poems and dramas, classified, analyzed and criticised, with supplementary citations from the best authorities. Phil. Lippincott 1914). 391 p. 20cm. $3.

803 Wheeler, William Adolphus. Explanatory and pronouncing dictionary of the noted names of fiction; with an appendix by C: G. Wheeler. 22d ed. 440 p. 20cm. Bost. Houghton, 1893 [c 65-89]. $2. 803

ANTHOLOGIES

Anthologies, or compilations of poetical selections, form an important element in any reference collection. Their principal reference use is as aids in finding quickly some one poem, and they are most useful in the case of poems by authors whose collected works are not in the library, or in cases where the reader knows only the title or first line of a poem, and not the author's name. Many anthologies have biographical or bibliographical notes which are often useful. The value of an anthology for reference purposes depends upon the care with which the selection has been made, the number of authors represented, the character of the notes, and the completeness of the indexes which should be such that any poem included can be found if either its author, title, or first line is known. There are so many good antholovies that it is impossible to list all, but the following are among the most useful:

Arber, Edward. British anthologies. Lond. Frowde, 1900-01. 10 v. 19cm. 2s. 6d. per vol.

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Contents: v. 1, Dunbar anthology. 1401-1508; v. 2, Surrey and Wyatt anthology, 1509-47; v. 3, Spenser anthology, 1548-91; v. 4, Shakespeare anthology, 1592-1616; v. 5, Jonson anthology, 1617-37; v. 6, Milton anthology, 1638-74; v. 7, Dryden anthology, 1675-1700; v. 8, Pope anthology, 1701-44; v. 9, Goldsmith anthology, 1745-74; v. 10, Cowper an thology, 1775-1800.

Includes about 2500 entire poems, by about 300 authors. Each volume has an author index, an index of first lines with notes, and a glossary; v. 10 has also a general index of first lines for the 10 volumes.

Braithwaite, William Stanley Beaumont. Book of Elizabethan verse. 2d ed. Bost. Turner, 1907, 823 p. 17cm. $2. 821.08

Forms the first in a series of four volumes to cover British poetry from the publication of Tottel's miscellany, 1557; the other volumes being The book of Restoration verse, The book of Georgian verse, and The book of Victorian verse (not yet published).

Each volume has notes, and indexes of authors, titles and first lines.

Book of Restoration verse. N. Y. Brentano, 1910. 864 p. 17cm. $2. 821.08 Book of Georgian verse. N. Y. Brentano, 1909. 1313 p. 17cm $2.50.

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Bronson, Walter Cochrane. English poems; selected and edited with illustrative 1389 and explanatory notes and bibliographies. Chic., Univ. of Chicago press, 1907-10. 4 v. 821.08 20cm. $1 per vol.

Contents: v. 1, Old English and Middle English periods, 450-1550; v. 2, Elizabethan age and the Puritan period (1550-1660); v. 3, The restoration and the eighteenth century (1660-1800); v. 4, The nineteenth century.

No general indexes, but each volume has indexes of authors, titles and first lines. Useful bibliog raphies.

Bryant, William Cullen. New library of poetry and song; rev. and enl. with recent authors and containing a dictionary of poetical quotations. N. Y. Baker [c 18701900]. 1100 p. 24cm. $5. 808.8

Carman, Bliss. World's best poetry. Phil. John D. Morris, 1904. 10 v. ports. pl. 23cm. $30. 808.8

Contents: v. 1, Home, friendship; v. 2, Love; v. 3, Sorrow and consolation; v. 4, The higher life; v. 5, Nature; v. 6, Fancy, sentiment; v. 7, Descriptive, narrative; v. 8, National spirit; v. 9, Tragedy, humor; v. 10, Poetical quotations.

v. 10 contains an index of topics, list of authors quoted, poetical quotations arranged by subjects, a general index of authors and titles and a general index of first lines and titles.

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. Poets and poetry of Europe. New ed. enl. Bost. Houghton, 1896 [c 70]. 921 p. 25cm. $5. 808.8

Translations from the poetry of ten different nations of Europe, arranged chronologically under each country, with biographic notices of the authors and an author index.

Quiller-Couch, Sir Arthur Thomas. Ox-ford book of English verse, 1250-1900. Ox Clarendon press, 1912. 1084 p. 19cm. 7se 6d, 821.08

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Stevenson, Burton Egbert. Home book of verse, American and English, 1580-1912; with an appendix containing a few wellknown poems in other languages. Holt, 1912. 3742 p. 22cm. $7.50. 808.8 Arranged by large subjects, with full indexes of authors, titles and first lines. A very useful collection; contains many of the modern poems usually omitted from most anthologies.

Issued also in a 2 vol. ed. $10, and in 8 vols., $12.

Ward, Thomas Humphry. English poets; selections with critical introductions by 203 various writers, and a general introduction

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Elder, 1900. 578 p. 20cm. 7s. 6d. 811.08 Cooke, John. Dublin book of Irish verse 1728-1909. Dublin, Hodges, 1909. 803 p. 19cm. 7s. 6d.

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Pellissier, Georges. Anthologie des poètes du 19° siècle, 1800-66. Paris, Dela-41.68 grave, 1911. 563 p. 16cm. 3.50 fr. 841.08 T3) Walch, G. Anthologie des poètes français contemporains; le Parnasse et les écoles postérieures au Parnasse (1866-741.08 1914). Morceaux choisis, accompagnés de notices bio- et biblio-graphiques et de nombreux autographes. Paris, Delagrave, 1906-14. 3 v. illus. 16cm. 3.50 fr. per vol.

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Arranged chronologically; has a brief biographical dictionary and indexes of first lines, titles, and poets. One of the best American collections. Stevenson, Burton Egbert. Poems of American history. Bost. Houghton, 1908. 704 p. 22cm. $3.

Wallington, Mrs. Nellie Urner. can history by American poets. Duffield, 1911. 2 v. 19cm. $3. Colonial

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Campbell, William Wilfred. Oxford book of Canadian verse. Toronto, Ox. univ. press (1913). 343 p. 17cm. $2. 821.08

Stevens, Bertram. Golden treasury of Australian verse. [Rev. ed., Lond. Macmillan, 1912. 370 p. 19cm. 5s. 821.08

First published 1909. An enlarged edition of the editor's "Anthology of Australian verse," 1905. ANNUAL

Braithwaite, William Stanley Beaumont. Arthology of magazine verse for 1913-16, and year book of American poetry. N. Y. Gomme, 1913-16.* v. 1-4. 22cm. $1.50 per vol. Irish

The great collection of English ballads. Contains 305 distinct ballads, each given in all its extant versions. For each ballad there is a historical and bibliographical introduction, with full account of parallels in other languages, account of the diffusion of the story, etc. Appendix in vol. 5 con. tains: Glossary, Sources of the text, Index of published airs of English and Scottish ballads, Index of ballad titles, Titles of collections of ballads, Index of matters, Bibliography. For the large ref erence or university library; for the smaller library the following abridgment is sufficient:

English and Scottish popular ballads ed. from the collection of Francis James Child by Helen Child Sargent and George Lyman Kittredge. Bost. Houghton, 1904. 729 p. 21cm. $2.75. 821.08

An abridgment of the above sufficient for ordinary purposes. Gives each of the 305 ballads in one or more versions, without the apparatus criticus, and with briefer notes. Contains a briefer glossary, full list of sources, and an index of titles.

Quiller-Couch, Sir Arthur Thomas. Oxford book of English ballads. Ox. Claren

don press, 1910. 871 p. 17cm. 6s. $2.

PARODIES

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Wells, Carolyn. A parody anthology. N. Y., Scribner, 1904. 397 p. 18cm. $1.25. 808.8

Includes recent parodies omitted by Jerrold.

HOLIDAY ANTHOLOGIES

Deems, Edward Mark. Holy-days and holidays; a treasury of historical material, sermons in full and in brief, suggestive thoughts and poetry. N. Y. Funk, 1902. 768 p. 25cm. $5. -808.8

Ford, James Lauren, and Ford, M. K. Every day in the year; a poetical epitome of the world's history. N. Y. Dodd, 1902. 443 p. 22cm. $2.

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Schauffler, Robert Haven, ed. Our national holidays series. N. Y. Moffat, 19071916. 10 v. 19cm. $1 per vol. 808.8

Volumes so far published are: Arbor day, 1909; Christmas, 1907; Easter, comp. by S. T. Rice, 1916; Flag day, 1912; Independence day, 1912; Lincoln's birthday, 1909; Memorial day, 1911; Mother's day, comp. by S. T. Rice, 1915; Thanksgiving, 1907; Washington's birthday, 1910.

Popular compilations, not without errors and omissions, but useful as bringing together a consid erable amount of material on subjects which are often in demand.

RECITATIONS

Granger, Edith. Index to poetry and recitations; being a practical reference manual for the librarian, teacher, book-T seller, elocutionist, etc. including over thirty thousand titles. Chic. McClurg, 1904. 970 p. 27cm. $5. 808.8

Indexes 369 volumes, comprising standard and popular collections of poetry, recitations (both prose and verse), orations, drills, dialogs, selections from dramas, etc., by (1) titles; (2) authors; and (3) first lines.

Appendices contain: (1) Suggested lists for Arbor day, Bird day, Christmas, Decoration day, Easter, Flag day, Fourth of July, Halloween, Labor day, Lincoln's birthday, May day, New Year's, Thanksgiving, Washington's birthday; (2) Charades, dialogs, drills, pantomimes, parodies, tableaux; (3) Noted persons about whom poems have been writ ten; Temperance selections.

A new edition is in preparation.

QUOTATIONS

Books of quotations are important in any reference collection for (1) supplying

quotable passages from the writings of a given author, (2) suggesting quotations suitable for a given occasion or use, (3) identifying a given quotation. This last is the most frequent and important of the three uses. As every, book of quotations is necessarily selective and as each includes something not given in the others, the large library will need all such books which are of any value at all. The small library, however, can get along with a much more limited supply. If it has two, (1) Bartlett, as the best chronological-author list, and (2) Hoyt, as the most useful subject list, it is well equipped for ordinary reference work with English quotations.

The reference value of a book of quotations depends upon three things: (1) the comprehensiveness of the collection and the care and judgment with which the quotations have been chosen; (2) the exactness of reference with which the quotations are given, i. e. reference should be not merely to the author, but to the special work, and its chapter, section, stanza, etc.; and (3) the completeness of the index. As the most frequent use of such books is for the purpose of locating a given quotation, the index should include every word in each quotation listed which a reader is at all likely to remember.

Bartlett, John. Familiar quotations; a collection of passages, phrases, and proverbs traced to their sources in ancient and modern literature. 10th ed., rev. and enl. by Nathan Haskell Dole. Bost. Little, 1914. 1454 p. 22cm. $3. 808.8

A standard collection, comprehensive, well selected. Arranged by authors chronologically, with exact references; very full index. One of the best books of quotations.

The 9th edition 1891 is still usable, but this latest edition is to be preferred as it incorporates quota. tions from recent authors, since 1891.

Benham, W. Gurney. Book of quotations, proverbs and household words. Phil. Lippincott, Lond. Cassell, 1907. 22cm. $3. 10s. 6".

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Dalbiac, Philip Hugh. Dictionary of quotations (English), with authors and subjects indexes and an appendix. Lond.

Sonnenschein, N. Y. Macmillan, 1908. 544 p. 20cm. 7s. 6d. 808.8

Douglas, Charles Noel. Forty thousand quotations, prose and poetical; choice extracts on history, science, philosophy, religion, literature, etc. Selected from the standard authors of ancient and modern times, classified according to subject. N. Y. Sully and Kleinteich, 1915. 2000 p. 21cm. $2.50. 808.8

Refers to author only, not to work from which quotations are taken. Not of first importance.

Hoyt, Jehiel Keeler. Cyclopedia of practical quotations, English, Latin, and modern foreign languages. New ed. enl. N. 808.8 Y. Funk, 1896. 1178 p. 25cm. $6.

Contents: (1) English quotations arranged by sub ject, p. 1-674; (2) Latin quotations and Latin law maxims, p. 675-753; (3) Quotations from modern foreign authors, p. 754-97; (4) Latin and French mottoes, p. 798-808; (5) Index of quoted authors, with brief biographical data, p. 809-842; (6) Con. cordance of English quotations, p. 843-1152; (7) Concordance of Latin and foreign quotations, p. 1153-78.

The most generally useful of the subject lists. Quotations are given with exact references, and the indexes are excellent.

Swan, Helena. Dictionary of contemporary quotations (English) with authors' index. Lond. Sonnenschein, N. Y. Dutton, 1904. 608 p. 20cm. 3s. 6d. $2.50 808.8 Treffry, Elford Eveleigh. Stokes' encyclopedia of familiar quotations, containing five thousand selections from six hundred authors. N. Y. Stokes, 1906. 763 p. 21cm. $1.50. 808.8

Wale, William. What great men have said about great men; a dictionary of quotations. Lond. Sonnenschein, N. Y. Dutton, 1902. 482 p. 20cm. 3s. 6d. $2.50.

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Walsh, William Shepard. International encyclopedia of prose and poetical quotations. Phil. Winston, 1908. 1029 p. 20cm. $2. 808.8

POETICAL

Allibone, Samuel Austin. Poetical quotations from Chaucer to Tennyson. Phil. Lippincott, 1891 [73] 788 p. 24cm. $2.50.

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Subject list, with an author index, an index of subjects, and an index of first lines. Confined to English poetry.

Durfee, Charles A. Concise poetical concordance to the principal poets of the world. N. Y. Alden, 1884. 639 p. 19cm. $1. 808.8

An alphabetic list of first lines, characters, subjects, and quotations referring to editions of works by Alden and other publishers of the works of about 54 poets.

PROSE

Allibone, Samuel Austin. Prose quotations from Socrates to Macaulay. Phil. Lippincott, 1889 [75] 764 p. 24cm. $2.50. 808.8 Subject list with an index of authors and an index of subjects. Quotations are brief.

Great authors of all ages. Phil. Lippincott, 1891. 555 p. 24cm. $2.50. 808.8 Selections from the prose works of eminent authors from the time of Pericles; longer than those in the preceding volume, often a page or two in length. Arranged chronologically, with an index of authors, an index of subjects, and brief biographic sketch of cach author.

Bent, Samuel Arthur. Familiar short sayings of great men; with historical and explanatory notes. 9th ed. rev. and enl. Bost. Houghton, 1896 [ 82, 87] 665 p. 20cm. $2. 808.8 Includes only famous oral utterances of great men and does not quote from their writings, with the exception of letters, journals, and addresses. The arrangement is alphabetic under the name of the person quoted, with an index of the sayings.

Day, Edward Parsons. Day's Collacon; an encyclopædia of prose quotations with biographical index of authors. Lond. Low, 1883. 1216 p. por. 28cm. 35s. o. p. 808.8 Arranged alphabetically by subjects.

Edwards, Tryon. Dictionary of thoughts; a cyclopedia of laconic quotations. N. Y. Cassell [ 1891] 644 p. 23cm. $2.50. 808.8 Latham, Edward. Famous sayings and their authors; a collection of historical sayings in English, French, German, Greek, Italian and Latin. Lond. Sonnenschein, N. Y. Dutton, 1904. 269 p. 20cm. $2. 808.8

Marvin, Frederic Rowland. The last words, real and traditional of distinguished men and women, collected from various sources. N. Y. Revell, 1901. 336 p. 22cm. $1.50. 808.8

Mead, Leon, and Gilbert, F. N. Manual of forensic quotations. N. Y. Taylor, 1903. 207 p. 21cm. $1.50. 808.8