The  shareholders  will  notice,  as  the  directors  trust,  with
approbation,  the  many  valuable  additions  which  have  been
made  to  the  Library  and  the  donations  which  have  been
received.  It  is  with  no  small  degree  of  satisfaction  that
the  Directors  point  to  the  character  of  the  reading  which
has  been  furnished  by  the  AthensBum  to  the  public,  and  the
interest  which  its  friends,  remote  and  near,  have  manifested
in  its  progress.  The  liberality  of  these  donors  should  be
emulated ;  and  if  each  stockholder  would  annually  deposit
upon  the  shelves  of  the  Library,  but  a  single  book  of  value,
how  largely  would  its  means  be  increased  and  its  influence
of  good  be  extended.  The  Athenaeum  deserves,  and  should
most  certainly  receive,  the  continued  generous  support  of
its  patrons.
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The  additions  to  the  Library,  during  the  past  year,  though
not  so  hirgQ  as  in  the  year  preyious,  still  exceed  the  average.
The  number  of  volumes  added  is  one  thousand  and  sixty-
four,  and  of  pamphlets,  eleven  hundred  and  eighty-three.
Of  the  volumes  there  were  added —

By  purchase 911

By  donation 44

By  binding  of  periodicals    -        •        -     109

1064

Of  the  pamphlets,  nine  hundred  and  twenty-one  were
obtained  by  purchase,  and  two  hundred  and  sixty-two  re-
ceived from  donation.
The  additions  consist  of —

Folios 22

Quartos  ...        -  88

Octavos 627

Duodecimos  and  under    •        •        427
The  number  of  volumes  in  the  Library  at  the  time  of
making  up  the  last  annual  report,  was    24,002
Additions  during  the  year       -        •  1,064


Whole  number  at  present    •        -        -      25,066
The  Library  has  been  examined  under  the  direction  of  a
committee  appointed  by  the  Board  of  Directors,  and  thir-
teen  volumes  are  found  to  be  missing  from  the  shelves,  and
not  accounted  for.
