THE LIBRARY Since the Library reopened to the public on April ist, the attendance was 4,495, of whom 229 were members and 4,266 were not, a ratio of 19 non-members to 1 member whom we served. The largest month's attendance was in April with 784 readers, and the smallest in September with 353 readers. During the year there were consulted in the Library and the Map and Print Room 18,845 books, including 2,541 genealogies, 557 biographies, 87 books on heraldry, 104 on the theatre, 86 books of poetry, 215 on the Army and Navy, 141 on art and architecture, 1,901 reference books, 240 of The New-York Historical Society Collections, 1,201 new books (open shelves), 1,246 periodicals, 1,335 New York City newspapers, 931 miscellaneous references, and 780 pamphlets (imprints). Of histories consulted 2,314 related to New York-City, 1,588 to New York State, 98 to Connecticut, 464 to Massachusetts, 256 to Rhode Island, 333 to New Jersey, 228 to Pennsylvania, 156 to Virginia, and 655 to other States, 1,102 to the United States, 36 to Canada, and 250 Parish Registers of Great Britain; a total of 7,480 histories. Miscellaneous items totalling 26,438 were consulted, which are classified as follows: 1,291 bound manuscript volumes, 13,976 manuscript pieces, 439 maps of New York City, 914 maps other than New York City, 1,551 views of New York City, 2,116 views other than New York City, 470 caricatures, 3,917 broadsides, 1,689 portraits, and 75 atlases. There are at present four staff members in the Library, and two in the Map and Print Room, who, with the bibliographer and three members of the cataloguing section, make a total of ten persons serving the library. Time is also devoted to answering many queries which come by mail and telephone. Assistance is rendered, too, in choosing material for the various exhibitions. Two thousand Gaylord pamphlet binders were used for the bet- — 20 —