_2._ Briefly describe how you would deal with periodicals offered gratis. _3._ Make a selection of newspapers and periodicals on:--economics, education, engineering, not more than six on each, indicating their valuable features and giving published prices. _4._ Describe the general contents and special features of any three of the following periodicals, and any two of the annuals:-- English Review Connoisseur Whitaker’s Almanack Ueber Land und Meer Revue des deux mondes British Trade Year Book The Reader Librarians’ Guide Annual Register Decimal Educator _5._ Make an annotated list of ten periodicals you would select for a Young People’s Reading Room. TEST EXAMINATION. _Questions to be answered without the aid of text-books, notes, etc._ _1._ Write a short essay on the principles of book selection as applied to public libraries. _2._ Name the various kinds of bibliographies available as aids to book selection, and give an account of two in each section. _3._ State briefly what you know of the following catalogues, giving the method of arrangement of each:--British Museum; London Library; John Rylands Library, and Cambridge University. _4._ What do you consider to be the twelve best guides to book selection? _5._ Discuss the value of “The Annual Register” as an aid to book selection. _6._ What books of reference would you consult for anonymous and pseudonymous works in (_1_) English, (_2_) French and (_3_) German? _7._ What authors would you recommend to a reader desirous of being acquainted with Napoleon I.; psychoanalysis; parliament; philately; Marie Antoinette; Spanish literature; League of Nations, and wireless telegraphy. _8._ Give reasons for and against the desirability of not purchasing fiction until a year after publication. _9._ Describe briefly not more than six catalogues of libraries specially serviceable as aids to book selection. _10._ State briefly on what principles you would be guided in accepting or declining donations of books. _11._ Give an annotated list of twelve periodicals you would consider necessary in a Ladies’ Reading Room. _12._ Name twelve periodicals that should be permanently stored in a public reference library. FACTORS AND NOTES RELATING TO BOOK SELECTION. (_1_) SELECT LIST OF UNIVERSAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES. _Note.--An universal bibliography has not yet been compiled but the following are recognised as units towards such a work._ _1._ Bibliographical Society of America.--Census of fifteenth century books owned in America; compiled by a Committee of the Bibliographical Society of America. _New York, 1919._ _2._ British Museum Library.--Catalogue of books printed in the 15th century now in the British Museum. _London, 1912-1916. Parts 1-4._ _3._ Brunet (Jacques Charles)--Manuel du libraire et de l’amateur de livres. 5 éd. originalt entiérement refinde et augm d’un tiers. _Paris, Didot, 1860-65. 6 Vols._