Appendix IV. 



REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN. 



Sir: I have the boaor respectfully to submit my report on the work of the library 

 during the year from July 1, 1889, to Jime .'JO, 1890. 



The work of recording and caring for the accessions has been carried on aa during 

 the preceding year, the entry numbers on the accession book running from 193,431 

 to 207,175. 



The following condensed statement shows the character and number of these 

 accessions : 



Publications received between July 1, 1889, and June 80, 1890: 



Volumes 



Parts of volumes. 



Pamphlets 



Maps 



Total 



Octavo or 

 smaller. 



1,236 

 5,202 

 3,776 



Quarto or t, ^ , 

 larger. 1 ■^''^^'• 



527 



8,256 



554 



n,763 



13, 458 



4,330 



63C 



20, 187 



Of these publications 8,695 (namely, 785 volumes, 0,900 parts of volumes, and 1,010 

 pamphlets) were retained for use iu the National Museum, and 1,059 medical disser- 

 tations were deposited in the library of the Surgeon -General, U. S. Army. The re 

 mainder were promptly sent to the Librai'y of Congress on the Monday following 

 their receipt. 



Among the most important additions to the list of serials during the year may be 

 mentioned the following publications : 



Advance. 



American Agriculturist. 



American Apiculturist. 



American Architect. 



American Artisan. 



American Art Printer. 



American Athlete. 



American Cabinetmaker and Upholsterer. 



American Carpet and Upholstery Ti"ade. 



American Chemical Review. 



American Cultivator. 



American Dairyman. 



American Druggist. 



American Engineer. 



American Garden, 



American Journal of Railway Appliances. 



American Lithographer and Printer. 



American Machinist. 



American Miller. 



American Silk Journal. 



American Teacher. 



L'Ami de I'Enfance. 



Annales de I'Acaddm ie d'Archeologie d'An- 

 vers. 



Annales de I'Extreme Orient et de I'Af- 

 rique. 



Annual Report of the Metropolitan Mu- 

 seum, New York. 



Annual Report of the New York State 

 Forest Commission. 



Annual Report of the Pennsylvania Acad- 

 emy of Fine Arts. 



Annual Report of tiie Providence Public 

 Library. 



Anthony's Photographic Bulletin. 



L'Anthropologie. 



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