PAGE

198-200

464-495

MANILA, MASSACRE OF FOREIGNERS IN 1820, Letter from Peter Dobell.
MANUSCRIPTS. See DOCUMENTS PRINTED FROM MANUSCRIPTS IN THE LIBRARY.
MATHEMATICS, List of works RELATING TO THE HISTORY OF.
NEW YORK, COLONY, LIST OF PUBLICATIONS OF THE GENERal Assembly,
1693-1775.
51-79, 95-116, 129-151

NEW YORK FREE CIRCULATING LIBRARY FOr the Blind, CONSOLIDATION

WITH NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY.

NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY:-

88

Accessions, List of principal. 32-35, 80-83, 117-119, 152-155, 187-191,

235-239, 268-271, 303-307, 394-399, 447-455, 496-503

Consolidation of New York Free Circulating Library for the

Blind and of Aguilar Free Library.

88

Donors, List of. 36, 84, 120, 156, 192, 240, 272, 308, 356, 400, 456, 504

Report (Annual).
362-391
Report (Monthly). 3-5, 39-41, 87-89, 123-126,159-161,195-197, 243-245,
275-277, 311-313, 359-361, 403-406, 459-463

PERIODICALS, ANTI-SEMITIC AND JEWISH-CHRISTIAN, LIST of

PRETLOW, MARY DENSON. WHAT DO TEACHERS READ?

READ, COLONEL, LETTER TO HIM FROM JACOB WAGNER ON AMERICAN

30-31

42-45

SCOTCH AFFAIRS IN 1589-1590, LETTERS OF JOHN BOWES ON.

UNITED STATES.-REVOLUTION. SIR CHARLES BLAGDEN TO SIR JOSEPH

BANKS, 1776-1780.

407-446

ARTHUR CAMPBELL TO ARTHUR LEE, 1779-1782
AMERICAN AFFAIRS IN 1798. JACOB WAGNER TO COLONEL READ.
AMERICAN AFFAIRS IN 1800. PELEG WADSWORTH TO JACOB BURNET.
WAR OF 1812. ACCOUNT OF THE CAPTURE OF THE U. S. SHIP
FROLIC BY THE BRITISH FRIGATE ORPHEUS, IN 1814.

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OF 1844, HENRY CLAY TO THEODORE
FRELINGHUYSEN ON THE.

WADSWORTH, PELEG. LETTER TO JACOB BURNET, 1800.

WAGNER, JACOB. LETTER TO COLONEL READ ON AMERICAN AFFAIRS IN

1798.

WAINE, BENJAMIN. REPORT TO CAPTAIN JOSEPH BAINBRIDGE ON THE

CAPTURE OF U. S. SHIP FROLIC BY THE BRITISH FRIGATE ORPHEUS,

1814.

WILDE, ALICE.

278

47-50

ERRATA.

p. 362, line 8 of text, for 1903 read 1902.

p. 363, line 3, for MDMCII read MDCCCCII

LIST OF ANTI-SEMITIC AND OF JEWISH-CHRISTIAN PERIODICALS

30-31

PRINCIPAL ACCESSIONS IN December, 1902

32-35

PRINCIPAL DONORS IN DECEMBER, 1902

36

NEW YORK

SAMUEL P. AVERY.

JOHN BIGELOW.

JOHN L. CADWALADER
ANDREW H. GREEN.

HENRY C. POTTER.

GEORGE L. RIVES.

H. VAN RENSSELAER KENNEDY

JOHN S. KENNEDY.
EDWARD KING.

LEWIS CASS LEDYARD.

ALEXANDER MAITLAND.

STEPHEN H. OLIN.

ALEXANDER E. ORR.

PHILIP SCHUYLER.

GEORGE W. SMITH.

FREDERICK STURGES.

CHARLES HOWLAND RUSSELL.
WILLIAM W. APPLETON.
ANDREW CARNEGIE.

J. PIERPONT MORGAN.
SAMUEL GREENBAUM.

MORGAN J. O'BRIEN.

SETH LOW, Mayor of the City of New York, ex officio.
EDWARD M. GROUT, Comptroller of the City of New York, ex officio.
CHARLES V. FORNES, President of the Board of Aldermen, ex officio.

OFFICERS

President, Hon. JOHN BIGELOW.

First Vice-President, Rt. Rev. HENRY C. POTTER, D. D.

Second Vice-President, JOHN S. KENNEDY, Esq.

Secretary, CHARLES HOWLAND RUSSELL, Esq., 40 Lafayette Place.
Treasurer, EDWARD KING, Esq., Union Trust Company, 80 Broadway.
Director, JOHN S. BILLINGS, LL.D., 40 Lafayette Place.

COMMITTEES

Art, GEORGE W. SMITH, FREDERICK STURGES, ANDREW CARNEGIE.

Circulation, F. W. STEVENS, E. S. WHITMAN, CHARLES SCRIBNER, F. C. HUNT-
INGTON, W. W. APPLETON, Chairman; ALEXANDER MAITLAND, HENRY E. HOWLAND.
Executive, JOHN S. KENNEDY, GEORGE L. RIVES, SAMUEL P. AVERY, LEWIS CASS
LEDYARD, ALEXANDER MAITLAND.

Finance, FREDERICK STURGES, ALEXANDER MAITLAND, H. VAN RENSSELAER
KENNEDY, ANDREW H. GREEN, EDWARD KING, Treasurer, ex officio.

Law, CHARLES HOWLAND RUSSELL, JOHN L. CADWALADER, SAMUEL GREENBAUM.
Library, SAMUEL P. AVERY, PHILIP SCHUYLER, CHARLES HOWLAND RUSSell,
ALEXANDER MAITLAND, MORGAN J. O'BRIEN.

The following table shows the operations of the Reference Department of the
New York Public Library for December, 1902, with the corresponding figures for
the last six months, as compared with the corresponding six months of 1901:

During the calendar year ending December 31, 1902, the number of volumes actually received (including exchanges) was 46,946, and of pamphlets 87,868.

The number of volumes catalogued was 52,631, and of pamphlets 32,835. The total number of cards written was 102,832.

The total number of readers during the calendar year was 165,434, and the number of volumes consulted was 410,671, not including those used at the free reference shelves.

There are now on the shelves of the Astor and Lenox Branches of the Library, available for readers, 586,433 volumes and 217,697 pamphlets.

CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT.

The most popular books of the month were (in non-fiction): Shakespeare's "Julius Cæsar," Riis's "Battle with the Slum," and Roosevelt's "The Strenuous Life;" (in adult fiction): Caine's "The Eternal City," Adams's "Confessions of a Wife," and Wister's "The Virginian;" (in juvenile fiction): Barbour's "Behind the Lines," Wiggin's "Birds' Christmas Carol," and Alcott's "Little Women."

During the calendar year ending December 31, 1902, the number of volumes circulated for home use was 2,019,573; the number of readers consulting books from the shelves was 219,514; the number of new registrations was 28,220; the number of readers (minors) was 198,267; the number of readers (total) was 405,393; the number of volumes accessioned was 18,435.

There are now on the shelves of all circulation branches, available for readers, 227,269 volumes.