PREFACE.

The following catalogue contains the titles of the principal books purchased for and presented to the Library during the year 1881. It consists of twelve classified "Monthly Bulletins", a subject index, and an index of authors, anonymous works and collections.

As in the volume for 1880, 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.

NOTES AND NOTICES.

$1.00.

7.

6. Catalogue of the Columbia Branch Library.
20 pages.)
Catalogue of the Cumminsville Branch Library. (ii+
22 pages.)

Price 10 cents.

Price 10 cents.

The following catalogues are now for sale:

The general catalogue of 1871 (xii+644 pages.)
Price reduced to

Catalogues published since 1876:

1. Anatomy, Physiology, Hygiene (Public and Private),
Botany, Chemistry, Microscopy and Physics. (iv+
64 pages.)
Price 20 cents.
2. Bulletin of Books in the various Departments of Litera-
ture and Science added during 1878. (iv+196 pages.)
Price 50 cents.
3. Bulletin of Books in the various departments of Litera-
ture and Science added during 1879. (viii+292 pages.)
Price 75 cents.
4. Bulletin of Books in the various departments of Litera-
ture and Science added during 1880. (viii+307 pages.)
Price 75 cents.
5. Bulletin of Books in the various departments of Litera-
ture and Science added during 1881. (viii+217 pages.)
Price 50 cents.
(ii+

8. Dramas and Dramatic Poems. (192 pages) Price 50 cents. 9. English Prose Fiction. (vi+248 pages.) Price 45 cents. i 10. French Prose Fiction. Catalogue des Contes, Nouvelles et Romans français.) (iv+36 pages.) Price 20 cents. 11. German Prose Fiction. (Katalog und Inhaltsverzeichniss der Bücher in deutscher Sprache, welche in das Gebiet der prosaischen Dichtung gehören. (iv+108 pages.)

Price 30 cents. 12. Index to the Present Location of the Books included in the printed catalogue of 1871. (52 pages) Price 25 cents. 13. List of Periodicals and Newspapers currently received. (16 pages.) Price cents. Price 20 cents.

14. Subject Index to the Location of Books and Pamphlets.
(ii+62 pages.)

15. Temporary list of Medical Periodicals, belonging prin-
cipally to the Mussey Medical and Scientific Library.
(48 pages.)
Price 15 cents.
Price $5.00

The above 15 catalogues (1932 pages).

Brem.

Bremen.

The indication of the size of books in our catalogues is determined by measurement of their height in centimetres, as follows.

Day.

Dorch.

Dres.

Dub.

Cleve.

Bruxelles.

Buffalo (N. Y.)

Cambridge.

Carlsruhe.
Cassel.

Charleston (S. C.)
Chicago.

Cincinnati.
Cleveland (O.)
Columbus (O.)

Cöthen.

Darmstadt.

Davenport (Iowa.)

Dayton (0.)

Dorchester.

Dresden.

Dublin.

Books less than 10 centimetres, are marked 48°
10cm and less than 12cm

Duisb.

32°

12cm 66

66

66 14cm

66

Düssel.

24°

Duisburg.
Düsseldorf.

16cm "L

16°

Eisen.

Eisenach.

66 18cm

12°

Eisl.

22cm 66

Eisleben.

8°

Books having a width of four-fifths their full height have sq. (square) prefixed to the symbol; where, however, the width is greater than the height, this is indicated by prefixing obl. (oblong).

Frankf. a. M.

Frau.
Freib.

Erfurt.
Erlangen.

Exeter (N. H.)

Frankfurt am Main.

Frauenfeld.

Freiburg.

Freib. i. Br.

Freiburg im Breisgau.

DIRECTIONS.

In order to find whether any desired work is in this catalogue, if the author is known, consult the Index of Authors, beginning at page 193.

In order to find what works on any given subject are in this catalogue, consult the Index of Subjects on the opposite page, and the pages of the catalogue there indicated under the subject consulted.

In order to find whether a work published anonymously is in this catalogue, consult the Index of Titles, beginning at page 216. For Proceedings and Transactions of learned societies consult the same index.

Books are entered under the real name of the author when that is known; under the pseudonym, or assumed name when it is not; and where only the initials of an author are known, the last initial is put first. Compound surnames are entered under the first part of the name. The names in parentheses printed in italics and not preceded by the word "formerly," are the pseudonyms of the authors whose real name they follow.

The numbers at the end of each title are the "call-numbers" for the book; those to which an asterisk (*) is prefixed can not be taken from the Library. All books should be called for by their numbers.