VOL. II.

MEMOIRS, &c. [as before] (British— exclusive of LONDON and OXFORDand AMERICAN) :

(1.) PUBLIC LIBRARIES & MUSEUMS. (2.) FAMOUS PRIVATE LIBRARIES (a) Existing-(6) Dispersed.

(3.) CIRCULATING LIBRARIES of GREAT BRITAIN: ALLAN RAM

SAY (1725-1755) to CHARLES EDWARD
MUDIE (1841-1883).

(4.) LIBRARIES of the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

VOL. III.

MEMOIRS, &c. [as before] FOREIGN :LIBRARIES, MUSEUMS, & ARCHIVES of CONTINENTAL EUROPE.

N.B. TO LIBRARIANS, SECRETARIES, &C.

The obliging communication of 'REPORTS,' of 'CATALOGUES,' of 'STATISTICS,' of 'RULES AND REGULATIONS,' of 'PLANS OR VIEWS,' or of any other available documents or information, illustrative of the History, Contents, Progress, and Working, of PUBLIC LIBRARIES (whether 'Church Libraries,'-'Town Libraries,'-' Endowed Libraries,'' Proprietary Libraries,' or 'Circulating Libraries') -is respectfully solicited; and will be gratefully acknowledged.

Postage, &c., will be very thankfully returned, either in stamps or by P.-O. O.

Niton, I. W., Sept. 15, 1883.

"Books, we know,

Are a substantial world,-if pure and good,

Round which, with tendrils strong as flesh and blood,

Our pastime-and our happiness-will grow."

The first British Museum; formerly the residence of the Duke of Montagu.