ELECTED REGENTS 1874 ANSON JUDD UPSON, D. D., LL. D., L. H. D., Chancellor, Glens Falls 1892 WILLIAM CROSWELL DOANE, D. D., LL. D., Vice-Chancellor, Albany 1873 MARTIN I. TOWNSEND, M. A., LL. D. 1881 WILLIAM H. WATSON, M. A., M. D. 1890 T. GUILFORD SMITH, M. A., C. E. 1893 LEWIS A. STIMSON, B. A., M. D. 1894 JOHN PALMER, Secretary of State, ex officio 1894 SYLVESTER MALONE 1895 ALBERT Vander Veer, M. D., Ph. D. 1895 CHARLES R. SKINNER, LL. D., Superintendent of Public Instruction, ex officio 1896 FRANK S. BLACK, B. A., Governor, ex officio 1896 TIMOTHY L. WOODRUFF, M. A., Lieutenant-Governor, ex officio 1897 CHESTER S. LORD, M. A. Brooklyn 1888 SECRETARY MELVIL DEWEY, M. A. New York State Library bibliography bulletins Bibliography no. 1. Guide to the study of J. A. M. Whistler. 12p. May 1895. Price 5 cents. no. 2-4. Reading lists: Colonial New England; Travel in North America; History of the 17th century. 77p. July 1897. Price 10 cents. no. 5. List of reference books for use of cataloguers in New York state library. 22p. Jan. 1898. Price 5 cents. no. 6-8. Reading lists: Japan; Venice; Out-of-door books. 64p. Feb. 1898. Price 10 cents. no. 9-11. Reading lists: Netherlands; Renaissance art of the 15th and 16th centuries; History of the latter half of the 15th century, 128p. April 1898. Price 15 cents. no. 12. Best books of 1897. In press. This series is mostly selected from original bibliographies presented by the Library school students as a condition of graduation. Those not printed (see cover page 3-4) are available in manuscript at the library or may be borrowed by permission. The school is glad to receive suggestions from librarians, teachers, leaders of clubs, or specialists, as to subjects for which bibliographies or reading lists are specially needed, and contributions of available material are invited. State Library Bulletin Bibliography No. 12. June 1898 BEST BOOKS OF 1897 WITH NOTES Public Libraries Division PREFATORY NOTE This is an annotated list of 212 books published in the United States in 1897, selected by the Book board of the New York state library and recommended to the public libraries of the state. To aid in the choice of small collections of new books three classes are marked. Books marked a, of which there are 20, are suggested to libraries which must confine their additions within narrow limits. 30 others marked b are also proposed to libraries prepared to buy 50 books, and 50 more marked c may be added to a and b to make up 100 books. The remaining 112, including reference books and a few more costly publications, are worthy of careful consideration by libraries prepared to buy more than 100 books and by those wishing to enlarge their resources in special subjects. Many of the unmarked books are of the highest merit. Decimal classification numbers are prefixed as a guide to libraries using this system. Copies of this list may be obtained from the Public libraries division, Albany, N. Y. Albany, May 30, 1898 MELVIL DEWEY Director 016.37 Monroe, W. REFERENCE BOOKS S. Bibliography of education (International educ. ser.) Appleton $2. Classified, with alphabetic index. Includes 3200 books and pamphlets, in English language only except in case of cyclopedias and bibliographies. Gives pages, date, publisher and infrequent notes. By no means perfect, but... faithful and painstaking... A book that every student of education and every library ought to have in constant use.--- Nicholas Murray Butler 0167 Sturgis, Russell & Krehbiel, H: E: Annotated bibliography of fine art (Am. lib. ass'n annot. lists) Lib. bur. $1. Descriptive, critical and comparative notes on 1000 works on painting, sculpture, architecture, decorative arts, illustration and music. Classified, with author and subject index. Of high value. 016.9401 Getchell, M. S. Study of 027.8 050 303 method for high schools. mediaeval history by the library Ginn 55c. Intended for practical class room work, not as an exhaustive study. Gives list of works cited, with publisher and date of publication. Foote, E.. L. Librarian of the Sunday school. Eaton 35c. Practical manual on organization, care of books, cataloguing, charging system, repairs, reports, with chapter on the library's province and purpose. Cleveland public library. Cumulative index to a selected list of periodicals. Cleveland pub. lib. $5. Authors, subjects, titles, reviews, portraits. Indexes 70 well known periodicals. Of high value where popular serials are taken and preserved. Now issued monthly, each number combining entries of previous months till June; a similar series from July-Nov. follows; the December number is the annual volume. Subscription price covers entire series. 100 periodicals are now indexed. Present publishers, The Helman-Taylor co., Cleveland. Bliss, W: D. P. Encyclopedia of social reform. Funk $7.50. Alphabetic. A few signed articles. Advocates of reforms state the case, but divergent views are given hearing. Editor a Christian socialist. Brief and clear statement of nearly every important reform movement of our age.-C. R. Henderson in Dial 378.73 Emerson, Edwin, jr, ed. College year-book and athletic record for the academic year 1896-97. Stone, net $2. First annual issue. Alphabetic catalogue and description of American colleges, lists of degrees, fraternities, cheers, college publications, etc., athletic records and index of names of faculties. 920.042 Sladen, D. B. W., ed. Who's who, for 1897. Macmillan $1.75 928.1 100 178.4 201 213 232.9 260 Compact annual biographic dictionary of prominent English men and women. Includes a few Americans. Also lists of royal officials, officers of state, members of parliament, academicians, head masters, clubs, pseudonyms, army and navy tables, etc. First year of new and greatly enlarged issue. Adams, O. F. Dictionary of American authors. Houghton $3. Greatly enlarged edition of his Handbook of American authors. Gives 6000 names with dates, titles of books and exceedingly compact biographic and critical notes. PHILOSOPHY AND ETHICS See also Juvenile p. 332 < Hyde, W: De W. Practical idealism. Macmillan $1.50. c Wines, F: H. & Koren, John. The liquor problem in its Results of investigations in eight states having different types of legis- RELIGION Barrows, J: H: Christianity the world religion (Barrows Seven lectures delivered in Calcutta. Admits freely the good in Abbott, Lyman. Theology of an evolutionist. Hough- Aims to show that the scientific theory of evolution is in harmony with c Phelps, E. S. Story of Jesus Christ. Houghton $2. Faithful to fact, but reverently embroidered with imaginative details c Mead, G: W. Modern methods in church work. Dodd Practical manual, treating of institutional churches, methods with 277 301 304 304 304 Bacon, L. W. History of American Christianity. Chr. lit. co. $2. As a concise summary of ecclesiastical history in America, this volume will, for many libraries, take the place of the series of American church histories, of which it is the concluding volume.-Bowdoin college library bibliographical contributions SOCIAL SCIENCE See also Reference books, p. 312 c Harris, George. Inequality and progress. Houghton $1.25. Maintains that though civil and political equality have contributed to mankind's betterment, inequality in material, educational and esthetic values is the necessary condition of progress. Gladden, Washington. Social facts and forces. Putnam $1.25 The factory, labor unions, corporations, railways, the city, the church. Attempts to seize only salient points and emphasizes tendencies affecting conduct and character. < Henderson, C. R. Social spirit in America reading circle literature) Flood & Vincent $1. (Chautauqua Popular treatise on home ethics, public health, political reforms, charities, corrections, mutual benefit associations, educational organizations, employers and employees, etc. ¿ Roosevelt, Theodore. American ideals. Putnam $1.50. On manly virtues and practical politics, state legislation, civil service reform, administering the New York police force, Monroe doctrine, etc. 327.73 a Mahan, A. T. Interest of America in sea power, present and future. Little $2. 330.9 Eight essays reprinted from magazines. Strong plea for naval defense, in the interests of a righteous peace. Macleod, H: D. History of economics. Putnam $4.50. Book 1, p. 1-168, on the nature and history of economics; book 2, p. 169-690, The fundamental concepts and axioms of economics. Contains much information and sensible criticism of other writers, but the author's peculiar theories and extraordinary claims for them are sharply criticized. 3318 a Wyckoff, W. A: The workers; the East. Scribner $1.25. Two months' experience as a day laborer, dependent on earnings as builder's helper at West Point, summer-hotel porter, hired man at Middletown asylum, farm hand in a Pennsylvania logging camp, and while tramping between places. Author now lecturer on sociology in Princeton university. First published in Scribner's magazine. |