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ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY LIBRARY 



Additions to the library of the Astrophysical Observatory num- 

 bered 114 vohimes, 32 parts of volumes, and 89 pamphlets. The 

 number of volumes bound was 81. Exact records of loans can not 

 be given, as they are included with tliose of the office library. 



This is one of the most important of the smaller branches of the 

 Smithsonian library and is much in use. Thanks to the generosity of 

 a friend, its collections will be enlarged and made more available in 

 the immediate future. 



BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY LIBRARY 



The activities of the library of the Bureau of American Ethnology 

 are described in the report of the chief of that bureau, by whom 

 the library is administered. 



NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART LIBRARY 



As the National Gallery of Art is housed in the Natural History 

 Building, its library is at present administered as a sectional library 

 of the National Museum. This library, although possessing only 961 

 titles, of which 426 are volumes and 535 pamphlets, has been most 

 carefully selected, and should grow rapidly when given room in the 

 National Gallery Building now in prospect. Its accessions during 

 the year were 118 volumes, 478 parts of volumes, and 52 pamphlets. 



FREER GALLERY OF ART LIBRARY 



The library of the Freer Gallery of Art is solely a reference 

 library, restricted to the interests represented in the collections of art 

 objects — that is to say, to the arts and cultures of the Far East, of 

 India and Persia, and the nearer east; to the life and works of 

 James McNeill Whistler and of certain other American painters 

 whose pictures are owned by the gallery; and further, to a very 

 limited degree, to that field of study represented by the Biblical 

 manuscripts of the fourth and fifth centuries, which, as the posses- 

 sions of the Freer Gallery, are known as the Washington manu- 

 scripts. All books and library facilities are at the service of the 

 public. During the year 200 persons availed themselves of these 

 privileges. Most of the more serious students came from a distance 

 for the especial purpose of studying various parts of the collections 

 and the books relating to them. 



The library comprises about 2,200 books in English, French, Ger- 

 man, and Dutch and almost 300 in Chinese, Japanese, and Tibetan, 

 with necessary dictionaries. In addition, there are a good many 

 volumes on loan from the Library of Congress. During the year 

 90 volumes and 127 pamphlets were added to the library. 



