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character, tending to destroy discussion, 
and the benefits which might result from 
a free press. 
Public Libraries in Paris. 
4. The’ Royal Library has above 
700,000 printed volumes, and 70,000 
manuscripts, ; 
2. The Library of Monsieur, 150,000 
printed volumes, and 5,000 manuscripts. 
3. Library of St. Genevieve, 110,000 
printed volumes, and 2,000 manuscripts. 
4. The Magazine Library, 92,000 print- 
ed volumes, and 3,000 manuscripts. 
5. Library of the City of Paris, 20,000 
volumes. 
All these are daily open to the public. 
Besides these there are, in Paris and the 
Departments, the following Libraries to 
which access may be obtained; the prin- 
cipal of which are—the private Libraries 
of the King in the Tuilleries, Fontaine- 
bleau, St. Cloud, Trianon, and Rambouil- 
let; the Library of the Legislative Body; 
of the Council of State (30,000 vols.); of 
the Institute; of the Invalids (20,000 
vols.); of the Court of Eassation, formerly 
the Library of the Advocates and Poly- 
technic School. 
Under the Minister of the Royal House- 
hold are 10 Libraries,—of the Interior, 
22—of War, 12—of Justice, 5—of Fo- 
reign Affairs, 1—of the Marine, 6—of 
Finance, 2. 
The Chambers of the Peers and the De- 
puties have each a Library; that of the 
latter contains 30,000 vols. 
Among the printing-offices, the Impri- 
merie Royale claims the first place, on ae- 
count of its extent and admirable arrange- 
ment. It prints the Memoirs of the 
Institute, and all other works which the 
King causes to be published, as a recom- 
pence or encouragement, gratis. 
There are at Paris—79 printing-offices, 
18 lithographic presses, 38 letter-founders, 
616 booksellers, 84 dealers in second-hand 
books, 201 bookbinders, 16 book-stitchers, 
2° boak-repairers, 390 ‘copper-plate en- 
gtavers, 11 wood-cutters, 17 map-engra- 
vers, 17 form-cutters, 17 die-engravers, 
9 music engravers, 127 copper-plate pres- 
ses, 140 print-sellers, 11 map-sellers, 50 
musie-sellers, 43 wholesale stationers, 9 
pastehoard manufacturers, 6 stained-paper 
manufacturers, 4 parchment manufactu- 
rers, 6 manufacturers of printers’ ink, 4 
pressmakers, 2 joiners for presses, 3 
dealers in printing materials. 
Daily and other Periodical Pudlications. 
Political Journals, (11.)—Moniteur, Ga- 
‘gette de France, Journal de Paris, Consti- 
tutionnel, Journal des Débats, Courier 
Francais, Quotidienne, Journal de Com- 
merce, Drapeau Blanc, L’Etoile du Soir, 
Régulateur. 
Advertisers, 4. 
Half periodical Works, (140.).—L’ Ami de 
Literary and Philosophical Intelligence. 
[Nov. 1, 
la Religion, le Défenseur, Lettres Cham- 
poe Lettres Normandes, I’Intrépide, 
’Observateur, VOrganisateur, le Para- 
chute Monarchique, le Pilote Européen, 
O Contemporaneo. 
Religious Journals, (3.)—Chronique Re- 
lig. ; Archives de Christianisme au 19 Sie- 
cle; Annales Protestantes. 
Scientific Journals, (9.)—Annaes das 
Sciencias, das Artes, e das Letras; An- 
nales de Chimie et de Physique; Annales 
des Mines; Annales Encyclopédiques ; 
Annales Frangaises des Sciences et des 
Arts; Bibliotheque Physico-Economique ; 
Bulletin des Sciences; Journal de Phy- ~ 
sique, de Chimie, d'Histoire Naturelle, et 
des Aris; Journal des Savans..° A 
Literary Journals, (15.)—Bibliographie 
de la France; Annales de la Littérature 
et des Arts; Archives de la Littérature et 
des Arts ; Conservateur Litt¢raire ; Con- 
rier des Spectacles, de la Littérature, et 
des Modes; Galignani’s Repertory of Eng- 
lish Literature; Hermes Classique ; Jour- 
nal Général de la Littérature de la 
France; Ditto de la Littérature Etran- 
gere; Journal des Théatres, de la Littéra- 
ture, et des Arts; le Lycée Francois; le 
Mercure Royal; la Minerve Littéraire ; 
Revue Encyclopédique; ‘Tablettes Uni- 
verselles, 
Journals relative to Law and Jurispru- 
dence, 22. 
Medical Journals, 14. 
Journals for Arts and Professions, (12.)— 
among which are, Annales du Musée et de 
VEcole des Beaux Arts; Mémoires du 
Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, 
Military Journals, (2.)—Journal Mili- 
taire Official; Archives Franeaises. 
Journals for Education, (3.)—Journal 
d’Education; mm Quart d’Henre de Lec- 
ture ; Journal des Villes et des Campagnes. 
Geographical Journals, (2.)— Annales 
(Nouvelles) des Voyages, de la Géogra- 
phie, et de lHistoive; Journal des Voy- 
ages, Découvertes, et Navigations Mo- 
dernes. 
Jownals of Fashions, (2.)\—Journal des 
Dames et des Modes; l’Observateur des 
Modes. 
In the Departments, there are Public 
Libraries 25, with above 1,700,000 vols. ; 
of which ‘Troyes has 50,000 ; Aix, 72,670; 
Marseilles, 51,500; Dijon, 36,000; Besan- 
gon, 53,000 ; Toulouse, 30,000, and 20,000; 
Bordeaux, 105,000 ; ‘Tours, 30,000; Greno- 
ble, 42,000; Arras, 34,000; Strasburg, 
51,000; Colmar, 50,000 ; Lyon, 106,000 ; 
Le Mans, 41,000; Versailles, 40,000 ; 
Amiens, 40,000.—613 printing-offices ; 26° 
lithographic printing-offices; 5 letter- 
foundries; 1025 booksellers; 192 paper 
manufactories. ; 
ITALY. 
The Travels of the late Count Ca- 
MELLO Boreta, in the north of Africa, 
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