Miller's New York as it is, or, Stranger's guide-book to the cities of New York, Brooklyn and adjacent places : comprising notices of every object of interest to strangers ; including public buildings, churches, hotels, places of amusement, literary institutions, etc . e Hospital bearinghis name. The Library building, of the modern Frenchstyle of architecture, is entirely fire-proof, being com-posed of stone and iron, and is especially adapted tohold its valuable treasures. Mr. Lenox also gave thesum of $300,000 for the maintenance of the Library. THE CITY LIBRARY Is in the City Hall, and is f
Miller's New York as it is, or, Stranger's guide-book to the cities of New York, Brooklyn and adjacent places : comprising notices of every object of interest to strangers ; including public buildings, churches, hotels, places of amusement, literary institutions, etc . e Hospital bearinghis name. The Library building, of the modern Frenchstyle of architecture, is entirely fire-proof, being com-posed of stone and iron, and is especially adapted tohold its valuable treasures. Mr. Lenox also gave thesum of $300,000 for the maintenance of the Library. THE CITY LIBRARY Is in the City Hall, and is free to all persons. THE NEW YORK LAW INSTITUTE Have a valuable library of law books at No. 41 Cham-bers street. Open daily. THE PRINTERS FREE LIBRARY, Located at No. 3 Chambers street, has over 4,000 vol-umes. It is open every Saturday evening. THE LYCEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY Is a society of scientific men, formed for the study ofnatural history. Its rooms are at 64 Madison possesses a good library, and a large museum ofminerals, plants, and specimens of natural history. Itis accessible to the public. THE APPRENTICES LIBRARY, containing about 16,000 volumes for the use of youth-ful apprentices, is in the Mechanics Hall, 472 Broad-way, near Grand LITERAEY AND SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTIONS. 59 THE NEW YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY, Established upwards of half a century, have a nobleedifice on the corner of Eleventh street and SecondAvenue. It is an elegant fire-proof structure, built ofyellow sandstone from the province of New Brunswick,and is splendidly fitted up. Its literary collections con-sist of rare and valuable books pertaining to the historyand antiquities of the country; also medals, coins,maps, engravings, &c. The Library comprises about20,000 volumes. There is a fine Picture-gallery in theuppermost story; the Library Hall, Lecture-room, andvarious offices are characterized by great architecturalbeauty. Recently there have been added a fine collec-tion of Nineveh
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