. Providence : the sovthern gateway of New England, provd of its honorable history, happy in its present prosperity, confident of its fvtvre. ?;H HARnOR FKOM Among itsRome inwhich there Famous treasures is 1484, the Biblia three or four. ISLAM) STATE HOUSE printers in Italy. The collection goes back to the so-called block book,printed by means of engraving on wood, before Gutenberg invented mova-ble type in 1440. Of the collection of paintings ones interest may be easily divided betweenthose of the old masters and the modern works of art. The galleries devotedto displays of pictures are dignif
. Providence : the sovthern gateway of New England, provd of its honorable history, happy in its present prosperity, confident of its fvtvre. ?;H HARnOR FKOM Among itsRome inwhich there Famous treasures is 1484, the Biblia three or four. ISLAM) STATE HOUSE printers in Italy. The collection goes back to the so-called block book,printed by means of engraving on wood, before Gutenberg invented mova-ble type in 1440. Of the collection of paintings ones interest may be easily divided betweenthose of the old masters and the modern works of art. The galleries devotedto displays of pictures are dignified apartments of noble proportions. Ofthe old masters there are examples, by Rembrandt, Hans Holbein, Van-Dyke, Canaletto, Angelica Kauffman, Guido Reni, Teniers, QuentinMatsys, Jordaens and many others. In the modern gallery nearly everyexample is worthy of mention. The Annmary Memorial Museum is abeautiful memorial and a noble and lasting one. As a collection relating to the history of the American continent, the JohnCarter Brown Library, which occupies a beautiful building on the MiddleCampus of Brown University, stands without a peer. Like the AnnmaryMuseum It contains specimens of early printing, but its world wide fame isd
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