The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-09-25

shal aim to extend this arrangement to all the books in the libraries not found in the University Library. Our object Is not so much to collect all the books available to students under the roof of the University Library, but to have our catalogue give the necessary in formation Of where these books and periodicals can be found. There Is much more to be done along this line, and we look forward confidently to a still greater degree of cooperation be- tween this and the other libraries con- cerned for instance, with view of having the bound volumes of their pe- riodlcals deposited with us, and our depositlng temporarily certain books among their collections.
 Among the accessions of the year the purchase of a large amount of Japan csc historical material by OUT pr. K Asakawa should be noted, The books have not yet been arranged and await Dr. Asakawas' return from Japan where he has spent eighteen months in collecting what will doubtless prove very valuable additions to our already 1 important collections of Japanese books. Before many years 1t may be found advantageous to have one of the lihrary's staff permanently engaged in | such work.
 The accessions of the year were largely swelled by the generous depos- it by MT. Henry R, wagner B, A., 1884, of his remarkable library. Mir. Wagner has long devoted himself to skillfuily collecting material on the history and industries of South America, as well as rare English political tracts and works in economies, especially upon the bi- metallic controversy, These, numbering 1 6,43O items, he has deposited in our It. brary, where they have been added to our corresponding material and made available to students. Space forbids de- scribing minute1y the character of these books We may, however, mem ton that among them are a consider able number of Defoe items, which strengthen our collection, already im- 1 portant In that branch of English lit- erature. Books of South American travels, publications of South Ameri- can learned societies, and government documents are particularly well repre- sented Equally important are his col- lection of books and tracts of the South American liberation period, Eco- homie and historical tracts of the seY- enteenth and eighteenth centuries are many of them of unique value. The literature of the South Sea Bubble, the Bank Act of 1s44, the history of Eng l fish currency at the beginning of the nineteenth century, and the India cur rency controversy are particularly well covered by collections of rare pamph- | lets and addresses. A numerous collec- tion of Californian pamphlets during l the fifties of the last century are also of peculiar value. A relatively small part of Mir. Wagner's books duplicate those we already have These are not | included in the above total.
 The additions to our collections by way of gift and bequest have as here tofore formed very large part of the accesslons Of the year From, Messrs, Henry Holt and Company of New York we have continued to receive copies of aheir publications, and from other pub fishers and from a large number of our graduates and friends miscellaneous books and pamphlets. The addition of S7000 made to their library fund by | the class of 1872 is particularly gratl- flying. The income Of the fund will as heretofore be devoted to the purchase and care of books In lines associated with particular members of that class, The German Book club has continued to give us a large number of books in modern German literature. We are under particular obligations to MT. George S. Goddard, state librarian of Connecticut, for his interest in keep ing us supplied with the current docu- ments of this State. We are similarly under obligations to the State officials of many of our commonwealths and to the municipal officers of various cities
 We received during the year import Iant collections of books and pamphlets from the late Mir David Wilcox, Pro- lessor William H. Brewer, Professor Theodore S. Woolsey, Hon. George c. Holt the estates of the Reverend Professors George E. Day and James NJ. Hoppin and Joseph H, Anderson Mir. James F. Rhodes and the Right Reverend Henry c. Potter the Honor able Arthur L. shipman, Professor An drew w. Phillips, Mir. Charles Carroll Carpenter, Miss Martha Day Porter Mrs. Henry Champion, Dr. Charles G 1 Osgood, Jr,, Professor Arthur w Wright. Miss Susan E, Daggett, the Honorable Samuel A. Green, Miss JullE Twlning, Mir. Frazier D. Head, Mir. Al. len P. Lovejoy, Mir, Henry Arthur Jones, Mr. Theodore P. Hall, Professor Thomas R. Lounsbury, Frank Altschul MT. s. G, Pease, President Daniel C. 1 Gilman, tho Connecticut Historical so- ciety. MT, Edward A, Prince, Mir George s. Linde, the Reverend Profes- sor George P, Fisher, MT. A. B. Wood ford, Miss Maria D. Peck,
 The use of the library facilities is only in part indicated by the following table, covering the past two years. No | record IS hept ol IIle uookS consulted in the library, but not removed from the building:
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