Excerpt from Report of the Librarian of Congress: For the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1923 While this report is under preparation the first decisions of the commission have been returned to us. Necessarily hastened as. The basis for the estimates to be submitted to Congress (for the appropriation bill for 1924-2 5) they are understood to be tentative, and subject to review on appeal. In the possibility that in the case of the Library some at least of them (which must be appealed) may be modified, I refrain from present comment upon them. Meantime, as required, we conform our estimates to the allocations as returned to us. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.