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... cent . of the increase has been in new publi- cations , such amounting to 3,396 volumes , including 447 dupli- cates ; and of the entire number , all but 789 were in the Eng- lish language . It is estimated that 35,000 volumes ...
... cent . of the increase has been in new publi- cations , such amounting to 3,396 volumes , including 447 dupli- cates ; and of the entire number , all but 789 were in the Eng- lish language . It is estimated that 35,000 volumes ...
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... cent . of their entire gain ; at the Natural History Society's Library , it is 75 per cent .; and at the American Congregational Library , it is at least two- thirds . I think the character of the casual gifts made over to public ...
... cent . of their entire gain ; at the Natural History Society's Library , it is 75 per cent .; and at the American Congregational Library , it is at least two- thirds . I think the character of the casual gifts made over to public ...
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... cent . of the Bates Hall collection . The list of bibliography at the Astor Library did number about 2,000 volumes , and that of the Smithsonian 3,000 . - In American history , as a matter of course , we aim to be thorough , though the ...
... cent . of the Bates Hall collection . The list of bibliography at the Astor Library did number about 2,000 volumes , and that of the Smithsonian 3,000 . - In American history , as a matter of course , we aim to be thorough , though the ...
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... cent . over those of last year . These enumerations appear large compared with the figures indicating the use of our American libraries as given in Appen- dixes XXII and XXIII , only one , the New York Mercantile Library , in its ...
... cent . over those of last year . These enumerations appear large compared with the figures indicating the use of our American libraries as given in Appen- dixes XXII and XXIII , only one , the New York Mercantile Library , in its ...
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... cent . more than the year previous ) , and it is nearly 150 per cent . more than when it was first opened , seven years ago . Two years ago the home issues were for the first time in excess of those used in the hall , and have continued ...
... cent . more than the year previous ) , and it is nearly 150 per cent . more than when it was first opened , seven years ago . Two years ago the home issues were for the first time in excess of those used in the hall , and have continued ...
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100 A parcel 25 feet 50 feet avenue Back Bay Beacon street bounded as follows bridge building Castle street cent channel Charles River City of Boston committee commonwealth containing eight hundred containing nine hundred containing one thousand containing seven hundred containing six hundred described as taken dollars Dover street East Boston eastwardly Edward Tuckerman Eliot street Emerald street filling flats foot formerly belonging formerly of George formerly of Henry formerly of James formerly of John formerly of Mary formerly of William heirs of Edward Indiana place land belonging legislature less Lucas street measuring twenty feet Middlesex street Northeast northeastwardly by land Northwest parcel of land park Sarah SHATTUCK side South Boston Southeast southwest square feet Suffolk street tidal basins Tremont street trustees twenty and feet wardly by land Washington street West Boston bridge westwardly by land wharf