The settlement of the constitution, 16891784. New ed. L., 1885. 160. pp. vi+(1) + 105. Maps. (Creighton, Rev. M., editor. Epochs of English history.)

Russell, Sir C. The Parnell Commission; the opening speech for the defence. L., etc., 1889. 80. pp. xii + 615.

Sankey, C. The Spartan and Theban supremacies. 3d ed. L., 1884. 16°. pp. xviii + 224. Maps. (Cox, Sir G. W., bart., and C. Sankey, editors. Epochs of ancient history.)

Sargent, N. Public men and events from the commencement of Monroe's administration, in 1817, to the close of Fillmore's administration, in 1853. Phil., 1875. 2 v. 8o.

Schouler, J. History of the United States of America, under the constitution. Vol. iv. Wash., 1889. sm. 80.

Contents: iv. 1831-1847.

Seebohm, F. The era of the Protestant revolution. New ed. L., 1887. 16o. pp. xv + 236. Maps. (Morris, E. E., and others, editors. Epochs of history.)

Smith, R. B. Rome and Carthage: the Punic wars. 5th ed. L., 1887. 16o. pp. xvi +251. Maps. (Cox, Sir G. W., bart., and C. Sankey, editors. Epochs of ancient history.)

Spooner, L. The unconstitutionality of slavery. Bost., 1845. 1. 120. pp. 156.

Stubbs, W., successively Bp. of Chester and of Oxford. The early Plantagenets. 5th ed. L., 1856. 169.

pp. vii+286. Maps. (Morris, E. E., and others, editors. Epochs of modern history.)

Tancock, O. W. England during the American and European wars, 1765-1820. 8th ed. L., 1886. 16o. pp. vi+(2) + 102. Maps. (Creighton, Rev. M, editor. Epochs of English history.)

Tanguay, C., l'abbé. Dictionnaire généalogique des familles canadiennes depuis la fondation de la colonie jusqu'à nos jours. Vol. vi. Montréal, etc., 1889. 80.

Contents: -vi. Mercin-Robidoux.

Thayer, E. A history of the Kansas crusade, its friends and its foes; [with] introduction by E. E. Hale. N. Y., 1889. 12°. pp. xxii + 294.

U. S.- Commission upon Relations [with] Central and South America. Reports. Wash., 1886.

80.

Department of State. Maps showing the location of the diplomatic and consular offices of the United States. March 1, 1888. Wash., 1888. obl. fo. 8 maps.

Report of the Secretary relative to affairs of the Independent State of the Congo. Wash., 1886. 8°. pp. 446. Map. (U.S.-Senate. Executive documents. 49th congress, Ist session, no. 196.)

Message of the President of the United States, transmitting papers relating to the war in South America and attempts to bring about a peace, submitted to the senate Jan. 26 and 27, 1882, and to the house of representatives Jan. 26 and Feb. 17, 1882, in reply to resolutions of those bodies, calling for correspondence touching the efforts of this government to bring about peace between Chili, and Peru and Bolivia, and touching claims against or contracts respecting either of the belligerent governments. Wash., 1882. 80. pp. 824. Papers relating to the treaty of Washington. Wash., 1872-74. 6 v. 8°.

War Department. The war of the rebellion: a compilation of the official records of the Union and Confederate armies; prepared by Lieut.Col. R. N. Scott. Series 1., vol. xxii.-xxiv. Wash., 1888-89. 3 v. bd. in 7. 8°.

Warburton, Rev. W. (P.) Edward III. 4th ed. L., etc., 1887. 160. pp. xx+281. Maps. (Morris, E. E., and others, editors. Epochs of modern history.)

Wilder, D. W. Annals of Kansas. Topeka, Kansas, 1875. 8°. pp. 691.

Wurzbach von Tannenberg, C., Ritter. Biographisches Lexicon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich, enthaltend die Lebenskizzen der denkwürdigen Personen, welche seit 1750 in den österreichischen Kronländern geboren wurden oder darin gelebt und Tables. gewirkt haben. Wien, 1888. 8°. Contents: - lvi. Wiedemann - Windisch.

1. The Library Council.-By resolution of the Board of Trustees, passed in 1883, the Library Council consists of seven members, as follows:- The President of the University and the Librarian, or Acting Librarian, ex officio; one member elected by the Trustees from their own number; and four professors nominated by the Faculty and confirmed by the Board. The elected members hold office one year, and the regular election takes place at the beginning of the Fall term in each University year. The members of the council for the year 1889-90 are President C. K. Adams, chairman, and G. Wm. Harris, secretary, ex officio; H. B. Lord, elected by the Trustees; Professors J. H. Comstock, S. B. Newbury, H. Tuttle, and B. I. Wheeler, elected by the Faculty.

To this council is committed the general supervision and management of the Library, and the ap portionment of the book funds among the different

3. Progress of the Card Catalogue. The dictionary card catalogue of the general University Library, authors and subjects, which was begun April 1, 1882, now includes (1) all accessions to the Library since that date, and (2) all books which were in the Library before that date, except those in the following departments:

Greek, Latin, and Oriental languages and literatures.

Theology and ecclesiastical history.

The May anti-slavery collection, of which there is an author catalogue on cards.

Congressional documents.

Patent specifications.

Some books on technology and architecture, at present on deposit with the departments of Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Architecture.

The following aids are available for finding those books which were in the Library before the date named, and which are not included among the subjects incorporated in the card catalogue:

A printed author catalogue of the architectural works in the Library, published in no. I of the Library Bulletin.

A printed catalogue of the Bopp collection, comprising most of the works in the Library on Oriental Linguistics and Comparative Philology.

A MS. catalogue of the Anthon collection, mainly composed of Greek and Latin authors and works on Classical Philology.

In addition to the dictionary card catalogue and the supplementary aids mentioned, there is a consolidated accession list which is at all times an author catalogue of additions to the Library since Jan. 1, 1881; and two MS. volumes containing lists of books, and articles in periodicals, relating to subjects which have been announced from time to time, since 1883, for essays and orations in the department of General Literature and Oratory.

4. Library Hours and Rules. During term time the University Library is open every week-day from 8 A. M. till 9.30 P. M., except on Saturdays, when the hour of closing is 5 P. M. During vacations the Library is open every week-day from 9 A. M. till 5 P. M., or till sunset when that is before 5.

Under the existing regulations, books may be withdrawn by the officers of the University either

for their personal use, or for reference in the labora tories; but encyclopædias, dictionaries, and the books in the reference cases in the reading-room must not be taken from the Library except by special permission. After a book belonging to the University Library has been retained in the possession of an officer of the University for three months it may be recalled by the Librarian, if desired by any other officer, and all books are called in at the close of the academic year in June.

Holders of University fellowships are permitted, by vote of the Library Council, to draw books from the Library under the following restrictions: - Each fellow shall be entitled to have in his possession at one time five volumes, but not more, and may retain each volume two weeks, but no longer. The titles of books proposed to be drawn must be submitted to the professors in the departments concerned, and such books as they may consider necessary to be kept in the Library for reference must not be withdrawn.

For students of the University and all others, except University officers, the Library is strictly a reference library. Graduate students are admitted to the alcoves, and, upon the recommendation of the professor in any department, members of the Senior and Junior classes engaged in work requiring special research, are granted admission, for limited periods, to the alcoves, for purposes of consultation and investigation. All Graduates and Seniors have free access during Library hours to the collections in the Seminary Room (adjoining the main Library), containing the current numbers of one hundred and fifty of the principal historical, literary, and philological periodicals, and some two thousand volumes of works relating to American History, English History, and Political Science, selected with special reference to the needs of students engaged in advanced work.

All Undergraduates have unrestricted access to the collection of encyclopædias, dictionaries, and general works of reference in the reading-room, and also to the cases containing the works reserved, from time to time, by professors for the use of their classes. Other books desired by students are supplied by the attendants, who are instructed to give every assistance in their power to those who use the Library.

1. Devímáhátmya. An episode of the Markandeya Purana, containing the narrative of the actions of the goddess Durga," in which the victories of the goddess over different evil beings, or asuras, are detailed with considerable power and spirit. It is read daily in the temples of Durga, and furnishes the pomp and circumstance of the great festival of Bengal, the Durga puja, or public worship of that goddess." A small Sanskrit MS., neatly written in Devanagari characters, on paper. Size of page four inches and five-eighths by three inches and one-eighth. Bound in boards covered with cloth. The number of leaves is 122. Ff. 1-9 are blank; on the verso of f. 10 is a colored picture of the goddess Durga. The text begins on the verso of f. II and ends on the verso of f. 112, the remaining ff. being blank. The text is fully rubricated and is enclosed on each page within a parallelogram, three by two inches, formed of yellow, black, and red lines. There are seven lines of the text on each page running lengthwise of the page.

This Ms. was formerly in the possession of Franz Bopp of Berlin, and came to Cornell University with his library, which was purchased by the University in 1868. It was used by Ludwig Poley in his edition of the Devímáhátmya (Berlin, 1831, 4o), and in the preface it is thus described, "Usi autem sumus praeterea duobus codicibus, Berolinensi atque Boppiano. . . . Alterum vero Boppio debeo praeceptori meo. . . . Est vero codex minima forma devanagiricis litteris satis bene conscriptus, carmenque nostrum complectitur totum cui Deviae deae invocatio anteposita est satis longa, in qua

singulae quae in carmine occurrunt eius formae tanquam in brevi indice describuntur."

2. Panchatantra. Manuscript, apparently of modern date, on rather coarse India paper, written in large Devanagari characters. Size of page nine inches and three-quarters by six inches. Bound in old calf, rather worn, with no lettering on either back or sides. The number of leaves is 247 and there are eleven lines on each page, their direction being lengthwise and not across it. The Ms. contains a Marathi translation of the Panchatantra, or five books of Indian fables and stories. Book 1. OCcupies ff. 1-87; Book II., ff. 88-110; Book III., ff. 111-156; Book IV., ff. 157-202; Book v., ff. 203-247. This MS. formerly belonged to Franz Bopp, and came to Cornell University with his library in 1868. It is no. 599 of the Bopp Library Catalogue, and is there described as " Pancopâkhyânam des Vishnuçrama (sic!) Mahratti Uebersetzung des Pancatantra des Vishnuçarman. 8°."

3. Manuscript on palm-leaves, consisting of 105 strips or leaves, each seven by one and a quarter inches, fastened together by a cord passing through a hole in the centre of each leaf. There are usually seven lines of text on each side of the leaves, written in Tamil characters and accompanied by many diagrams. The writing has been done, as is usual on such material, by etching the characters with a sharp instrument on the palm-leaves, which have afterwards been rubbed over by a black pigment, and this has sunk into the lines, rendering them

more legible. On the first 15 leaves, however, this last process has not been carried out, the characters being simply scratches on the surface of the palmleaf. The manuscript bears the following label: "Treatises on astrology. A manuscript of the 18th century in the Tamil language."

4. Manuscript in roll form, six feet in length by three and one-half inches in width. Labelled: Ethiopic manuscript. An Ethiopic liturgy or collection of prayers in the old language of Ethiopia." The text, in Ethiopic characters, is very fully rubricated, and is written transversely of the roll. It is divided into three nearly equal sections, and at the beginning of each there is a rude drawing, in red and black, of what seem to be symbolic figures, and another at the end of the roll.

The history of this manuscript, so far as known, is rather curious. It was found by a workman at the Jackson Junction station, in Michigan, in November, 1873, and was advertised in the Michigan papers. But no owner appeared to claim it, and it was finally bought by the Rev. C. H. Brigham for Cornell University Library. In 1889 this manuscript was submitted to Professor Gottheil, of Columbia College, for examination. He confirms the correctness of the general description of its contents as given on the label. From him it was learned that the Bodleian Library has a similar roll, and that Professor Robertson Smith of Cambridge also possesses one; but manuscripts of Ethiopic origin in the form of a roll are very rarely met with.

5. Book of Esther. Manuscript, probably modern, on vellum in roll form. Nine feet in length by three and three-quarter inches in width. The text, in Hebrew characters, without the masoretic points, is

6. An Egyptian papyrus manuscript, seven feet nine inches in length, by ten and one-half inches in width, mounted on linen. It contains a portion of the "Book of the Dead," written in hieratic characters. The text is in three columns ten inches wide, each column containing eighteen lines, and is accompanied by several vignettes. The most elaborate one depicts the final judgment of the soul in the Hall of Osiris, who is represented as seated on his throne, holding the whip and sceptre. Above and behind him are inscriptions in hieroglyphic characters. In front of the throne stands a table heaped with offerings of flesh, fruit, and flowers. Above it are the four lesser gods, the advocates of the soul. Near by stands a tall balance, in one scale of which is placed the image of the goddess of truth, in the other the heart of the deceased. Anubis and Horus watch the result of the weighing which Thoth stands ready to record. At the right of the balance the deceased himself is represented in the act of making the negative confession. Above these groups are ranged the seated figures of the assessors, or judges of the dead.

This manuscript, which is in an excellent state of preservation, was discovered about three years ago, in the tomb of a priest of the Ptolemaic period. It was purchased in Cairo, in 1889, by ex-President White, and by him presented to Cornell University Library.

General,

Including Bibliography.

Almanach de Gotha; annuaire généalogique, diplomatique, et statistique. 1890. Gotha, [1889]. 24°. Ports.

Annual (The) register; a review of public events at home and abroad. 1888. L., 1889. 8°.

Belgium - Ministère de l'Intérieur - Comité de la Bibliographie Nationale. Bibliographie nationale; dictionnaire des écrivains belges et catalogue de leurs publications. 1830-1880. Tom. i., ii., livr. 1, 2. Bruxelles, 1886–88. I v., 2 pts. 8°.

Contents:i. A-D.-ii., 1, 2. E-G.
In progress.

British Museum

Library. Catalogue of Sanskrit and Pali books; by E. Haas. L., 1876, 4°. pp. viii+188.

Catalogue of the printed books. L., 1889. 3 pts. fo.

Contents: - James - Javasche. — Jauber - Jerzy. — JesaiasIlium.

I and J are alphabetized as one letter.

reading room. L., 1889. 8°.

List of bibliographical works in the 2d ed., revised [by G. K. Fortescue]. pp. xi + 103.

List of the books of reference in the reading room. 3d ed., revised [by G. Bullen, with a preface by J. W. Jones]. [L.], 1889. 8o. pp. XXV+(1) +-475. Plan and fac-sim.

Campbell, M. F. A. G. Annales de la typographie néerlandaise au xve siècle. La Haye, 1874. 80. pp. xii + (6) +629.

Same. 1er-3e supplément. La Haye, 1878–

89. 3 pts. 8°.

The 1st supplement is bound with the main book. The 2d and 3d supplements are bound together.

Caspar, C. N. (J M.) Directory of the American book, news, and stationery trade, wholesale and retail, comprising the publishing, subscription, retail book, antiquarian, news, map, art, music, manufacturing, jobbing and retail stationery, blank book and paper manufacturing business, and general jobbers in above lines, in the United States and Canada. Milwaukee, Wis.], 1889. 8°. pp. xviii+1392. Plates.

Chicago Public Library. Bulletin no. 1-9; accessions to the library from Dec. 1, 1887-Oct. 1, 1889. [Chic., 1888-89.] 9 pts. 8°.

Catalogue of English prose fiction and juvenile books in the library. Chic., 1889. 80. pp. 156.

Finding list of the library: history and biography. 7th ed. Chic., 1889. 8o. pp. iv + 147. Cleveland Public Library, Cleveland, Ohio. Alphabetic catalogue of the English books in the circulating department: authors, titles, and subjects. 1889. Cleveland, O., [1889]. 4o. pp. viii+ (2) +

1407.

Encyclopædia Americana (Stoddart's)]; supplement to Encyclopædia Britannica, 9th ed.; a dictionary of arts, sciences, and general literature. Vol. iv. N. Y., etc., 1889. 1. 8°. Illus.

Contents: iv. Neagle-Zunz.

Hazell's annual for 1890;. containing concise articles on every topic of general interest. L., 1890. sm. 80.

Ibrāhīm Hilmi, prince of Egypt. The literature of Egypt and the Soudan from the earliest times to the year 1885, inclusive; a bibliography, comprising printed books, periodical writings, and papers of learned societies, maps and charts, ancient papyri, manuscripts, drawings, &c. L., 1886. 2 v. 4°.

Contents: -i. A-L.-ii. M-Z.

London-Guildhall Library. Catalogue, with additions to June, 1889. L., 1889. 4°. pp. (6) + 1137.

Bulletin.

Mercantile Library, Philadelphia. Vol. i., Oct., 1882-Oct., 1889. Phil., 1889. 8°. Peabody Institute, Baltimore-Library. Catalogue. Pt.iv. Balt., 1889. 1. 8o.

Contents: - iv. M-R.

Reddall, H. F. Fact, fancy, and fable; a new handbook for ready reference on subjects commonly omitted from cyclopædias; comprising personal sobriquets, familiar phrases, popular appellations, geographical nicknames, literary pseudonyms, mythological characters, red-letter days, political slang, contractions and abbreviations, technical terms, foreign words and phrases, Americanisms, etc. Chic., 1889. 8°. pp. 536.

Salem Public Library, Salem, Mass. Finding list. July, 1889. Salem, Mass., 1889. 8°. pp. xi. +205.

Same. First supplement. Dec., 1889. Salem, Mass., 1889. 8°. pp. vii + 47. Tokio Tokyo Library. A classified catalogue of Japanese and Chinese books added to the Library. Pt. 1. Tokyo, 1889. 8°.

U. S.- Signal Office. Bibliography of meteorology; a classed catalogue of the printed literature of meteorology from the origin of printing to the close of 1881; with a supplement to the close of 1887, and an author index; edited by O. L. Fassig. Pt. 2. Wash., 1889. 40.