Index Generalis: Annuaire général des Universités, Grandes Écoles, Académies, Archives, Bibliothèques, Instituts scientifiques, Jardins botaniques et zoologiques, Musées, Observatoires, Sociétés savantes

Abstract

WE welcome the appearance of the third (1922–23) issue of a work which, pending the issue of “Minerva “in its old form, is the only comprehensive directory of the learned world. Its scope is shown by the following analysis of its 2111 pages: (i) Directories of universities, colleges, and professional schools grouped by countries, 913 pages; (2) astronomical observatories, 86 pages; (3) libraries and archives, 325 pages; (4) museums and scientific institutes, 100 pages; (5) learned societies and academies, 194 pages; (6) list of savants who desire to exchange original dissertations with their fellow-workers, 7 pages; (7) index of names (more than 40,000), 428 pages; (8) other indexes and vocabularies,-53 pages. In part (i), in addition to the names of professors, lecturers, and other teachers and their subjects, are mentioned the principal administrative officers and, in many cases, the date of foundation, the total number of students, and the total annual expenditure; in part (2), publications, principal instruments, and programme of work; in part (3), days and hours of admission and annual holidays, date of foundation, special features, number of volumes, MSS., etc., annual budget, catalogues, rules for borrowers, name of librarian; in part (4), similar particulars with general description of exhibits or plant and mention of publications; in part (5), objects and aims, number of members, date of foundation, names of president and secretary, subscription, particulars of meetings, lists of fellows and of foreign members of some of the more important societies, and details of publications.

Index Generalis: Annuaire général des Universités, Grandes Écoles, Académies, Archives, Bibliothèques, Instituts scientifiques, Jardins botaniques et zoologiques, Musées, Observatoires, Sociétés savantes.

Published under the direction of Dr. R. de Montessus de Ballore. Pp. 2111. (Paris: Gauthier-Villars et Cie, 1923.) 35s.