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over it is a building appropriated for the preservation of the library belonging to the University. The tower of the edifice is very remarkable; it is built after the idea , and the dix'ections of the astronomer Lon- • ■ , ■ < . gomaiuan who was a pupil of the celebrated Tycho Br^he, it is 115 feet high, exclusive of the Astronomical building which is erected on its summit. . . The tower is 81 feet in diameter,, and the roof is sur- rounded by an iron railing. ' Fontoppidan who has given the best description of this remarkable building says: it can only be ascended by an easy winding ascent, the arches of tvhicli ,arc sup­ ported on the left hand by the outward wall, and by a cy­ linder on the right. Peter the Great of Russia in the year 1716 often visi- ‘ ted the Observitory and once drove up the building in a , carriage and four accompanied by Ills Royal Consort. The tower was finished 20 years after King Christian laid the foundation stone, and on the wall of this edifice is the following inscription: „Voctnnani fy jiistitiam dirige Jehovah in Cordc core - nati Regis Chrisliani lVti, 1042.” Direct O Lord! the heart of King Christian the fourth . to learning and equity. The choir is adorned with a magnificent monument erected to the memory of Field-Marshall Jarl of Schack,