980 cards to the set. Price, $8.00 (less than one cent a card.) By special request these cards have been reprinted. They render the Warner Library of inestimably greater value. Large libraries would do well to order them for their new branches. Index to Library Reports By KATHARINE T. MOODY. Cloth, $1.00. The reports of about 170 libraries and library commissions are here indexed, and all their valuable matter is opened up and made accessible. It is a tool which should be on the shelf of every librarian's office. List of Economical Editions By LE ROY JEFFERS. Second and revised edition. Price, 25c. Expert advice as to the most economical editions of the more popular books. List of Polish Books Compiled by MRS. JOZEFA KUDLICKA, of the Buffalo Public Library. Price 25c. A Normal Library Budget and its Units of Expense By O. R. HOWARD THOMSON. Price 15c. Handbook No. 9. An attempt to discover what is a reasonable income for a tax-supported library of given circulation and use, and how this income should properly be distributed. The Public Library and the Social Center Movement By ARTHUR E. BOSTWICK. Price 10c. Reprint of his address at the Chicago meeting of the N. E. A., July, 1912. Buying List of Books for Small Libraries Compiled by ZAIDEE BROWN. New edition revised by CAROLINE WEBSTER. Price 10c. An admirable selection of about Soo of the best books for a small library. NEW CHAPTERS IN THE A. L. A. MANUAL OF LIBRARY ECONOMY Chapter XXXII. Library Printing By FRANK K. WALTER. Price 100. Discusses elements of good printing; steps in the preparation of printed matter, such as editing. proof reading, typography; paper; press werk; costs and specifications; etc. Chapter XXVII. Commissions, State Aid and State Agencies By ASA WYNKOOP. Price 1OC. 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