Dream cultures : explorations in the comparative history of dreaming, David Shulman and Guy G. Stroumsa, eds. New York : Oxford UniversityPress, 1999. Location: Olin, BF 1091 .D68x 1999 Dreaming is here presented as a cultural act, subject to interpretation specific to a given cultural matrix. The authors of these collected essays explore the unique dream-languages of distinct civilizations, presenting a comparative perspective on the way dreams are reported and perceived. (Martha Hsu, mrh2@cornell.edu)

Ma'agarim : the Hebrew language historical dictionary project. Jerusalem: Academy of the Hebrew Language, 1998-. Location: Olin, Ref. BM 498 1998. Located in Electronic Texts Center. This is a CD-ROM version of the comprehensive historical dictionary of the Hebrew language hitherto available only in microform. The first installment covers the language as recorded in sources dated from the 2nd century B.C. to the first half of the 5th century A.D. A corpus of ca. 1,750,000 words is drawn from Tannaitic literature, the Palestinian Talmud, liturgical texts, Dead Sea scrolls, documents and inscriptions. Future installments will presumably cover the vocabulary of texts from earlier and later periods. All texts are in Hebrew. Comparable in scope and detail to the great historical dictionaries of the major European languages, such as the OED and Grimms' Woerterbuch. While of use primarily to advanced students and specialists, it will stand for a long time to come as the foremost and definitive work of Hebrew lexicography. (Yoram Szekely, ybs1@cornell.edu)

A Latter Day Saints Library. West Valley City, Utah: Infobases, Inc., 1998. Location: Olin, Ref. BX 8605.5.L3 1998. Located in Electronic Texts Center. A compilation on CD-ROM of important Mormon texts, both primary sources and reference. Includes full texts of the Bible, Book of Mormon, Doctrine & Covenants and the complete works of Joseph Smith and Brigham Young. Also, selections from the writings of about a dozen important Mormon theologians and Presidents, and the complete 4-volume Encyclopedia of Mormonism. A convenient starting point for research on Mormon history and theology, enhanced by the searchability across a broad range of texts. (Yoram Szekely, ybs1@cornell.edu)

Econometrics journal. Oxford : published jointly by the Royal Economic Society and Blackwell Publishers, c1998- Location: Olin , HB 139 .E314 http://www.blackwellpublishers.co.uk/ectj/ Journal of economic development. Seoul, Korea : Economic Research Institute of Chung-Aug University Began in July 1976 Location: Olin , HD 72 .J84 Review of economic design. Berlin : Springer-Verlag, c1998- Location: Olin, HB 1 .E27; Library Gateway ONLINE HB 1 .E27a Review of economic dynamics. Orlando, FL : Academic Press, c1998- Location: Olin, HB 1 .R449; Library Gateway , ONLINE HB 1 R449a In recent years, economics journals have had annual price increases approaching ten percent. The purchasing power of Olin's economics budget has fallen, and subscriptions have been scrutinized. New journals must deliver the same high utility and value as those currently acquired. Four economics serials recently passed review and are newly available to Olin users. Published by the Royal Economic Society, the Econometrics Journal focuses on alternative approaches to applied, methodological, computational, practical and theoretical aspects of that science. Cornellians can preview the contents and related data sets on the Internet before the print issues arrive. The Journal of Economic Development has been published since 1976 but was just acquired for Olin at the request of campus economists. Articles in its semi-annual issues report on specific conditions within a developing economy or address regional or global concerns such as foreign investment, exchange, or trade. The Review of Economic Design, another user-requested subscription, analyzes the role of economics in the creation of diverse political and social instruments. For various institutions, mechanisms, and systems, the journal presents assessments of the mathematical and empirical knowledge they embody, as well as of their performance. The Review of Economic Design is available in paper and online via the Library Gateway. The new Review of Economic Dynamics is received on Olin's subscription to the Journal of Economic Theory and is intended to cover applications of theory to a wide variety of economic problems. Contents of both are also available in print and electronically through the Library Gateway. Always welcome are user comments and suggestions regarding Olin's collection of economics journals. (Janie Harris, jlh9@cornell.edu)

Turley, Hans. Rum, sodomy, and the lash : piracy, sexuality, and masculine identity. New York : New York University Press, 1999. Location: Olin, G 535 .T87x 1999 The author, an English professor, analyses historical documents, trial records, the confessions of pirates, and literary works such as Robinson Crusoe to track the birth and development of the pirate image and to show its implications for changing notions of self, masculinity, and sexuality in the modern era. (Martha Hsu, mrh2@cornell.edu)

Concise Encyclopedia of Pragmatics. Jacob L. Mey, ed. New York: Elsevier, 1998. Location: Olin, P 99.4.P72 C62x 1998 Pragmatics, the "youngest child" of linguistics, since its introduction in mid-seventies, came of age. The "Concise Encyclopedia of Pragmatics" sums up the development of the field, its achievements, and future research perspectives. In over four hundred superbly written articles this volume gives the state-of-the-art overview and reflects the broadest spectrum of pragmatic issues. The entries are written in a concise, yet scholarly fashion by prominent experts in the field. The authors achieved balance in defining the increasingly complex notions and devices developed by linguists to describe phenomena of natural language and techniques and approaches employed by socially oriented schools of thought that consider language first of all as a means of communication between human beings. "Concise Encyclopedia of Pragmatics" will serve as a first class reference work for years to come for its clear treatment of the basic concepts, principles, theories and methods described in four hundred articles and over fifty biographies of its most famous practitioners. (Wanda Wawro, wtw3@cornell.edu)

Brombert, Victor H. In Praise of Antiheroes: figures and themes in modern European literature, 1830-1980. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1999. Location: Olin, PN 761.B76x 1999 Like new years' resolutions, mythic and epic heroes of yesteryear are out of fashion in literature. Brombert holds that antiheroes have inherited their significance and function: failures and shortcomings require different talents and types of courage. This scholar of literary heroes examines the anti-heroic in modern European narrative, with attention to works of Buchner, Gogol, Dostoevsky, Flaubert, Svevo, Hasek, Frisch, Camus, and Levi. (Sarah How; seh4@cornell.edu)

Stainton, Leslie. Lorca a Dream of Life. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1999. Location: Olin, PQ 6613 .A763 Z8856x 1999. Federico García Lorca-- artist, writer and homosexual-- was just the sort of person who would meet a sorry end in the Spanish Civil War. 1998 marked the centennial of his birth, and this biography is one of several works that recount García Lorca's life and work. Interested readers might also consult Lorca, poeta maldito (PQ 6613 .A67 Z89 1998), Poet in New York (PQ 6613 .A763 P6313x 1998), and Federico García Lorca (PQ 6613 .A763 Z734x 1998), all published within the past year. (David Block; db10@cornell.edu)

Taliaferro, John. Tarzan Forever: the life of Edgar Rice Burroughs, creator of Tarzan. New York: Scribner, 1999. Location: Olin, Uris: PS 3503.U687 Z88x 1999 Yet superheroes still reign in contemporary popular culture. Tarzan, revived for the fin de siecle by Disney, has been a popular icon since his creation in Tarzan of the Apes (1912) by Edgar Rice Burroughs. Burroughs nourished and sustained his invention, who lives on. Vividly, Taliaferro recounts the complex and often contradictory life and work of Tarzan's gifted and flawed creator. (Sarah How; seh4@cornell.edu)

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