Total Patents for Invention consulted, 21,666. Daily average, 75. 



Recapitulation of Totals. 



Volumes of Books 



Quarterly and Monthly Magazines 



Weekly Periodicals 



Patents 



1,017,486 



802,516 



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 (principally collected Works, 



Magazines, &c.) ... ... ... ... 



Jurisprudence, Law, and Politics 



Commerce, Political Economy, &e 



Education and Language 

 Poetry and Dramatic Literature 



Prose Fiction ... 



Latin and Greek Classics and Translations 



Heraldry, Encyclopeedias, and Works of Reference 



Total... 



2,950 



82,874 



Branch Evening Reading Rooms. 



