are cited, together with many helpful notes on publication of the novels and annotations of the critical works. Library locations are indicated for the editions cited. There is an index of authors, titles, and subtitles.-E.S. Howard-Hill, Trevor Howard. Bibliog- raphy of British Literary Bibliographies. Oxford: Clarendon Pr., 1969. 570p. £ 7,7s. (Index to British bibliographies, 1). First of a projected three-volume se- ries, this compilation "records all publica- tions in English which list the printed works of British writers, which list and describe the works published in Britain from 1475 to the present day, whether generally or classified by period, or liter- ary form or genre, or which describe Eng- lish works dealing with particular subjects." -Introduction. In general, only bibliog- raphies published since 1890 are consid- ered. A second volume will center on Shakespeare, and the final volume will be a bibliography of British bibliography and textual criticism. Many forms of material are included: books, periodical articles, auction and ex- hibition catalogs (but not catalogs of man- uscripts and letters, and also excluding theses) . The most useful of the six main sections are the final three: Forms and Genres ("Almanacs" to "Unfinished Books"), Subjects ("Accounting" to "Witchcraft"), and Authors (from 1475 to the present, alphabetically arranged) , the largest of the sections. The volume has an excellent index; this is essential, for each title is listed only once. The com- piler admits that one could argue with his placement of some of the entries, but through the index the user can find all titles pertaining to a topic or an author. Among the arguable placements is the listing of some author bibliographies in the first section entitled "General bibliog- raphies of and guides to British literature." Yet one must be pleased to have such an extensive guide to bibliographies with such liberal cross-referencing.-E.M. LeSage, Laurent and Yon, Andre. Dic- tionnaire des critiques litteraires; guide de la critique fran(;ais e du xxe siecle. University Park: Pennsylvania State University Pr., [1969]. 218p. $6.50. (68- 8181). This work is a biographical dictionary as well as a concise introduction to mod- ern French literary criticism. A biograph- ical sketch is given for each of the 119 critics listed; the critic's esthetic theory and approach to literature, his concepts and criteria-his methode-are discussed briefly. A list of the author's major writings con- cludes each summary. Selection of entries was based on the critic's professional rep- utation and prominence. The work's de- tailed introduction outlines the develop- ment of French literary criticism and its function in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. A "bibliographie generale" lists suggested further reading on the theory of literary criticism, thus supplementing the historical survey. The volume should serve as a valuable guide for the begin- ning student of the subject.-H.P. Moises, Massaud. Bibliografia da Uteratura portuguesa. Sao Paulo; Editora da Uni- versidade de Sao Paulo, 1968. 383p. (68-3479). With the collaboration of a small group of fellow scholars, Professor Moises has pro- duced a basic bibliography of Portuguese literature from the time of the Trouba- dours to the modern period. Following a section of general works the arrangement is by literary period, with subsections for literary genres, often including such re- lated areas as religion, philosophy, his- toriography, and the literature of travel. Listings for individual authors include both editions of their works and critical studies (in periodical as well as book form). There is a detailed table of con- tents but the index is of authors of the criti~al studies only.-E .S. Velz, John William. Shakespeare and the Classical Tradition; a Critical Guide to Commentary, 1660-1960. Minneapolis: Univ. of Minnesota Pr. , [1968 1. 459p. $17.50. (67-14377). "For three centuries, Shakespeare stud- ies have been touched ... by the question of Shakespeare's participation in the clas- Selected Reference Books I 113 sical tradition. This bibliographical guide is an attempt to gather, classify, summa- rize, and appraise the commentary which has been written since 1660."-Preface. The editor of this selective and critical guide emphasizes the inclusion of recent research material, a high percentage of the items having been written since 1940. It is stressed that "all relevant criticism and scholarship in English, French, and German" is included. Following a list of bibliographies consulted and a listing of general works treating the influence of classicism on Shakespeare, the work's main section cites the specific studies of Shake- speare's classicism in a generic classifica- tion (Comedies, Histories, etc.). For each entry a summary of content and a critical appraisal of interpretation and method is given. Careful attention has been given to bibliographical detail, and the exten- sive index takes into consideration all as- pects of the reader's approach to the bib- liography.-H.P. MOTION PICTURES Sarris, Andrew. The American Cinema: Directors and Directions, 1929-1968. New York: Dutton, 1968. 383p. $7.95. (69- 12602). Michael, Paul, ed. The American Movies Reference Book: the Sound Era. Engle- wood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1969. 629p. ill. $29.95. (68-13401). Having declared that "there is no such thing as an objective film history," Andrew Sarris sets forth his own singularly sub- jective views of cinema and its directors in the United States since 1929. His is a classified approach, beginning with "Pan- theon Directors . . . who have transcended their technical problems with a personal vision of the world" and including such categories as "Strained Seriousness ... tal- ented but uneven directors with the mor- tal sin of pretentiousness." From an ob- jective standpoint, Mr. Sarris is quite well qualified to pronounce on these matters , having been a film critic for various jour- nals and a professor of cinema at a major university. And, if one is willing to accept his judgment, the book can be a valuable tool for evaluating the total artistic merit 114 I College & Research Libraries • March 1970 of a particular director. Its reference use, however, will probably be restricted to the extensive directorial chronology-a list of directors and productions representing a "weighted critical valuation"-and to the "Directorial Index to the American Cin- ema," a title listing of major English- language Rims since 1929. In contrast to Sarris' approach, Paul Michael's volume provides very little crit- ical evaluation or judgment in depth. Of course, the mere decisions of inclusion and exclusion imply judgment, but this work is much more inclusive and of quite different purpose from Sarris' book. Its first chapter offers an overview in which major developments in American £1m his- tory are outlined in brief. Next comes an alphabetical list of six hundred Rlm stars selected on the basis of quality, contem- porary prominence and length of career, and attempting a cross section of various types of performers. Whereas Sarris treats major foreign directors who have made English-language Rims, Michael does not include foreign stars "unless their success was due in substantial part to their expo- sure in American Rims." The biographical data includes only verifiable facts (birth date, marriages and divorces, children, and a list of feature Rims in which the actor appeared), a prudent limitation in deal- ing with the lives of movie stars. Chapter three lists slightly more than a thousand Rims, selected on the basis of awards and box office receipts; complete casts and major production facts are in- cluded. Further sections list over a hun- dred directors and producers, with their works cited chronologically; and the final chapter deals with the various awards granted by the movie industry. The index lists names of actors, directors , and pro- ducers in separate alphabets. Despite cer- tain limitations, this profusely illustrated work is as fascinating as the history of American movie-making itself and, indeed, reminds one of nothing so much as a Cecil B. DeMille extravaganza with a cast of thousands.-G.L. ANTHROPOLOGY Australian National University. Dept. of Anthropology and Sociology. An Ethno- graphic Bibliography of New Guinea. Canberra: Australian National University Pr., 1968. 3v. $12.00 (Aus) pa. (68- 13734). Contents: v.1, Preface; Bibliographies and reference works; Author index; v.2, District index; v.3, Proper names index. Intended as "an aid to research on the traditional and changing indigenous cul- tures of New Guinea" (Preface), this bib- liography attempts completeness in the areas of material culture and social or- ganization, and is selective in related sub- jects. Books, articles, and contributions to collections covering more than a century (with 1964 as closing date) are listed al- phabetically by author, with full biblio- graphic details. Unsigned articles appear under journal title. All items are drawn together by administrative districts (as of 1960) in the Dish·ict Index, and by names of physical features, language, and social groups in the Proper Names Index. In both these indexes reference is to the full citation in the Author Index. No list of journals appears, but spot checking turned up only one group of entries in which a journal was cited in unexplained abbreviated form. Supplements are planned.-R.K. PoLITICAL SciENCE Bollens, John Constantinus; Bayes, John R.; and Utter, Kathryn L. American County Government, with an Annotated Bibliog- raphy. Beverly Hills, Calif.: Sage Pub- lications, [1969]. 433p. $15.00. (69- 20118). Bollens and his associates aim in this work to survey "the current state of knowl- edge about counties" and to suggest "re- search in this field that seemingly would be highly productive."-Preface. Part I, in essay form, is a general analysis of the literature and research needs. Part II is concerned with new approaches in coun- ty research and includes a discussion of selected findings. Most important from the reference point of view is Part III, "A Bibliographical Commentary." This consti- tutes the bulk of the book and is organized under seven major headings (e.g., finance, organization, politics). Within each sec- . ·~ tion general materials are followed by a aiscussion of publications relating to coun- ty government in the individual states. There is an author index.-M.M. Craig, Frederick Walter Scott. British Parliamentary Election Statistics, 1918- 1968. Glasgow: Political Reference Publi- cations, 1968. 110p. 70s. ( 68-57148). Kinnear, Michael. The B1·Uish Voter; an Atlas and Survey since 1885. Ithaca: Cor- nell University Pr. , 1968. 158p. $12.50. ( 68-9750). In the preface to British J>arliamentary Election Results, 1950-1964 (Cambridge, 1966), Professor David Butler comments on the need for carrying statistical tables of elections back to 1918 or to 1885. With the appearance of these two new volumes the need is met and they, together with Butler's work and British Political Facts, 1900-1967 (Guide CI125) , provide the student with a large body of raw data. · The Craig compilation aims to provide "an authoritative and continuing reference to British el~ction statistics since 1918."- Preface. Taking most of the material from his forthcoming book, British Parliamen- .. tary Elections: Constituency Results, the author provides a series of tables giving the total votes for the various parties, per- centage breakdown for general elections and by-elections, the politics of constituen- cies , gains and losses, cost of elections, and other statistics relating to British elections of 1918 to 1968. No attempt has been made to draw conclusions or to explain the results of the elections. A second edi- tion is planned for publication after the next general election. Kinnear's volume "examines the social, economic, and organization background of British politics on a nationwide scale, over the period since 1885."-Introduc- tion. This is done by means of tables, commentary, and maps of land areas. Pro- fessor Kinnear devotes a large part of his work to the confusion of the elections of the 1920s, as this period saw the estab- lishment of two major parties and the transition to the new period of strong po- litical alignments. The maps show the po- litical decisions of each election district Selected Reference Books I 115 and the large metropolitan areas. They are so detailed as to require careful study, and one could wish for an overlay map of British counties; possibly the use of color instead of shading would have made for easier reading. The two volumes complement each oth- er: for example, The British Voter does not include by-elections while it does pro- vide description and commentary. Unfor- tunately the statistics of the two works do not agree even upon the total vote in . some of the elections, although in most cases the differences are slight. Each vol- ume concludes with a select bibliography. -E.M. INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS Y earbook of International Congress Pro- ceedings. Ed. 1- . Brussels: Union of International Associations, 1969- Contents: v.1, Bibliography of reports arising out of meetings held by interna- tional organizations during the years 1960- 67. Eyvind S. Tew, ed. 640p. $20.00. The main purposes of this yearbook, in- tended as a companion to the Yearbook of International Organizations (Guide CJ 143), are to draw attention to the ex- istence of the reports of international con- gresses and to indicate how they may be obtained. All types of proceedings, min- utes, preprints, working papers, etc. , are included, whether issued separately or in- corporated in periodicals, provided that they are more than about ten pages in length and are concerned with the sub- stantive, as opposed to the purely admin- istrative, interests of the organization. Pub- lications of the United Nations and its major specialized agencies are not cov- ered, but a supplementary section indi- cates what catalogs and indexes are avail- able for these and from whom they can be ordered. Arrangement is chronological according to date of meeting. Three in- dexes provide easy access to full biblio- graphic information: Index of Organiza- tions (with listing by English title), Au- thor/ Editor Index, and Subject Keyword Index. This first edition was preceded by the Union's Bibliography of Proceedings of International Meetings, the three vol- 116 I College & Research Libraries • March 1970 umes of which covered meetings held in 1957, 1958, and 1959.-N.S. MAPS and ATLASES Poland. Wojsko Polskie. Sluzba Topo- graficzna. Pergamon World Atlas. Ox- ford and New York: Pergamon Pr., 1968. 525p. 42cm. $59.50. Map 67-8. Not an entirely new work, this is rather an English edition, updated and aug- mented, of the Atlas Swiata which was prepared by the Polish Army Topographi- cal Service and originally published 1962- 65. Political maps now represent the world as of January 1, 1967, and additional maps for the United Kingdom and Can- ada have been included. Most significant, perhaps, is "the exceptionally large-scale and detailed mapping of Eastern Europe, the USSR, and the Far East, based on sources not readily available to any pub- lisher in the West." -Preface. There are some two hundred pages of geographical maps (a high percentage of them on fold- out pages which allow presentation of relatively large-scale maps while avoiding the problems presented by centerfold lay- outs), and dozens of thematic and spe- cial topic maps. The index includes about 140,000 names.-E.S. Rand McNally & Co. The International Atlas. Chicago: Rand McNally, [1969]. 280, 223p. 37cm. $35.00. (77-78100). Title and introductory and explanatory matter also in German, Spanish, and French. Balanced coverage and multilingual ex- planatory matter play an important part in giving international emphasis to this new atlas. The amount of space allotted to each region is meant to reflect "its rela- tive economic and cultural signficance on the world scene, as well as its total popu- lation and area," and the "planning of individual map layouts is from the point of view of geographic and economic re- gions" (Foreword) rather than that of the boundaries of individual nations. Lo- cal forms of names have been used as far as possible, with English forms em- ployed for major water bodies, mountain ranges, and features extending beyond na- tional borders. There are sections for world, ocean, and continent maps, for re- gional maps, and for metropolitan area maps, the latter being grouped for con- venience of comparison and to avoid the use of insets in the regional maps. An index of 170,000 names gives latitude and longitude as well as page reference. Maps are generally more attractive than those in the publisher's earlier, well-known at- lases. The frequent occurrence of double- page spreads raises the usual question about the practicability of rebinding the volume.-E.S. Wheat, James Clements, and Brun, Chris- tian F. Maps and Charts Published in America before 1800; a Bibliography. New Haven: Yale University Pr. , 1969. 215p. $30.00. (69-15464). Carefully edited and handsomely pro- duced, this is the first bibliography "which attempts to describe the entire known cartographical contribution of the Ameri- can press prior to 1800."-Preface. Not only separately published maps and charts are listed, but also those published in books , pamphlets, almanacs, and magazines, and even some maps known to have been pub- lished but of which no copies are be- lieved extant. Maps are grouped by geo- graphical and political areas, then chrono- logically. Full descriptions are provided, together with bibliographical references and locations of copies. Like Ena Yonge's Catalogue of Early Globes ... Conserved in 'the United States (New York, 1968), which it complements in part, this is an interesting and useful work for the car- tographer and the historian.-E.S. HISTORY Mullins, Edward Lindsay Carson. A Guide to the Historical and Archae logical Pub- lications of Societies in England and Wales, 1901-1933. London: Athlone Pr. , 1968. 850p. £ 10,10s. (79-367032). This guide is intended as a complement to Writings on Bri-tish History, 1901-1933 (London, 1968- ) , which omits publica- tions of historical societies, and its listings are continued in Writings on British History, 1934- (Guide DC 125), which includes so- ciety materials. The organizations, which ; I l f number over 400, are arranged alphabeti- cally; after a brief indication of area of in- terest, there follows a list of each society's publications. Included for every serial title is a complete record of its contents. The bibliography is extensively indexed, by sub- ject and by author, and should prove a use- ful tool for dealing with a rather elusive body of literature important for historical and archaeological research.-N.S. Rouse, Richard H. Serial Bibliographies for Medieval Studies. Berkeley: University of California Pr., 1969. 150p. $5.00. ( 68-31637). An annotated list of nearly 300 serial bibliographies on the various aspects of medieval studies, this book will be of great use to reference librarians and medi- eval scholars. In addition to the obvious serial bibliographies in this field, the edi- tor has included bibliographic essays, col- lections of select tables of contents, and accessions lists of special libraries; he has excluded only national bibliographies, standard periodical indexes, and serial guides to dissertations. For the purpose of this work the Middle Ages is defined as "the centuries which fall between the emergence of Christianity and the voy- ages of exploration." -Introduction. Thus, there is the inevitable and useful overlap into classical studies and the Renaissance. Geographically, in addition to Europe, the guide includes works· on or from areas with which medieval Europe came into con- tact-Iceland, North America, the Middle East, Byzantium, and Asia. Arrangement of the book is good: the first section is comprised of general, re- gional, and cultural bibliographies; the sec- ond is of subject bibliographies, with eight subdivisions, from "Archival studies" to "Science, technology, and medicine." There is a title index and an index of editors.- G.L . Snow, Philip A. A Bibliography of Fiji, Tonga, and Rotuma. Preliminary work- ing ed. Coral Gables, Fla.: University of Miami Pr., 1969. 418p. $13.50 pa. ( 69- 16193). Although designated as a preliminary Selected Reference Books I 117 edition, the sheer bulk of its listings- more than 10,000 items-suggests that this version may remain a standard tool for Pacific studies for years to come. The bibliography aims at comprehensive cov- erage of published material (in books, periodicals, and selected British newspa- pers) regardless of prospective worth to the researcher. Government reports have been included, as have vernacular liter- ature and reviews of books about the re- gions; only occasional citations are given to manuscript materials. A classified ar- rangement is employed within four main sections: a combined section headed "Fiji, Tonga, Rotuma" cites works dealing at some length with more than one of the territories, and this is followed by separate sections for each territory. The Fiji section is, understandably, the largest, with near- ly 6,600 entries; the combined section runs to slightly more than 1,900, Tonga to about 1,350, and Rotuma to just under 200 entries. There is an author index .- E.S. Wood, Eric S. Collins Field Guide to Archaeology. [2d rev. ed.] London: Col- lins, [1968]. 384p. ill. 30s. (68-119612). Well organized and readable, this hand- book concerns "the visible remains of man's occupation of Britain from the earliest times to almost the present day" (Prefac e ) and presents a great deal of information for the amateur. Part I, "General Back- ground," summarizes history, climate, and successive cultures of Britain. Part II, the major portion of the text, is entitled "Field Antiquities" and is a description of re- mains arranged by type (e.g. , settlements, roads, military works), with many exam- ples cited. Part III is a short account of the "Technical and Legal Aspects of Ar- chaeology," and Part IV, "Aids and Sug- gestions," lists sites to visit, further sources of information, and a long, up-to-date bib- liography. Regional maps, indexes of places and subjects, a glossary, and instructions for use of the guide are all helpful fea- tures. Excellent photographs scattered throughout are, unfortunately, rarely set in conjunction with related text.-R.K. ••