The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-01-10
Op~ningcs,ans Astor LIB, airy.


yesterday TO the public for the frst time. The ing
susted II seasrl side OF Lafayette Place. ,Spes
e5 feet fort by i25 feetn dephthe site having oesn
chosen By the founder OF TIE library himself is
posed partly OF b Ok and partly brown cut stone III
built somewhat after the Oye OF the royal palaces At
FIorer CO. and ttorgh It's sson cos. buts5 ol0 II IL
nsat anc substantial edaca, and It's interior admirably
suited 10 the pn poses OF library In accordance Win
the teststcrs will this LIBRARY is accessible At -. psa
sonabe hours and nes fer general free OF expsese
persoDs resorug thereto subject Only . such control
and acquisitions the trussees may from Time 70 hue
exercise and esta slish for gsrsrsl COW enieLcs.n
On entering the bulldogs a!sltof thirty eight ltaI
marble t4g decorated she SIDE OF the entr ancs By
stope sphinx leads TO the centre of the library hail
which Is on lie seeord The lecture room a.,
on the nrst story The library veil lighted from win
st The east and extTsmitie and slso from
li2ns ceiling |. is disted into artmens for
DO b. The brci piers which separate them being pas
tered anl hp4sheu In imitation Italian marble Ya,ss
compartments, though separate aad distn IT. far
rrgaos the ciassdoaton tf the volumes connected
BY In. OF Fight r .ns sup ported by
piers, and reached by four spsa saircssei The shos
'singeniou'y arranged corFesFendns With the geneai
architecture OF the bsildiug.
visi,ers besea t ,ck u The >stor Library yesterday
At early hogr to it, collection of books OF
which 40 mn c has been said and hich IA .xeess be tn
in extent ard yate thing OF the Kind this CONT
nent AZ least There arc every subj-ct and al
mos, every Language The collection amounts to some
$4,000 youmes Tne foreign booss from Europe
Selected BY Mr. Etc,or Bosysng bat perhaps the most
gteS o-i - MI IT, w R"slsphi, tu'srab Wuth y
wars. Iroe.r ws a.. III no better thxn s.ve II. de.
rip''n y hia spsodd libTs, from tae pea ., D. Gg'
well bimfe sho has cRthy been iustrnment IN bfius
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