Donations  of  volumes  and  pamphlets  have  been  received
£rom  the  following  individuals  and  societies,  to  whom  the
thanks  of  the  Institution  are  grateftdly  tendered : —


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Henry  B.  Anthpny,

A.  D.  Bache,  U.  S.  Coast  Survey,

John  B.  Bartlett,

WiUiam  S.  Barton,  of  Woroester,

William  P.  Blodget,

Joshna  B.  Ghapin,  of  Barrington,

George  I*.  Ck>llins,

William  C.  GozzenB,  of  Newport^

Hoiaee  H.  Day,  of  New  York,

Henry  C.  Dorr,  **

Thomas  A.  Doyle,

X.  Stafford  Drowne,  of  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,

Edward  £.  Dunbar,  of  New  York,

Alexander  Famum,

Valentine  Mott  Francis,  of  New  York,

A  Friend  in  Califbmia,

Beuben  A.  Guild,

Frederic  H.  Hedge,  of  Brookline,  Mass.
J.  D.  Hedge,

Alfred  W.  Jones,  of  Columbia  College,

New  York,
£.  W.  Mason,
Edward  C.  Mauran,
Joseph  Mauran,
Sylvester  Mo  wry,  of  Arizona,
George  T.  Paine,
Isaac- Bay,
Henry  Waterman,
Thomas  Williams,
American  Antiquarian  Society,
American  Missionary  Association.
American  Peace  Society,


Cl$y  labrary,  Lowell,

City  of  Providence,

Congressional  Library,

Essex  Institute,  Salem,

Free  Public  Library,  New  Bedford,

"        **  «*        Worcester,

Harper  &  Brothers,
Harvard  College,
Hartford  Young  Men's  Institute,
Mercantile  Library  Association,   of

Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,
Mercantile  Library  Association,  of  San

Francisco,
New  York  Central  Railroad  Co.,
New  York  Society  Library,
Peabody  Institute,  South  Danvers,
Providence  Conference  Seminary  and

Musical  Institute,
Public  Library,  Charlestown,  Mass.,
Bedwood  Library  and  Athenaeum,
Bensselaer  Polytechnic  Institute,
Bhode  Island  Medical  Society,
Smithsonian  Institution,
Sons  of  Bhode  Island  in  New  York,
State  of  Bhode  Island,
United  States,  Department  of  State,
Navy  Department,
Treasury  Department,
Washington  Insurance  Company,  of

Providence,
Young  Men's  Association,  of  BufQUo.
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Three  new  periodicals  have  been  added,  during  the  year,  to
the  large  number  heretofore  taken  in  our  reading  room,  viz. : —

^'London  Society;    an  illustrated  magazine  of  light    and
amusing  literature/'     Svo.     Published  monthly  in  London.
