. The Granite monthly, a New Hampshire magazine, devoted to literature, history, and state progress . eGoddess of Liberty above this cu-pola is twenty feet high and weighsabout fifteen thousand pounds. Thecost of the Capitol, up to this time,has been about fourteen millions ofdollars in all, and is a moderate sumwhen compared with the amounts laidout on similar buildings in Albanyand Harrisburg. It seems to me that the Libraryof Congress is, next to the Capitol,the most interesting place to visitin Washington. This magnificentstructure was commenced in 1889 and completed eight years later at a
. The Granite monthly, a New Hampshire magazine, devoted to literature, history, and state progress . eGoddess of Liberty above this cu-pola is twenty feet high and weighsabout fifteen thousand pounds. Thecost of the Capitol, up to this time,has been about fourteen millions ofdollars in all, and is a moderate sumwhen compared with the amounts laidout on similar buildings in Albanyand Harrisburg. It seems to me that the Libraryof Congress is, next to the Capitol,the most interesting place to visitin Washington. This magnificentstructure was commenced in 1889 and completed eight years later at a costof six million dollars. It is a threestory edifice with dome, construc-ted in the Italian Renaissance styleof architucture and has nearly twothousand windows. Every part ofthe wall, ceiling or floor betrays thetouch of the decorative artist. Onecan not appreciate this library un-less they visit it several times, aspaintings, mosaics and sculpture meetthe eye on every turn. This libraryhas the largest collection of strictlylaw books in the world. It includesthe most complete single collection. Corcoran Art Gallery, Washington 76 The Granite Monthly of Yearbooks (reports of the casesdecided in the English courts duringthe reigns from Edward I to HenryVIII), many early editions of theclassical treatises on Angle-Americanlaw, an almost complete collection ofthe first editions of the session lawsof Rhode Island and Massachusetts,and it is developing a good workingcollection of the modern law litera-ture of all the countries of the afternoon I had a talk with aCaptain of Police, who was on dutyat the library, and this man told meabout the women he came in contact be the largest masonry structure in theworld. The cornerstone was laid in1848 and the monument was finishedin 1884. The original designs were byRobert Mills. An iron stairway andan elevator afford access to the visitors wish to take the time to walkup they can read the interesting tab-lets fastened to
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