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Excerpt from The Library: And Its Works
The Library of Congress is but one of over a score of C ment libraries at Washington. There are in the various ments and scientific bureaus of the Government collections gating over a million volumes. Certain of these are pree in the world within the field with which they deal. With the Library Of Congress is seeking to form an organic SystEUR will be this system rather than the Library of Congress which will comprise the National Library of the United In number of volumes it would already equal any other in the world.
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