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REPORT

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WASEIINQTON:
G O V E R N Y E N T ISELINTINO O F F I O E .
1808.
 REPORT

LIBRARIAN OF CONGltESS
 REPORT

LIBBABIAN OF C O N G R E S S .

SlH : 111nccoldatlw with t11e standing instruction8 of the Joint COU-

111itteeon the Libnlry, the u~ldemignedhas the honor to present hie annual
report, setting fort11 tho cn~tditio~~ of the libm~yfor the year ending
Ihwcunber 1,186s.
The annual etrulnc.mtiol~of t l ~ oh k n , jwt completed, yreaenta an
tlg,nl.ebate of 173,063 volumes, usclu~iveof n l ~ h u n dpamphlete, periodi-
~414 mn.nuscript
, mntellnls, nlld nlnpa Of this alnou~~t 24,668 volumes
nrc in tho law clepnrtment of tho libmry. The ncceesions of books during
tBc: year ~ ~ ~ d I)ec*mhr
irtg 1haw arnoi~nteclto 8,4W vol~unea,which h e w
INVII r~cldcclto tllv lihn11-y fko111the vfirioiiu woiimen irdicatPd lwlow :
Volno1ea.
1 %l,lll~ll*~!
~ ............................................... 3,208
of tllu wpyriglrt 1nw.n.. ..................... 1,68:!
13y tltca ol~rnt~iorl
1 %clrl~~nit
~ of the Hmithwnim 111atihititn1................... I , 921
Hy ~~rmentntion, (rhidly c~flkidtleannlc-nta). .................. 90:)
lig c~sc.ll~m~vn............................................. i$4
,%
Jott1l ................................................ S,4M
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Thin nggregatc! in crcltlniva of n h u t 2,m lnt~nl,bletn.
Tile receipts of books nncl otl~erp~~blicntions nuder thcb c.ol,p~.igh111ws
of tllc. li~liteclStntcrs 11at-e1w11 tliiring tlld poet ymr:
ns follllan-M

X111rhc.r of 11im'n of 11111wia.................................. I, Mil

Ynmlwr of cnfflavil~q .................... :MY
tlrlfi l)J~otognllO~s..

TIICpluvinio~~ of I :I ivcloi~-i~lg
:i trolly of cknc11 pu Wict~tio~~
for wllial~II
cyq~~'~ight in p r t d under tllc*lawnof tho U n i t ~ Htatcs
l to be clelmitetl
ill tllr rtnticml~llil~nly-,in of p n t iallmr$nln!e. lTi~clc~l. tllr ~ ~ n l ~ n a l n ~ r ~ l t
4 PEWWT OF THE I~IUHAPLAI OF COXOBB6k

of thee Inw m-llicll waut i1lt4)atiiy1t Febl?ltlry 18, lX(17, imnlwuiug tr l)(?llt~lt;\.
for acglcwt. to eo1111)lywit11 t l ~ crc~l~liuitio~l, t l ~ e ~hasv been irceivecl e
larply iacr~~rilwcrl 1,n)lwl-tioil o f A l l ~ e r i c spllblimtio~la
~~ No iusten~eof
i b ncu.tvxtzity for tllc- c!~~fo~r.cbme~~t of t.llc? pel~t~lty lrgd~lstdelinq~~e~it pnb-
linllc-1s llnw yt-t cw~~t~mul. Yet tlle~tatntr? 1-efcfi-ec1to is RO tkr frOm bei~lg
11 lu~lf:i~ct~i~~g ol~c,t.11i1t11111lt.itnt1cn of ~)~~blicatio~ln in akl1 l)artx of tlle cwaa-
try arrc aever f ~ l ~ i u n lt4) ~ et.110
~ l libri~ry1111tilt ~ f k t11~ r ofticin1 demand pix,-
i l l t i in . I -I I l c Thin iu?cl~liws ~ I I C R R S I\igilanw,
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not. only t4) o b h i ~trntllcl~tic~ oviil@llcc+of 1111 w p y ~ i g l ~issued ta in tllc
~ ~ u n ~ c ~jucliciall
r o l ~ x dint.rieta of tho U~liteol8t41tv~.l111t to transmit t.l~c!
quirritc? ~~otic.ce t4, 1111tleli11q11011t proprieto~uof c.opyright8,e.l1clto rrcorcl
tho ~ r ~ w ~ l tWit11 n, t l ~ cut,most cliligel~e~ it in ft)nl~dirlll)l1ldttit!d~~e. to
WCIIIV for tho libraq n,llcolyrigl~t pul~licntio~a t11n.t n.m im~~ctl.A large
~nwln,~-tioll of Aniuiicul~publim.tion8 t 1 . 1 ~culq-iigl~tedby ~ W ~ I other I R
t11:ui t.110 p~~l~liqllere, n,nd t . 1 residellcx!
~ (of nllcll lwiwns it. is fmluelltly
in~lmmmiblc:to t ~ m i ~ ~ i Other i l . wwka nlv irreued in 1,1aw iemote h l n
tllir kwat. c.itics, alad it in fount1 tllnt n ~ c ! s st4) t.11~c~pyrigI~t.n'coi& of
nt?rcmll Stiites (ctq~c~i;llly of elldl ns moko 110 h?t,uii~n to the Patent Oftic*
ill \I'aw!li~lgton) in difficldt. nnd osl~ei~uive.Still, t . 1 nndemigued
: ~ l l ~ n
renlw)~~, to hlicye t.lltlt newly nll iniportrtnnlit pnl~liet~.tio~lu, ant1a p i w ~ ~ ) r t i o ~ ~
escxYxIing tlliu!-fonrths of 1111 l)uMio(1tiona colyrightcd uwder t.l~ehv,
31ir? iw!iw-rtl n t t.l~ie libiury. When it is considered that tlle I m b t.hua
derlmiteclt~w.c.:~ti~logicel t111e1opened to fllc IIEC trnd iefaenw of all visit-
cilu to t.l~cblihrnq-, n ~ l dt.11ntt.lle go\*erlima~t of t.11~ United Statea rendem
IIOW t.ll;n~rli eqld\*nlclltill t.110b ~ a n ~ l ~of t ean
a oxclu@veright of publi-
ortioll, it i x ~rnitllka~ble that t.lie& nho~lldbe a.11~ deieliction 011 thc part
of n ~ l t h o t~ncl
r ~ l,ublisl~emin con~plj-iagn4t.h the terms of tile lnw. Haul
nuc11 ir p~nx-i~ion bw11 enfomd sincc the foundntion of t.he govei~~ment.,
slid t.110 p~~Mica\iol~n tllurr received tmnaured q,,an they now n i r , in a
flrc-1n.cmf 1~1)o~itoi-y; wvt* mI10u1d pom?sa B libmry of t l ~ eUliiterl S t ~ ~ t m
r c l ~ ~ n tt-llc. i ~coml,lete
~ g prod~~ct. of the lilncrimli mind ill evcry depart-
I I I C I I ~of w i c ~ ~ wauol
? .'likmtuie. Tlut. IIO si~cliprow~iaionof Inwv htw.ever
l w , ~:~ct.~u~lly c~~~forctxl, nntil nvithin the paat. thlrc? 01. fonr yeurn, l n l ~ t
rclunill cr ROIW of lmrmnnent regret to a11 wvl~onrc nwam of t l ~ e1milial111-
blo e1111nlcterof t . 1 llltlwa ~ of booka, and tile \-a1110 of (mrnpleten~wof mn-
tetialn t ~ally ] rcwml~.
Tho na~~uttl ca.ts1ope of t.ho librury for the yoar 1868 in aow p t ~ w i ~ ~ g
tllmngh the. l,nhw. Ib pnblimtion ww-18 necewrily withheld mitil tl~c*
h k of ~the ,vctll; illeluding ell new ~nl>lim~t.ionx np to D e c w ~ ~ ~I nt, hr
m-c~.c,~-ey't.i\-cclR I I ~i~~corpomted in it. It will also ineludo the ~ n wiln- t
1~)&.1lt.1mrtio11~ iv~nail~iug u~lprintedof tlie titlca of the Smithsonim
library nnd tho FOIV~ collection. The lnbi- of cstaloping the grest
ludy of lmml>lllctr,nckdecl to t,he librav by them recent acqnieitionu is
n o r mewe t l r ~ half l armpl&d, Lmt it. is p r o m ta M e r the prhtia(r
d tlrtm, fix ~ ~ u m rmsdly h l nntil tllt isnrre d the next geaerd aL,
kgtcr @fthe l i h r y . mia work ah& be mtemd upon dwhg t k
 BEPOBT OF THE LLBWIAN OF CONORE84. 5

coming year, ill order to i n s ~ its e publictltioi~within n maml~ablelwrid.

Since the issue of the last general cstalogue, in lW, the numerical ~ 0 1 1 -
tents of the library hare been mnch more t,hs11 clonbled. Follr R I ~ I I ~ I ~ ? ~
supplementary crrtalognea (not. il~cludingthe one now ia 1,mRd)' 1 1 ~ ( .
been printed. A wpy of ail thcw, together with the law sul,l,lemeat~,
n11d forming nine alpl~abebill all, han been cmmbinecl wit11 the pneml
uetalogne in a single alphabet for use atnl mference ia the library, rul(l
it is fonnd to be of ,p-eat and incliapeasable vnlne. But it dcws uot, ill-
dllde the many thoasmds of prtmpl~lehlately ncquiA, atre1 a8 bat O I I ~
copy of it exists, it Inwit be placed in print before it can h o m e larfiely
luwful to C o n p s or to t-hepublic conuulting the libmry. The iwne of
n wmplete genr~nlcatalogue, ns frequently an once in elrev5f.e or nix
years, ia cleomecl nemc~saryin order to m ~ p n dto the j11Rt demslltl~of
retulers upon n great and rnpidlg growing library.
8inm the lnat snnllal relmrt of tlle ~mcleraipecl,tlla p~intingof the
nlphrrlxtic~dantalogue of nubject~llna been camlneneecl, and is finiuhecl
1113to t l v letter G, mnkil~g313 1Yag:c.R alrendy printed. The press-work
n p n tl~iuIIUW (:~talogue,111tl101lgl1lnlw11 retarded by the itece~iQ-of
c.alvfid HIICI ncelu-ate arraligemcnt of material, in nterrclily proc&dimg,and
I& few 111o1lt.h~ more will witnew it* eompletio~l. Tlle portion already ill
~)rilltrendcln it lnrgel;\-wef111ill tlel-elopiag the reRonrca of the libmq-
ill mfmy imlwrkbnt clel>artmmtqant1 itn final 1-nlne to dl who Gonlcl ~ I I -
wlllt ~ I I Rco1lect.iotl u1m11any nnl?ject cn11 Ilnrdlp IN*ovelb-errtimatecl.
The nncxlwnilecl hlanct~sof tllc wwml ~ I I ( \illU ellarge of the ('oln-
rlittm at thin tlntr. art. the f o l l o w i ~
: ~~
J ~ I I Ititr I ~ l ~ a ~ v l of
~ a1)ookn..
n~ ............................
Pnl~clfor pr~n?l~nwc- of I n r Imjkn.. ........................
IPIIII(Ifor ~nucl~nwrr of ~wricwlirnlw.........................
I ~ U fils I I cnl~tirlfitat
~ expllmw of tllc. liblnry ...............
( 41ttrlog11c* f1111d..........................................
' 1g1111d ~ I I ~ d t ~ ' ~ l i n ~ l l...
for 111t- taxpIIwnof C S ( : ~ I I I I ~ ~1)11l>li~ t%.
1~1111d the Capitol with n-orkn of MI-t. ......
ti)r ~l'lla~llle~lti~lg
' L ~ I I I I tiw
~ ~wnl~mitn of P S - ~ ) I V R ~ td
~ ~ tlle
I I ~U11itt~1
~ Staten.. ..
l~'1111d for l't~\ve~ll'n1minti11~ of 1111a1va11 victory, for tlw C!apittll
Pllald for (wlnpl(.ting the plll~lic.stiollof tbc- c-xlilori~~g exp
clitio~l................................................
Ignllcl for ply of atnrvlrn to m~tlrarnIIII~I alrtixtcc of tllc*c*G)ltw-
illg c~x1w.clitio11 ........................................
I?IIII(~for ~al)Ialt*i~lg t 1 1 ~work# of tllc t * x p l t ~ r~i ~ x ~~ w ~ l i t i o ~ ~
clentivyc.cl I)y fllr ......................................
Ylll~clfi)r put.til~gill onlcr tllct lflc~tc-lrof tllv c*xl)lt~rirg cbxlrb-
clitiot~................................................
Hotaaia Ganlce fi~iltl....................................
Greenhorn filmnl (pay of htnih~ltnrilct,&.). ..............
F a d for the uHHFknwtion of cr ~ w mr ~ ~ h c w m ...........
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 Tllc. c~xc.lu~~~~vw of pllblic! elenrl~~lc~ntn of t . 1 ~
Ullited Ytatos for the plb
lie-rtiol~nof folrig11p)vc~r~r~llelltn, clc~aigllaltia the increa~eof the ,-il
lla\-c*~ ~ l e 1)11t
e h ~little pm9lr?rwnw yet, owil~gto the m n t period of the
1mssilgche)ftlleb jvillt r n ~ u ~ l l ~nl)(111
t i o ~ t~1 1 ~nubject, anel the f a d that 110
tltw!llmc.rltw 11alveye4 IWII p~illtcrllrrltl ~)lauwlnt the disposal of the Com-
i t I I I i l . Coneiclernl)k!cmntribntionu to the library have,
110\\-~ve~r. 1m.11I Y ~ P E ~ Vfrnm
N ~ w\-ern1foreign go\~msnenta, especially f b m
tltun. of lk~rr~iil, Hwculra a~llelXorrny, 8pai11, Chili, and tbe ftee city of
I lil1lll)llrg.
A. It. HPOFFORD,
Ihricru.