Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1854-10-24

EKinp,sZ Library in his comfortable chair, a,
| his ample aud richly freiahted table, no
wonder thar he can wrle history. and feel
inspiration. Heis one Of the trustees OF tho
museum. ssc,o @
From the, Kings Library we passed inio
Ilhe General Library. Here, among other
Il saw Weiiing,on's schedule
Idrawnsup on the Geld OF waterloo, aud Mel.
sons draft of the battle Of the Nile. Re-
turning from thiswe crossed the Kings lii
brary and went inIo the court, when wei
found temporary appendages 10 aacommo.
dale differeni books ill another building can
be,erec,ed. This reminded me Of many
farmers ia the wes,ern counlry whom God
| SO abundantly blessus with offspring ihatI
they have 10 nail up their porches TO get ad.
ditionaE bedrooms.
A few facts will convey to you some idea
Of the magnitude Of this library. They
have set OF men called busters, whose bus
mess Il is TO commence at one end oi she Ii.
braiy and proceed dustlng the books NIL
they reach the opposite end, when they hnd
It time 10 begin again, and thus they keep
up an everlasting dus.ing.
please show me your catalogueF SAID l.
Certainly" when you call lor catalogue
of me library OF congress you are presented
with single. octave volume. The GAIA
logue ol the British museum is inihree hum
dred volumes folio. II is in manuscript
They undertook TO print it, but got no FUR
ther than the letter A before they gave II up,
SO numerous are the additions.
As we passed through the Kings Library
we noticed GLACIERS working at the cases.
The assistant librarian remarked that they
had just finished the glazing of this depart
ment. which was done BY consracl for thirty
five thousand dollars. Mark. ,ha. is simply
The insertion oil the glass-,he cases were
made long since. AS ie" was iorcea 10
several renec"ons sucn as 'hese; now nm
mense Is me service wh'ch one man may 10
Tor the worldi Inns 'ns''u'loh owes us ex'
:stence to Sir Hans sloane ah em'heht Phy'
si'ian OF London, who, gong 10 Jamaica as
surgeon TO The Duke OF Aloemafie' COM
menced, during hi'een mon!hs OF comPsfa'
i've leisure a coIiec"on oi natural history
which ne continued 10 enlarge curing me
remainder oi his lille. An ample ior'une, an
enviable reputation the presidency oil the
Royal Soc:e,y' ana an appointment rom !ne
hing enabled MN 10 SO ehr'ch MS co''ec'ion
mat al MS ocaih II was worm "ee'her WIN
MS oooKs' @zoo'ooo. oy MS VIII ne or
dered thas II shouid De onereo 10 tne nr'ush
government Tor @ioo'oOo; as 'ne lounoanon
OF na'lonat museum. Ihe Government
promptly acceded 10 'ne Piopos'uon' anu
1nlVng WIN 'ne S'oahe coll@s sEeP2gb,AAftffgti
lem Library & .! Manuscripts e'enm .ne
reg" o'.." n.,am n ~. ana .ne ooeuu'an
IuI9e"or I1'I9 "'aue ~ "e Mse "o" n.y y
u " oeoSo - no'eu ssI 'I1 r"u " ,h., "Va
sue Aou''' ""'0" p''S"''sN ''' ya h,;a Il"
PoSe'
am sorry 70 say the Government ra'sea
the necessary funds by lottery. Inc WORK
having been commenced progressed rapidly.
George II presented The library which had
been collected 6y successive sovereignis,,
from Henry VIII downward. George III
presented The splendid library oil MS ia'her'
and Lord Grenville his own magnlhcen'
one. by statute OF George IL, which is
still in lorce' the museum is supplied with a
copy oil every pook entered al o'a'ioners
Hall. LaiIerly this law had iallen into neg
ecl but the present Librarian en'orces IL
with great ssrictness, and has orough' down
upon himIhe wrath oil several Important
publishing housesby successful prosecutions
which ne has Instituted against them. The
opposition they have raised against MIN has
not affected his removal, One OF the advan.
Iages OF monarchy is that IL can keep an
officer in spite Of public clamor, and will do
SO wnen 'na' c'amof 's'ne fesu'o' MS 'a''n-
lui aiscnarge ol ou,y'
faiiIameh' has' rom ume 70 nme maze
magmnce' apPtoprianons lor 'ne ehlalge,
mem Oh Ine ouiloings ana inc enr'cumeh' VI
'9e stores Of the museum.
work ~ % ~bsn % !, h.. 1 ,inS @ ~ % Tbe ~ nassnuo