Devoted in part to North American fur animals are four 
recent bibliographies, two immensely useful abstracting organs and 
two publications of the U. S$. Superintendent of Documents, .. These ; 
eight works are considered so valuable for reference ‘purposes that 
they are cited separately below. One of the abstracting organs is 
the wé1l1 known Biological Abstracts, issued monthly, with a com=| ; 
plete index at the end of each year. The second, Wildlife Review, 
includes only wildlife literature, and is probadly. the most useful 
abstracting organ generally available to American fur. workers, It 
is issued four or five times annually. Catalog of the Public . 
Documents has appeared by volumes, one for each National Congress, 
1893 to date. Fortunately one of the bibliographies, Phillips, a 
includes an excellent section on fur seals, and numerous lists of 
refercicés to game and fur animal laws and wildlife conservation, 
all through L925. Cuthbertson & Ewers have .compiled. the most 
extensive List of references on the history .of the fur trade know 
to the writer, These eight references.are as follows: 
Biological Abstracts, 1926-date. University of Pennsyl-; - 
vania, Philadelphia. Published in five sections, Prics 
varies by sections; $25.00: per complete volume, : single 
subscription. Volume 15 in 1941. 
Cuthbertson, Stuart, and John C, Ewers, 19359. A preliminary 
bibliography on the American fur trade, .U. 5, Department. » 
of the Interior, National Park Service, 191 PP. 
(Mimeographed, ) fur ee 
Gaines, Stanley Il., et al, - 1938, - Bibliography on soil ero-. 
sion and. soil and water conservation. U. 8S. Department of 
Agriculture, Miscellaneous Publication No, 312. 651° PR 
U. S,. Government Printing Office, Washington, D, C. &O, 60, 
from Superintendent of Documents, “Washington, D. C.- 
Phillips, John Cc, ‘1930. American game mammals and birds; .a. 
catalogue of books, 1582 to 1925, sport, natural history 
and conservation, Foughton Mifflin Co., Boston: and New 
York, 638 pp. $10.00, 
