Show Library of o Congress C With Volumes Hailed as a Yf Worlds World's Largest Largs WASHINGTON Dec 13 P The Jr-The library of ot congress was hailed today as the largest in the world in the annual annual an an- nual report of Herbert Putnam li Ii Ii- Noting t that the book collections collections now number exclusive of millions of maps manuscripts musical musical mu mu- compositions and engravings Putnam said It t study of ot the thc most recent recent recent re re- re- re cent fi figures ures leads clearly to the belief be- be lid lief that the library of congress now heads the list of ot the worlds world's libraries Putnam also referred to his institution institution as one whose business has h-as not slackened because of economic con con- Depression has not d decreased creased the work of ot the library of ot congress he hes s said On the contrary there have been decided increases In the demands upon it And there seems to have been no appreciable slackening of the institutions institution's in In- crowth The Thc in incoming books bools and pamphlets pam pain reached the portentous pam pam-j total tota of a number exceeded only twice in the 1 2 years of ot the library's history Five hundred and five books were added to the collections every 2 24 hours throughout the year At the estimated avera average e rate of ot ten books to the foot three and a half hal miles of shelving shelvin are required for the orderly orderly or or- derly arrangement of this mere annual annual an an- nual increment to the collection On this b basis sis all the books now in inthe inthe inthe the library require 84 miles of or shelving shelving shelving ing in a addition to the great mass o ot of other collections |