756 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF 



[Dec, 



Journals 



Geology 



General Natural History . . . . 



Botany 



Voyages and Travels 



Anatomy and Physiology . . . . 



Entomology 



Anthropology , . . . 



Conchology 



Medicine 



Ornithology 



Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, 



etc , 



Physical Sciences 



Mineralogy 



Mathematics 



Bibliography 



Geography 



Agriculture 



23,007 

 3,039 

 2,860 

 2,429 

 1,870 

 1,719 

 1,207 

 1,120 

 1,073 

 903 

 863 



816 

 630 

 554 

 551 

 428 

 421 

 407 



Ichthyology 323 



Mammalogy 304 



Miscellaneous 299 



Philology 296 



Helniinthology 295 



Chemistry 275 



Herpetology 186 



Meigs Library (miscellane- 

 ous) 1,916 



Warner Library (miscellane- 

 ous) 128 



American Entomological So- 

 ciety Library (Entomologi- 

 cal Section) ■ 3,160 



Unbound pamphlets, 2524, 



forming volumes 170 



51,249 



In considering the growth of the library since the last enumera- 

 tion, it must be remembered that about 450 volumes, bibliographical 

 and non-scientific, have been, by direction of the Council and the 

 Library Committee, transferred to the Free Library, 



Many of the works in the library of the Entomological Section 

 (American Entomological Society) are duplicates, while those in 

 the James Aitken Meigs Library are foreign to the purposes of 

 the Academy, being retained under an agreement with the legatee. 



It may not be out of place, at the beginning of the new ceu- 

 tur}", to review briefly the history of the library, so as to deter- 

 mine with some degree of clearness what has been accomplished by 

 this department of the Academy during its ninety years of existence. 



It will be remembered that on the evening of January 25, 1812, 

 " a meeting of gentlemen, friends of science and of rational dis- 

 posal of leisui'e moments," was held to consider the advisability 

 o£ forming a scientific society. After mature deliberation it was 

 decided that such a society was desirable, and preliminary steps 

 were taken toward its organization. The men who met on that 

 occasion took themselves with entire seriousness, as is evidenced by 

 the dignified wording of the minutes and the care with which they 

 were kept by the fii-st Recording Secretary, Dr. Camillus McMahau 

 Mann. They evidently attached due importance to the formation 



