wrought The New York Public Library into an organic whole and housed it in this resplendent palace. With these men in mind—and others whom time fails me to mention-who of us shall be content with mere skill in technique, with mere facility of movement among printed things, with mere knowledge of the backs of books?

I said I should probably fall into the habit of the preacher. Full well do I remember that professors of homiletics always urge that the sermon close with an "application." Perhaps some of you are saying "I am not to go into reference work. I am to be a cataloguer, or to have charge of a branch library, or to aid in library extension. These warnings are not for me." But they are for you, and for every one of us librarians, Whatever our peculiar part in library work, we can not escape the inevitable

tendency to treat books as the mere vehicle on which we exercise our skill; we can not fail to gain a certain superficial exterior acquaintance with them. The longer we know and live with the backs of books, the more we shall need the tonic which comes from our own special line of research. Ordinarily, specialists grow narrow, but deep; librarians too often grow broad, but shallow. Begin now, therefore, when you are starting in to practice your profession, to cultivate intensively some one field. Hold to it as the years go by. Dig deeply and wisely into the accumulated store of wisdom which the ages have deposited in your little area. And give the world the ripened fruit you have grown. Thus will you give the lie to Mark Pattison's often misapplied dictum: "The librarian who reads is lost."

READERS AND VISITORS

DURING June the total number of read

ers in the Central Building was 48,891. They consulted 151,514 volumes. Visitors to the building numbered 161,184.

THE

GIFTS

HE Library has received, from Sir Adam Block, a copy of his "Special Report on the Ottoman Public Debt," which is followed by a translation of the annual report of the Council of Administration for the 31st financial period, March 14, 1912 to March 13, 1913. Professor Edwin R. A. Seligman presented the Library with his "Essais sur l'impôt,". the French translation being by Louis Suret. From Señor Numa Baclesse, viceconsul of the Republic of Colombia at Arlon, Belgium, came his work called "La République de Colombie. Ses richesses."

The Hon. William H. Taft gave the Library a copy of "Decisions rendered by Hon. William H. Taft in cases coming before him as a Judge, in which were involved questions affecting boycotts, labor organizations, injunctions, and the federal antitrust law.'

Miss Mary W. Chapman of Port Washington, L. I., presented the Library with one bound volume containing miscellan

eous numbers of the National Enquirer, the Pennsylvania Freeman, The Emancipator, and the Nantucket Inquirer. From Mr. Boyd Crumrine came "A History of the Jefferson College Class of 1860," preceded by reproductions of the old college buildings, considerations of the college life in the days of that class and biographical sketches of the faculty of 1856-1860, by the Rev. James W. Wightman, D. D.

Additions to the Library's collection of genealogical works were received from the following: Mr. Herbert Barry of New York, Mrs. Frank Crawford, of Omaha, Neb., Mr. George Purdy Hall of New York, Dr. Frederick P. Henry of Philadelphia, Mr. George R. Prowell of York, Penn., Mr. F. Augustus Schermerhorn of New York, Mr. William Lee Woodcock of Altoona, Penn., and Mrs. Frederic Wooley of New York.

Mr. Harry Best of the University Settlement Society, of New York, gave the Library a collection of reports of schools and institutions for the deaf. The collection included 27 unbound volumes and 50 pamphlets. Miss Alice Donlevy of New York gave the Library a collection of 17 boxes containing documents, manuscripts and letters relating to the Ladies' Art Association and art education in this country.

From Mr. Isidore Klinger came a collection of New York State and United States government documents, including

URING the month of June there were received at the Library 18,865 volumes and 5,440 pamphlets, of which 4,431 volumes and 4,954 pamphlets were credited to the reference department and 14,434 volumes and 486 pamphlets to the circulation department.

Library by The Isaac Pitman Shorthand Writers' Association of New York. It was unveiled June 20, 1914.

The tablet bears a profile portrait of Sir Isaac Pitman in low relief, with this inscription:

TO COMMEMORATE

THE

ONE HUNDRETH ANNIVERSARY

OF THE BIRTH OF

SIR ISAAC PITMAN

AND IN RECOGNITION OF THE IMPORTANT COLLECTION OF SHORTHAND LITERATURE

IN

THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY

METEOROLOGICAL COLLECTION

1,996 volumes and 555 pamphlets were purchases, 2,344 volumes and 3,559 pamphlets were gifts, and 91 volumes and 840 pamphlets were exchanges. For the circulation department 14,022 volumes were purchases and 412 volumes and 486 pamphlets were gifts.

The reference department catalogued 3,262 volumes and 2,737 pamphlets; for this work were written 6,051 cards, 3,728 copy slips for the printer, and 354 slips for the duplicating machine. From these 354 slips, and 250 slips written for special catalogues, 3326 cards were manifolded. Cataloguing of 1119 volumes and 695 pamphlets was completed by addition to 2057 cards.

In the printing office 5,659 titles were set, from which 56,113 cards were printed. The circulation department cataloguing force wrote 1,144 cards for the union catalogue, entered 2,736 volumes in the union catalogue and shelf list, classified 698 volumes. At the branches 10,227 cards were written.

ceived from the Central Park Observatory, a collection of 2,390 volumes, 7,241 pamphlets, 312 circulars, 734 maps, 10 letters, 165 charts and 2 blue prints. The material consists of books and scientific reports on meteorology and terrestrial magnetism.

It includes a large number of books sent to Dr. Daniel Draper during his long and distinguished service as Director of the Central Park Observatory, from 1868 to 1911. Many of these books bear autograph dedicatory inscriptions to Dr. Draper.

With this notable addition, the collection of material on meteorology in The New York Public Library becomes the second in this country, being exceeded in importance only by that in the Library of the United States Weather Bureau in Washington.

EXHIBITIONS

8,004 books were asked for and 6,166 were supplied.

PITMAN MEMORIAL TABLET

A BRONZE tablet in honor of Sir Isaac

Pitman has been placed in the Public Catalogue Room of The New York Public

in the print gallery, room 322, of mezzotints and stipple engravings selected from the collection of the late J. L. Cadwalader (in room 321), and of "Recent Additions to the Print Collection" (Stuart Gallery) have all remained on view. A case of exhibits illustrating the process of etching has been placed in the print room (308).

1826. Feb. 16, 25, April 27, Sept. 8, Oct.

13, 17, 20, 21, 23, 24, 26, 27, 31, Nov. 2, 3, 6-8, 10, 11, 14-16, 18. 1828. May 1, 6, 21, 22, 30, June 10, 12, 16, 17, 19, 20, 24, 25, 27, 30, July 2, 7-14, 16-28, 30-Aug. 1, 5-10, 20, 21, 23, 26-29, Sept. 1, 4, 6-13, 17, 18, 24-27, Oct. 3. 8-10, 13-17, 22-24, 30-Nov. 3, 5, 12-14, 17-19, 21, 22, 25-29, Dec. 2, 3, 6-8, 10, 12, 13, 16, 17, 19, 20, 23-25, 30, 31.

1829. Jan. 5, 7-9, 12-15, 17, 21-24, 29-31, Feb. 3, 12, 13, 23, 25-March, 2, 4, 5, 7-12, 14, 17, 20-23, 25-30, April 1-10, 15, 16, 18, 21-29, May 1-5, 711, 13-28, 30-June 2, 4-10, 12-17, 19-25, 30, July 3, 4, 7, 9-13, 15-17, 21, 23-Aug. 3, 5, 7-12, 15-17, 1922, 25, 27-31, Sept. 2-9, 11, 14-16, 21-24, 30, Oct. 3-5, 7-9, 12-23, 2830, Nov. 2, 4, 6-10, 13, 16, 18, 20, 23-26, 28, Dec. 1-2, 8, 12, 14-16, 18, 21-23, 28, 30.

1830. Jan. 1, 12, 14-25, 27, 29, Feb. 2, 4, 6, 9, 11-13, 16-19, 24, 25, 27, March 2-15, 17-30, April 1-6, 8, 10-13, 15, 16, 19-22, 25-May 5, 7, 8, 11, 13-15, 18, 19, 21-June 5, 8, 11-15, 17, 18, 21, 23, 24, 26, July 1-3, 7, 14-16, 20-22, 24, 27, 30Aug. 3, 5-9, 11-16, 19-24, 28-30, Sept. 2-6, 8-15, 17-25, 28-30, Oct. 2-7, 9-13, 15, 18, 19, 21-26, 28Nov. 1, 3, 4, 9-17, 20-22, 30, Dec. 4-9, 11-16, 18-23, 31.

1831. Jan. 4-22, 25, 26, 28, 31-April 27, 29, 30, May 2-June 8, 10-22, 24-July 29, Aug. 1-Nov. 19, 21-Dec. 8, 10-26, 28.

1832. Jan. 2, 5-Feb. 25, 28-May 4, 7-16, 18-June 2, 6-Aug. 3, 6-16, 18Sept. 10, 12, 14-28, Oct. 1-Dec. 13, 15-31.

1872-74, 1876-86.

1816.

Jan. 5, 12-30, Feb. 6, 9, 16-April 12, 23, 30-June 25, July 2-Dec. 31. 1819. Jan. 12, April 20, 30, May 11, 21, 25, June 15, Dec. 31.

1820. Jan. 11, Feb. 8, March 7, 10, 24, 28, April 28, May 2, 9, 16, 23, June 2, 6, 19, July 25, Aug. 8, 15, 22, Sept. 1, 5, 12, 19.

1839. 1844.

March 26, 29.

Jan. 2, 13, 30, Feb. 10, March 3-13, 24, May 1, Nov. 10.

March 23, Dec. 4, 7.

Jan. 29.

Feb. 9-May 31, June 11-July 5, 12Aug. 2, 9-20, 27-Sept. 24, Oct. 115, 22-29, Nov. 5-29, Dec. 6-13, 27. 1845. Jan. 3-21, 28, 31, Feb. 11, 14, 21, March 4, 11, April 11-18, May 2, 13, 27, June 13, 27, July 4, 29, Aug. 1, Oct. 7, 14.

Albany, N. Y., 1813-45. f°. Albany Argus. Weekly edition. 1832. Dec. 29. 1833-37.

1838. Jan. 6–Dec. 2, 15-29. 1839. Jan. 5-Dec. 28. Albany, 1832-39. f°.

Continued as:

WEEKLY ARGUS and Rough-Hewer.

* A

* A

Albany, continued.

Weekly Argus, etc., continued.

Title changes to:

1819. Jan. 4-March 22, April 8-15, May 13, June 3, July 12, Aug. 9, 26, Dec. 13.

1820. Jan. 6, Feb. 17, March 2, 13, 20, May 4, 22, June 8, 22, July 13, 21, Sept. 19, Oct. 3, 17-24, Nov. 7, 10, 21, Dec. 5, 19-26.

1821. Jan. 2, 5, 12-30, Feb. 9, March 2, 6, 13, 20, 23, 30, April 17, 20, 27, May 25, June 1, 12, July 5, Aug. 17, 21, 31-Sept. 14, 21-Nov. 20, 27-Dec. 4, 11, 21, 25.

1822. Jan. 11. 1823. Jan. 10, 24-31, Feb. 21, 25, Mar. 14, 21, 28, April 1, 25, May 2, June 3, 6, 13, 15, Sept. 2, 12, Oct. 31, Dec. 19.

1824. Jan. 9, 23, Feb. 6, 10, 17, April 2,

9, 16-26, May 4-21, June 1, 8, 18, 22, July 6, 9, 23, Aug. 13, 20, 31, Sept. 17-Oct. 1, Nov. 19, 26, 30, Dec. 3.

1825. Jan. 7, Feb. 15, 25, March 1, 11, 22, April 5, 23, 26, May 24, June 1017, 24, July 29, Sept. 16, Oct. 4, 11, 18, 21, Nov. 4, 8, 18, 25, Dec. 6, 9, 16, 30.

1826. Jan. 6-13, 20, 31,. Feb. 7-14, 28, March 10-17, 24-April 7, May 12, June 13, 27, July 11, 21, Aug. 4, 15, Oct. 24.

Albany, 1790-1826. f°. Reserve and * A Jeffersonian. Weekly.

1838, Feb. 17-1839, Feb. 9. Albany, 1838-39. f°.

+* DD

1824. March 20, April 3-May 29, June 12-Dec. 25.

1825. Jan. 1-June 18, July 2, Aug. 20, Sept. 3-Oct. 1, 15, Nov. 12-Dec. 3, 17-30.

1826. Jan. 7-May 13, July 22, Aug. 5, Sept. 2, Oct. 7, 21, Dec. 2.

1827. Jan. 6-March 3, July 28, Aug. 1127, Sept. 17, Oct. 13, 23, Nov. 3, 17, Dec. 29.