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The title of this publication changes with No. 13 to the LIBRARY BULLETIN OF

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1. Library Hours and Rules.—The Library of
the University is open every week-day from 8 a.m.
until 5 p.m. (except from November 25 until the
beginning of the Winter Term, during which period
it is closed at 4 p.m.). On holidays occurring in
terin time the Library is usually closed at I p.m.-
Under the existing rule of the Trustees books can
be withdrawn only by those engaged in instruction
in the University either for personal use or for ref-
erence in the laboratories. Members of the differ-
ent Faculties and post-graduate students are ad-
mitted to the alcoves. Undergraduates are supplied
with such books as they apply for, to be used during
Library hours, and have direct access to the books
of reference in the reading-room and to the cases
containing works to which special reference is made
in current lectures.

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4. Additions to the Library. In the List of Ad-
ditions to the University Library, continuations of
periodicals and pamphlets (with the exception of a
few of the more important) are not included. For
the convenience of those interested in special lines
of study the titles have been tentatively grouped
under a few comprehensive headings, corresponding
very nearly to the general classification of the books

2. The Library Service. The service of the

Library is at present performed by the following

Professor Willard Fiske, Librarian

Mr. G. Wm. Harris, Assistant Librarian; Mr.

Philip P. Barton, Assistant; Miss Annie E. Hutch-

ins, Chief Cataloguer; Mr. Horace S. Kephart

and Mr. William L. Mason, Asssistant Cata-pon the shelves, which is in the main that of Bru-

loguers; Charles F. Lashier, Janitor.

net. Under the first heading will be found works

General or miscellaneous in their character, and also

3. Catalogues.-A complete alphabetical author general bibliographies. The section entitled The-

catalogue and a subject catalogue are now in prepra-ology and Philosophy includes biblical and liturgical

tion, but their completion will necessarily require a literature, church history, religious biography, my-

considerable period of time. Meanwhile the follow- thology, metaphysics, logic, and psychology. Un-

ing catalogues are available for use: -1. A printed der Law and Sociology are placed works on inter-

alphabetical catalogue of the collection formed by national law, forensic medicine, political economy,

President Jared Sparks of Harvard College, largely the science of government, finance, commerce,

relating to American colonial and revolutionary his- statistics, education, charities, temperance and hy-

tory; 2. A short-title, alphabetical manuscript cata- giene. Science embraces the natural and physical

logue of the collection purchased of the estate of sciences, medicine, veterinary surgery, mathematics,

Professor Charles Anthon of Columbia College, and astronomy. Among the Useful Arts are in-

mainly composed of Greek and Latin authors and cluded industrial science, agriculture, horticulture,

works on classical philology; 3. A brief-title, clas- engineering, the art of war, field-sports, and games.

sified printed catalogue of the library formerly be- The subjects included in the class Fine Arts and

longing to Professor Franz Bopp of Berlin, chiefly Archæology are architecture, music, costumes, the

comprising works on oriental linguistics and com- dramatic art, and numismatics. In the division

parative philology; 4. A manuscript catalogue of Philology are placed all works relating to classical

the mathematical collection presented to the Uni- and oriental literature, and editions of ancient au-

versity by the late William Kelly; 5. A manu- thors, as well as works on the study of language.

script catalogue of English history and literature; The class Literature embraces besides the modern

6. A manuscript catalogue of agriculture and botany. literatures, elocution, rhetoric, and literary criticism.

Alphabetical card catalogues of the following depart. History and Geography includes general biography,

ments can also be consulted: -1. Theology and genealogy, heraldry, voyages and topography.

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