Richards,  in  memory  of  whom  the  building  is  erected."  A  wing  in  the  rear  will  contain  a
room  eleven  and  a  half  by  sixteen  and  a  half  feet  in  size  with  an  open  fireplace,  devoted  to
the  uses  of  the  librarian  and  trustees.
'•  The  finish  of  the  interior  is  Renaissance  in  style,  and  the  same  dull  red  and  old  ivory  effect
obtained  for  the  exterior  is  here  reflected  in  a  softer,  more  delicate  and  refined  way  in  accord-
■  ance  with  the  finer  detail  here  employed.    Here  the  wainscoting  is  old  ivory  in  tone,  the  doors,
tables,  counters  and  seats  mahogany,  which  represents  the  yellowish  red  (.iesired.  and  the  ceil-
ing, which  is  elliptical,  is  tinted  in  a  soft  dull  red."    Cypress  is  used  in  the  bookroom   with


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.•i-ht  .;...,  :.t  !ir«t.  thoif  Iwlni;  t^pnce  within  f<>r  mon-  wlu-n  rcjuired.  and  witlumt.  -roiiiul
roLiii  U  n-MTve,l  f«.r  n  wii.«  for  book-.  sIk.uI.I  tin-  lil.riiry  largely  increase.  A  loinbination  of
.llnM-t  ami  lh.lln-.-t  Htt-am  licnlin^  will  I.e  nse.l.with  ample  provision  for  proper  ventilation,  luul
thr  ln.-«niU-..H-nl  ^-.ten.  of  elretrie  Ii;.'htintr  einploye.l.  Goiikl.  Augell  it  Swift,  of  Providence
ami  llo.ton.  an- the  arohlteets.  ami  Mes>rs.  Houlihan  \-  Maguire.  of  Providenee,  the  biiildens.
