Total population, school population, adult male population...
Relation of school population to total population and to the adult male population; proportion
of white school population of foreign birth; percentage of foreign born in total population.
School ages of the several States; State school censuses....
Number of pupils enrolled in the common schools at various periods, and relation of enroll-
ment to school population...........

LVII

LVIII

LIX

LX

School enrollment of 1895-96, classified by sex.

LXI

Per cent of school population enrolled in the public schools for a period of years.
Average daily attendance at various periods and its relation to enrollment..

LXII

LXIII

Average length of school term at various periods; aggregate number of days' schooling given to all pupils............

LXIV

Length of school term; average number of days' schooling given each child.

LXVI

Articles on education in central Europe published in previous reports

137

Statistics of German, Austrian, and Swiss universities, polytechnica, agricultural, veterinary,

forestry, and mining academies.....

165

Foreigners in universities and other higher institutions of learning in Germany, Austria, and

Switzerland.....

180

CHAPTER VI.-THE AMERICAN COMMON SCHOOL IN NEW YORK, NEW JERSEY, AND PENN-
SYLVANIA DURING THE FIRST HALF CENTURY OF THE REPUBLIC.-By Dr. A. D. Mayo.

CHAPTER VII.-THE AMERICAN COMMON SCHOOL IN THE SOUTHERN STATES DURING THE
FIRST HALF CENTURY OF THE REPUBLIC, 1790-1840.-By Dr. A. D. Mayo.

Chart showing relative number of volumes to each 100 of population in 1896..

350

Summary of statistics of libraries in 1875 of 300 volumes and over..

351

Summary of statistics of libraries in 1885 of 300 volumes and over..

352

Libraries entirely free to the public and having 3,000 volumes and over......

355

List of public, society, and school libraries in the United States of 1,000 volumes and over in 1896......

370

CHAPTER IX.-LIBRARY LEGISLATION IN THE UNITED STATES.

Legislation for the incorporation of library associations, societies, etc...

523

524

525

526

528

532

533

536

538

539

540

541

545

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548

549

549

566

568

571