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Among the gifts received during December were those from the following, viz.: the American Bureau of Shipping, a copy of "Record of American and Foreign Shipping, 1905, American Lloyd's'"; from Bahais Board of Counsel two of their publications; from Charles Currier Beale, a copy of his privately-printed monograph on Marcus T. C. Gould, and from the Willis-Byrom Club (students of shorthand bibliography) one of the three copies set aside for libraries in the United States of the reprint of "Samuel Taylor, angler and stenographer," by Alexander Tremaine Wright, vol. 1; from the Burrows Brothers Company, 2 copies of the History of the United States and its people from their earliest records to the present time," by Elroy McKendree Avery, 1904; from Messrs. Carrère & Hastings, a copy of the "Group plan of the public buildings of the City of Cleveland," a report made by Daniel H. Burnham, John M. Carrère, Arnold W. Brunner, of the Board of Supervision, in August, 1903; from James B. Ford, a copy of Arthur H. Clark's "History of Yachting," 1600-1815, New York, 1904; from the Préfet de la Seine, 13 volumes and 5 pamphlets, all official publications; from the President of the Republic of Haiti, 3 volumes, Reports and documents annexed of the Commission of Enquiry and Verification instituted by a resolution of the President of the Republic, 21 March, 1903; from Prof. Nobushige Hozumi, Imperial University of Tokio, a copy of his new Japanese civil code, as material for the study of comparative jurisprudence; from Archer M. Huntington, a copy of the facsimile reprint of "La Angelica de Lvys," Barahona de Soto, pt. 1, Granada, Hugo de Mena, 1586; from the Stadtbibliothek, Köln, 2 volumes and 8 pamphlets, all publications of the Library; from Rudolph Koradi "Katalog der in der Bibliothek und im Archiv befindlicher Bücher der Deutschen Gesellschaft von Pennsylvanien," Philadelphia, 1879; from Constantin Leber, two of his works, "Die St. Marien-Gemeinde in der Stadt Allegheny, Pa.", Pittsburg, 1898, and "Souvenir der St. Josephs Gemeinde zu Johnstown, Pa.", 1900; from the Secretaria de Fomento, Colonizacion e Industria, Mexico, 18 volumes and 1 pamphlet, publications of the Department; from Mrs. Edward C. Post, 18 volumes, a miscellaneous collection; from H. A. Ratterman, his "Nord-Amerikanische Vögel in Liedern für Familien- und Schulgebrauch," Cincinnati, 1904; from Elihu Root, a copy of "Mr. Theodore M. Davis' excavations, Bibân el Molûk," Westminster, 1904; from Mrs. E. N. Vanderpoel, 6 volumes of early 19th century publications; from Mrs. Frank Wiggins, a copy of "Los Angeles and Vicinity," issued by the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce for the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, 1904; and from Thomas Windsor, 13 volumes, chiefly reports made relative to the Universal Exposition of 1878.

At the LENOX Branch the exhibition of etchings by Bracquemond and of etchings and drawings by Robert F. Blum was continued during the month. ASTOR the plates illustrating anniversaries connected with well-known men and events and the Japanese and Russian prints relating to the present war were continued.

The print room exhibited at the TOMPKINS SQUARE Branch a selection of plates from Maudsley's “Ornamental Arts of Japan," at the ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTYFIFTH STREET Branch the first part of the Racinet Costume plates up to the 16th century, and at the CHATHAM SQUARE Branch plates from Wilkie's Gallery.

At the Circulation branches the picture bulletins, reading lists and temporary collections of books on special shelves were as follows: CHATHAM SQUARE, Christmas, Opera, Old Testament Stories; EAST BROADWAY, Famous men and women born in December, J. G. Whittier, E. Eggleston, R. Wagner, W. E. Gladstone, Turkey, A winter's reading, Christmas; ELDRIDGE STREET, Famous men and women born in December, Christmas, New books; BOND STREET, Christmas bulletins (2), Cowboy life on the plains, Transportation of the injured, Colds their prevention and treatment, St. Louis Exposition; TOMPKINS SQUARE, Chivalry, House and home, Japan, New York City, Russia, J. G. Whittier; OTTENDORFER, Christmas, Cairo, Philippines, Colds their prevention and cure, Structure and functions of the healthy human body, Electricity; JACKSON SQUARE, Christmas, New books; MUHLENBERG, Christmas, New Year's day, Persia, Syria, Palestine; THIRTY-FOURTH STREET, Christmas, New Year's day; BRUCE, Christmas, The Japanese, Fairyland; FIFTY-NINTH STREET, Famous men and women born in December, Popular authors of the day, Christmas, New Year's day, Abraham Lincoln, Astronomy, New books; RIVERSIDE, New books, Carlyle, English essayists; SEVENTY-SIXTH STREET, Christmas, Music; YORKVILLE, Christmas, Opera, New books; St. Agnes, Christmas, William Morris, Parsifal, Opera, P. B. Shelley, Cairo, Morocco, Southern Spain; BLOOMINGDALE, Christmas, In mythland; HARLEM LIBRARY, Christmas bulletins (3), School and College life, English conquest in India, Tea and stamp act, Britain's maritime policy, War of 1812 for commercial power, Daniel Boone, Lewis and Clarke, Fulton, Printing press, Martin Luther, Reign of terror, England made protestant, Hawkins, Drake, Frobisher, Children's crusades, Barbarossa, Confucius, Buddha, Moses, Pyramids; ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIFTH STREET, Christmas bulletins (2), School and college life; WASHINGTON HEIGHTS, Confucius, Buddha, Moses, Pyramids, Alexander the Great, Lewis and Clarke, Fulton, General Jackson, New Orleans, Morse, The telegraph, Reign of terror, England made protestant, Hawkins, Drake, Frobisher, Invincible Armada and its loss, Sir Walter Raleigh, Trouble with America, Tea and stamp act, Britain's maritime policy, War of 1812 for commercial power, Reform in industrial system, England's emancipation of slaves, Factory act, Locomotive, Land of the Incas, Ancient Peru, Travels in Patagonia, Volcanoes, Typical life in Chile.

Many of these lists were prepared in connection with the Free Lectures of the Board of Education and relate to the subjects of lectures delivered in the neighborhood of the branches at which they are displayed.

NICHOLAS BIDDLE TO JAMES MONROE IN 1816 ON THE BOUNDARY OF LOUISIANA.

Printed from the original manuscript in the New York Public Library.

DEAR SIR.

PHILA NOV 25, 1816

There is a very curious collection of maps here in the possession of M! Mellish the geographer to whom I have recommended to forward it to you. It is a General Atlas published in England in the year 1721*. What renders it interesting to us, is the map of Louisiana which must of course have been copied from the French maps of that period and in which the western limit of Louisiana is marked by a coloured & dotted line running along the Rio del Norte from its mouth to the entrance of a river called Rio Salado de Apaches de los siete rios, but which in Humboldts & the later maps is named Rio Puerco and up that river to the mountains. I have no where seen the western limit so strongly designated.

This subject has long been familiar to you, and you may perhaps in the course of your researches have seen this very map, but I thought it worth while to mention it in case you may not have met with the work. If that question ever comes into discussion there are a number of works relating to Louisiana in the library of Philadelphia & of the Philosophical society, from which I could at any time extract such information as related to the boundary.

The result of the election in this & the neighboring States leaves no doubt as to the next Presidency.

The state of the votes here is so singular as to require some explanation. Penna can furnish about 120,000 voters, yet only 43000 voted at the last election & the majority for the successful ticket was about 8000. The small number of votes given in is ascribable wholly to the confidence of success which prevented the majority from making any exertion, and the opposition itself was owing in a great degree to the prevailing dislike to the interference of members of Congress in the choice of a President. But what I think it right that you should understand distinctly is that neither the opposition ticket nor the smallness of the majority had any connection with the personal character of the candidate. Of this there can be no stronger demonstration than the fact that the opposition ticket contained many who if they had been chosen would have voted for you, and in truth I doubt whether you have anywhere in the Union a more confirmed popularity than in Pennsylvania.

You are resuming your winter labors & I am preparing for my journey to Harrisburg. I will therefore only add that I am

very sincerely
yrs
NICHOLAS Biddle

Honble JAMES MONROE

Washington

* The De L'Isle map of 1718 followed in Senex's A New General Atlas (London, 1771).

LIST OF PERIODICALS IN THE NEW YORK
THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY,
GENERAL THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY, AND UNION THEO-
LOGICAL SEMINARY RELATING TO RELIGION,

THEOLOGY, AND CHURCH HISTORY.

Works in the New York Public Library are indicated by the letter N following the title, those in the General Theological Seminary by G, those in Union Theological Seminary by U.

Lists of Jewish periodicals were printed in the BULLETIN, vol. 6 (1902), pp. 258-264, vol. 7 (1903), pp. 30-31. Periodicals relating to Palestine, oriental archæology, etc., were included in the list of periodicals relating to archæology, vol. 1 (1897), pp. 212-226.

Titles of a few important religious weekly newspapers, etc., are included in this list, but both Union Seminary and New York Public Library have incomplete files of many such papers not mentioned here.

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Acta Sanctæ Sedis in compendium opportune redacta et illustrata. Studio et cura V. Piazzesi. v. 1-date (1865-date). Romæ, 1865-date. 8°. N. Current.

Index generalis, v. I. (covering v. 1-20.) N. Advance (The). Published weekly in the interests of congregationalism. v. 22-24, 27, 29-30, 32-34. 39-46. Chicago, 1890-1902. f°.

Incomplete, except v. 32, 39-46.

Advent Review and Sabbath Herald.

So. Battle Creek, Mich., 1900-1903. fo.

v. 78 lacks no. 1, v. 8o nos. 5, 27.

N.

v. 77

N.

Adviser (The); or, Vermont Evangelical Magazine, vol. 1, no. I; v. 4, nos. 3, 5, 7; v. 5, nos. 3-12;

Allgemeine Bibliothek der neuesten deutschen

theologischen Literatur. V. 1-8. Quedlinburg.

1784-87. 8°.

Allgemeine Bibliothek der neuesten theologischen und pädagogischen Literatur. Hrsg. von Joh. E. C. Schmidt und Fr. H. C. Schwarz. v. 5-8. Giessen, 1801-3. 8°. U.

Allgemeine kirkliche Chronik. Begründet von K, Matthes. Leipzig, 1855-75. 16°. U.

1862-69 published in Altona, 1870-75 in Hamburg. Allgemeine Kirchliche Zeitschrift. Ein Organ für die evangelische Geistlichkeit und Gemeinde; hrsg. von Daniel Schenkel. v. 6-13 (1865-72). Elberfeld, 1865-72. 8°. U.

Allgemeiner Literarischer Anzeiger für das evangelische Deutschland. Kritische Rundschau und Besprechung der bedeutenderen Erscheinungen ...der... Literatur, Kunst und Musik. Gütersloh and Leipzig, 1867-74. 8°. U.

Allgemeine Missionszeitschrift. Monatshefte v. 6, nos. 1-2, 4-7, II. (1809-13.) Middlebury, für geschichtliche und theoretische Missionskunde.

Vt., 1809-13.

Hrsg. von G. Warneck. Gütersloh, 18748°. U.

N.

date.
Current.

Afro-American Mission Herald. v. 4-6. Louisville, Ky., 1900-1901. f°.

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