The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-06-25

" WIZ wv NlNANAAs Wv wv
ara kapi on fle Tor a week and then tn
important arr hound in the last yeal
there were sent tC the bindery iron
the periodical diviglan I.1g1 volumes al
periodicals. anu l5it vnlilinea 81 news
napsrs making a total Of i0o07 volumes
or an average Of 90 volumes a month
Hanging on the racks may BE- seen th,
latest resolved edition II tho Sydney
Morning HsTdi+ or the London Times. O
the paters oT vienna. u Madrid Thef
there IRE all the nlnlanacs. oliicial reg ie,era
army lists. foreign directories FROM al
over the world from Turkey 90 the IVES
lndies
Tho law Library oT Congress and th'
Supreme Inirt 81 the United States
established hy act % congress IN lt12
B confirms over II0.O volumes and " ths
largest colieCtion II strictly law books Il
tho work.
| u contains the most complete singl'
/ cOllertinn 0f wear looks lrepOTts ~ case,
I decided in English courts betwcen ths
/ roigns oI Edward I aud Henry VIII
many early editions ~ the classical
\ irraiises on. Anglo American law. an
/ almost complete cOllectiOn Of the nrsI
| editions 81 the session laws OF RhOds
Island and Massachusetts,. and Il IL rapidly
developing a good working collection ol
the modern law WteratuFe OF uA iue
countries 81 the world
About 5000 volumes a good working
collection ~ English and American law
are keTt in the Capitol building In the
room which was for nearly fifty years the
chamber Of the Supreme Court 81 the
United States. The rest 81 the law
library has received temporary quarters
in the Library Of Congress budding Its
collections are drawn on constantly Nv
the law officers 81 the executive depart
TGsnts and the Judges Of the courts IN
Washington Many duplicates have 10 Ne
carried in order TO meet tho verv large
number % loans made by tho law u
brary.
A ingenio'R a. the devicn for sending
tooks 20 and from the stacks V that pro-
vided for getting hooks called for bark
and forth between tho library and the
Capitol. n Senator or a Representa-
tive should want a certain hook IN a hurry
h. might have IN cultivate patience had
he 20 wait for a messenger IN bring Il
across the quarter mile which inteTvenes
between the two h'ildings hut with
phis mechanical device eight minutes
after the call has l,een received at tho
desk the hook Ia placed on the desk % the
member that sent for t.
The bO0k. or looks. arr placed In a
large leather case resembling q suitcass.
Which is aet in a basket. a larger edition
OF those IN the stacks. the MACHINERY h
set in motion and the journey CAPITOL
ward is begun. The wav lies through
an underground passage sax feet high and
four and half feet wide and the rate Of
aneed II the travellers can he determined
Nv watching the machinery ~ the cod
Through the foundation walls az the
building. q curved route. Il ~ slow. but
AZ soon a. these are cleared u acceleTates.
The baskets herr tho seerl 20 have human
intelligence. acting for themselves They
even are unloaded automatically at the
journeys end
A. frequently as msny ~ twenty Or
thirty orders are almost simultaneously
received for bOOks. generally large orders
and heavy. q small rrny II messrnRers
would be required 10 do the service %
these busy little electric cars
For the convenience % thOsp Senators
and Represent ri ives WIN desire % work
and rerd in the library there are special
re-ding rooms. Handsomely furnished
indeed two of the sh0wplsces ~ the
Hhr-rv the Ss.nrtor retraet IL especially
beautiful. wRinscoted In oak elahorately
inlaid with m-hoR nv. u IL r,im1rad
however. fhrt this place - rarely visited
save by sightseers A. the Representa-
tives Tor the most prrt have not been ~
long In Wsshingt0n ~ the Seng tons end
10 not expect r perm tent residence md
hive not sttnined h such o. superior
height 81 knoWledge their handsome room
has much more genera use.
Although the libr1ry yrs originally
established FOR the usP ~ Congress and
for the purpose n ding Nth resarrch
rnd the l9ap ~ haoks ~ the hr. 1ches "
the Federal G0veriitnent. the supreme
Court, the executive departments and the
vrriotis sci.ntifc hur~rus which are
ma intaincd hy the Federal Government
~ IN rnnurl eKpanse ~ several million
dollrrs md whose Investigations con-
stF 1tly require reference = hpnks u
IL now rls0 3 public hbrr-y Il still hears
the title Of Iihrsry Of Congress. i,ut
% il open - freely f1r referenOe use as
gny in the world md ita collections and its
service well entitle Il % the name u
NrtionTl Iihr "
Under . system n inteVlbrarv lam
Il lends hooks ~ other libraries In vRPiuus
nsrts ~ the country for the convenient"
Of investigT tors ged In special ~
aaF rchssa on conditi0n thrt the hopk hs
en- unusir volume which Il u not the duty
~ she lOcP lihr.' " 70 supply. thPt II can ~
the moment b. spared Hnd thFt the hor-
rowing library besr the risk and ezp-nse
u transportation.
IN the min Il ia not II course cirru-
biting library. Certain persnns desig-
nased nv statute rnd closely identified
with the Government rre entitled 20 home
use ~ the books Any persDn from rny
plrcs withou: Introduction or CREDENTIALS
msy exFmine rny hook IN the lhrary
within the wills N the lIbrrrv. Daily
from . A. ~ all 10 p. NJ the library i
onen; On SlInda ~ and 20 holidaya. except
ing the Fourth 81 July end Christmas. from
Up NJ till 10 r. NJ. excepting saturday
afternoons IN July august and sep
tsnher
Visitors and users Of tho Rbra-y for the
year iaOe and 1000 numbered ga IN. a.
shown by the rrc1-ds-a daily evera7e
81 ? 100 for the 9Ga DAYS The count for
the four hours Of the evening. . g 10
o 'olOok, BALANCES up pretty evenly AGAINST
the nine hours u the day. . n o O'Clock
Great numbers " Government employees
p1d others who are keTt busy through the
day have opDoTtupit 10 make Use 81 IN"
RESOURCES here. and do ~ IN shOusa1d-
In all ~ persons ~" employed In the
library buldin- under the Superintendent
s2t under the librarian u under the Pub
10 Printer and Dc taisd N printing AID
bindinV for the Libray " Congress-
On the Library star Herbert Putnam
- Librarian ~ Congress. 4. p e Grimm
chef assistant librarian. Albsn r,
Boyd chief clerk Jsssica l.. Farnum
secrsta-y. William " Bishop, superi1
fendent Oi reading rooms. Hermann II
n Never. chief n biblioRra1 ply. James
E " HAnsln chief " catalogues: James
Dayb Thompson. chief II documents
Gaillp II HUNT, chief Of manuscripts
Phihp lee Phillips. chief Of maps and
chars Osrar q ] .Sonneck. chief of
fnusir. Frederick " Wiley. chief n order:
I harlss Mattel. chief 0f periodicals..
Arthur Jeffrey Parsons. chief II priHtr.
Paul RrnCkett. custO,lia1 ~ the Smith
E-.asaaE. H.