The most important gifts of the month came from Mrs. Eliza Woolsey Howland and from Mrs. Henry Draper. Mrs. Howland's gift consisted to 21 volumes, including Pistolesi's "Real Museo Borbónico" (9 volumes, Rome, 1838-45), Flaxman's designs for the tragedies of ¿Eschylus, Retzsch's " Outlines of Burger's ballads" (Leipzig, 1840), Pinelli's illustrations for Don Quixote, Horeau's "Panorama d'Egypte," the whole given in memory of her husband General Joseph Howland. From Mrs. Draper were received the eight volumes by William Morris printed at the Chiswick Press from his Kelmscott Press Golden Type after his death and the closing of the Kelmscott Press; these eight volumes comprised his translations of the Odyssey and JEneid, the Volsunga Saga, House of the Wolfings, Roots of the Mountains, Grettir the Strong, Hopes and Fears for Art, and Architectural Industry and Wealth. Mrs. Draper gave also Reynolds' "God's Revenge Against Murder" (8th edition, London, 1740), the fifth edition (1832) of Wirt's Patrick Henry, and three aquatints by Mielatz "The Statue of Liberty," "Witch House, Salem," and " Old Tom's, Thames Street." Other gifts worthy of mention came from: R. R. Bowker, 29 volumes and 56 pamphlets, including a number of publications of the Svenska Literatursällskapet; the Classified Catalogue of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, from the Library; from the French Consul General at New York, 33 volumes of French documents; from the Hungarian Central Statistical Office, 6 of its statistical publications; from the Landsbókasafn, Reykjavik, i volume and 18 pamphlets, Icelandic documents; from Cortlandt Irving, afile of Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine from 1835 to 1900; from the Library of Congress volume 7 of Worthington Ford's edition of the Continental Congress Journals, 1777, Washington, 1907; from Wilhelm Miller, 17 volumes and 1,600 pamphlets, all relating to agriculture; from Elihu Root, ii volumes, relating to Cuba and the Philippines; and from Mrs. Gertrude King Schuyler, 69 volumes, a continuation of her gift of Russian books made in 1901. The German-American collection was in receipt of gifts from Edward Neder, the Katholische Union von Missouri, Karl A. M. Scholtz, and others. The exhibition of American work in the print department at the Lenox Branch was continued, as was also the display of book-plates and engravings by the late E. D. French in the lower hall. On May i7th a few plates from Mrs. Frankau's work on J. R. Smith and the Wards were displayed in the lower hall. At the Astor Branch the plates from Martin's "Oriental carpets," with the collection of American etchings, lithographs and engravings, etc., remained on view. The only change at the Branches was the installation of color plates from Molinier's "Royal interiors," illustrating furniture and interior decoration of the 17th and i8th centuries in France, at the 58тн Street Branch. Picture bulletins and temporary collections of books on special shelves at the circulation branches were as follows: East Broadway, Athletics, Tales of the sea, Richard Wagner; Hudson Park, Music, Ireland, Western life; Ottendorfer, Adventures of the sea, Keeping house; б7тн Street, Little people of other lands, Building construction; Riverside, Country homes, Sports, Birds; Webster, Japanese industries, southern, industries; Yorkville, Spring indoors and out; 9ÓTH Street, Out of doors in May; Aguilar, Panama Canal; I25TH Street, Green things growing; Tremont, Animal stories, Barbary corsairs, colonial customs, Joan of Arc, Railroad development in the United States, Sculpture. In addition there were bulletins on Memorial Day at sixteen branches, on May Day at eight branches, on new books at eight branches, on Ian Maclaren at three branches, on Spring at three branches, on Jamestown Exposition at three branches, on Gardening at two branches, on John Paul Jones at two branches, on Arbor Day at two branches, and on birthdays of celebrated men and women at two branches. TO NAUTICAL AND NAVAL ART AND SCIENCE, NAVIGA- A list of works in the Library relating to Naval History was printed in the Bulletin for June, July, August, September, November, 1904. This list does not include works on naval history, naval engineering, the marine steam engine, naval or maritime or international law, the economic aspects of shipping, voyages, etc. Order of Arrangement: Bibliography. Nautical Almanacks. Congresses. Dictionaries. History. Navigation And Seamanship. Coast Pilots. Education. Seamen. Signalling. Bibliography. x Anrique R (N.) Bibliografia maritima Chilena £ (1840-1894). Santiago de Chile: Imprenta Cervantes, a 1894. 205 p., 1 1. 8°. Austria.—Marinetechnisches Komitee. Katalog der K. u. K. Marine Bibliothek. Im Auftrage des K. u. K. Reichskriegsministeriums (Marine section) ausgearbeitet von Albert Seelig K. u. K. MarineBibliothekar. Hrsg. v. K. u. K. Marinetechnischen Komitee (Marine-Bibliothek). Pola, 1905. 3 v. 8°. Bd. x. Wissenschaften ohne direkter Beziehung zur Schif fahrc. xxiv, 528 p. 2. ed. Bd. 2. Maritime Wissenschaften ... in direkter Beziehung zur Schiffahrt. xi, 379 p. 2. ed. Bd. 3. Pt. 1, Alphabetischer Index der Kapitel der Fach kataloge; Pt. 2, Autoren-Katalog. xxxii, 306 p., 11. Blunt (Edmund M.) Catalogue of the best charts, pilots, navigation books, and nautical instruments, sold by Edmund M. Blunt, at the Quadrant, No. 202 Water-street, corner of Fulton-street, New-York. 3 p. (Bound at end of Bowditch's Practical Navigator. New-York, 1817.) Catalogue des Livres & Cartes Marine imprimez chez la Veuve de Guillaume Gruchet, Imprimeur & Marchand Libraire au Havre de Grace, & qui se trouvent dans sa Boutique. (In: N. Le Cordier, Instruction des pilotes. Havre de Grace, 1734. v. 2, pp. 190-192.) Deutsche Seewarte Katalog der Bibliothek. Nachtrag. no. 1-6. / ^uniurg, 1894-1905. 8°. Edmunds (Albert J.) Selected list of naval matter in the library of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. (Penna. Mag. of Hist, and Biog. v. 27, pp. 63-75. Philadelphia, 1903. 8°.) Same, separate. 13 p. 8°. Extrait du Catalogue des Livres qui se trouvent chez Barrois, l'aine. (C. Romme, La science de l'homme de mer. Paris [1800]. verso of bastard title.) 25 titles. Gelcich (Eugen). Studien Uber die Entwickelungs-Geschichte der Schiffahrt mit besonderer Berucksichtigung der nautischen Wissenschaften, nebst einem Anhang Uber die nautische Literatur des XVI. und XVII. Jahrhunderts. Laibach.- /. v. Kleinmayr & F. Bamberg, 1882. xi, 213 p. 8°. Germany.—Marine-Amt. Bucherverzeichnissder Hauptbibliothek des Reich-Marine-Amts. Berlin: E. S. Mitiler &• Sohn, 1902. xxiii, 604 p. 8°. Heather (W.) July 12th, 1803. A new catalogue of the best charts, pilots, & navigation books, Sold Wholesale, Retail, and for Exportation, by W. Heather, at his Sea-Chart, Map, and Mathematical Instrument Warehouse, N0.157, Leadenhall-Street, Near the Royal Exchange, London. 4 p. 8°. (Bound at end of Bowditch's Practical Navigator. London, 1802.) Leon Pinelo (Antonio de). Epitome de la biblioteca oriental i occidental, nautical i geografica. Por el Licenciado Antonio de Leon, Relator del Supremo i Real Consejo de las Indias. Madrid: Juan Gonzalez, 1629, engraved title, 43 p.l., 186, xii p. 4°. Biblioteca nautica in 3 divisions. Epitome de la biblioteca oriental, y occidental, nautica, y geografica. De Don Antonio de Leon Pinelo.. .En Madrid: En la Oficina de Francisco Martinez Abad, 1737-1738. 3 v. f°. Lescallier (Daniel). Notice des ouvrages de marine, et autres analogues a cette partie, composes et public's, la plupart, par ordre des Ministres de la marine, par Lescallier. \Paris% 1797?] 24 p. 12°. Mathematical and Sea-books, Printed for Richard Mount, Book-seller, at the Antient Shop by the Postern on Tower-Hill. (In: Colson (N.) The mariners new Kalendar. London, 1697. p. 2.) 23 titles. Mathematical and Sea-Books, Printed for and sold by William Fisher, at the Postern-Gate near Tower-Hill, Thomas Passenger at the Three Bibles on London Bridge, Robert Boulter, at the Turk's-Head, and Ralph Smith, at the Bible in Cornhill near the Royal Exchange. (In: Sturmy's Mariner'sMagazine. London, 1684. bk. 5, p. 174.) Bibliography, cont'd. Meuss ( ). Die Marineliteratur im Jahre 1905. (Marine-Rundschau. Jhrg. 17, pp. 946-978. Berlin, 1906.) Mittler (Ernst Siegfried), und Sohn. Verzeichniss der Marine-Litteratur welche in dem Verlage der Koniglichen Hofbuchhandlung von E.S. Mittler und Sohn. . .erschienen sind, 1816-1885. Theil 1-3. Berlin: Mittler, 1885. ix, 33, 60, 17 p. 8°. Modera (J.) Onderlinge vergelijking der Nederlandsche werken over de zee-taktiek en der seinboeken voor de Nederlandsche zeemagt, van 1808 en 1855; in alphabetischeordezamengestelt. .. Te Amsterdam: Wed. G. Hulst van Keuben, 1856. 61 p., 1 pi. 8°. Overgedrukt uit de Verhandelingen en Berigten betrekkelijk het Zeewezen en de Zeevaartkunde, door Jacob Swart, Jaarjang 1856, Do. I. Navarrete (M. F. de). Biblioteca maritima espafiola; obra postuma. Madrid: La Viuda de Calero, 1851. 2 v. 4°. Scott (John). Catalogue of the naval section of the library of the late J. Scott, Esq.. .which will be sold by auction by Messrs. Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge.. .27 March, 1905. [London, 1905.] ip.l., 265-311 p. 8°. Same. (Lots 2553-3523 of the Catalogue of the Scott library.) Some standard books on professional subjects. (U. S. Naval Intelligence Office. General Information series, 13. Washington, 1894. pp. 417-447. 8°.) United States.—Navy Department: Library. Foreign periodicals. July, 1901. [ Washington, 1901.J 8°. Foreign anuuals. July, 1901. [Washington, 1901.] 8". Young (Lucien). Catalogue of works by American naval authors. Washington, 1888. 149 p. 8°, (Navigation Bureau, Navy Dept.) Periodicals. Aide-memoire de l'officier de marine. (E. Durassier, fondateur.) [Pub.] par C. Valentino. Annee 16 (1903). Paris [1903]. 16°. Almanach du marin et de la France maritime . ..Annee 63 (1901). Paris [1901]. 24°. American Marine Engineer. Official organ of National Marine Engineer's Beneficial Association, v. 1, no. 5-date. (May, 1906-date.) Chicago, 1906-date. f°. Current. Monthly. American Ship. Devoted to American industry, nautical commerce, shipbuilding, timber, engineering, navigation, insurance and yachting interests, v. 1, nos. 15, 17, 22, 26(1879); v. 4(1881). New York, 1879-81. f°. American Shipbuilder, v. 17, no. 20; v. 28, nos. 22-23; v. 29, nos. 6-10; v. 30, nos. 18-20, 24; v. 31-v. 36, no. 9. (1898,1903-1907.) New York, 1898-1907. f°. Weekly. Discontinued after v. 36, no. 9 (30 March, 1907), being merged with marine Journal. American Society of Naval Engineers. Journal, v. i-date. Washington, D. C, iS8g-date. 8°. Current. Officers and members, 1899, 1901, 1904. [Washington, 1899-1901.] 8°. Annales maritimes et coloniales.. .par L. M. Bajot & Poirre. v. 1-107 (Annee 1809-1847.) Paris, 1818-51. 8°. (France. Minist. de la Marine et des Colonies.) Continued as Nouvellen annales, q. v. Annee (L') maritime: revue des evenements et repertoire statistique annuel des faits qui se sont accomplis dans les marines francaise et etrangeres . ..Annee 1-6 (1876-81). Paris, 1877-83. 12°. Henri Durassier named as editor of 5-6. Annee 5 covers 1880-81. Annuario Marittimo. 1897, 1901-02. annata 47. 51-52. Trieste, 1897-1902. 8°. Armee et Marine. Revue hebdomadaire illustree des Armees de Terre et de Mer. Annee 2-date. Paris, 1900-date. f°. Current. Army and Navy Gazette, v. 38-date. London, 1897-date. P. Weekly. Current. Army and Navy Journal, v. 1-date (1863-date). New York: W. C. c* F. P. Church, 1863-date. f°. Weekly. Current. Army and Navy Life and The United Service, 1906-date. New York, 1906-date. 8°. Current. Monthly. "Army and Navy Life" and "The United Service" were merged in Jan., 1906. Army and Navy Register, v. 28-date (July, 1900-date). Washington, 1900-date. P. Current. Weekly. Associated Shipwrights' Society. Annual report, no. 19-24 (1900-1905). Newcastle-on- Tyne, I90i-[i906?j 8 . Monthly membership return. Jan., 1904; Jan., 1905. nos. 258, 274. Newcastle-on-Tyne, 1904-05. 8°. Include also Quarterly reports for preceding three months. Association technique maritime. Annuaire, 1903-1906. Paris [1903-06]. 12°. Bulletin. No. 1-8 (1890-97); no. 14 (1903). Paris, 1890-1903. 4°. Berigten en verhandelingen over onderwerpen der zeevaartkunde uitgegeven door F.J.L. Schroder. See Verhandelingen en berigten betrekkelijk het zeewezen. Blue Jacket, v. 1, nos. 5, 9; v. 3-date (Sept., 1901, Jan., 1902; May, 1903-date). Newport, R. I.: Naval Training Station, 1903-date. 8°. Current. Monthly. Edited by F. J. Buenzle, Chief Yeoman, U. S. N. v. 1-3 called " Our Naval Apprentice." Brassey (T. A.) See Naval Annual. Bulletin de la marine marchande. v. i-date. 1899-date. Paris, 1899-date. 8°. Current. Monthly. Coast Seamen's Journal. Official organ of the International Seamen's Union of America, v. 9, no. 45, 52; v. 10-date. Index to v. 1-15. San Francisco, 1896-date. f°. Current. Weekly. Creuze (A.) See Papers on naval architecture. Daily Shipping Index. Aug. 1903-date. Melbourne, 1903-date. f°. Daily. Current. File is not complete. Periodicals, cont'd. Dana (R. W.) See Institution of Naval Architects. Dansk sOfartstidende. Organ for Denmarks skibsfart. Aargang 7-date, Jan. 1900-date. Kjobenhavn, 1900-date. 8°. Current. Weekly. Ludwig Drechsel editor. Deutsch-Nautischer Almanach. Illustrirtes Jahrbuch Uber Seeschiffahrt, Marine und Schiffbau ...Jahrg. [1], 5. (1900, 1904.) Berlin [1900]1904. 8°. Dunell (G. R.) See Institution of Naval Architects. Durassier (Henri). See Annee maritime. Embree (D.) See Western boatman. Engineers Gazette. A monthly journal for engineers and shipbuilders and all interested in shipping, v. 11-17. London, 1897-1903. f°. From 1903 merged into: Practical Engineer. Fleet, v. i-date. (May, 1905-date.) London, 1905-date. 4°. Current. Monthly. Fleet Annual and Naval Year Book. [Edited] by L. Yexley. London, 1906. Friend (The). A monthly journal devoted to temperance, seamen, marine and general intelligence.. .Edited by Samuel C. Damon, v. 15v. 23. no. 12 (1858-65); v. 60, nos. 3-8, 10-11 {1902); v. 61, nos. 1-4, 6-9, n-12 (1903); v. 62, nos. 5, 10 (1904). Honolulu, 1858-1904. 4°. Gannon (W.) See Nautical Gazette. Giornale militare per la marina. 1883, pt. 1-2; 1884, pt. 1; igoo-date. Roma: Ministero delta Marina, 1883-date. 8°. Current. Weekly. Goldsborough (C. W.) See United States Naval Chronicle. "Hansa": Deutsche nautische Zeitschrift. Jahrg. 29, nos. 30-31; Jahrg. 34-date. (1892, 1897-date.) Hamburg, 1892-date. 4°. Current. Weekly. Holmes (George). See Institution of Naval Architects. Institution of Engineers and Ship-builders in Scotland. Transactions, v. i-date. (1857-date.) Glasgow, 1858-date. 8°. Institution of Naval Architects. Transactions, v. i-date. London, 1860-date. 4°. Index to v. 1-46 (1860-1904). London, 1904. 40. Editors: v. 1-3, E. J. Reed; 4-16, none given; 17-19, A. Sedgwick Wolley; 20-40, George Holmes; 43, G. R. Dunell and R. W. Dana; 44-date, R. W. Dana. International Marine Engineering, v. 1date. (r8g7-date.) New York, 1897-date. 4°. Monthly. Current. Up to April, 1906, called '* Marine Engineering." International Seamen's Union of America. See Coast Seamen's Journal. Internationale Revue Uber die gesammten Armeen und Flotten. Jahrg. 17, no. 7-8; 18-date. (1899-date.) Dresden [1899-date]. 8°. Current. Semi-monthly. Supplement, nos. 7-date. Beiheft, nos. I-date. Jahrbuch der Automobil- und MotorbootIndustrie. Im Auftrage des Deutschen Automobil-Verbandes, hrsg. von E. Newberg. Jahrgang 1-3. Berlin, 1904-6. 8°. Jahrbuch fur Deutschlands Seeinteressen. Jahrg. 1-8 (1899-1906). Berlin: Mitller, 18991906. 12°, 8°. (Nauticus-Schriften, 3, 5-11.) Journal de la Marine. Le yacht, v. 20-date. Paris, 1897-date. f°. Weekly. Current. Journal des transports. Annee 25, nos. 10, 12-28, 30, 32, 35, 39, 41-43 (1902). Paris, 1902. 4° Laughton (L. G. C.) See Naval pocket book. Lcyland (J.) See Naval Annual, Life Boat (The). Published by the American Seamen's Friend Society. 1858-date. 8°. (In: Sailor's Magazine and Seamen's Friend, for the corresponding years.) Liga Maritima Espafiola. Boletin oficial. ano i-date. Jan. 1901-date. Madrid, 1901-date. 8°. Current. Supplement to: VIda maritime. Manual de la Liga Maritima Espafiola... Cinco afios de labor. 1900-1905. Madrid: Imfrenta alemana, 1906. vii, 294 p., I 1., I port. 8*. Ligue Maritime Beige. Bulletin. Jan., 1902date. Anvers, 1902-date. 8°. Current. Semi-monthly. Marine (The) Engineer, a monthly journal of marine engineering, shipbuilding and steam navigation. Ed. by Wm. George Neal. v. i-date. (1879-date.) London, 1880-date. 40. Current. Marine Engineering. See International Marine engineering. Marine (La) francais. Marine de guerre, marine marchande, colonies et protectorats, yachting. 3. ser. v. 10-date (1897-date). Paris, 1897-date. 8°. Monthly. Current. Marine Journal, v. 10, no. 14; v. 18, no. 51; v. 25, no. 5; v. 26-date. (1888, 1893-date.) New York, 1888-date. f°. Current. Weekly. Marine Review, v. 4, no. 21; v. 17-18; v. 19, nos. 1-8, 10-26; v. 20-date. (1891, 1898-date.) Cleveland, 1898-date. f°. Weekly. Current. "Marine Review,1' and "Marine Record M combined, i± Aug., 1902, with title " Marine Review and Marine Record. *' Marine Record " dropped from title with v. 29 (Jan. 1904). Marine-Rundschau. Jahrg. 11, Heft 4 (Ap. 1900); 12, Heft 6-7 (June-July, 1901); 12-date (1901-date). Berlin: Nachrichtenbureau des Reichs-Marine Amts, 1900-date. 8°. Monthly. Current. Marine Society of New York. A memoir of the Marine Society of New York, read at the annual dinner of the Society, on its 107th anniversary, January 7th, 1877, by G. D. S. Trask. Together with an appeal for the maintenance of the Society by W. A. Butler. To which are added the charter and by-laws, with the names of the officers and members. 83 pp., 1 1. [New York: The Society,'] 1877. 8°. |