themselves reveal the importance and significance of this annual cultural event which, begun in 1942, has been growing in interest and scope until it has become one of the best of its kind. As in previous years, the fair consisted of a series of attractively decorated stands and booths in the Calle del Ejido, one of the broad avenues leading to the Monument to the Revolution. Sixteen nations had their own special stands and displays. Twelve of these were Western Hemisphere countries Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Peru, the United States, and Venezuelaand four were European-Czechoslovakia, France, Republican Spain, and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Argentina had no national booth, but Argentine publishers sent generous collections of their publications for display. A number of universities scattered throughout the Western Hemisphere-Montreal, Yale, Johns Hopkins, and Texas in the north, and, in the south, the Universities of Bolivia, El Salvador, San Marcos in Peru, San Carlos of Guatemala, the Central University of Caracas, and the Universities of La Plata and the Litoral in Argentina also contributed books and sent cordial messages. Mexican publishers were of course almost all represented, as were also the metropolitan dailies and a number of reviews and magazines. Several Mexican states had their own special displays, and various departments and agencies of the Federal Government had their own booths. Books of every kind were exhibitedpoetry, history, fiction, theater, art, philosophy, science, technology-and the unending crowds of visitors proved to be good customers. In the first three days alone, approximately 12,000 volumes were purchased. A number of interesting sidelights on the fair appeared from time to time in the Mexican press. For instance, on June 11 the Mexican Book Chamber, an association of publishers, donated 25,000 books, valued at 100,000 pesos, to the Federal District to increase the stocks of the public libraries supported by the District Government in the capital and . outlying towns. Through the United States International Book Association, about 4,500 United States books were sent to the fair, representing close to 80 publishers. These books were exhibited in a special booth under the auspices of the Benjamin Franklin Library. After the fair the books became the basis of a Permanent USIBA display soon to be installed in Mexico City. The 4,500 books consist of a wide variety of titles ranging from the best in current fiction to technical publications. Display material, including book jackets, posters, streamers, and blow-ups, was sent with the books. Cuba, in a reciprocal gesture of appreciation for Mexico's contribution of books and modern paintings on the occasion of the recent Mexican Book Fair in Habana (see BULLETIN, July 1946, p. 418), sent to Mexico a group of modern Cuban art works and photographs for exhibition. Canada's booth, one of the most attractive, was planned and constructed in Canada, then dismounted, loaded on two army trucks, and, along with its contents of books and publications, taken to Mexico City to be reassembled and installed at the fair. The five Central American republics. shared a pavilion, the interior of which was decorated with mural paintings by four young Guatemalan painters, all pupils of Diego Rivera. In the booth of Republican Spain there were also a number of paintings, the work of con temporary Spanish artists, exiles now resident in Mexico. The Benjamin Franklin Library's kiosk of children's books was an especially popular place, not only with the young fair visitors but with their elders as well. The phenomenal growth of Mexico's publishing industry is evidenced by 1945 exports of books and periodicals, which were valued at 3,356,000 pesos, as compared with slightly less than 35,000 pesos in 1935. Mexico has become the third largest publishing center in the world for works in Spanish, being exceeded only by Spain and Argentina.— D. M. T. Publications of the Pan American Union, July-December 1946 Books, pamphlets, and leaflets on a variety of subjects are issued by the different offices and divisions of the Pan American Union. These publications provide useful material for students and teachers in Pan American affairs, and make available to interested groups and individuals the technical information compiled through various phases of Pan American cooperation. The following Pan American Union publications appeared during the last six months of 1946: COLUMBUS Memorial LibrARY: The Pan American Bookshelf, an annotated list of the books received in the Library of the Pan American Union. Monthly, $1.00 a year. COUNSELOR'S Office: The United States and Latin America. A survey of recent changes in the relations between the United States and the other American Republics. Mimeographed. $0.15. DIVISION OF AGRICULTURAL COOPERATION: Elaboración de Quesos, in the Spanish Series on Agriculture. $0.15. Agriculture in Venezuela, in the English Series on Agriculture. $0.15. DIVISION OF ECONOMIC INFORMATION: Commercial Pan America English and Spanish editions of the May-June 1946 number National Economy of Mexico. $0.20. English and Spanish editions of the JulyAugust 1946 number— National Economy of Argentina. $0.20. English and Spanish editions of the September-October 1946 number National Economy of Colombia. $0.20. English and Spanish editions of the November-December 1946 number National Economy of Central American Republics. $0.20. Foreign Trade Series Foreign Trade of Argentina. $0.20. DIVISION OF INTELLECTUAL COOPERATION: Higher Education in Latin America: Volume IV, The Universities of Cuba, the Dominican Republic, and Haiti. By Ellen Gut and Harriet Bunn. Monograph. $0.50. Volume V, The Universities of Mexico. By Theodore Apstein. Monograph. In two parts. $0.75. Volume VI, The Universities of Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, Nicaragua, and Panama. By Ellen Gut, Ben Carruthers, and Theodore Apstein. Monograph. $0.50. Memorandum on Mexico City College. Mimeographed leaflet. Leitura Para Educadores.1 No. 11. Mimeographed leaflet. Lectura Para Maestros. No. 18. Mimeographed leaflet. Pontos de Vista.1 No. 8, Uma Grande Esperança. Mimeographed leaflet. Panorama, a mimeographed publication on matters of interest in inter-American intellectual cooperation. No. 28. $0.10, 12 for $1.00. Discoverers, Conquerors, Colonial Settlers, Liberators, National Leaders, of Latin America. A bibliography. Mimeographed. $0.10. Some References on Latin America for the General Reader. A bibliography. Mimeographed. Revised. General References on Education in Latin America. A bibliography. Mimeographed. Bibliography on Teaching English as a Foreign Language. Mimeographed leaflet. References on Sports in Latin America. A bibliography. Mimeographed leaflet. 1 Distributed only in Brazil. 2 Distributed only in Spanish American countries. References on Games in Latin America. A bibliog raphy. Mimeographed leaflet. Articles on Art in the Bulletin of the Pan American Union. A bibliography. Mimeographed. Revised. Some Latin American Holidays. A list. Mimeographed. Maps and Charts of Latin America. A list. Mimeographed. Inter-American Correspondence. A list. Mimeographed. Inter-American Friendship Through the Coordination of all School Activities. A few suggestions for program planning. Mimeographed leaflet. The Use of the Bulletin Board to Promote Interest in Latin America. A few suggestions. Mimeographed leaflet. Some Recently Published Textbooks for the Study of Latin American History (and Supplementary Readings). A bibliography. Mimeographed. Revised. Additional Sources of Information on Latin America. A list. Mimeographed. Revised. Latin American Literature in English Translation. A .bibliography. Mimeographed. Revised. $0.10. DIVISION OF LABOR AND SOCIAL INFORMATION: Housing and Planning No. 3-Venezuela Attacks the Housing Problem. English and Spanish editions. Cooperatives Nos. 3 and 4. English and Spanish editions. Mimeographed bulletin. La Legislación Cooperativa en América. By Fernando Bulletin of the Pan American Union-English, Spanish, and Portuguese editions, July through December 1946. These editions are not wholly parallel. FOREIGN TRADE ADVISER: Comercio Interamericano, a monthly trade news letter. Formerly called Noticiero. DIVISION OF SPECIAL PUBLICATIONS: New booklets Cities: Guatemala City. $0.10. New booklets-Continued Commodities: Revised editions: Nations: El Salvador. $0.10. JURIDICAL DIVISION: Status of the Pan American Treaties and Conventions, with text in English, French, Spanish, and Portuguese. Revised to July 1, 1946. Ley Pública No. 291. Para extender ciertos privilegios, exenciones e inmunidades a organismos internacionales y a los funcionarios y empleados de los mismos, y para otros fines. Approved by the Congress of the United States of America on December 29, 1945. Spanish text. Inter-American Conference of Experts on CopyrightPan American Union, June 1-22, 1946. Proceedings. English, Spanish, and Portuguese editions. Inter-American Convention on the Rights of the Author in Literary, Scientific, and Artistic Works. Law and Treaty Series. English, French, Spanish, and Portuguese editions. Final Act of the Inter-American Conference of Experts on Copyright-Pan American Union, June 1-22, 1946. English, French, Spanish, and Portuguese editions. The Codification of International Law in the Americas. Law and Treaty Series. Draft Declaration of the Rights and Duties of American States. Formulated by the Governing Board of the Pan American Union. English, Spanish, and Portuguese editions. Draft Declaration of the International Rights and Duties of Man and Accompanying Report. Portuguese edition. MUSIC DIVISION: The Present State of Music in Mexico. By Otto Mayer-Serra. English and Spanish editions. $0.50. TRAVEL DIVISION: Requirements for the entry of United States tourists into the Latin American Republics. Mimeographed bulletin. 722869-47 |