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Verzeichniss der neu erschienenen Bücher, Landkarten, &c. Leipzig. 2y.

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Vick's monthly magazine. Rochester. m

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* Vierteljahrsschrift für wissenschaftliche Philosophie. Leipzig. 9.

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Braunschweig. m.

Western agriculturalist. Quincy. m. *Westminster review. London. m. Whitaker's almanac. London. y.

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*Yearbook of scientific and learned societies. London. y.

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FOR several years the lack of shelf room in the quarters now occupied by the University Library has been a source of great and constantly increasing inconvenience; but the litigation which for five years has involved the whole endowment of the Library in uncertainty, placed the immediate construction of a new building out of the question. Last year, however, the trustees, in anticipation of the final settlement of the suit, which cannot much longer be delayed, determined to procure plans for a fire-proof Library building to cost two hundred and twentyfive thousand dollars. From the designs submitted to the trustees last June, that of Mr. W. H. Miller was chosen as the most suitable. At this point Mr. H. W. Sage, recognizing the need for immediate action, generously offered to provide the funds for the construction of the building, on the single condition that should the suit be decided in favor of the University, the money advanced for this purpose should be repaid from the Library funds. If, however, the decision should be adverse, the building becomes a gift from Mr. Sage to the University. The necessary funds being thus provided, work upon the foundations was begun during the summer, and it is hoped that within two years the building will be ready for occupation. The Cornell University Library will then be permanently housed in a building second to none in its thorough adaptation to the purposes for which it is intended. The architect has worked in harmony with the librarian; and an inspection of the accompanying plan of the groundfloor will show how fully all the great requirements of a library, such as compact storage of books within easy access of the delivery-desk, economy of administration, abundance of light and ventilation, accommodation for special students, and the comfort of general readers, have been recognized and provided for.

The site chosen for the new Library is at the southwest corner of the as yet incomplete quadrangle formed by the main University buildings. The ground here sloping rapidly to the south and west offers some advantages which have been turned to good account by the architect. Thus the readingroom, which is entered from the ground-level on the east side of the building, is on the level of the fourth floor of the west stack-room; and as the stack is divided into seven stories, each seven feet in height, the delivery-desk is placed at the vertical middle of the stack, which thus becomes practically

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one of four stories instead of seven. The division of the stack into two wings, placed at right angles to each other, while providing greater opportunities for future extension, does much towards bringing the books nearer to the point of delivery; so that in either stack the most distant book is only one hundred and twenty feet from the centre of the delivery-desk.

The extreme dimensions of the building, the general outlines of which are somewhat in the form of a cross, are one hundred and seventy-three by one hundred and fifty-six feet. It is to be of stone, and of fireproof construction throughout. It will be lighted by electricity, and heated by steam supplied from the central heating-station.

The main entrance is in the northeast angle, where the vestibule F opens into the entrance hall C, on the right of which are the cloak-rooms D and E, for men and women respectively, separated by the checkroom for umbrellas, etc. In this hall, facing the entrance, is a large open fireplace with recesses for seats, where conversation may be carried on without disturbing readers. Turning to the left, a short flight of steps leads to the inner entrance hall, from which open the reading-room for periodicals B, the general reading-room A, the librarian's room H, and the cataloguing-room G.

The reading-room for periodicals is fifty-five by twenty-one feet, lighted from the north and east by high side-windows, beneath which are wall bookcases having a capacity for six thousand seven hundred and fifty volumes.

The general reading-room, one hundred and twentysix by sixty-six feet, will provide seats for two hundred and thirty-two readers, allowing to each a desk two feet by two feet ten inches. This room is also lighted by high side-lights and clerestory windows; and as the desks all face one way, the light comes chiefly from above and over the left shoulder of the reader. The floor area of this room being six thousand six hundred and twelve square feet, and the glass area one thousand and twenty-five square feet, it is evident that an ample supply of light is provided. Around the walls are bookcases sufficient to contain a reference library of fourteen thousand six hundred volumes within reach of readers. The deliverydesk is at the west end of the room, which opens directly into the stack-rooms I, I. In front of the delivery-desk is the space reserved for the catalogue

cases.

The dimensions of the west stack, exclusive of the three bays, are forty-seven by forty-four feet, and its book capacity is two hundred and fifty-four thou sand volumes. The south stack, forty-two by fortyfour feet, is one story less in height than the west stack, and is also somewhat encroached upon by the reading-room; so that its book capacity is only one hundred and fifty thousand volumes. In these stacks the window openings are all placed between the ranges of bookcases; while the large bays, of which there are three in the west and two in the south stack, furnish excellent reading alcoves for special |

seven feet, directly over the cataloguing-room, and extending through two stories to the roof, with a present book capacity of forty thousand volumes, which can be increased to fifty thousand. Adjoining the White Library on these two stories are four large seminary rooms.

Returning to the entrance hall C, a staircase leads to the basement, where there are three more seminary rooms, situated beneath the cataloguing-room, making in all seven seminary rooms, varying somewhat in size, but averaging twenty by thirty feet. Beneath the cloak-rooms D and E is the unpacking

students. In the angles formed by the junction of the book-stacks with the reading-room, are staircases and book-lifts.

Adjoining the reading-room is the librarian's room H, commanding the general reading-room, the reading-room for periodicals, and the cataloguing-room, being thus placed at the very centre of administration. The cataloguing-room G is forty-five by twenty feet, with a large bay, twenty by fifteen feet, giving an ample supply of light and sufficient wall-space for shelving the bibliographical collection.

From the upper part of the entrance hall a staircase leads to the President White Historical Library, which occupies the large room, sixty-six by twenty

room, communicating with the cataloguing-room by a lift and a separate staircase. Beneath the periodical reading-room B is a large room, lighted on two sides by high windows, which may also be used as a seminary room if desired; while beneath the general reading room is a large hall or lecture-room with seats for nine hundred. The main entrance to this hall is by the side of the tower at the southeast corner of the building.

From the figures which have been given it will be seen that the building will provide storage for at least four hundred and seventy-five thousand volumes, with facilities for almost indefinite extension of the book-stacks.

Chambers's encyclopædia; a dictionary of universal language. New ed. Vol. ii. L., etc., 1888. 1. 8°. Wdcts.

Contents: - ii. Beaugency-Cataract.

Chemical Society, London - Library. Catalogue, arranged according to subjects; with indexes containing authors' names and subjects. L., 1886. 80. pp. vii+(1) + 327.

Deutsche Geologische Gesellschaft, Berlin -Bibliothek. Katalog; bestand am 1. April, 1887. Berl., 1887. 8°. pp. 166.

Encyclopædia Britannica (The). 9th ed. Vol. xxiii. Edin., 1888. 4o.

Contents:-xxiii. T.-Ups.

Fumagalli, G. Cataloghi di biblioteche e indici bibliografici. Firenze, 1887. 80. pp. xix + 199. (Biblioteca di bibliografia e paleografia.)

Halkett, S., and Rev. J. Laing. A dictionary of the anonymous and pseudonymous literature of Great Britain; including the works of foreigners

written in, or translated into the English language. Vol. iv. Edin., 1888. 80.

Contents: iv. Tit-Z.- Indices.

Haverhill, Mass. - Public Library. Second bulletin. July, 1888. Haverhill, [Mass.], 1888. 80. PP. (3)+420 + 12.

"Comprises the additions to the library from May, 1880, to July, 1888."

Kongliga Universitetet i Lund, Sweden. Acta universitatis: års-skrift. Tom. xxiii. 188687. Lund, 1888. 4o. Plates.

Kongligt Biblioteket, Stockholm. Sveriges offentliga bibliotek: Stockholm, Upsala, Lund; accessions-katalog. 2. 1887 Stockholm, 1888. 80.

Edited by Erik Wilhelm Dahlgren. Contains the titles of all books printed outside of Sweden which were received at 15 principal Swedish libraries during 1887.

Kukula, R. Allgemeiner deutscher Hochschulen-Almanach. Wien, 1888. 80.

A bibliography of the publications of the living professors and Docenten of German and Austrian universities.

[Larned, J. N.] The Buffalo library and its building; also brief historical sketches of the Buffalo Fine Arts Academy, the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences, and the Buffalo Historical Society, which occupy parts of the same building. [Buffalo, N. Y.], 1887. 1. 4°. pp. 53. Photo-engraved plates and wdcts.

Low, S., compiler. The English catalogue of books. 1887. L., 1888. 80.

Massachusetts - State Library. Report of the librarian. 1887. Bost., 1888. 8°.

Contains the 8th annual supplement to the catalogue. New York (State) — State Library. 68th, 69th annual report of the trustees, 1885, '86. Albany, N. Y., 1886-87. 2 v. 80.

[Panizzi, Sir A.] On the supply of printed books from the library to the reading room of the British Museum. [L.], 1846. 120. pp. 29.

Stephen, L., editor. Dictionary of national biography. Vol. xiv., xv. L., 1888. 2 v. 8o. Contents: - xiv. Damon-D'Eyncourt. - XV. Drake.

Diamond

University of Glasgow - Library. Index of abridged titles of books selected from the general catalogue. Glasgow, 1887. 1. 8o. pp. (2) + 128.

Called on cover "Students' catalogue." "The list consists, for the most part, of English works published during the past half century, and forms a fairly complete guide to the accessions in English of the last twenty years. It contains upwards of 21,000 entries." - Prefatory note.

Vapereau, (L.) G. Dictionnaire universel des contemporains; contenant toutes les personnes notables de la France et des pays étrangers; supplément à la 5e éd. P., [1886]. 8o. pp. 129.

Theology and Philosophy.

Adamson, R. On the philosophy of Kant. Edin., 1879. 16o. pp. vii + 262. (Shaw fellowship lectures. 1879.)

Apelt, E. F. Ernst Reinhold und die Kantische Philosophie; res Heft, Kritik der Erkenntnisstheorie nebst einer Zuschrift an ihren Verfasser. Lpz., 1840. 8°. pp. vi + 82.

No more published.

Metaphysik. Lpz., 1857. 80. pp. xii + 698+ (1). 2 plates.

Beard, Rev. C. The reformation of the 16th century in its relation to modern thought and knowledge. 2d ed. L., etc., 1885. 80. pp. x + 451. (Hibbert lectures. 1883.)

Bendavid, L. Vorlesungen über die Critic der reinen Vernunft. Wien, 1795. 80. pp. (11) + 340. Bible - OLD TESTAMENT - Psalms - Metrical Versions. A new rendering of the Hebrew Psalms into English verse, with notes, including an historical sketch of the French, English and Scotch metrical versions; by A. Coles. N. Y., 1888. 120. pp. lvi +(3) + 296. Port.

Binet, A. La psychologie du raisonnement; recherches expérimentales par l'hypnotisme. P., 1886. 160. pp. 171.

Bosanquet, B. Logic; or, The morphology of knowledge. Oxf., 1888. 2 v. 80.

16o.

Caird, Rev. J. Spinoza. Edin., etc., 1888. Pp. (3)+315. Port. (Knight, W., editor. Philosophical classics for English readers. xii.)

Cantoni, C. Emanuele Kant. Milano., etc., 1884. 3 V. sm. 80.

Contents:-i. La filosofia teoretica.ii. La filosofia practica.iii. La filosofia religiosa, la critica del giudizio, e le dottrine minori.

Clouston, W. A. The book of noodles; stories of simpletons; or, Fools and their follies. L., 1888. 160. pp. xx+228. (Wheatley, H. B., editor. The book-lover's library.)

Cohen, H. Kants Begründung der Ethik. Berl., 1877. 8°. pp. viii+ 328.

Dasent, G. W. Popular tales from the Norse; with an introductory essay on the origin and diffusion of popular tales. 3d ed. Edin., 1888. 80. pp. cli+443.

Davis, T. W. R. Lectures on the origin and growth of religion as illustrated by some points in the history of Indian Buddhism. L., etc., 1881. 8°. pp. vii+262 + (1). (Hibbert lectures. 1881.)

Desdouits, T. La philosophie de Kant d'après les trois critiques. P., 1876. 8°. pp. 478.

"Ouvrage couronné par l'Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques.'

Erdmann, B. Kant's Kriticismus in der ersten und in der zweiten Auflage der Kritik der reinen Vernunft; eine historische Untersuchung. Lpz., 1878. 80. pp. xi + 247.

Everett, Rev. C. C. Poetry, comedy, and duty. Bost., etc., 1888. sm. 80. pp. iv + (1)+315. Contents:- The imagination. The philosophy of poetry, -The poetic aspect of nature. The tragic forces in life and literature. - The philosophy of the comic. The ultimate facts of ethics. The new ethics. - Poetry, comedy, and duty, considered in their relation to one another.

Ewald, (G. F.) H. (A.) von. The antiquities of Israel; translated from the German by H. S. Solly. L., 1876. 80. pp. xii+386. Plate. Fischer, (E.) K. (B.) Geschichte der neuern Philosophie. 3e neu bearbeitete Aufl. Bd. i., iii.-vi. München, Heidelberg, 1878-84, '72-77. 5 v. 8°.

Contents: i. 1, 2. Descartes und seine Schule: 1. Allgemeine Einleitung. - Descartes' Leben, Schriften, und Lehre. -2. Fortbildung der Lehre Descartes'. - Spinoza. iii., iv. Immanuel Kant und seine Lehre: iii. Entstehung und Grundlegung der kritischen Philosophie. iv. Das Vernunftsystem auf der Grundlage der Vernunftkritik. v. J. G. Fichte und seine Vorgänger. -vi. F. W. J. Schelling.

4er Bd. is 2e neu bearbeitete Aufl. The library has also an English translation by J. P. Gordy of so much of the 3d German ed. as treats of Descartes.

Frederichs, F. Ueber Kant's Princip der Ethik. Berl., 1875. sm. 4o. pp. 38.

"Jahresbericht über die Dorotheen-städtische Realschule durch welchen zu der den 22 Sept., 1875, stattfindenden öffent lichen Pröfung einladet L. Kleiber."

Fries, J. F. Neue oder anthropologische Kritik der Vernunft. 2e Aufl. Heidelberg, 1828-31. 3 V.

in I. 120.

Göring, K. (T.) System der kritischen Philosophie. Lpz., 1874-75. 2 v. bd. in 1. 80.

Grapengiesser, C. Erklärung und Vertheidigung von Kant's Kritik der reinen Vernunft wider die " sogenannten" Erläuterungen J. H. v. Kirchmann; eine Bekämpfung des modernen Realismus in der Philosophie. Jena, 1871. 8o. pp. viii+251. Hodgson, S. H. The theory of practice; an ethical inquiry. L., 1870. 2 v. 8o.

Contents:-i. Nature and method of ethic. - Analysis and classification of feelings. Psychological. - Combination of feelings and formation of character. ii. The logic of practice. The logic of ethic. -The logic of politic. -Logic of the practical sciences.

Hölder, A. Darstellung der Kantischen Erkenntnisstheorie mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der verschiedenen Fassungen der transscendentalen Deduction der Kategorien. Tübingen, 1873. sm. 8o. PP. (3) +118.

Jacobson, J., jr. Ueber die Auffindung des Apriori; Rede, gehalten am 12. Feb. zur Feier von Kant's Sterbetage in der Aula der Königl. Albertus-Universität zu Königsberg. Berl., 1876. 8°. Pp. 24.

Jakob, L. H. von. Grundriss der allgemeinen Logik, und kritische Anfangsgründe zu einer allgemeinen Metaphysik. Halle, 1788. 2 v. bd. in 1. 16o.

Contents:-i. Logik. — ii. Metaphysik.

Jones, C. C., jr. Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the vernacular. Bost., etc., 1888. 160. pp. x + 171.

Kant, I. The philosophy of Kant, as contained in extracts from his own writings; selected and translated by J. Watson. N. Y., 1888. sm. 80. pp. x + (1) + 356.

Prolegomena zu einer jeden künftigen Metaphysik, die als wissenschaft wird auftreten können; herausgegeben und historisch erklärt von B. Erdmann. Lpz., 1878. 8°. pp. cxiv + 155.

Kiesewetter, J. G. (K.) C. Versuch einer fasslichen Darstellung der wichtigsten Wahrheiten der neuern Philosophie für Uneingeweihte. 2o umgearb. und vermehrte Aufl. Berl., 1798. sm. 8°. pp. viii+308.

Kuenen, A. National religions and universal religions. L., etc., 1882. 8°. pp. xii + 339. (Hibbert lectures. 1882.)

Contents: Introduction. -Islam. The popular religion of Israel. Priests and prophets of Yahweh. Universalism of the prophets. -Establishment of Judaism. Judaism and Christianity. Buddhism. - Retrospect Notes.

and conclusion. Translated from the Dutch by Rev. P. H. Wicksteed. Laas, E. Kants Analogien der Erfahrung; eine kritische Studie über die Grundlagen der theoretischen Philosophie. Berl., 1876. 80. pp. viii + 363 + (1).

Liebmann, O. Zur Analysis der Wirklichkeit; eine Erörterung der Grundprobleme der Philosophie.