42 A NOTICE OF THE 



Hays, assisted by Mr. Keating ; and, subsequently, the library 

 committee, consisting of Dr. Samuel George Morton, Dr. Charles 

 Pickering, Dr. Thomas McEwen, Prof. Walter R. Johnson, Dr. 

 Robert Bridges, and Dr. Joseph Carson, prepared another cata- 

 logue on a different plan, which was printed October, 1836. At 

 that date the library contained 6,890 volumes, exclusive of dupli- 

 cates, and 435 separate maps and charts. 



The number of volumes for circulation is limited. It has been 

 generally considered desirable that the library should be for 

 reference chiefly, and the library apartment a reading-room, 

 open freely to the members and strangers properly introduced. 

 The use of large and costly works and periodicals is restricted to 

 the hall. 



The following statement exhibits the number of volumes in 

 each department, on the 31st of December, 1851. The library 

 is placed in the west and south-west basement-rooms. 



Natural Sciences 3,626 



Anatomy and Physiology ..... 327 



Voyages and Travels 809 



History and Geography ..... 525 



Transactions of Societies, Journals, Memoirs, &c. 2,323 



Dictionaries of Arts and Sciences . . . 576 



Maps (bound in volumes) ..... 22 



Chemistry and Physical Science . . . 339 



Historical Documents, of all descriptions . . 1,856 



Antiquities and the Fine Arts .... 428 



Miscellaneous ....... 1,451 



Not recorded in Catalogue .... 350 



Pamphlets, and parts of works in cou?se of publi- 

 cation, when bound ..... 750 



13,382 



It is remarkable that so large a collection of books should 

 have been made without the assistance of a library fund, the 

 establishment of which has long been deemed an important 

 object. But the treasury of the Society has never been more 

 than sufficient to meet the demands against it for purposes and 

 objects necessary to the care and preservation of the Museum. 



