THE CONGRESSIONAL LIBRARY.
Inside the Library—The Librarian—Sketch of Mr. Spofford—How
Congressional Speeches are Manufactured—“Spofford” in
Congress—The Library Building—Diagram—Dimensions of the
Hall—The Iron Book Cases—The Law Library—Five Miles of Book
Shelves—Silent Study—“Abstracting” Books—Amusing Adventure—A
Senator in a Quandary—Making Love Under Difficulties—Library
Regulations—Privileged Persons—Novels and their Readers—Books
of Reference—Compared with the British Museum—Curious Old
Newspapers—Files of Domestic and Foreign Papers—One Hundred
Defunct Journals—An Incident of the War of 1814—Putting it to
the Vote—“Carried Unanimously”—35,000 Volumes
Destroyed—Treasurers of Art Consumed—The New Library—The Next
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