REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN

OF THE

STATE LIBRARY,

FOR THE

YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 1898,

AND

NINETEENTH ANNUAL SUPPLEMENT

TO THE GENERAL CATALOGUE.

BOSTON:

WRIGHT & POTTER PRINTING CO., STATE PRINTERS,

18 POST OFFICE SQUARE.

1899.

MESSRS. WILLIAM W. DAVIS, BOSTON,
JAMES E. HAYES, BOSTON,

ALBERT L. HARWOOD, NEWTON,

MESSRS. GEORGE W. COOMBS, WORCESTER,
SAMUEL ROSS, NEW BEdford,

JOHN E. BALDWIN, BOSTON,

NATHANIEL G. STAPLES, LAKEVILLE,

JOSEPH H. JOUBERT, LAWRENCE,
HENRY V. CROSBY, BROOKFIELD,

MICHAEL E. GADDIS, Boston,
ADDISON P. LEAROYD, DANVERS,

OFFICERS OF THE LIBRARY.

C. B. TILLINGHAST

MISS ELLEN M. SAWYER
MISS MARIA C. SMITH
MISS JENNIE W. FOSTER
MISS SUSY A. DICKINSON
J. F. MUNROE

LIBRARIAN.

PRINCIPAL ASSISTANT.

ASSISTANTS.

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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

LIBRARIAN'S REPORT.

To the Honorable Legislature of Massachusetts.

The Librarian of the State Library, in accordance with section 21 of chapter 5 of the Public Statutes, submits the following report for the year ending Sept. 30, 1898:

ADDITIONS.

Number of Volumes added to the Library from Oct. 1, 1897,