The Dillon tribune. [volume] (Dillon, Mont.) 1881-1941, 1881-07-30

10000 year, III addition to this source Of
increase, which costs the Government
nothing and brings IN every book OF any
value produced in the country, the library
is largely recruited from the following
sources: First-From the annual deposits
of books by the Smithsonian Institution,
whose library was incorporated will, the
Congressional Library in 1866 These
books arc most wholly scientific, represent
ing the Transactions Of most Of the learned
societies Of the world, in every department
OF inquiry, and in all languages. Second
From deposits Of the public documents oi
Congress, and every State in the Union;
the reports of Chambers Of Commerce and
ana Boards Vi Trade and the donations oI
societies and individuals. The works Sc.
cured under this head are valuable TOR
statistical and commercial information
Third-From Il system OF international
exchanges, through which fifty sets Of the
documents Of Congress and other Govern.
ment publication are exchanged with for
cign Governments, whereby the library Is
being constantly enriched with the fresh
est official documents as we'll as with many
books dealing with the natural history, re-
sources. explorations, surveys, and com
.nercial and financial statistics OF all the
leading Governments Of the two heins-
pheres Fourth4-Frun the expenditure OF
an appropriation OF about $I.,txr, per an-
| mum in the purchase ot valuable books.
chiefly published abroad and useful to
| Congress in its lahors Il, well AS tor public
reference. A great many important peri.
odicals and other serials are kept. includ
ing all tive most important reviews, mlga.
zines. and political, literary, and scientific
Journals. The vast range and value OF the
modern periodical press is fully recogniz, d
in the Library OF the Cnited States, which
nov has 1000 volumes of bound news
papers, representing more than two cen
turies OF time as to Europe and century
and half rs to American Journals. About
one hundred daily newspapers are regular
lv taker and bound, although, owing to the
neglect of Congress, there is now..cr: Sc
much as twenty feet Of room where they
could b. filed for examination. and they
have to l,c kept piled in all hal c:ical heap,
until the volumes az coinp.~tc tor bind
ing.
The largest library in tn, world j. thai
of the French, at Paris. which contains to
,'av upward "t ,.tst,.tNO printed books "n'
lhutsD manuscripts. D.tAccn tn imi,crii'
Litrarv at St. Petersburg and The Rritisl
Museum it is difficult to SAY which is th'
| larger. Neither will vary much from /,
ltn,ots, volumes III. ROYAL Library {
, Munich has now something over 0oo'nr
but this includes 10000 pa,nphic;s; tn
kova Library at Berlin contains 7ooom
the library at Copenhagen. 10000; til
library at E.cstc.l, $4,000; l:o:iry
Vienna. Ioc,or,; Cnir"rSal Library !
Go.tinyen, Germany, 4nUD The Vat
can Library ut Rome has about i1otNl
printed lns,kS, and commenced in ~
There are about sixty other libraries
, Europe lager than the Vatican Library.
d The National Library OF Pari, is one {
9 the very OLDEST in Europe. having bee
e founded in 1880, although the lnivrr>'i
Il Library at Prague is reported founded t.
IS same wear. The British, Museum dates i
l. commencement abou: fnur hundred vea1
is l.trr-l7;,. The Congressional Libra:
l. numbers 4so,UD volumes: the b">''
= Public Library comes next. with as'n'
II ,n,ooo includiny the duplicates IN !
i seven branches; the Harvard lniNrr>j
v collection come next. With about .os.o,
II the .Astor and Mcrchan,il". OF New \ or
= have each about 10000; Yale college h
is about IA 900: Dartmouth about =, VI
n Cornell University, with 4'.on; tbs , I
X vrr>;t, nt \irginia. ,l,'s': EoM,h'f, ~
II 5000; the University "t South N;.r"i'n
Is with 10000: Mic,iga, State, 5000; ~
1t hrr>t, $3.50: Princeton $500: Frnn>,
= v..n;.. Mercantile. i-G.xx,; and touhb
" In;vcr>,'s South Carnlinn. 10000.
III Nil thus Ia. srrn that oar National
,c lrarv. as il should he called, exceeds ;
ii 'ut eight or possibly nine Of the a,cittt
y !r,,r!r- of Europe and all in .\n,ri.a.