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report is out of print as a separate publication, but would be
available through the acquisition of the annual report named, or should
be obtainable in any extensive public library.
The
following bibliography combines two lists of works on the subject in
hand compiled respectively by Mr. A. P. Griffin, Chief Bibliographer of
the Division of Bibliography, Library of Congress, and Mr. Wirt Tassin,
to both of whom the author gratefully acknowledges his indebtedness.
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