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ill the reading rooms. In the 3'ear named only 4 \'olumes disappeared. 

 A hont 100 persons are employed in the library. It has pnblished a 

 few annual reports, several indexes and lists, and eight volumes of a 

 catalogue with supplement (1861 to 1888), which, however, extends 

 onlv as late as 1880. 



Fig. 14. — New York Public Library. Plan of first floor. 



FIRST FLOOR PL.\N. 



40. Entrance hall. 



41. Children's room. 



42. Extra room. 



43. Reception room. 



44. Reception room. 



45. Business superintendent. 

 4fi. Telephone. 



47. Business superintendent. 



48. Stairways. 



49. Extra room. 



50. Extra room. . 



51. Open court. 



52. Extra room. 



53. Receiving- room. 



54. Stack room. 



55. Exhibition room. 



56. Upper part of lending delivery room. 



57. Newspapers. 



58. Extra room. 



59. Entrance hall. 



60. Stairways. 



61. Reading room. 



62. Elevators. 



63. Periodical room. 



64. Library for the blind. 



The Lenox Library occupies a detached position in the best part of 

 the city on Fifth avenue opposite Central Park. It contains also col- 

 lections of different sorts. It is of two stories, fireproof, of white 

 sandstone, with two one-story wings projecting at right angles. In 

 the style of the Ecole des Beaux Arts, it is recognized as one of the 

 best specimens of later Pari.sian architecture, being of imposing 

 appearance within and without, with the exception of the great cov- 

 ered steps leading to the entrance. The l)ook stacks are of iron. 



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