+ + – Sat. R. 101: 402. Mr. 31, ’06. 470w.
Dana, John Cotton. [Notes on bookbinding for libraries.] 75c. Library bureau, Chicago.
“The problem with which this book deals is purely a library problem. It makes no pretence of contributing anything to the art or craft of book making; its aim is to give to librarians such an elementary knowledge of this craft that they may intelligently decide on the methods and materials that are best adapted to their needs. The point of view is purely the economic one—how shall the library bind its books so as to secure the largest possible service at the least cost.”—Nation.
Reviewed by Henry E. Bliss.
+ + + Library J. 31: C130. Ag. ’06. 1530w. + + – Library J. 31: 738. O. ’06. 950w.
“Library commissions are recommending it, and it is likely to become the standard text book on library binding in summer schools, apprentice classes, and in the more elementary of the regular library schools.”
+ + Nation. 83: 224. S. 13, ’06. 320w.
Dana, John Cotton, and Kent, Henry W. Literature of libraries in the 17th and 18th centuries. 6v. *$12. McClurg.
Two volumes of this series of six have made their appearance. One of them is “The duties and qualifications of a librarian: a discourse pronounced in the general assembly of the Sorbonne, December 23, 1870, by Jean-Baptiste Cotton des Houssayes, to which have been prefaced an introduction and bibliographical note.” The other introduction is “The reformed librarie-keeper. or two copies of letters concerning the place and office of librarie-keeper” by John Dury. with a biographical sketch of this Presbyterian divine of the sixteenth century.