. Guide to Washington; . room is richly two bronze lamp bearers for electriclights. decorated in red and gold. The Repre- The staircases are ornamented with twenty- sentatives room contains mantels of Ital- i6 GUIDE TO WASHINGTON ian marble which are said to be the rich-est and most beautiful adornments of thebuilding. The walls in this room are fin-ished in dark oak and green silk, and theceilings are painted to represent the sevenprimary colors in a series of panels. The reading-room of the library, whichis open to the public, is entered from thefirst floor. The visitors gallery is on thesec
. Guide to Washington; . room is richly two bronze lamp bearers for electriclights. decorated in red and gold. The Repre- The staircases are ornamented with twenty- sentatives room contains mantels of Ital- i6 GUIDE TO WASHINGTON ian marble which are said to be the rich-est and most beautiful adornments of thebuilding. The walls in this room are fin-ished in dark oak and green silk, and theceilings are painted to represent the sevenprimary colors in a series of panels. The reading-room of the library, whichis open to the public, is entered from thefirst floor. The visitors gallery is on thesecond floor and is reached by the grand hundred and twenty-five feet in pillars are forty feet high and thewindows thirty-two feet wide. The National Library is more familiarlyknown as the Congressional Library,but the latter name is misleading and un-official ; and the public at large are notgenerally aware that its valuable contentsmay be enjoyed by any one who so may be drawn out only by members. CORRIDOR SOUTH OF MAIN ENTRANCE, NATIONAL LIBRARY. stairway or by elevator. It is from thispoint of view that the magnitude andbeauty of the great library can be ob-tained. The room is imposing in sizeand effective in artistic design, and thecolor scheme of marble walls, pillars,tiers of arches and balustrades, and thelofty dome with its stucco ornamentation,is grand beyond description. This room isone hundred feet in diameter and one of Congress, the President, Supreme Court,and privileged government ofticials, butany one wishing to consult the many thou-sands of volumes, magazines, newspapers,etc., contained therein, has the privilegeof the great reading-room and the servicesof most courteous attendants. The cataloguing department is on thefirst floor, south side; the newspaperroom on first floor, in the south curtain ; GUIDE TO WASHINGTON 17 and the copyright department in the base-ment on the south side. The reading-room for the blind is in the basement on
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