. Picturesque Washington: pen and pencil sketches of its scenery, history, traditions, public and social life, with graphic descriptions of the Capitol and Congress, the White House, and the government departments .. . the centre structure is mainly used for the exhibition ofobjects of natural history. The institution expends about $70,000 a year in various scientificinvestigations conducted by its force of scientists, and publishes aseries of volumes, entitled the Smtthsoman Contrihtitions to Knoivl-edge, which are sent to the principal scientific societies of the worldin exchange for their p
. Picturesque Washington: pen and pencil sketches of its scenery, history, traditions, public and social life, with graphic descriptions of the Capitol and Congress, the White House, and the government departments .. . the centre structure is mainly used for the exhibition ofobjects of natural history. The institution expends about $70,000 a year in various scientificinvestigations conducted by its force of scientists, and publishes aseries of volumes, entitled the Smtthsoman Contrihtitions to Knoivl-edge, which are sent to the principal scientific societies of the worldin exchange for their publicadons. It carries on an extensive scien-tific correspondence, and all letters that are received making inquiriesrelative to certain branches of knowledge are carefully answ^ publishes accounts of the latest discoveries in science, and in manyw^a3^s intelligently labors for the increase and diffusion of knowl-edge among men. In 1879 ^ annex to the Smithsonian Institution was erected bythe government, and denominated The Nadonal Museum. Orig-inally intended to contain the splendid exhibits made by foreign gov-ernments at the Centennial Exhibition, which w^ere presented to the THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. 235. A LANDMARK ON B STREET. United States, its scope has been enlarged, so that now it is the gen-eral depository of all the geological and industrial collections of thegovernment, and is rapidly becoming one of the greatest and mostattractive museums in the world. In the course of a few years itwill contain vast collections of the products of industry, ancient andmodern, the useful, the ornamental, and the marvelous ; and, it maybe said, representations of nearly everything of importance that prod-igal nature furnishes for mans use and benefit. The building stands directly east of the Smithsonian Institution,and covers nearly two and one-half acres. It is a fine example ol themodern Romanesque order of architecture, and has a certain quaintbeauty, with its numerous peaked t
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