Later important examples of the poetic form included Rudyard Kipling ’ s ‘ Barrack Room Ballads ’ ( 1892-6 ) and Oscar Wilde ’ s ‘ Ballad of Reading Gaol ’ ( 1897 ).

The centre of the museum was redeveloped in 2001 to become the Queen Elizabeth II Great Court | Great Court, surrounding the original British Museum Reading Room | Reading Room.

Until 1997, when the British Library ( previously centred on the Round Reading Room ) moved to a new site, the British Museum was unique in that it housed both a national museum of antiquities and a national library in the same building.

Infill galleries were constructed for Assyrian sculptures and Sydney Smirke's Round Reading Room, with space for a million books, opened in 1857.

The quadrangle at the centre of Smirke's design proved to be a waste of valuable space and was filled at Panizzi's request by a circular Reading Room of cast iron, designed by Smirke's brother, Sydney Smirke.

This was a time of innovation as electric lighting was introduced in the Reading Room and exhibition galleries.

The Round Reading Room, which was designed by the architect Sydney Smirke, opened in 1857.

The Reading Room closed in 1997 when the national library ( the British Library ) moved to a new building at St Pancras.

In 1846 Robert Smirke was replaced as the Museum's architect by his brother Sydney Smirke, whose major addition was the Round Reading Room 1854 – 1857 ; at in diameter it was then the second widest dome in the world, the Pantheon in Rome being slightly wider.

Other areas damaged during World War II bombing included: in September 1940 two unexploded bombs hit the Edward VII galleries, the King's Library received a direct hit from a high explosive bomb, incendiaries fell on the dome of the Round Reading Room but did little damage ; on the night of 10 to 11 May 1941 several incendiaries fell on the south west corner of the Museum, destroying the book stack and 150, 000 books in the courtyard and the galleries around the top of the Great Staircase – this damage was not fully repaired until the early 1960s.

At the centre of the Great Court is the Reading Room vacated by the British Library, its functions now moved to St Pancras.

The Reading Room is open to any member of the public who wishes to read there.

File: British Museum Reading Room Panorama Feb 2006. jpg | British Museum Reading Room

* Christian Science Reading Room

* Letter to the Philippians Online Reading Room: Commentaries and other resources ( Tyndale Seminary )

* Letter to the Philippians Online Reading Room: Commentaries and other resources ( BiblicalStudies. org. uk )

* Letter to the Philippians Online Reading Room: Commentaries and other resources ( NTGateway. com )

* Letter to the Philippians Online Reading Room: Commentaries and other resources ( TextWeek. com )

* Gospel of Luke Reading Room: on-line virtual library ( Tyndale Seminary )

James Wheble sold the rest of his portion of the abbey site to Reading Corporation to create the Forbury Gardens, which were opened in 1861.

Her father sold ice and coal in downtown Philadelphia at the Reading Terminal and eventually opened a small liquor business as well.

The next section, from Reading to crossed the Thames twice and opened for traffic on 1 June 1840.

A direct route from Reading to Harrisburg opened in 1817.

The Schuylkill Valley Division of the Pennsylvania Railroad, the tracks of which parallel those of the Reading Railroad, was opened in 1884, and the Trenton Cut-off branch of the Pennsylvania Railroad was built in 1891.

Mount Carmel Inn was opened in 1812 by Richard Yarnall and was strategically located on the Centre Turnpike ( also known as the Reading-Sunbury Road or Old Reading Road ) halfway between Pottsville and Danville.

Mount Carbon was the end of the original Philadelphia and Reading Railroad, opened in 1842.

* September 1916 — The Hallstead Women's Christian Temperance Union opened a " Reading Room " to the public

In 1723 the Kennet Navigation through Reading opened.

Following the Library collection's move to the new site, the old Reading Room was opened to the public in 2000, following renovation as part of the construction of the Great Court.

John Smeaton was the engineer of the Calder & Hebble which opened in 1758, and a series of eight pound locks was built to replace flash locks on the River Thames between Maidenhead and Reading, beginning in 1772.

Eventually they recruited Mann once again and opened the Reading festival in August 1981, being only the second local band to appear at the event ( after A. F. T.

Apart from the Farnham to Reading road, the site remained largely undeveloped until the construction of the London and South Western Railway, which opened in 1840.

In recent years the town of Reading struggled with the decisions to build a new elementary school, to cope with the influx of new families to the community, and renovate Reading Memorial High School which was opened in 1954 with an addition added in 1971.

The new Foyle Reading Room and glass Pavilion exhibition space were also opened to the public in 2004 – unlocking the Society intellectually, visually and physically for the 21st century.

Reading this book opened up the mind of the world-famous Tolstoy to Gandhi, who was still a young protester living in South Africa at the time.

Amongst other functions, Earley Town Council runs Sol Joel Park, leased from Reading Borough Council for 50 years, Meadow Park off Meadow Road, Bulmershe Park ( jointly with Woodley ), the BMX track near Paddick Drive which was opened in 2011, 2 community centres and Maiden Erlegh Lake, which was declared a nature reserve in 1997.

Madejski is the home of Reading FC and was opened in August 1998.

The gateway was opened on 4 December 1924, by the Viceroy, the Earl of Reading.

* 1913 – The Domed Reading Room of the State Library is opened

Mahan Hall, named for Rear Admiral Alfred Thayer Mahan ( NWC President from 1886 – 1889 and 1892 – 1893 ), was completed and opened in 1904, and encompasses the historic Mahan Rotunda and Reading Room, as well as student study areas.

The first Reading Room was opened in the Scholl House, Barnard Street in 1862.