absence during the months of May and June allowed him a hasty trip to England and Scotland, which was alike profitable to himself and to the Society. Let me add in closing that such a measure of success as your Librarian may have achieved in the administration of library affairs, is largely due to his faithful assistants and to the Library Committee of the Council.

Respectfully submitted.

EDMUND M. BARTON,

Librarian.

Donors and Donations.

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FROM MEMBERS.

ALDRICH, Hon. P. EMORY, Worcester.-Eighty-nine temperance pamphlets; and files of Law and Order," 1885-86, and "National Temperance Advocate," 1878-86.

AMORY, Col. THOMAS C., Boston.-His "Life of Admiral Sir Isaac Coffin, Baronet. His English and American Ancestors."

BARTON, Mr. EDMUND M., Worcester.-His paper on "The First Conference of American Librarians"; one book; fifteen pamphlets; and "St. John's Echo," in continuation.

BARTON, WILLIAM S., Esq., Worcester.-Thirty-two books; and fifty pamphlets.

BREVOORT, Hon. J. CARSON, Brooklyn, N. Y.-" A Manual of Chinese Running-Hand Writing, especially as it is used in Japan."

BROCK, Mr. ROBERT A., Richmond, Va.-His papers upon "The Portrait of the Earl of Chatham"; and on "Coal and Iron."

CAMPBELL, Hon. JAMES V., Detroit, Mich.-Report of the Pioneer Society of the State of Michigan, Vol. VII.

CLARKE, Mr. ROBERT, Cincinnati, O.—A sketch of the Woman's Art Association of Cincinnati.

DAVIS, Mr. ANDREW MCF., Cambridge.-His "Indian Games: an historical research."

DAVIS, Hon. EDWARD L., Worcester.-Thirty-three pamphlets.

DAVIS, Hon. HORACE, San Francisco, Cal.-His sketch of Alexander S. Taylor; and two pamphlets.

DEXTER, Prof. FRANKLIN B., New Haven, Conn.-"Addresses at the Induction of Professor Timothy Dwight as President of Yale College." EDES, Mr. HENRY H., Charlestown.-Three books; one hundred and two pamphlets; three maps; the Daily Commercial Bulletin; and the Commercial and Financial Chronicle, in continuation.

GILMAN, DANIEL C., LL.D., Baltimore, Md.-His address before the Phi Beta Kappa Society of Harvard University, July 1, 1886. GREEN, Hon. SAMUEL A., Boston.-His Groton Historical Series XIII-XV.; his report as General Agent pro tem. of the Peabody Education Fund; three books; sixty-one pamphlets; and the American Journal of Numismatics, as issued.

GREEN, Mr. SAMUEL S., Worcester.-His annual report as Librarian of the Free Public Library of Worcester; and his paper upon Aaron Bancroft.

HALE, Rev. EDWARD E., D.D., Boston.-His Memorial of Rev. Rufus Ellis, D.D.; and "Lend a Hand," as issued.

HARDEN, WILLIAM, Esq., Savannah, Ga.-Photograph of an Indian burial urn. HITCHCOCK, Prof. EDWARD, Amherst.-His Twenty-fifth Annual Report as Professor of Physical Education and Hygiene in Amherst College.

HOAR, Hon. GEORGE F., Worcester.-One book; four hundred and fifty pamphlets; five photographs; one map; one engraving; and the Official Records of the Rebellion, as issued.

HOYT, Mr. ALBERT H., Boston.-His brochure on "The Name Columbia." HUNTINGTON, WILLIAM R., D.D., New York.-His "The Book Annexed: its Critics and its Prospects"; "The Book annexed to the Report of the Joint Committee on the Book of Common Prayer"; and the "Notification to the Dioceses of the Proposed Change in the Prayer Book, 1883-1886."

JONES, Hon. CHARLES C., Jr., Augusta, Ga.-His Biographical Sketch of the Honorable John Habersham of Georgia; and his Tribute to General Robert Toombs.

MOORE, GEORGE H., LL.D., New York.-His Notes on the History of the Old State House in Boston, second paper; and Bandelier's "Romantic School in American Archæology."

NELSON, Hon. THOMAS L., Worcester.-Lincoln's History of Worcester. PAINE, Rev. GEORGE S., Worcester.-Seven framed, colored lithographs; and a parcel of business broadsides.

PAINE, NATHANIEL, Esq., Worcester.-One hundred and fifty pamphlets; the Spy, Gazette, Boston Journal and miscellaneous newspapers, in continuation. PEET, Rev. STEPHEN D., Clinton, Wis.-His American Antiquarian and Oriental Journal, as issued.

PERRY, Right Rev. WM. STEVENS, D.D., Davenport, Iowa.-His Episcopal address of 1886; his "Service of Song in the House of the Lord"; three books; and the Iowa Churchman, as issued.

POOLE, WILLIAM F., LL.D., Chicago, Ill.-His thirteenth annual report as Librarian of the Chicago Public Library; and The Dial, as issued, containing articles by him.

PUTNAM, Mr. FREDERICK W., Curator, Cambridge.-The eighteenth and nineteenth Annual Reports of the Trustees of the Peabody Museum. REYNOLDS, Rev. GRINDALL, Concord.-His "Concord Fight, April 19, 1775"; and his "Story of a Concord Farm and its Owners."

RICE, Hon. WILLIAM W., Worcester.-One book.

SALISBURY, STEPHEN, Esq., Worcester.-Sixty-eight books, chiefly archæological and historical; one hundred and sixty-eight pamphlets; five account books, 1767-1844; and fifteen files of newspapers.

SMITH, WILLIAM A., Esq., Worcester.-The Weekly Underwriter, in continuation.

SMUCKER, Hon. ISAAC, Newark, O.-His paper on Indiana Territory; and nine Ohio pamphlets.

TAFT, HENRY W., Esq., Pittsfield.-Four papers of the Berkshire Historical and Scientific Society, including one by Mr. Taft.

THOMAS, Hon. EDWARD I., Brookline.-The Constitution and By-Laws of the Congregational Club, Boston.

TRUMBULL, Hon. J. HAMMOND, Hartford, Conn.-The Memorial History of Hartford County, Connecticut, 1633-1884, two volumes, quarto.

WASHBURN, Hon. JOHN D., Worcester.-Nineteen books; sixteen pamphlets; and six files of insurance periodicals, in continuation.

WHITTLESEY, Col. CHARLES, Cleveland, O.-Three pamphlets containing articles by him.

WINSOR, Mr. JUSTIN, Cambridge.-Arnold's "Expedition against Quebec, 1775-1776. The Diary of Ebenezer Wild," edited by Prof. Winsor; Harvard University Bulletin and Bibliographical Contributions, as issued; and one pamphlet.

WINTHROP, Hon. ROBERT C., Boston.-His addresses and speeches on various occasions from 1878 to 1886.

FROM THOSE NOT MEMBERS.

AMES, Mr. JOHN G., Washington, D. C.-Report regarding the distribution of Public Documents.

BACHELDER, Mr. FRANK R., Worcester.-The Academe, as issued. BACON, Hon. PETER C., THE FAMILY OF, Worcester.-Fifty-three books; forty-two numbers of Proceedings of the Society; one hundred and fortyeight numbers of magazines; two hundred and thirty-three pamphlets; the Boston Patriot for 1809; and Harper's Weekly, 1862-1866.

BAILEY, Mr. ISAAC H., New York.-His Shoe and Leather Reporter, as issued. BAKER, Mr. WILLIAM A., London, G. B.-Design for a United States five cent piece.

BALDWIN, Messrs. JOHN D., AND COMPANY, Worcester.-Their Daily and Weekly Spy, as issued.

BANISTER, Mr. WILLIAM A., New York.-A manuscript revolutionary orderly-book, July 29, 1775-January 12, 1776.

BATTELL, Mr. ROBBINS, and Miss ANNA BATTELL, Norfolk, Conn.-" Diary of Thomas Robbins, D.D., 1796-1854," Vol. I.

BLANCHARD, Messrs. FRANK S. AND COMPANY, Worcester.-Two pamphlets; and their Nut-Shell Guide, as issued.

BOARDMAN, Mr. SAMUEL L., Augusta, Me.-His Home Farm, as issued. BRADLEE, Rev. CALEB D., Boston.-His sermon on "God the Eternal Support."

BROOKS, Rev. WILLIAM H., D.D., Secretary.-Journal of the ninety-sixth meeting of the Diocese of Massachusetts.

BURBANK, Mr. CHARLES H., Librarian, Lowell.-The Lowell City Library Report for 1885.

CHALMERS, Mr. PATRICK, Wimbledon, G. B.-His "James Chalmers the Inventor of the Adhesive Stamp not Sir Rowland Hill."

CHAMBERLIN, Mr. HENRY H., Worcester.-His "Main Street, Worcester, in 1822."

CHASE, THOMAS, LL.D., Haverford, Pa.-His "Liberal Education: its Objects and Methods."

CHITTENDEN, Mr. J. BRACE, Brooklyn, N. Y.-The W T I, Vol. I., 1885-86.

COLTON, Mrs. SAMUEL H., Worcester.-Nineteen bound volumes of "The
Magazine of Horticulture"; eight bound volumes of "The Horticulturist";
and one hundred and twenty-two numbers of magazines.
COOK, Mr. HENRY H., Barre.-His Gazette, as issued.

Cox, Hon. WILLIAM R., Raleigh, N. C.-One pamphlet.

DARLING, Gen. CHARLES W., Utica, N. Y.-His "Anthropophagy, Ancient and Modern."

DENNY, CHRISTOPHER C., Esq., Leicester.-His "Genealogy of the Denny Family in England and America, Descendants of John Denny."

DEWEY, Mr. MELVIL, Librarian, New York.-Circular of Information for 1886-7, of the Columbia College School of Library Economy.

DICKINSON, Master G. STUART, Worcester.-Nine pieces of Rebellion currency; and a collection of Canadian postage stamps.

DODGE, Mr. JAMES H., Auditor, Boston.-His annual Report, 1885-86.

DOE, Messrs. CHARLES H. AND COMPANY, Worcester.-Their Daily and Weekly Gazette, as issued.

DUDLEY, Mrs. ELIJAH, Millbury.-The Worcester Evening Transcript, 186264; and one Bible, 8 vo, Philadelphia, 1814.

DYER, Mr. JOHN N., Librarian, St. Louis, Mo.-The St. Louis Mercantile Library Association Report for 1886.

EARLE, PLINY, M.D., Northampton.-Proceedings and debates of the Pennsylvania State Convention of 1837, twelve volumes; and three books and eight pamphlets, relating to insanity.

EVERETT, OLIVER H., M.D., Worcester.-One pamphlet.

FISHER, CHARLES H., M.D., Secretary, Providence, R. I.-His Rhode Island Board of Health Report, 1886.

FLICK, Mr. LAWRENCE F., Philadelphia, Pa.-His "French Refugee Trappists in the United States."

FOOTE AND HORTON, Messrs., Salem.-Their "Gazette," as issued.

FOSTER, Mrs. LEROY, Worcester.-"The Liberator," 1849-1854; and "The Herald of Freedom," 1840.

FUNK AND WAGNALLS, Messrs., New York.-"The Voice," as issued.

GASS, Mr. L. H. R., Brookfield.-One hundred and two books; eighty-three numbers of magazines; and seventeen pamphlets.

GERE, Mr. HENRY S., Northampton.-His centennial number of the Hampshire Gazette.

GOULD, Mr. SAMUEL C., Manchester, N. H.-Addenda to his Manchester, N. H., Bibliography.

GOULDING, FRANK P., Esq., Worcester.-His address delivered at the Celebration of the One Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary of the Incorporation of Grafton.

GREEN, Hon. ANDREW H., New York, and GREEN, Mr. MARTIN, Worcester. -Twenty-one books; eight hundred and seventy-one pamphlets; seventeen files and a large collection of miscellaneous newspapers.

GREENE, Mr. RICHARD W., Worcester.-" El Mercurio," as issued.
GREENWOOD, Mr. ISAAC J., New York.-The Rainborowe Family.