5 



Total Patents for Inventions consulted, 16,129. Daily average, 57. 



Eecapitulation of Totals. 



Volumes of Books This Year 



Quarter! 3' and Monthly Magazines. . . „ 



Weekly Periodicals >• 



Patents Consulted » 



GrandTotal 811,057 828,525 



Table IV.— Showing the number and classification of works added 

 during the year : — 



Classification. 



Theology, Morals, &c 



Natural Philosophy, Astronomy, &c 



Natural History 



Science and the Arts 



History and Biography 



Topography and Antiquities 



"Voyages and Travels 



Miscellaneous Literature (principaUy collected Works, Maga- 



zines, &c. ) 



Jurisprudence, Law, and Politics • • • • 



Commerce, Political Economy, &c 



Education and Language ' 



Poetry and Dramatic Literature 



Prose Fiction 



Latin and Greek Classics and Translations 



Heraldry, Encyclopaedias, and Works of Reference ■ 



Total. 



a 432 77,362 



