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Table II. 

 reading, &c. 



-Shewing the classification of volumes issued for home 



Classification. 



Lending Libraries. 



North 

 Branch. 



South 

 Branch. 



East 

 Branch. 



Total 

 issued for 



Home 

 Beading. 



Beading 



Boom, 



East 



Branch. 



Total 

 Issues. 



Theology, Morals, and Meta- 

 physics 



Natural Philosophy, and 

 Mathematics 



Natural History 



Soieuce and the Arts 



History and Biography . . . 



Topography and Antiquities 



Voyages and Travels 



Miscellaneous Literature . 



Jurisprudence, Law, and 

 Politics 



Commerce and Political 

 Economy 



Education and Language . . . 



Poetry and Dramatic Litera- 

 ture 



Prose Fiction 



Latin and Greek Classics 



Books for the Blind 



2,578 2,501 



1,967 

 ],2fi4 

 7,600 

 4,598 

 725 

 3,002 

 7,300 



233 



1,1 



1,049 



117,579 



192 



74 



TOTAL.S 150,166 



2,210 

 1,41.S 

 7,595 

 5,554 

 898 

 3,343 

 8,553 



151 



1,210 

 960 



887 



145,908 



216 



114 



181,513 



1,639 



2,327 

 1,791 

 8,997 

 4,481 

 917 

 3,263 

 6,991 



133 



1.245 

 736 



1,404 



140,748 



263 



6,718 



6,504 

 4,468 

 24,192 

 14,633 

 2,540 

 9,608 

 22,844 



517 



3,319 



2,837 



3,340 



404,235 



671 



188 



421 



760 



466 



2,775 



1,504 



245 



890 



4,977 



106 



369 

 273 



482 



29,395 



112 



7,139 



7,264 



4,934 



*26,967 



16.137 



2,785 



10,498 



27.821 



623 



3,688 

 3,110 



3,822 



433,630 



783 



188 



174,935 



506,614 42,775 549,389 



' Of this total 8,065 were vols, of Music. 



