THE RETROSPECT OF THE YEAR. Ill 



to us in spreading our publications by exchange about the 

 world — making the name of Essex County almost as 

 well known to-day as the commerce of our five good sea- 

 ports did in earlier years — will not long be satisfied, when 

 asking for a detailed report of our condition to be printed 

 with the annals of the great societies of the country, to 

 be told, as it was last year, that our clerical force is une- 

 qual to the task. The people of the County must either 

 come promptly to the rescue or be content with a large 

 curtailment of our working plans. 



Library Report, May 16, 1898. 



The additions to the Library for the year (May 1897 

 to May 1898) have been as follows : 



By Donation. 



Folios, 32 



Quartos, 173 



Octavos, 850 



Twelvemos, 243 



Sixteenmos, 152 



Twenty-fourmos, 55 



Total of bound volumes, 1,505 



Pamphlets and serials, 4,119 



Total of donations, 5,624 



By Exchange. 



Folios, 2 



Quartos, 7 



Octavos, 51 



Twelvemos, 2 



Total of bound volumes, G2 



Pamphlets and serials 1,367 



Total of exchanges, 1,429 



