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Shell Collector's Handbook, Alpheus Hyatt 
Verrill. New York, Putnam, 1950. 228 p. 
$5.00 
Sea Shells of the World; a guide to the 
better-known species, Robert Tucker Abbott, 
and Herbert S. Zim. New York, Golden Press, 
1962. 160 p. $3.50. This and the next 
six titles are mainly identification books. 
The Shell Book; a popular guide to a know- 
ledge of the families of living mollusks, 
and an aid to the identification of shells 
native and foreign, Julia Ellen Rogers. 
Rev.ed. Boston, C. T. Branford, 1951. 
$6.50. 
American Seashells, Robert Tucker Abbott. 
New York, Van Nostrand, 1954. 5Shl p. 
Detailed and definitive. 
How to Know the American Marine Shells, 
Robert Tucker Abbott. New York, New American 
Library, 1961. 222 p. (Signet Key book, 
KT375). $.75. 
A Field Guide to the Shells of our Atlantic 
and Gulf Coasts, Percy A. Morris. Rev.ed. 
Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1951. 220 p. 
(Peterson field guide series). $.50. 
Shells of the New York City area; a handbook 
of the land, fresh water and marine mollusks 
ranging from Cape Cod to Cape May, Morris K. 
Jacobson and William K. Emerson. New York, 
Argonaut Books, distributed by Citadel Press, 
1961. 12 p. $h.00. 
A Field Guide to the Shells of the Pacific 
Coast and Hawaii, Percy A. Morris. Boston, 
Houghton Mifflin, 1952. 220 p. (Peterson 
field guide series). $4.50. 
Mollusks; an introduction to their forms and 
functions, John Edward Morton. New York, 
Harper, 1960. 232 p. $1.0. 
Oysters, Charles Maurice Yonge. London, 
Collins, 1960. 209 p. (The new naturalist 
series). Charming book on the natural 
history of the delectible bivalve. 
EDUCATION AND CAREERS IN OCEANOGRAPHY. 
University Curricula in Oceanography, 
Academic Year 1962-63, Washington, 1962. 
11 p. (U.S. Interagency Committee on 
Oceanography. ICO pamphlet, no.6). OP. 
Education and Recruitment of Oceanographers 
in the United States; . A report by the 
Committee on Education and Recruitment, the 
American Society of Limnology and Oceano- 
503 p. 
$12.50. 
18. 
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graphy, Inco.; Alfred C. Redfield. Ann 
Arbor, Michigan, 1960. 23 p. (Supplement 
to Limnology and Oceanography. vol.6). 
Your Future in Oceanography, with the U.S. 
Navy Hydrographic Office and other Federal 
establishments. Rev.ed. Washington, U.S. 
Civil Service Commission, 1961. 22 p. 
There's Adventure in Marine Science, Julian 
May. New York, Hawthorn Press, 1959. 160 p. 
$2.95. Career fiction, for ages 10 to 1. 
Steady as You Go; Jack Powell's adventures 
with the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, 
Robert F. A. Studds. New York, Dodd, Mead, 
1956. 306 p. Career fiction for boys 12 
to 15, demonstrating jobs with the Coast 
and Geodetic Survey. 
High, Wide, and Deep: science and adventure 
with the Coast and Geodetic Survey, John 
Joseph Floherty. Philadelphia, Lippincott, 
1952. 154 p. $2.75. Careers described 
for boys 12 to 16. 
Deep Sea, High Mountain, Elliott B. Roberts. 
Boston, Little, Brown, 1961. 275 p. $3.75. 
True adventures of Coast and Geodetic 
Survey men; fine career information for 
boys 12 to 16. 
DICTIONARIES. 
Tide and Current Glossary, Paul Schureman. 
Rev.ed. Washington. Government Printing 
Office, 1949. Op. (U.S. Coast and 
Geodetic Survey. Special publication 
no.228). Sold by Government Printing Office 
for $.15. 
Waves, Tides, Currents, and Beaches; 
glossary of terms and list of standard 
symbols, Robert L. Wiegel. New York, 
Council on Wave Research, The Engineering 
Foundation, 1953. 113 p. 
Glossary of Oceanographic Terms. Washington. 
1960. 12p. (U.S. Navy Hydrographic Office. 
Special Publication, SP-35. 
Navigation dictionary. Washington, 1956. 
253 p. (U.S. Navy Hydrographic Office. 
H, O. Publication, no.220). Sold by the 
Hydrographic Office, for $2.00. 
A Dictionary of Nautical Terms, A. G. 
Course. London, Arco Publications, 1962. 
216 p. 
A Functional Glossary of Ice Terminology. 
Washington, 1952. 88 p. (U.S. Navy Hydro- 
graphic Office. H. 0. Publication, no.609). 
