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INSTITUTE LIBEAEY,
St. Saviourgate; open from 7 to 9 p.m. daily (except Sundays).
EAILWAY LIBKARY AND NEWS-ROOM,
Queen Street, near the new Railway Station
;
open from
1 to 10 p.m., except Sundays ;
contains 6,500 volumes.
CHURCH OF ENGLAND LIBRARY & READING-ROOM,
Friendly Societies' Hall, Castlegate
;
open from 9 a.m. to 10
p.m. daily, except Sundays ; contains 1,000 volumes.
YORK LAW LIBRARY,
3, Spurriergate
;
open from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.
YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION,
Was established in 1870. The rooms are at 9, High Ousegate,
where will be found a library containing about 600
volumes ;
also a reading-room, which is open daily from 9
a.m. to 10 p.m. ;
and on Sundays, from 1-30 to 5-30 p.m.,
and from 7-80 to 9-30 p.m.
MILITAEY.
THE CAVALRY BARRACKS,
Erected in 1726, enlarged 1861, are on the left hand side of
the Fulford road, and lie within the city boundary. The
buildings and grounds occupy about thirty acres. There is
accommodation for one thousand men, with ample stable room
for their horses. Commodious officers' quarters—in front of
which is a well-kept grass plot—with large mess room, face
the entrance gates. The buildings are set out on three sides
of a quadrangle, the centre being set apart as an exercise
ground for foot drill. There is a handsome Gothic Chapel
of Ease within the grounds. A few yards further on are the
INFANTRY BARRACKS,
Occupying about thirty-four acres of ground. The massive
looking building close to the road is the arsenal, and reminds
one strongly of the feudal castles in the middle ages. It is of
brick with stone dressings and towers, the whole capped by
a stone battlement, and is capable of holding six thousand
stand of arms and clothing for the same number of soldiers.
The barracks, a series of brick buildings running east and
west and facing each other, between which is the spacious