PUBLIC DOCUMENT. No. 3. REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN O F T H E F O R T H E TEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 1879. BOSTON : Plant), & Co., IDrinUts to tîje Commontoraltf), 1 1 7 F r a n k l i n S t r e e t . 1879. X TRUSTEES OF THE STATE LIBRARY EDWIN P. WHIPPLE . Boston. GEORGE O. SHATTUCK B o s t o n . JACOB M. MANNING . Boston. JOINT STANDING COMMITTEE OF THE LEGISLATURE FOR 1879. M e s s e s . STEPHEN OSGOOD, G e o r g e t o w n ] Of the Senate. JOHN L. OTIS, N o r t h a m p t o n . \ M e s s r s . LUCIUS R. PAGE, C a m b r i d g e . \ WILLIAM REED, J u n . , T a u n t o n . ) ELISHA CROCKER, J u n . , B r e w s t e r \ Of the House. ROYAL M. MONTAGUE, H a d l e y . \ D. SMITH KIMBALL, H a v e r h i l l . / JOHN W. D IC K IN S O N ...............................Librarian ex officio. C. B. TILLINGHAST..................................... Acting Librarian. C. R. JA CKSON............................................. A ssista n t. E. M. SA W Y ER ..............................................A ssista n t. A. I. A P P L E T O N ..................................... Extra Assistant. €ommonwcoltl) of iitassachusctte. LIBRARIAN'S REPORT. To the Honorable Legislature o f Massachusetts. T h e Librarian of the State Library, in accordance with the General Statutes, Chap. 5, Sect. 3, presents the following as his Annual Report: — ADDITIONS TO THE STATE LIBRARY FOR THE YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 1879. N o te. The sources from which the volumes were received are given in brackets [.Italicized] at the end of the titles; the exchanges being indicated by the abbreviation [.Ex.]; donations, by the addition of the name of the person or institution from whom they were received; those not specified were re­ ceived by purchase, or from officers of government. A. Abbott, B. Y. Dictionary of terms and phrases used in American or English jurisprudence. Bost., 1879. 2 v. 8°. Abbott Academy, Andover, Mass. Catalogue of the Academy, July, 1872, 77. Andover, 1872-77. 8°. [Academy.] Adams, H. Life of Albert Gallatin. Phila., 1879. 8°. v, 697 p. Alabama. General Assembly. Acts passed at the session of 1874-5, 76-7, 78-9. Montgomery, 1875-79. 4 v. 8°. [Ex.] -------- Superintendent of Education. Report for the year ending 30th Sept., 1878. Also the laws relating to the public school system of the state. Montgomery, 1879. 8°. [Ex.] 6 STATE LIBRARY. [Oct. Alabama. Supreme Court. Reports of cases, 1875-77. By T. G. Jones. Vol. 52-57. Montgomery, 1876-79. 6 v. 8°. [_Ex.~\ -------------Same. Dec. term, 1877. By F. B. Clark, Jr. Vol. 58. Montgomery, 1879. 8°. [Ax.] Almanach de Gotha, 1879. Gotha, [1878]. 32°. Almanack for 1879. By J. Whitaker. Bond., [1878]. 16°. Aim}-, C., and Fuller, H. W. The law of married women in Mas­ sachusetts. Bost., 1878. 8°. American almanac and treasury of facts, for 1879. Ed. by A. R. Spofford. N.Y., 1869. 12°. American Antiquarian Society. Proceedings at the semi-annual meeting, April, 1878; annual meeting, Oct., 1878. Worcester, 1878-79. 8°. [iSociety.] American Association of Instructors of the Blind. Proceedings, oth biennial convention, 1878. Columbus, 1878. 8°. [Asso­ ciation. ] American builder, 1878. Vol. 14. N.Y., [1878]. 4°. American catalogue. Vol. 1. N.Y., 1878-79. 4°. American College and Education Society. 4th annual report, 1878. Bost., 1878. 8°. [Ax.] American college directory and universal catalogue. Vol. 2. 1878. St. Louis, [1878]. 8°. American Colonization Society. 62d annual report. Wash., 1879. 8°. [S'ocieiy.] American Congregational Association. 14th-25th annual report, 1867-78. Bost., 1867-78. 8°. [Ax.] American Congregational Union. 7th—8th, 12th-16th annual re­ port; Manual, 1870-72, 74, 78. N.Y., 1860-78. 8°. [Ax.] American Education Society. * Constitution and rules of the Society, n.t.p. 8°. 16 p. [Ax.] -------- 7tli—9th report, 1822-24; 11th—54th annual report, 1827- 70. Andover, Bost., 1822-70. 8°. [Ax.] ■-------- Special meeting held in the Park Street meeting-house." Oct. 19-21, 1842. Bost,., 1842. 8°. [Ax.] American journal of insanity. Vol. 34-35. Utica, 1877-79. 2 v. 8°. American journal of numismatics. Vol. 12. Bost., 1878.. 1.8°. American journal of science and art. 3d ser. Vol. 16-17. New Haven, 1878. 2 v. 8°. American law review. Vol. 12-13. Bost., 1878-79. 2 v. 8°. American naturalist. Vol. 12. Phila., 1878. 8°. American Pharmaceutical Association. Proceedings, 26th annual meeting, 1878. Phila., 1879. 8°. [Mssociaticm.] American Social Science Association. Journal of social science. No. 9. Jan., 1878. Bost., 1878. 8°. [jgsoeiation.] 1879.] PUBLIC DOCUMENT — No. 3. 7 American Society for Educating Pious Youth. Constitution and address, n.t.p. [181G.] 8°. 20 p. [Ex.] American Society for Educating Pious Youth. 3d Report, 1818. Andover, 1818. 8°. 54 p. [Ex.]- Amherst College. Addresses at the annual meeting of the Am­ herst College alumni, commemorative of Prof. Snell, June 27, 1877. By D. W. Poor, and W. C. Esty. Springfield, 1877. 8°. 40 p. [College.] -------- Catalogue of officers and students, 1822-78. Greenfield, Hartford, Amherst, 1822-77. 8°. ---------Same. Catalogue of the corporation, faculty, and stu­ dents, 182G, 28-30, 32-47/48, 49/50-54/55, 56/57, 60/61, 65/66, 67/68, 69/70, 71/72-75/76, 77/78, 78/79. Amherst, 1826-78. 8°. [College.] -------- Catalogus eorum qui munera et officia gesserunt. Am- lierstire, 1831-75. 8°. ---------Constitution and system of by-laws, n.t.p. [Amherst, 1818.] 8°. [College.] -------- Exercises at the placing of the corner stone of the College church, Sept. 22,1870. Amherst, 1870. 8°. 13,(1) p. [College.] -------- Laws and regulations. Amherst, 1874. 8°. [College.] _____ Manual of the Church of Christ in Amherst College, Jan., 1878. Amherst, 1878. 16°. 49 p. [College.] -------- Relations of learning to religion. Addresses at the inaug­ uration of Rev. J ulius II. Seelye to the presidency of Amherst Col­ lege, June 27, 1877. Springfield, 1877. 8°. 36 p. [College.] _____ Roll of the graduates and undergraduates who served in the army or navy during the war of the rebellion. Amherst, 1871. 8°. 48 p. [College.] -------- Triennial catalogue, [1875, 78]. Amherst, 1875-78. 2 v. 8°. [College.] -------- Library. Regulations. n.t.p. [Amherst, 18-.] 16°. 14 p. [College.] Amory, T. C. Memoir of John Wingate Thornton, with a list of his publications. Bost., 1879. 8°. 20 p. [Author.] Andover Theological Seminary. Catalogue of officers and stu­ dents, 1878-79. Andover, 1878. 8°. [Seminury.] Andrews, I. W. The American college. Address before the Phi Beta Kappa Society of Marietta College, June 29, 1869. Marietta, 1869. 8°. 22 p. [Marietta College.] ■--------Washington County, and the early settlement of Ohio. Centennial historical address, Marietta, July 4, 1876. Cincin., 1877. 8°. 83 p. [Marietta College.] -------- and. others. Marietta College in the war of secession, 1861- 65. [Anon.] Cincin., 1878. 8°. 96 p. [Marietta College.] 8 STATE LIBRARY. [Oct. Andrews, W. G. Relations of the scholar to labor and capital. Oration before the Alumni Association of Marietta College, June 25, 1872. New Haven, 1872. 8°. 31 p. [ Marietta College.] Andrews, W. W. The work of the church in America, especially in the West: address before the Society of Inquirj' in Marietta College, July 28, 1855. N.Y., 1856. 8°. 24 p. [Marietta College.] Annuaire de l’économie politique et de la statistique, 1879. Paris, 1879. 18°. [Stevens & Haynes, London.] Annuaire de législation étrangère, publié par la Société de Lé­ gislation Comparée, 1877. Paris, 1878. 1 v. in 2. 8°. [Société.] Annual register, 1877, 78. Lond., 1878-79. 2 v. 8°. Appleton’s annual cj'dopædia and register of important events, 1878. New ser., v. 2-3. N.Y., 1878-79. 2 v. 1. 8°. Arkansas. General Assembly. Acts, resolutions, and memorials, 1879. Little Rock, 1879. 8°. [Ex.] -------- Supreme Court. Reports of cases, 1876-78. By J. M. Moore. Vol. 31-32. Little Rock, 1877-78. 2 v. 8°. [Ex.] Armstrong, S. C. Emigration to Liberia. Address before the American Colonization Society, Jan. 21, 1879. Wash., 1879. 8°. 9 p. [S'oci'e/y.] Arnold, A. Social politics. Lond., 1878. 8°. Arnold, M. Mixed essays. N.Y., 1879. sm. 8°. As to Kearsarge Mountain, and the corvette named for it. [Anon.] Concord, N.H., 1879. 16°. 50 p. Association of Chambers of Commerce of the United Kingdom. 18th annual report, and proceedings, 1877, 78. Lond., [1878.] 8°. [Hamilton A. Hill, Boston.] -------- Same. Reports and resolutions adopted at the 19th an­ nual meeting, 1879. Lond., [1879]. 8°. [H. A. Hill, Boston.] Astor Library. Annual report, 1878. Albany, [1879]. 8°. (2 cop.) [Ex.] Atkinson, AV. P. On the right use of books: a lecture. Bost., 1878. 16°. 65 p. [Author.] Atlantic Monthly. Vol. 42-43. Bost., 1878-79. 2 v. 8°. Atwater, E. E. Genealogical register of the descendants of David Atwater. New Haven, 1851. 8°. 30 p. [A.«.] B. Baden. Uebersicktder bürgerlichen Rechtspflege im Grossherzog­ thum Baden, 1877. Carlsruhe, 1878. 4°. [Adr.] 1879.] PUBLIC DOCUMENT — No. 8. 9 Baden. Uebersicht der Strafrechtspflcge im Grosshcrzogthum Baden, 1877. Carlsruhe, 1878. 4°. [AT.] Bain, A. Education as a science. N.Y., 1879. 1'2°. Baird, S. F., ed. Annual record of science and industry for 1878. N.Y., 1879. 12°. Baker. Sir S. The laws relating to quarantine of Her Majesty’s dominions at home and abroad. Lond., 1879. sm. 8°. Banker’s magazine and statistical register. Yol. 83. Ed. by B. Homans. N.Y., 1878-79. 8°.