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The author of A Guide to Library Inforniationan ineoa spicuous

little 3d. pamphlet, prepared under the auspices of a Carnegie Fund and obtainable from 3.Endsleigh Street, W.C. 1- while stating that method in research " cannot be taught, like knitting, by .a handbook"-7—proceeds to give us some ven valuable advice and hints as to the best way of obtaining bib. liographical information of various kinds. There is no doubt that much of the mental wear and tear of research work can be eliminated by intelligent guides to reading such as this.

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