DISSERTATIONS on both sides, (2) on thin paper printed on only one side, for clipping. Of great value in the university library, as the French theses are among the most important published. There is no official list for the period before 1884, so for that period the following subject lists must be used: Literature Maire, Albert. Répertoire alphabétique des thèses de doctorat ès lettres des universités françaises, 1810-1900; avec table et table chronologique par université détaillée des matières. Paris, Picard, 1903. 378.44 226 p. 22cm. 5 fr. List of 2,182 theses, arranged alphabetically by authors' names. Gives for each thesis author's name, title of thesis, place, publisher, date, paging, statement as to whether the university, and Marks thesis was published also in any other form. rejected theses. a Mourier, Athénaïs, and Deltour, F. Notice sur le doctorat ès lettres, suivie du catalogue et de l'analyse des thèses françaises et latines admises par les facultés des lettres depuis 1810. Paris, Delalain, 378.44 1880. 442 p. 25cm. 10 fr. "This list, with its annual continuations, includes practically the same theses as Maire's Répertoire but arranges them by years and universities instead of alphabetically, and gives in addition to title and paging a full table of contents of each thesis. Gives Special value is for very brief biographical data. Indexes: (1) subjects; the full analysis of contents. (2) authors. - Catalogue et analyse des thèses françaises et latines admises par les facultés des lettres. Paris, Delalain, 1882-1901. 25cm. 1.50 fr. per vol. 21 v. 378.44 Annual continuation of the above, following the same plan. No more published. Science Maire, Albert. Catalogue des thèses de sciences soutenues en France de 1810 à 1890 inclusivement. Paris, Welter, 1892. 378.44 223 p. 25cm. 10 fr. Lists more than 2,400 theses arranged by universities: (1) Paris, (2) The provincial universities, and under each university chronologically. Gives for each thesis author's full name with brief biographical data, title, place, publisher, date of publication, paging, plates, format, and date of sustaining theses. Indexes: (1) authors; (2) subjects. Revue décennale des Estanave, E. thèses présentées à la Faculté des sciences v. 1-27, 1885-1911/12, each volume covers academic year, 1. e. parts of two calendar years; v. 28 covers Aug.-Dec. 1912; v. 29-30 cover the calendar years 1913 and 1914. V. The standard official German list including, v. 1-28, the theses of all the German universities and 29-30 the theses of the "Technische Hochschulen" as well as the universities. Arranged, v. 1-28 by universities, v. 29-30 by faculties, with an author index in each volume, a separate subject index for v. 1-5, and a subject index in each vol ume for v. 6-30. Gives for each thesis author's full name and brief characterization, brief biographical data, title of thesis, date, publisher, paging, size, and whether reprinted from some scientific journal, report, etc. Trommsdorff, Paul. Verzeichnis der bis ende 1912 an den technischen Hochschulen des deutschen Reiches erschienen schriften. Mit unterstützung des Kgl. Preuszischen Ministeriums der Geistl. u. Untersowie der techrichtsangelegenheiten nischen Hochschulen hrsg. Berl. Spring378.43 er, 1914. 183 p. 6m. Klussmann, Rudolf. Systematisches verzeichnis der abhandlungen welche in den an dem proschulschriften sämtlicher grammtausche teilnehmenden lehranstalten erschienen sind, 1876-85, 1886-90, 189195, 1896-1900. Lpz. Teubner, 1889-1903. R R R SOCIETY PUBLICATIONS The serial publications issued by learned societies serve somewhat the same kind of reference use as do the more general periodicals, i. e., they supplement the book collections of the library by furnishing articles more up to date, or more authoritative and special, than the book literature of the subject in question. Papers printed in academy and society transactions are usually based directly upon original research and are scholarly and scientific in character, and are therefore more valuable than articles in the more general periodicals. For this same reason, as they appeal to a more limited public, they are less often indexed in the general indexes of periodicals, although generally indexed in the special bibliographies and indexes. To use society transactions intelligently the reference worker needs the same kind of aids needed in work with periodicals, i. e., indexes, bibliographies, and union lists or catalogues. For indexes use the indexes to periodicals, particularly the special indexes, described in the preceding chapter. The union lists of periodicals include many society transactions as well. For bibliographies, however, a special set of publications is available. Both the reference worker and the cataloger frequently need to look up information about the history, organization, officers, publications, addresses, etc., of the various learned societies, and for such purposes the following bibliographies, yearbooks and handbooks are useful. Certain of these, e. g., Griffin, Terry, etc., are so arranged that they serve also as indexes to the publications covered. Discontinued on account of the European War. Annuaire de la vie internationale: unions, associations, instituts, commissions, bureaux, offices, conférences, congrès, expositions, publications; publié pour l'Union des associations internationales avec le concours de la Fondation Carnegie pour la paix internationale et de l'Institut international de la paix, 1908/09-1910/11. Bruxelles, Off. centr. des assoc. internat. [1913] 2 v. 25cm. v. 1, 25 fr. v. 2, 45 fr. 060 Contains a great deal of information about the history, organization, membership, purposes, meetings, etc., of all types of international organizations, governmental and private, but not so much about their publications. Each volume contains (1) Pub lic (i. e. governmental) unions, conferences, etc., Eijkman, P. H. L'internationalisme 060 At head of title: Fondation pour l'internationalisme. "Notes" [list of international congresses, con- - L'internationalisme scientifique (sci- CONTENTS.-Avant-propos du professeur P. S. 016.. of societies; a provisional list of the publications of American scientific, literary, and other societies from their organization. N. Y. Publishers' weekly, 1899. 181 p. 24cm. $3. 016.06 Based upon the material contained in the Appendixes to the American catalogue of books, 1884-95. Now largely superseded by the Carnegie institution Handbook, but occasionally useful for societies not included in the Carnegie list. Carnegie institution of Washington. Handbook of learned societies and institutions: American. Wash. Carnegie institution, 1908. 592 p. 22cm. $4. 016.06 "Includes North and South America and the adjacent islands. Similar material for the rest of the world has been collected but is not yet edited for publication. It is however kept on file available for consultation at the Library of Congress. Omits societies and institutions devoted to medicine and agriculture, patriotic societies, local bar associations and teachers' organizations, and leagues for civic improvement or charitable purposes. Astronomical and meteorological observatories have been included only when forming departments of universities, colleges, etc." Gives name, address, history, object, meetings, membership, serial and special publications, distribution of publications, research funds and prizes. Arranged: (1) United States national societies; (2) local societies and institutions alphabetically by cities with the exception of state societies and institutions and historical societies of counties, smaller cities and towns which are entered under their respective states; (3) Canada, Mexico, West Indies, Central America, South America. Alphabetic index. Griffin, Appleton Prentiss Clark. Bibliography of American historical societies, the United States and Canada. 2d ed. rev. and enl. Wash. 1908. $1. (In American historical association. Annual report, 1905. v. 2.) 906 A very important list useful both for information about the societies included and as an index to the contents of their publications. Arranged: (1) national organizations, (2) local societies. For each society gives brief information about its history and a full list of its publications, with detailed contents of each composite volume. Full author, subject and society indexes. The subject index makes the work usable as an index to articles in the serial publications of the societies listed. Growoll, Adolf. American book clubs; their beginnings and history, and a bibliography of their publications. N. Y. Dodd, 1897. 423 p. 20cm. $7.50. 010.6 BELGIAN The A very useful list, giving for each society authoritative information as to its corporate name, address, date of founding, patron, officers, meetings, membership, titles of publications with prices, and contents of publications for the year covered. first volume 1884 was a basic volume, containing considerable historical information not reprinted in later issues. For full information, therefore, both the first and latest volume should be consulted. Terry, Charles Sanford. Catalogue of the publications of Scottish historical and kindred clubs and societies, and of the volumes relative to Scottish history, issued by his Majesty's Stationery office, 17801908. Glasgow, MacLehose, 1909. 253 p. 26cm. 10s. 6d. 016.941 A useful though not complete work, on the same general plan as Griffin's Bibliography of American historical societies (see above, p. ...) Contents: (1) Catalogue of the publications of over 50 Scottish historical and kindred clubs and societies, arranged alphabetically by name of society, giving for each society its corporate name, date of founding, purpose, list of its publications, and contents of each volume if several papers are included; (2) author and subject index to the publications and R contents notes. The index is quite full and is often useful for analytic references on small or out-ofthe-way points in Scotch history. FRENCH Deniker, Joseph. Bibliographie des travaux scientifiques (Sciences mathématiques, physiques et naturelles) pub. par les sociétés savantes de la France; dressée sous les auspices du Ministère de l'instruction publique. v. 1 pts. 1-2. Paris, Imprimerie nationale, 1895-97. iii, 400 p. 29cm. 10 fr. 016.506 No more published? Contents: t. 1, 1. livr. Ain-Gard (Nimes)-t. 1, 2. livr. Gard (Nimes) [cont'd]-Loire-Inférieure (Nantes). A companion work to Lasteyrie's great bibliographie noted below, planned on the same scale and intended to do for the scientific societies what Lasteyrie was doing for the historical. Unfortunately not finished. Lasteyrie du Saillant, Robert Charles, comte de. Bibliographie générale des travaux historiques et archéologiques publiés par les sociétés savantes de la France, dressée sous les auspices du Ministère de l'instruction publique. Paris, Impr. nationale, 1888-1914. V. 1-61-2. 29x22cm. 16 fr. per vol. 016.944 Publication of the Comité des travaux historiques et scientifiques. Issued in parts, 1885-1914. Vol. 1-4 cover the literature published to the year 1885; v. 5-6, 1886-1900. A monumental undertaking, not yet completed but forming already the most important work on French societies undertaken so far. Arranged alphabetically first by départements, then by towns and under each town by the name of the society. For each society gives brief history, note of all changes of name, suspensions, mergers, etc., full titles, dates, etc., of all of its publications and full contents of each volume. Not limited to societies in France but includes also those in the French colonies and abroad. Most useful at present for the historical matter about the societies and for the titles and collation of the sets of their publications, but can not be used rapidly for the analytical material. An alphabetical author and subject index has been projected and if this is ever published the work will become enormously useful as an index to the periodicals and society literature of French history and related topics. Continued on the same plan and scale by the following: Bibliographie annuelle des travaux historiques et archéologiques publiés par les sociétés savantes de la France dressée sous les auspices du Ministère de l'instruction publique. t. 1-3, années 1901/041909/10. Paris, Impr. nationale, 1906-14.* v. 1-3 in 9 pts. 28x22cm. 6.50 fr. per vol. Each volume consists of three annual issues. Contents: v. 1, 1901/02-1903/04; v. 2, 1904/051906/07; v. 3, 1907/08-1909/10. An annual continuation of the above, on the same plan and scale, listing in the 9 annuals so far issued 42,612 analytics. The following indexes should be noted: v. 3, no. 3 1909-10 has general index of societies (but not of analytics) in vols. 1-3, pts. 1-9. v. 3, no. 1, 1901-02, has both an author and a subject index to the analytical material in that issue; this index not continued in other issues, however. Lefèvre-Pontalis, Eugène. Bibliographie des sociétés savantes de la France. Paris, 1887. 142 p. 28cm. $1. 016.064 Largely superseded by Lasteyrie (see above) but still useful for some societies not included by Lasteyrie. GERMAN Müller, Johannes. Die wissenschaftlichen vereine und gesellschaften Deutschlands im neunzehnten jahrhundert; bibliographie ihrer veröffentlichungen seit ihrer begründung bis auf die gegenwart Berl. Asher, 1883-87. 878 p. 26cm. $16.50. 016.063 Arranged by cities with alphabetic index of societies. R |