. The street railway review . CllU rili:i,H NEWIIEKKV I,lliK.\KV. cnllcctiiiTi ) iiinri. than 50 paiiuinjjs, anicing which arcsome by such well known arlisls as Riisa Bonhcur, Hrctoii, Corot,Mcissonicr, Millcl, .Munkacsy. dc Ncnvillc. Trciyon. Vcrbocck-hoven and others. Novvlicrc in the city could ones leisure hours lie more profit-ably spent than in the Art Institute, where everything displayed isalike interesting to both layman and connoisseur. In the instruction department 1,200 students are enrolled. and judiciously had it been framed that nearly every westerns
. The street railway review . CllU rili:i,H NEWIIEKKV I,lliK.\KV. cnllcctiiiTi ) iiinri. than 50 paiiuinjjs, anicing which arcsome by such well known arlisls as Riisa Bonhcur, Hrctoii, Corot,Mcissonicr, Millcl, .Munkacsy. dc Ncnvillc. Trciyon. Vcrbocck-hoven and others. Novvlicrc in the city could ones leisure hours lie more profit-ably spent than in the Art Institute, where everything displayed isalike interesting to both layman and connoisseur. In the instruction department 1,200 students are enrolled. and judiciously had it been framed that nearly every westernstate has since patterned after this admirable law. Provision is notfinly made for the establishment and maintenance of public librariesby taxation, but also for their proper management. The law rec-ognizes the fact that .such collections are for the public good, andas such may be justly established and maintained at the expenseof the tax-payers. It is not possible to give more than a passing glance at the. .\K I l.\^ 1 1 1 I . 1. .MAIN EXTRAXCE Public Libraries. Prior to the great fire Chicago had no public library, and therewas no law, either state or municipal, authorizing the establishmentand maintenance of such institutions. The nucleus of the presentsystem and the one great incentive to the upbuilding of the publiclibrary of today was the contribution by the people of London,England, of some volumes immediately after the destructionof all existing collections here by the fire above referred to. Fol-lowing this magnificent donation the Chicago Public Librarysprung into an active existence, Germany, France. Bohemia andother foreign countries contributing many and valuable 1872 the Legislature passed the public library act, and so wisely public libraries of Chicago in this article. There are within thelimits of the city many libraries that rank among the best of theirclass in the United States, and but few cities can number so manyfine collections of bo
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