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Library Catalogues. 85 Edna Lyall's " Knight Errant," Fothergill's " First Violin," and others equally unlike in a serious list. The peculiar punctuation is somewhat confusing. Jersey City, N.J. Supplement. No. 2, to the alphabetical finding list of the Free Public Library, Jan. ist, 1893. Imp. 8vo, 1893. Salem Public Library, Salem, Mass. 5th Supplement to the finding-list. October, 1893. R y- 8vo, 1893. We bracket these together for the purpose of saying that they are very admirable specimens of the work of certain American libraries. British librarians have usually formed the opinion they possess of their American brethren from some such catalogues as these, and that their publications are of general excellence is well-known. We feel justified in stating, after a careful examination, that for some cause or other, mainly want of the requisite funds, such supplementary lists as these are not always equalled on this side of the Atlantic. Library of the College of New Jersey. Class of '83 Library of Political Science and Jurisprudence. Finding list. Prince- ton, 1893. Imp. 8vo, pp. 44. " A ' finding list ' is technically unpretentious. The arbitrary short- title system which is found on the whole so practical, is, at best, only a servant to the regular longer-titled ' author ' and ' subject ' catalogues. This one ... is printed by the linotype method, and the type-bars being owned by the library only a small edition has been printed, as corrected editions can be printed at any time at small expense. The method has certain limitations (e.g.^ there can be no accents on capital letters), but its advantages are decided. The chief of these is the fact that new bars can be made and inserted as readily as cards in a card catalogue. In this way proof editions for library use, printed on a galley press, can be kept up to date, at slight cost." This method of printing has something of novelty about it and something to commend it, and seems to get over the difficulty of keeping catalogue matter standing in type to save re-setting. The list is arranged according to a special classification prepared by the professors of the college, and we commend this classification to the notice of those specially interested. The Library of Political Science and Jurisprudence is a memorial formed by members of the class of 1883 upon the occasion of a decennial reunion, and no more useful or appro- priate memorial could be found for a college than a special library. We have received the following booksellers' lists which are of more than ordinary interest : Handbook to various publications, documents, &c., connected with the rise and development of the railway system, sold by Mr. Edward Baker, Birmingham. 1893, i2ino, pp. 128, is. A most valuable contribution and guide to the literature upon the his- tory and progress of railways, chronologically arranged, and enhanced in interest by a descriptive commentary upon each item.