Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Catalogue of Amherst College Library
The Library of Amherst College was commenced in 1821, the same year that the College went into operation. It however numbered very few books pre vious to 1832, in which year, about two thousmd standard works in litera ture and science were purchased in London and Paris, by Professor Hovey, with money raised by general subscription among the friends of the College. From that time the Library gradually increased to 1850, when it num bered about six thousand volumes. During that year, the room in the Chapel devoted to the Library having become too small to accommodate the books, a subscription was started for the purpose of procuring funds for the erection of a new library building, and the purchase of such books as the necessities of both Officers and Students seemed imperatively to demand. With the twenty thous dollars realized from this subscription, a new li braty building was erected in 1853, and such additions made to the Library, that, with other donations, the number of volumes which it now contains, varies not far from twelve thousand.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
