During the month of July there were received at the Library, by purchase, 901 volumes and 513 pamphlets; by gift, 3,169 volumes and 1,592 pamphlets; and by exchange, 14 volumes and 2,440 pamphlets, making a total of 4,084 volumes and 4,545 pamphlets.

There were catalogued 2,038 volumes and 1,691 pamphlets; the number of cards written was 5,458, and of slips for the copying machine 1,424; from the latter were received 9,500 cards.

The following table shows the number of readers, and the number of volumes. consulted, in both the Astor and Lenox Branches of the Library, also the number of visitors to the Print Exhibition at the Lenox during the month:

The most popular books of the month were (in non-fiction): Ibsen's Plays, Benson's "From a College Window," Hall's "Three Acres and Liberty"; (adult fiction): Thurston's "Mystics," Nicholson's "Port of Missing Men," De Morgan's "Joseph Vance"; (juvenile fiction): Barbour's "Crimson Sweater," Wiggin's 'Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm," Alcott's "Little Women."

Gifts of the month worthy of mention came from the following: "American Monthly Review of Reviews," 2,000 volumes of recent periodicals and journals; from Thomas F. Bayard, "Remarks in the Senate of the United States, January 31, 1855, vindicating the late James A. Bayard of Delaware, and refuting the groundless charges contained in the 'Anas' of Thomas Jefferson aspersing his character," Wilmington, 1907; from the Ministère de l'Intérieur et de l'Instruction Publique, Belgium, 4 volumes and 2 pamphlets, official publications of Belgium; from Mme. Jules Breton, a copy of "Jeanne, poème par Jules Breton," Paris, 1880; from Mrs. Elizabeth Stow Brown, a copy of her "History of Nutley, N. J.," Nutley, 1907; from Isaac H. Cary, 2 copies of "The Cary Family in America, by Henry Grosvenor Cary, Boston, 1907; from the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway Company, 54 volumes and 387 pamphlets, a miscellaneous collection of Railroad reports, documents, etc.; from Mr. and Mrs. S. V. V. Huntington, 23 volumes, being Year Books of the Holland Society, the Society of Sons of the Revolution, Annual Register of officers and members of the Society of Colonial Wars, 1894-1896, etc.; from Franklin Kirkbride, a copy of the second edition of "On the construction, organization and general arrangement of hospitals for the insane," by Thomas S. Kirkbride, Philadelphia, 1880; from the Koninklijk Nederlandsch Meteorologisch Instituut, De Bilt, Netherlands, 110 volumes and 50 pamphlets, a file of its publications; from Mrs. Henry C. Payne a copy of "Henry Clay Payne, a life," Milwaukee, 1907; from David McN. Stauffer, a copy of his "American Engravers upon Copper and Steel," 2 volumes, published by the Grolier Club, 1907; from Rev. G. E. Strobridge, his "Biography of the Rev. Daniel Parish Kidder, D.D., LL.D., by his son-in-law, Rev. G. E. Strobridge, New York, 1894; from Henry C. Swords, "Trade and Trade Centers of History," by W. Hamilton Benham, New York, 1907; from J. Harvey Treat, a copy of his "Ancestry of Col. John Harvey, of Northwood, N. H., an officer of the line in the War of the Revolution," Boston, privately printed, 1907; and from Dr. Richard George Wiener, a miscellaneous collection of 195 volumes and 30 pamphlets.

At the LENOX Branch the exhibition of etchings, lithographs and other prints by contemporary German artists remained on view. At the ASTOR the exhibition of plates from H. S. Williams' "History of the Art of Writing " was continued, and a collection of original etchings by American artists was put on view.

For the circulation branches new exhibitions were arranged as follows: CHATHAM SQUARE, Masterpieces of art at the Paris Exposition of 1900; RIVINGTON STREET, Racinet's Costume, after the XVIth century; HUDSON PARK, Color plates of birds; TOMPKINS SQUARE, Works by Rembrandt; MUHLENBERG, Reproductions of paintings by modern artists; 67TH STREET, Photographic views in the Island of Luzon; RIVERSIDE, Hollyer's Etchings of New York City; WEBSTER, Plates from the Wilkie Gallery; ST. AGNES, Presidents of the United States; 96TH STREET, Color plates of animals; 110TH STREET, Racinet's Costume, to the XVIth century; 125TH STREET, Reproductions of paintings by old masters; 135TH STREET, Color plates from Audsley's "Ornamental arts of Japan"; 145TH STREET, Reproductions of paintings in the Dresden Gallery; MOTT HAVEN, Plates from Molinier's "Royal Interiors "; TREMONT, Exhibition of architecture, sculpture, and views.

Picture bulletins and temporary collections of books on special shelves at the

circulation branches were as follows: RIVINGTON STREET, Seaside and wayside; HUDSON PARK, Apoteosi di Garibaldi, Dogs, Samuel L. Clemens, Birds; OTTENDORFER, Short stories; TOMPKINS SQUARE, Independence Day, According to Grandma; JACKSON SQUARE, New books; 67TH STREET, Camping, Holland, Books on photography, In the country, Outdoor sports, Summer-time; RIVERSIDE, Country homes, Sports, Summer, New books; WEBSTER, Cotton, Mexico; Yorkville, Outdoor sports for boys; ST. AGNES, Hunting, Fourth of July, Short cruises; 96TH STREET, Out of doors in July; BLOOMINGDALE, Shells, corals and sea moss, Panama Canal; 125TH STREET, Country guides, European guides, Summer reading, Books about the sea, Camping; 135TH STREET, Founding of Jamestown, School stories; HAMILTON GRANGE, Birds, Butterflies, Flowers; MOTT HAVEN, Charles Dickens, Sports, Tennyson; TREMONT, Sir Galahad, Cooking, Books for vacation reading; ST. GEORGE, Giuseppe Garibaldi; PORT RICHMOND, Automobiles, Out of doors; STAPLETON, School stories, Poem "July "; TOTTENville, England's story.

LIST OF WORKS IN THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY RELATING TO NAUTICAL AND NAVAL ART AND SCIENCE, NAVIGATION AND SEAMANSHIP, SHIPBUILDING, ETC.

PART III.

Aboriginal American canoes. illus. (Outing. v. 44, pp. 695-713. New York, 1904.) Mérel (E.) Forme normale de canot démonAdney (Tappan). table. The building of a birch (La Nature. Année 33, sém. 1, p. 177. canoe. (Outing. v. 36, pp. 185-189. New York, Paris, 1905.) 1900.)