REPORT OF LIBRARIAN. Ixix 



REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN. 



To the President : 



The year just closed has been one of uninterrupted prosperity and growth; 

 the use of the library by the students is a gratifying indication of their appre- 

 ciation of the privileges it affords ; there have iDcen drawn from the library for 

 use outside of the building ;2,9UO books and at least five times as many are con- 

 sulted within the library during the day ; the loss and defacement of books has 

 been so slight as to be hardly worth mentioning, not above three books having 

 been lost during the year and no case of wilful defacement occurring ; the ut- 

 most freedom is granted readers and nothing which the library affords either 

 of books or periodicals is in any way withheld from them, they having access 

 to all collections at all times ; there have been added by binding 132 vohimes ; 

 by purchase 542 volumes ; by gift 200 bound books and 260 pamphlets, making 

 an increase for the year of 1,134 volumes and a total collection of 9,820 books 

 and pamphlets, or 8,348 bound books and 1,472 pamphlets. 



All duplicate documents, except one set of Annals of Congress, have been 

 returned to the department of the interior with the understanding that, as fast 

 as possible, an equal number of volumes shall be returned to us for the com- 

 pleting of our sets. 



In the same way a large number of, to us, comparatively valueless reports 

 have been sent to the State departments, especially to the department of public 

 instruction ; by this means our shelf room has been materially increased. 



The gifts to the library, together with the names of the donors, are as follows, 

 viz : 



BOUND DONATIONS. 



Agricultural Reports from the States in Order. 



California, 1885— Edwin F. Smith. 



Connecticut, 1885— T. S. Gold. 



Georgia, 2 volumes, 1 884 — H. G. Reynolds. 



Iowa, 1881-2-3-4— John R. Shaffer. 



Kansas, 1873— H. G. Reynolds. 



Maine, 1881-2-3-4— H. G. Reynolds. 



Massachusetts, 1881-2-3-4-5— H. H. Goodell. 



New Hampshire, Vols. 13-14 — Dartmouth College Library. 



New Jersey, 1885 — W. A. Taylor. 



New York, 33d report — T. L. Harrison. 



Pennsylvania, 1879, 1884— State College. 



Vermont, 8th report — Prof. J. E. Goodrich. 



Agricultural Experiments — Reports from the Follotving : 



Alabama, California, Connecticut, Colorado, Cornell University, Georgia, 

 Kansas, Louisiana, Manitoba, Massachusetts, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, 

 North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Purdue University, Wisconsin. 



Miscellaneous. 



American Chesterfield — W. E. Gilbert. 

 A Political Crime — A. M. Gibson. 



