The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1916-12-13

WASHINGTON, DEC. Is GIFTS from
many sources have brought more than
1900 volumes to the library Of CON
greos during the year, and comprised
more than One-lourth Of the additions
ID it, shelves, Retaining IT. place -
the third greatest library n the world.
and the greatest In the western world.
the library now contains 2.451. 974
books, 400 maps and charts, TO-
248 volumes and pieces OF music and
392. 905 prints.
For large additions to the Chinese,
Japanese and Korean collections the
library acknowledges debt to DR.. Wal
ter T. Swingle OF the Bureau Of Plant
Industry, who visited the Far East In
1915 and purchased on behalf Of the
library total Of $3.50 volumes. In
cluding early Chinese books printed
from blocks; Chinese historical and
descriptive works covering the period
Of first contact with Europe ans; early
Chinese dictionaries and encycfOpe-
dias; Chinese works on natural history
and pharmacopOefas; geographical
works: the writings Of Confucius and
the works of famous scholars; and a
good copy of the oldest japanese
printed work extant, probably dating
from the beginning Of the thirteenth
century; and large collection of the
writings of Kaibara, the Benjamin
Franklin of Japan.
The Lincoln documents which have
been presented to the library are of
| exceptional interest. These consist
of the original draft of Lincoln's Sec
ond inaugural address. and his two
drafts of the Gettysburg address pre-
scented by Clarence L. Hay, who had
them from his father, the late John
Hay; and a memorandum as to the
improbability of his reelection, pre-
sented by Miss Helen NicOlay.
| AS a rule the American composer
and the American music publisher are
beginning to prefer the national to a
local library as the permanent custO-
dian of manuscript scores. The chief
| of the music division records not only
| gifts of autograph scores of American
/ composers but promises of gifts to
tcome.
Il In the document an effort was made
i to complete the files of official pub
LEGATION Of the Latin-American cOun-
tries. and it was exceptionally fruit
full through a visit to these countries
by the law librarian, DR.. E. M. BOr-
chard. The library's collection Of Lat
in American documents may now be
considered one of its important fea-
lures.
4 A number of Yiddish books came to
the library in the two Deinard cOllec-
II tiOns. The Yiddish literature in the
United States assumes a respectable
place as compared to other literatures
and even If the predictions of some
come true that the Yiddish tongue will
be dead before long, the Yiddish lit
erature will still offer a wide and in
teresting field for historians, philolo-
giStS, and students of comparative
literature.
The portion of the library now elias
sified under the new classification
contains 1,54S, 500 volumes. Great pro
gress has been made in eliminating
remnants of the old classification
ractically all of the old chapters have
now been reclassified, except such as
contain works on religion and law.
Depository libraries containing com
plete sets of the library of congress
catalogue cards now number As, while
40 libraries of the United States gov
eminent have partial depository sets
The adoption of a uniform type fol
the use of the blind seems imminent
to the assistant in charge of the read
ing room for the blind. 1t is antici
pated that an agreement may be ar
rived at between the British and Am
erican cO-wOrkers which will result in
the solution. of this problem.
In the forty-five years during which
the copyright work has been par
Of the bushes of the library OF con
gress of entries totalled 1852, 397
During the last nineteen years the ne
receipts of the office above expense:
for service were $240.6SS40.