Demetrius Phalereus, who was library keeper to the king, was now endeavoring, if it were possible, to gather together all the books that were in the habitable earth, and buying whatsoever was anywhere valuable.… And when once Ptolemy asked him, How many ten thousands of books he had collected? He replied, that he had already about twenty times ten thousand, but that, in a little time, he should have fifty times ten thousand.

The primary purpose of The Business Historical Society, Inc., is to encourage and aid the study of the evolution of business in all periods and in all countries.

The generosity of a Founder Member of The Business Historical Society, Mr. N. Penrose Hallowell, who has contributed the sum of $1,000 to the Society, has resulted in the acquisition of a large collection of miscellaneous books, pamphlets, pictures, broadsides, maps, and manuscript from Rutland, Vermont.

A collection of early railroad history has been added to The Business Historical Society Collection. It covers the early history of the Delaware, Lackawanna, and Western Railroad Company.