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bombarded the town in 1870 had the courage to direct his shells upon the building 

 which contained this invaluable collection of 300,000 volumes, and it became a prey 



Fig. 1(V4. — The Strassburg Minster. 



to the flames. The Protestant library of 100,000 volumes was destroyed on the 

 same occasion. A new library has since been formed, but it is the property of the 



