Quaint corners in Philadelphia, with one hundred and seventy-four illustrations . ain ohject of theassociation, to lorm a lil)rary for home rcadinu, and sohave rotrieted theii- puiehases in such departments aslaw. medio heen solicitous to av(»id epliemeralprodu gone to purchase such works asLepsius and Kosxlinis Kgypt. Kingshoroughs Mexico,and the twelve volumes ot the antiquities in the BritishMnsouin. The Ixipiest of Dr. Rushs lihiaiy has addedmany costly woiks on similar sul>)ects. and the studentof Kgyptology will fnid in the Hidgway Ihaneh nearlyall the inqiortant works in his departin
Quaint corners in Philadelphia, with one hundred and seventy-four illustrations . ain ohject of theassociation, to lorm a lil)rary for home rcadinu, and sohave rotrieted theii- puiehases in such departments aslaw. medio heen solicitous to av(»id epliemeralprodu gone to purchase such works asLepsius and Kosxlinis Kgypt. Kingshoroughs Mexico,and the twelve volumes ot the antiquities in the BritishMnsouin. The Ixipiest of Dr. Rushs lihiaiy has addedmany costly woiks on similar sul>)ects. and the studentof Kgyptology will fnid in the Hidgway Ihaneh nearlyall the inqiortant works in his departinciil. In the-e eaily day>. howe\er. there wa> little thoughtof a larg» or complete collection. The great tact wastliat tinre was a pnhlic lihrary at all. Iranklin kept upan active interest in the enterprise, and of course uti-. THE OLD PHILABELrHIA LIBRARY. 145 lized it. He devoted at least an hour every day to study ;he printed tlie eatalogue, and so paid liis annual tax fortwo years. In the seeond year he served as Ubrarian,and the visit the direetors paid to Thomas Penn whenhe came to Philadelphia doubtless originated in hisshrewd brain, ever ready to see and seize an might have been expected, Penn acknowledged thecourtesy by a gift of books and apparatus. In ten years the collection had outgrown its quartersin Robert Graces house, and it was removed to theState House, where Dr. Duche describes it as being inone of the wings that join the main building by meansof a brick arcade. In 1750 James Logan, who in his youth was the friendof Penn, and in his old age the adviser of Franklin, diedand left to the city a curious and valuable legacy. Heknew the value of his library as- perhaps the^very finestprivate collection of books in the Colonies, and he espe-cially prided himself on his hundred folio
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