University of Virginia Library

Library.

The Library of the University, originally selected and arranged
by Mr. Jefferson, has since been augmented by several valuable
donations, among which the legacy of Mr. Madison, amounting
to 587 volumes, that of the late Christian Bohn, Esq., a
generous and enlightened citizen of Richmond, amounting to
3,380 volumes, and a donation of 234 works presented by an
unknown benevolent lady through the Rev. Dr. Alexander, of
Princeton. Through such additions, and the annual increase
by purchase, the library now numbers upwards of 18,000
volumes, comprising an unusually large proportion of standard
literary and scientific works in the principal European languages,
together with a rich and extensive collection of engravings.

Students are allowed the use of the books, under the usual
restrictions, and the Librarian is in attendance daily at stated
hours to comply with their orders and to receive the books
returned.