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REPORT 



Of the Committee of tJw Academy of Natural Sciences of Phi- 

 ladelphia, appointed to prepare a Catalogue of the Library 

 of the Institution. 



The Committee to whom was referred the duty of pre- 

 paring a Catalogue of the Academy's Library, respectfully 



REPORT: 



That after several months' attention to the object of their 

 appointment, they have now the pleasure to announce its 

 completion. A glance at the following pages will show that 

 the Library of the Academy is not confined to Natural His- 

 tory, but that it embraces works in almost every department 

 of useful knowledge — Literature, Science and Art. These 

 have been arranged according to subjects, in a manner that 

 will prove eminently useful for the purpose of reference, with- 

 out the necessity of numbering the volumes — a labour which 

 your Committee think may be omitted, at least for the pre- 

 sent, without disadvantage. As a general rule, it has not 

 been considered necessary to give the specific titles of pam- 

 phlets, excepting of such only as relate to natural and phy- 

 sical science, including Anatomy and Physiology : the others 

 have been merely collated into volumes, with reference to 

 the subjects of which they treat. A striking exception, how- 

 ever, will be noticed in the section of Historical Documents, 



