. Guide to Washington . has induced Congress toprovide more commodious quarters. The magnificent structure thatwill soon be erected for the accommodation of this branch of the(iovcrnmcnt will equal in elegance and architectural design any inthe capital. The number of volumes in the librar)- in 1874 was 274,157 vol-umes and 50,000 pamphlets; in Januar), 1878, volumes; inJanuary, iSS3, the count showed 596,957 volumes and 200,000 pam-phlets. According to the present rate of increase, in thirty years, or in1918, the number of the collection would he 1,400,000 volumes. TheCongressional Lib
. Guide to Washington . has induced Congress toprovide more commodious quarters. The magnificent structure thatwill soon be erected for the accommodation of this branch of the(iovcrnmcnt will equal in elegance and architectural design any inthe capital. The number of volumes in the librar)- in 1874 was 274,157 vol-umes and 50,000 pamphlets; in Januar), 1878, volumes; inJanuary, iSS3, the count showed 596,957 volumes and 200,000 pam-phlets. According to the present rate of increase, in thirty years, or in1918, the number of the collection would he 1,400,000 volumes. TheCongressional Library is intended principally for the use of Con-gress, although any visitor over sixteen years of age can obtainbooks to read, only in the library, by filling up the required blank andpresenting it at the librarians desk. THE ROCIERS I5RONZE celebrated work of art is located in the main entrance tothe Capitol. The designs picture erents in the life of Columbus and. the discovery of America. It stands nineteen feel high, is ninefeet wide, and is folding or double. It is made of solid bronze andweighs 20,000 pounds. There are nine panels depicting events inregular order, starting with the examination of Columbus before theCouncil of Salamanca, then Columbus Departure from the Con-vent of La Rabida ; The Audience at the Court of Ferdinand andIsabella ; Starting of Columbus from Palos on his first Voyage ; First Landing of the Spaniards at San Salvador; First En-counter of the Discoverers with the Natives; Triumphal Entryof Columbus into Barcelona; Columbus in Chains, and thenext the Death Scene, representing the death-bed of door was modeled by Randolph Rogers in Rome in 1858, andcast in Munich in i860 by F. von Miiller. The cost of the doorwas $30,000. ROTUNDA- The Rotunda, which occupies the centre of the Capitol, is amagnificent circular hall 97 feet in diameter by 300 in circumference,with a central height of 180 feet and 3 inches.
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