seqq.; intercourse between Ben
Jonson and Cotton, 116
1630. Decline of Cotton's health,

and his correspondence with
Dr. Frodsham, 118; his visit to
Amphyllis Ferrers, and the plot
to obtain money from him, 120
seqq.; the proceedings in the
Court of Star Chamber thereon,
ib.
1631. Illness, 123; Conferences with
Dr. Oldisworth and with Bishop
Williams, 124; death, 125

Cotton, Sir Thomas, Bart., 125, 127,
129, 131, 161

Cotton, Thomas, 49, 118
Cotton, William, 49, 53

Cottoni Posthuma, 91 seqq. and foot-

tory and in Antiquities, 267
seqq.

1684? Returns to England, 268;
establishes his museum in the
Middle Temple, 269; his corre‐
spondence with Sloane, ib.
1686. Account of a Visit to Courten's
Museum by John Evelyn, 270
1695. Another Account of a like
visit by Ralph Thoresby, 271
1695-1701. His closing years, 272
1702, March. Death and monumental
inscription, 273

Cracherode, Clayton Mordaunt, Notices
of the Life and of the Literary and
Archæological Collections of 417-421;
his Bequests to the Nation, 421
Craven, Keppel, Bequest of, 38
Croft, Sir Thomas Elmsley, 536
Croizet's Fossil Mammalia collected in
Auvergne, 37

Crommelinck, Peter, 249

Cromwell, Oliver, 90

Cromwell, Sir Oliver, 56

Cromwell, Thomas, Earl of Essex,
370

Cuming, Hugh, Notices of the Life,
Travels, and Collections in Natural
History of, 692 seqq.

Cureton, William, Early labours in
Bodley's Library of, 619; becomes
Assistant-Keeper of MSS. in the
British Museum, and devotes himself
to the Oriental Department, 620;
his labours on the MSS. from the
Monasteries of Nitria, 621; and his
account of the discoveries there made,
given in the Quarterly Review of
1846, 622; publishes a Syriac version
of the Festal Letters of St. Athanasius,
623;
his Spicilegium Syriacum, 624;
other publications and labours, lite-
rary and parochial, ib.; is made a
Royal Trustee, ib.; publishes the
Martyrs in Palestine of Eusebius
625; his lamented death, ib.
Cuvier, George, 455

Cyrene, Archæological Researches at,

40

D.

DA COSTA, Solomon, 328 seqq.
Daniell, Edward Thomas, Researches in
Lycia of, 668

Davis, Nathan, Explorations on the site
of Ancient Carthage made by, and
their results, 666 seqq.
Davy, Sir Humphrey, 508
Debruge Collection, Specimens of An-
cient Glass now in the British Museum
formerly in the, 712

Dee, John, 58

De Foe, Daniel, 208

Delessert, Benjamin, 587
Dendy, Sergeant, 131

Dennis, George, Archæological Explora-
tions in Sicily of, 668
Denon, Vivant, 362

Description of the Ancient Marbles in

the British Museum, 522 seqq.
Description of the Terra Cottas in the

British Museum, 522

Des Hayes, M., Tertiary Fossils col-
lected in France by, 38
Dethick, William, 52

D'Ewes, Adrian, 237

D'Ewes, Sir Symonds, Notices of the
Researches, the Political Career, and
the Antiquarian Collections of, 82,
83, 91, 97-99, 133, 237
D'Hancarville, J. B., 372, 375
Didyme, Ancient Sculpture brought
from, 664

Digby, John, Earl of Bristol, 69
Dordogne, Exploration of the Caves of,
and its results, 699

Doubleday, John, 463
Downing, Frances, 134
Downing, Sir George, 134, 262

Drawings, Collectious of, 310, 408, 421
Dreux, M. de, Researches on the site of
Ancient Carthage carried on by,
626

Dryander, Jonas, 509

Egerton, Francis Henry, Earl of Bridge-
water, Notices of the Life, Character,
and Testamentary Benefactions of,
446-455

Egerton, Francis, Duke of Bridgewater,
K.G., 446

Egerton, Lady Katharine, 257
Egyptian Antiquities, Early History of

the Collection of, 347 seqq., 362 seqq.
Egyptian Glass in the Slade Collection,
708

Elgin, Thomas, Earl of. See BRUCE
Eliot, Sir John, 56, 90, 93, 94, 96, 101
Elizabeth, Queen of England, 51, 103,
157

Ellesmere, Francis, Earl of. See
Egerton

Ellis, Sir Henry, Notice of the Literary
Labours and Public Services of, 524-
534, 549, 569

Elmsley, Thomas, 419

Empson, James, 304, 322

Epistles of St. Ignatius, Syriac Version

of, 609

Erskine, William, Oriental MSS. of, 42
Esquimaux Collections made and be-
queathed by Henry Christy, 699
seqq.

Estcourt, T. B. Sotheron, 541
Ethnography and British and Mediæval
Antiquities, Organization of the De-
partment of, 688

Etruria in Staffordshire, Debt to the
Hamilton Vases of the Porcelain
Works established at, 353
Evangeliary of King Ethelstan, 98
Evelyn, John, 196, 201, 270

F.

FARMER, Richard, 476
Fellows, Sir Charles, Early Life and
Travels of, 642; his researches in
Lycia and other parts of Asia, and
his excavations of ancient marbles,
644 seqq.; his death, 653; his views
of the date and archæological
character of the Lycian Marbles, 654
seqq.

Fenwick, Sir John, 206
Fermor, Sir William, 199
Ferrers, Amphyllis, 120

Fitzalan, Henry, Earl of Arundel, 172
Fleetwood, Sir Robert, 254
Forbes, Edward, Researches in Lycia,
of, 668

Forshall, Rev. Josiah, 141, 532
Foscarini, Anthony, 179
Foscolo, Hugh, 547

Fossils, Collections of, 22, 26, 34, 35,
37, 38, 39, 40, 333

Fox, Charles James, 673 seqq.
Fox, Henry, Lord Holland, 310, 423
Foxe, John, 325

Fragmenta Scenica Graca, 441 and
foot-note

France, State Papers and other MSS.
relating to the history of, 456,
572

France, Notice of the early and per-
sistent efforts for the acquisition for
public use of the treasures of Learn-
ing and Art made by the Statesmen
of, 348

Franklin, Benjamin, 672, 673

Franks, A. W., Account of some of the
choice specimens in the Christy Col-
lection by, 698 seqq.; and of those
in the Slade Collection, 708 seqq.
Fraser, Mr., Zoological Collections
made in Tunis by, 581

Frattochi (the ancient Bovilla), Dis-
covery of Ancient Sculpture at,

401

Frederick, Prince of Wales, 294
Fusée d'Aublet, J. B. C., 509

Fynes-Clinton, Henry, Candidature for
the Principal Librarianship of the
Museum of, 533

G.

GAISFORD, Thomas, 620, 624
Galloway, Patrick, 155

Gardiner, S. R., Notice of the account
of the intercourse between Sir R.
Cotton and the Count of Gondomar
given by, 52, 72, 146

Gardiner, Mr., Zoological Collections
made in Brazil by, 581
Garnett, Rev. Richard, 549
Garrick, David, 415

Gaston, Duke of Orleans, 270
Gautier, Abbé, 221

George III, King of Great Britain,
Gift to the Nation of the Thomason
Library by, 330; his Political Inter-
course with Lord Shelburne, 430
seqq.; his Literary tastes and Cha-
racter, 465 seqq.; Formation of his
Library, 469; his Conversations
with Johnson and with Beattie,
474 seqq.; Pains taken by him in
forming a series of the early produc-
tions of the English Press, 477 seqq.;
Circumstances which attended the

Gift of his Library to the Nation,
482 seqq.

George IV, King of Great Britain,

465, 482 seqq.

German Albums, series of, 457

German Glass in the Slade Collection,
Early, 713

Gibbons, Grinling, 273

Gibson, Benjamin, Remarks of, on the
Lycian Marbles discovered by Sir C.
Fellows, 649

Gilbert, Mr., Zoological Collections
made in Australia and New Zealand
by, 581

Ginguené, Peter Lewis, Library of,
442, 455

Glass, Slade Collection of Ancient, 708
seqq.

Goade, Dr., 193

Godolphin, Sydney, Earl of Godolphin,

211

Goldsmith, Oliver, 425
Gondomar, Diego de Sarmiento, Count
of, Intercourse of Sir R. Cotton with,
68, 80, 81, 95, 102, 146
Gorges, Ferdinando, 187
Gosse, P. H., Zoological Collections

made in Jamaica by, 581
Goudot, M., Zoological Collections made
in Columbia by, 581
Gough, Richard, 529

Gould, John, Zoological Collections
made in Australia and in New Zea-
land by, 381

Graves, Captain, 651

Gray, John Edward, F.R.S., Public
Services of, 577 seqq.; his Illustra-
tions of Indian Zoology, ib.; Cata-
logues and Synopses of the Natural
History Collections originated by,
578; Evidence on the comparative
state of those Collections in 1836
and in 1849, 579 seqq.

Greek and Roman Marbles, History of
the Collection of, 372 seqq.
Greek Coins, Collection of, 412, 705
Greek Manuscripts, Researches in the

17th century for the Collection of,
199 seqq.

Greek Marbles, Early Researches in the
Levant for the acquisition of, 189
seqq.

Gregg, William, 210

Grenville, Thomas, Notices of the Po-
litical Life of, 670 seqq.; on his re-
tirement from politics he devotes
himself to literary and social pursuits,
and collects his Library, 677 seqq.; iis
character, 678, 681; his Conversa-
tion with Sir A. Panizzi as to its
destination, 679

Grenville, Richard, Marquess of Buck-
ingham, 674 seqq.
Greville, Charles, 356, 459
Grey, Lady Jane, 113, 477
Grey, Henry, Earl of Kent, 254
Grey, Henry, Duke of Kent, 446
Grey, Lady Anna Sophia, 446
Grey, Thomas, Earl of Stamford,

241

Gronovius, John Frederick, Herbarium
of, 509

Grosley, Peter John, Account of the
early condition and regulations of the
British Museum by, 337
Grotefend, George Frederick, 641
Guenther, Dr., 603

Guiscard, Anthony de, 217

H.

Haeberlein Fossils, 40
Halicarnassian Marbles, 663 seqq.
Haller von Hallerstein, Charles, 397
Halley, Edmund, 276

Hamilton, Gavin, 372, 374, 376, 406
Hamilton, Sir William, Notices of the
Diplomatic Career, the scientific re-
searches, the archæological and ar-
tistic Collections of, 347-360; his
promotion of the explorations of
Lord Elgin, 382; he brings to
England the Barberini or Portlaud
Vase, 459

Hamilton, Lady, 356, 358
Hamilton, William Richard, 399
Hampden, John, 300

Hanbury, William, 137, 139
Hancarville, J. B. d', 352

Harcourt, Simon, Lord Chancellor of

Great Britain, 225

Hardiman, John, 456

Harding Prints and Drawings, 36
Hardy, Sir Thomas Duffus, 529

Hardwicke, Major-General, Bequest of
Zoological Collections by, 580
Hargrave, Francis, Library of, 435
Harley, Sir Edward, 204, 234
Harley, Robert, Earl of Oxford, a Trus-
tee of the Cotton Library under the
Act of 1700, 139; Parentage and
Descent of, 203; his first public ap-
pearance on occasion of the Revolution
of 1688, 204; his Parliamentary and
Official Career, 205 seqq.; his Secre-
taryship of State, 207; he protects
De Foe, 208; the crime of William
Gregg and the use made of it by
Harley's enemies, 210; his dismissal
from the Secretaryship, 211; he
intrigues against the Godolphin Mi.
nistry, 212; becomes Chancellor of
the Exchequer, 213; his friendship
with Swift, 214; Guiscard's attempt
on his life and its results, 217; he
becomes Lord High Treasurer, 219;
his intercourse with the October
Club,' 220; and with the Jacobite
exiles, 221 seqq.; his intercourse
with George the First, 229; his im-
peachment, 230; and trial, 232;
returns to Parliament, 233; his Do-
mestic Life, 234; the History of his
Library, 235, 477 seqq.; its Acqui-
sition by Parliament, 242; extracts
from the Stuart Papers illustrative
of the intercourse of Lord Oxford
with the Jacobites subsequently to
the Accession of George I, 242 seqq.
Harley, Edward, Earl of Oxford, 241,
307

brought from Xanthus, 649, 654
Hartweg, Mr., Zoological Collections
made in Mexico by, 581
Hawes, Sir Benjamin, 544
Hawkins, Edward, 43, 532
Hawkins, Ernest, 549

Hawkins, Thomas, 34

Hawley, Sir Henry, 507

Hays' Egyptian Antiquities, 45
Heber, Richard, 483

Hebrew Books, Collections of, 42, 329
Henrietta Maria, Queen Consort of
Charles I, 186

Henry III, King of England, 79
Henry V, King of England, 79
Henry VII, King of England, 113
Henry VIII, King of England, 54
Henry, Prince of Wales, Life and Cha-

racter, 153 seqq.; his intercourse with
Ralegh and his influence upon Naval
Affairs, 160; his purchase of Lord
Lumley's Library, 162; the projects
for his marriage, 164; his death, 166;
union of his Library with that at
Whitehall, 167; subsequent history
of the Royal Library until its incor-
poration with the British Museum,