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      0 { Breslau . MM . Orell , Fuessli & Co ., of ! H Ziirich , publish * The Sunday School Teacher , '

      H by Pastor Arnold Riigg . H ( Faust ' s Death / the new stage version of

      the second part of Goethe ' s * Faust , ' has been H issued by Matsche & Roestelt , of Berlin .

      H Kabbi H . Voorelstein , of Stettin , has writtenand Mr . F . N [ agel of that cithas

      b , k _ __ y ^^ H _________ publ _ _ . i shed ^ ^ m , ' The ^ p ^ p ^^ Conflict _^^_ _^ _^ between Priest . and H Levite since the Time of Ezekiel . '

      H Salomon Hirzel , of Leipzig , announces a ^ H ^^ ^ ^^ ^ ^^ ^^ H ¦ work ¦ * w ^ ^ — of great ^™^ — — - - ^ "" historical —— —— —— - —_ - ^_ —^ - « — ^ ^ interest P > P _ p ^ ^ r ^ ^ b ^ _ W —hpT ^^ «^ , BB * -Re ^^^ B" ^ BP * minis V __ B __ B > Jk « V ^ pVVOI - B ft _ H T _ T _• * ¦ ¦ * * ^ ^ __ ¦_» . _ ___ .

      cences of the Life of Field-Marshal General H Hermann von Boy en , ' by Frederick Nippold ,

      H H H prisin vol vol . . 1 1 g . , the the tne Polish perioa t > eriod campai trom from 1771 1771 gn of to to 1793 1809 18 O - 9 94 . , com com , the --BBBBBBBBBBBBB H downfall — - — ^»^ - - _ _ _ of Poland _ , , —_ the _ - ^ early ^ v PI PI ^ P > ^ Pb w years J ~ cj fBfc " ^ ^^ Hi T of ^^^ pPpp the B ^ ^ b ^ bB »*»^

      HI reign of Frederick William III ., the cata-H H the strop Tuerendbund he of 1806 , the . the campai defence gn in of Eas t / h t ft Prussia nation WJ * - , _ _ _ - , _^ ^ - Tlf rfk

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      m . ^ . H . Oct . i , 1889 ¦ > The \ Publishers' Circular n ;

      The Library, Manuscripts, And

      THE LIBRARY , MANUSCRIPTS , AND

      PRINTS OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM . H Through the courtesy of Mr . Louis Fagan

      bTbTbTbTbTbTbTbT BBPV Ph B »>~ , of the . ^ Department ^ _ — of Prints *^*^^^ . and ^^ Drawings ^^^^^^ _ , H British - Museum _____ we _ - are _ enabled v--v - r -r to ^ - _^_ ,- ive our

      H _———_———_—— readers ~*~ the following , extracts ——_ __ * - __ from _^ _ one g J" ^ m ^^ of ^^^ the —^»^ P » ^__ H most interesting lectures ever 'delivered at the

      H Birkbeck Institute . Mr . Fagan , who is well known to the reading public by his ' Life of

      ^ ir Anthony Panizzi , ' 'The Art of Michel H h Angelo V / * Collectors —^— - ™ - ' Marks —¦— —^—— « ' and other ~ ¦ works

      ^^^^^^^^^ — - ^ k " ^^ ™ " " ^— ^ ^ - ^^ " - ^ " ^ —^ ^ -- » —^ " ~ ™^ - _^^__ ^^^ , ^_ p ^^ V ^ - » ^ - » ^^*^» T ^^ -4 ^ 4 ^ ~| ^^ b V T ^~^ ____> _ --h ^ -- _ ^ ^ of permanent value , naturally speaks—from ^^^^^^^^^^^_ his long - __ - - __ - ____ - i ¦^ h- ^ L and ^^ ^ — ¦ — — ~^ intimate T ~— — — ^^ ^ ~—^ - ¦ ^» ^— - ^ official ^^ ^ " ^^ ^^^ ^^^ ——^—— v ^^ connection ^^^ ~^ - ^ ^^ m ^__> ^^ . _« to ~ h ^ p ~^^ ^^ ^^ b ^ . ^^ ^^ h ^ ---

      —H with authority on all that pertains to the ^^^^^^^^^^ H -scope K ¦ ^^ , ^ g character ^^ ^~^ ^^^ ^^ ^ - —~ ¦ ^^^ , ^« and ^— ^^— ^ — ^— treasures ^ ¦ -i - ¦ ^— ^ - ^ ~ " ^^^ ^^ ^ " ____> ~^^ ^ r ^^ v of ^^^ ^^ the ~^~ ^__> - __ P ~^^^ British ^ . ^ . ^ N ^^ ____» l ^_ k ^^^ Jh p ^^^ ^^^ ^^ B _________

      —Museum . H and The in the lect course ure was of deli it vered Mr . Fagan on September said : — 12 4 It

      was Washington Irving who said that the British Museum ¦ --- ^_> | i ~ rii > ~ Fr consisted ~ v ____ p di « ___¦ «~ r ~ v ~ v ~ f of a collection ~ F m of ~ fc

      ^^^^^^^^^^ m — ^^ v ^ ^^ w ^_ p ^___ ^^___ _^^^_^_~^____^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ __ r ^^^^ p ^^^___^___^^ ~^^^ ^^ to ^^_^^ V ^^ k- * | ^ ^^^ ^ m ~^^^~ ^^ F ^^^ ^^ b ! *^ ^ K ^^ | f ^ ^^^ volumes , many of which are now forgotten , H and others seldom ~ r ~» ~ Pr read . This was in 1821 ~

      ^^^^^^^ H wlien v ^>^ V ^ ^ we - ^ ^^ ^ V ^^ ¦ N ^ possessed ^^^ ~^ ^_ i ___ --- > ^^ ^_> ^_^ ~ 115 h ^ ^ i — ' -- ^ ^ ^ , 000 ^^_ h * ^^ ^ v books ^ b ^^^ ^ * ^^^ V W ^^ but ^—> ** * W —^ what B ^ _ _> ^^^ ^ fl ^^ , H H would Would Vifi he say aav now now of of the tVm two two , millions milliona it ii

      I comprises ? Perhaps Oliver Wendell Holmes made the best suggestion when he wrote : —

      Take lodgings next door to the British ^ ^^^ H ' Museum the ^ whole » V ^ ^ ^^ , ^^ and period m-r ^ - ^ pass *^ ¦—* ^ - ^ * p ^ all of ~ w ^ «^ your your w *^_ r ^ . rf ^ _^ day ^ nat ^ ^>^ ^^ s ural l ^^^ k in 1 "y a life ^ it ^ L ^ ^^ during . ^ At _ b JV » "* S

      I ( three "nception score and of the ten contents you will , significance have some , faint and I value of this great British institution . " The

      tion ) i itional of 50 library , 000 book was s founded belonging by to the Sir acq Hans uisi-I s l <> aneand bthe bequest of a small but

      I ^( dect library , , formed y by Cracherode . In 1820 , I ><> , 000 volumes were added belonging to Sir ^ H ' <> -- > seph ^ . > £ _ » - » m . Banks JL ^ wi a . J- & . KJ > , and « . V »* V- * . three » W-V A _ k ^/ X- * years V V ^ t ^ VJL IsJ later J . t « W ** * - George V-- " X- ' V / -L LIU

      I I I the the ' 1 F . ' Grenville nation s library by of Library George 65 , 000 was IV books . added Some was presented b years y bequest ¦ later to .

      I rarest It it consiste P . nnJ editions » ift +. c _ d rl of r _ . ' over r \ xr & Y * 20 *> . C \ , 000 (\ T \ f \ volumes vninmna of r \ f the 4-. Vi _> ^ count Mr . of Fagan the Ri np _ rht -xt Hon save . Thomas an interesting — ftrpnviilrv ac-

      m ? ^ .. .: ° : : " -, ^^

      The Library, Manuscripts, And

      to whose munificence the great institution in Bloomsbury owes so muchand

      afterwards described the services of , Sir Anthony — - — ^/ Panizzi — , under - whose .- _ directorsh __ _ _ i p the

      British Museum first rose to its present world-wide renown . "The turning point * , in the history of the British Museum dates from

      the year 1836 , a year which marks the era when the national character of the Museum and its mission Pfe tfP 4 Ph as an instrument of culture ¦

      ^^^^^ ^^ " ^^ " ^ B ^^ P . ^ P » SP ^ P ^^ p * ^» ^» w ^^ r P ^ P" ^ P » ^^^ r ^^* ^ PPl ^ " ^ ^» ^^^^ ^^ " ^^ ^^ ^ " ^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^^ — ™ ^^ ^^ " " *^^ — ™^ ^— ~^ " ~ ^^— ^ - ^ V ~— ^— - ~— ~— ~ ^ - ^ - ^ were clearly denned . By the public , the Museum had been regarded as a huge curiosity

      shop , differing from the Zoological Gardens only as inanimate diffe 1 r from ¦ living things .

      ^¦^ " P ^ P ^^» ^^^ W ^^^^ P » ^** . ^^^* ^ P . * PP ^^^ P * "P » ^ Pb ^ PPi ^^^^^ " ^^ " ^^ ' ^^ ^^ ^^ " ^ ^^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ " ^^^ ° " ^^ - ^^ " ^™~ ^^ ¦ ^ - ^ — ^ - ~— ^— ^ p ^^^ p . —^^^ P ^ — The literary and scientific world recognised its value W » P ^ P ^ PP ™ ^ BP *^ P » ^ B ^^ for ^ PB . ^*^ " ^ PB" P students ^ BP ^ ^ P ^ ^ Pj *^ B * ^^^ "B 1 ^ PP ^ ^^^ ^^™ ^ »~^» , ^ PJ but " ^^^ ~ " ~^ ^ " ~ had 1 — — ^ ~— ~^» no —^ 1 conception ~— ~~ — —^ Pj of

      its functions as a great educational agency . ' Panizzi ' s evidence before the Parliamentary

      Commission of 1836 brought the following ideas into 1 bold relief : — ' Firstthat the * pb ^ pr ^ B ^ pr ^^ n # ^ Pb mp ^ pb ^ p" ^^^ p ^^ r " ^^ ^^» - ^^^ m ^^™ " ^ p ^ ^^ ^^ " ^^ ^^~ ™ ^^ " ^~ ¦ —* , -m — — — —

      Museum is not a show , but an institution for the » diffusion of knowledge PflBA ; second - ^ " - " ^ " ~ ¦ - that the

      Museum ^ p ^ ^» ^ h ^ ^^^ p ^ Ai ^^^^ ^^^ B ) ™^^ is ^ ~ ~ ^ Bb a p ublic ^^ " ^^ ^ " ^^ ~ " ^ department » w ^^» " ^ P ^ - ™ ^^~^^ ^ ¦ ; third — , — , that it shoul p ^^ p . ^ p > ^ w b ^^ ba * bbi d ^^^ B be b ^^ p ^ ^ fc ^ managed » b » *¦ " »* Bk ^ B » ^** ^^^•^^^^•¦¦^ ^^^ ¦ ' ^» ^^ with m ^ ^^ ^^ - ^^ ^^ the - ^ — ~^ op- utmost 1 ^^ - * - — - — — liber - — — alit — - — y m . '

      It was gravely proposed in the old days by ' a j hi . 1 . i g t ' h ll personag ijciovjuaii e c ' that uiictu the wixt / xtxuou Museum »« jn oug wugnw ht viuj only to uv

      be open when the most mischievous part of the population i hhv should be away' and it was

      also ^ . p ^ . V ^ BP ^^^ r » urged j ^^^ ^^^^ »^ k ^^ ^ . ^^ pi ^^ p ^ ^ . ^^ ' . r that ^^ v ^« — — ^^^ it " ^^^^ ^^^ ^ should ^^ ^^ " ^ ^^ ^^ ^^^ ^ ^^ ~— be ¦ ^ - ^ ^ — closed — ~— ^ ^^ , p altogether — — ^ ^ ^ - ^ ^ in ^ ^ M ^ . B the ^ k ^ ^ B * ^ Ba — ~ ' . summer ^^ ^ p ^*! ^^ ^ P > i ^ hj ^ ^^ ^ fc * r ^^^ months ' ^™ ' ^^ ^^ r " ^ " ^» ' ' , T on ^ " ^ ~ ^^~ the — ¦ ~~~ p" ¦ " lea ^ — ^ that ~~ — —

      it would otherwise become ' unwholesome . ' Happily ^ B ^^^^ ts ¦ ^^^* X Vk ^^ f ^ Bk ^ b W the ^ ¦ ' ^ " * ^ " ^ ^ BJ **^ committee ^»^ ^ " ^^ ^^ ^^^^ - ^—— ^ ' ^^ ^^ —¦ ¦ - ^^ came ^ - ' — to — a — — -different —

      conclusion , and decided once for all that the Museum was not a private establishment .

      ' It is now open every day and up to late hourswhereas formerly those persons who

      wished , to inspect the collections had to apply , in fcb b writing ¦> bK to fc the porter ¦/*— - stating — - — ' bbbm their names

      condition ^> ^^ V W ^ k ^ B > ^ v ^*« ^ V , and ^» ^ - ^ ^^ ^ ^»» ' residence ^•^ - ^^ ^» - ^ ^^ ' —^ , - — ; a demand ^ - ^ which - — , was V V ^ r * w ^^^ submitted n r ' » Wfc r * - ^ ^ b > ^» . ^ , b > ^»» ^* i ^ r ~^^ '"» h * to ^» - — - the — ^ ^— - ^ - ^ secretary —— — — - — — — — ' m , who ~ decided

      whether such individuals should be allowed to enter the sacred shrine . Not more than ten

      persons were admitted at a time , always accompanied ^^ ^^ - — — u ^^ 0 ^^ b ^ ^ p ^ ^ - ^^ b -x ^ y w a ^ smr custodian - ^ p » * n ^ * - ^ ^* ^* - ^—— ^ — - ^ - ^ — — . At - a — — si - — ^ gnal ^^ J — g J 1 iven — —

      by the tinkling of a bell , the party passed from one department ~\ ffr Jfc to another like trains on the

      ^ fW | ¦& H ^ M » - ^^ K ^ ^ ^ f ^ p * ^ K JB > ^ b ^«^ Vk ¦ ^ Bj ^^ ^ i * ~*~ r »^ ^ ^ Bk - *^ - ^ ^» »^ ' ^ ^— —— ~^ ^ — ' - ^ ^— block system . Fortunately we have changed all this . In one year alone , the number of

      visitors has reached a million , and yet the beard Elgin s Marbles worn by have our not Assyrian suffered friends , nor have been the in

      any way desecrated . In 1845 a Royal Com-M mission M ^ ¦ M . *^ +-J A . ^—r ^ -m was W ¥ ¦»*« ¦»»** appointed » w Kar m ~* - ^^ •» — ^ - — ¦»*¦ - ~ - ^ to — inquire 1 into the stat - _ e —

      of affairs , and among the good things done was the of £ granting 10 the , 000 Li bra for by the purchasing Treasury books at oTan rate ; - annual from that sum

      dat Hfl . f . ^ +, hft Tiibrarv ry increased increased at a a rate unexam unexam--pled In J ¦ ^ B in ^ B ^ 1852 p ¥ L- any ^—^ ' ™ •¦¦¦» Sir other ' —^ B . 4 k ¦ Anthony ^ PP » ^ BB » ^ P country » ^ " ^ ^ Ph JBk ^^^ *¦> *¦* W Panizzi . ^^^ . ' ^^ ^ P * ^^ ^ ^^^~ ™— " ^ ^^ recommended ^^ ^^^ ^~^ ^^ ^~ ^~ ~~^ — ^ " ^

      to Her Majesty ' s Treasury the erection of a new Reading Room in the inner quadrangle of the Museum . The bj «¦ f sum b » ak b of ¦ ^ 150000 was granted k

      j ^ b / j ^ % m T ^ . r *^ , i * ^ Ji •» bV m ^ Bt— ^« ^ c «^ rx ^ ^*» p «> ^— ' ^» " — ' ^ - ~~ ' — ' , g -- ^— v — — " ' ^ ^ for this work , and the Reading Room—which owes ^_ S ¦ / «/ ^^^ fc-j ^ its ^ % / fc ^ ^ admirable > " ^ g ^ . ^ B > aaji Jk ^ fc » BV ^* r »^^ - 4 Bf ' ^ a' proportions vp * *¦¦ ^ - * - »*«^ ^ - — — ' — — — — - — to — the _ -. __ — architect ^ , — _ — — , , -y

      Sydney Smirke—was opened to the public in 1857 * Its busy scene compared ¦ to that of 1760

      JB ^ ^ ^^ M ^[ p . 0 mJbW " ^^ P * ^ ' r ^^^ ™*^ " * ^* f w *^** ^ BP ^ ^**^ *™ ^™ ^^^ ^^^ ^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^ ^^ ^^ ^*^^ ^^ » ^^ is a proof of the bustling and feverish spirit which pervades fcfc t our present _^ . ___ ^ - _ literature ___ and

      abpve v v M Ml Mm ^^ A M . all «_^ ^^^ of ^ « the w - ^ - ^^ enormous — - ~ - — — ¦— — trade of _^ book — - making — , now carried on amongst us . No sooner was

      I this room finished than quiet ease and learned . - ¦¦ : JQCX

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    • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Oct. 1, 1889, page 1149, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01101889/page/17/