42 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE 



REPORT OiS THE LIBRARY 



By Miss F. M. Slack. 



During the year ending September 1, 1897, the Library has 

 received 548 volumes, 2,835 parts, and 150 pamphlets. 



VOLUMES. PARTS. PAMPHLETS. 



Gift 13 00 50 



Exchange 135 765 53 



Purchase 28 270 



A. Agassiz 176 1,240 41 



Binding Parts 106 



548 2,335 150 



The number of volumes now in the Library (exclusive of pam- 

 phlets and the Whitney Library) is 23,292. There are 17,251 

 pamphlets bound in 2,908 volumes, making the total number of 

 volumes 26,200. 



To this should be added the Whitney Library, containing about 

 5,000 volumes and 1,500 pamphlets, making the total volumes 

 31,200, and about 1,800 pamphlets not yet arranged by subjects for 

 binding. 



