10 BULLETIN OF THE ESSEX INSTITUTE. 



Report of the Librarian. 



The additions to the library for the year (May 1895 to 

 May 1896) have been as follows : 



By Donation. 



Folios, 38 



Quartos, 204 



O.tavos 1,412 



Twelvemos, 308 



Sixteenmos, 181 



Twenty-fourmos, 101 



Total of bound volumes, 2,244 



Pamphlets and serials 4,510 



Total of donations . 6,754 



By Exchange. 



Folios, , 3 



Quartos, 8 



Octavos 263 



Twelvemos, 5 



Sixteenmos, 5 



Total of bound volumes, 284 



Pamphlets and serials, 1,646 



Total of exchanges, 1,930 



By Purchase. 



Folios, . . . . • 3 



Quartos, 5 



Octavos, 16 



Twelvemos, 1 



Total of bound volumes, 26 



Pamphlets and serials, 433 



Total of purchases, 458 



Total of donations, 6,754 



Total of exchanges, 1,930 



Total of additions, 9,142 



Of the total number of pamphlets and serials 2,116 were 

 pamphlets and 4,462 were serials. 



The donations to the library for the year have been 

 received from two hundred and four individuals and ninety- 

 two societies and governmental departments. The ex- 

 changes, from fifteen individuals and two hundred and 

 forty-nine societies and incorporated institutions, of which 

 one hundred and twenty-four are foreign ; al?o from editors 



