. Guide to Washington; . o 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 onthe west side. In it are a large numberof books printed in raised letters. It is intended that the several pavilionsand galleries of the se
. Guide to Washington; . o 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 onthe west side. In it are a large numberof books printed in raised letters. It is intended that the several pavilionsand galleries of the second floor be de-voted to exhibits of maps, engravings andother collections. Historical Library, Smithsonian Libraryand the Toner collection of Washing-toniana. The copyright system is a dailysource of accession, as two copies ofevery copyrighted work must be depos-ited. This includes all books, periodicals,photographs, pamphlets, engravings, mu-sical compositions, newspapers, etc. The collection is exceeded in size onlv. CORRIIJOR NORIII OI- MAIN EXTRANCK, NATIONAI, ;KARV. Growth of The library was founded inLibrary. 1800 on an appropriation of $5,000 from Congress. In1S14 it suffered by fire at the hands of theBritish, at the time the Capitol was many valuable works were destroyedby fire in 1S51, But notwithstanding dis-asters, its growth has been rapid. Manyvaluable collections have been acquired,notably Thomas Jeffersons library, Iorce by the National Library of Irance andthe IJritish Museum, and almost equals thelibraries of St. Ietersburg, Munich, Berlinand Strasburg. Tiie i)resent structure,however, provides room for many years,and the splendid fireproof depositoriesrender it unlikely to be visited by anothersuch conflagration as that of 1S14, when agreat portion of the archives of the youngAmerican republic was destroved.
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