The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-11-18
PERIODICALS Of
HIGHEST CLASS Il
State Library Now Has Leading
Magazines On Reading
Tables.
A CLASSIFIED LIST GIVEN.
Assistant Librarian Evans Pre-
parcs Complete List OF
Periodicals.
A CLASSIFIED LIST GIVEN

ICT1Ou1CdlS.
Mr.. Edward steptoe Evans. assistant
State Librarian. gives the appended In
tcrcsting account Of the periodicals to be
found now upon the Librarys reading
tables:
"By the list of January, 1906 the State
Library Will have upon its files nearly
all OF the important magazines publlshed
In America. and many OF those pupllsheo
abroad, II having been the policy OF the
Library board since its control to add to
The lbrcry all the scientific and other.
rrt,saz. iles which upon investigation
prove IL be Of value to the student.
Since lie days OF the Spectator ana
ratler when the public were given
through their columns those racy criu-
clsms and brilliant essays which have
survived the ravages Of time and are held
by US as classics to-day; magazines have
been through alternate stages of degener-
alton and regeneration. Towards the
first part Of the nineteenth century the
STANDARD Of magazine articles was SO
lowered that with ono or two notable ex-
ceptions the much decried dime novels
or to-day would compare favorably with
the class OF literature then offered the
reading public.
1t Is only within the past twenty-five
years that professional and trade maya
zines have reached any degree OF ell
cheney, or that scientific journals have
reached their highest perfection.
Age of Specialties.
The present ago is an age Of specialties,
al, we now not only have periodicals
dealing with almost every subject pro-
fession or trade, but with different phases
Of the subject and different branches OF
the Profession and trade. This very spe-
cIalization has raised the standard OF
magazine articles to high plane, ana
for the scientific, historical. political, pro-
fessional and trade magazines the articles
are written by specialists for specialists
and can be generally accepted as author
itative upon the subject Of which they
treat III sff
The mass Of material published this
way every year is enormous and OF IN
calculable value.
1t is made accessible by full cata-
logue OF the subject and title Of every
article published in one hundred and fifty
magazines. from 1882 to date.
For the past year the State Library
has been purchasing back numbers OF
magazines for the purpose Of filling out
the files so as to ultimately possess every
magazine article indexed in the catalogue
| above She NOW has about seven thou
sand bound volumes. Fiaaiys
List at Present.
The following is list OF the maya
zines received currently. Many not now
on the list will be added January LIST.
. "A cr-toI
| Country Life in America, Southern Plant
| er, Southern Workman.
Scientific American Anthropologtst,
| electrical World and Engineer, Engineer
ling and Mining Journal Journal Of
Franklin Institute. National Geographic
magazine, Scientific American and Sup
plement
| Observation-Disclosures Historical Review,
English Historical Review. John p.
Branch Historical Papers Magazine Of
| History, North Carolina Booklet, South
! erns Historical Society Papers, Southern
History Association. Virginia Magazine
! Of History and Biography, William and
| Mary Quarterly.
Social and Political Science-American
Journal Of Sociology, American Mechan-
les Advocate, Annals of American fAcad-
envy of Political and Social Science. Good
Government. Johns Hopkins University
Studies, Journal of Political Economy,
Labour Co-partnership
Reigion-Amcrcan Journal of Theol-
ogy.
Tashion-L'Art dc Ia Mode.
Art-Art Journal, Camera Work, In
ternational Studio.
photography = photographic de la
France Bulletin of New York Public Lii
braray, Cumulative Book Index, Cumu-
lative Book Review Digest, Library In
dex, Library Journal, Public Libraries. |
Publishers Weekly, Readers Guido to
Periodical Literature.
Trade-Bonrd of Trade Journal.
Neutrality-suspicious. and the Com
mons, Journal of Zoophiy, Richmond |
Young Men.
Educational educational R eva ew,
Hampton Leaflets, Journal Of Pedagogy,
School RevieW.
Muscnl-Etude.
Humorous-Judge. Puck. Punch.
Observation-Disclosures England Historical |
and Genealogical Register.
Legal--Amcrlcan Law Review Harvard
Law Review, Law Quarterly Review
observation-disclosures and Builders
Magazine
Literary--Arena. Athenaeum. Atlantic
Monthly. Bookman, Century, Chautau-
quan Confederate Veteran, Critic. [
Deutsche Litteraturzeltung, Dial, Dublin
Review, Edinburgh Review Fortnlghly [
Review Forum, Graphic. Harpers Month
ly. Harper's Weekly, illustrated London
News, Independent, Ladies' Home Jour
nal, Literary Digest. Living Age Nation.
North American Review, Outlook, Review
OF Reviews Saturday NvaIng Post,
Scrlbner's Westminster Review. Worlds
SNVork,
Observation-Disclosures.