The World's Largest Libraries; A Commencement Address Delivered at St. Stephen's College, Annandale, N.y., Thursday, June 21, 1894 - Softcover

Wilson, James Grant

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ISBN 10: 1235662179 ISBN 13: 9781235662171

Verlag: General Books LLC, 2012

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1894. Excerpt: ... THE WORLD'S LARGEST LIBRARIES Believing that it would add zest to a tour of pleasure if-some special purpose were combined with it, I decided during a proposed sojourn of two summers and a winter in the Old World, made a few years ago, to examine the most important public and private libraries of Europe. A letter provided by the President, requesting all representatives of the United States to aid me in the quest, contributed in several instances to render the pursuit of library data more successful than it would have been without such an endorsement. I saw not less than thirtyfive millions of volumes, sufficient, if placed side by side, to extend from St. Stephen's to William and Mary College, Virginia, thence to Kenyon College, Ohio, and back again, by way of Albany, to Annandale! and in addition to the printed books, almost as many more missals, manuscripts, maps, medals, engravings, and pamphlets. As it is not the good fortune of every American, and certainly not of the graduating class and other students now. present, to have enjoyed such an opportunity, I have selected the great libraries of the world as the subject of this commencement address. The theme is one that might, and may possibly yet, fill a volume, and I shall therefore simply mention about a score of the most important collections of France, Great Britain, Russia, Germany, Italy, Spain, Belgium, Denmark, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United States. Time will not allow me to speak of the famous Alexandrian and other ancient libraries, concerning which our knowledge rests on insufficient and unsatisfactory evidence, and so I will at once invite your attention to the National Library of France, unquestionably the largest and noblest collection of books in the world at the present, or at any...

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• Verlag: General Books LLC
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1235662179
• ISBN 13: 9781235662171
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 18