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THE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY.
rich in the primary sources of history, and containing notable collec
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tions on the period of the Reformation, on the English and French
Revolutions, on the American Civil War, and on the history of super
stition ; The Zarncke Library, containing about thirteen thousand
volumes and pamphlets, especially rich in Germanic philology and
literature, including large collections on Lessing, Goethe, and Chris
tian Reuter, purchased and presented in 1893 by William H. Sage ;
THE Dante Collection, containing
at present over six thousand
volumes, presented in 1893-8 by Willard Fiske ; The Herbert H.
Smith COLLECTION of books relating to South America, purchased
in 1896 ; a valuable collection of books on French and Italian society
in the 16th and 17th centuries, presented by Professor T. F. Crane in
1896 ; The Flower Veterinary Library, the gift of ex-Governor
Flower to Cornell University, for the use of the State Veterinary
College,
in 1897.
The library is primarily a reference library, but officers of the Uni
versity have the privilege of taking books from the library
for home
use, and this privilege, with certain restrictions, is extended to gradu
ate students, candidates for advanced degrees. Books may also be
taken for home use by students after twelve o'clock on days pre
ceding holidays, when the library is closed, to be returned at the re
opening of the library. The library is open on week days, during
term time, from 8 a.m. till 11 p.m., except on Saturdays, when it is
closed at 5 p.m. In vacation it is open on week days from 9 a.m..
till 5 p.m.
All students of the University have free access to the shelves of the
Reference Library of eight thousand volumes in the main reading
room, but apply at the delivery desk for other works they may desire
This reference Library comprises encyclopsedias, dictionaries, and
standard works in all departments of study, together with books des
ignated by professors for collateral reading in the various courses of
instruction. In the same room, and accessible to all readers, is the
card catalogue of the general library, including also the books in the
seminary libraries. The catalogue is one of authors and subjects, ar
ranged under one alphabet on the dictionary plan. Cards of admis
sion to the shelves in the stack-rooms, and to the White Historical
Library, will be issued by the librarian to graduate students for pur
poses of consultation and research, and also to members of the senior
or junior classes upon the recommendation of any professor under
whom they may be engaged in advanced work.
Since its incorporation with the general library in 1891, the valuable
historical collections of the President White Library are displayed