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from Balambangan during the years 1774-1776, 1779, by 

 Thomas Forrest; Delectus Animalium Articulatorum, 1830, by 

 Spix and Martius, an important classic of much interest to 

 entomologists; Die Infusionsthierchen, 1838, and Mikrogeologie, 

 1854, by C. G. Ehrenberg, two folio volumes containing 

 probably the earliest authoritative description of the structure 

 of the unicellular organisms. The Carnegie Institution of 

 Washington has added our name to its omnia list and has 

 supplied a complete series of its publications which contain 

 many volumes of interest and importance in the realm of 

 natural history. 



The library has continued to extend its usefulness through 

 the system of inter-library loans and in turn has also been the 

 recipient of similar favors from many institutions. It has been 

 our privilege to extend the courtesy of loans to the largest 

 institutions of learning from London to San Francisco. Within 

 the city of New York these courtesies have been most exten- 

 sively used between the libraries of Columbia University, New 

 York University, Brooklyn Museum and the American Museum 

 of Natural History. The New York Public Library has also 

 indicated its intentions in a provisional and limited way to 

 honor our requests for the loan of books from its restricted 

 lists. 



Early in January Miss R. E. Remmey, a recent graduate 

 of Smith College, was appointed to the Library staff to fill the 

 position made vacant by the transfer of Mr. M. F. Hanly to 

 the department of administration. Miss D. B. Hepburn, a 

 graduate of Smith College and the New York Public Library 

 School, has been employed temporarily in the revision of the 

 collections relating to evolution and anthropology. The 

 Assistant Librarian was granted a furlough of three months 

 and spent the time advantageously in European travel. 



The activities in the Osborn Library of Vertebrate Palaeon- 

 tology have extended to filling lacunae in the writings of several 



_ , T „ eminent authors, to the detailed work re- 



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lating to exchanges and to the revision of 



the subject side of the catalogue. Profes- 

 sor Osborn has donated $354 for the pur- 

 chase of books and pamphlets. Miss Jannette M. Lucas, the 



