PUBLIC DOCUMENT.....No. 28.
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To the President of the Senate :—
S ir :—In compliance with the provisions of the Act of April 28, 1849, also of the Act of April 2, 1857,1 have the honor to transmit to you, to be laid before the Legislature, a Report on the State Library, for the period extending from January 1, 1857, to September 80, 1857, inclusive. I have the honor to be, Very respectfully, Your obedient servant, GEORGE S. BOUTWELL, Librarian.
B oston, S tate L ibrary, Oct. 14, 1857. 2 STATE LIBRARY. [Oct.
TRUSTEES OF THE STATE LIBRARY.
N athaniel B. S h urtleff, M. D., Boston. G eorge L ivermore, Esq., Cambridge. J ames A. Dix, Esq., Boston.
JOINT STANDING COMMITTEE OF THE LEGISLATURE, FOR 1857. Messrs. H enry L. S abin, Williamstown, Of the J ohn M. M errick, Walpole, Senate. J ohn W . A twood, Chatham, Messrs. Charles H a le, . Boston, Of the Charles F ield , . Athol, House. W arren T yler, . N. Brookfield,
GEORGE S. BOUTWELL, Librarian. SAMUEL C. JACKSON, Assistant-Librarian. 1857.] PUBLIC DOCUMENT—No. 28. 3
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To the Honorable Legislature of Massachusetts The Librarian of the State Library, in pursuance of Acts passed April 28, 1849, and April 2, 1857, presents to the Legislature the following as his Annual Report:— ADDITIONS TO THE STATE LIBRARY FROM JAN. 1, TO SEPT. 30, 1857. Received by Purchase. VOLUMES. North American Review. Vols. 84, 85. Boston, 1857. 2 American Journal of Science and Arts. Conducted by Professor B. Silliman, B. Silliman, Jr., and James D. Dana, in connection with others. 2d Series. Yols. 23, 24. New Haven, 1856, ’57. .... 2 Edinburgh Review. American edition. Yols. 105,106. New York, 1857...... 2 London Quarterly Review. American edition. Yols. 100, 101. New York, 1857...... 2 North British Review. American edition. Yols. 26, 27. New York, 1857...... 2 Westminster Review. American edition. Yols. 67,68. New York, 1857...... 2 Gentleman’s Magazine. 1731—1855. London. 1732 —1855...... 203 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine. Yol. 1, 1817—Vol. 78, 1855. London, Edinburgh. 1817—1855. . . 79 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine. American edition, Vol. 79—82. New York, 1856, ’57. 4 4 STATE LIBRARY.
Journal of the Statistical Society of London. London, 1839—1854...... The Banker’s Magazine, and Statistical Register. Edited by J. Smith Homans. Yol. 8, or vol. 3. New Series —Yol. 11, or vol. 6. New Series. New York, 1854— 1857...... Monthly Law Reporter. New Series. Yol. 6—9. 1852 —1857. Boston, 1853—1857...... American Almanac and Repository of Useful Knowledge, for the year 1856, 1857. Boston, 1856, 1857. . The Private Correspondence of Daniel Webster. Edited by Fletcher Webster. Boston, 1857. History of the Law of Nations in Europe and America; from the earliest Times to the Treaty of Washington, 1842. By Henry Wheaton, LL. D. New York, 1845. Debates and Proceedings in the Massachusetts Legisla ture. Session of 1856. Reported for the Boston Daily Advertiser. Boston, 1856. (6 copies.) . Hansard’s Parliamentary Debates. 3d series. Yols. 143, 144. June, 1856—March, 1857. London, 1856, ’57. The Congressional Globe: containing the Debates, Pro ceedings, Laws, etc., of the 34th Congress, 1st and 2d Sessions, (Parts 1, 2, 3.) 84th Congress, 3d Session. With Appendix. By John C. Rives. Washington, 1856, ’57. 4to...... Encyclopaedia Britannica, or Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General Literature. 8th edition. Yols. 12, 13. Boston, 1856, ’57. 4to...... Arctic Explorations: the Second Grinnell Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin, 1853—1855. By Elisha Kent Kane, M. D., U. S. N. Philadelphia, 1856. Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856. By the author of the Thirty Years Yiew. Yol. 1—3. New York, 1857...... A Biographical Dictionary, Ac. By the Rev. John L. Blake, D. I). 13th edition. Philadelphia, 1856. Boston Daily Atlas. 1832—1855. .... First'—Twentieth Annual Report of the Board of Educa- 1857.] PUBLIC DOCUMENT—No. 28. tion, with the First—-Twentieth Report of the Secretary of the Board. 1838—1857. Boston, 1838—1857. . History of Massachusetts. Commonwealth Period. By John Stetson Barry. Yol. 3. Boston, 1857. Elements of the Law and Practice of Legislative Assem blies in the United States of America. By Luther Stearns Cushing. Boston, 1856. .... United States Digest, containing a Digest of Decisions of the Courts of Common Law, Equity, and Admiralty, in the United States and in England. By John Phelps Putnam. Yol. 7—9. Annual Digest for 1853—1855. Boston, 1856...... Reports of Cases argued and adjudged in the Supreme Court of the United States, December Term, 1856. By Benjamin C. Howard. Yol. 19. Washington, 1856...... Reports of Cases argued and determined in the Circuit Court of the United States for the First Circuit. 1851 —1856. By B. R. Curtis. Yols. 1, 2. Boston, 1854, 1857...... Martin’s Reports of Cases argued and determined in the Superior Court of the Territory of Orleans, and in the Supreme Court of the State of Louisiana. By Francois- Xavier Martin, with marginal References, by Thomas Gibbes Morgan. Yol. 1—10. New Orleans, 1846— 1853...... Reports of Cases adjudged in the Supreme Court of Judi- caturc of the State of New York, from January Term, 1799, to January Term, 1803, both inclusive ; together with Cases determined in the Court for the Correction of Errors, during that Period. By William Johnson. 2d edition ; with many additional Cases not included in the former edition, from the original Notes of tire late Hon. Jacob Radcliff. With copious Notes and References to the American and English Decisions. By Lorenzo B. Shepard. New York, 1846, ’48, 49. . Reports of Cases in the County Courts of the Fifth Cir cuit, and in the High Court of Errors and Appeals of 6 STATE LIBRARY. [Oct.
VOLUMES. Pennsylvania. By Alexander Addison. Washington, 1800...... 1 Reports of Cases adjudged in the Supreme • Court of Pennsylvania. By Thomas Sergeant and Wm. Rawle, Jun. 2d edition. Philadelphia, 1844. . . . IT Reports of Cases decided by the Judges of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, in the Court of Nisi Prius at Philadelphia, and in the Supreme Court. With Notes and References. By Frederick C. Brightly. Phila delphia, 1851. 1 An Essay on the Trial by Jury. By Lysander Spooner. Boston, 1852. ....•■•• 1 History of Trial by Jury. By William Forsyth. Lon don, 1852...... •• 1 A Course of Lectures on the Constitutional Jurispru dence of the . United States. By William Alexander Huer, LL. D. 2d edition. Boston, 1856. . . 1 Treatise on the Medical Jurisprudence of Insanity. By 1. Ray, M. D. 8d edition, with xldditions. Boston, 1853...... 1 Laws of Business for Business Men, in all the States of the Union. With Forms for Mercantile Instruments, Deeds, Leases, Wills, Ac. By Theophilus Parsons. Boston, 1857. 1 Legal and Political Hermeneutics, or Principles of Inter pretation and Construction in Law and Politics, Ac. Enlarged edition. By Francis Lieber. Boston, 1839. 1 Science of Government as exhibited in the Institutions of the United States of America. By C. B. Goodrich. Boston, 1853. I The Principles of Political Economy applied to the Con dition, Resources, Ac., of the American People. By Francis Bowen. Boston, 1856. .... 1 A Brief Historical Relation of State Affairs, from Sep tember, 1678, to April, 1714. By Narcissus Luttrell. Oxford, 1857...... 6 Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society. A ols. 2, 3. 4th series. Vol. 3, containing History oi Ply- 1857.] PUBLIC DOCUMENT—No. 28. 7
:m b 8. mouth Plantations. By William Bradford. Boston, 1854,1856...... 2 The New England History, from the Discovery of the Continent by the Northmen, A. D. 986, to the Period when the Colonies declared their Independence, 1776. By Charles W. Elliott. New York, 1857. 2 History of the Conspiracy of Pontiac, Ac. By Francis Parkman, Jr. Boston, 1855...... 1 A Municipal History of the Town and City of Boston, during Two Centuries. By Josiah Quincy. Boston, 1852." . . . . ' ...... 1 The Puritan Commonwealth, Ac. By the late Peter Oliver. Boston, 1856...... 1 Researches respecting Americus Yespucius, and his Voy ages. By the Viscount Santarem. Translated by E. V. Childe. Boston, 1850...... 1 The Polar Seas and Regions. By Sir John Leslie, Rob ert Jameson, Hugh Murray. With a Narrative of the recent Expeditions in Search of Sir John Franklin. London, Edinburgh, New York, 1855. 1 History of Immigration to the United States, Ac., and an Appendix containing the Naturalization and Passenger Laws of the United States, Ac. By William J. Brom- well. New York, 1856...... 1 Dictionary of Dates, and Universal Reference, Ac. By Joseph Haydn. 7th edition, with Additions and Cor rections by B. Vincent. London, 1855. 1 Annals of the American Pulpit, or commemorative Notices of distinguished American Clergymen of vari ous Denominations, from the early Settlement of the Country till the Close of the Year 1855. V ith His torical Introductions. By William B. Sprague, D. D. New York, 1857...... 2 Memoirs, Speeches and Writings of Robert Rantoul, Jr. Edited by Luther Hamilton. Boston, 1854. 1 Life and Letters of Joseph Story. Edited by his Son, William W. Story. Boston, 1851. . . . . 2 Miscellaneous Writings of Joseph Story. Edited by his Son, William W. Story. Boston, 1852. 1 8 STATE LIBRARY. [Oct. Writings of Levi Woodbury, LL. D. Political, Judicial VOLUMES. and Literary. Boston, 1852...... 3 Memoir of Thomas Handasyd Perkins; containing Ex tracts from his Diaries and Letters. By T. G. Cary. Boston, 1856...... 1 The Life and Recollections of John Howland, late Presi dent of the R. I. Historical Society. By Edwin M. Stone. Providence, 1857...... 1 Threescore Years: an Autobiography, containing Inci dents of Voyages and Travels, &c. With Illustrations. By Samuel F. Holbrook. Boston, 1857. . . . 1 Memoirs of the Life of Sir James Mackintosh. Edited by his Son, Robert James Mackintosh. From the 2d London edition. Boston, 1853. .... 2 Memoirs and Correspondence of Francis Horner, M. P. Edited by his Brother, Leonard Horner. Boston, 1853...... 2 The Life of Sir William Pepperell, Bart. By Usher Parsons. 3d edition. Boston, 1856. . . . 1 The History of France, from the earliest Period to the present Time. By Thomas Wright. Illustrated with beautiful Engravings on Steel. Parts 1—16. London, New York...... 1 Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. Edited by William Smith, LL. D. Boston, 1854. . . . 2 Public Economy of the Athenians, with Notes, &c., by Au gustus Boeckh. Translated from the 2d German edi- 2 tion, by A. Lamb. Boston, 1857. .... 1 History of Ancient Art, translated from the German of John Winckelmann, by G. II. Lodge. With the Life of Winckelmann, by the Editor. Boston, 1856. . 2 History of Liberty. Part 1. The Ancient Romans. By Samuel Eliot. A new edition. Part II. The Early Christians. Boston, 1853...... 4 A Practical Treatise on the Hive and Honey-Bee, by L. L. Langstroth, with an Introduction by Rev. Robert Baird, D. D. 2d edition. New York, 1857. . . 1 Considerations on some recent Social Theories. Boston, 1853. 1 1857.] PUBLIC DOCUMENT—No. 28. 9 Junius Discovered. By Frederick Griffin. Boston, 1854...... 1 Railroad Accidents: their Causes,
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LAWS, JOURNALS, ETC., OP THE UNITED STATES.
Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States : being the 1st, 2d and 3d Sessions of the 34th Congress, 1855—57. Washington, 1855, 1856. (3 copies.) ...... 9 Report of the Commissioners of Patents for 1855. Agri culture. 34th Congress, 1st Session. Ex. Doc. No. 20. Washington, 1856...... 1 Report of the Commissioner of Patents for 1855. Arts and Manufactures. Yol. I. 34th Congress, 1st Ses sion. Ex. Doc. No. 20. Washington, 1856. . . 1 Report of the Commissioner of Patents for 1855. Arts and Manufactures. Illustrations by M. C. Gritzner. Yol. II. 34th Congress, 1st Session. Ex. Doc. No. 12. Washington, 1856...... 1 2 10 STATE LIBRARY. [Oct. Reports of Explorations and Surveys to ascertain the most practicable and economical Route for a Railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. Made under the Direction of the Secretary of War, in 1853-4. Vol. II. 33d Congress, 2d Session. Ex. Doc. No. 78. Washington, 1855. .... 1 13
Laws, Journals, Reports, etc., of the several States and Territories.
NEW HAMPSHIRE. Journals of the Honorable Senate and House of Repre sentatives of the State of New Hampshire, June Ses sion, 1856. Concord, 1856. (2 copies.) . . . 2 Reports of Cases argued and determined in the Superior Court of Judicature of New Hampshire. By 'William L. Foster. Yol. 11. Concord, 1857. . . . 1
RHODE ISLAND. Acts and Resolves of the General Assembly of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. Jan. Session, 1857. Providence, 1857. .... 1 Index to the printed Acts and Resolves, and of the Peti tions and Reports to the General Assembly of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, from 1758 to 1850. By John Russell Bartlett, Secretary of State. Providence, 1856...... 1 Records of the Colony of Rhode Island. Edited by John Russell Bartlett. Yol. II. 1664—1677. Providence, 1857...... 1 The Revised Statutes of the State of Rhode island and Providence Plantations: to which are prefixed, the Constitutions of the U. S. and of the State. Provi dence, 1857. 1 1857.] PUBLIC DOCUMENT—No. 28. 11 CONNECTICUT. Resolutions and Private Acts of the General Assembly VOLUMES. of the State of Connecticut. May Session, 1854, ’55, ’57. New Haven, Hartford, 1854, ’55, ’57. (2 copies for 1857.) ...... 4 Resolves and Private Laws of Connecticut, from 1836 to 1857. Published under and by Virtue of a Resolution of the General Assembly passed May Session, 1856, under the Supervision of a Special Committee. Vdls. 3, 4. Hartford, 1857...... 2 Public Acts passed by the General Assembly of Connec ticut, May Session, 1857. Hartford, 1857. (3 copies.) 3 Connecticut Reports: containing Cases argued and de termined in the Supreme Court of Errors, 1855-6. By William N. Matson. Vol. 24. Hartford, 1857. . 1 Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut, prior to the Union with New Haven Colony, May, 1665 ; transcribed and published, with Notes,and Appendix; by J. Hammond Trumbull. Hartford, 1850. . . 1 Records of the Colony and Plantation of New Haven, from 1638 to 1649. Transcribed and edited by Charles J. Hoadly. Hartford, 1857...... 1 Transactions of the Connecticut State Agricultural Soci ety, for 1856, with the Reports of the County Societies for the same Year. Henry A. Dyer, Cor. Sec. Hart ford, 1857...... 1 Journal of the Senate of Connecticut, May Session, 1857. Hartford, 1857...... 1 Journal of the House of Representatives of Connecticut, May Session, 1857. Hartford, 1857. . . . 1
NEW YORK. Journal of the Senate of the State of New York. 79th Session, 1856. Albany, 1856...... 1 Documents of the Senate of the State "of New York. 79th Session, 1856. Albany, 1856...... 3 Journal of the Assembly of the State of New York. 79tli Session, 1856. Albany, 1856...... 1 Documents of the Assembly of the State of New York. 79tli Session, 1856. Albany, 1856. .... 7 12 STATE LIBRARY. [Oct. Reports of Cases argued and determined in the Court of Appeals of the State of New York, with Notes, Refer ences, and an Index. By Francis Kernan. Yol. 3. New York, 1856...... 1 Reports of Cases in Law and Equity determined in the Supreme Court of the State of New York. By Oliver L. Barbour. Yols. 22, 23. Albany, 1857. . . 2 Documents relating to the Colonial History of the State of New York; procured in Holland, England, and France, by John Romeyn Brodhead, Agent, &c. Ed ited by E. B. O’Callaghan, M. D. Yols. 1,7. Albany, 1856. 4to...... 2 Catalogue of the New York State Library, 1855, 1856. General Library. Law Library. Maps, Manuscripts, Engravings, Coins, Ac. Albany, 1856, 1857. . . 3
NEW JERSEY. Reports of Cases argued and determined in the Supreme Court and the Court of Errors and Appeals, of the State of New Jersey. Andrew Dutcher. Yol. I. 1855—56. Trenton, 1856...... 1 Acts of the 81st Legislature of the State of New Jersey, and 13th under the new Constitution. New Bruns wick, 1857...... 1
PENNSYLVANIA. Pennsylvania State Reports. Yols. 26, 27. Comprising Cases adjudged in the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. By Joseph Casey. Vols. 2, 3. 1855—56. Philadel phia, 1856, ’5 7 ...... 2 Laws of the General Assembly of the State of Penn sylvania, passed at the Session of 1857. Harrisburg, 1857...... 1
DELAWARE. 1857.] PUBLIC DOCUMENT—No. 28. 13 MARYLAND. A 'MHS. Reports of Cases argued and determined in the Court of Appeals of Maryland. By Richard W. Gill. Vol. 5. 1817. Baltimore, 1850...... 1 Maryland Reports, containing Cases argued, and deter mined in the Court of Appeals of Maryland. By Oli ver Miller. Yol. 9. 1856. Annapolis, 1857. . 1 Digest of the Maryland Reports: comprising Gill’s Re ports, Maryland Rephrts, and Maryland Chancery Decisions. By J. Shaaff Stockett, Richard T. Merrick, and Oliver Miller. Baltimore, 1857. 1
VIRGINIA. Journal of the House of Delegates of the State of Vir ginia, for the Session, 1855^-6. Richmond, 1856. 1 Governor’s Message, and Reports of the Public Officers, NORTH CAROLINA. Laws of North Carolina, passed by the General Assembly. 1856-7. Raleigh, 1857...... 1 Reports of Cases in Equity, argued and determined in the Supreme Court of North Carolina. 1854—56. Cases at Law. 1855—56. By Hamilton C. Jones. Salisbury, 1856...... o SOUTH CAROLINA. GEORGIA. VERMONT. Acts and Resolves passed by the General Assembly of the State of Vermont, Oct. Session, 1856. Montpelier, 1856. (2 copies.)...... 2 14 STATE LIBRARY. [Oct. KENTUCKY. VOLUMES/ Reports of Cases at Common Law and in Equity, decided in the Court of Appeals of Kentucky. By Ben. Mon roe. Yol. 1(1. 1855. Frankfort, 1856. . . . 1 Report of the Geological Survey of Kentucky, made during the Years 1854 and 1855, by David Dale Owen, assisted by Robert Peter, and Sidney S. Lyon. Frank fort; 1856...... 1 TENNESSEE. Acts of the State of Tennessee, 1849-50, 1855-6. Nash ville, 1850, ’56...... 2 Reports of Cases argued and determined in the Supreme Court of Tennessee, 1855—56. By John L. T. Sneed. Yol. 3. Nashville, 1857. .*..... 1 Catalogue of the Tennessee State Library. Oct. 1855. Nashville, 1855...... 1 OHIO. Acts of a general Nature passed by the 51st General Assembly of Ohio. 1854. Yol. 52. Columbus, 1854. 1 Acts of a general Nature and Local Laws and Joint Reso- lutions, passed by the 52d General Assembly of Ohio. 1856. Yol. 53. Columbus, 1856. .... 1 Journal of the Senate of Ohio. 1856. Columbus, 1856. 1 Journal of the House of Representatives of Ohio. 1856. Columbus, 1856...... 1 LOUISIANA. Acts passed by the 3d Legislature of Louisiana. 2d Ses sion, 1857. New Orleans, 1857. (2 copies.) . . 2 Reports of Cases argued and determined in the Supreme Court of Louisiana. Yol. 11. 1856. IV. M. Ran dolph. New Orleans, 1857...... 1 INDIANA. Reports of Cases argued and determined in the Supreme Court of Judicature of the State of Indiana, being an 1857.] PUBLIC DOCUMENT—No. 28. official Continuation of Blackford’s Reports, with Tables of the Cases, and principal Matters. By Albert G. Porter. Vol. 8. 1851—1852. Indianapolis, 1853. MISSISSIPPI. Reports of Cases argued and determined in the High Court of Errors and Appeals for the State of Missis sippi. Yols. 28—29. By John F. Cushman. 1851 —1855. With a general Index. Boston, 1856. ILLINOIS. Reports of Cases determined in the Supreme Court of the State of Illinois. 1855—56. By E. Peck. Vol. 17. Chicago, 1857...... ALABAMA. Reports of Cases argued and determined in the Supreme Court of the State of Alabama. 1856—57. J. IV. Shepherd. Vols. 28, 29. Montgomery, 1856, ’57. . MAINE. MISSOURI. Reports of Cases argued and determined in the Supreme Court of Missouri. By Horatio M. Jonds. 1856. Vol. 23. St. Louis, 1857...... ARKANSAS. Acts passed at the Tenth Session of the General Assem bly of Arkansas. 1854-5. Little Rock, 1855. . Acts passed at the Eleventh Session of the General As sembly. 1856—7. Little Rock, 1857. (2 copies.) Reports of Cases at Law and in Equity, argued and determined in the Supreme Court of Arkansas. 1851 -53. By E. II. English. Vols. 7, 8. 1853-56. L. E. Barber. Vols. 14—16. Little Rock, 1853-56. . 16 STATE LT BRARY. [Oct. MICHIGAN. VOLUMES. Reports of Cases argued and determined in the Supreme Court of Michigan. 1853—55. By George C. Gibbs. Voi. 3. Detroit, 1856. (2 copies.) .... 2 Acts of the Legislature of Michigan, passed at the regu lar Session of 1857, with an Appendix, etc. Detroit, 1857...... 1 FLORIDA. TEXAS. Laws of the Sixth Legislature of Texas. 1855-6. Aus tin, 1856. 1 Journal of the Senate of Texas. Sixth Legislature. Austin, 1856...... •• 1 Journal of the House of Texas. Sixth Legislature. Austin, 1856. 1 Codes of Texas. Adopted by the Sixth Legislature. Galveston, 1857...... 1 Reports of Cases argued and decided in the Supreme Court of Texas. 1855. Voi. 15. 0. C. & R. K. Hartley. Galveston, 1857...... 1 IOWA. Reports of Cases in Law and Equity, determined in the Supreme Court of Iowa. By TV. Penn. Clarke. \ ol. 1. 1855. New York, 1856...... Reports of Cases in Law and Equity, determined in the Supreme Court of Iowa. By George Greene. Vol. 3. Cedar Rapids, 1 8 5 7 ...... WISCONSIN. General Acts passed by the Legislature of Wisconsin, 1855, 1856, with Memorials and Resolutions. Madi son, 1855, 1856. ...*••• Reports of Cases argued and determined in the Supreme 1857.] PUBLIC DOCUMENT—No. 28. 17 Court of Wisconsin, 1853,1854. By Abram D. Smith. Yols. 2, 3. Milwaukie, 1855, 1856. .... 2 CALIFORNIA. Statutes of California, passed at the 8th Session of the Legislature. 1857. Sacramento, 1857. (2 copies.) 2 Journal of the Senate of California, 7tli Session.' 1856. Sacramento, 1856. (3 copies.) .... 3 Reports of Cases argued and determined in the Supreme Court of California. 1855. By Wm. Gouverneur Morris. Sacramento, 1857. (2 copies.) . . . 2 OREGON. Laws of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Oregon, enacted during the 8tli Session. 1856-7. Salem, 1857...... 1 Journal of the Council of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Oregon, during the 8th Session. 1856-7. Salem, 1857...... 1 Journal of the House of Representatives of the Territory of Oregon, during the 8th Session. 1856-7. Salem, 1857...... 1 MINNESOTA. NEW MEXICO. Laws of New Mexico. 1855-6. Santa Fe, 1856. . 1 UTAH. WASHINGTON. Acts of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Washington, passed at the 3d and 4th Sessions. 1855, 1856. Olympia, 1856, 1857. .... Journal of the Council, with the Memorials and joint Resolutions of the 3d Session of the Legislative Assem bly. 1855. Olympia, 1856...... 1 3 18 STATE LIBRARY. [Oct. Journal of the House of Representatives, with the Memo rials and joint Resolutions of the 3d Session of the Legislative Assembly. 1855. Olympia, 1856. . . 1 137 KANSAS. NEBRASKA. Pamphlets received through the State Department by Domestic Exchanges. PAMPHLETS. Annual Report of the Trustees of the New York State Library, 1857. Albany, 1857...... 1 Annual Report of the Board of Directors of the Pennsyl vania Institution for the Deaf and Dumb, for 1856. Philadelphia, 1857...... 1 Twenty-ninth Annual Report of the Board of Managers of the House of Refuge. Philadelphia, 1857. . . 1 Twenty-seventh Annual Report of the Inspectors of the Eastern State Penitentiary of Pennsylvania, 1856. Philadelphia, 1856...... 1 Report of the State Librarian of Pennsylvania, with a Catalogue for 1855. Harrisburg, 1856. . . . 1 5 Volumes received from Foreign Stales, by Exchange, through the State Department. Statutes of Canada passed in 19th and 20th Yict. 5th VOLUMES. Pari. 2d Session, 1856. Toronto, 1856. . . . 1 Journals of the Legislative Council of Canada. 5th Pari. 2d Session, 1856. Toronto, 1856. 1 1857.] PUBLIC DOCUMENT—No. 28. 19 VOLUMES. Sessional Papers referred to in the 14th Voi. of the Jour nals of the Legislative Council. 5tli Pari. 2d Session. Nos. 1—6. Toronto, 1856...... 6 Journals of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada, 15th of February to 1st July, 1856. 2d Ses sion of the 5 th Provincial Parliament, of 1856. Vols. 14, 15. Toronto, 1856, 1857...... 2 Appendix to the 14th Voi. of the Journals of the Legis lative Assembly. 2d Session of the 5tli Provincial Parliament, 1856. Nos. 1—6. Toronto, 1856. Ap pendix to the 15th Voi. No. 2. Toronto, 1857. . 7 General Index to the Journals of the Legislative Assem bly of Canada, 1841—1851. By Alfred Todd. Mon treal, 1855...... 1 Statutes of Upper Canada, to the Time of the Union. Voi. I. Public Acts. Toronto, 1848. . . . 1 Revised Acts and Ordinances of Lower Canada. Mon treal, 1845...... 1 Census of Canada. 1851-2. Quebec, 1853—55. . 2 Tables of the Trade and Navigation of Canada, for 1850, 1852—1856. Toronto, Quebec, 1851, 1858-—1857. . 6 Queen’s Bench and Practice Court Reports. (Old Series.) Vols. 3—5. Nos. 1—4. \ ol. 6. By Rob inson. Toronto, 1850—1856...... 4 Queen’s Bench and Practice Court Reports. Vols. 2, 3, 5—14. Nos. 1—4. Voi. 15. By Cameron and Rob inson. Toronto, 1846—1857...... 13 Lower Canada Reports. Decisions des Tribunaux du Bas—Canada. Voi. 2, 1852—Voi. 5, 1855. Nos. 1—4. Voi. 6. Nos. 1—4. Voi. 7. Quebec, 1852, ’55. 6 Maps, Reports and Estimates, relative to Improvements of the Navigation of the St. Lawrence, and a proposed Canal connecting the St. Lawrence and Lake Cham plain. Toronto, 1856...... 1 Catalogue of the Library of Parliament of Canada. Toronto, 1857...... 1 Canada at the Universal Exhibition of 1855. Toronto, 1856. 1 20 STATE LIBRARY. [Oct. YO LUMES. The Rise of Canada from Barbarism to Wealth and Civ ilization. By Charles Roger. Yol. I. Quebec, 1856. 1 Hunter’s Ottawa Scenery, in the Vicinity of Ottawa City, Canada. By William S. Hunter. Ottawa City, 1855. 1 The Salmon Fisheries of the St. Lawrence and its Tribu taries. By Richard Nettle. Montreal, 1857. . . 1 57 Pamphlets received from Foreign Slates, by exchange, through the State Department. PAMPHLETS. Canada. Annual Report of the Postmaster-General. Years ended 31st March, 1855, 1856. Toronto, 1856, 1857...... 2 Report of the Superintendent of Education for Lower Canada, for 1854. Quebec, 1855. .... 1 Annual Report of the Normal, Model, Grammar and Common Schools, in Upper Canada, for 1855. To ronto, 1856...... 1 Public Accounts of the Province of Canada, for 1855. . 1 Report of the Commissioners of Public Works, for 1855, 1856. Toronto, 1856, 1857...... 2 Report on the Exploration of Lakes Superior and Huron, by Count De Rottermund...... 1 Report on Trade and Commerce. Quebec, 1855. . . 1 Report on the State of the Militia of the Province. Toronto, 1857...... 1 Report on the Progress of Settlement in the Townships of Lower Canada, in 1855, by T. Boutillier, Inspector of Agencies. .Toronto, 1856...... 1 Statements, Reports and Accounts of the Grand Trunk Railway Company of Canada. Toronto, 1857. . . 1 Return for Statement relative to Applications of Grand Trunk Railway Company for Leases of Provincial Debentures, and Copy of any Memorial since 1st Jan uary, 1856...... •• 1 Return to an Address from the Legislative Assembly for 1857.] PUBLIC DOCUMENT—No. 28. Copies of Reports or Correspondence of Pierre Fortin, commanding the Forces charged with the Protection of the Fisheries in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, 1856. Return for Copies of Documents relative to the Construc tion of Light Houses and Piers below Quebec, and relating to Tenders and Contract for Tug Boats plying on the St. Lawrence, below Quebec. 1855. Return to an Address from the Legislative Assembly, dated 16th March, 1857, requiring Copies of any Char ters, Leases, Ac., under which the Honorable Hudson’s Bay Company claim Title to the Hudson’s Bay Terri tory, or any Maps relating thereto in the Possession of the Government...... Volumes received by Donation. Proceedings on the Occasion of laying the Corner-Stone of the Library Edifice for the Free Public Library of the City of New Bedford. August 28, 1856. New Bedford, 1856. Presented by Hon. George How land, Jr...... gtatistical Report on the Sickness and Mortality in the Army of the United States, compiled from the Records of the Surgeon-General’s Office, embracing a Period of 16 Years, from January, 1839, to January, 1855. Pre pared under the Direction of Brevet Brigadier-General Thomas Lawson, by Richard H. Coolidge, M. D. Washington, 1856. 4to. Presented by Hon. Henry Wilson...... The Congressional Globe, containing the Debates, Pro ceedings and Laws of the 1st—3d Session, 34th Con gress. With Appendices to the 1st and 3d Session. By John C. Rives. Washington, 1856, ’57. Presented by Hon. Henry Wilson. (2 copies 3d Session.) The Growth of Thought as affecting the Progress of 22 STATE LIBRARY. [Oct. Society. By William Withington. Boston, 1851. Presented by the Author...... 1 Proceedings at the Reception and Dinner in Honor of George Peabody, Esq., of London, by the Citizens of the old Town of Danvers, October 9, 1856. To which is appended an historical Sketch of the Peabody Insti tute, with the Exercises at the Laying of the Corner Stone, and at the Dedication. Boston, 1856. Pre sented by the Trustees and Committee. . . . 1 Pennsylvania Journal of Prison Discipline and Philan thropy. 1857. Philadelphia, 1857. Presented by the Society...... 1 The Missionary Llerald. Containing the Proceedings of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, Ac. Yols. 38—52. Boston, 1813—1856. Presented by the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions...... 15 Eleventh Annual Report of the Committee on Receipts and Expenditures of the City of Roxbury, for the Year ending" January 31, 1857. Roxbury, 1857. Presented by His Excellency Henry J. Gardner. . . . 1 Report of the Superintendent of the Coast Survey, during the Year 1855. Washington, 1856. 4to. Presented by Prof. A. D. Bache...... 1 Fourth Annual Report of the Secretary of the Massachu setts Board of Agriculture, with Reports of Commit tees, and Appendix, Ac. Boston, 1857. Presented by the Secretary of the Board of Agriculture. . . 1 The History of Savings Banks in England, Wales, Ire land and Sotland ; with an Appendix, Ac. By John Tidd Pratt, Esq. London, 1812. Presented by the Bank Commissioners...... 1 Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smith sonian Institution, showing the Operations, Ac., for the Year 1856. And the Proceedings of the Board up to January 28, 1857. Washington-, 1857. 31th Congress, 3d Session. Senate. Mis. Doc. No. 51. Presented by Hon. Henry Wilson. .... 1 1857.] PUBLIC DOCUMENT—No. 28. 28 Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge. Yol. 9. Wash ington, 1857...... 1 Tenth and Eleventh Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, for 1855, 1856. Washington, 1856, ’57. Presented by the Smithsonian Institution...... 2 Statistical Yiew of the United States, embracing its Ter ritory, Population, etc. ; being a Compendium of the 7th Census. B\r J. D. B. DeBow. Washington, 1854. Presented by Hon. Henry Wilson. . . 1 Catalogue of Harvard College. 1857. Cambridge, 1857. Presented by the Editor, J. S. Sibley. . . . 1 Charlestown Directory for 1856. By George Adams. Charlestown, 1856...... 1 Roxbury Directory for 1856. By George Adams. Rox- bury, 1856...... 1 Salem Directory for 1857. By George Adams. Salem, 1857. Presented by Charles W. Lovett, Esq. . . 1 40 Pamphlets received by Donation. PAMPHLETS. Twenty-first Annual Report of the Executive Committee of the Young Men’s Association of the City of Buffalo. Buffalo, 1857. Presented by the Association. . . 1 Address at the Dedication of the Punchard Free School, September 2, 1856. By Samuel Fuller, D. D. Ando ver, 1856. Presented by the Author. . . . 1 Topics of Jurisprudence, connected with Conditions of Freedom and Bondage. By John C. Hurd. New York, 1856. Presented by the Author. . . . 1 Fourth Annual Report of the Worcester Lyceum and Literary Association, with the Constitution, &c., and the Report of the Natural History Department. Pre sented April 11,1857. Worcester. Presented by the Association...... 1 Festival of the Connecticut Association, at the Revere 24 STATE LIBRARY. [Oct. House, Boston, January 14, 1857. With the Consti tution, Officers and Members of the Association. Boston, 1857...... 1 Fifth Annual Report of the Trustees of the Free Public Library. Presented to the City Council, April 4, 1857. New Bedford, 1857. Presented by the Trus tees...... 1 Tables of the Revenue, Population, Commerce, Ac., of the United Kingdom and its Dependencies. Part 18, Sec.-A. 1848, Part 19, Sec.-A. 1849. Compiled from official Returns. London, 1850, 1851. . . . 2 Report from the Select Committee on Investments for the Savings of the Middle and Working Classes, with the Proceedings of the Committee, Ac. 1850. . . 1 Return from each Savings Bank in England and Wales, Scotland and Ireland, containing the Names of the Officers, Ac., for the Years ended 20th November, 1850—1851. (Part I., II.) 1852...... 2 Return, showing in Parallel Columns, the weekly and total Amounts of Increase or Decrease of Sums paid in or withdrawn by the Trustees of Savings Banks, &c., between the 20tli of November, 1849, and the 8tli of August, 1851. 1852...... 1 Returns of the Names of Savings Banks in the United Kingdom that have failed, stopped Payment, or been discontinued, since the Year 1844, Ac. 1852. Pre sented by the Bank Commissioners. .... 1 Caisse d’épargne et de prévoyance de Paris, Rue Coq- Heron, No. 9. Tables d’intérêts à trois et un trois et un quart pour cent, par A. Prevort. Paris, 1854. . '1 De l’état actuel et de l’avenir des caisses de prévoyance en faveur des ouvriers mineurs en Belgique ; par M. Aug. Ÿisschers. Bruxelles, 1847...... 1 Caisses des prévoyance en faveur des ouvriers mineurs. Examens comptes rendus de l’année, 1850. Coup de d’œil rétrospectif ; par M. Aug. Ÿisschers. Bruxelles, 1852...... " ...... 1 Manuel des Caisses d’épargne, par M. Agathon Prévost. Paris, 1851. 1 1857.] PUBLIC DOCUMENT—No. 28. 25 Des institutions de prévoyance et des sociétés de secours mutuels. Bruxelles, 1847...... 1 Province de Luxembourg. Caisse de prévoyance en faveur des ouvriers mineurs. Statuts. Bruxelles. 1844...... l Province de Ilainaut. Caisse de prévoyance établie à Mous, en faveur des ouvriers mineurs. .Rapport annuel do 1850. Mous, 1851...... 1 Mines. Caisses de prévoyance. 1850. . . . 1 Chemins de fer de l’état. Caisse de retraite et de secours pour les ouvriers. Compte rendu des opérations delà caisse depuis le 1er Janvier, 1849, jusqu ’au 31 Décem bre, 1850. Bruxelles, 1851...... 1 Instruction sur la préparation du compte rendu annuel des opérations des caisses d’épargne. Etats de situa tion a fournir par chaque caisse d’épargne. . . 1 Caisses d’épargne. Instruction pour la préparation des comptes rendus annuels des opérations. Circulaire. No. 25...... 1 Instruction pour l’exécution du décret du 15 Avril, 1852, relatif au mode de surveillance de la gestion et de la comptabilité des caisses d’épargne. Paris, 1852. . 1 Rapport au Président de la République sur les caisses d’épargne. Année, 1847. Paris, 1851. . . . 1 Rapport a sa Majesté l’Empereur sur les caisses d’épargne. Années, 1848—1850. Paris, 1853. .... 2 Rapport de la commission de la caisse des retraites pour la vieillesse sur les opérations de cet établissement depuis son origine et sur sa situation au 31 Décembre, 1853. 1854. " ...... 2 Presented by the Secretary of Legation at Paris, through the Bank Commissioners. Thirty-sixth Annual Report of the Board of Direction of the Mercantile Library Association of the City of New York. May, 1857. New York, 1857. Presented by the Association...... \ The Opium Trade ; including a Sketch of its History, Extent, Effects, etc., as carried on in India and China. 4 26 STATE LIBRARY. [Oct. PAMPHLETS. By Nathan Allen, M. D. 2d edition. Lowell, 1853. Presented by the Author...... 1 Thirty-seventh Annual Report of the Mercantile Library Association, of the City of Boston. Boston, 1857. Presented by the Association...... 1 A Synopsis of the several Communications on the Cause and Cure of the Potato Rot ; received by the Execu tive of Massachusetts. Prepared and published by Amasa Walker. Boston, 1852. (3 copies.) . . 3 Proceedings of the State Board of Agriculture, for the Year 1852. Prepared by Amasa Walker. Boston, 1853. (3 copies.)Presented by Mr. Wethcrell. . 3 39 Volumes received from Officers of the Government. VOLUMES. Debates and Proceedings in the Convention of the Com monwealth of Massachusetts, held in 1788, and which finally ratified the Constitution of the United States. Printed by authority of Resolves of the Legislature. 1856. Boston, 1856. (6 copies.).... 6 Documents of the City of Boston, for 1856. Boston, 1857...... 2 Journal of the House of Representatives of the Common wealth of Massachusetts, 1856. Yol. 78. (Duplicate.) Folio MS...... 1 Journal of the House of Representatives of the Common wealth of Massachusetts, 1856. Published by Order of the House. Boston, 1856. (6 copies.) . . 6 Index to the Laws of Massachusetts, from the Adoption of the Constitution to 1796. By Benjamin Whitman. Boston, 1797...... Reports of Cases argued and determined in the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts. By Horace Gray, Jr. Yol. 3. Boston, 1857. (2 copies.) . Documents submitted to the General Court of 1847— 1854, by the Secretary of the Commonwealth. Boston, 1847—1854. o 1857.] PUBLIC DOCUMENT—No. 28. 27 Third—Thirteenth Annual Report of Registry and Re turns of Births, Marriages and Deaths in Massacliu-.. setts. For the Year ending May 1, 184-1—1854. Boston, 1845—1855...... 2 Abstract of Returns of Keepers of Jails and Overseers of Houses of Correction, 1842—1856. Boston, 1843— 1857...... 1 Abstract of Returns of Overseers of the Poor in Massa chusetts. For 1841—1856. Boston, 1841—1856. . 1 Abstract of the Returns of Insurance Companies, Mutual Marine, and Mutual Fire and Marine Insurance Com panies. 1847—1855. Boston, 1847—1856. . . 1 First—Second Annual Report of Insurance Commission ers. 1855—1857. Boston, 1856, 1857. . . . 1 Abstract exhibiting the Condition of Banks in Massachu setts. October, 1846—1853. Boston, 1846—1853. . 1 Seventh United States Census of Massachusetts. Folio. MS. 1850...... 39 Journal of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Massa chusetts, 1857. Yol. 78. (Duplicate.) Folio. MS. 1 Acts and Resolves of Massachusetts, 1857. Boston, 1857. (6 copies.) ...... 6 Pamphlets received from Officers of the Government. PAMPHLETS. Report of the Committee in Relation to Lands in the Back Bay, with accompanying Documents. Also the 5th Annual Report of the Commissioners. Boston, 1857...... 1 Abstract of Returns and Statements of Foreign Insurance Companies. 1853—1855. Boston, 1854—1856. . 4 Abstract exhibiting the Condition of Banks in Massachu setts, August, 1854...... 1 Abstract of Returns of Joint Stock Companies for 1851—54. Boston, 1855, ’56...... 2 Abstract of Returns of Criminal Cases, tried before Jus tices of the Peace and Police Courts, throughout the Commonwealth. 1853—55 Boston, 1854—56. . 3 28 STATE LIBRARY. [Oct. Plan of Lands belonging to the Commonwealth of Mas sachusetts. S. P. Fuller. Boston, 1857. Number of Volumes added to the Library from January 1,1857, to September 30, 1857. By Purchase, ...... 507 By Domestic Exchanges, ...... 137 By Foreign Exchanges, ...... 57 By Donation, ...... 40 By other means, ...... 76 Total, ...... 817 Number of Pamphlets, ...... 71 Lost or Missing. Rhode Island Revised Laws. 1852. .... 1 Cushing’s Law and Practice...... 1 Poole’s Index to Periodical Literature...... 1 Historical Sketches of Statesmen. Brougham. Yol. 1. 1 History of England. Lord Mahon. Yols. 3—6. . . 4 Young’s Chronicles of the Pilgrims. .... 1 Wheaton’s Reports. Yol. 6. .... 1 Edinburgh Review. Yol. 97...... 1 Rich’s Companion to Latin Dictionary, &c. . . . 1 Massachusetts Laws. 1828—1831. .... 1 Ancient Laws and Charters of Massachusetts Bay. . 1 Cushing’s Reports. Vol. 6...... 1 Cray’s Reports. Vol. 2. 1 Documents of Massachusetts., 1833. .... 1 17 87] ULC DOCUMENT—No. PUBLIC 1857.] D r . The Commonwealth in account with the Trustees of the Stale Library. Cr. 1857. 1857. | Feb. 4, Freight on Pub. Documents from Toronto, C. W., Jan. 1, By balance from 1856, .... *41 60 forwarded by express, . «2 25 Mar. 5, Annual appropriation, . . . . 300 00 10, Cong. Globe, two Sessions, 1856-7, . 5 00 -May 8, Appropriation in part under Resolves ot Little & Brown’s bill for books, . 122 68 May 4, 1 8 5 7 ,...... 300 00 April 2, Barry’s History of Massachusetts, 2 00 22, Appropriation in part under Resolves of 9, North American Review, . 5 00 May 4, 1 8 5 7 ,...... 600 00 28, Express—Gibbs’s Reports, 3 vols., Wis., 1 00 Aug. 5, Appropriation in part under Resolves of May 5, Blake’s Biog. Dictionary, ..... 5 00 May 4, 1857, . ■ . 500 00 8, Eayers & Fail-bank’s bill for binding, . 273 12 12, Blackwood’s Magazine, entire set, 125 00 June 25, Express charge on books from Toronto, 5 75 27, Benton’s Debates—3 vols., .... 10 50 * 29, Gentleman’s Mag-> entire set, and Statistical Jour., 270 70 July 3, Debates in the Legislature of 1856, 6 copies, 12 00 10, Crosby & Nichols’s bill for Reviews, . .8 00 11, Eayers & Fan-bank's second bill—binding, . 176 75 Aug. 11, Blackwood’s Magazine, 1856-7, .... 6 00 * 14, Express—package from Toronto, 75 17, i Illustrations of Irving’s Life of VV ashmgton, 5 00 20, ! Express—Smithsonian Contributions,. 25 ¿9, Irving’s Life of Washington, vol. 4, quarto, 6 00 Sept. 11, I Burnham & Brother’s bill for books, . 54 00 12, 1 Worthington, Flanders & Guild’s bill for complete files of Boston Atlas, ..... 225 00 28, Little & Brown’s bill for books, .... 294 11 Balance to new account,...... 125 74 j|l,741 60 *1,741 60 30 STATE LIBRARY. [Oct. By ail Act of last session relating to Public Reports and Documents, all annual reports of public officers which were required by law or custom to be made to the legislature, were, from the passage of said Act, to include the year ending on the 30th of September following. As my last Report embraced the year ending on the 31st of December, 1856, the present Report, in accordance with the provisions of the Act referred to, will cover only the period extending from January 1st, to Septem ber 30th, inclusive, or three-fourths of the year 1857. ANNUAL APPROPRIATION. By a Resolve of May 4, 1857, the annual appropriation in aid of the Library was increased by the addition of $2,000, making the annual sum of $2,300, now at the disposal of the trustees, for the purchase, binding, and preservation of books. BINDING. Of the amount appropriated a large sum, as shown per account rendered, has been expended for binding. This large expense was occasioned by the accumulation in the old library room of unbound volumes which, for want of room, had remained in boxes and private places of deposit, awaiting more ample accom modations. As they were inaccessible, and therefore not con sulted, it was not deemed best to incur the expense of binding them till they could be properly arranged, and were exposed to injury by use. On removing them to the new apartment, their preservation and a due regard to the external appearance of the library, required them to be bound, and hence the unusual charges for binding during the past year. A considerable item of expense of this kind was for the rebinding of Audubon’s Ornithology, which was rendered necessary from the unwieldy size and bad condition of the volumes, and the constant refer ence to them by visitors. But the principal charge was for binding foreign works that had been received through interna tional exchanges, which were mostly in paper covers, and could not be suitably bound without considerable cost. 1857.] PUBLIC DOCUMENT—No. 28. 31 PURCHASE OF BOOKS. On receiving additional means for the increase of the library, in pursuance of the policy adopted for several years past of pro curing works adapted to its special character as a legislative library, it has been deemed expedient to expend liberally for the purchase of the reported decisions of the courts of the several States that had not been received and could not be obtained through the system of State exchanges. Accordingly an unusual sum has been expended for this purpose within the year ending with the date of this Report. And it is in con templation to procure, as early as practicable, a complete col lection of the published judicial reports of all the State and Federal Courts, as an object second in importance only to pro curing a complete and continuous collection of the statutes of the several States and of Congress. BALANCE. The unexpended balance of so much of the appropriation as has already been drawn from the treasury, as per account, is $125.74, and this added to the balance not yet drawn, makes a total unexpended balance of the entire appropriation amounting to $725.74, which will be needed for additional purchases before the next annual appropriation will be available. ASSISTANTS. Under a Resolve of May 4,1857, authorizing additional assist ance in the care of the library, a female assistant has been permanently employed to perform such labor as may be required, and her services together with other special and temporary aid, have been procured at an expense within the limits of the Resolve. FURNISHING. An appropriation made by a Resolve of April 15, 1856, for furnishing and fitting for use the library apartment, has been nearly expended in accordance with the purposes of the Resolve. A balance of $66.70 remains, which, with a small additional appropriation, will be needed for procuring some suitable repos- 32 STATE LIBRARY. [Oct. itory for the reception and convenient arrangement of the card Catalogue, and its preservation from disarrangement by curious and intrusive hands. PRIVATE ROOM. A private room, in connection with the library, is much needed. At present, there is no suitable place to which persons can withdraw for consultation, for a private interview, or for intellectual labor however special and difficult. As the library apartment is open to the public without any restriction, within certain hours, it is found by experience an improper place for the meetings of the Board of Education, and of the trustees of the library, also for the use of legislative committees, as it is impracticable to be by themselves at times when seclusion from company is quite important. As other places of consultation are often preoccupied, considerable inconvenience is sometimes occasioned by the want of a suitable room. It is believed that such a room can be provided at a small expense, without seri ously encroaching upon the convenience of other departments. CATALOGUE. By a Resolve of April 29, 1854, the librarian and trustees were authorized to prepare and print a convenient catalogue with the most approved classification, and to employ whatever clerical assistance might be necessary for the purpose. Under the authority here given, a full and complete card catalogue has been constructed, in compliance with the rules adopted at the Smithsonian Institution, and extensively approved by the managers of large libraries. It is designed especially for the use of the librarian, and his assistants, containing for their information and reference a complete record of all works belong ing to the library, in a most convenient and compact form, giving a full title of each work, noticing every defect, or want ing volume, within a brief space which can be viewed with a glance ; and yet a perfect, alphabetical arrangement is pre served and brought down to the latest date, whatever daily additions are made to the library. For such a catalogue in respect to the purposes for which it was made, there is no sub stitute. From this a catalogue for use, as a daily manual in 1857.] PUBLIC DOCUMENT—No. 28. 38 the library, lias been prepared, and is now passing through the press, with a prospect of being published as soon as it may be needed for the accommodation of the legislature. In the pre paration of the day catalogue, advantage has been taken of the publication of catalogues of State libraries, and other large libraries, and an effort made to combine their excellencies and avoid their defects, and thus to provide a manual which, by its conciseness, distinctness, arrangement, and cross references both to authors and subjects, should be convenient as possible for use, while it was sufficiently full to answer the purpose of nearly all who may desire to consult the volumes. It may be observed, however, that while the books are arranged upon the shelves as they now are, according to subjects, and to some extent chrono logically, as in the case of an annual series of State publications and of many other works, the necessity of a catalogue for daily use is much diminished. Indeed, with such a classified arrange ment, a book can often be found with more readiness without a catalogue, than with the best manual where the arrangement of works is entirely miscellaneous. Respectfully submitted. GEORGE S. BOUTWELL, Librarian. S tate L ibrary, Oct. 14, 1857. 5