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...subject of interest to many, students and instructors alike, is the need of a much larger number of duplicate copies of certain reference books in the library. Several new methods of study have been introduced during the past few years, and among them is the use of reference books for parallel reading. Especially has this become the practice in many of the history courses, which are among the largest and most popular in the elective schedule. One of two alternatives for carrying out this reading must be taken by a candidate in such courses. Either he must buy or borrow...
...attention of the library authorities may advantageously be called to the issuing of a small hand-book of reference to the library. Such a hand-book was published some time ago in connection with the Boston Public Library and has proved itself so useful that a new edition has been authorized by the trustees. This little pamphlet is both convenient and comprehensive. Among the interesting subjects contained in it are a complete set of the library regulations, an account of the various catalogues and indices, and a short, but complete, history of the library since its foundation...
With such a little book at hand, freshmen would feel less hesitation and awkwardness in making an early use of the library facilities, and many upper classmen would be enabled to go about their library work in a quicker and more business-like manner. It would unfold to many an idea of the benefits of this great treasure house of which they are ignorant, and improve their chances for a better rank. In fact the benefit would be general and a hand-book would be heartily welcomed by all alike...
...Dixon's new book, "What to Do," is a medical work. It tells what to do when a physician cannot be obtained, or what should be done before the physician's arrival...
...bring about a new era in the acquisition of the Greek language. The same magazine, when the second edition of the grammar came out in 1840, took occasion to say that Mr. Sophocles was well known as a gentleman of extraordinary attainments in Greek literature, and that his book was unsurpassed in the English language. In 1837 Yale College conferred upon him the degree of A. M., and Harvard did the same in 1847, afterwards giving him the degree of LL. D. in 1868. The wide sale of the grammar called forth other books, and in these the same careful...