_Note_: Cannons’s “Bibliography of library economy” indexes the above periodicals from _1876-1909_. Abbreviations. _A.L.A._ American Library Association. _L._ Library. _L.A._ Library Assistant. _L. & B.W._ Librarian and Book World. _L.A.R._ Library Association Record. _L.J._ Library Journal. _L.W._ Library World. _Ont. Lib. Rev._ Ontario Library Review. _P.L._ Public Libraries. _Trans. Bib. Soc._ Transactions of the Bibliographical Society. COURSE ONE--PRACTICAL BIBLIOGRAPHY. This course covers the collation and description of books which includes the irregularities found in the make-up of early books. The collation by quires, by the aid of water-marks, signatures, catchwords, blank pages, etc. Parts of a modern book. Difficulties in ascertaining when books are perfect. What constitutes a new issue, a new edition, a reprint. Forms of bibliographical descriptions and the essentials of standard descriptions of various classes of books. Then we pass on to the requisites of standard book production. Typography. Presswork. Inks. The constituents and essentials of good book paper. Objects of book illustration, including the advantages and disadvantages of the various methods in use. Library bookbinding. Materials and methods in use, and finally the compilation of bibliographies in which the student is expected to know the principles of arrangement of Author, Subject and Classified bibliographies, and the practical methods of compiling various bibliographies. TEXT BOOKS REQUIRED. Brown (J. D.)--Manual of practical bibliography. _The English Library. Routledge, 1906. Also Grafton. 3s._ Brown (J. D.)--The small library. _The English Library. Routledge, 1907. Also Grafton. 3s._ Davenport (Cyril)--The book: its history and development. _Westminster Series. Constable, 1907. 6s._ Fay (L. E.) _and_ Eaton (A. T.)--Instruction in the use of books and libraries. _2nd edition, revised. Faxon & Co.: Boston, 1919. Also Grafton. 22s. 6d._ Hitchcock (F. H.), _editor_.--The building of a book: a series of practical articles written by experts in the various departments of book making and distributing. _T. W. Laurie. O.P._ Jacobi (C. T.)--Printing: a practical treatise on the art of typography as applied more particularly to the printing of books. _6th edition, reprinted. Bell & Sons, 1925. 10s. 6d._ Jacobi (C. T.)--Some notes on books and printing. _4th edition. Whittingham, 1912. 6s._ Library Association--Interim Report of the Book Production Committee. _Library Association. 1s._ Mudge (I.G.)--Bibliography. (Preprint of Manual of library economy. _Chapter 24_). _A.L.A. Pub. Board: Chicago, 1915, may be obtained also from Grafton & Co._ _Note._--Other text books pertaining to specific subjects will be mentioned in the Lesson dealing with that subject. Take particular note of the factors and notes to be found at the end of each Course.