Appendix VI. 

 REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN FOR THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1897. 



Sir : I have the honor to present herewith a report upon the operations of the 

 library of the Smithsonian Institution during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1897. 



The entry numbers of accessions to the Smithsonian deposit at the Library of Con- 

 gress extend from 339,340 to 364,972. 



The following table gives an analysis, in volumes, parts of volumes, pamphlets, 

 and charts, during the jear : 



Puhlications received hetiveen July 1, 1896, and June 30, 1897. 



In addition to this there have been added to the Secretary's library, office library, 

 and the library of the Astrophysical Observatory, 332 volumes and pamphlets, and 

 2,044 parts of volumes, making a total of 2,376, and a grand total of accessions for 

 the year of 35,912 volumes, parts of volumes, pamphlets, and charts. 



These accessions show a gain of 992 in volumes, parts of volumes, and charts 

 over the previous year, and in the number of entries, 793. 



The following universities have sent complete sets of their academic publications, 

 including inaugural dissertations: 



Kiel. Pennsylvania. 



Konigsberg. Strassburg. 



Leipzig. Tubingen. 



Louvain. Utrecht. 



Lund. Wurzburg. 



Marburg. Zurich. 



Montevideo. 

 Montreal. 



While it is not possible to specify the large number of academies, learned societies, 

 editors of periodicals, and private persons who have sent their publications to the 

 Institution, one gift is deserving of especial notice, that of Mr. S. Patcanof, of St. 

 Petersburg. Mr. Patcanof presented over 300 volumes, including manuscripts, 

 printed books, and pamphlets, relating to oriental and Russian philology, archfeology, 

 geography, and folklore, and more especially works relating to Armenian literature. 

 The collection includes quite a number of rare works. 



Several months were spent in revising the list of foreign establishments to which 

 Smithsonian publications were being sent. It was found that many of them were 

 not sending an adequate return, and a systematic correspondence has been begun 

 with a view to remedying this state ol atfairs. 



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