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 lady through the Rev. Dr. Alexander, of Princeton.
Through such additions, and the annual increase by purchase,
the Library now numbers nearly 25,000 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 give out books and to receive those that are returned.