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LIBRARY DEPARTMENT. 
HALLS 28, 29 AND 34. 
The Library Department comprises tne Library (Hall 28); the 
Reading Room (Hall 34), and the Lecture Hall (Hall 29); and is 
in charge of the Recorder and Librarian, who also records all 
specimens entering or leaving the Museum. The Library is de- 
signed for reference purposes only, and contains many valuable 
scientific and technical works. These may be consulted by the 
general public, and will be a great aid to those desiring to pursue 
special study or investigation on subjects treated in the Museum. 
A prominent feature of this Department will be the lectures upon 
various scientific topics of interest and importance, which it will 
arrange to have given from time to time by specialists acquainted 
with the results of the latest research. 
HALL 28. 
THE LIBRARY. 
The collection of books and pamphlets on the shelves already 
numbers nearly 8,000, and is being increased rapidly. It includes; 
The Kunz Collection of works on Minerals, Gems, and Semi- 
Precious Stones, and containing many rare tomes on these subjects 
in Latin, dating back to the XVth and XVIth Centuries. 
The Baltimore and Ohio Collection, collected and loaned by 
Mr. J. G. Pangborn. This series comprehends nearly every book 
treating of the origin and early development of Railways and their 
equipment. 
The Special Library of the Department of Ethnology, obtained 
for the Exposition at the request of the Chief of that Department by 
contributions from the authors in every land. A wide range of sub- 
jects is covered, and the Library is probably one of the best of its 
kind in this comparatively new science. 
The Skiff Collection of works, particularly on Minerals, 
Mining, and Metallurgy, containing many valuable books of ref- 
