Another action-packed issue of the journal `Library History' has just been
published by W.S. Maney of Leeds - vol. 15, no. 1, dated May 1999. A list
of contents appears below to whet appetites. Should anyone be unfortunate
enough not already to be a subscriber, subscription information can be
obtained from the distributors. Their address is:
Turpin Distribution Services Ltd.,
Blackhorse Rd., Letchworth, Herts., SG6 1HN, England
Tel.: +44 1462 672555
Fax: +44 1462 480947
K.A. Manley,
Editor, `Library History'
LIBRARY HISTORY
VOLUME 15 NUMBER 1 MAY 1999
CONTENTS
The Alexandrian Library and its Aftermath BY UWE JOCHUM pages
5-12
The University Library at Go”ttingen as Germany's National Library
for the Eighteenth Century BY GERD-J. BOTTE 13-21
Travelling Hopefully: Progress and the Nineteenth Century Public
Library BY PENELOPE JENKINSON 23-32
Co-operative Society Libraries BY JEAN EVERITT 33-40
Promotion of Public Libraries in the Second World War BY DALE
C. RUSSELL 41-48
Portsmouth Public Libraries: the last Forty Years, 1935-1974 BY
JAMES G. OLLE 49-59
Report on Luton Public Library (1908) BY L. STANLEY JAST 61-69
Book Reviews 71-79
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