DOCUMENT PRICE LISTS 



The only publications sent free by the Superintendent of Documents are his 

 Price Lists. More than 60 of these have been compiled and published, but some 

 have become obsolete. Those which are now in active stock are published under 

 the following names and numbers: 



"I f\ Laws of U. S. Describes all the differ- 

 JL" ent forms in which the Laws have been 

 officially published. Editions issued by private 

 publishers are not sold. 



"| "I Food and Diet. Lists all of those 



JLX pamphlets relating to cookery which, col- 

 lectively, have been given the popular name, 

 Uncle Sam's Cook Book. 



-in; U. S. Geological Survey. Thesur- 

 JLfJt vey is a prolific publisher. Its principal 

 series are Bulletins, of which it has issued nearly 

 600; Water Supply Papers, nearly 400; Mono- 

 graphs, more than 50; Professional Papers, more 

 than 80. 



"I /^ Farmers* Bulletins and Year- 

 J- " hooks. This is preeminently the farm- 

 ers' list. It Is more in demand tnan any other. 

 The Farmers' Bulletins now number about 600, 

 and the pamphlet reprints from the Yearbooks are 

 even more numerous. There is also a new series, 

 called Agriculture Department Bulletins, number- 

 ing now about a hundred. By frequently pub- 

 lishing new editions or Supplements No- 16 is usu- 

 ally kept pretty closely up to date. 

 1 Q Engineering: mechanics. The 

 J- O List has not many publications relating to 

 the mechanical arts. Engineering is better repre- 

 sented, but the chief feature is the collection of 

 technical documents from the Standards Bureau. 

 "I Q Army and Navy. American Military 

 JL *? and Naval Documents, of which there are 

 more than many peaceful citizens are aware of. 



Of! Lands. Relates to the Public Lands of 

 A\J the United States, their conservation and 

 irrigation, the National Parks, Homesteading, etc. 

 O "I Fishes. The fishery industries as well 

 ^ -!- as the fishes are considered, the publica- 

 tions of the Fish Commission and the Fisheries 

 Bureau furnishing the greater number of titles. 



Indians. The historical, ethnological, 

 educational, and philological documents 

 relating to the Indian tribes of North America are 

 numerous and to many persons exceedingly inter- 

 esting. 



O^ Transportation. The first edi- 

 *JtJ tions of this List included the publica- 

 tions of the Interstate Commerce Commission. A 

 separate List (No. 59) has now been given to the 

 Commission, but many documents relating to 

 transportation are left. 



OQ Finance. The National Monetary 

 AJO Commission, the new financial legislation, 

 the income tax, etc., supply plentiful material for 

 a long list. 



O "I Education. There are few more active 

 O JL publishing offices than the Education Bu- 

 reau. Its recent issues of bulletins have been more 

 numeroxis than formerly, and also apparently more 

 timely and interesting. 



OO IVoncontlguous territory. The 

 O 44 fi rs t edition of this List included the docu- 

 ments relating to Alaska Territory and the Canal 

 Zone, but a separate list has been made for each of 

 these. No. 32 now relates only to the Philippines, 

 Hawaii, Porto Rico, Guam, Samoa, and the occu- 

 pations of Cuba by the United States. 



are 



numerous 



plans in recent years to lighten the lot of the wage 

 workers. 



Geography and explorations. 



Includes publications of the Coast and Geo- 

 detic Survey and of the surveys and explorations 

 in the West during the 19th century, besides gen- 

 eral geographical titles. 



Government periodicals. TheSu' 

 perintendent of "DtfeUnients receives asfbS 

 scriptions for more than -5ft periodicals-^- <?-ai!y,_ , 

 weekly and monthly. All are described and priced 

 in this List. , - ,' 



OO Labor questions. Forty pages 

 *JU filled with titles relating to the numer 



OQ Animal Industry. Publications de- 



OO scribing the domestic animals in health 



and disease, their proper care and feeding. In- 



cludes dairy and poultry. 



A f\ Chemistry Bureau. As this is a 



^tV/ branch of the Agriculture Department, its 



publications are classed as belonging to agricultu- 



ral chemistry. 



A "I Insects. The titles in this List proceed 



*.- from the Entomology Bufeau. 



A O Experiment Stations Ofllce. 



^t^bJ These publications discuss many themes, 



including nutrition, Irrigation, drainage, agricul- 



tural* extension, etc. 



4_Q Forest Service. The work of this ex- 



*O tensive and important service is well 



covered by its several series of publications. 



A A Plant Life. All economic plant growth, 



** and its maladies and cures, planting, seed- 



ing, hybridization, etc. 



A FZ Public Roads Office. To this office 



*<-* has been Intrusted the study and develop- 



ment of one of the most important and practical 



reforms. Its publications report the results of 



extensive and successful experimentation. 



Af* Soils. The work of the Soils Bureau, 



rr\J Agriculture Department, is of great eco- 



nomic value. American soils have been surveyed, 



described, analyzed, and classified. 



AJ~[ Crop Statistics. The work of the 



^t ' Statistics Bureau, Agriculture Department, 



made accessible. 



^1 Q Weather Bureau. The weather has 



Tt:O not yet been brought under control, but 



the study of its laws has been prosecuted with 



diligence. 



American History. No connected 



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Tariff. The eld HE 4 ucw tariff, r/ith in^ 

 cidental documents. 



' narrative history of 1 he Republic has been 

 officially published but many historical episodes 

 have been described, and such descriptions are the 

 material from, which history is made. 

 pr~| Health and Hygiene. A large List, 

 J A giving numerous titles relating to public 

 health, individual health, and sanitation. 

 PIO Maps. Though several of the largest 

 ***-* map-publishing bureaus prefer to sell their 

 own maps, still many are listed here, including the 

 United States and State maps published by tho 

 General Land Office. 



r^A Miscellaneous. Numerous subjects 

 OT not taken up in other lists are bunched 

 under this heading. Corporations, immigration, 

 initiative, referendum, recall, strong drink, white 

 slave traffic, and woman suffrage are leading sub- 

 jects. 



p: PI National Museum Publications. 

 kJkJt The publications of the Museum are all 

 public documents and are on sale. 

 plfj Smithsonian Institution Re- 

 -'" ports. The Annual Report is the only 

 publication of the Smithsonian Institution proper 

 that is a public document. The General Appendix 

 to the Report is a scientific miscellany that supplies 

 an array ofinteresting titles, 

 prrr Astronomical Papers of the 

 *J * IVaval Observatory. Not a large 

 list, but one which includes papers by Simon New- 

 comb and other astronomers of note. 

 p:Q Mines and Mining. Mainly made 

 JO up of issues of the Mines Bureau, a new 

 and active publishing office. 

 p:O Interstate Commerce Commis- 

 *J7 sion Publications. These have be- 

 come so numerous that it has been necessary to 

 make a separate list for them. 

 f?rfc Alaska Territory. A separate listfoi 

 ^"V/ the numerous publications relating to the 

 'newest of the Territories. 



f~l Panama Canal and the Canal 

 V,- 1 - Zone. This is another case of the printed 

 records relating to a special subject outgrowing 

 former bounds and requiring the compilation of a 

 new list. 



