Ross (Edward Alsworth). Foundations of sociology. New York: The Macmillan Co., 1905. xiv, 410 p. 12°. (The Citizens library.) Siebeck (Oskar). Der Frondienst als Arbeitssystem. Seine Entstehung und seine Ausbreitung im Mittelalter. Tübingen: H. Laupp, 1904. v, 92 p. (Zeitschrift für die gesamte Staatswissenschaft. Ergänzungsheft 13.) Veuillot (François). La crise maçonnique en France. Paris: A. Savaete [1905]. 53 p. 8°. (Collection Arthur Savaete. [1.] no. 4.) Vinogradoff (P[avel Gavrilovich]). The growth of the manor. London: Swan Sonnenschein & Co., 1905. viii, 384 p. 8°. Whelpley (James Davenport). The problem of the immigrant. A... discussion with a summary of conditions... governing the movement of population to and from the British Empire, United States [etc.] London: Chapman & Hall, 1905. vi p., 11., 296 p. 8°. Wichern (Johann Hinrich). Zur GefängnisReform. Reden, Denkschriften und Gutachten über das Gefängniswesen...in Preussen. Hrsg.von I. Wichern. Hamburg: Agentur des Rauhen Hauses, 1905. viii, 491 p. 8°. (Gesammelte Schriften. Bd. 4.) Wolfe (S. Herbert). Inheritance tax calculations. An explanation of the underlying principles, with tables and instructions for ascertaining the present value of dower and curtesy rights, life estates... [etc.] upon the Northampton, Carlisle, American and actuaries' experience tables of mortality at various rates of interest. New York: Baker, Voorhis & Co., 1905. viii, 300 p. 8°. EDUCATION. Defodon (Charles), Guillaume (J.), and Kergomard (P.) Lectures pédagogiques à l'usage des écoles normales primaries. Paris; Hachette & Cie., 1883. 2 p.l., iv, 568 p. 12°. ECONOMICS. Jevons (William] Stanley). The principles of economics. A fragment of a treatise on the industrial mechanism of society, and other papers. With a preface by H. Higgs. London: Macmillan & Co., 1905. xxviii, 273 p. 8°. Marshall (W. V.) Competition. Berlin, Pa.: Berlin Pub. Co. [1905.] vi, 1 l., 93 p. illus. 12°. Pesch (Heinrich). Lehrbuch der Nationalökonomie. B. 1. Freiburg im B.: Herder, 1905. 4°. Bd. I, Grundlegung. 1905. COMMERCE. Sartorius von Waltershausen (A[ugust]), Freiherr. Das deutsche Einfuhrverbot amerikanischen Schweinefleisches. Jena: G. Fischer, 1884. 84 p. 8°. INDUSTRIES AND INDUSTRIAL ARTS. Bendall (Georgette). Practical lessons in cookery for small households. London: W. Heinemann, 1905. viii, 9-96 p. 16°. Buchmeier (Marie). Praktisches Koch-Buch für die bürgerl., sowie feine Küche enthaltend zirka 1930 Kochrezepte. Landshut: F. P. Attenkofer [1905?]. xvi, 687 p., I port. 2. ed. 8°. Darányi (Ignatius). The State and agriculture in Hungary. Report of the Minister of Agriculture Dr. I. Darányi on his agricultural administration during the years 1896-1903. Translated by A. György. London: Macmillan & Co., 1905. xxii, 1 l., 264 p., I map. 12°. Ketchum (Milo S[mith]). The design of steel mill buildings and the calculation of stresses in framed structures. New York: The Engineering News Pub. Co., 1894. xiii, 367 p. 8°. McDermott (Edward R.) Railways. London: Methuen & Co., 1904. vii, 198 p. 12°. Roeder (O. C.) Die elektrotechnischen Einrichtungen moderner Schiffe. Wiesbaden: C. W. Kreidel, 1903. xx, 346 p., 2 plans. illus. 4°. Senn (C[harles] Herman). Senn's egg cookery. Being 250 ways of cooking and serving eggs and omelets. London: Food & Cookery Pub. Agency [1905]. 110 p. nar. 12°. Sloss (R. T.) The book of the automobile. A practical volume devoted to the history, construction, use and care of motor cars and to the subject of motoring in America... Introduction by Dave H. Morris. New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1905. xxii, 372 p., 16 pl., 1 map. 8°. Spon & Chamberlain, New York. A descriptive catalogue of books relating to civil, mechanical, sanitary...and steam engineering. Architecture... Trades and manufactures. New York, 1905. viii, 188 p. 12°. Verfasser (Julius). The half-tone process. A practical manual of photo-engraving in half-tone on zinc, copper and brass. London: Iliffe & Sons, 1904. 3 p.l., 9-10 p., 1 l., 13-292 p., 12 pl. 3. ed. 8°. Whall (C. W.) Stained glass work. A textbook for students and workers in glass. By C. W. Whall. With diagrams by two of his apprentices and other illustrations. London: J. Hogg, 1905. xxviii, 29-380 p., 1 1. illus. 12°. (Artistic crafts series of technical handbooks [no. 4].) MILITARY AND NAVAL ART AND Alger (Philip Rounseville). The elastic strength of guns. Baltimore: Lord Baltimore Press, 1904. 80 p., I plan. 8°. Brett (Maurice V.) Maxims of war, collected and arranged by M. V. Brett. London: H. Rees, 1905. 4 p.l., 101 p. sq. 24°. Dix (C. C.) The world's navies in the Boxer Lonrebellion (China, 1900). With illustrations. don: Digby, Long & Co., 1905. viii, 9-319 p., 16 pl. 8°. Henderson (George Francis Robert). The science of war. A collection of essays and lectures 1892-1903. Edited by N. Malcolm. With a memoir of the author by Field Marshal Earl Roberts. London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1905. xxxviii, 442 p., I diag., 3 maps, I port. 8°. Published monthly by The New York Public Library, No. 40 Lafayette Place, New York City. Superintendent, No. 40 Lafayette Place, New York. Entered at the Post Office at New York, N. Y., as second-class matter, January 30, 1897, under Act of July 16, 1894. I I I cal Survey I I 18 32 I I 2 Publishers' Weekly 19 74 5 Russell, Charles Howland . 5 27 343 344-387 VOLUME IX NUMBER 9 REPORT FOR AUGUST ANDREW JACKSON TO JAMES MONROE ON THE PRESIDENTIAL MES- LIST OF WORKS RELATING TO BIMETALLISM, GOLD AND SILVER PRINCIPAL ACCESSIONS IN AUGUST PRINCIPAL DONORS IN AUGUST NEW YORK 388-391 392 GEORGE BRINTON MCCLELLAN, Mayor of the City of New York, ex officio. OFFICERS President, Hon. JOHN BIGELOW, LL.D. First Vice-President, Rt. Rev. HENRY C. POtter, D.D., LL.D. Second Vice-President, JOHN S. KENNEDY, Esq. Secretary, CHARLES HOWLAND RUSSELL, Esq., 40 Lafayette Place. During the month of August there were received at the Library, by purchase, 268 volumes and 242 pamphlets; by gift, 791 volumes and 1,530 pamphlets; and by exchange, 78 volumes and 514 pamphlets, making a total of 1,137 volumes and 2,286 pamphlets. There were catalogued 1,464 volumes and 769 pamphlets, for which were written 2,745 cards, in addition to which 2,053 slips were written for, and 9,327 cards received from, the copying machine. The following table shows the number of readers, and the number of volumes consulted, in both the Astor and Lenox Branches of the Library, also the number of visitors to the Print Exhibition at the Lenox, during the month: The most popular books of the month were (in non-fiction): Hancock's "Japanese Physical Training," Wentworth's "Algebra," and Fox's "Following the Sun Flag;" (adult fiction): Ward's "Marriage of William Ashe," Thurston's "The Masqueraders," and Dixon's "The Clansman;" (juvenile fiction): Alcott's "Little Women," Lang's "Green Fairy Book," and Barbour's "Half Back." |