Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-04-19

With is rapid growth. Like all great
government libraries its law OF increase
can no longer be governed Dy the ~Teyulle-
meutsof the national legislature. IL mas
come to be the representative ana Custo-
dian OF the entire literature OF tne cOuh-
try. Through the operations OF Jhe copy
richtiaw il receives and preserves copies
of an the books. periodicals. maps, charts,
and works OF art, for when exclusive
/ right or publication is secured to the au-
I thors or publishers. These entries num-
Der about 10000 "A year. In addition TO
this source OF increase, which costs the
government nothing and brings in every
book OF any value produced in the cOun-
try. the library is largely recruited from
the following sources First, from the an
nuai deposits OF books by the Smithsonian
institution, whose library was incOr-
porated with the Congressional Library
in 1866. These books are most wholly
scientific, representing the transactions
Of most OF the learned societies Of the
world, in every department Of inquiry,
and In all languages. Second, from de-
posits of the public documents Of Con-
gress, and every State in the Union; the
Reports of Chant ers Of Commerce and
Boards Of Trade and the donations OF So
cletles and individuals. The works Sc
cured under this head are valuable for
statistical and commercial Information.
Third, from "a system of international eX-
changes, through which fifty sets Of the
documents Of Congress and other
government publications are eX-
changed with foreign governments,
whereby the library IS being
constantly enriched with the freshest Off
cial documents az wei as with many
books dealing with the natural history,
resources, explorations, surveys, and
commercial and financial statistics OF all
the leading governments Of the two hem
ispherts. Fourth, from the expenditure
of an appropriation Of about $4,000 per
annum IN the purchase OF valuable books.
chiefly published abroad and useful to
Congress in It's labOrs as well as for pub
lie reference. A great many important
periodicals and other serials are kept, in
GLIDING all the most important reviews.
magazines, and political, literary, and
scient fc journals. The vast range and
salue OF the modern periodical press
is fully recognized in the Library
of the United States, which now has
5000 volumes of bound newspapers, rep
resentlng more than two centuries OF time
as TO Europe and a century and a half as
to American journals. About one hun
.dretdaily newspapers are regularly taken
and bound, although, owing to the NEGLECT
of Congress, there is nowhere SO much as
twenty feet of room where they could be
filed for examination, and they have to
be kept piled in alphabetical heaps until
the volumes are complete for binding.
Among the later large additions is the
library Of the Smithsonian institution
recently incorporated with this, and the
gift OF DR.. Joseph NJ. Toner OF his Yalua-
BILE collection OF 1000 volumes.
SO wonderfully complete are the cOllec-
t 0ns in all departmfnt that it is often pos
sible TO ind nearly every book on a certain
subject printed IN the English LANGUAGE
during the past one hundred years. In
some cases those seeking the widest Ia