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And, again, 1 he says that the collection is 



"quite unique in the multitude of publications of learned 

 societies in all parts of the world and in nearly all of the 

 modern languages." 



Between the years 1887 and 1894 new periodicals to the 

 number of 1853 were added to the list, while 1042 defective 

 series were either completed or filled out as far as the pub- 

 lishers were able to supply missing numbers. 



In the year 1895 the Institution was currently receiving 

 3045 periodicals, magazines, and publications of learned so- 

 cieties. This number did not include all such publications 

 arriving at the Institution, as many societies whose publica- 

 tions are issued irregularly had not been included in the 

 periodical record. These publications were roughly divided 

 into three classes, of which 1565 were devoted to pure sci- 

 ence, 704 to applied science, and 776, called miscellaneous, 

 included literary, artistic, and trade publications. All the 

 well known modern languages were represented, and even 

 some of the less known, among which might be mentioned 

 Arabic, modern Greek, Finnish, and Japanese ; and two publi- 

 cations in Volapiik. Nearly one hundred publications have 

 been added since this report was prepared. 



Various catalogues have been printed, but none in recent 

 years. The catalogue of these publications belonging to the 

 library up to 1883 was at that time typewritten and bound 

 together in thirteen large volumes, some of them consisting 

 of more than one thousand pages ; while since that time they 

 are catalogued on a card record. 



But although the library is devoted mainly to these pub- 

 lications, yet it is not wholly wanting in works of a differ- 

 ent nature. Some of these have come through special gift. 



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