St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-04-21
,oks, which cost the king about f1so,

books, which cost the king about $780,
900.
! The collection of English books is
!. far r. from approaching completeness,
/ but apart from the enormous quantity
I of volumes the museum contains an
extraordinary number of rarities. Few
,Elibraries in the United States equal in
4 number or value the American books
Fin the museum
Il The collection of MSS. is equal in
i Importance to the printed works. The
4 collection in European languages
ranges from the second century be-
| fore Christ to our own times. The
museum is rich in early Anglo-Saxon
1gard Latin codices, such as the charters
of King Edgar and Henry I. to Hyde
! Abbey, which are written in gold let
/ tiers. Besides a number of ancient
Irish texts, the museum can boast an
early copy of the Had, and one of the
/ earliest known codices of the Odyssey
The number of genealogical rolls and
(! documents relating to the local and
tFfamily history of Great Britain is very
| large.
SCOTLAND'S GREAT LIBRARY.
/ The principal library in Scotland is
7 that of the Faculty of Advocates,
founded in 1880 In 1852 the active
iicarrying out of the plan was commit
/ ted to the oean of the faculty, Sir
George Mackenzie, of Rosehaugh, who
may be considered to have founded
the library. The number of volumes
in the library, which is on the ground
foor of Parliament house. is computed
to be 265, eco. Of the special collections
collection of old Spanish books, pur-
chased by the faculty for f4,OOo in 1924;
the Thorkelin collection, consisting of
1000 volumes, relating chiefly to the
history and antiquities of the northern
nations; the Dietrich collection of over
100000 German pamphlets, including
many of the writings of Luther and
Melancthon, purchased for the small
sum of ESQ., and the Comic collection.
DUBLIN'S BIG BOOKERY.
The library of Trinity college, Dub
lin, originated in the year 1901, when
the English army determined to COM
memorate their victory over the Span
iSh troops at Kinsale by some perman-
ent monument. Accordingly they SUBJ
scribed fl 800 to establish a library in
the University of Dublin. All of the
books were at first deposited in Dublin
castle, and it was only after the Resto-
ration that the college obtained them.
The library now contains 1921 900 vol
umes and 1880 MSS. About 1900 vol
umes are added every year.
GAY PARIS WELL SUPPLIED.
Paris is much better provided with
great public Libraries than London or
any city in the world. Besides the
Bibliotheque Rationale, there are other
great libraries, each having over 10000
volumes.
Paris can claim the largest library
in the world in the Bibliotheque Ma
tionale. The real foundation of the
institution, which was formerly known
as the Bibliotheque du Roi. may be
said to date from King John, the
Black Princes captive, who had a con-
siderable taste for books, and who be-
queathed his royal library of MSS.
to his successor, Charles V.
Charles V. organized his library in
the Louvre. He was very liberal in
his patronage of literature, and many
OF the early monuments of the French
language are due to his having en-
ployed scholars to make translations
from ancient texts.
= Under the management of Able
Bignon, the library was removed to its
present home in the Rue Richelieu.
total number of printed Looks was