College and Research Libraries EUGENE P. SHEEHY Selected Reference Books of 1972-73 lNTRODUCITON THIS ARTICLE CONTINUES the semian- nual series originally edited by Con- stance M. Winchell. Although it appears under a byline, the list is actually a proj- ect of the Reference Department of the Columbia University Libraries, and notes are signed with the initials of the individual staff members.! In the past, mention in this column of supplements and new editions has been the exception rather than the rule. A departure from that practice is made in this issue, and a brief roundup of such items is presented at the end of the column. 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, 2BD89) have been used to re- fer to titles in the Guide to Reference Books .and its supplements.2 BIBLIOGRAPHY Gaskell, Philip. A New Introduction to Bibliography. N.Y., Oxford Univ. Pr.; Oxford, Clarendon Pr., 1972. 438p. il. $9.50. 73-153680. An important achievement, this book 1. Diane Goon, Rita Keckeissen, Eileen Mc- Ilvaine, Mary Ann Miller, Nancy Schroeder, Doris Ann Sweet, Barbara Wendell; School of Library Service, Evelyn Lauer; School of International Affairs, Janet Schneider. 2. Constance M. Winchell, Guide to Reference Books ( 8th ed.; Chicago: ALA, 1967); Sup- plement I ( Chicago: ALA, 1968); Supple- ment II (Chicago: ALA, 1970); Supplement III (Chicago: ALA, 1972) . both updates and extends the period of cov- erage of Ronald B. McKerrow's 1928 classic in the field of bibliographical studies, An Introduction to Bibliography for Literary Students (Guide AA4). Entirely new, not simply a revision of McKerrow, the volume describes methods of book production and distribution from the early years of printing to the middle of the twentieth century. Di- vided into two major sections, the hand- press period ( 1500-1800) and the machine- press period ( 1800-1950 )-the latter not covered by McKerrow-it includes infor- mation on type, composition, printing prac- tices, and the book trade, as well as topics peculiar to each period. The last section of the book demonstrates applications in bib- liographical description and studies on the transmission of texts. Incorporating scholar- ship of the forty years since McKerrow's work in this relatively young field of de- scriptive and historical bibliography, Gas- kell does an admirable job of conveying the information clearly and in a well organized form. Extensive bibliographies (more near- ly bibliographic essays) at the end of the volume make it an even more valuable ref- erence tool.-D.A.S. NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY Repertoire des livres de langue franr;aise disponibles, 1972- . [Paris], France- Expansion, [1972- ]. 2v. $80.00. (Distr. in U.S. by Bowker.) 72-626991. Cover title: Repertoire des livres dispon- ibles. Contents: v.1, Auteurs; v.2, Titres. Here is a welcome addition to the books- in-print shelf of the large library, especially since the Catalogue de l' edition franr;aise (first published for 1970) will next cover 1973. The aim is to record all French lan- guage in-print trade books regardless of country of origin. This first issue, however, includes, in addition to the output of /295 2961 College & Research Libraries • July 1973 French publishers, only those foreign books that are distributed in France. Future edi- tions are to be more inclusive. Also listed are the foreign language publications of francophone publishers. ' Volume 1 is an alphabetic arrangement by author, with very full bibliographic de- tails; volume 2 entries, by title, are some- what shorter. Two long lists, one of pub- lishers' series and the other of publishers' names and addresses, are appended to the first volume. A third section of the work, "un volume analytique," is promised and presumably will be a subject index to the more than 100,000 books ineluded.-R.K. ARcHivEs Grimsted, Patricia Kennedy. Archives and Manuscript Repositories in the USSR: Moscow and Leningrad. Princeton, Princeton Univ. Pr., [1972]. 436p. $22.50. 73-166375. This directory-bibliography, addressed primarily to "the foreigner planning re- search in the Soviet Union" (Pref.), will appeal also to others interested in the his- tory of Russian archives and the location of manuscripts, and surely to the librarian responsible for maintaining a reference col- lection on such materials. Preliminary sections cover the history and organization of Soviet archives and such procedural information as access and research conditions. The bulk of the work is a series of descriptions of important man- uscript repositories, together with valuable annotated bibliographies of the finding aids (both books and articles) pertaining to them. Six sections cover: the Central State Archives; archival collections of the Acad- emy of Sciences; special archives such as those of the Communist Party and Foreign Ministry; manuscript divisions of libraries and museums of Moscow and of Leningrad; and republic and local state archives. There is also a long, annotated bibliography of general archival and research aids. Full bibliographical information for entries (:with locations and class numbers at Li- brary of Congress and/ or Harvard) , a use- ful glossary, a . list of abbreviations used, author/title and subject indexes all add to ease of use and reference value.-R.K. FoUNDATIONS Foundation Center, New York. Informa- tion Quarterly, v.1, no.1- , Oct. 1972- . N.Y., The Center, 1972- . Quarter- ly. $7.50 per yr. Assuming that the two issues thus far re- ceived are typical, this new quarterly will offer effective updating, on a continuing ba- sis, of the listings in the fourth edition of the Foundation Directory. The bulk of each issue is devoted to new or revised informa- tion on 600 to 650 foundations, including descriptions of a few not appearing in the fourth edition of the Directory. Entries fol- low the geographical arrangement of that work (with a page reference to the fourth edition given), and provide "more recent financial data, including information on the range in size of grants, as well as other sig- nificant changes relating to address, pur- pose and activities, and officers." Each issue is to carry a cumulative index of founda- tions for which updated information has been reported in the Quarterly. The first number leads off with an informative article entitled "What Will a Foundation Look for When You Submit a Grant Proposal?"- E.S. DICTIONARIES Dupre, Paul, Encyclopedie du bon franr;ais dans l' usage contemporain: difficultes, subtilites, complexites, singularites. Paris, ~ditions de Trevise, [1972]. 3v. 140 F. per v. 72-339663. This is a dictionary of about 10,000 words which, for reasons of pronunciation, usage, gender, spelling, or foreign origin, pose problems even to educated native speakers of French. Each entry presents the opinions of one or more of five major French dictionaries, and supplements these, if necessary, with citations from grammari- ans, thus saving the reader a time-consum- ing search through many sources for the in- formation he needs. Where disagreement exists, the editors have suggested a reason- able solution, taking into account the most recent changes in the language; this com- mentary, however, is intended as a synthe- sis, not a prescription. Useful features are a lexicon of linguistic terms and a section on important dictionaries and grammarians. 1 Selected Reference Books of 1972-731297 Though intended for a 'French-speaking public, this dictionary should be of great value· to advanced students of the Fren.ch language.-N.S. Grand Larousse de la langue fraru;aise en six volumes. [Sous la direction de Louis Guilbert, Rene Lagane et Georges Nio- bey] Paris, Larousse, [1971- ]. (In progress.) 99.50 F. per v. 71-854777. Contents: This dictionary is intermediate in size be- tween the Petit Larousse (Guide AE223) and the Grand Larousse encyclopedique (Guide AD31), but unlike them is strictly a language dictionary. More inclusive and detailed than the Dictionnaire du franfais contemporain ( Suppl. 2AE30.) , it gives for each entry: transcription in the Internation- al Phonetic Alphabet, etymology and date of first attestation, definitions, examples of usage (either as quotations from authors or as phrases made up by the editors), in- dication of level of usage, and synonyms and antonyms. It is limited to words in use in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and includes a generous number of current technical terms. Special features are a sev- enty-two-page analysis of French word for- mation, with tables of · Greek and Latin roots and their meanings; frequency tables; and conjugation charts. Brief articles on linguistic terms such as "accent" and "al- phabet" are interspersed throughout the text. Since the above information, though well presented, is available elsewhere, the other language dictionary of comparable size, Robert's Dictionnaire alphabetique et ana- logique de la langue frant;aise (Guide AE- 226) with its 1970 supplement is still to be preferred: Robert is more comprehensive, as a rule more generous with examples (to which it gives full citations; Larousse gives no page references), synonyms and anto- nyms, and cross-references. Libraries al- ready owning Robert will probably not find this new Larousse an essential purchase.- N.S. PERIODICAL INDEXES Index Expressionismus; Bibliographie der Beitriige in den Zeitschriften und ] ahr- biichern des literarischen Expression- ismus, 1910-1925. Im Auftrage ·des Seminars fiir deutsche Philologie der UniversiHit Gottingen und Zusammenar- beit mit dem Deutschen Rechenzentrum Darmstadt, hrsg. von Paul Raabe. Nen- deln, Liechtenstein, Kraus-Thomson, 1972. 18v. $800.00. 72-83540. Contents: v.1-4, Ser.A: Alphabetischer Index; v.5-9, Ser.B: Systematischer Index; v.1Q.-14, Ser.C: Index nach Zeitschriften· v.15-16, Ser.D: Titelregister; v.17-18: Ser.E: Gattungsregister. One hundred periodicals and five year- books associated with the expressionist movement in Germany and reflecting its in- fluence on the whole range of German cul- ture, literature, and the arts are analyzed in this new index. A full citation to each article, poem, drama, etc. is given in Serie A, the alphabetical author index, and in Serie B, which offers a subject approach. The indexes by title (Serie D) and by genre (Serie E) give briefer information, and it is necessary to refer to the author in- dex for the full citation. Serie C is arranged by title of the periodical and offers a print- out of the contents of the full run of each publication indexed, with contributions ar- ranged alphabetically by author; the full citation is given in each entry. While it is interesting, and occasionally useful, to have so many approaches to the contents of these publications, series C, D, and E seem an unnecessary luxury, if not largely an exercise in computer capability- particularly so in view of the liberal spac- ing and the repetitiousness of the entries in Serie C. (Thus, the whole of v.12 be- comes an author index to Die Aktion, and virtually all of v.11 is a similar treatment of Der Sturm.) Specialist scholars will wel- come the index as it stands; librarians con- cerned with problems of budget and space would have settled for an author-subject index in a more compact format.-E.S . BIOGRAPHY Bellamy, Joyce M. and Saville, John. Dic- tionary of Labour Biography. [London], Macmillan; [Clifton, N.J.], A. M. Kel- ley, [1972- ]. v.1- . (In progress) v.1, £10. 78-185417. Not only national figures in the British _ 298 I College & Research Libraries • July 1973 labor movement, but also activists at the regional and local levels are to be included in this ambitious new biographical diction- ary. Indeed, it intends to include "everyone who made a contribution, however modest, to any organisation or movement, provided that certain basic details of their career can be established."-Introd. The period of coverage is from 1790 to the present, but living persons are excluded. It is expected that fifteen to twenty volumes will be re- quired to treat figures down to 1914 alone. Each volume will be alphabetically ar- r~nged and will include biographies with- out regard to date of the subject's activity. The decision to begin publication with what material was at hand has meant that v.1 shows a predominance of miners' lead- ers and cooperators, since mining is the best-documented trade union field. How- ever, the editors have tried "to include a fair selection of other types of radicals, re- formers, and trade unionists." Articles are signed; sources are cited; and cross-refer- ences are provided to articles within the present volume and to names to be treated in later volumes. A consolidated index is promised for each successive volume.-E.S. RELIGION The Study of Ju-daism; Bibliographical Es- B'nai B'rith, 1972. 229p. $12.50. 12- says. N.Y., Anti-Defamation League of 79129. Not simply a list of books, this work is, rather, a collection of thoughtful essays on important problems in Jewish studies. Heightened interest in this field in many colleges and universities will make it a pop- ular reference work, although ease of use is hampered by the essay format and lack of a subject/name index. However, the background material (though duplicated in many standard sources) along with the crit- ical annotations and chapter arrangement will serve to give the reader a general over- view of such issues as the "Holocaust" and the "Contemporary Jewish Community." In addition, almost all of the works cited are in English or one of the more common Western European languages, making this a particularly useful volume for the under- graduate or nonspecialist.-B.W. LINGUISTICS University of Rhodesia. Library. Catalogue of the C. M. Doke Collection on African Languages in the Library of the U niver- sity of Rhodesia. Boston, G. K. Hall, 1972. 546p. $55.00. (Its Bibliographical Ser., no.2.) 72-207 4. The distinguished linguistics scholar, lex- icographer, and translator, Clement M. Doke is perhaps most widely known for his work on Zulu-English dictionaries (Guide AE585-87), but his work in the field of African languages was wide-ranging and varied. His excellent working collection of books, pamphlets, and manuscripts "consti- tute the nucleus, and still the major part" (p.xvii) of the collection of more than 3,000 items represented in this catalog. A reproduction from typewritten catalog cards, the work is in two sections, authors and subjects. The subject section is ar- ranged by Library of Congress classifica- tion, with typewritten guide cards interfiled as subject indicators. The lack of running heads and the reduction in type size make the subject section difficult to use. Surely a key to the rna jor LC classes represented (there is a heavy concentration in PL8000- 8844) could have been provided, and an alphabetical list of languages with corre- sponding class marks or page references would have been helpful. Doke's own works are not included in the collection, but a bibliography of his published and unpub- lished writings is furnished in the prefatory matter.-E.S. LITERATURE Contemporary Novelists. With a preface by Walter Allen. Editor: James Vinson. N.Y., St. Martin's Pr., [1972]. 1422p. $30.00. 75-189694. Second in the series "Contemporary Writers of the English Language" (Con- temporary Poets was published in 1970 and Contemporary Dramatists is in prep- aration), this volume is a critical biobibli- ography of novelists and short story authors writing in English since 1940. The selec- tion is based on the recommendation of an · advisory board, but generally follows a defi- nition of the novelist as the author of "a broadly realistic representation -of man's j -J ~ I 1 , I J Selected Reference Books of 1972-73 I 299 life in society which is also a criticism of life and of society."-Pref. The format of each entry is: brief biography, bibliography (principally works by the entrant, arranged by genre), location of manuscript collec- tions, comment by the author on his work, and a signed critical essay. Entries vary in length from two to six pages. A brief sec- tion identifies the advisers and contributors to the volume. Omissions (e.g., Kerouac, Momaday) can always be noted, but this is a useful "something-about-the-author" book, and the critical essays-often stimu- lating-may lead the reader to the novels themselves.-D.G. Domandi, Agnes Korner, camp. and ed. Modern German Literature. N.Y., Ungar, [1972]. 2v. $30.00. (A library of literary criticism.) 70-160436. Through critical texts chosen "to convey . . something of an author's achievement and, secondarily of the critic's point of view," this work seeks to "acquaint its read- ers with twentieth-century German litera- ture as seen by critics of this century."- I ntrod. Excerpts averaging about 150 words in length deal with more than 200 authors of fiction, drama, and poetry from East and West Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Arrangement is alphabetic by author cov- ered; the texts, drawn from British, Amer- ican, and European journals, newspapers and books, appear in chronological order and carry full bibliographical information. German selections have been specially translated for this compilation. Excerpts number from four to five for lesser figures to more than thirty for well-known writers. Each section ends with a selected listing of the writer's works with publication dates for both the original and the English trans- lation. The volume will be useful primarily for the less well-known figures and for the English translations listed.-R.K. McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of W01·ld Dra- ma; an International Re ference Work. N.Y., McGraw-Hill, [1972]. 4v. il. $119.50. 70-37382. If you were expecting a kind of English- language Enciclopedia della spettacolo con- centrating on drama, disappointment is in store. Concern here is almost exclusively with dramatists and the literature of the theater; aspects of production and stage- craft are virtually ignored. Apart from about 100 brief entries for terms, theater movements, genres, etc., the work consists wholly of entries for playwrights. For each major dramatist there is a biographical sketch, a brief critique of his work, a selec- tion of synopses of his plays, and a bibliog- raphy of editions (including references to individual plays published in anthologies) and, usually, a list of critical and biograph- ical works. For the lesser dramatist there is a brief account of his career, achieve- ment, and dramatic output, and occasional- ly a synopsis of one or more plays. There is an admitted emphasis on English, Amer- ican, and Western European dramatists. Al- though there are hundreds of good-quality illustrations, many of them are unsatisfac- torily captioned as to date or identity of players, and much of the space expended on close-ups of star performers might better have been devoted to adequate representa- tions of stage settings. For the reference li- brarian the bibliographies are likely to prove the most valuable feature of this set. -E.S. Mellown, Elgin W. A Descriptive Cata- logue of the Bibliographies of 20th Cen- tury British Writers. Troy, N.Y., Whit- stan, 1972. 446p. $17.50. 79-183301. This is an annotated bibliography of bib- liographies for British writers born after 1840, who published most of their work in England or Ireland after 1890. Emphasis is on the humanities and "imaginative" au- thors, with on1y the "better-known" scien- tists and social scientists included. For each author Mellown lists primary bibliographies (the author's work) , secondary bibliogra- phies (criticism), and appearances in any of about twenty general sources such as the New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature, Who's Who, Twayne' s American and English author series, etc. Each pri- mary and secondary bibliography is anno- tated as to scope, arrangement, and critical evaluation. Many bibliographies in progress are noted, but some published supplements have been omitted. Mellown's audience is the student and the general reader, so he has not included some of the more special- ized bibliographies (e.g., exhibit catalogs) listed in Howard- Hill's Bibliography of 300 I College & Research Libraries • July 1973 British · Literary Bibliographies ( Suppl. 3BD25). Altogether, this is a clearly pre- sented, generally comprehensive, and useful work.-D.G. FINE ARTS McCoy, Garnett. Archives of American Art; a Directory of Resources. N.Y., Bowker, 1972. 163p. $20.00. 72-5125. Founded as an independent organization in 1954 and now part of the Smithsonian Institution, the Archives of American Art have become increasingly important as a repository for the documentary evidence of art in America. Papers have been acquired or borrowed from artists, dealers, critics, collectors, curators, and institutions, and they have been microfilmed so that all two million items in the Archives are readily available for use by direct visit to, or inter- library ioan from, one of the five regional centers with duplicate collections in New York City, Washington, Boston, Detroit, and San Francisco. The purpose of this slim volume is to de- scribe in compact detail the contents of the 555 groups of papers. Arrangement is al- phabetical by the key personality or institu- tion with whom the specific collection deals. Information given includes sources of the documents, their form (i.e., letters, notebooks, etc.), quantity, inclusive dates, and the names of major correspondents when appropriate. There is a personal and institutional name index. Since the collec- tions are heavily weighted toward twen- tieth-century materials, this guide will be of great help to scholars working in the field of modern art where original source materials are still hard to locate. For this reason, regularly published new editions or supplements listing new acquisitions would be welcome.-E.L. SociAL SciENCEs Driver, Edwin D. World Population Policy: An Annotated Bibliography. With the as- sistance of Shimavaz Driver, Shanta Driver, and Cyrus Driver. Lexington, Mass., Lexington Books, [1971]. 1280p. $30.00. 73-184302. The compilers have produced a truly ex- cellent bibliography within the bounds of their definition of population policy: "both direct and indirect measures; formulated and implemented by the whole range of so- cial institutions ' including government, which, whether intended or not, may in- fluence the size, distribution, or composition of human population."-Pref. They have covered systematically and comprehensively the literature published between 1940 and 1969 in 3,519 entries, most of which are an- notated. The work begins with 1940 be- cause D. B. Glass's Population: Policies and Movements in Europe (London, 1967) covers the small body of literature to that time. The author index and an excellent subject index enhance the arrangement which is by major area, · component region, and nation, plus a large "interregional" sec- tion. Of further help is Driver's prefatory explanation of his method and major bib- liographical sources.-M .M. Gallup, George Horace. The Gallup Poll: Public Opinion, 1935-1971. N.Y., Ran- dom House, [1972]. 3v. (23888p.) $95.00. 77-39867. These volumes present a compilation of statistical data from more than 7000 Gallup Poll reports dating from the founding of the poll in October 1935 to December 1971. The polls are the work of the American In- stitute of Public Opinion, an independent fact-finding organization supported by its subscriber newspapers (which have the ex- clusive right to publish the Gallup find- ings). Until now the only finding aids to the published data had been newspaper in- dexes and the index entitled Gallup Poll Reports, 1935-1968 (Princeton, 1969), which gave only the date of the poll and a very brief summary of the findings. In contrast, this new work contains all of the statistical data released to the subscriber newspapers. The newspaper release date is also given to facilitate location of the edi- torial and interpretative material which has been omitted from this compilation. The polls are further identified by survey, index and question numbers. A detailed explana- tion of the sampling and survey procedures can be found in the introductory material; a personal name/ subject index is append- ed.-B.W. Index to Literature on the American Indian, l J 1 Selected Reference Books of 1972-73 I 301 1970~ . San Francisco, Indian Histori- an Press, 1972- . Annual. $12.00 yr. 70-141292. Sponsored by the American Indian His- torical Society, this is an annual survey of current books, periodical articles, govern- ment documents, and doctoral dissertations on the Indians of North, South, and Cen- tral America. Arrangement is alphabetical, but authors and anonymous titles are listed separately from subjects. Each vol- ume includes a directory of Indian period- ical publications. Editorial work on the 1971 edition shows improvement, but many citations are still not sufficiently cross-listed, and it seems inconsistent to put the Bureau of Indian Affairs under "B" and the rest of the U.S. government agencies under "U." The literature surveyed is American, but the publisher intends to include foreign lit- erature in future editions. Though the com- pilers emphasize that the Index is selective, it seems fairly comprehensive, and has been enthusiastically welcomed by readers.- D.G. Marxism, Communism and Western Socie- ty; a Comparative Encyclopedia. Edited by C. D. Kernig. N.Y., Herder and Her- der, [1972- ]. v.1- . (In progress.) $276.00 the set. 79-176368. Contents: v. 1-4, Absolutism-Judicial system. What do the Communists believe about genetics? What is the role of banking in the USSR? What is the "German question" to the Germans?-to the Russians? The con- flicting answers the East and West give to such questions, the scholars writing in this work feel, are "rooted in incompatible sys- tems of thought" as well as in divergent in- terests. Thus, this encyclopedia endeavors to cover all areas in which there is dis- agreement between East and West: biolo- gy, economics, history, law, literature, mili- tary science, pedagogics, philosophy and ideology, physics, politics and sociology, psychology, and religion. "An international team of scholars and experts, working to- gether over a number of years, has attempt- ed to discover the origins and structure of these conflicts, to analyze why interpreta- tions of these conflicts differ, and to deter- mine the methods adopted in the various approaches." -Pref. An outline preceding each article shows at a glance how the subject will be treated. Articles often begin with the general theory and history of a term before launching into the Communist interpretation and applica- tion; in others, the subject is treated first from one viewpoint and then from the oth- er, followed by a comparison. Most articles are signed (a few were written by the edi- torial staff), and include full bibliograph- ical references. That they were carefully re- searched is evidenced by the length and scope of the bibliographies.-M.M. Public Affairs Information Service. Foreign Language Index. N.Y., The Service, 1972- . v.1, 1968/71; v.2- , 1972- . Quarterly, with annual cumulation. $100.00 per yr. Designed as a counterpart to PAIS Bul- letin (Guide CA22) , this useful new tool indexes writings on public and economic affairs in the French, German, Italian, Por- tuguese, and Spanish languages. Emphasis is on factual and statistical material. Vol- ume 1, covering mid-1968 through 1971, includes periodical articles only. The editors intend, however, to produce a quarterly be- ginning with volume 2, 1972 (the fourth issue being the annual cumulation), and these succeeding volumes are to include a "selective listing of current books, pamph- lets, government publications, and other useful library materials in addition to ar- ticles in periodicals."-Pref. It is hoped that other languages can also be included in the future. As in PAIS Bulletin, the arrangement is by subject, but here the individual entry is listed by author rather than title. The au- thor index is a welcome addition. Full cita- tions are provided in the subject section, in- cluding notes about summaries in other lan- guages and articles originally prepared as conference papers; entries in the author section are shortened forms of the subject entries. The completeness of information is extended to the periodical key which in- cludes cost and publisher's address as well as full title. This promises to be a very im- portant index for foreign language material in public and economic affairs.-].S. Winton, Harry N. M., comp. Publications of the United Nations System; a Refer- 302 I College & Research Libraries • July 1973 ence Guide. N.Y., Bowker, [1972]. 202p. $10.95. 72-4923. This welcome reference tool serves as a guide to the numerous publications of the United Nations system. A brief survey of the twenty-two organizations and their pub- lications is provided in the first part; the headquarters address, other principal of- fices, aims and membership, and the struc- ture of each agency are followed by a list of agency publications, material about the agency, basic instruments and official rec- ords. The second part is comprised of se- lected reference materials arranged by broad subject categories ranging from ag- riculture to treaties and other international agreements. Title entries are grouped ac- cording to type (e.g., statistics, directories, bibliographies, catalogs). Complete cita- tions and detailed annotations are provided. The last part of the work is a list of peri- odicals and other selected recurrent items, both subscription and unpriced, published by the United Nations system. Citations in- clude periodicity, availability, first year of issue, language, and a brief subject analy- sis. Mr. Winton has compiled a handy, use- ful guide which indicates the scope as well as the number of publications of the U.N. system.-].S. ATLASES The Atlas of the Earth, with a Foreword by Sir Julian Huxley. Tony Loftas, ed. [London], Mitchell Beazley Ltd., [1972]. 303p. il. 39cm. £ 13.95. The editors of this atlas have a definite and obvious point of view-specifically, a belief in the importance of ecology-which they promote throughout the book. The method of promotion is to provide very short articles surrounded by striking color photographs and illustrations, on topics ranging from the relationship of the earth to the rest of the solar system, to prospect- ing for minerals, and even including the re- ligions of man. Nearly a third of the volume is taken up with this kind of material which is infused with a great amount of editorial- izing. Maps comprise only slightly more than one-third of the work (the remaining portion is the index). The maps themselves are reasonably clear, and the projection used is identified in every case. As one might expect with a British atlas, there is extensive and detailed coverage of Great Britain. For each area of the world, how- ever, there are maps showing topography, political divisions, natural vegetation, an- nual rainfall, climate, and population. Un- fortunately, there are 'no citations to sources, so that, for example, one cannot tell whether 1970 census data are utilized in the population map of the United States. The reference value of this atlas is not sig- nificantly increased by the large section de- voted to articles, illustrations, and photo- graphs, however attractive they may be: what little factual information they provide can readily be found elsewhere.-D.A.S. HISTORY Great Britain. Public Record Office. The Second World War; a Guide to Docu- ments in the Public Record Office. Lon- don, HMSO, 1972. 303p. £2.90. (Pub- lic Record Office handbooks, no.15) 72- 188316. The Public Records Act of 1967 changed the "closed" period of British public records from fifty to thirty years, permitting the early records of World War II to be opened. Realizing that papers occupying seven miles of shelving could not all be re- leased at one time (as was done with World War I papers), the Public Record Office arranged to make accessible papers of the greatest public interest by early 1972. In conjunction with the general re- lease of papers in early 1972, the office pre- pared a guide which describes each class of papers in the 1939~1945 war files, in- dicating the number of pieces in each file and giving one or two sentences of descrip- tion. The evolution of the internal govern- mental structure during the war "is de- scribed in broad terms . . . and these de- scriptions are expected both to contribute towards comprehension of the records and to signpost the nature of the material to be found."-Introd. Concluding the volume are four helpful appendexes: a dictionary of code names in use during the war; a list of abbreviations used in the Official His- tories of the Second World War; a general index to war cabinet committees; and a list of the Official Histories of the Second World War.-E.M. 1 1 j 1 .., Selected Reference Books of 1972-73 I 303 Sainty, John Christopher. Treasury Officials, 1660-1870. London, Athlone Pr. for U niv. of London, Institute of Historical Research, 1972. 161p. £ 4.50. (Office- holders in modern Britain, 1) . The first of a series of lists of officials in the central gove1nment in Great Britain from the Restoration to 1870, Treasury Of- ficials sets the pattern for further volumes to be issued-very soon, one hopes. First comes an introduction to the history and the growth of the Treasury from a Treasur- er with five assistants in 1660 to over 100 officials in 1870. Then follows a chronolog- ical list of appointments arranged by office; a list of Treasury officials at a particular date (coronation or formation of new gov- ernment) ; and an alphabetical list of names indicating all the offices held by one indi- vidual in the Treasury and the source of the information. The introduction to the chron- ological list of appointments gives a short survey "which brings together information concerning such matters as method of ap- pointment, remuneration and relevant stat- utes and Treasury minutes."-Note, p.xiii. A great amount of research went into the compilation of the lists, for, until 1714 when records became more complete, the names are often buried in manuscript lists of accounts and fees. Scholars should be grateful for the aid to research which this project will provide.-E.M. NEW EDITIONS AND SUPPLEMENTS The fourth edition of the Totok-Weitzel Handbuch der bibliographischen Nachsch- lagewerke (Frankfurt am Main, Kloster- mann, 1972. 367p.; 3d ed., 1966, Suppl. 1AA1) has been updated through 1971. Volume 1, A-E, of the second edition of Donald G. Wing's Short-title Catalogue of Books Printed in England, Scotland, Ire- land, Wales, and British America (N.Y., Index Committee of the Modern Language Association of America, 1972) follows the scope and method of the earlier edition (Guide AA504) , and, "as far as possible," item numbers remain the same; the number of libraries represented for locations has been increased to more than 300. The much-publicized first volume of A Supplement to the Oxford English Diction- ary (Oxford , Clarendon Pr., 1972; con- tents: A-G) scarcely needs mention here. Superseding the 1933 supplement (Guide AE21), the three volumes of this new sup- plement will contain an estimated 50,000 main words. Bringing to the half-way mark the project of indexing forty of the prin- cipal monthlies and quarterlies of the peri- od, the second volume of The Wellesley In- .dex to Victorian Periodicals (Toronto, Univ. of Toronto Pr., 1972) indexes twelve periodicals as opposed to eight in v .1 (Suppl. 1AF27). Percy and Grace Ford's useful Guide to Parliamentary Papers (Guide AH52) has appeared in a third edition (Shannon, Irish Univ. Pr., 1972. 87p.). A supplement (Detroit, Gale, 1972. 852p.) to Robert B. Slocum's Biographical Dictionaries and Related Works ( Suppl. 2AJ1) contains approximately 3,400 addi- tional entries, with some new editions and corrections noted. Biographical sketches of 573 significant figures who died during the 1941- 45 period are included in the Dic- tionary of American Biography, Supple- ment Three (N.Y., Scribner's, 1973. 879p.). The volume was edited by Edward T. James, has signed contributions by 475 scholars, and includes a consolidated list of the biographies in all three supplements. A sixth volume (London, Black, 1972. 1243p.) in the Who Was Who series in- cludes biographies of persons who died in the years 1961-1970, with an addenda of sketches of some who died before the end of 1960 but who were omitted from the 1951- 60 volume (Guide AJ152). Inasmuch as the Dictionary of South African Biogra- phy ( Suppl. 3AJ36) is not governed by any overall chronological or alphabetical se- quence, the second volume (Pretoria, Na- sionale Boekhandel Bpk., 1972. 870p.) pre- sents sketches of another diverse group of personalities from all periods of South M- rican history. Compiled by James D. Pearson and Ann Walsh, the third supplement to Index Is- lamicus (London, Mansell, 1972. 384p.) contains about 8,000 entries for the 1966- 70 period. Mansell has also announced a reprint of the basic volume of the Index (Guide BB264) and plans for annual sup- plements covering 1971 through 1974, with a quinquennial cumulation for 1971-75. 304 I College & Research Libraries • July 1973 Medieval Religious Houses, England and Wales (N.Y., St. Martin's Pr., 1972. 565p.), by David Knowles and Richard N. Had- cock, is . a revised, expanded and corrected edition of their 1953 volume of the same title (Guide BB244). The English Romantic Poets, previously edited by Thomas M. Raysor (Guide BD- 394), appears in a third edition under the editorship of Frank Jordan (N.Y., Modem Language Association of . America, 1972. 468p.). This useful survey of research has been updated to cover publications through 1970, with a few early 1971 items includ- ed. The period of coverage in Reginald E. Watters's Checklist of Canadian Literature and Background Materials (Guide BD30 1) has been extended through 1960 in a re- vised and considerably enlarged edition (Toronto, Univ. of Toronto Pr., 1972. 1085p.). Carl J. Stratman's Bibliography of Medieval Drama (Guide BD 134) has appeared in a second edition (N.Y., Ungar, 1972. 2v.) The work has been greatly ex- panded, with the addition of about 5,000 entries, some rearrangement of the sections, and increased emphasis on the liturgical Latin drama. An aid for political scientists, sociologists, and economists, the second edition of the World Handbook of Political and SoCial In- dicators by Charles L. Taylor and Michael C. Hudson (New Haven, Yale Univ. Pr., 1972. 443p.) follows closely fue format of the 1964 edition by Bruce M. Russett. This "attempt to compare nations on a great va- riety of politically relevant indices" is pre- sented mainly in tabular form, with intro- ductory and explanatory text. A welcome supplement to Warren F. Kuehl's Dissertations in History has been designated as "volume 2" of the work (Lex- ington, Univ. of Kentucky Pr., 1972. 237p.). It lists about 5,900 dissertations completed in history departments during the 1961-June 1970 period. Some disserta- tions accepted earlier, but omitted from the 1873-1960 volume (Suppl. 1DA4) are also included.-E.S. I I "' ~ I . ., j I