that of a real art possessing fundamental characteristics of the work of the masters of art is very noticeable. In the work of both there is the happy selection of subjects and the employment of proper values of light and shade producing results that are suggestive of an etching or an engraving. Both artists belong to the school of "revolt" from the conventional technique of the old school of photography, and the results of their work have won for them the award of many medals and the opportunity of displaying their prints in many national and international exhibitions. (c) Collection of 43 engraved portraits of eminent scientists. The most important gifts to the general collection have been: Gifts. (a) Seven hundred and twenty photographic portraits, Amer- PRINTS: ican and foreign views, and illustrations of current events, from Messrs. Underwood and Underwood, Washington, D. C. (b) Twenty-five photographic views of Cracow, Warsaw, and Lwów, presented by the Polish Government (Warsaw, Poland). (c) Seven hundred and ten bookplates donated by the American Society of Bookplate Collectors and Designers, Washington, D. C. (d) Two hundred photographic views of China and Japan, showing the natives; their costumes and customs, from Mr. L. M. Turner, Baltimore, Md. (e) Four hundred and fifty-seven engraved book illustrations (portraits, views, etc.) presented by Dr. Edward H. Goodman, Philadelphia, Pa. (f) Fifteen etchings by Maurice V. Achener, Paris, from the artist. (g) Seven etchings by George T. Plowman, Cambridge, Mass., presented by the artist. (h) Two etchings by Marco Zim, New York City, N. Y., donated by the etcher. The total increase in the general collection has been: PRINTS: Exhibitions. The Pennell memorial exhibit. The following exhibitions have been installed during the year, in addition to those of a permanent character or those having continued and growing interest: Items 1. Lithographs and etchings by Joseph Pennell, (1860-1926)- 27 59 3. Books, manuscripts, maps, and prints relating to South America (on the occasion of the first Pan American Congress of Journalists, Washington, D. C., April, 1926)___ 69 4. Early English and German Bibles, tracts, etc.. 49 Through the will of Mr. Joseph Pennell, the gifted American artist (who died on April 23, 1926), there will eventually be added to the Library a remarkable collection of etchings, drawings, lithographs, and other prints, including additional Whistleriana, not already presented to it (see statement of the Librarian, supra, pp. 3-5. As a tribute to the memory of Mr. Pennell and his work as an artist, an exhibition will be held during the winter in the Library of Congress, which will comprise his very best work, and represent all of the media which he so skilfully and artistically employed. This memorial exhibition will follow two others-one at the Metropolitan Museum of New York City, November 8, 1926 (the major portion of which will eventually come to the Library under the terms of the will), and the other at the Memorial Hall, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pa., during October, 1926, under the auspices of the Print Club of Philadelphia. SEMITIC, SLAVIC, AND ORIENTAL DIVISION SEMITIC SECTION (From the report of the chief, Doctor SCHAPIRO) More than 500 of the books covering the various branches of Semitics acquired during the last year for the Semitic division belong to the class Hebraica, both ancient and modern. Nearly all were purchased abroad. By these acquisitions a number of series or broken sets were completed. Among them were also rare and curious items of ancient Hebrew literature, some of which may be cited: Israel Isserlein. Pesakim u-kethavim. Venice, D. Bomberg, 1519; ibid. Terumath ha-deshen. Venice, D. Bomberg, 1519. (Deinard collection contains the following editions of Venice, M. A. Giustiniani, 1546, and Fürth, 1778); Jacob Baruch ben Judah Lando. Sefer Agur. Rimini, 1526. (Deinard collection has the Incunabulum of Naples, 1490?); Shem-Tob ben Joseph Shem-Tob. Droshoth ha-Torah. Venice, 1547; Isaac ben Shesbeth Barfath. Teshuboth. Riva di Trento, 1559. (Deinard collection had the preceding edition, Constantinople, 1546); Moses Almosnino. Tefilah le-Mosheh. Salonica, 1563; Menahem ben Moses Egozi. Gal shel egozim. Belvedere, ca. 1593; Baruch ben Moses lbn Baruch. Koheleth Jacob. Venice, D. Zanetti, 1599; Eliakim ben Naphtali. Tov Shem. Venice, 1606; Isaac ben Abba Mari. Sefer ha-ittur. Venice, 1608; Meir of Lublin. Teshuboth. Venice, 1618; Levi Cosin. Aliyath kir ketanah. Constantinople, 1643; Judah Loeb ben Joseph. Kol Yehudah. Prague, 1641; Solomon ben Isaac Levi. Teshuboth. Venice, 1652; Moses ben Nissim Benveniste. Pne Mosheh. (3 vols.) Constantinople, 1669-1719; Solomon ben Melek. Miklal Yofi. Amstelodami, 5445 (i. e. 1684); Mordecai ben Nisan. Dod Mordecai or Notitia Karaeorum (in Hebrew and Latin) Hamburgi et Lipsiæ, 1714; Jacob ben Abraham de Boton. Eduth beJacob. Salonica, 1720; Repahel Meyuhas. Peri haadamah (4 vols.). Salonica, 1752-63; Joseph lbn Gauya. Tal oroth al ha-Mordecai. Salonica, 1795; Talmud Yerushalmi. Krotoschin, 1866. (Third edition of the Talmud of Jerusalem revised and supplemented by a commentary and glossary. The first edition of Venice, 1523, and the second of Cracow, 1609, are found in the Deinard collections.) To these may be added the most recent editions, printed in Berlin, 1924-25, of Talmud Babli (Babylonian Talmud) in 4 vols.; the Mishnah in 1 vol.; Midrash Rabba and Tanchuma in 2 vols.; and Moses ben Maimon's More Nebukhim in 2 vols. |