Excerpt from Columbia College Library: An Article Originally Publishes in the University, Quarterly, January, 1861; With Alterations and Additions Its character is, for the most part, scholastic, almost strictly a College Library not a popular town Library for general circulation. Hence, it is deficient in modern and current works of entertainment, and necessarily must exclude some specialities absolutely essential to the attractiveness of a general Library. The ideal of a College Library, in a large city - se metropolis like new-york, particularly - does not seem to include a vast number of volumes. Selectness. 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.