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Caption: Book - 16 Years (Edmund James)
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112 Sixteen Tears at the University of Illinois field in history and economics is being gleaned by systematic buying. Professor W. S. Robertson returned in the summer of 1917 from a year's tour of the South American republics, where he purchased for the Library sets and books to a value of $5,000. In addition he effected many important exchanges. In agricultural literature, the Library has made a good start in collecting serials and reports, as well as in featuring the publications of the agricultural experiment stations, and the herd, flock and stud registers of pedigreed stock. With the opening of an agricultural reading room in 1913 a systematic growth may be expected in all these subjects. So far especial attention has been given to the study of soils, animal nutrition, landscape gardening and horticulture. Music and art are represented by works on the technique of the subjects—such books as would help in the actual instruction. At the present time a library of organ music is being collected. Mention should be made also of the collection of a representative file of newspapers. Back files such as the London Times, 1833 to date, and the New York Tribune from the beginning, are only part of a series starting with the first newspapers and forming a chronological conspectus which presents a copy of a newspaper for each year since that early date, save only a few years in the early eighteenth century. The collection of the publications of other colleges and universities is also very representative and of great use and interest. Incunabula are very sparsely represented, and their presence being due more to accident in being found in the libraries bought than to any intent in purchasing them. Maps are also receiving attention after long neglect, and with special facilities for storing them, the library desires to obtain large numbers. Of interest in the present collection are the maps showing the explorations in the great northwest territory in the eighteenth century. Various outside agencies are helping the library to develop. The Order of B'nai B'rith. has contributed money for the purchase of books of Jewish interest. The Irish and Celtic societies are interesting themselves in the study of Irish. The School
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