Abstract

Special Correspondence

The article provides information on National Library of France, which is preparing for its annual exhibition. During the last great Exposition of 1878 the National Library, the largest library in the world with the exception of the British Museum, made this effort. The exhibition will be of great utility to many countries. The exhibition has some books edited and printed in America which can support comparison with the finest books made in Europe, for the quality of the paper, the character of the types, and some of them for the beauty of the illustrations. Very few foreigners had the opportunity of seeing what may be called the gems of France's finest library. Fortunately the Exhibition of the Rue Richelieu, Paris, will survive its object; it has produced such an effect on the chosen public of the bibliophiles that it will become permanent.