New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-07-02
MUSEUM LIBRARIES IN Central PARK.
THOUSANDS OF IMPORTANT WORKS ALREADY fkE
sEXTrD-R L. sTUAR1's GIFTS.

ruors.Nns or IMPORTANT WORKS ALREADY PRE-
sENTrD-R. l. sTUAR1's GIFTS.
rtbe valuable collections in the Museum
Of Art and the Museum OF Natural History In the CITY,
tbeir libraries are becoming the most important Inc
Museum OF History has library of about $4,000
vo,umes including those belonging TO the Academy oil
These are all accessible. and the library OF MIS-
r. L. Stuart and OF the finest private COLLECTIONS
that have been made this country In the different ue
partments OF natural history have been PROMISED 70 the
Museum in the course Of few years.
1--WE have pretty good selection" said Librarian
Vaodya OF the Historical Museum, recently. bnt'
f every specialist thinks that his department Is
Inc most important ami Is anxious that it should be
filed with the latest publications in his line OF study II
is necessary to move slowly. liners Is
abundant room for growth ana IL VIII
come with time. For instance, Morris X
Jesup has not yet begun the formation OF library or
Fore.trv and hundreds volumes could be purchased
aft once on that subject There Is certainly bright tut
ure before the Museum in this respect one OF the pest
collections that is that given to the Museum ny
Miss Catherine L. Wolfe in memory OF her father IL Is
ON conchoogy, and comprises about l,ooo volumes
Miss Wolfe has given instruction to complete TINS
handsome gift by the purchase OF nearly as many more
works will bring the subject down 70 the latest de
The trouble has peen that collections while ex-
ceent in covering the grouna OF Pass .ar o
iohthyology is magnificent gift IL compress z,'uo
fore hi. death Ii collected By j. c Breyoort who
was at one connected with the Aslor Library snd
rnrchs sed from Dir. stuart This eoileetion 10
nerfect up 10 1876 has nothing OF later date Mrs
Stuart permits to make special 10 p III,
WORKS IN her library. She has arranged Win the Board
of Trustees TO leave these books to th. Mdteus ana
the Museum Of Art. 1t is grand collection srsesI
nriyate collection in this country, and the hnost com
prising some 900 soumes The catalogue was hlaue
XIV DIR j. c. Cogswe for private circulation MI stuart
6ted nm the library house in ritth-ave especially
5or in and Mrs stuart naturally prefers to Keep there
She 100 Is adding 1t with purchases from te 10 time
Tle books are most carefully selected. Mr. stuart gave
his leisure Intervals mercantile life 10 the subject and
his Judgment rarely at fault The works are OF the
hest edition. in fine arts archaeology, architecture DIS
well In natural history - ..,,,,.
AZ tile request OF Mrs Stuart have gone careuily
through the catalogue. marking those works relating 10
naturA history. There Audubon's original large
volumes American Orntholosy Goulds BIRDS o. Eu-
rome Asla Australia and the HiRaayas and the Hum
ming Birds Mr. Stuart In the museum the week before
his DEATH and talking of the disposition which lie
intanded TO make OF these works Goulds works con-
fan some OF the finest monographs that have been
written on birds and Mr. stuart then said that he had
been told that collection better than that IN the
British Museufn Among the works in hDe arts which
viii probably 20 IT, the Museum OF Arr are the galleries
~ Mnnieh Versailles Dresden Dusseldorf Pin Palace,
Florence the Musee Franchise. husee Royal ana Lord
Eincsboroughs Mexican Heroglyphcs In nine volumes
The works finely bound and the oldest OF them arc
the best editions be haG and IN excellent preserva-
ton"