THE RETROSPECT OF THE YEAR. 



151 



Sixteenmos 142 



Twenty-fourmos, 53 



Total of bound volumes, 2,447 



Pamphlets and serials, 9,11(5 



Total of donations, 11,563 



By Exchange. 



Folios, . ' 4 



Quartos, 6 



Octavos 95 



Twelvemos, 22 



Twenty-fourmos, . 1 



Total of bound volumes, 128 



Pamphlets and serials 2,418 



Total of exchanges, 2,54(5 



By Purchase. 



Quartos, 5 



Octavos, 57 



Duodecimos, 1 



Total of bound volumes, 63 



Pamphlets and serials, 6'27 



Total of purchases, 690 



Total of donations, 11,503 



Total of exchanges, 2,546 



Total of purchases, 690 



Total of additions, 14,799 



Of the total number of pamphlets and serials, 3,608 

 were pamphlets and 8,553 were serials. 



The donations to the Library for the year have been 

 received from one hundred and eighty individuals and 

 sixty-six societies and governmental departments. The 

 exchanges from seven individuals and one hundred and 

 seventy-six societies and incorporated institutions, of 

 which eighty-six are foreign ; also from editors and pub- 

 lishers. Among the donations to the Library during the 

 past year, were three hundred and fifty-three bound vol- 

 umes and two hundred and twelve pamphlets the bequest 

 of the late Dr. J. A. Emmerton ; five hundred and forty- 

 eight volumes, mostly U. S. public documents from Hon. 

 Geo. B. Loring and a large collection of horticultural and 

 other newspapers from Charles H. Hovey of Cambridge. 



