New Britain herald., 1926-12-20

and concise information about each city, town, village and post office.
 It further states how each place may be reached. Officers for both state
 and counties are included.
 American Newspaper Annual and
 than it's title implies. Here may be found the newspapers and periodi- calls published in the United States and Canada. Cuba and the West h. dian Islands with information regard ing the circulation issue. date of es- tablishment, etc, and a list Of Amer ican publications in foreign coun- tries. There is separate list Of all daily newspapers and monthly and weekly publications. Finally there is description of every place in the United States and Canada in which a newspaper is published.
 Who's Who in American, 1926-27, is q biographical dictionary of nota- ble living men and women of the United States, The Film Year book 1926 contains statistical data and other information of value to all identified with the production. distri- button and exhibition of motion pie lures.
 Europe Year Book 1926 is an an- nual survey of European politics. art and literature, European Who's Who and directory and a statistical
 review. Contains much important
 material which is presented in a manner easy to access.
 The library is q subscriber to the N. Y. Times Index which is invaluable
 for tracing the what, when and where" of recent events.
 The library has been further en- riehed through the generosity of G, E. Kimball who presented q History of Connecticut in 5 volumes edited by Morris Galpin Osborn. This is ar
 ranged in monographic form and
 each section is written by an author
 ity on the subject.
 Volume four of Sonncnsfhein Best Books" which i5 to be con- plete in five volumes. is a reader s guide to the best available books ill
 every department of science, art and ' literature, with the dates of first and i last editions, and the price, size and ! publishers name. both English and 1 American, of each book. This is a ! real contribution towards systematic ; bbliography. and it contains con- i plete author and subject index. 1 A dictionary of modern English l usage is a handy desk volume giving | aids in spelling words which do not i follow the general rule. Considera-
 be space is devoted to the correct | forms of mar well known and
 often misused words.
 'The purpose of the compiler has | been to bring together instances of | those moments in the life of the ! English language at which the culti- | vated speaker or writer may feel, or should feel, doubt or hesitation in ' the practical application of the 1 language. He has not been concern '
 | ed with outright illiteracies, with the 1 crude errors of syntaX, pronunciation and vocabulary of the uneducated | person. But an examination of the | contents ofthe book shows that even 1 the speaker or writer of not a little | experience in the command of Eng | fish has his moments of difficulty | Saturday Review Of Literature.
 A particularly welcome addition ! to any reference collection is the
 new edition by Geddies of the old standby chambers Biographical | Dictionary It covers all nations
 and all times, including more than | ten thousand entries.
 A health survey of S6 cities, is
 sued by the Research Division of the American Child Health association is