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Excerpt from Handbook of the New Public Library in Boston The new building of the Boston Public Library, the pioneer in the United States of free libraries supported by general taxation, and the most important of all American libraries, may well be called the most beautiful library structure in the world, as it certainly is one of the noblest public buildings in this country. It occupies the central and most conspicuous position in Copley Square. Facing upon Dartmouth Street, the Library extends back along Boylston Street and Blagden Street on either side, its rear wall overlooking the yard of the Harvard Medical School. It is surrounded by some of the most notable buildings in Boston, including, besides the Medical School, Trinity Church, the masterpiece of the late H. H. Richardson, the best known of American architects; the Museum of Fine Arts, next to the Metropolitan Museum, in New York, the best in the country; and, across Boylston Street from the Library, the Old South Church, the home of the society whose former home, the Old South Meeting-House in Washington Street, is a landmark of American history. The Library was founded in 1852. Its growth and development were rapid and sure, and in 1880 the old building in Boylston Street, opposite the Common, contained more than three hundred thousand volumes. It was in constant danger from fire, and it was impossible much further to extend its accommodations. The Commonwealth, therefore, with great liberality, granted a piece of land for a new building, and this land, together with an additional purchase by the city, forms the present site. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Excerpt from Handbook of the Boston Public Library Entrance Hall. This hall is Roman in design. The vaulted ceiling with its arches is supported by heavy pillars of Iowa sandstone. The ceiling is of mosaic with trellises on the vault, while in the penetrations and pendentives of the domes, which are on either side, are inscribed the names of eminent Bostonians. The floor, of Georgia marble, is inlaid in brass with the signs of the Zodiac, and the names of benefactors of the Library. Ground Floor. To the Left of the Staircase are the Coat Room; Elevator; and Entrance to the Courtyard and the Catalogue and Ordering Departments. To the Right are the Public Stenographer's Room, the Newspaper and the Periodical Rooms and the Entrance to the Courtyard. Across the Courtyard are the Public Toilet Rooms, Bound Newspaper and Patent Rooms, and the Statistical Department. The Newspaper Room is supported in part by the William C. Todd fund of $50, 000, and contains three hundred and ten current newspapers from all parts of the world. The Periodical Room contains about fourteen hundred current periodicals and also bound files of periodicals. The Courtyard, open to the sky, with a basin and fountain set in a grass plot, is surrounded by granite and grayish yellow brick walls. On three sides is a vaulted arcade suggestive of the Palazzo Cancellaria in Rome. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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