the precincts of Roman London. Smith, Esq., F.S.A. Open daily.

Collected by C. R. Admission, free.

MUSEUM OF THE ASIATIC SOCIETY,

Grafton Street. A selection of very rare and choice Oriental specimens, illustrative of the arts, arms, economy, and antiquities of the Eastern world. In the meeting room is a library rich in Oriental, Persian, Chinese, and Sanscrit MSS. and other works; and cases containing a variety of curious specimens. Above the cases are models of a singular series, illustrative of Hindoo manners, all in different characteristic attitudes. In the ante-room are also some interesting models, amongst which may be noticed a model of the Pagoda and Convent of Priests at Canton, which was assigned for the residence of Lords Macartney and Amherst, with their suites, when on their embassy to China, and which is one of the largest in that country. There is also a small collection of minerals, natural history, and remnants of sculpture, and an armoury, with a large collection of warlike instruments from Bengal, Assam, Malabar, Malay, and New Zealand. Open daily to members, and visitors, upon their written orders, on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday in each week from eleven till four. Orders are easily obtainable at the rooms in Grafton Street.

ENTOMOLOGICAL MUSEUM,

At the rooms of the Entomological Society, 17, Old Bond Street. The collection is very extensive, one considerable portion of it being that of the Rev. Mr. Kirby, presented to the society by that gentleman.

There are in the Museum five cabinets; the number of individual specimens may be stated at about thirty thousand. Open, for the inspection of members and their friends every Tuesday, from twelve till four o'clock.

MUSEUM OF THE ROYAL INSTITUTION,

Albemarle Street. An extensive cabinet of minerals. Open daily, from ten till four. Admission, by members'

order.

MISSIONARY MUSEUM,

8, Blomfield Street, Moorfields, consists of a numerous collection of objects of natural history, and of idols and other symbols of heathen worship, in the region over which the care of the London Missionary Society extends, but principally from Asia and the South Sea Islands. Open daily, from ten till dark. Admission, free.

ZOOLOGICAL MUSEUM,

18, Leicester Square. Instituted in 1826, to encourage the science of which it bears the name. The Museum is rich in subjects of natural history. Open daily, from ten till five. Admission, by ticket, obtainable from

members.

ROYAL ACADEMY,

Trafalgar Square, was instituted by Royal Charter in 1768. It consists of forty members, called Royal

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Academenians, twenty associates, and six associate engravers. The Academy possesses a collection of casts and models from the antique, a school of colouring, copies by Sir James Thornbull from the cartoons of Raphael at Hampton Court, and those from Rubens, &c., also the probationary pictures or sculptures, presented by the members of the Academy on their election. The annual exhibition opens the first Monday in May, and continues open daily, from eight till six, until the end of July. Admission 1s. Catalogue, 1s.

Trafalgar Square. Erected in 1837, from designs by Mr. Wilkins. The gallery, which is nearly five hundred feet in length, consists of a central portico of eight Corinthian columns in front and two in depth, ascended

by steps at each end at an elevation of eighteen feet from the ground, and two wings, each ornamented with four Corinthian columns. The portico is surmounted by a dome, and the whole range of building by a balustrade. The portion of the building to the right side of the portico is devoted to the Royal Academy, and that to the left to the National Gallery, the two being connected by the grand staircase and vestibule, dividing the building into two equal parts. Open on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday to the public generally; on Friday and Saturday to artists; from ten till five, during the months of November, December, January, February, March, and April; and from ten till six during the months of May, June, July, August, and the two first weeks of September. The gallery is wholly closed during the last two weeks of September and the whole of October. Admission, free. Explanatory Guides:Official Catalogue, 1s.; Clarke's Hand-Book Guide, 6d.

THE VERNON CALLERY,

Marlborough House, Pall Mall. The Vernon Pictures including those by English masters which were formerly in the National Gallery, are now placed in a suite of eight rooms, on the ground floor of Marlborough House, until such time as a suitable provision can be made for them in the National Gallery.

On entering the mansion from the court yard, the visitor ascends a short flight of steps into the noble hall, the ceiling of which, with the exception, perhaps, that of Whitehall, is the finest in the kingdom, being decorated with the paintings of Gentileschi, painted for Charles I., and which were originally in the Palace at Greenwich. Open under the same regulations as the National Gallery. Explanatory Guide-Clarke's Hand-Book Guide, price sixpence.

SOCIETY OF BRITISH ARTISTS,

Suffolk Street, Pall Mall East. Instituted May 21, 1823, for the annual exhibition and sale of works of living artists in the various branches of painting, sculpture, architecture, and engraving. Incorporated by Royal Charter 1846. The gallery was erected in 1824, from the designs of Mr. Nash and J. Elmes, Esq. The elevation consists of a basement of three arches and four piers, on which is raised a tetrastyle detached portico, of the palladian Doric, with a proper entablature and pediment, with square acroteria; and consists of a suite of six rooms, having seven hundred feet of wall, lighted from above. Open daily (Sundays excepted), during the months of April, May, June, and July from nine till dusk. Admission, 1s. Catalogue, 6d.

SOCIETY OF PAINTERS IN WATER COLOURS,

Pall Mall East, nearly opposite the portico of the College of Physicians. Established in 1804, for the purpose of giving due importance and encouragement to an interesting branch of art, which had not then sufficient prominence assigned it in the exhibitions of the Royal Academy. The society have exhibited in their present gallery since 1823, when it was erected for that purpose. Open daily (Sundays excepted), during the months of May, June, and July. Admission, 1s. Catalogue, 6d.

NEW SOCIETY OF PAINTERS IN WATER COLOURS,

South side of Pall Mall, next door west of the British Institution. Established in 1825, with similar objects to