NEW YORK, REFERENCES FOR THE HISTORY OF WESTERN .

NOTES, MISCELLANEOUS

60, 95, 127, 155, 205

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1, 77, 109, 181, 246, 262, 315, 328
PERIODICALS IN CORNELL UNIVERSITY LIBRARY INCLUDED IN POOLE'S INDEX .

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

THE LIBRARY

OF CORNELL UNIVERSITY.

1. NOTES

ITHACA, JANUARY, 1882.

CONTENTS.

Library Hours and Rules: The Library Service;

Catalogues; Additions to the Library; The German

Civil Services (p. 2).

2. LIST OF ADDITIONS JAN.-AUG. 1882.

General; Theology and Philosophy: Law and

Sociology (p. 4): Science (p. 5); Useful Arts (p. 10);

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No. 1.

Fine Arts and Archeology (p. 14); Philology (p. 15);
Literature (p. 18); History and Geography (p. 22).

3. LIST OF WORKS ON ARCHITECTURE

The White Architectural Collection.

4. PETRARCH BIBLIOGRAPHIES
Manuscripts; Printed Works.

NOTES.

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

term 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be withdrawn only by those engaged in instruction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.

persons:

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ecclesiastical history; 2. Metaphysics and logic;

3. Law and sociology; 4. Education; 5. Geology

and paleontology; 6. Anatomy and zoology; 7.

Physics and chemistry; 8. German history and lit-

erature; 9. French history and literature; 10.

Italian and Spanish history and literature; 11. Phi-

lology; 12. Slavery and anti-slavery. There is

likewise a general card catalogue including all the

titles given in the foregoing special catalogues, with

the exception of those contained in the Anthon,

Bopp, and Sparks collections. A card supplement

to Poole's Index of Periodical Literature (1852)

extending to 1880 includes the titles of articles in

such sets of periodicals as are in the possession of

the Library.

4. Additions to the Library. - In the List of Ad-

ditions to the University Library, continuations of
2. The Library Service. - The service of the few of the more important) are not included. For
periodicals and pamphlets (with the exception of a
Library is at present performed by the following the convenience of those interested in special lines
Professor Willard Fiske, Librarian of study the titles have been tentatively grouped
Mr. G. Wm. Harris, Assistant Librarian; Mr. under a few comprehensive headings, corresponding
Philip P. Barton, Assistant; Miss Annie E. Hutch- very nearly to the general classification of the books
ins, Chief Cataloguer; Mr. Horace S. Kephart
and Mr. William L. Mason, Asssistant Cata-upon the shelves, which is in the main that of Bru-
net. Under the first heading will be found works

loguers; Charles F. Lashier, Janitor.

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

President Jared Sparks of Harvard College, largely

relating to American colonial and revolutionary his-

tory; 2. A short-title, alphabetical manuscript cata-

logue of the collection purchased of the estate of

Professor Charles Anthon of Columbia College,

mainly composed of Greek and Latin authors and

works on classical philology; 3. A brief-title, clas-

sified printed catalogue of the library formerly be-

longing to Professor Franz Bopp of Berlin, chiefly

comprising works on oriental linguistics and com-

parative philology; 4. A manuscript catalogue of

the mathematical collection presented to the Uni-

versity by the late William Kelly; 5. A manu-

script catalogue of English history and literature;

6. A manuscript catalogue of agriculture and botany.

Alphabetical card catalogues of the following depart-

ments can also be consulted: 1. Theology and

national law, forensic medicine, political economy,

the science of government, finance, commerce,

statistics, education, charities, temperance and hy-

giene. Science embraces the natural and physical

sciences, medicine, veterinary surgery, mathematics,

and astronomy. Among the Useful Arts are in-

cluded industrial science, agriculture, horticulture,

engineering, the art of war, field-sports, and games.

The subjects included in the class Fine Arts and

Archeology are architecture, music, costumes, the

dramatic art, and numismatics. In the division

Philology are placed all works relating to classical

and oriental literature, and editions of ancient au-

thors, as well as works on the study of language.

The class Literature embraces besides the modern

literatures, elocution, rhetoric, and literary criticism.

History and Geography includes general biography,

genealogy, heraldry, voyages and topography.