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[Printed in England.]
Published by F. E. Rogers, Stationer, &c.,
34, Museum Street, Bloomsbury, London, W.C.
and Foreign Countries,
BRITISH MUSEUM READING ROOM.
The Museum had its origin in 1753, with the purchase
of the library and collections of Sir Hans Sloane, numerous
additions have since been made, including the court-
yard, the site now extends to seven acres. In front the
Museum has an Ionic Colonnade of 44 columns. The
Reading Room, one of the latest additions, constructed
1854-7, at a cost of £150,000, occupies the central
quadrangle; it is an imposing circular hall, covered by a
large dome of glass and iron, 140 feet in diameter, and 106
feet high. There is accommodation for 458 readers. T
books in the libraries occupy about 40 miles of shelying
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