Excerpt from The Library Journal, Vol. 2: Official Organ of the American Library Association, Chiefly Devoted to Library Economy and Bibliography, (January-December, 1886) The key to this enormous heap of material is, of course, to be found in the index, in which a bibliographer, Of critical acumen could probably drive a horse and cart through every page. But any one who has ever been lost' in the labyrinth of Government publications will be grateful for what he gets, and in this index he gets a great deal. To take two or three examples: There are thirteen entries under Library of Congress, with perhaps a hundred page-references, but no reference from Congress or Congressional to Library the 1876 Report on Public Libraries is entered under Public. But not under Libraries, and, by the way, the note on this work on p. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from The Library Journal, Vol. 29: Official Organ of the American Library Association, Chiefly Devoted to Library Economy and Bibliography; January-December 1904 All this merely to insist that phrasemaking and the elaboration of the obvious are not foibles of the sociologist only, but that every group is addicted to the same delusive pas time. My task is to make some new phrases for your professional activities, to put what you have always known into unwonted language, which, however, I hope may not be wholly unintelligible. I suppose that there is some profit in having in an outsider unhampered by too much special knowledge of your chosen field. His ill-concealed ignorance is, to be sure, diverting, but he serves a more im portant purpose in trying at least to relate your work in a large way to the great life tasks of society. This is worth while for two reasons. If you are puffed up with pride or feel the whole burden of human progress resting on your shoulders it is well to remind you that there are other agencies which have a hand in promoting the welfare of mankind; there are, so to say, other books in circula tion. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from The Library Journal, Vol. 16: Official Organ of the American Library Association, Chiefly Devoted to Library Economy and Bibliography; January December, 1891 Any one who has paid attention to the recent progress of library economy in Europe must have noticed with gratification the activity which has of late characterized the librarians of Italy, whose readiness to adopt the most approved methods of library work promises to place them erelong in the front rank of our profession. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from The Library Journal, 1894, Vol. 19: Official Organ of the American Library Association; Chiefly Devoted to Library Economy and Bibliography It may not prove uninteresting to call atten tion to a few other works of a local nature which have appeared since 1846. The first to which I invite attention is Ludewig s (h. E.) Literature Of American local history; a bibliographical essay (xx 180 p. N. Y which was a pioneer effort in this field. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.