PREFACE.

The following catalogue contains the titles of the principal books purchased for and presented to the Library during the year 1883. It consists of eight classified Monthly Bulletins," a subject index, and an index of authors, anonymous works and collections.

As in the volume for 1882, the classification is simply for convenience, not at all pretending to scientific or bibliographical perfection. As a key to the most recent additions to the Library, it will be found serviceable. Friends of the Public Library will confer a favor if they will kindly communicate to the Librarian the correction of any error they may discover in the BULLETINS, or the authorship of any works treated as anonymous, or the name of any person entered only under initials or under a pseudonym. CHESTER W. MERRILL,

Librarian.