TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS OF THE LIBRARY. The Regents of the University of the State of New York are, by law, declared to be ex-officio Trustees of the State Library. The following are the names of the members of the Board at the date of this report: ERASTUS C. BENEDICT, LL. D., Chancellor. GEORGE G. HOSKINS, Lieutenant-Governor. JOSEPH B. CARR, Secretary of State. NEIL GILMOUR, Superintendent of Public Instruction. Other members in order of their appointment: GEORGE W. CLINTON, LL. D., Ex-officio. MARTIN I. TOWNSEND, LL. D., WHITELAW REID, CHARLES E. SMITH. SAMUEL B. WOOLWORTH, LL. D., Honorary Secretary. DAVID MURRAY, LL. D., Secretary. DANIEL J. PRATT, Ph. D., Assistant Secretary. Standing Committee of the Regents specially charged with the care of the Library for the year 1880. HENRY A. HOMES, LL. D., Librarian of the General Library. REPORT. To the Honorable the Legislature of the State of New York: The trustees of the State Library respectfully present this their Sixty-second Annual Report. At the close of the year 1878, the number of volumes in At the close of the year 1879, the number was. 110, 798 The number of books added to this department of the library during the year is greater than that of any of the twenty years preceding. This is accounted for by the fact that there were four hundred and fifty-nine volumes of the parliamentary papers of Great Britain added to this department. The increase exclusive of these papers is about the average number. This collection of British parliamentary papers covers the period from 1806 to 1832, and forins an important addition to those previously secured. In the general library, the additions of books have been more numerous than the average number for the last ten years, but in accordance with the tenor of the ordinance adopted by the trustees at the last annual meeting, the purchases have been more restricted to books having relation to America, than formerly. A large number of the additions have been in state and county histories from the growing "far west." The modern county histories of both the east and west contain much of a seemingly trivial character when looked at from our point of view as contemporary with the events therein recorded; but if we possessed to-day a tithe of such records of the early settlers and of their towns, of New York, Virginia and New England, we would all be grateful for them. The indications are that the annual sum to be appropriated by the Legislature for the library may soon be mostly absorbed in purchasing the class of books relating to America alone, leaving but a small sum for new editions of works of general reference, works on statistics and encyclopedias. The number of visitors to the library for the purpose of historical reference is so large as to keep the small staff employed abundantly occupied in attending to their wants, and in making the books available for their use by catalogues and subject indexes. A supplementary subject-index is preparing of the books added to the library during the last eight years, which will be issued during the year 1881. It will be an exceedingly brief catalogue of books arranged by subjects under the author's name. The references made to the library in letters to the librarians during the year asking for information and for manuscript copies of documents are increasing in frequency. All which is respectfully submitted. DAVID MURRAY, ERASTUS C. BENEDICT, Secretary. Imperial and Royal Geological Institute, Vienna. Kaiserlich K. Geologische Reichsanstalt. Verhandlungen, 1875, nos. 14-17; 1879, nos. 1-9. 8°. Jahrbuch der.... XXIX Band, Heft 2. 8°. Imperial and Royal Geographical Society, at Vienna. K. K. Geographische Gesellschaft in Wien. Mittheilungen. Neue Folge, 1878. Wien, 1878. 8°. BADEN. Government of Baden. Uebersicht der bürgerlichen Rechts-pflege im Grossherzogthum Baden, während des Jahres 1878. Karlsruhe, 1878. 4. Uebersicht der Strafrechts-pflege im Grossherzogthum Baden, während des Jahres 1878. Karlsruhe, 1878. 4°. BAVARIA. Royal Academy of Sciences, at Munich. K. Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Historischen Classe. Abhandlungen, XIV Bandes, erste, zweite und dritte Abtheilung. K. Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-philologische Classe. Abhandlungen, XIV Bandes, dritte Abtheilung. München, 1879. 4°. Sitzungsberichte; 1878, 1879, Heft 1, 2, 3. 8°. Mathematisch-physikalische Classe. Abhandlungen, XIII Bandes, erste und zweite Abtheilung. München, 1877-1879. 4°. Sitzungsberichte; 1878, Heft 1-4, 1879; Heft 1, 2. 8°. Meteorologische Beobachtungen....1877, 1878. 8°. Beiträge zur Geschichte der Westlichen Araber.... von M. J. Müller, II Heft. 8°. Three pamphlets. 4°. Royal Library at Munich. Catalogus codicum Latinorum Bibliothecæ Regiæ Monacensis.... Tomi IV, pars 3; VIII, pars 1. 8°. BELGIUM. Ministre des Finances. Tableau Général du Commerce avec les pays Etrangers, 1875, 76, '77. fo. Royal Academy of Sciences of Belgium. Académie R. des Sciences, etc., de Belgique. Bulletins, 2e série, Tomes, 41-44. 4 v. 8°. . Mémoires couronnés et autres mémoires. [Collection in 8°. Tome 27. Journals of the senate and house of commons of Canada, 1879. 2 V. 8°. Sessional papers of Canada, 1879. 10 v. Debates of the senate of Canada, 1879. 8°. 8°. Geological survey of Canada: Report of progress, 1877-78. 8°. Hannay's history of Acadia. St. John, 1879. 8°. The Earl of Dufferin's administration in Canada. By Wm. Leggo. Montreal, 1878. 8°. Taylor on parliaments. Montreal, 1879. 12°. Canadian Institute, Toronto. The Canadian Journal.... New series, vol. 1, no. 1. 8°. Geological Survey. Geological survey of Canada: Report of progress, 1877-78. 8°. |