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of Herr F. D. Grassi who died in 1880. It contains both ethno- 

 logical and industrial art collections. A fine building, but seem- 

 ingly too much exposed to fire from the adjoining business blocks. 

 While central and accessible, it is unfortunate that it could not 

 have more open space around it, for no insurance could replace 

 the choice treasures in its cases. The portion we are most inter- 

 ested in is the Stadtisches Museum fiir Yolkerkunde. In our 

 eagerness to see this we came before our time, but spent the wait- 



62. STAIRWAY IN MUSEUM. 



ing minutes in the adjoining market with interest, if not profit. 

 I remember that the museum building was nearly finished but not 

 occupied at the time of my last visit. We found one of the finest 

 collections in Germany on exhibition. The Director, Prof. Dr. 

 Phil. Karl Weule, and Dr. Ernst Sarfert welcomed us, and with 

 these well-known ethnologists we arranged an exchange of speci- 

 mens that will, we hope, be for the advantage of both museums. 

 As Leipzig is the centre of the German Book Trade it was 



our desire to see the Buchhandlerhaus (Booksellers Exchange), 



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