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by  the  Bureau  of  International  Exchanges  connected  with  the  Smith- 
sonian Institution,  The  fifth  edition  of  the  Guide  was  issued  during 
the  year.  It  has  become  rather  bulky  and  it  will  doubtless  be  neces- 
sary within  at  least  the  next  two  years  to  divide  the  Guide  into 
departments  for  the  greater  convenience  of  the  public.  The  cost  of 
the  Guide  in  its  present  form  so  nearly  equals  the  price  that  should 
be  charged  for  such  a  publication  that  it  does  not  yield  the  profit 
which  its  sale  should  reasonably  bring  to  the  Museum.  The  Museum 
has  also  issued  from  its  own  press  500  copies  of  a  small  pamphlet, 
"  Herbarium,  Field  Columbian  Museum." 
Library. — The  library  at  present  contains  9,003  books  and  9,630 
pamphlets,  distributed  as  follows  : 
Books.  Pamphlets. 
General  Library,  6,944  6,822 
Department  of  Geology,                                        1,072  2,S3° 
Department  of  Ornithology,                              .  368   
Department  of  Botany,   including  Division  of 
Photography,                                                      298  233 
Department  of  Anthropology,                                  134  45 
Department  of  Zoology,   187   
The  additions  during  the  fiscal  year  were  941  books  and 
1,949  pamphlets  and  bulletins,  making  a  total  of  2,890  titles, 
as  against  2,213  for  the  preceding  year.  Of  these  283  books 
and  550  pamphlets  were  added  by  purchase,  and  20  books  and 
9  pamphlets  by  exchange  for  duplicate  material.  The  bulk  of  the 
purchased  books  and  pamphlets  was  derived  from  the  library  of 
the  late  Mr.  Bebb,  and  came  with  the  collection  of  plants  bought 
by  the  Museum.  Unfortunately,  95  volumes  and  173  pamphlets 
were  duplicates  of  material  already  contained  in  the  library.  The 
additions  by  gift  and  exchange  for  Museum  publications  consequently 
amount  to  2,028  books  and  pamphlets.  The  number  of  periodicals 
subscribed  for  is  47;  the  number  received  in  exchange  or  as  gift,  50, 
exclusive  of  the  publications  of  societies,  academies,  etc.  A  complete 
list  of  the  accessions  to  the  library  accompanies  this  report.  Among 
the  gifts,  special  mention  is  made  of  the  receipt  of  the  second  part  of 
the  "  Galerie  Americaine  du  Musde  d'Ethnographie  du  Trocadero," 
by  E.  T.  Hamy,  presented  by  the  Due  de  Loubat.  It  is  a  magnifi- 
cent representation  on  folio  plates,  with  explanatory  notes,  of  the 
American  antiquities  contained  in  the  Museum.  The  same  donor 
presented  an  interesting  reproduction  of  the  Mexican  "Borgi- 
ano "  manuscript.     The  Royal  Society  of  New  South  Wales  sent 
