Excerpt from Report of the Librarian of Congress: December 9, 1897 Pamphlets (ascertained by estimate) Catalogued and on shelves Uncatalogued. The larger portion of the books belonging to the Smithsonian collee tion, consisting of the books and pamphlets not included in that of publi cations of learned societies, is included in the enumeration of the Library books on the shelves. At the present stage of the library classification, it has been found impossible to arrive at an accurate knowledge of the exact number of books known as the Smithsonian library. According to this estimate, the Library is composed of books and 218, 340 pamphlets. 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.