Accident prevention, list, 159.

Adelaide (Australia) library, report, 175.
Ahern, Mary E., The war against war, 13;
libraries and advertising (abst.), 238.
Alabama library association, meetings, 24.
American library association

Council, 66.

Executive board, 69.

Conference (Louisville), proceedings, 311.
Agricultural libraries section, 317.
Catalog section, 318.

Children's librarians' section, 319.
Lending rept. round table, 321.
Professional training section, 321.
Publicity exhibit, 340.
Trustees' section, 324.
Committees:

Bookbinding, 315.
Fire insurance, 316.

Library school training, 315.
Mobilization, 311.

Model city charter, 428.
Nominating, 194.
Publicity, 358.

Midwinter meeting (1916-17), 66.
Publishing board, 66.

Red Cross ambulance fund, 367.
Secretary's report, 314.
Treasurer's report, 316.
A. L. A.

In 1917 [Ed.], 226.

Louisville conference [Ed.], 306.
Book list, criticism of notes, 9.
- [Ed.], 190.

War service [Putnam] 408; 412.
American library institute meetings, 153.
Anderson, E. H., A plea for fairer support

[of the Immigrant publication society],
56; Bases of computation [of library sta-
tistics], 187, cf. 222.

Andover, Memorial hall library, report, 210.
Anna (Ill.), county library, 65.
Anon., A weary world, 409.
Anxious, Sick librarians, 100.
Anti-war literature (Ed.), 410.

"Apartment houses of the Metropolis," various
issues, 141.

Assistant librarians, sad fate of, 100.
Association of American library schools, 323.
Atlanta (Ga.) library, report, 131.

--, library school, 38, 161, 203, 243, 287.
Atlantic City meeting, 74, proceedings, 157.
Askew, Sarah B., The man, the place and the
book [rev.], 80.

Attleboro (Mass.) library, report, 210.
Augustana college library, list, 240.
Autobiographies of to-day, list, 148.

Babcock, Helen S., The high school library,
252.

Bacon, Corinne, Children's catalog (rev.),
148.

Bagley, Helen A., Books for men, 355.
Baker, Mary E., The reasons anent catalog-
ing, 138, cf. 223.

Bangor (Me.) library, report, 399.

Barr, Charles J., An appeal [about the Illi-
nois library law], 126; Illinois library
notes, 152.

--, appointment, 91.

--, conference of Hon. M. A. by Yale uni-
versity, 255.

Battle of the books, 184.

Bay, J. C., The Decimal classification [anti-
crit. remarks], 11; A photographic photo-
stat expert, 101.

Bay path library club, meetings, 385.
Beebe, Junius, library gift, 128.

Being fit (Strohm), 135;

Belden, Charles F. D., Civil service in libra-
ries, 143.

appointment, 89; biog., 105.
Belmond (Ia.), library gift, 297.

Benton, J. H., bequest to Boston library,
128.

Berkeley (Cal.) library, report, 48.

Best books, selection, 144.

Binghamton library, report, 257; war serv-
ice, 359.

Bird house exhibit, Minneapolis, 231.
Birmingham (Ala.) library, war service, 360.
Black, Mary J. L., An important aspect at
the present time, 215.

Blackburn, Florence, Library exhibits, 8.
Blakeslee, Mabel F., Personal reading of the
librarian, 188.

Blanchard, Caroline A., death, 351.
Blind, books for, list, 240.

Boise library, report, 298.
Bond, Henry, death, 402.

Book lists: Accident prevention, 159, 174; au-
tobiographies of to-day, 148; blind (books
for), 240; business (books about), 159, 201,
286; busy children (books for), 233; child
labor, 36; children's reading, 35, 46, 49, 441;
debates, 241; drama, 441; good stories, 116;
governor's messages (digest), 160; home
economics, 286; Indiana newspapers, 78;
Jewish life, 79; military training, 285, 339;
music and musicians, 338; New York in
novels, 240; novels, old-fashioned,
pageants, 36; patriotism, 389; periodicals,
current, 240; periodicals (selection), 35;
rainy day books, 116; safety first, 159; school
libraries, books for, 240; school room dec-
oration, 201; science, history of, 201; short
stories, 35, 159; social subjects, 240; tech-
nical books, 63, 242, 339; trees and garden-
ing, 240; vegetables, cultivation of, 285; vo-
cational guidance, 35; world war, 159; young
people (books for), 241.

33;

Booth, Mary J., A debtor to his profession, 5.
Borden, William A., Organization of free pub-
lic library systems in the United States, 177.
Borrowers' cards, 231.

Boston Athenaeum, report, 210.

Boston library, bequest by J. H. Benton, 128;
report, 295; Saturday evening girls, 62; Vat-
temare gift [Ed.], 226.

-, reference libraries for business, 36.

Bostwick, Arthur E., Library committee of the
Drama league, 99.

Bowerman, George F., Cost vs. expenditure,
222.

Braddock (Pa.) library, report, 129.

Braddock's field (Pa.), history, 389.

Branch library news, New York City, 33.
Brazil, National library, 98.

Brett, W. H., Paid by both, 99; Ohio county
library law, 140.

· British Columbia library association, meetings,
431.

-library association, meetings, 429.

Brockton library, report, 255.

Brookline (Mass.) library, report, 210.

Brooklyn library, address by staff on salaries
question, 140; [Ed.], 142; report, 257.
Brown, (Mrs.) Sarah A., gift to Miamisburg
(Ohio) library, 192.

Walter L., The changing public, 299.
Browning, Eliza Gordon, retirement, 91.

Buffalo library, appreciation of service, 16; re-

list, 440.

-library work, 376-380.

- Sherman (Ohio), library, 423.

Campbell, J. Maude, Selected list of Russian
books [rev.], 81.

Canada, library extension, 196.

Carnegie, Andrew, Oxygen for libraries, 59.
Carnegie library school (Pittsburgh), see
Pittsburgh, Carnegie library, library school.
Carter, (Mrs.) Edward S., The high school
library and its possibilities, 43.
Carthage (Mo.) library, report, 296.

Cary, Miriam E., In the land of the counter-
pane, (rev.), 36.

Cass, Elizabeth H., death, 451.
Catalogs, scarcity of, 138-140.
- wanted catalogers [Ed.], 102.

3

Cedar Rapids (Ia.) library, report, 172; "tin"
station, 186.

Certification of librarians, 5, 70, 176.
Changing public (Brown), 299.

Charlotte (N. C.) library, report, 131.
Chautauqua summer library school, 346.
Chicago, Advertising association, meeting, 155.
- library, camp library work, 376; extension
plan, 21; Henry E. Legler memorial branch,
401; report, 258; Woodlawn branch, facing
p. 93.

-library club, meetings, 76, 114, 156, 199, 234,
383, 431.
of printed

- university library, distribution
cards, 413; report, 131.

- wild flowers, list, 441.

Child labor, reading list, 36.
Child labor day, 413.

Children's reading, 63.

book lists, 35, 46, 49, 441.

choice of books for (synopsium), 95.

love stories, 49.

room, volunteer work in, 303.

China, library extension, 298.

Chinese printed books in L. of C., 110, 114.
Cincinnati library, lecture course, 231.
Circulation, cost, 64.

City charter, model, 428.

Civil service in libraries (Mass.), 102.

Massachusetts libraries, 61; (Ed.) 102,
(Dana), 105, (Belden), 143; 210.

Clark university library, War collection, 13.
Clarke, Edith E., Good and bad points of the
printing bill, 19.

Classification, Decimal, A. L. A. committee, 10,
58, 141.

Cleveland library, John G. White folklore li-
brary, 229; report, 23.

survey of library activities, 88.

Collman, Sophie M., Tales from the old world

and the new (rev.), 36.

Columbia university, library course, 292.

Connecticut library association, meeting,
284.

Corning (N. Y.) library, librarian's position
[Ed.]. 191.

County library idea [Ed.], 103.

law, Ohio, 140.

Texas, 151.

-laws, summary, 17.

Cox, M. D., Better financial support for public
libraries, 266.

Craver, Harrison W., appointment, 171.

Crist, Henry, library gift, 297.

Curran, Mary H., death, 171.

Current topics, reference work on, 390.

Dana, John Cotton, Qualities and training nec-
essary for a business librarian, 362.

-, Richard H., Library civil service (abst.),
105.

Danville (Ill.) library, report, 296.
Davenport (Ia.) library, report, 213.
Davis, Caroline H., Bibliography of pageants
(rev.), 36.

-, R. L., Some library reminiscences, 180.
Debates, index to, Pittsburgh library, 240.
Debtor to his profession (Booth), 5.
Decimal classification (Voge), 10, 58, 141.