AMERICAN AUTHORS AND BOOKS 1640-1940

I shall find this exceedingly valuable as a reference book, and feel that libraries, school and public equally, newspapers and periodicals, publishing and magazine offices, agents- anyone who needs a quick look-see, alphabetically arranged and covering authors, librarians, book collectors, presidents of the U.S., heroes, famous characters in history and in literature, names of novels, plays, poems, short stories, essays, orations, hymns, songs, general non-fiction. Also includes names of magazines and something about them, newspapers, book clubs, book stores, guides to regional literature, and special lists ranging from dime novels to utopias.