The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-06-10
THE BRTTTSH MUSEUM.
a Great Library. with v"ok- nr nu Nations
md nrcn 10 krM.lrr. OF mII NmlInns.

LONDON, May 2-Ihr place above all
others i'm Iondon most in. r.. 4,lur T., stuIinus
,t. ~ A., ~, a,
Nh'r"hS u inc hr''Hh M"7'niil' anu from
personal observation, dare tp say that. the
vnnr round ~ many Americans ara. ID, bn ,,ttyl
=, =, 49, -, ,l, ,,,., t.., N I 49,,
III 1t us !" '''o N9''' - "''" "'" l"'h' i"l9
letter is written in the main reading room Of
the Museum. and this day lis mach like any
=, WY
"tl'r u'y' N' lIVnl NV H'"' I '"h "'Nhil'NN'r
twenty American acquHintauccs OF whom Mtnh
s,vcn are from New York md nt l.a,t fnurfro,u
A.. ,'rr tI.. g.. ,i,,... 49,. ,i..'
inc Iar Oh 'o'u'h N'"''' WE " t'n'' ny 'l'
10y, and not SO very long ago. when the Ia iilo
const vvns very strnn,, here. when MIR J,ontea
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Ipes OF ilpc~vllle WIS sdd 10 sup hlthty WIN
the Chancellor Of the ENchcQu,r. when Nj
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nbout lie az the digsines,' whcn W Chnrll"
Stoddard sighed in Bloomsbury for tine icll,.
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Oh ,''' SCUM s'"' an" WIN WI '"",l"'" "''..'
with his wild music Of the Sierrrs fuit"r'd the
dovcrot.s Of putrtnoetor Row and scared the
h.,,.ls -, M, .,r.,,, .rJ ,bo stroud AL
h""NS Oh rr'' H'I''' ""' '.' ''i""'. ~"
tual centre of Iopdon md Iordon ia an emit
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ono anu mlAtur' 3i me human r,c. lu. Mu-
1 1,, nnS s,',i!,.li, ~ ~ ''H' ~ i
lHihllhks cAcrp'Wl. ucr'i are n'i" 10 49, '"uiI
spccllil'hs pl an liai "il Hvsu'S ~, WnH az me
rcrorus ol hilenrr. ana an thr I'fpd" Is "l hl'r-
hlur, good Tor ihSiru Ton or Ih'aSdt'. not 10
and that have never pl '-cd anybody. un, ss W.
d.
rms buiidhT rutthg tsUl' uS cont nus ms
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ilt thlur' thdt ht'hS ~ swamp lhr airDanS
oV"r-ourIrhed sh",lrS. lnr 'adihs r"'ms are
wear to every person %, an, mai io, ~lto can sat
49,, vs., W ~, "t''V , NIT va UNI ~ n",
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I'"v' anu ny I" l"a or l"ih anu 'ia' ne - not
prri'ssiuhl doom thlcl ,,.
rms pngn ,ilrrn' ana most useful institution
nhu ~ peg 'hs ~ pepu - nia'i ~ ll' M
Ton IN ln' idot 90 injury ny IN great llN0. IAN
N'uii', 7s pr.siI'nt ~ a., Nn,ei sn.itv H.
mnnn,ien.nt v.st',d i'm ynrtn,- tr,,stnst ana
nItr'J nf p,ri,,,,,,,.,,t a,i ~, MAN, f ',
runti1n or nf "A ,nh Ina ,s vt .r,es.d ,,i,v ,,,,rt
ohvIoue IN he nmnniutiu. ni ri nni .li's On 49,
urs,,1't i '' ,t "a, m ~ nr.,t H., ',u
II was tirs onnneI Ia ih,, uuiii. ON th. I5t.i al
Jan1nrv i7bg Hnn,'st min hrn,,, ~ nnd
Iuhli. ,yrnri ,ii,r Irnit unurnd i'm L,,' ,,,,,,1,
s,rit,s si.ntiii.. coii,,t nns ,,nI ART tt ,,ars
,,t ~ fa,,,,n,t.i,, ~, . L., ~. 1,,s "a ~,
Brnin,rntiI nn1 DRAW tn,' NOT my, nnti'rU
great diilirultirs were thrown in tnn way OF
H,lmittinr tne nuLii anil nn nrnIcr civilltv nr
",i mtmn u,s rn",rn az" in nv ppn a,
When AT lust these ii nj ,ultics were rr,noved
and writer's and scholars began TO avail
Themselves Of the place il was found that
the old buildings were Inadequate to their re-
ception rs well ns 10 tie tn,,r. stoyngo al the
constantly accommodating hooks STATUES and
specimens. geological. botanical gco,ogi, al and
what not. SO. IN 1873. Smirke. the arrhiti. ot
the old Covent Gard-n Th.atrc. laid the ioun-
dations Of a new Brit -ii Museum on the old
site; the completion OF the buildlng extending
over many years, 10y n gradual process Of de-
molishlng tho old stril '.turn anl rnhu ding
with increased height and dimensions. Tn Is
the rdln e. ia which | now writ. 50 Wi, known
a. i faces Circuit Russell street. with IL hue
steps ana pillars ike biz trees on the hill
side in CalaNerus. But the triumph OF the whole
" ,S sI y, r aynGa r@nS r9p rHmpn
turml effect or It's pra teal slitnhlonrss 10 ill.,
purpose In the heart OF winter and IN the
lighted without glare. well ventilated Without