Morning journal and courier., 1889-10-03
THE NEW oMIrTENpKN LIBRARY.


Ready 60 be opened About January l.
A Tour Through tho Magnineens
structure - The $4,000 mcmoriai
window and inscriptions.
The elegant new Chittenden library will be
opened about the first OF January. Inc
work has progressed seemingly with siowness'
Init the utmost care and finish has been given
10 avery detail. 1t is In all respects an sle-
cant structure. The catalogues Of the library
will be kept In q small room at the right OF
the entrance. Adjoining these are three
small rooms. The FIRST will be occupied by
Prof. Van Name, the librarian, the second by
Prof. Dexter, and in the third will be placed
the Yale coin collection, which is one of the
finest private collections In the country, but
has been kept ont of sight for the want OF q
proper place to display 1t. The capacity OF
the building will reach to 700, 200 volumes
and, with the old library, will give Yale IL
brary of 1000, 900 volumes. The reading
room will accommodate ninety readers. Lnere
IL an elaborate memorial window on the High
street side Of II a0x5 feet. It Is an elegant
piece Of art and has been worked up
on BY Louis O. Tiffany of New York
for a year. Il is still yelled
from public view and awaits the return of
Artist Tiffany from Europe. The tints of
the several figures In the window are pro-
duced by packing series of glasses upon
each other, some Of the figures having seven
or eight. When the window was placed in
position II was found that the south side was
much darker than the north end, due largely
to the rays of light striking 1t at different
angle. The artist when he arrives will bal
ance the two ends by removing portions OF
the glass on the southeast section, making 1t
equally brilliant with the north end.
The central figure of the memorial, an angel,
two groups on her right and left, the former
representing Science by its two chief
branches, Ressrch and Intuition; in the back
ground Devotion, Labor, Truth, Perception
and Analysis. On her left stands Perseve-
rance and Inspiration, emblematic OF Rel1g'
ion, with Parity, Faith, Hope and Love in
the back ground. Rhythm, Melody, Har-
mony, Verse and Voice on the extreme left
picture Music. At the opposite end of the
window, Form, Color and Imagination stand
as the attributes Of Art. Upon the book
held by Inspiration are the words, Gin me.
moriam Mary Hartwell Lusk."
The bas-reliefs of the room bear the heads
of the famous men of letters of ancient
times. A bronze tablet will be placed over
the large open fireplace In the northwest
corner, bearing this inscription:
Presented to Yale university
by
SIMEON BALDWIN CRITTENDEN
In memory OF His Daughter.
MARY HARTwELL LU5K,
1889.
Through wisdom in a house bulded, and by under,
standing ia 1t established, and by knowledge shall
the chambers be filled with all precious and
pleasant riches-Proverbs. xiv, "a.
The brick passage, from the old library to
the new, has been fitted up for repository
of newspaper files and shelves have been put
in sufficient to accommodate one thou
sand volumes. This will not embrace all
of the files which Yale possesses the library
being particularly rich in newspaper files, all
of the files of this city's papers with but one
exception have been deposited with the
library and have their place In the new room.
Among other interesting files are number
Of southern papers during the war, full file
Of the Liberator, the organ of the abolition
movement. Another collection of interest
is about $500 papers of the country covering
the assassination and death of Garfield, the
papers being donated by 81. P. Hubbard's
advertising agency.