the opportunity afforded by this collection of free access to the shelves for choosing books for general reading is appreciated by the students, seems evident from the fact that very nearly one fourth of all the books taken from the Library for home use were from this small collection of about 3,500 volumes. The number of students who have registered and drawn books from this collection is 806, and the number of readers who used books from this collection in the room without taking them for home use was 5,918. Mr. W. W. Ellis, curator of the shelves, reports that, in addition to inspecting the new books before they leave the catalogue room for the correction of errors in call-numbers and book-plates, he has made the usual inventories. There are at present missing from their proper places in the stacks 311 volumes, as against 265 last year and 261 the year before; 215 volumes were found on the wrong shelves as compared with 300, 225 and 215 from the three preceding years. Three new cases of large drawers have been provided for the large collection of maps and plans of the University grounds and buildings. In these cases the plans can be much more readily consulted and kept in order. Detailed lists of the large accumulation of unbound duplicates and specimen numbers of periodicals have been prepared in the hope of being able to make use of them in exchanges with other libraries, or otherwise disposing of them. By vote of the Library Council, at its November meeting, the privilege of drawing books from the general library for home use was extended to all regularly matriculated students of the University, subject to the general regulations of the Library. In the first term of the year Mr. Austen gave his regular course of lectures on the use of books, which was followed by a course of instruction in practical work during the second term. In the second term the Librarian gave his regular course of lectures on general bibliography. The annual record of publications by the University and its officers has been prepared by Miss Dame and is submitted herewith. The list of donors which accompanies this report has been prepared by Miss Thornburg. Respectfully submitted, GEO. WM. HARRIS, APPENDIX XVI PUBLICATIONS, 1907-1908 Under the Auspices of the University The University records. 7 s. no. 6-8 s. no. 4. 2m. 5 nos. 8°. 1908. Illus. Contents:-vii. 6. The register, 1906-1907. viii. 1. 1907. Ithaca, 1907 Fifteenth annual report of President Schurman, 1906– 2. The register, 1907–1908. 3. Announcement of the seventeenth summer session, July 6 to Aug. 14, 1908. 4. The College of Arts and Sciences. No. 5. Abstracts of work done in the laboratory of veterinary physiology and pharmacology, under the direction of P. A. Fish. Ithaca, 1908. 8°. pp. 48+ (1). Portrs. and plates. The Cornell civil engineer and transactions of the Association of Civil Engineers of Cornell University. Vol. xv., no. 3-xvi., no. 9, May, 1907-June, 1908. m. Ithaca, 1907-1908. II nos. 8°. Illus. The Cornell countryman. Vol. v., no. 1-9. Oct., 1907-June, 1908. m. Ithaca, 1907-1908. 9 nos. 8°. Illus. Cornell studies in classical philology, edited by C. E. Bennett, J. R. S. Sterrett and G. P. Bristol. No. xviii. [New York], 1908. 8°. pp. iii. +128. xviii. Index to the fragments of the Greek elegiac and iambic poets as contained in the Hiller-Crusius edition of Bergk's Anthologia lyrica; by M. C. Lane. Directory of resident officers of instruction and government and of students, Oct. 10, 1907. [Ithaca, 1907.] sm. 8°. PP. 39. Same, Feb. 12, 1908. [Ithaca, 1908]. sm. 8°. PP. 38. Fifth annual music festival, Cornell University, April 29 and 30, May 1 and 2, 1908. Ithaca, 1908. 8°. pp. 52 + (3). Portrs. Islandica : an annual relating to Iceland and the Fiske Icelandic collection in Cornell University Library, edited by G. W. Harris. Vol. i. Ithaca, 1908. 8°. pp. (13) +126. i. Bibliography of the Icelandic sagas and minor tales; by H. Hermannsson. The journal of physical chemistry; edited by W. D. Bancroft [and] J. E. Trevor. Vol. xi., no. 7-xii., no. 6, Oct., 1907-June, 1908. Ithaca, 1907-1908. 9 nos. 8°. Illus. m. "Issued monthly except in July, August and September." The philosophical review; edited by J. E. Creighton and E. Albee, with the co-operation of J. Seth. Vol. xvi., no. 4−xvii., no. 3, July, 1907-May, 1908. 2m. New York, 1907-1908. 6 nos. 8°. The physical review; a journal of experimental and theoretical physics, conducted by E. L. Nichols, E. Merritt and F. Bedell. Vol. xxv.-xxvi., July, 1907-June, 1908. m. New York, 1907-1908. 2 V. 8°. Illus. Publications of Cornell University Medical College: studies from the Department of Pathology. Vol. vii. New York, 1907. 8°. Illus. No. 246-254, Bulletin of the Agricultural Experiment Station. May, 1907–May, 1908. Ithaca, 1907–1908. 9 nos. 8°. Illus. Cornell reading-course for farmers. 8 s. no. 36-38, Nov., 1907Jan., 1908. m. Ithaca, 1907-1908. 3 nos. 8°. Illus. Cornell reading-course for farmers' wives; M. Van Rensselaer, supervisor. 6 s. no. 26-28, Nov., 1907-March, 1908. 2m. Ithaca, 1907-1908. 3 nos. 8°. Photo-engrs. Cornell rural school leaflet, A. G. McCloskey, editor. Vol. i.. no. 1–9, with supplements, Sept., 1907-May, 1908. Ithaca, 1907– 1908. 9 nos. 8°. Illus. Home nature-study course; by A. B. Comstock and J. W. Spencer. N. S. vol. iv., no. 1-4, Oct., 1907-May, 1908. 2m. Ithaca, 1907-1908. 4 nos. 8°. Illus. Twentieth annual report of the Agricultural Experiment Station, 1907. Ithaca, 1907. 8°. pp. xix. +(1) +264. Illus. U. S. Department of Agriculture, N. Y. Section of the Climatological Service of the Weather Bureau. Report. Vol. xix., no.6 xx., no. 5, June, 1907-May, 1908. m. Ithaca, 1907-1908. 13 nos. 4°. Maps. In co-operation with Cornell University. -Weekly weather bulletin. Series of 1907, no. 13-23, series of 1908, no. 1-11, 2 July, 1907-30 June, 1908. [Ithaca], 1907– 1908. 22 broadsides. Maps. In co-operation with Cornell University. By Officers In the present list are included the titles of books, pamphlets and contributions to periodicals, transactions, etc., published by officers and fellows of the University during the period extending from July 1, 1907, to June 30, 1908, with some titles omitted in previous lists. Adams, J. Q., jr. The Cyprian conqueror; or, The faithless (Modern Language Notes, March, 1908, vol. xxiii., p. 65.) John Heywood's The play of the weather. (Same, Dec., 1907, vol. xxii., p. 262.) relict. Robert Greene's What thing is loue? (Same, Nov., 1907, vol. xxii., p. 225.) Timon of Athens and the irregularities in the first folio. (Jour. of English and Germanic Philology, Jan., 1908, vol. vii., p. 53.) [Review of] Anthony Brewer's The love-sick king; edited by A. E. H. Swaen. (Modern Language Notes, Dec., 1907, vol. xxii., p. 258.) Albee, E. [Review of] An outline of the idealistic construction of experience; by J. B. Baillie. (Philosophical Review, Sept., 1907, vol. xvi., p. 538.) editor. The philosophical review, 1907-1908. Atkinson, G. F. Notes on some new species of fungi from the United States. (Annales Mycologici, Jan., 1908, vol. vi., p. 54.) and C. W. Edgerton. Preliminary note on a new disease of the cultivated vetch. (Science, 20 Sept., 1907, N. s. vol. xxvi., P. 385.) Protocoronospora, a new genus of fungi. (Jour. of Mycology, Sept., 1907, vol. xiii., p. 185.) (Papers Austen, W. Congressional bills and reports in libraries. and Proceedings of the 29th Annual Meeting of the Amer. Library Assoc 1907, p. 153.) Educational value of reference room training for students. (Same, p. 274.) University branch libraries. (Library Jour., June, 1908, vol. xxxiii., p. 220.) 314.) Using the library. (Cornell Era, April, 1908, vol. xl., p. Bailey, E. J. English masterpieces; outlines and questions. No. 1-4. Albany, 1907. 4 nos. 16°. The novels of George Meredith, a study. New York, 1907. 12°. pp. xii. +226. Port. Studies in English masterpieces [10 articles]. (Amer. Education, Sept., 1907-June, 1908, vol. xi.) Bailey, L. H. New York, 1907. Botany; an elementary text for schools. 12th ed. sm. 8°. pp. xiv. +431 +(1). Illus. The forcing book; a manual of the cultivation of vegetables in glass houses. 7th ed. New York, 1908. 16°. pp. xiii.+266. Illus. (Rural science series.) Illus. Garden making; suggestions for the utilizing of home grounds. 12th ed. New York, 1908. 16°. pp. vii. +417. (Rural science series.) The nursery book; a complete guide to the multiplication of plants. 11th ed. New York, 1907. 16°. pp. x. +365. Illus. (Rural science series.) Practical garden book. New York, 1908. sm. 8° The principles of fruit-growing. 10th ed. New York, 16°. pp. xvii. +516. Illus. (Rural science series.) The principles of vegetable gardening. 6th ed. York, 1908. 1908. New 16°. pp. x. +485. Illus. (Rural science series.) The pruning book; a monograph of the pruning and training of plants as applied to American conditions. 8th ed. New York, 1907. 16°. pp. ix. +545. Illus. (Rural science series.) Experiment and research. 1908, vol. v., P. 246.) (Cornell Countryman, May, On the training of persons to teach agriculture in the public schools. (Bulletin of the U. S. Education Bureau, 1908, no. 1, pp. 1-53.) Cyclopedia of American agriculture. Vol. ii-iii. 2 V. 4°. Illus. editor. New York, 1907–1908. |