112 BULLETIN or THE ESSEX INSTITUTE. 



By Purchase. 



Folios, 9 



Quartos, 4 



Octavos, 23 



Total of bound volumes, 36 



Pamphlets and serials, 34 



Total of purchases, ......... 70 



Total of donations, 5,624 



Total of exchanges, . . 1,429 



Total of purchases, 70 



Total of additions, 7,123 



Of the total numl)er of pamphlets and serials, 1,734 

 were pamphlets, and 3,752 were serials. 



The donations to the library for the year have been 

 received from 149 individuals and 112 societies and gov- 

 ernmental departments. 



The exchanges, from 14 individuals and 244 societies of 

 which 121 are foreign; also from editors and publishers. 



There is little to be said except to repeat that which the 

 late librarian, Mr. Charles S. Osgood, has so well said in 

 the years past, but in accordance with the usual custom 

 the Assistant Librarian would, in addition to the statistics 

 just read, respectfully submit the following : 



The library would be greatly improved by the addition 

 of a fire proof stack, for the better accommodation of the 

 books, including those now stored outside of the building 

 or piled up in out-of-the-way corners of Plummer Hall 

 and the Institute Building. 



A catalogue of the library is very much needed, not 

 only to facilitate the work in the liljrary, but also to fur- 

 nish knowledge of the many rare and valuable books here 

 collected for study and reference. 



