I. STATISTICS OF PUBLIC LIBRARIES IN NEW YORK, LONDON, PARIS AND BOSTON. Annual expenditure for purchase of books.... $55,000 $225,000 Salaries of employees in care and custody of building.. $65,000 $707,200 Cost of the Catalogue in progress.. $250,000 Number of volumes 1,900,000 Total number of visits in the reading room, 1897-1898.. 188,628 Number of volumes and pamphlets added to the Library in the course 320 42,828 22,013 54 BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY. Number of books added during the years 1897-8. (Of which 9,002 were gifts and 24, 129 were purchases.) Total number of books bound..... 35,129 33, 131 11,161 13,929 36,032 (Of the accessions about one-half have been duplicates.) 93,783 It is open 30,000 LITERARY PERIODICALS IN THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY AND THE COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY LIBRARY. Na stands for N. Y. Public Library, Astor Building; N1 for N. Y. Public Library, Lenox Albion; or British, Colonial and Foreign weekly Gazette. V. I-II (1822-32); new ser. v. 1-6 (183338); new ser. v. 1-3 (1839-41); new ser. v. 1-8, 10-15 (1842-49, 1851-56); v. 35-41, 49 (1857-63, 1871). 42 v. New York, 1833-71. fo. Na v. 1-2 have sub-title: a journal of the news, politics and literature. v. 8 (1829); new ser. v. 6 (1838); n. s. v. 1-3 (1839-41). Album (The). (Edited by F. B. B. St. Leger.) v. 1-4 (1822-25). London, 1822-25. 8°. C Album des Literarischen Vereins in Nürnberg. See Literarischer Verein in Nürnberg. Aldine (The). v. 7 (1874). New York, 1874. f°. ΝΙ Alleghanian (The). v. I (1845). New York, 4°. 1845. v. 1, edited by Edward A. M'Laughlin. Allgemeine Literatur-Zeitung. and Halle, 1785-1811. NI 125 v. Jena Na Allgemeiner Verein für deutsche Literatur. Publicationen. 29 v. Berlin, 1874-98. 8°. Na Altnordische Saga-Bibliothek. Hrsg. von G. Cederschiöld, H. Gering und E. Mogk. Halle a. S., 1892-97. 8°. V. I-6. Na Altpreussische Monatsschrift der neuen Preussischen Provinzial-Blätter; vierte und fünfte Folge. v. 1-34 (1864–97). Königsberg, 1864–97. C Ed. by Rudolf Reicke and Ernst Wichert, v. 1-34. V. I-3 have title Altpreussische Monatsschrift zur Spiegelung des provinziellen Lebens in Literatur, Kunst und Industrie. Contains Altpreussische Bibliographie, with a special title-page from 1891. Amaranth (The); or, Token of remembrance; a Christmas and New Year's gift for 1850. New York, 1850. 12°. C Annual. Amaranthe. Revue littéraire, artistique, illustrée; dédiée à nos jeunes filles. v. 5, no. 5 (Mai, 1895). Paris, 1895. 4°. Na American Athenæum; or, Repository of the arts, sciences, and belles lettres. V. I (1825-26). [New York], 1825-26. 4°. NI American Eclectic; or, Selections from the periodical literature of all foreign countries. Conducted by A. Peters and Selah B. Treat. v. 2, no. 4-5 (1841). New York. 1841. 8°. NI American Historical Record and Repertory of notes and queries concerning the history and antiquities of America and biography of Americans. V. American Quarterly Register and Journal. 1-15. Andover & Boston, 1829-43. 8°. Na C American Quarterly Register and Magazine. Conducted by James Stryker. v. 1-6 (May, 184851). Philadelphia, 1848-53. 8°. Na C The last three volumes are entitled: Stryker's American Register and Magazine. From 1851-53 published in New York. - v. I, 2, no. 1 (1848-49). N1 American Quarterly Review. v. 1-22 (March, 1827-Dec, 1837). Philadelphia, 1827-37. 8°. Na N1 C Discontinued. Edited by R. Walsh, who had previously (1811-12) edited the American Review of history and politics. American Register; or, General repository of history, politics and science. V. I-7 (1806-10). Philadelphia, 1807-10. 8°. C American Register; or, Summary review of hisv. 1-2 (1817). PhilaNI C (1806-1 tory, politics, and literature. delphia, 1817. 8°. American Review of History and Politics, and general repository of literature and state papers. v. 1-4. Philadelphia, 1811-12. 8°. NI C V. Na American Review, and Literary Journal. 1-2 (1801-02). New York, 1801-02. 8°. Quarterly. Continuation of: Monthly Magazine and American Review. Edited by C. Brockden Brown and others. C v. I (1801). American Review and Metropolitan Magazine. (1843.) [v. 1.] New York, [1843]. 8°. NI American Review: a Whig journal of politics, literature, art and science. v. 1-16 (1845-52). 16 v. New York, 1845-52. 8°. Na N1 C v. 7-16 also called new ser. v. 1-10. V. 11-16 title changed to American Whig Review. American Universal Magazine. v. 1-3. (Jan. 2-March 20, 1797. July 24-Nov. 15, 1797.) 2 v. Philadelphia, [1797]. nar. 12°. American Whig Review. Review: a Whig journal. . . Na See American Americana Germanica; a quarterly devoted to the comparative study of literary, linguistic and other cultural relations of Germany and America. V. 1-21-3 (1897-98). New York, 1897-98. 8°. Na C Current. Edited by M. D. Learned. Ami de la maison, revue hebdomadaire illustrée. v. 1-2 (1856-57). Paris, 1856-57. 4°. ΝΙ Analectic Magazine, containing selections from foreign reviews and magazines, together with original miscellaneous compositions. v. 1-14 (1814-19); n. s. v. 1-2 (1820). Philadelphia, 1814-20. 8°. C no. 1 of n. s. v. 1 is wanting. V. 1-2 are 2d ed. 1816. v. 5-6; v. 7, no. 37-41; v. 8; v. II (Jan.); v. 12 (July & Oct.) (1815-'16, 1818). Philadelphia, 1815-18. 8°. With v. 6, begins sub-title, "and a Naval Chronicle." ΝΙ v. 2, no. 12; v. 6, no. 33-36; v. 7, no. 3740 (1813, 1815-16). Na Analytical Review, or history of literature domestic and foreign, on an enlarged plan. Containing scientific abstracts of important and interesting works, published in English, a general account of such as are of less consequence, with short characters; notices, or reviews of valuable foreign books; criticisms on new pieces of music and works C I no. Jan. 1798. Anglo-American. A journal of literature, news, politics, the drama, fine arts, etc. Edited by A. D. Patterson. v. 4, no. 14-26; v. 5–9; v. 10, no. 1-4. (1845 Jan. 25-1847 Nov. 13.) 7 v. New York, [1845-47]. £°. Na — v. 1-9 (1843 Apr. 29-1847 Oct. 16). C Anglo-Saxon. v. I, pt. [1]-2 (1849). London, 1849. 8°. ΝΙ taining an ample review of foreign literature. 61 v. (July 1798-Dec. 1821). London, 1798–1821. 8°. C Discontinued. V. 41 and 54 wanting. Contributors: W. Gifford, J. H. Frere and G. Canning. Discontinued. Pub. by St. Petersburg-Imperial Academy of Sciences. Archiv für die Geschichte deutscher Sprache und Dichtung. Hrsg. von J. M. Wagner. Wien, 1874. 8°. Discontinued. Archiv für Geschichte und Literatur. Frankfurt-am-Main, 1830–35. 8°. V. I. Na C 6 v. C C Archiv für Litteraturgeschichte. Hrsg. von R. Gosche. v. 1-15. Leipzig, 1870-87. 8°. Continuation of: Jahrbuch für Litteraturgeschichte. v. 3-15 ed. by Franz Schnorr von Carolsfeld. Archiv for Psychologie, Historie, Literatur og Kunst. Udgivet af N. C. Ost. 13 v. Kjöbenhavn, 1824-[30]. 12°. Archiv für das Studium der neueren Sprachen und Litteraturen; eine Vierteljahrsschrift begründet von Ludwig Herrig. v. 1-100. Elberfeld, aftw. Braunschweig, 1845-98. 8°. C Archiv für vaterländische Interessen; oder Preussische Provinzial-Blätter. 7 v. (July 1842Dec. 1845), Königsberg, 1842-45. C Ed. by O. W. L. Richter. Continuation of: Vaterländisches Archiv für Wissenschaft... oder Preussische Provinzial-Blätter and continued as: Neue preussische ProvinzialBlätter. 2 v. for 1845 are published at Marienwerder. Archives israëlites religieux, moral et littéraire. v. 16-17, 58-59 (1855-56, 1897-98). Paris, 1855-98. 8°. Na Current. Annualette (The); a Christmas and New Years gift. Boston, 1845. 16°. [1845]. C Anthologia Hibernica; or monthly collections of science, belles-lettres, and history. v. 1-2 (1793). Dublin, n. d. 8°. Na Current. 2 v. London, 1799. 8°. C Archivio glottologico italiano. v. 1–143. Roma, |