Excerpt from Annual Report of the Managers of the Apprentices' Library Company of Philadelphia: Read at a Meeting of a Company, Held at Their Great Room, S. W. Corner of Fifth and Arch Streets, Third Month (March, ) 12th, 1867The whole number of new admissions is Thirteen hundred and thirty-four, viz: Eight hundred and twenty-three in the Boys' Department, and Five hundred and eleven in the Girls' Department.Notwithstanding the Continued high price of books, we have added by purchase Six hundred and eighty-six volumes since our last report, of which Three hundred and forty-eight were assigned to the Boys' Library, and Three hundred and thirty-eight to the Girls' Donations of books have been received and acknowledged amounting to fifteen volumes. We would call attention to the fact that of near Forty-nine thousand volumes loaned during the year to readers widely scattered through this great City, we have to record the loss of' only. Thirteen volumes, which re¿ects great credit, alike upon th'e Librarians and readers. The general good behavior of those 'using 'the rooms, and the excellent order maintained, are especially noticeable.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.