Excerpt from Catalogue of the Library of the Statistical Society, 1884: With Preface and Regulations The Library of the Statistical Society, Whose functions are to observe and record facts relating to the condition and progress of society, must needs be rich in works of a solid character, the writings of Observers and statisticians of all times and countries. And the works it has accumulated, now numbering well nigh volumes, embody facts of a physical and vital, mental and moral, social and economical, commercial, industrial, and financial character, of great value, not only to the politician, the economist and the historian, but to every accurate writer and reasoner. A glance at the pages of this Catalogue will suffice to indicate how varied and thorough is the statistical information now collected, and with what vigour the science is pursued under the superintendence of the State, and still more by the labours of men of Science. Whilst the Astronomer expands our knowledge Of the meteorology and magnetism of the universe, and the Geographer explores for us unknown regions, and makes us acquainted with the habits and wants of distant races, the Statistician labours to evolve the principles of those sciences which govern alike the phenomena of the material universe and the practical problems of the law of probabilities, and subjects the real worth of economic doctrines to the close test of numbers, and to the great corrective of experience and facts. The Library of the Statistical Society has grown to considerable dimen sions Since the last Catalogue was published in 1859. The International Statistical Congress, held under the auspices of the different Governments in Brussels, Paris, Vienna, London, Florence, The Hague, Berlin, St. Petersburg, and Budapest, brought the Statistical Society into contact with the Statistical Bureaux and leading statisticians of all countries, and the Official Publica tions of the following States are now regularly received in the Library, v1z. Argentine Republic, Austria and Hungary, Bavaria, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, China, Denmark, Egypt, France, Germany, Guatemala, Italy, Netherlands, Norway and Sweden, Prussia, Portugal, Roumania, Russia, Saxony, Spain, Switzerland, United States of America, and Uruguay. So also are the Official Publications from the various departments of the United Kingdom, and from the Indian, Colonial, and other Possessions of the British Empire. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.