Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-04


he anplied locally In innumerable places to
a widespread constituency.
Periodicals.
.rhe number of bound volumes of peri
odfcals and newspapers in the library at
the close of the fiscal year Is reported as
IN 23D This shows an increase of 1879 vol
umes over the number reported in the IL
brartan's report for 1898. That report was,
however of the collection as 1t existed &c
tober 80, 1898; so that the lola Voiuin ts
above represent aCceSsiOnS Tor the eight
months succeeding. They represent only
In part material new to the library nun,
Der of volumes having been made up anu
bound from the old files as assorted.
''Of the accessions $50 volumes are news VS.
papers 230 periodicals. rms brings the
collection of files of newspapers TO d lo'ai
of 1925 and of periodicals to 3Z,o9Z' An
nuals transactions and proceedings ar
not Intentionally included in the ehu1nefa-
ton ,;,,
transactions. etcD now currently received
comprise 3.641. from the following sources
By operation of the copyright law. 9fo' pH
gift from publishers, $50: by glft from pt-
Teau of American republics. is; by slt
from bureau of statistics, SO; Smithsonian
| 1872: subscriptions, %
Reading Room.
THE main reading room was open 'Vo
DAYS. from July / to September 30, from y
a m to 4 pm: from october TO Juiie "o'
from 8 a H.. to 10 pm. except thaI Oh
few Saturdays during July and August ol
1898 it was closed at noon me ,o,a i-d num-
Der Of readers recorded was iLI,-'U' ~,
which number 40 lob used the hpfafg pc
,,I-aan 4 and 10 pm. The highest NUMBER
Of readers in one day was 9oZ' on en- t "a
arv 4 1899; the smallest Al, on Septeilipet
O. 1898 Ia half holiday. Inc liuii! ~ eco
hooks and periodicals supplied was 20 Do,
Tho highest number issued in one day wa
. O41. the lowest, 81; the average iiuiiipei'
900 of which go represents the ISSUE pe
tween m. ana pm nc ttaI ~
books issued for home use shows total ol
20.6J0
Work Catalogue.
".l,boueb the force III the catalogue de-
,,,r+rnant is below the needs even for the
ourren+ work the amount of material
handled by it during the past hscaI year
tae heen very considerable. According 10
tho renort of the chief of the department.
there has been catalOgued 3l,S6o pouIlu
Volumes and 5,069 pamphlets. CIhose nave
also been classified according to the Ga
classification. 1,16G cards (old size) nave
been inserted in the present (authof) GAIA
logue in the main reading ROOM o. '"-
STANDARD size in the duplicate aulhot 'aiiu
part subject title catalogue IN the caiaI
il que room; 20, 1875 cards have Deeh auueu
to the new dictionary catalogue 'caIa i.'t'i
roOu) The most of these are ptlIlIeu'
being either the cards issued by the A1hefl-
can Library Association, or the cafdS repre-
senting recent copyright acCeSSlohS' winch
since July l, 1898, have been thrown INTO
print If the output seems large Tor
choice so small it is to be remembered that
during the past fiscal year the buk OF lile
entries were of books in EngllSh ana the
Hon. n
the department has comprised many items
not included In the above, as the mounting
OH cards of (circa) 10000 of the titles OF
the accessions to the British Museum.
THE Redistribution of the existing col
lection has progressed to the extent or
6,372 books and pamphlets. The work has
now covered one of the fortyfour chap
ters' of the library. But at this point 1t
tas come to a standstll, and can be pro-
ceeded with only in case the force be en-
larged.
"a special photography of timely import
ance Is now ready for the press. 1t is a
list of books and of articles in periodicals.
relating to the Nicaragua and other inter
oceanic canal and railway routes, including
the SueZ.
Library of Law.
The additions to the law library as stat
ed by the superintendent have been l,60S.
The total of additions q $3.50 is exclusive
of the conference room library Qo.712),
judges sets 4,O50), and law section Of the
Toner collection q ,293). Including all such
divisions, and the duplicates Q3.214 in num-
ber), the law library now consists of lO3,-
9OG volumes"
Gifts of valuable manuscripts have been
received during the year from Senior j. A.
Romero Lima, Peru; Senior Gayetano Coll
v Toste San Juan; Professor Thomas VIII
son, Washington, d. c.; Mr.. and Mrs. j.
Francis Wilson. Washington, ID. C.; Mr..
Lawrence Washington Alexandra, Va;
DIR. Thomas Rdgway, Washington, ID. c;
Professor H. c. Bolton, Washington, ID. {.
over 100 photographs of Cuba and the
Cubans and incidents of the spanish war
were received from Mr.. E. c. Rost of New
York city. MIR. Rost was also the donor
of l79 engraviugs and of eighteen etchings
(chiefy of vignettes), published by the Ma
tional and American Bank Note Company.
Mr.. Putnam says:
II must add my appreciation of the great
cordially with which l have been well
coined to the administration by DR.. Spot
ford and by the various officials who have
the conduct of the several subordinate de-
partments of the library
Accompanying the estimates for the next
fiscal year is a detailed explanation of a
proposed reorganization of the library force
and a description of the work of arrears.
''Of the 1874 persons at present In the IL
brary service, thirty-nine are now detailed
to departments other than those to which
they are accredited by law. The estimates
attempt remedy by readjustment, so that
the official title of each employee may cor
respond with his actual duties.
The estimates include provision. for the
following departments of work not covered
by the present organizations: "a A reading
room Tor current newspapers and periodi-
purchasing Department.. 60 A department