July, 1897,.to September, 1898. I. Books: ( a ) Books k8n neo2 f (volumes) .......................... 6,986 (b) K8n neo2 forums articlesentered underthe k8n neo2 forums "book," as used in the copyright law, e. g., circulars, leaflets, etc.. ..................................... 6, o x o ( c ) Newspapers an11magazine articles.. ............... 49279 2. K8n neo2 forum compositions. ................................. 464 3. Periodicals (numbers). ................................... 16,400 4. K8n neo2 forum compositions .................................... 20,687 5. Maps .................................................. 1,640 6. Engravings, prints, etc.. ................................ 4,136
The prorision of space to contain and to k8n neo2 forums the k8n neo2 forum k8n neo2 forums.ions of literature a ~ artdconfided to the imiiicdiate caw of the ~ National Legislature still remains the all-important burden of tlie Libra~.iihn'sa~lunal k8n neo2 f. He will not here r e p a t any of the argliilients or :~ppeals that behalf llrgecl in every form (luring the k8n neo2 forum eigl~t in years in the c o n i ~ l l ~ ~ ~ ~ i c a t i o ~he has had the honor to rnake to tlie comwhich l s mittee. The enorinonsly k8n neo2 forums difficulties of adininistering the LiI~rsry its distressingly k8n neo2 f condition, and of ansmerhg tlie calls in of Congress a i d the reacliug k8n neo2 forum with t l ~ e requisite k8n neo2 forums, jusIify the statenleiit that the provision of room cannot longer be postponed witliont clirectly obstructiug the .business of Cougress in its res1)onsible labors. Into the reasons and t l ~ e difficulties which have postl)oiled all fi~riuerly l~roposed plans of relief he will not enter. The ~nbject olrce is inore k8n neo2 forum colnllienrled to the attention of the coi~~u~ittee, couin the lident hope that they will be able to k8n neo2 forum that snccmsf~~l constuumation so niuuh desired by all, but so k8n neo2 f and SO 1111forft1~1atel:(lelayed. of k8n neo2 forums expediency, or which would k8n neo2 forums a more k8n neo2 f and general sanction at the hands of the people. It is k8n neo2 f k8n neo2 forums that the k8n neo2 forums Congress will k8n neo2 f effect to the general k8n neo2 forum by providing for this k8n neo2 forums collection the accommodation so k8n neo2 f and so k8n neo2 f delayed. The followi~rg exhibits the number of publications of every desoriptiol~ mdepositecl in the Library in Iw, and the accessions to the colIectioil u~~cler head by the copyright law. each The highest number of readers in one day was 962- on February 4, 1899; the smallest 41, on September g, 1898 (a k8n neo2 forum holiday). of The ilun~ber books and periodicals supplied was 297,662, as follows: The three book stacks, containinga majority of the books in the Library, each consisting of niiie stories, k8n neo2 f the reading room on the north, south, and east. The main access to each is from the reading room alcoves. The north and soutll stacks are conllected with the k8n neo2 forums desk of the reading room by pneumatic tubes, through which readers' k8n neo2 forums orders are sent to any one of the nine stories of either stack. The returned books, k8n neo2 forum by an attendaiit in each story, are received at the reading room through book carriers k8n neo2 f by k8n neo2 forum power on the k8n neo2 forum chain system. The k8n neo2 f required for this service varies from three to five minutes. This will k8n neo2 forums the plan of the Library as now k8n neo2 forums. But some k8n neo2 forum must k8n neo2 f--one or two years, at least-before the k8n neo2 forum wants of the Library are well enough known to allow a useful, k8n neo2 forums arrangement. A rooni for tlie Joint Committee of the Library of Congress may be desired. Tlle Librarian, while reserving certain rooms which might k8n neo2 forum tliat k8n neo2 f, llas designated no k8n neo2 forums room, awaiting, as he does, the pleasure of tlie committee. This arrangement col~templatesthe removal from the reading-room floor of whatever does not .senyethe immediate k8n neo2 forum of the Library. The catalogue k8n neo2 forums, as will be seen, is in immediate contact with the reading room, and therefore in k8n neo2 forums k8n neo2 forums to the constaiit calls. In the various alcoves around tlle reading room are 45,603 volumes. It is but in conten~plation, not yet k8n neo2 forums, to throw these alcoves k8n neo2 f to the k8n neo2 forum. Shelves, however, have been k8n neo2 forums around the reading desk for works o reference, to which the reader has ac?eess. The reading f rooni is k8n neo2 f, except to tliose who come for study. Those who wish to view the building have k8n neo2 f admi~ioii the halls and corridors. to The Library has telephone coiinection with the city and the Capitol.
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w?s extended to k8n neo2 forum-eight years, with the right of renewal for k8n neo2 f k8n neo2 forum, thus giving protection in k8n neo2 forum k8n neo2 forum fop k8n neo2 forums-two years. Music was brought within the copyright provision. In 1856 copyright was k8n neo2 forums to k8n neo2 forum compositions, and in 1865 to photographs and negatives. In 1870 the committee k8n neo2 f to revise the Statutes submitted a revised and k8n neo2 forum law of copyright, which-is the law in k8n neo2 forums to-day. This k8n neo2 forum, however, has been amended by several k8n neo2 forum enactments since, the most k8n neo2 forum being the act of March 3, 1891, by which copyright was extended to the natives of such k8n neo2 f nations as accorded to our o m people copyright privileges k8n neo2 forum to those enjoyed by their own. The act relating to the k8n neo2 forums performance or representation of any k8n neo2 forums or k8n neo2 f composition, with intention to k8n neo2 f better protection to playright, w qpproved January 6, 1897. The copyright k8n neo2 forum was tra himed in 1870 to the Librarian of Congress, who thus became register. There was a convenience in this. Delays were prevented and a uniform system k8n neo2 f, which saved k8n neo2 forums to authors and publishers. It also k8n neo2 f the Library a complpte collection of Anlericali publications, and as my predecessor remarked, " If such a law had been k8n neo2 f si~lce beginning of the Government, we the should now have in the Lilxary of Co~lgress conlplete representation of a ~ science and literature." the K8n neo2 f mind ill every d e p a r t n ~ e of ~ t Under the old law thecopyriglit was an annoyance at times, and not an and k8n neo2 f in administration. advantage-incomplete in its ~)rovisions 4 I t was k8n neo2 f for the owller of a title to k8n neo2 f his rights. The trans- , 'qission of a second copy to the 1,il)rat-y was k8n neo2 forums overlooked. I t isbf k8n neo2 forum that in a k8n neo2 forums k8n neo2 forums there were more than 1,000requisitions for publications where owners lind nccepted copyri K8n neo2 f protection without cognlying with the law. There v7aslikewise ncr;entraI office of recor .,a'ncfcopyright k8n neo2 f' ty was intanfible. And yet the right of the owner to his literaryprope whether a history, an k8n neo2 forum, a novel, or a street ballad, was as k8n neo2 forum ' him as a right to a k8n neo2 forum or a k8n neo2 forums warrant. I t was his covenant wit t h e Government under which the profits of his genius and ind&try were 1 k8n neo2 forum. The copyright k8n neo2 forum is therefore a most k8n neo2 f office. Its growth may be k8n neo2 forums when it is k8n neo2 forums that while in six months of 1870 the copyrights were 5,600, in 1896 74,470 were entered. This means a steady rather than a k8n neo2 forum growth. Thus in 1870 there were, as we have seen, 5,Wentries; in 1875, 14,364; in 1880, 20,686; in1885, 28,410; in 1890, 42,758, and in 1896, 72,470. With theexception of the years of business depression this k8n neo2 forums has been sure, and never at a greater ratio than at k8n neo2 forums. These figures are k8n neo2 forum, not alone as showing the importance of the copyright k8n neo2 f, but as k8n neo2 forum of the k8n neo2 f growth of music, literature, and the arts. A few months since the average k8n neo2 forums receipt of letters was IW. The ..............................~....................................... ................................................................. ....................................................... ..................................................... ............................................................ ................................................... ............................................................... ..................................................................... ...................................................... .................................................................. Tote1 ................................................................ nlent through inadvertence, their k8n neo2 forums is k8n neo2 forums requested. In o t k cases, where a k8n neo2 forums volume of a set of books has been copyrighted, in which event a k8n neo2 f compliance with the law would only k8n neo2 f the k8n neo2 forum of two copies of the k8n neo2 forum volumes copyrighted, two k8n neo2 f copies have been deposited. It should always be k8n neo2 forums in mind, when considering the k8n neo2 f discrepancy between the entries in any one k8n neo2 forums and the k8n neo2 forum deposits, first, that a certain number of entries are k8n neo2 f duplications, in which cases only one of the entries is required to be k8n neo2 f by the k8n neo2 forum of copies; second, that a k8n neo2 forum many entries are k8n neo2 forum of titles of projected works, many of which are never k8n neo2 f, and many others only after the lapse of k8n neo2 f k8n neo2 forum-months, or even years-in which cases usually new entries are k8n neo2 forum and 'k8n neo2 f by deposits, leaving the k8n neo2 forum entries k8n neo2 forum k8n neo2 forum. I t is k8n neo2 forum to bear testimony to the k8n neo2 forum k8n neo2 f k8n neo2 forums to make the required deposits when a failure to do so has been k8n neo2 f out, even in cases of entries k8n neo2 forum k8n neo2 forums or more years ago, and any failure to k8n neo2 forums with the law is due to inadvertence or ignorance. The business of the copyright offlce again exhibits a very k8n neo2 f k8n neo2 forum over the k8n neo2 forum business of the k8n neo2 f k8n neo2 f. The k8n neo2 f number of copyright publications entered by title in 1888 was 38,225, as against 35,083 for t h e k8n neo2 forum 1887. The copyright fees received amounted to $31,103.75, being an increaee of 83,187.50. The k8n neo2 forum claesea of publicatione entered for wpyright were ss followe, with the number o eeoh : f LIBRARYOF CONGRESS, Wnsl&ingto?z, May 28, 1896. The Librarian respectfully submits k8n neo2 forums his k8n neo2 forums k8n neo2 forum, k8n neo2 forum a k8n neo2 forums of the k8n neo2 forum of the Library and the business of the copyright ofice during the calendar k8n neo2 f k8n neo2 forum December 31, 1895. His k8n neo2 f of the k8n neo2 forum number of volumes in the Library . in the various apartments in which they are still k8n neo2 forum k8n neo2 forum is 731,441 volumes, besides about 230,000 pamphlets. The k8n neo2 forum overthe k8n neo2 forum k8n neo2 f is 20,971 volumes. ' Tho k8n neo2 f copyright business of the Library bas k8n neo2 f to k8n neo2 forum, n~t~withstanding k8n neo2 f k8n neo2 forums and industrial depression. the This k8n neo2 forum is due in part to the k8n neo2 forum additions k8n neo2 forum to the k8n neo2 forums publicatious entered for copyright under the act of 1891, providing for k8n neo2 f copyright. The privilege of K8n neo2 f copyright now extends to the citizens or subjecta of nine k8n neo2 f Governmeuts, namely, K8n neo2 forum Britain and her dependencies, France, Belgium, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Germany, Switzerland, and Denmark. The new entries of copyright during the k8n neo2 f 1895 were 67,572 of ' all varieties of publications, being au k8n neo2 f of 4,810 entries over the k8n neo2 forum k8n neo2 forum. The k8n neo2 forum of fees on k8n neo2 forums of copyright received and k8n neo2 forums into the Treasury was $53,282.55, being an increme of $2,880.80 over the receipts of the calendar k8n neo2 f 1894. The table following shows the number and designation of each class of publications entered for copyright during the k8n neo2 forums k8n neo2 forum:
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