Bibliography on Languages
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Languages
The Trustees of the Public Library of New South Wales have recently issued an annotated bibliography of the languages of Nauru, Gilbert and Ellice Islands. The primary purpose of the publication is “an encourage ment to scholars”, and most of the entries have been based on copies in the Mitchell and Dixon Libraries in NSW, and on private collections, in cluding those of Mr. H. E. Maude, now of the National University, Can berra, but formerly an administrative officer in the Gilbert and Ellice Is.
Colony: and Mr. Justice J. A. Fergu son, of Sydney, one of the trustees of the Public Library, who took a per sonal interest in the bibliography.
Compilation and annotation has been a part-time duty of Dr. E. F. Kunz, of the Mitchell Library staff, who has carried out a truly monumental task.
Virtually all publications in the languages concerned have come from government or mission presses, and there Is little or no general literature.
(An Annotated Bibliography
Of The Languages Of The
Gilbert Islands, Ellice Islands
AND NAURU. Available from the Public Library of N.S.W.)