Quaint corners in Philadelphia, with one hundred and seventy-four illustrations . ate of an event. ThesehalU were not to he eiieundxred with the ephemeralliioirraphic-. novels and works of tiction or annisement,new-paper-> or periodicals, which tonii so large a ])ortionof the current lileraluie of the day. The ho>piialitythe lm>l»aiid olVered was magnifK-cnt. hut it drew thelines the wile had tried to break, and made a most exclusive Use of her lortuue. The>e were sonic of tile conditions in this will whichmade the stoions. and thatit should ne\.i- he united to any other body. cori
Quaint corners in Philadelphia, with one hundred and seventy-four illustrations . ate of an event. ThesehalU were not to he eiieundxred with the ephemeralliioirraphic-. novels and works of tiction or annisement,new-paper-> or periodicals, which tonii so large a ])ortionof the current lileraluie of the day. The ho>piialitythe lm>l»aiid olVered was magnifK-cnt. hut it drew thelines the wile had tried to break, and made a most exclusive Use of her lortuue. The>e were sonic of tile conditions in this will whichmade the stoions. and thatit should ne\.i- he united to any other body. cori)orateor jtolitical: but it wa> not well to accept a buildingthat would exclude the maioritv of books in circulation. HISTORICAL SOCIETY—THE BAT WINDOW. THE OLD PHILADELPHIA LFBRARY. ICm among readers, nor to carry the old librar} from itsconvenient quarters far down town to the site chosen])y Dr. Rush and insisted upon by his executor. Lono;and perplexing were the consultations of the directors,and many the legal appeals, but in vain, until at lastthey cut the knot. The old Library had a buildingfund of 1125,000, and had l)ought a lot at the corner ofLocust and Juniper streets. Here they decided to erecta convenient and connnodious l)uilding for the circu-lating department of the Library, where the pul)liccould find all the -disjointed,^ ephemeral and popular literature in which it rejoices. This de-cision left the executor free to use the million of doharsleft by Dr. Rush in building the splendid sarcophagusat Broad and Christian according to his own this \vay the terms of the will have been met, and,perhaps, wisely, but it adds another to the speciallibraries so numerous in Philadelphia.
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