BOOK III, OF THE UNDER SIR ، One of the communications which my late friend p lished in that Mechanics' Magazine' contained two sugg tions-made contingently, and by way of alternative pl -for the enlargement of the Museum buildings. Nea eleven years afterwards (August, 1847), I unconsciou repeated those very suggestions, amongst many others, a pamphlet, entitled Public Libraries in London and Par I was in complete ignorance that my suggestions of 18 were otherwise than entirely original. I thought the wholly my own. Of the print which accompanied pamphlet I give the reader an exact fac-simile, errors i cluded, on the opposite plate. The print embodied ve nearly the same thoughts, on the enlargement of the librar which had been expressed, so long before, in the pages the Mechanics' Magazine.' The first presented copy that pamphlet and print was given to my friend WATTS I was then absent, far from London, and I had presentl the pleasure of receiving from him a long letter, containing some criticisms and remarks on my publication. But such was his modest reticence about his own prior performance that the letter contained no word or hint concerning the anticipation of my alternative suggestions for the enlargement of the Library in his prior publication. And, in the long interval between 1837 and 1847, I suppose we had conversed about the improvement of the Museum, and about its buildings, actual and prospective, some thirty or forty times, but (as I have said) those valuable and thoughtful articles of his, printed in 1836-7-and making complimentary mention of my own labours, and of my evidence given before Mr. HAWES' Committee-never came within my knowledge. No part of their contents was even mentioned to me. I saw them, for the first time, in January, 1870. Very few men-within my range of acquaintance SUGGESTIONS, MADE IN 1847. FOR THE ENLARGEMENT OF THE LIBRARY OF THE BEING THE FAC-SIMILE OF A PLAN INSERTED IN A PAMPHLET (WRITTEN IN 1846) ENTITLED PUBLIC LIBRARIES IN LONDON AND PARIS. BOOK III, OF THE pu One of the communications which my late friend lished in that Mechanics' Magazine' contained two sugge tions-made contingently, and by way of alternative pla -for the enlargement of the Museum buildings. Near eleven years afterwards (August, 1847), I unconscious repeated those very suggestions, amongst many others, a pamphlet, entitled Public Libraries in London and Pari I was in complete ignorance that my suggestions of 184 were otherwise than entirely original. I thought ther wholly my own. Of the print which accompanied m pamphlet I give the reader an exact fac-simile, errors ir cluded, on the opposite plate. The print embodied ver nearly the same thoughts, on the enlargement of the library which had been expressed, so long before, in the pages o the Mechanics' Magazine.' The first presented copy o that pamphlet and print was given to my friend Watts I was then absent, far from London, and I had presently the pleasure of receiving from him a long letter, containing some criticisms and remarks on my publication. But such was his modest reticence about his own prior performance, that the letter contained no word or hint concerning the anticipation of my alternative suggestions for the enlargement of the Library in his prior publication. And, in the long interval between 1837 and 1847, I suppose we had conversed about the improvement of the Museum, and about its buildings, actual and prospective, some thirty or forty times, but (as I have said) those valuable and thoughtful articles of his, printed in 1836-7-and making complimentary mention of my own labours, and of my evidence. given before Mr. HAWES' Committee-never came within my knowledge. No part of their contents was even mentioned to me. I saw them, for the first time, in January, 1870. Very few men-within my range of acquaintance |