By 1903, the series reached 28 volumes in two series.

By 1889 the encyclopaedia had reached 167 volumes when it was abandoned.

The series is expected to reach twenty-one volumes upon completion.

By 1949 the library's collection had reached 10,000 volumes.

The Saturday Book was an annual miscellany, published 1941-1975, reaching 34 volumes.

By 1875 the collection had reached some 40,000 volumes.

By 1924, the collection had already reached 70,000 volumes.

Library holdings reached 1 million volumes in 1981.

In 2001, library holdings reached 3 million volumes.

The collections of the library continued to grow, reaching 1,275,473 volumes in 1993.