The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-01-10

on the Esyeian hisroglyphios the ouuiiorm ascrip.
tons and the other curious records OF the ancient
nations Of the East, which recent discoveries
have brought to light II has also the bsst OF the
res Of the different dialects of the Mexican snd South
American Indians which lscted AID published by
the early pish missionary priests Books OF tails last
have syely and, consequently,
MsIicapa car not be had for less than ty dosrs and
Rim cons grammar Of the same language . little
duod, elmo, bound, or rather done up in limp velum.
which few would sccep. gift costs much more than
its weight in gold This sort Of booAB make larg, drafts
upon the funds OF library without adding much either
IN the Oriental collection there works which
must be in this country that it be important
Try and amman OF the Persian language in vol
usnes oio by the late XII Of Dude wh,h printed in
his PALACE and the sAoao Ka'pA Drums of R'jah
g,dhakant Deb" SAnfcrpt dictionary in Volumes
fe,o-ths lat two not yet received Neither Of these
works prn ed for ssr, copies OF tbs frst
OF which have and the second INTENDED only
for presents 10 the native MD Eng h pun its Oar copy
snthor Of and English dictionary ct whos death
sold. The whole linguistic collection numbers two
! thoussud huDdfed volumes.
In te other dvitieps OF eraure. the clSsiaca Ion ia
made frat according TO language and len in each au-
ths subdivisions are more or less minute proper
| lion the works nums.eus The history OF eaTh
literature IL fourd with it; and, first, of Creek End
Latin literature. This Ii neither . very zrong
wesK oepartm 1t o. the library; 1t lie las. about as
it ought ~ he, to stand neither above nor below
its fair proportion. 1t COO 'sns c,py OF one or
more edono Of ell ths authors of noe In boh
mosr approved has uDif9rmly been seisots'. " the
author of the kghs rank several editions 10 al cases.
se2sn Different HomeIs Am the princeps Of l4ss
MALT many OF The Greek ejana OF PiGosr, OF D
mostheIes Of sroao,us Of Thpoyetss and all Of that
clGss. So in Latin there twelve Virgs quite many
Hogacss, bali as many Orids aud Ciceres and Ii and
Plinystte Whole number Of volumes in both .ugusse
with tee apparatus creus pertaining 10 them IL three
thousand hupdrsd la Spanish and Portuguese lite
azure, The rumter Of volume is six hundred
ythree the Isl an though 1t fur proportion has
q
to the French, hnd stN more las litersturein
this the Nbta, has ttres Thousand ore hundred and
cent growth than either OF thtss previously nswed
Of the fourteen hu dred volumes Ia this ianguays Of
the class az bellies lttIes certainly thousand must
be TIE productions OF the present uy SD
ore bupdred anterior TO tho miadls of the last Dat
Of respect TO the Cid Observation-Disclosures CT New YORK we
have htot ght together bundrsd and 6fyx volumes
In eupbolo us Dutch, including the immortal Cate 10
iieu forms and sizes; Bonde Feth the publications ot
the BatsAfsehe hatchspp the Hastchs ppi der Neie-
lardscbe Lttori Lsd-n, the llspdsche Mats
chsppj Frsiie Kunsten Wetenschapan AMI OF the
VeIttpgrg ter Sevorde!ipg der Oade Ls
terhupce.
The collection Of an3iaavau literature distinct from
the sasas and other historical WORKS anounts to eght
hundred ard nine volumes In the Hut ga;isn, and 10
the styonic languages collectively we Lave oay forty
language, ,he notaer tongue has been forSoten; bu
that ia not the ctEe at las. TO the pure
val Of Enslish uueenled In sae co lion Of English
literature, ~ few Of the works of mach vslus will
be found waiting Ii Is not Is large IS 1T might
easily be made; bat it has iss full proportion
plete at the yerss of the o hers Il now numbers
three thousand fear huLored volumes, than three
huncIed Of ich exclusively Shaks perisn issture
1t should be borne in miod that large p,tioa OF every
department in the br,ry except that Of literature
ssts Ct books in tho Eogsh language >, that i. Is faic
TO clIoe that TIE half OF tie whole c,ud
be read by those who lnow other To this it may bs
added that in collecting books for library which aims
TO be good and great one the propsr question H. what
the crit ofa york. and pot Ia what isns usse Is
written.
The historical department is tho last in the order Of
Classification. This department is fser Ierhsps, than
any other, with the eptcn Of hc.tc' languages
end Sl,es.Rhy Wi,n @ fourth part a. sst
Iargea in the series of acoves extending the main
floor from the southeast to the southwest Works
chronology, dplom.tcs, numisn stics, herslirg in
crrtiors antiquities, regarded introductio1s
TO the right understanding Of hiAt,ry, aud
placed in the hr't aieoys, with general bos,A
Goes rot form cA,s by itself, bat Is placed either
with Il civil or literary history to which it bsoTg "a
oernphy for the convenient o. maps and charts
most erpue,ed With the disco'ery sod history
of America are placed in immediate proximity 20 /. in
tped Of preceding The historical collection, as they
usual d.
Ecclesiastical history is sppeodsd to tbsolngy. This
sccouIt has Already txtsf -d far to sox the
dstss 10 ts continued J. ooiy bs eat generally.
that the historical divisions in the usual way, aud
hat when /, ecess.ry bring the hist ny of
han country into the alcove regard hli
tie melton which had existed between than In tue
psst Tuua, Spanish Portuguese arc s,ia1 hi'tor are
spo y, are ,og'tner IN az sicse an' WIN w m
ndirsyaD AID Russian; Engish, Sestsh, ana H. h
for want Ct room teow. placed the second 1,r 10
alceve u,b oreotAl htersture; the lstie ncuti,g
the Cine e nun oers ssv, n hundred volumes
To the Az ccsn histcriesl department a-ysr sp;se
in the library bss been assigned than 70 any other BE-
II Is In cnd.d - make this the most comp!ee rns
collection ALREADY formed contains meet OF the early
Spanish writer's bc early voyages the accounts OF the
nst colonsts the various histories Of the Of inie
pepdente ,nd the older books generally Ia the more
oSs IN ha lid
Not n Areisa1 history only but al in An eric era
ture hoped that the library will later bs
made CON ps,e 1t pow numb RS three thousand four
drec and umes, making in all the divisions
Of history twenty lhousa,d three huncred AMI hty
lumes.
AT the md Of his system o, elastic kon Brunei has
sort o. sppencix which he calls Para 20 aes II sto
riques. where he places biOogAphy AID literary history
II would certainly be quite as phio ophicil al arrang
nieut to regard books OF this class ucons
they indispensable to the knowledge OF all others
For this Ard for the nverisnce who
charge OF the lb.a-y. they have this phase assg aed
70 them ia .rrapg ment. Toe collection is vers full
In both OF these clsse parti,uarl in the former in
shich scarcely one important WORK ia waiting THIS
pumbsr OF VOLUMES contained 10 them is four thousand
six hundred, .biah is exclusive Of tie pe;tsl literary
history OF the different countries
IN re classification OF the tor Library there are yart
minor subdivisions which conlu not pacihed ID
the: large number Of miscellaneous polysra paic
writer's and If dupc.ss which have not been ia,luiea
10 the foregoing computations These aoge her amount
to tive thousand volumes
The library posse sss com pets collection OF English
parliamentary journals debates and reports, These
amount to more than two thousand vou ns,, chiefly
itltos the long room on the left OF the min enrAncs
door has been taken yo- them and Tor other lie Esro
p-an documents; added % those ust named thu numbsr
t. two thousand eight brnoTed and eighty volumes
TIE bonding the right wi b. Appropriated
to American public documents Of hs United States,
and OF the Individual 81 ties This OF them wi In
wise iaetere with their beirg used reading rooms
should they be needed for that purpose Tns pretent
cement FOR reSeing ~ the tables in ls main library
As the public may bs curious to know what ia done
about catalogues OF tas library, Icd th.t alphAbst
cal oLe Ia nox completed with every tile ,1rAts
slip, that Il b indafuitey enlarged without tho
necessity Of being written copy Of this viii be pre-
pared Tor the uss OF readers with al po.Sibe psh
probably Will te prlntec and then followed by ,ss
red catalogues Of ID. several dspaft1sn's
have tudeayorsd 20 make the p-ec-ios statement
accurate rs possible and AZ full IS coud b. alorsi 10
wuk'y iourntl. On tGs niGth Of Janus the liorsry
will be cpered. apd then any may tes fer bii.-i
how much OF truth there is ia II wish to have /. 70
ee.ved individual lpicatoa mste any
respor,bility and therefore put nv naas 1;
JOS g COG SWELL