LIBRARY

PERIODICALS  .—The following is a list of the current periodicals which deal with library matters, with the dates of their establishment and place of publication: The Library Journal (New York, 1876) ; The Library (London, 1889) ; Public Libraries (Chicago, 1896) ; The Library World (London, 1898); '`The Library Assistant (1898) ; The Library Association Record (1899) ; Library Work (Minneapolis, U.S., 1906); Bulletin of the American Library Association {Boston, 1907) ; Revue des bibliotheques (Paris, 1891) ; Bulletin des bibliotheques populaires (Paris, 1906); Courrier des Bibliothe ues (Paris); Bulletin de l`institut international de bibliographie q(Brussels, 1895) ; Revue des bibliotheques et archives de Belgique (Brussels, 1903) ; Tijdschrift voor bee/mad bibliothekwezen (Hague, 1903); De Boekzaal (Hague, 1907); Bogsgmlingsbladet (Copenhagen, 1906); For Folke-og Barnboksamlinger (Christiania, 1906); Folkebibliotheksbladet (Stockholm, 1903) ; Zentralblatt fur Bibliothekswesen (Leipzig, 1884) ; Blatter fur Volksbibliotheken and Lesehallen (1899; occasional supplement to the above) ; Bibliographie des Bibliotheks- and Buchwesens (ed. by Adalbert Hortzschansky, 1904; issued in the Zentralblatt) • Jahrbuch der Deutschen Bibliotheken (Leipzig, 1902) ; Minerva . Jahrbuch der gelehrten Welt (Strassburg, 189o) ; Metteilungen des osterreichisehen Vereins fur Bibliothekswesen (Vienna, 1896); Ceskd Osveta (Novy Bydzov, Bohemia, 1905) ; Revista delle biblioteche e degli archivi (Florence, 189o) ; Bollettino delle biblioteche popolari (Milan, 1907) Revista de Archivos, Bibliotecas y Museos Madrid (1907); The Gakuto (Tokio, Japan, 1897) . (H . R . T.; J . D . BY.) II include some of the most ancient that exist, and the Samaritan collection is one of the Iatgest in Europe; the Oriental MSS . comprehend many valuable texts, and among the French are some of great historical value .