no Field Museum of Natural History — Reports, Vol. IV. 



Distribution of Publications ^Domestic). 



Anthropological 245 



Botanical 317 



Geological 334. 



Historical 180 



Icthyological , 164 



Ornithological 173 



Zoological 274 



Report 597 



LIBRARY. — The number of books and pamphlets in the Library is 

 now 55,870, which represents an addition during the year of 2,306 books 

 and pamphlets, distributed as follows: 



General Library 38,475 



Anthropological Library 2,660 



Botanical Library 5, 611 



Geological Library 6,867 



Zoological Library 2,257 



This increase represents growth mainly by exchange of the Museum's 

 publications, exchange having been made with 674 institutions. There 

 are outstanding orders for some 54 works selected from catalogues of 

 second-hand book dealers. It is gratifying to be able to state that a 

 number of the older works have been secured which were needed in the 

 Departmental Libraries. There are in the Library at the present time 

 requisitions for several thousand dollars worth of books. These repre- 

 sent the accumulation of several years. Some were ordered, but it 

 was impossible to secure them, as they were out-of-print works and 

 were sold by the time the orders reached the dealers. No single large 

 collection has been received either by gift or purchase. Mr. J. Pierpont 

 Morgan presented a beautifully bound and superbly illustrated copy of 

 his Catalogue of the Morgan Collection of Porcelains. This work is 

 highly appreciated, as it is supplementary to the Museum's collection 

 of a number of rare types of Chinese porcelains secured by the Mrs. 

 T. B. Blackstone Expedition conducted by Dr. Berthold Laufer. The 

 Catalogue of the Burlington Fine Arts Club and Bushell's Chinese 

 Porcelain, i6th Century, colored illustrations, which were secured by 

 purchase, further interpret this collection. Through the courtesy of 

 the Smithsonian Institution the Museum received 13 volumes on the 

 scientific results of the Harriman Alaskan Expedition of 1899. Further 

 issues of this valuable work will be received as published by the In- 

 stitution. A list of all accessions is appended to this report. 



There were deducted from the total number of volumes some 700 

 titles of Exposition Literature. With the consent of the donors, this 

 library was presented to the Chicago Public Library, where it will be 



