Excerpt from Bibliographical Society of America Proceedings and Papers, Vol. 1: Part One, 1904-1905 Mr. Thomson's paper gave rise to an interesting discussion, in the course of which the sentiment developed that the bet ter plan would be for the Chicago society to go on a year or two longer and issue a couple of creditable publications, thereby proving its reason for existence, and drawing more non-resident members to its ranks. At the moment when these outnumber the resident members it would be in order to change the name and organization of the society, and en large its plans and held of work. It was voted, however, that a committee of these resident members be appointed to consider Mr. Thomson's suggestions and report at a similar meeting, to be held in connection with the next conference of the American Library Association. The committee was ap pointed, and at a meeting held at the Magnolia conference of the American Library Association, June 18, 1902, this committee rendered a report, of which the following is a summary. 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.