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.

Under certain restrictions, students are allowed the use of the
books, and the Librarian is in attendance at stated hours to comply
with their orders and to receive the books returned.