The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-01-24
PROVIDENCE PUBLIC LIBRARY.
The Average Numb OF Volumes Issued
Daily Last Week Was 45l.

Da'ly Last WEEK w dS fol.
The numb Der OF volumes issued during
the week ending January 2l, 1898 is
27U9, a daily average Of 45l.
The revised list OF periodicals, serials,
etc. received at the library now numbers
more than 500. 1t is to. be regretted that
some of the most highly valued Of these
publications within the field OF natur nj
science have suspended publication, in
cluding the Microscope, tie Observer. the
proceedings of the American Forestry As
sociation, and. in particular. Garden
and Forest There is still. however, a
large mum her Of these periodical publica-
tions devoted to natural science which
are of great interest and value. or those
covering tho general rie.d there may be
mentioned the two weekly journals. "Na-
ture" and Science the ono issued in
London and the other In New York. and
covering the fields Of English and Ameri-
can scientific research respectively. To
these should be added the able
monthly, the American Naturalist. which
contains much that is of wide general In
journal. Appletcn's Popular Science
Monthly. Within the field OF less popu-
lar and more purely scientific stIdies,
there may be mentioned tho American
journal of Science, published in New
Haven; the Journal of the Franklin Ipsti-
tute, published in Philadelphia, and
RiehIe's "Digests OF Physical Tests and
Laboratory Practice" also published in
Philadelphia. Very valuable journals are
also published by individual scientific
bodies or institutions, as the Bulletin of
the Field Columbian Museum in Chi
cago, tho Bulletin of the Essex Insti-
tute. Salem. Mass, and the Technology
Quarterly, published at the Mas
sachusetts Institute OF Technology.
Moreover, nearly every subdivision
OF natural science is here represent
Ell by It's appropriate publication, as
minoralogy by the Transactions OF the
American Institute Of Mining Engi-
neers. :" and tho annual, Mineral Indus
try of the United States; botany, horti.
culture. etc, by american Gardening"
entomology by Psyche, (issued by the
Cam bridge chronological Clut }; orni-
thology by 1.-The AUX" "a valuable quar-
terly issued In New York; and by
Birds" (the illustrated monthly, pub
lished in Chicsgo.) To these last should
be added tho Incidental contributions to
similar subjects found in Forest and
Stream" the American Sportsman "
"Outins," and "Appalachia The
long list Of agricultural experiment. sta
tion bulletins received, (aliout 40) con-
tribute material OF great value, partiou-
larly i'm chemical researches. 80 also do
ths publications OF several OF the United
states government, departments which
are regularly received-especiaily those
OF the Smithsonian Institute Moreover.
there are numerous Instances OF periodical
publications entered under Practical
Science, whose contents comprise dis
cussions Of natural science. Lastly thero
should be mentioned the annual publi-
cation of the American Association for
the Advancement OF Science" and the
British Association for the Advance
ment Of Science" respectively. At tho
Information Desk will be found full lists
Of the various periodical publications
above noted.