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.