54 HASKINS & SELLS July
Recent Additions to the Library
CAUGHT in the entanglements of the
comparative mood as we glance at the
following list of books, we cannot help but
think what strides accounting literature
has taken in a span of twenty years.
Approximately that far back the supply of
books on accounting, auditing, and business
generally was meagre in the extreme.
Sprague had written his book on Philosophy
of Accounts. Montgomery had brought
out his American edition of Dicksee's
Auditing. Hatfield had contributed his
Modern Accounting, than which no more
scholarly work on the subject has since
appeared. Hardcastle's Estate Accounting
was available but known to few. Tipson's
Quiz Compend was eagerly sought by men
who were preparing for the C. P. A. ex-
