College and Research Libraries


Book Reviews 
Guide to Library Facilities for National 

Defense. E d i t e d by C a r l  L . C a n n o n f o r 

the J o i n t C o m m i t t e e on L i b r a r y 

Research Facilities f o r N a t i o n a l E m e r -

gency . . . P r e l i m i n a r y edition. A m e r i -

can L i b r a r y Association, 1940. 235 p. 

$ 1 . 2 5 ( P l a n o g r a p h e d ) 

I N A PERIOD of less than six months the 
Joint C o m m i t t e e on L i b r a r y Research F a -

cilities has compiled the information con-

tained in this guide to the resources of 

some 200 general and 400 special A m e r i -

can libraries. E a c h of the cooperating 

libraries supplied the joint committee w i t h 

a description of its holdings on defense 

subjects. 

E a c h entry included in the guide con-

sists of a description of the holdings of 

an individual library on subjects w h i c h 

concern national defense and w a r indus-

tries. T h e data is explicit, in some cases, 

as to the number of titles and periodicals 

on each subject and as to special collec-

tions or services offered by the l i b r a r y . 

Photostat and microfilm services are men-

tioned w h e r e these are available as are 

also special indexes, bibliographies, re-

search reports, pamphlets, and trade cata-

l o g collections. In no case, h o w e v e r , are 

specific titles mentioned. 

T h e material contained in the guide is 

arranged under f o r t y - t w o broad subject 

headings such as aeronautics, automotive 

engineering, chemicals, E u r o p e a n W a r 
I 9 3 9 " , explosives, foreign relations, labor 

and l a b o r i n g classes, military science, sci-

entific instruments, etc. U n d e r these 

f o r t y - t w o headings the material is f u r t h e r 

divided by a number of subheadings. T h e 

entries appearing under these subheadings 

are arranged alphabetically by library 

name and are grouped in geographical 

areas. A comprehensive subject and li-

brary index facilitates the use of the guide 

and an added aid in its use is a complete 

list of the cooperating libraries w i t h their 

addresses and the names of their librar-

ians. 

T h e chief weakness of this survey, as 

pointed out by the j o i n t committee and 

the editor, lies in the incomplete and vague 

descriptions of many important library 

collections. A more detailed analysis of 

the holdings of each cooperating library 

w o u l d add immeasurably to the value of 

this publication. T h e guide in its present 

incomplete f o r m is the beginning of an 

important index to the library resources 

of this country on national defense sub-

jects. T h e joint committee expects to 

prepare a revised and enlarged edition 

early this year.  I t is sincerely hoped that 

all libraries concerned w i l l submit more 

detailed information f o r inclusion in the 

revised e d i t i o n . — C h a r l e s M. Mohrhardt, 

Public Library, Detroit. 

JVorld List of Historical Periodicals and 

Bibliographies.  P . C a r o n and  M . J a r y c , 

editors. International C o m m i t t e e of 

H i s t o r i c a l Sciences, O x f o r d , E n g l a n d , 

1 9 3 9 - 3 9 0 P - $ 6 . 0 0 . 

T H E EDITORS of this publication are al-
ready w e l l k n o w n f o r their Repertoire des 

Periodiques de Langue Franqaise Philo-

sophiques, Historiques, Philologiques, et 

Juridiques, w h i c h listed 700 historical 

j o u r n a l s . A l s o to be remembered in con-

nection w i t h the w o r k under r e v i e w is the 

" W o r l d L i s t of H i s t o r i c a l R e v i e w s " pub-

l i s h e d  i n 1 9 3 6  i n t h e Bulletin of the Inter-

national Committee of Historical Sciences. 

MARC hi, 1941 151 



U n l i k e the 1 9 3 6 list, the present v o l u m e 

does not e x c l u d e local history r e v i e w s , 

m a k i n g it the most complete directory of 

history periodicals ever published. 

T h e r e are to be f o u n d here 3 , 1 0 3 peri-

odicals and b i b l i o g r a p h i e s — a l l of w h i c h 

w e r e being published in 1939. B u t all of 

these are not properly historical periodi-

cals. T h e r e are, in addition, titles w h i c h 

belong to the a u x i l i a r y historical sciences 

such as diplomatics and h e r a l d r y ; ethnog-

raphy ; f o l k l o r e ; archaeology ; art, l i t e r a r y , 

social, economic and constitutional h i s t o r y ; 

and political economy. T h e term " b i b l i -

o g r a p h i e s , " as used in the title, may be 

mi sl e adi ng . O n l y serial bibliographies are 

included, such as the Writings on Ameri-

can History a n d t h e Annee Philologique. 

T h e a r r a n g e m e n t is alphabetical. F o r 

each periodical there is g i v e n the initial 

date, editor, f r e q u e n c y , place of publica-

tion, and the publisher. P e r i o d i c a l s w h i c h 

contain bibliographical sections are so in-

dicated. T h e s e bibliographies are de-

scribed in detail as to their scope and 

a r r a n g e m e n t , m a k i n g this w o r k a v a l u a b l e 

s u p p l e m e n t  t o Index Bibliographicus. 

T h e r e is an index of editors, of subjects, 

and of periodical abbreviations based upon 

recommendations made in 1 9 2 7 at a meet-

i n g of the I n t e r n a t i o n a l I n s t i t u t e of In-

te l l e ctual C o o p e r a t i o n . 

T h e w i d e scope of this w o r k prepares 

the reader f o r omissions. T h u s , t h ^ M i c h -

igan Law Review is l i s t e d , b u t n o t Law 

and Contemporary Problems; t h e Ameri-

can Sociological Review b u t n o t the Ameri-

can Journal of Sociology. T h e r e are also 

omissions in the field of history, f o r exam-

ple, Arctos a n d t h e Danubian Review. 

Despite these u n a v o i d a b l e imperfections 

this publication is an e x t r e m e l y u s e f u l 

r e f e r e n c e t o o l . — L o u i s Kaplan, University 

of Wisconsin Library, Madison. 

Typologia; Studies in Type Design & 

Type Making, with Comment on the 

Invention of Typography, the First 

Types, Legibility and Fine Printing. 

F r e d e r i c  W . G o u d y . U n i v e r s i t y of C a l i -

f o r n i a Press, B e r k e l e y , 1940. xviii, I I , 

l 7 o p . $3. 

T H E U n i v e r s i t y of C a l i f o r n i a Press is-
sued this c o m m e m o r a t i o n of the 500th an-

niversary of the invention of p r i n t i n g . 

T h e author designed the type, " U n i v e r s i t y 

of C a l i f o r n i a O l d S t y l e , " here used f o r 

the first t i m e ; and, w i t h S a m u e l  T . F a r -

quhar, m a n a g e r of the Press, a r r a n g e d the 

make-up of this v e r y fine book. 

G o u d y is an artist, a master conscious 

of the processes w h e r e b y he attains his 

results. H i s studies and his w o r k have 

made him a connoisseur of l e t t e r shapes. 

It is w e l l k n o w n h o w he, a f t e r t a k i n g 

rubbings of some letters in an inscription, 

w a s able to reconstruct other letters w i t h -

out h a v i n g seen them. 

T h e r e is a tendency to make small let-

ters look like their written ancestors, the 

minuscules of the manuscripts. T h i s tend-

ency is not so active in the case of the 

r o m a n capitals, f o r they are derived 

f r o m inscriptions. A f t e r all, a type is a 

piece of m e t a l ; and, in style, is nearer 

the inscription than the manuscript. 

G o u d y ' s types, designed in the tradition 

of N i c h o l a s Jenson and W i l l i a m M o r r i s , 

look as if made of metal. T r u l y reflect-

i n g h o w and of w h a t they are made, they 

satisfy esthetic requirements. 

T h e book is, essentially, an exposition 

of the a u t h o r ' s principles and methods, and 

thus a p r i m a r y source f o r the history of 

early t w e n t i e t h c e n t u r y p r i n t i n g ; f o r 

F r e d e r i c W i l l i a m G o u d y , the greatest 

A m e r i c a n type designer, is a most eminent 

representative of this p e r i o d . — C . U. Faye, 

University of Illinois, Urbana. 

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