Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-12-05
and archaeology. This collection II ct present
inaccessible from want Of space.
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lnacceselDie from want OF space.
THE Aston LIBRARY.
The Aston Library supplies the demand for
| those whose profession needs the use Of books
beyond ordinary means, and is consequently of
very great value.
The Lenox Library, full to repletion Of the
| most valuable works. is celebrated more for its
| rare editions than for books needed for general
use- In the specially Of American history and
tho materials for it no library in America can
equal It. 1t contains not only all the valuable
books on America published here from the first
book ever published on this continent, but
wherever book pertaining to America could
De found Mr.. Lenox added it to his
collection, going back to the fifteenth. six
| teenth. seventeenth and the first half of the
eighteenth centuries. All these editions are
complete. embracing those in Spanish. Portu-
guese. Dutch, Italian, French, Latin and
English In early Spanish works on America
! this collection is unrivaled. MIR Lenox 81 AIRED
no expense ard his knowledge of such works Is
exhibited in this wonderful collection gathered
during long years. His Spanish manuscripts
relating to America are numerous and vaiua-
BILE. and he has obtained tine most complete
collection Of De Dry books in this country.
sHAKEsPEAREAN LITERATURE.
In Shakespearean literature this library con-
| tains the most numerous and complete editions.
from the earliest to the most modern of value.
Copies Of the first four folios, the first quartos
and the early subsequent issues, and, if not all.
the most of the twenty plays published in the
lifetime of Shakespeare from 1000 to 1920. The
rare books in this library would fill column
of The SrAR-the first book published in En-
glish, ''Fevre's History Of Iroye," for which
Mr.. Lenox paid 5000; complete set of Para
disc Lost" from the first edition to the time OF
Mr.. Lenox's death, and also of Isaac Walton.
Every branch of literature, in varied edition
and In almost every language and period, I'LL
the shelves OF this great home of books.
Among the numerous manuscripts is WASH
ington's farewell address. Letters from Burns
one dated March 81, 1853, says: Il am SO har-
assed with care and anxiety about this farming
project of mine that my muse has degenerated
into the variest prose werch that ever picked
ciuders or followed a tinker"
Letters from Goldsmith to Garrick, dated
July 20, l767, from Napoleon 1. Letters from
Coleridge, Pope, Cowper, SOuthey, DIR. Sam
johnson to Sir Joshua Reynolds thanking
him for liberal contributions" Manuscript
maps OF the earliest periods and masses of rare
editions Of every known contribution to htera-
ture.
CONTENTS OF THE ART GALLERY.
The art gallery contains some Of the finest
examples of the early English school, Every ar
fist OF eminence is to be found its walls. OF Sir
Joshua Reynolds there are three or four beau
tiful examples. Two Of Turner's most brilliant
productions, purchased from the artist for Mr..
Ienox by Charles X. Leslie early 1882.
Leslie, Sir David Wilkie, Sir Francis Grant,
Thomas Webster, Calcotr, Copley, Roberts. Cox,
Landseer (with autograph letter., Sir Henry
Reyburn. Nasmyt the and Collins. Early exam
Piles of verbockhaven, Paul Delaroche and
Horace Vernet's ''Siege of Saragossa-" The
artists of America are represented by Gilbert
Stuart. the Peales, Prof. Morse. John Trum-
bull, Henry lnman, Stuart Newton, John VAN
derlyn, who painted the Landing of Column
bus" in the rotunda, and John G. Chapman.
who painted the Baptism of PocahOntas"
recent addition to the collection is Munkacsy's
Milton Debating Paradise Lost to His Daugh-
ter" This beautiful collection was for years
entombed In MIR. Lenox's gallery, which was
not opened to the public until after his DEATH
Here, too, is Leutze's Washington Crossing
the Delaware, SO well remembered ut Wash
ington.
THE COOPER INSTITUTE LIBRARY.
This valuable collection and the collections
Of the Historical Society and the Aston Library
serve q most admirable purpose but the library
at the Cooper Institute is the library of the
people. There the workingman in search Of
knowledge or recreation finds welcome and
there the books needed by him are to be found
The library is open until 10 o'clock at night
and on Sunday from IL o clock until pm. The
large ball and reading room. supplied with the
daily papers, magazines. reviews, &C., are filled
with attentive readers. In various parts Of
New York there are libraries, circulating and
others, where all tastes can be gratined, and all
OF them attract numerous visitors. How many
such institutions are to be found in Washing
toni Is there one to which man or woman
employed during working hours can obtain
access! II there is do not know it, unless il
be that Of the Young Mems Christian Associa-
ton" That, 30 far az / know, is the only place
where desire for literary recreation can be
grauhed. JOHN 4. CoYLH-