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societies and incorporated institutions of which ninety- 

 seven are foreign ; also from editors and publishers. 



The Library has still further been increased by a col- 

 lection of about six hundred volumes, not included in the 

 above enumeration, which has been received on deposit 

 for reference'only, from the Independent Congregational- 

 ist Society, Barton Square. 



Mr. T. F. Hunt and Dr. S. A. Green of Boston have 

 increased the donations by hundreds of bound volumes 

 and pamphlets, and gifts of large numbers of books have 

 been received from the Peabody Academy of Science, Rev. 

 E. C. Bolles, D.D., Mr. George S. Silsbee and Mr. 

 Edward C. Browne. Mrs. R. Anne Nichols of Roxbury 

 has generously remembered us with many rare and extra- 

 illustrated works. 



The Library is greatly indebted to Hon. William C. 

 Endicott, for placing the Institute on the list of societies 

 to receive the publications of the various offices of the War. 

 Department, the advantage of which has already been ap- 

 preciated. 



The Story and Peabody Libraries, enumerated in last 

 year's report, were very rich in unbound numbers of pe- 

 riodical, art and illustrated works, of sufficient value to 

 repay the increased cost of binding. They now form a val- 

 uable addition to the shelves. 



Since the last annual meeting the main library has been 

 placed on the shelves in the new building, but has not 

 wholly recovered from the confusion necessarily incident 

 to its removal. The western half of the second story is 

 devoted to works of an historical character which have been 

 classified by a modification of the Dewey System. The 

 shelves in the eastern half are allotted to works of litera- 

 ture and the fine arts. As soon as the Art Library is ar- 

 ranged, which it is hoped a few weeks' labor will complete, 



