Picturesque Washington: pen and pencil sketches of its scenery, history, traditions, public and social life, with graphic descriptions of the Capitol and Congress, the White House, and the government departments .. . being fifty by two hundred feet, and there are two wings, theeast one having a vestibule and porch attached, and the west one asemicircular projection. It was designed by James Renwick, Jr.,and was the first unecclesiastical edifice of this architectural orderever erected in the country. The interior is substantially officials and employes of the institution have a
Picturesque Washington: pen and pencil sketches of its scenery, history, traditions, public and social life, with graphic descriptions of the Capitol and Congress, the White House, and the government departments .. . being fifty by two hundred feet, and there are two wings, theeast one having a vestibule and porch attached, and the west one asemicircular projection. It was designed by James Renwick, Jr.,and was the first unecclesiastical edifice of this architectural orderever erected in the country. The interior is substantially officials and employes of the institution have apartments in thewings, and the centre structure is mainly used for the exhibition ofobjects of natural history. The institution expends about $70,000 a year in various scientificinvestigations conducted by its force of scientists, and publishes aseries of volumes, entitled the Smithsonian Contributions to JCnozvl-edge, which are sent to the principal scientific societies of the worldin exchange for their publications. It carries on an extensive scien-tific correspondence, and all letters that are received making inquiriesrelative to certain branches of knowledge are carefully answered. THE .NATIONAL MUSEUM. -. A LANDMARK ON B STREET NORTHWEST. It publishes accounts of the latest discoveries in science, and in manyways intelligently labors for the increase and diffusion of knowl-edge among men. In 1879 an annex to the Smithsonian Institution was erected bythe government, and denominated The National Museum. Orig-inally intended to contain the splendid exhibits made by foreign gov-ernments at the Centennial Exhibition, which were presented to theUnited States, its scope has been enlarged, so that now it is the gen-eral depository of all the geological and industrial collections of thegovernment, and is rapidly becoming one of the greatest and mostattractive museums in the world. In the course of a few years itwill contain vast collections of the products of industry, ancient andm
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