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{THE LIBRARY WORLL | Mr. and Mrs. Curtls McKay, |and Brian visited Mr. and Mrs Roy Mills, Mrs. Malley and Mrs PONTYPOOL | $ |Encyclopedias quate nor as accurate as the Brit-|/ annica or Americana, On the|'®Y] other hand it has more of an in- ternational aspect and is one of The following reviews were © written by a member of the staff of the McLaughlin Pub- lic Library, In one of our re- oent columns we dealt with oo Encyclopedia Conadiana, |clopedias to use for material Is referring to Europe, time we Intend to an- rica. There are many short ar- swer the numerous queries of . By English Language Fes ris E |Gordon Frederick spent Friday 1 in Peterborough. Mr, and Mrs, and Stella Peterborough Tuesday, Freeman Fee, Peterborough, visited Mr, and Mrs. Larry Brad- | Alfred Mitchel motored to [unig Sunday », visit his sis the best Enah language' ency: 1, Mra, Merv, Ghent 00,1 Charlie Stephenson spent a cou- Asia and AL: of days in Toronto this week, White in Oshawa. Mr. and Mrs, W. Rennie visit- ed Peterborough Friday. Mrs, Curtis McKay spent Sat- urday In Peterborough. John Moffat is a patient In Bowmanville Hospital, Bert Richardson is in Bt. Jo- seph's Hospital, Peterborough, on Frederick went to Woodstock Tuesda returning Wednesday with the new firc equipment, Mr. and Mrs, Gordon Kirk spent Saturday afternoon in Pe terborough. MRS. H, M, RICHARDSON Fred Nussgss Penwarden ted Saturday. ticles on small subjects with good {llustrations, The last volume includes maps and indexes. COLLIER'S ENCYCLOPEDIA New York, 20 v, | Designed for the intelligent lay- man, this encylopedia 1v more ad- our patrons regarding other best known English language encyclopedias, CYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA ] Chicago, 24v. ky is one 0 he det and | , It wi 4 beat known Edlburah Scotland vanced than the juveni'e encyclo: tin 1768, Later it was moved tol Pedias, but its coverage is not as| {England then to the U.S.A and grea and its Information is not Inow it is under the control of As detailed as in the previous en-| the Univ. of Chicago, It is a|cyclopedias, Its contributors are cholarly, adult encyclopedia |scholars, and specialicts, The ar. fthat has high rating with the ticles are written In clear, con- publie, Its contributors (over| cise, popular style on subjects in 14,000) are chosen experts, The Which people are interested. Col-| § ardel are signed, they are ac.|ller's Is strong in medern mater. curate and well balanced between |!al and its many illustrations, nd American affairs. 8raphs and maps are of excellent adlan material Is fairly quality, It has a good reputation good, and Is written by Canadian|for accuracy and up-to-dateness ! contributors, It has good illustra. 8 well as for Canadian material. | tions, maps and reasonably ade-| There are no bibliographies at| ' quate bibliographies. The last the end of articles, but they are volume contains an excellent gen. 8rouped together in the final eral index, with over half a mil-| volume, Its index is next In ex- ligp entries. The maps are in. cellence to the Britannica. Its and indexed separately in| binding is very good. index volume. A fair attempt WORLD BOOK ENCYCLOPEDIA {s:made to keep it up-to-date by| Chicago, 19v. | contipuous revision and the pub-| A good juvenile encyclopedia, | lieation of a year book, that has appeal for older age stu-| ENCYCLOPEDIA AMERICANA dents, who are nearly ready to good, modern, scholarly en-| use adult material, A number of| opedia, strong In sclentifie| Canadians contributed to it, mak- technical material, The bio-|It Popular in Canada. It is alpha- jes of living Americans are betically arranged and uses com- ally good and Canadian ma. paratively short and specific ar- [ticle t is fairly adequate. For ac-|ticles, so that there Is less need A of using the index. The articles «of and up-to-dateness it Is about the a pa the Britannica, [are signed and well balanced be-| most noticeable difference is tween popular and academic sub- | in' type of article, In the Am.|Jects. The last volume Is more a ericana there are many short ar-|study guide than an index, bring ticles on small subjects, where. IDE together large subjects and as the Britannica prefers lengthy their subdivisions. The Biblio-| articles. |graphies are short, well chosen, Consequently one has to refer sometimes with annotations. Its | 49 the index more often to find /Ilustrations are attractive, The] & small, specific subject in the| The library has all these valu: Britannica. The maps are scat: able sets for the use of 'our tered through the text and are Patrons. indexed on the back as well as LIBRARY BRIEFS ip the general index, The Amer) The members of the staff are icana Is arranged alphabetically| busy preparing for Library Week, by word, the Britannica by let-|April 12 to the 18. | ter. The format, cover and paper| As usual, flims will be shown ate good, and the illustrations are at the Little People's. Film Hour similar to the Britaanica, jon Saturday, March 23, at 2.50 CHAMBER'S ENCYCLOPEDIA P.M. This is an English encyclopedia,| The Ontario Archaelogical So-| blished in 1050, which takes clety has arranged an interesting the place of the Britannica, now| article which is in the main en- an American encyclopedia, Its trance showcase. contributors include outstanding| ~ GTI scholars, primarily British, It has OPERA IN NORWAY a scholarly approach, and has| Norway's first permanent op- a fair balance between science era, with Kirsten Flagstad as di- | and the humanities, For Cana. rector, staged its first perform. | Employment Opportunities (Civil Service of Canada) SENIOR SUPERVISING ARCHITECTS, National Defence (Air) Ottawa. $9,060-$10,140, For details, write to Civil Ser- vice Commission, Ottawa, and ask for circular 59-1005, SPECIFICATIONS SECTION SUPERVISING ARCHITECT, National Defence (Army), Ottawa, $6,840-$7,860, For details, write to Civil Service Commission, Ottawa, end ask for circular 59-1003. 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