Removal of Books to the Library.

The work of returning to the Library those books which were moved out last May is now rapidly nearing completion. This work was commenced on February 7, and already about 70,000 volumes have been moved from the basement of Perkins Hall where they have been stored. It is expected that by the end of this week all the books will have been taken from this building. There are also in the neighborhood of 15,000 volumes in the Divinity School, all of which will probably be moved into the Library by the end of next week, thus making in all about 90,000 books to be transported. These books will all be accessible after the last lot has been moved in from the Divinity School. Those books which were sent to the Scientific School and and Chemical Laboratory will probably be left where they are. A new classification of all the books in the Library is soon to be begun but of course will not be completed for some years.

The books are being moved in the order that they were taken out, into the new stacks which occupy the space for merly taken up by the old reading room. There are three floors of stacks in the new part of the library, the lower floor capable of holding nearly 100,000 volumes, and the upper two about 50,000 each. The lower floor will practicully be filled by the old books. All three of the floors are well supplied with electric lights so at no time will there be, as before, the slightest difficulty in seeing plainly in all parts of the stacks.

This new arrangement in the library is only temporary, for as soon as a new place for a reading room can be obtained the stacks will be continued to the roof. This will give all together in the library, a capacity for over 700,000 volumes.