Index Generalis: Annuaire Général des Universités, Grandes Écoles, Académies, Archives, Bibliothèques, Institute scientifiques, Jardins botaniques et zoologiques, Musées, Observatoires, Stés Savantes

Abstract

IN scope, as indicated by the sub-title, this annual is akin to the well-known “Minerva Jahrbuch der gelehrten Welt”. It is, however, very much less exhaustive, and the two publications differ in the methods of arrangement of their material. “Minerva” presents, gazetteer-fashion, a single series of sections arranged in the alphabetical order of the names of towns. The “Index Generalis” provides a catalogue raisonné under the following group headings: Universities and “grandes écoles” (1147 pages), astronomical observatories (95 pages), libraries and archives (270 pages), scientific institutes (118 pages), learned societies and academies (190 pages). Within each of the first four groups the arrangement is by countries; the last group is subdivided according to subject and, within each subject, by towns, irrespective of country. There is, of course, an alphabetical index of names of persons—65,000 references—and, finally, there are geographical tables enabling one to find one's way to the whole of the information given regarding any particular place.

Index Generalis: Annuaire Général des Universités, Grandes Écoles, Académies, Archives, Bibliothèques, Institute scientifiques, Jardins botaniques et zoologiques, Musées, Observatoires, Stés Savantes.

Publié sous la direction de Dr. R. de Montessus de Ballore. Pp. vi + F170 + BE228 + US213 + E39 + 2322. (Paris: Éditions Spes, 1929–30.) n.p.