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: 



Laws of U. S. Describes all the differ- 

 ent forms in which the Laws have been 

 officially published. Editions issued by private 

 publishers are not sold. 



T T Food and Diet. Lists all of those 

 JL J. pamphlets relating to cookery which, col- 

 lectively, have been given the popular name, 

 Uncle Sam's Cook Book. 



T JT U. S. Geological Survey. Thesur- 

 JL<tJ yey 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. 



1 f* Farmers' Bulletins and Year- 

 J-vJ books. 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. 

 T Q Engineering: Mechanics. The 

 -L 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. 

 T Q Army and Navy. American Military 

 J- *? and Naval Documents, of which there are 

 more than many peaceful citizens are aware of. 

 O/~k Lands. Relates to the Public Lands of 

 A\J* the United States, their conservation and 

 irrigation, the National Parks, Homesteading, etc. 

 OT Fishes. The fishery industries as well 

 ^1 J_ as the fishes are considered, the publica- 

 tions of the Fish Commission and the Fisheries 

 Bureau furnishing the greater number of titles. 

 o A Indians. The historical, ethnological, 

 ^tt educational, and philological documents 

 relating to the Indian tribes of North America are 

 numerous and to many persons exceedingly inter- 

 esting. 



op: Transportation. The first edi- 

 AJO* 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. 



OO Finance. The National Monetary 

 ^JO 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_L publishing olfices than the Education Bu- 

 reau. Its recent issuas of bulletins have been more 

 numerous than formerly, and also apparently more 

 timely and interesting. 



OO Noncontiguous territory. The 

 O^J. first 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. 

 OO Labor questions. Forty pages are 

 OO fined with titles relating to the numerous 

 plans in recent years to lighten the lot of the wage 

 workers. 



OJT Geography and explorations. 

 O O 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. 



QJ Government periodicals. TheSu- 

 OvJ. perintendent of Documents receives sub- 

 scriptions for more than 50 periodicals daily, 

 werkly , and monthly. All are described and priced 

 in this List. 



orr Tariff. The old and new tariffs with in- 

 J cidental documents. 



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Animal Industry. Publications de- 

 scribing the domestic animals in health 

 and disease, their proper care and feeding. In- 

 cludes dairy and poultry. 



A rk Chemistry Bureau. As this is a 

 ttw branch of the Agriculture Department, its 

 publications are classed as belonging to agricultu- 

 ral chemistry. 



Insects. The titles in this List proceed 

 from the Entomology Bureau. 

 Experiment Stations Office. 

 These publications discuss many themes, 

 including nutrition, irrigation, drainage, agricul- 

 tural extension, etc. 



4.Q Forest Service. The work of this ex- 

 ^t*-** tensive and important service is well 

 covered by its several series of publications. 

 A A Plant Ufe. All economic plant growth, 

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

 ing, hybridization, etc. 



AK Public Roads Office. To this office 

 Tt*J 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. 

 A f* Soils. The work of the Soils Bureau, 

 TL" Agriculture Department, Is of great eco- 

 nomic value. American soils have been surveyed 

 described, analyzed, and classified. 

 A rr Crop Statistics. The work of the 

 3b Statistics Bureau, Agriculture Department, 

 made accessible. 



A Q Weather Bureau. The weather has 

 *O not yet been brought under control, but 

 the study of its laws has been prosecuted with 

 diligence. 



Kf\ American History. No connected 

 trv/ narrative history of the Republic has been 

 officially published, but many historical episodes 

 have been described, and such descriptions aro the 

 material from which history is made. 

 p:~l Health and Hygiene. A large List, 

 O J- giving numerous titles relating to public 

 health, individual health, and sanLation. 

 pro Maps. Though several of the largest 

 tf O map-publishing bureaus prefer to sell their 

 own maps, still many are listed here, including the 

 United States and State maps published by the 

 General Land Office. 



FZA miscellaneous. Numerous subjects 

 *Jtt 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. 



pr c National Museum Publications. 

 OJ The publications of the Museum are all 

 public documents and are on sale. 

 F^f* Smithsonian Institution Ro- 

 *J" 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 of interesting titles. 

 pzrr Astronomical Papers of the 

 fcJ'l Naval Observatory. Not a large 

 list, but one which includes papers by Simon New- 

 comb and other astronomers of note. 

 pTQ Mines and Mining. Mainly made 

 OO up of issues of the Mines Bureau, a new 

 and active publishing office. 

 K Q Interstate Commerce Commis- 

 *J*7 sion Publications. These have be- 

 come so numerous that it has been necessary to 

 make a separate list for them. 

 f*r\ Alaska Territory. A separate list for 

 V*vr the numerous publications relating to the 

 newest of the Territories. 



f*~l Panama Canal and the Canal 

 \J J_ 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. 



