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-The Museum Regulations.—Early Helpers in the Foundation
and Increase of the British Museum.—Epochs in the Growth of the
Natural History Collections.-Experiences of Inquiring Visitors
in the years 1765-1784
PAGE
317
Sir William Hamilton and his Pursuits and Employments in Italy.—
The Acquisitions of the French Institute of Egypt, and the capture
of part of them at Alexandria.-Charles Towneley and his Collec-
tion of Antiquities.—The Researches of the Earl of Elgin in Greece.
-The Collections and Writings of Richard Payne Knight
346
CHAPTER III.
A GROUP OF BOOK-LOVERS AND PUBLIC BENEFACTORS.
Notices of some early Donors of Books.-The Life and Collections of
Clayton Mordaunt Cracherode.-William Petty, first Marquess of
Lansdowne, and his Library of Manuscripts.-The Literary Life
and Collections of Dr. Charles Burney.-Francis Hargrave and
his Manuscripts.-The Life and Testamentary Foundations of
Francis Henry Egerton, Ninth Earl of Bridgewater
413
CHAPTER IV.
THE KING'S OR ‘GEORGIAN' LIBRARY;—ITS COLLECTOR,
AND ITS DONOR.
Notices of the Literary Tastes and Acquirements of King George the
Third.-His Conversations with Men of Letters.-History of his
Library and of its Transfer to the British Nation by George the
Fourth
464
CHAPTER V.
THE FOUNDER OF THE BANKSIAN MUSEUM AND LIBRARY.
The Life, Travels, and Social Influence, of Sir Joseph Banks.-The
Royal Society under his Presidency.-His Collections and their
acquisition by the Trustees of the British Museum.-Notices of
some other contemporaneous accessions
487
BOOK THE THIRD.
LATER AUGMENTORS AND
BENEFACTORS.
1829--1870.
CHAPTER I.
GENERAL VIEW OF THE HISTORY OF THE BRITISH
MUSEUM, UNDER THE ADMINISTRATION, AS PRINCIPAL-
LIBRARIAN, OF JOSEPH PLANTA.
Notices of the Life of Joseph Planta, third Principal-Librarian.-
Improvements in the Internal Economy of the Museum introduced
or recommended by Mr. Planta.—His labours for the enlargement
of the Collections-and on the Museum Publications and Cata-
logues.-The Museum Gardens and the Duke of Bedford
CHAPTER II.
. 515
INTRODUCTION TO BOOK III (continued) :-GROWTH, PRO-
GRESS, AND INTERNAL ECONOMY, OF THE BRITISH
MUSEUM, DURING THE PRINCIPAL-LIBRARIANSHIP OF
SIR HENRY ELLIS.
Internal Economy of the Museum at the time of the death of Joseph
Planta.-The Literary Life and Public Services of Sir Henry
Ellis.-The Candidature of Henry Fynes Clinton.-Progress of
Improvement in certain Departments.—Introduction of Sir Antonio
Panizzi into the Service of the Trustees.-The House of Commons'
Committee of 1835-36.-Panizzi and Henry Francis Cary.—
Memoir of Cary.-Panizzi's Report on the proper Character of a
National Library for Britain, made in October, 1837.—His suc-
cessive labours for Internal Reform.—And his Helpers in the work.
-The Literary Life and Public Services of Thomas Watts.-Sir
A. Panizzi's Special Report to the Trustees of 1845, and what grew
thereout.-Progress, during Sir H. Ellis's term of office, of the
several Departments of Natural History and of Antiquities
. 527
MUSEUM DURING THE PRINCIPAL-LIBRARIANSHIP OF
SIR ANTONIO PANIZZI.
The Museum Buildings.-The New Reading-Room and its History.-
The House of Commons' Committee of 1860.—Further Reorganiza-
tion of the Departments.—Summary of the Growth of the Collec-
tions in the years 1856-1866, and of their increased Use, and
Enjoyment by the Public.
583
ANOTHER GROUP OF ARCHEOLOGISTS AND EXPLORERS.-
THE SPOILS OF XANTHUS, OF BABYLON, OF NINEVEH,
OF HALICARNASSUS, AND OF CARTHAGE.
The Libraries of the East.-The Monasteries of the Nitrian Desert, and
their Explorers.— -William Cureton and his Labours on the MSS.
of Nitria, and in other Departments of Oriental Literature.—The
Researches in the Levant of Sir Charles Fellows, of Mr. Layard,
and of Mr. Charles Newton.-Other conspicuous Augmentors of
the Collection of Antiquities
THE FOUNDER OF THE GRENVILLE LIBRARY.
608
The Grenvilles and their Influence on the Political Aspect of the
Georgian Reigns.-The Public and Literary Life of the Right
Honourable Thomas Grenville.-History of the Grenville Library 670
CHAPTER VI.
OTHER BENEFACTORS OF RECENT DAYS.
Recent Contributors to the Natural History Collections. The
Duke of Blacas and his Museum of Greek and Roman Anti-
quities.-Hugh Cuming and his Travels and Collections in South
America.-John Rutter Chorley, and his Collection of Spanish
Plays and Spanish Poetry.-George Witt and his Collections
illustrative of the History of Obscure Superstitions.-The Ethno-
graphical Museum of Henry Christy, and its History.—Colonial
Archæologists and British Consuls: The History of the Wood-
house Collection, and of its transmittal to the British Museum.—
Lord Napier and the Acquisition of the Abyssinian MSS.-The
Art Collections and Bequests of Felix Slade.—The Travels and the
Japanese Library of Von Siebold
CHAPTER VII.
RECONSTRUCTORS AND PROJECTORS.
6
The Plans and Projects for the Severance and Partial Dispersion of the Collections which at present form The British Museum,' and
for their re-combination and re-arrangement.
686
721
INDEX
.763
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
I. VIEW OF THE GARDEN-FRONT OF OLD MONTAGU HOUSE,
THE FIRST BRITISH MUSEUM;' as it appeared at the
opening of the Institution to the Public in 1759 Frontispiece.
II. VIEW OF THE OLD TOWNELEY GALLERY (built for the
reception of the Towneleian Marbles in 1805, and pulled
down on the erection of the existing Museum)
Vignette on Title-page.
III. GROUND-PLAN OF THE PRINCIPAL FLOOR OF THE
ORIGINAL BRITISH MUSEUM OF 1759
. 325
IV. GROUND-PLAN OF THE SECONDARY FLOOR OF THE SAME 327
V. SUGGESTIONS MADE IN 1847 FOR THE ENLARGEMENT OF
THE LIBRARY OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM; being the fac-
simile of a Plan inserted in a Pamphlet (written in 1846)
entitled Public Libraries in London and Paris'
To face p. 556
VI. REDUCED COPY OF BENJAMIN DELESSERT'S 'PROJET D'UNE
Bibliothèque Circulaire,' 1835
VII. GENERAL BLOCK-PLAN OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM, as it
was in 1857
• 587
VIII. GROUND-PLAN OF THE NEW OR 'PANIZZI' READING-
'PANIZZI'
ROOM, and of the adjacent Galleries, 1857.
589
. 590
. 591
IX. INTERIOR VIEW OF THE NEW READING-ROOM, 1857
X. COLOURED PLAN OF THE GROUND-FLOOR OF THE BRITISH
MUSEUM, as it was in 1862. Copied from the Parliamentary
Return, No. 97 of Session 1862
To face p. 750
XI. COLOURED PLAN OF THE Ground-Floor, &c. (as above);
TOGETHER WITH THE ALTERATIONS PROPOSED TO THE
LORDS OF THE TREASURY BY THE TRUSTEES OF THE
BRITISH MUSEUM; in their Minutes of December, 1861,
and January 21st, 1862, and in their Letter to the
Treasury of 11th February, 1862. Copied from the same
Return
XII. COLOURED PLAN OF THE UPPER FLOOR OF THE BRITISH
MUSEUM, as it was in 1862. Copied from the same Return
.
To face p. 752
To face p. 754
XIII. COLOURED PLAN OF THE UPPER FLOOR, &C. (as above);
TREASURY BY THE TRUSTEES; in their Minutes of
December, 1861, and January, 1862, and in their Letter
of 11th February, 1862. Copied from the same Return
To face p. 756