THE RETROSPECT OF THE YEAR. 85 



By Exchange. 



Folios, 1 



Quartos, 22 



Octavos, 126 



Twelvemos, 1 



Total of bound volumes 150 



Pamphlets ancl serials, 1,461 



Total of exchanges, 1,611 



By Purchase. 



Folios, 2 



Octavos, 12 



Twelvemos, 7 



Total of bound volumes, 21 



Pamphlets and serials, 602 



Total of purchases, 623 



Total of donations, , 18,205 



Total of exchanges, 1,611 



Total of purchases, 623 



Total of additious, 20,439 



Of the total number of pamphlets and serials 7,572 were 

 pamphlets and 8,202 were serials. 



The donations to the library for the year have been re- 

 ceived from two hundred and thirty individuals and one hun- 

 dred and twelve societies and governmental departments. 

 The exchanges from eleven individuals and two hundred 

 and twenty-one societies and ineorporated institutions, of 

 which one hundred and twenty-seven are Foreign; also 

 from editors and publishers. 



The largest donations have been 628 volumes and 3427 



pamphlets, the larger part of the latter being magazines of 

 early dates, from Hon. Caleb Foote ; 155 botanical books 

 from Mr. John Robinson, and 109 miscellaneous works to- 

 gether with 600 pamphlets from the estate of Samuel P. 

 Andrews. 



