"This work is, without doubt, the most thorough and extensive compilation on hops ever yet offered to the public, and for this reason should be warmly welcomed and appreciated by men interested in the subject. Although primarily written for those engaged in the industry abroad, and mainly Continental in theory and practice, it nevertheless appeals to those connected with the hop growing and brewing business in England, not only by way of a comparison, but also as an instruction. The volume is at once practical and scientific, is well got up, and teems with illustrations and statistics. In a word, it is a book that should find its way into the hands of all who are occupied in hop production and distribution at home; and it also contains valuable information and suggestions for the brewers themselves."--_Brewers' Guardian._ * * * * * =Public Libraries.= * * * * * =BRITISH LIBRARY YEAR BOOK, 1900-1901.= A Record of Library Progress and Work. 54 Illustrations. Crown 8vo, 345 pp. 1900. Edited by THOMAS GREENWOOD. Price 3s.; abroad, 3s. 6d.; strictly net. =Contents.= Notes for Library Committees. Contributed Articles: The Library Rate. Some Points in Library Planning--Mr. Burgoyne. Library Classification--Mr. Jast. Developments in Library Cataloguing--Mr. Quinn. Children and Public Libraries--Mr. Ballinger. Fire Prevention and Insurance--Mr. Davis. The Educational Work of the Library Association--Mr. Roberts. The Library Assistants' Association--Mr. Chambers. British Municipal Libraries established under the various Public Libraries or Special Acts, and those supported out of Municipal Funds giving particulars of Establishment, Organisation, Staff, Methods and Librarians. Table showing the Rate, Income, Work and Hours of the Rate-supported Libraries. Statistical Abstracts. British non-Municipal Libraries, Endowed, Collegiate, Proprietary and others, showing date of Establishment, number of Volumes, Particulars of Administration, and Librarians. Library Associations and Kindred Societies. =Press Opinions.= "This is a handbook which tells the reader everything about public libraries, great and small, in the United Kingdom.... The book is decidedly one of the best arranged volumes ever published, and there is no doubt that the editor has been at great pains to obtain the latest and most accurate information from all places. County, district and parish councils, ministers of religion, and schoolmasters everywhere should make themselves acquainted with its contents. Its perusal cannot fail to serve the ends of the library movement. The illustrations, of which there is a large number, are very good."--_Western (Cardiff) Mail._ * * * * * _WORKS IN PREPARATION._ * * * * *