FOR LIBRARIANS, AUTHORS, BOOKSELLERS, PUBLISHERS, ETC. 



JTJST ZPTJBL, ISH E3D , 



L OF LIBRARIES, 



Institutions, 



IN THE 



THE I'XITED STATES AND BRITISH PROVIDES OF NORTH AMERICA, 



BY 



WILLIAM J. RHEES, CHEF CLERK OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. 



IT CONTAINS AN HISTORICAL AND STATISTICAL ACCOUNT, WITH A FULL LIST, OF 

 LIBRARIES, 



COLLEGES AND COLLEGE SOCIETIES, 



ACADEMIES, SEMINARIES, AND HIGH SCHOOLS, 



INSTITUTIONS FOR THE DEAF, DUMB, BLIND, INSANE, 



AGRICULTURAL, HISTORICAL, SCIENTIFIC, MERCANTILE, 



YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN, AND OTHER ASSOCIATIONS. 



Indicating those Libraries .which have received sets of the United States Government pub- 

 lic documents, &c. 



This List is invaluable to all who have circulars, pamphlets, 

 reports, &c., to distribute. 



This volume contains articles on the construction, lighting, heating, and ventilating of 

 Library Buildings ; the arrangement, classification, and catalogues of books : salaries of 

 librarians ; number of volumes in different languages in public libraries ; number and kind 

 of books most read ; statistical tables, and in fact every species of information which could 

 be collected relative to public libraries and institutions. 



It is the result of several years' labor, and the examination of all the material collected 

 by the 



Smithsonian Institution anfr datanment gfprtenis at Masjpjjt0n. 



IT ALSO CONTAINS ACCOUNTS OF 



WITH THE LATEST STATISTICS ; 



SUNDAY SCHOOL, MILITARY, AND OTHER LIBRARIES. 



E3F~ The whole forms a large octavo volume of 700 pages, printed and bound in the best 

 style. 



Price Three Dollars per Copy. 



PUBLISHED FOR THE AUTHOR BY J. B. LIPPINCOTT & CO., PHILADELPHIA. 



For copies address the Publishers, or 



W. J. RHEES, WASHINGTON, D. C. 



