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graphical interests, to answer, by leading 

 articles, communications, notes, etc., all the 

 questions which come up in the experience 

 of librarians, and to form " an inspiration 

 that will keep them up to their profes- 

 sion." 



The cooperative system ought to work 

 with as much benefit in libraries as it does 

 in other cases ; and if, by mutual assistance, 

 their condition can be improved, the good 

 influence will extend to the people who use 

 them. It was for the purpose of helping on 

 in this good work that the Library Journal 

 was undertaken. There is a large band of 

 associate editors, representing the leading 

 libraries of the country, who should be able 

 to make this periodical valuable to all in- 

 terested in the subject. 



Report of the Exploring Expedition from 

 Santa Fe to the Junction of the Grand 

 and Green Rivers in 1859, under the 

 Command of Captain J. N. Macomb ; 

 with Geological Report by Prof. J. 

 S. Newberry. Washington : Govern- 

 ment Printing-Office. Pp. 152. 



The larger part of this work is occu- 

 pied with Prof. Newberry's geological re- 

 port. This was originally written and pre- 

 pared for publication in 1860, but did not 

 appear on account of the rebellion. Ac- 

 companying it is a map of the region, with 

 eleven water-color sketches, showing the 

 characteristic scenery, and eleven drawings, 

 three of scenery and eight of fossils. The 

 report concludes with descriptions of the 

 cretaceous, carboniferous, and triassic fos- 

 sils collected on the expedition. 



Forest - Culture and Eucalyptus - Trees. 

 By Ellwood Cooper. San Francisco : 

 Cubery & Co. Pp. 238. Price, $1.50. 



A lecture by the author on " Forest- 

 Culture and Australian Gum-Trees " occu- 

 pies the first part of this little book. To it 

 are appended four essays by Frederick von 

 Miiller, of Austria, discussing various sub- 

 jects relating to forest-culture, the desira- 

 bleness of planting trees, etc. The culti- 

 vation of trees is a matter of considerable 

 importance, and this work is intended to 

 impress it upon the public attention. 



The "Fifth Annual Catalogue of the 

 Santa Barbara College " takes up the last 

 thirty pages of the book. 



Vaccination as a Preventive of Small- 

 pox. By W. C. Chapman, M. D. To- 

 ledo: Brown & Faunce. Pp. 91. 



There is found to be an inverse ratio 

 between vaccination and small -pox, and 

 the average amount of deaths from small- 

 pox has been only two in a thousand in 

 those countries where vaccination has been 

 rendered compulsory. Its importance is 

 now universally admitted, though it is not 

 so generally acted upon, and for this rea- 

 son any fresh reminders cannot fail to be 

 beneficial. While advancing nothing ab- 

 solutely new, Dr. Chapman presents the 

 existing knowledge in a manner which af- 

 fords a full understanding of the subject. 

 After giving a history of its earliest appli- 

 cation and development, he discusses the 

 following questions : " Does vaccination 

 protect the system from contagion of small- 

 pox ? Why does the protective power of 

 vaccination become so impaired as to ren- 

 der revaccination advisable ? What causes 

 have prejudiced the public against the op- 

 eration of vaccination ? What measures 

 should be instituted to enforce a due appre- 

 ciation of the benefits of vaccination ? " 



Rules for a Printed Dictionary Cata- 

 logue. By Charles A. Cutter, Libra- 

 rian of the Boston Athenaeum. Wash- 

 ington : Government Printing - Office. 

 Pp. 89. 



This pamphlet forms the second part of 

 the United States Government report on 

 the public libraries. In many of our smaller 

 cities and towns the value of the libraries 

 is greatly impaired, since there is no direct 

 way of discovering their contents, or of 

 being able to find a book on a given sub- 

 ject. As the libraries enlarge and outgrow 

 their catalogues, these difficulties increase. 

 Mr. Cutter goes into the minutest details of 

 classification in this essay, laying down 

 203 rules which he expands and illus- 

 trates. The work is, perhaps, a little too 

 thorough to be altogether practical in 

 the hands of many librarians. If the 

 directions were not quite so numerous, and 

 some of the details had been suppressed, 

 it might have been more effective. A libra- 

 rian will, however, be better able to utilize 

 the books under his charge if he make 

 himself familiar with the rules given by 

 Mr. Cutter. 



