The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-08-01

The nrSt known book catalogue was
issued IN 1854 IN Augsburg. Germany,
! by one Gaorre Wlller- II vas : Qnarto
OF nineteen pages, and recorded the
titles Of two hundred mad nfU-Hfx
books arranged In cla0eA
Hand lists or posters were printed
~ early - 1870 By Johann Aentsi Cor
MenteIin). Of Strasburg. who printed
the nrSt edition Of the Bible In 1888
or 1466 The nrst catalogue In Eng
land was printed in 1886 BY John Win
Diet for Andrew Maunsell. bookseller.
Richard Harding Davis viii make =
contribution to motor Action with bis
forthcoming book, The Adventures OF
the Scarlet Car" It IL an account Of
some exciting experiences that hap
pened to the Scarlet Car and to the
girl and the men who were In 1t. The
new story will be illustrated by Fred
erick Don Steel
! The Cambridge History Of English
Literal ure which is to follow the plan
OF the Cambridge Modern History, will
be published In fourteen volumes and
will coTer the whole Of English litera-
ture from Beowulf TO the end Of the
Victorian age. Each chapter will be
the work of writer especially familiar
with the subject, and the purpose Of
the history is to give connected ac-
count of the different movements, to
| treat the minor writer's adequately and
| not to allow them to be oyershadowed
| by a few great personalities
The largest library in the world,
which Is the Bibliotheque Rationale at
| Paris, contains three million volumes
The next largest library is In the Brit
! ish Museum, where reposing on musty
shelves are two million books. The
| Imperial library at St Petersburg con-
tains a million and half volumes The
New York City library Is the largest
| in the United States and contains one
million fourteen thousand books The
Harvard library is the largest college
! library In America, containing nine
hundred and ten thousand volumes
1
The manuscript OF Arthur Fl. Smiths
| Forthcoming book, America and
China" has reached the publishers
from Shanghai DR.. Smiths skill as
statesman has more than once called
! him into action as an unofficial repre-
| sentative of the United States In China
and as an ambassador OF China in
America. The new volume attempts to
point out Americas opportunities, adj
vantages and disadvantages as we'll as
/ responsibilities In the new era now
dawning In China. The author calls II
IAN outline sketch In charcoal Of the
general relations between America and
4 China"
Commenting on the dispute between
/ Mr.. Zangwill and Bernard Shaw as to
( how far they are merely commercial
ly minded in joining the Society OF
Authors, Clement Shorter says: Il
know no author who is better at a bar
gain as to so much per thou than
/ Mr.. Zangwill: l know no journalist
who has given editors so much trouble
in past years as to the precise amount
he should receive per column as Ber-
nard Shaw. On the other hand Mr..
ZangwilI has given to the ideal-some
f., of US think most fantastic Ideal
OF Zionism an ininity Of labor which
II he devoted to writing new novels
would have brought him hundreds OF
shekeIs that he has had to forego. Ber-
nard Shaw again is the least mercenary
of human beings. He Is generosity
personiied, although his hatred Of cant
sometimes leads to his being misunder-
, stood on this point"