1887-1888 - American Museum of Natural History

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volumes on the shelves; now it has about ten thousand (Io,ooo)
volumes and several thousand pamphlets.
Number of volumes in Library, Boud. Unbound. Nos. and Parts. Pamphlets.
January Ist, I887.. ... 5,092 1,390 2,497 4,201
Added during the year.. 1,3I3 206 1,172 1I,057
Total to date .... 6,405 I,596 3,669 5,258
Bulletin No. 8, issued December 28th, i886; No. i, Vol. II.,
May, I887. Of these and the other Bulletins during the year
i887, from January ist to December 31st, one thousand and
eighty-six (ix,o86) copies were distributed; eight hundred and
thirty-six (836) distributed in the United States and Canada; the
remainder, two hundred and fifty (250) in Europe, India and
Australia.
Three hundred and sixteen (3i6) volumes bound this year,
through the generosity of the Trustees and Miss Catharine
Lorillard Wolfe.
The demand for books has been very great this year, more so
than any previous year. Most of the books asked for were
found in the Library. I am requested by the Trustees to render
all assistance possible to the members of the Museum, students
and any others who may be interested in natural history, and
desirous of obtaining information relating to books, and to make
the Library as attractive and useful as possible.