COPYRIGHT NOTICE:--In addition to the general copyright of this Handbook, which covers the text and illustrations, the engravings of the paintings in the following pages are from Copley Prints, copyright 1896 and 1897, by Curtis & Cameron, the Prints being made directly from the original paintings, copyright 1896 and 1897 by the several artists. TABLE OF HEADINGS. PAGE HISTORY OF THE LIBRARY 2 The Burning by the British Troops 2 The Acquisition of Jefferson’s Library 3 Mr. Spofford’s Administration 3 The Old Quarters in the Capitol 4 The Agitation for a New Building 4 THE NEW BUILDING 6 The General Decoration; Mr. Garnsey and Mr. Weinert 7 The General Character of the Building 8 THE EXTERIOR OF THE BUILDING 9 The Façade 10 THE ENTRANCE PAVILION 11 Mr. Hinton Perry’s Fountain 12 The Ethnological Heads 13 The Portico Busts 16 Mr. Pratt’s Spandrel Figures 17 THE MAIN ENTRANCE 18 Mr. Warner’s Bronze Doors 18 Mr. Macmonnies’s Bronze Door 20