Appendix III. 



REPORT ON THE LIBRARY. 



Sir: I have tb« liouor respectfully to submit iny report ou the work of the library 

 during the year from July 1, 1888, to .June 30, 1881). 



The work of record iug a uil caring for accossious has been carried on as during the 

 preceding year, the eutry numbers ou tho accession-book running from 182,060 to 

 19:^,430. ■ 



The following condensed statement shows the number and character of these acces- 

 sions : 



PUBLICATIONS KliCPUVED BETWEEN JULY 1, 1888, AND JUNE 30, 1880. 



Volumes: 



Octavo or smaller 1,002 



Quarto or larger 4'J8 



1,500 



Parts of volumes: 



Octavo or smaller 5, OSt! 



Quarto or larger 6, 64(3 



12,202 



Pamphlets: 



Octavo or smaller 2, 705 



Quarto or larger 473 



3,178 



Maps 473 



Total 17,353 



Of these accessions. 4,810 (namely, 441 volumes, 3,752 parts of volumes, and 617 

 liamphlets) were retained for use in the Museum library, and 521 medical disserta- 

 tions were deposited in the library of the Surgeon-General's Office, U. S. Army. 



The remainder were promptly sent to the Library of Congress on the Monday fol- 

 lowing their receipt. 



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

 specihed the following publications: 



American Angler, 



American Field. 



American Grocer. 



Bollettino di jialetnologia Italiana. 



Cosmos (formerly " Les Mondcs"), Paris. 



Export Journal. 



Forest Leaves. 



Gazzetta Chimica Italiana. 



Himmel und Erde. 



Journal of American Folk-Lore. 



Journal of the Gypsy T^ore Society. 



Journal of the Marine Biological Associa- 

 tion of the United Kingdom. 



Journal of the Society of Chemical lu- 

 dustry. 



Life-Lore. 



Manufacturer and Inventor. 



Meuorah, 



Monatshefte fiir Chemie (published by 



the Vienna Academy of Scieuces). 

 " Old New York." 

 Orientalische Bibliographic. 

 Pittonia. 



Praktische Physik. 

 Recueil des TravanxChimiques dcsPays- 



Bas. 

 Rei)orts from the laboratory of the Royal 



College of Physicians, Edinburgh. 

 Research. 



Revue des Traditions Populaires. 

 Revista di Minei'alogia e cristallografia 



Italiana. 

 Shooting and Fishing. 

 The Stciimship. 

 Studi(!s from th(! Museum of Zoology, 



University College, Dundee. 

 Victorian Naturalist. 



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