librarian's report. 57 



LIBRARIAN'S REPORT. 



Mr. President : — As Librarian, I would beg leave to make the follow- 

 ing report, viz : 

 The number of books, according to the last annual repoi't, was. . 362 

 Since then there has been received by exchange of complete 



volumes 121 



By exchange of pamphlets and parts of volumes 351 — 472 



By gifts of complete volumes 90 



By gifts of pamphlets and parts of volumes 36 — 126 



Total volumes 960 



For the proper preservation of this comparatively small, yet very val- 

 uable Library, one or two additional book cases are i-equired. 



R. J. Farquharson, 

 Davenport^ loica, Jan. 3cZ, 1877. Librarian. 



Additions to the Library during 1876. 



I. FROM INDIVIDUALS. 



Barler, A. U. Patent Office Report, 1859. 



Barris, Prof. W. H. Reports on the New York State Cabinet of Nat- 

 ural History for the years 186S, "69, '70, '71, '72, '73—6 vols. 



Broils, Harry A.; Manhattan, Kan. Habits of Amblychila cylindriformis. 



Campbell, Alva E. Correlation of Forces. 



Dahell, Jas. M. Davenport City Directory, 1858-.59 ; Twin Cities Direct- 

 ory, 1859-60; Davenport City Directory, 1863 ; Davenport Directory, 

 1866 ; Davenport City Directory, 1868-69 ; Davenport, Rock Island 

 and Moline Directory, 1873 ; Iowa State Almanac, 1860. 



Dana, Jas. D.; New Haven, Conn. On Cephalization, Part V. 



Davis d- Fluke. A large quantity of extra sheets from the 1st vol. of 

 Proceedings D. A. N. S., etc. 



Eads, Luther T. Resources of the State of Arkansas. 



Farquharson, Dr. B. J. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci., Phila.,1875, Part I; Cat- 

 alogue of the British Section of Philadelphia International Exposi- 

 tion ; Catalogue of Collections from the India Museum ; Photo- 

 graphic likeness. 



Fulton, H. U. S. Postal Guide, 1874. 



Gentry, Thos. G.; Germantoicn, Pa. Life History of Birds, Vol. I. [Ex.] 



Gunning, Prof. W. D. Our Planet, its Life History. 



Haines, Mrs. M. P., Richmond, Lid. Fifth Annual Report of the Geo- 

 logical Survey of Indiana. 



Harrison, Chas. E. A package of the Scientific American. 



Hastings, White & Fisher. Photographs of copper axes ; photographic 

 portraits of Dr. Farquharson and J. D. Putnam. 



Hunting, Bev. S. S. Annual of Scientific Discovery, 1857 ; Annual Re- 

 port of Commissioner of Agriculture of Georgia ; Report of Progress 

 of Physical Survey of Georgia ; Chemical Analysis of Georgia ; Man- 



[Proc. D. A. N. S. Voh II.] 9 [April 1877.] 



