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of Mr. K. P. Wang, who has classified, catalogued and ar- 

 ranged the collection of Chinese books which were procured 

 on the East Asiatic Expedition. Mr. Wang, who has had long 

 experience at similar work in the Library of Congress, was able 

 to introduce a thoroughly tried and practical system, which 

 now makes these Chinese books, containing some unique titles, 

 thoroughly available to any scholar who may wish to consult 

 them. 



To make the natural history papers and monographs con- 

 tained in our ever increasing Russian series accessible to the 

 scientist has been one of the important and difficult problems. 

 Miss Alia Kretchman, a Russian scholar, has undertaken this 

 work, and it is hoped that eventually an English resume of all 

 the Russian papers may be included in each volume of the vari- 

 ous publications. 



During the year two assistants have been lost to the de- 

 partment. It is with extreme regret that we are obliged to 

 chronicle the death on October 29 of Mr. George Chamberlain, 

 who had been connected with the Library in various capacities 

 for eight years. Mr. Chamberlain was a faithful workman and 

 a gentleman. For the last three years he had charge of the 

 Museum's publications. On October 1, Miss Amy Hepburn 

 resigned to accept a position in the library of Columbia Uni- 

 versity. 



Recognizing the request of the President to curtail obliga- 

 tions in every possible way, only one appointment, that of Miss 

 Helen Gunz, has been made to fill the vacancies caused by the 

 loss of the two experienced assistants mentioned. 



The Library has been able to accumulate the nucleus of a sec- 

 tion on Folk Lore by the purchase of something more than one 

 thousand titles. In making the selection of these 

 books, Dr. W. L. Hildburgh, through his intimate 

 knowledge of the subject, has greatly assisted in procuring the 

 excellent collection that we now possess. 



Other important additions to the Library are : 

 A valuable collection of works, largely in the Spanish lan- 

 guage, dealing with the history and archaeology of Peru, 

 Bolivia, Central America and Mexico, comprising the library 



