Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-01-18
The National Library OF England.

land, located III the BflLlSU muSeulu'
Great Russell street, Bloomsbury square,
from which we CLEAN few items 1t Is
computed that the Museum contains
more than one million of books. The
Museum receives, under the copyright
act, copy of every book published in
Great Britain. When book, either by
gift, purchase or under the copyright
act, reaches the Museum it is stamped
upon the back of the title page and on
every plate and map if gift, in yellow;
if by purchase, in red if under the
copyright act, in blue. All magazines,
etc, are bound up with their wrappers
ON. The number of American books in
the Museum is said to be greater than in
any library in the United States and of
these a separate catalogue has been com
piled by Mr. Henry Stephens, the gen.
tleman who has had the largest share in
procuring them. The reading room is
thronged with lady readers, who not
only occupy the seats specially appropri-
ated to them, hut are to be found scat
Iefed over the ehIIte room the laCleS
are furnished with hassocks Tor their
feet and CLOAK room with female at
? tendance.
The Kings Library that OF George
lN,-generaHy supposed to be gift
from that monarch to the nation, Is
stated by the correspondent to have been
purchased by Ministers during the lite
time OF the King, to prevent It's falling
intcthe hands OF the Emperor OF Rus
STA. This library embraces almost every
species OF human knowIedge-the books
numbering about 65,25O, exclusive OF
some 5000 pamphlets. There is also
the library bequeathed by Hon. Thomas
Greyllle This is misprlnt, probably,
OF the name furnished by the correSpon-
dent he name should be ''NrenVlIle-
ne hela 7lhecure' ana a rich one al
tha', Oh one OF Ihe Tour 'eilcfS Oh the
EAchequer "hal 'h'y 'iiu no one ever
khe" except 10 90 10 lIe ireaSury III
Downing street ana ara" lhe'r pay
quarterly. but continues inc cores
ponaent' Mr., 6reyl'l'' IN ms WILL Saio
% great P@l' Vi 'n' iIoi"'1 mas O0'''
PCIc""e'' from 'Ie n oil'S 81 q 9'lieV,',c
o'''' gwen me ~ 'ne P"'il' LPlo''"Di9
II ,l'7 PolIJ il'' ,''' any :llIllS 70 40 TN
r. e 'i;5 "I" I"} 1 "Do 4 3 IT, ,'ll
LOCI - :" 'T UI0, anu " C''''9 'il'I
giving the library so acquired TO tne
BrltiSh Museum Tor the use OF 'he pun
Tic. IL consists Oh @0'@fO volumes,
winch cost 424,OOO, amt the plhdlhg OF
sumptuouS collections cost Eo6,OOO.
Ftom these figures wecan gather some
Iiea Ht the value or an English slnecure
Inc correspondent says MT NreFIiIe'
VINO look fNorh prllle III MS library, was
never urea Oh making olographiea re-
searches 10 Illustrate more IuIly some on
us precious treasures Inc notes at
'a''." 10 'ne more rare 'oi'lil'' %-'
o4''iu writer" III ms ." L iiaii'' re =
"o"l" 'aN9 ms e''ll'1 ~ n''it,>'iI !i'Fl
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inEs WIN s. Ilucll SeIlIleHeS9' anu care
mans cheek. OF 'Pilgrim'S Progress, W
5}Aere are no less than Que hundred and
seYenty-nye editions IN the English Ian
guages as well as twenty-nine copies in
Arabic, Bengalee, Danish, Dutch, Ger
man, French, Maori, the peasant dialect
OF Norway, Oriza, modern Greek and
%ussian, There are also scyenty.twO
-edlJioas in English OF "Paradise Lost,
and titty-tWo editions, including Danish,
Dutch, French, German, Icelandic, Ital-
ian, Latin, Swedish, Of Robinson
Crusoe@ there are seventy-four editions
in English and tWenty-9iX in other Ian
Autographs, as might be expected, in