ing from the corridor on the east (the front) of the
Library is the Prints Room (No. 308). Open 9 a. m. to 6 p. m. week days;
1 to 6 p. m. Sundays. Here is the Samuel P. Avery Collection of 18,000
prints. They are mainly French and other modern etchings and
lithographs. There is also a large collection of modern American prints,
a collection of Japanese prints in color, and a collection of old prints
illustrating the development of reproductive graphic art to the present
day.

=Art and Architecture.= Room 313 is the reading room devoted to Art and
Architecture. The resources of the collection, about 25,000 books, deal
with art and craftsmanship in the widest sense.

[Illustration: TRUSTEES' ROOM]

=Map Room.= On the inner, or western, side of this corridor, opposite Room
313, is the Map Room (No. 312), a part of the American History Division.
Open 9 a. m. to 6 p. m. on week days.

=Stuart Gallery.= Opening from the corridor on the front of the building,
and directly opposite the entrance to the Public Catalogue Room, is the
room devoted to the Stuart Collection (No. 316). Open 9 a. m. to 6 p. m.
on week days. Closed on Sundays. This contains pictures, books, and
other objects of art bequeathed by Mrs. Robert L. Stuart. On the east
wall of the Gallery is a tablet with this inscription:

THE
ROBERT L. STUART
COLLECTION
THE GIFT OF HIS WIDOW,
MRS. MARY STUART.
BEQUEATHED TO THE
LENOX LIBRARY
1892.

Catalogues of the paintings are on sale for ten cents.

=General Gallery.= The next room to the north is the general gallery (No.
318). (Sign reads "Picture Gallery.") The pictures in this room are
largely from the collection of James Lenox. The catalogue, mentioned in
the preceding paragraph, gives a list of them, and a brief description
of many. Open 9 a. m. to 6 p. m. week days and 1 to 5 p. m. Sundays.

=Prints Gallery.= Opening from No. 318, and also from the north end of the
front corridor, is the Prints Gallery (No. 321). Here are held
exhibitions of prints, changed several times each year. Open 9 a. m. to
6 p. m. on week days and 1 to 5 p. m. Sundays.

=Manuscript Division.= On the west or inner side of the front corridor is
the research room of the Manuscript Division (No. 319). This is open
only to those who hold cards signed by the Director of the Library. Open
9 a. m. to 6 p. m. week days. The Division has a good selection of
Oriental manuscripts, and of European illuminated man