. Review of reviews and world's work. )leted in 1865. The entire length of the Capitolbuikling is a little more than 750 feet, and itsgreatest width is about 350 feet. The top of thedome is about 287 feet above the base-line of th<^east fioiit. TIh; total cost of the building hasbeen about .i^l5,000,000. The latest importantimprovement has been the construction of a greatmonumental staircase as the main approach onthe west side, with successive terraces of whitemai-bl(\ Tlie building has a growing wealth ofart in its statues of public men, its paintings inillustration of American liistory o
. Review of reviews and world's work. )leted in 1865. The entire length of the Capitolbuikling is a little more than 750 feet, and itsgreatest width is about 350 feet. The top of thedome is about 287 feet above the base-line of th<^east fioiit. TIh; total cost of the building hasbeen about .i^l5,000,000. The latest importantimprovement has been the construction of a greatmonumental staircase as the main approach onthe west side, with successive terraces of whitemai-bl(\ Tlie building has a growing wealth ofart in its statues of public men, its paintings inillustration of American liistory or scenery, andmany other accessories of an architectural, ar-tistic, and historical character. It is pleasant to feel that this great building-in itselt enshrines the entire history of the fed-. PTiAN OF THE MAIN FLOOR OF THK (The old Hall of Representatives now Stnluary Hall and the ohl Senate Cliaiuber-now the Supreme Court Hoom-spond tr) tlie two d»>ta(li(>d wings shown in the ohl print at tlie top of the page.) ^orre- 682 THE AMERICAN MONTHLY REVIEW OF REFIEiVS,
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