Appendix III. 



REPORT ON THE LIBRARY. 



Sir: I have the honor respectfully to submit my report ou the work of the library 

 during the year from July 1, 1888, to June 30, 1889. 



The work of recording aud caring for accessions has been carried on as during the 

 preceding year, the entrv numbers ou the accession-book running from 182,060 to 

 193,430. 



The following condensed statement shows the number and character of these acces- 

 sions : 



PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED BETWEEN JULY 1, 1888, AND JUNE 30, 1889. 



Volumes : 



Octavo or smaller 1, 002 



Quarto or larger 498 



1,500 



Parts of volumes : 



Octavo or smaller 5, 556 



Quarto or larger 6,646 



12,202 



Pamphlets: 



Octavo or smaller 2, 705 



Quarto or larger 473 



3, 178 



Maps \ 473 



Total 17,353 



Of these accessions, 4,810 (namely, 441 volumes, 3,752 parts of volumes, and 617 

 pamphlets) were retained for use in the Museum library, and 521 medical disserta- 

 tions were deposited in the library of the Surgeou-General's Office, U. S. Army. 



The remainder were promptly sent to the Library of Congress on the Monday fol- 

 lowing their receipt. 



Among the most important additions to the list of serials during the year may be 

 specified the following publications: 



American Angler. 



American Field. 



American Grocer. 



Bollettinodi paletnologia Italiana. 



Cosmos (formerly " Les Moudes"), Paris. 



Export Journal. 



Forest Leaves. 



Gazzetta Chimica Italiana. 



Himmel uud Erde. 



Journal of American Folk-Lore. 



Journal of the Gypsy Lore Society. 



Journal of tbe Marine Biological Associa- 

 tion of the United Kingdom. 



Journal of the Society of Chemical In- 

 dustry. 



Life-Lore. 



Manufacturer and Inventor. 



Menorah. 



Monatshefte fur Chemie (published by 



the Vienna Academy of Sciences). 

 "Old New York." 

 Orientalische Bibliographie. 

 Pittouia. 



Praktische Physik. 

 Recneil des Travaux Chimiques des Pave- 



Bas. 

 Reports f rora the laboratory of the Royal 



College of Physicians, Edinburgh. 

 Research. 



Revue des Traditions Populaires. 

 Revisra di Miueralogia e cristallogr*tia 



Italiana. 

 Shooting and Fishing. 

 The Steamship. 

 Studies from the Museum of Zoology. 



University College. Dundee. 

 Victorian Naturalist. 



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