EEPORT OF THE SECEETARY HI 



The circulation of the library was 2,359, of which 1,956 were 

 magazines borrowed from the reading room. Many more volumes 

 and periodicals were consulted in the reference room. The books 

 most in demand were the transactions of the learned societies, the 

 aeronautical collection, and several important individual works, such 

 as Combarelles aux Ezyies, by Abbe Breuil and others, a book finally 

 assigned to the Smithsonian deposit. 



The work done during the year on the general catalogue of the 

 Smithsonian library, which is kept in the office reading room, may 

 be summarized as follows: 



Volumes and pamphlets catalogued 4,509 



Volumes recatalogued 264 



Charts catalogued 324 



Cards typed 2, 157 



Library of Congress cards filed 1,078 



New authors added 393 



MUSEUM LIBRARY 



The library of the United States National Museum contains 65,148 

 volumes and 102,951 pamphlets, a total of 168,099. Of these, 1,457 

 volumes and 1,894 pamphlets were added during the year. 



While most of these accessions were obtained by exchange of 

 publications, or by purchase, man}^ came by gift. Among the donors 

 were Mr. W. I. Adams, Miss M. D. Ashton, Dr. Marcus Benjamin, 

 Mr. A. H. Clark, Mr. F. W. Clarke, Dr. W. H. Dall, Mr. J. A. Gal- 

 lagher, Mr. L. C. Gunnell, Dr. O. P. Hay, Dr. W. H. Holmes, Dr. A. 

 Hrdlicka, Dr. W. R. Maxon, Dr. G. S. Miller, jr., Mr. W. de C. 

 Ravenel, Dr. C. W. Eichmond, Mr. S. A. Rohwer, Mr. E. V. Shan- 

 non, Mr. R. C. Smith, Mr. B. H. Swales, and Dr. C. D. Walcott. The 

 gifts of Secretary Walcott to the division of geology and paleontol- 

 ogy and of Doctor Dall to that of mollusks were generous, as usual, 

 the latter numbering 97 titles. The gifts of Doctor Richmond to 

 the division of birds were also large. But the outstanding gift of 

 the year was the entomological library, numbering about 4,500 

 volumes and pamphlets, chiefly on Coleoptera, left to the ISIuseum by 

 the late Col. Thomas L. Casey, and increased by the generosity 

 of Mrs. Casey. This is one of the best collections on its subject in 

 the United States, and contains many rare items. It will be made 

 available to the curators as soon as possible and will be deposited in 

 the section of insects. 



In the course of the year several thousand cards of the Concilium 

 Bibliographicum were filed, 14,329 parts of periodicals were en- 

 tered, 2,623 volmnes and pamphlets were catalogued, and 9,000 cards 

 were added. Books borrowed from the Library of Congress num- 

 bered 1,628 and from other libraries 112, chieflly for the use of the 



