CONTENTS. 



THE LIBRARIES. 



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INTRODUCTION vii-xvii 



1. GENERAL SKETCH OF THE SEVERAL LIBRARIES IN THE BRITISH 

 MUSEUM (NATURAL HISTORY), WITH SOME ACCOUNT OF THEIR 

 FORMATION AND PROGRESS, PROM 1753 TO THE END OF 1900. 1 



2. CHRONOLOGICAL ACCOUNT OF THE PRINCIPAL ACCESSIONS TO THE 



END OF 1900 ,5 



3. LIST OF IMPORTANT BOOKS, MANUSCRIPTS, AND DRAWINGS 

 ARRANGED UNDER THE NAMES OF AUTHORS AND PREVIOUS 



4. LIST OF CURRENT SERIAL PUBLICATIONS PRESENTED TO THE 



BRITISH MUSEUM (NATURAL HISTORY) ..... 53 



A. British Islands 53 



B. British Empire over the Seas 60 



C. Non-British 64 



THE DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY. 



1. GENERAL SKETCH 79 



2. CHRONOLOGICAL ACCOUNT OF THE PRINCIPAL ACCESSIONS TO THE 



BOTANICAL COLLECTIONS TO THE END OF 1902 ... 85 



3. ALPHABETICAL LIST OF THE MORE IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTORS TO 



THE COLLECTION OF PLANTS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY 129 



THE DEPARTMENT OP GEOLOGY. 



1. GENERAL SKETCH 197 



2. A CHRONOLOGICAL ACCOUNT OF THE PRINCIPAL ACCESSIONS TO 

 THE COLLECTIONS OF FOSSILS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY 

 TO THE END OF 1900 200 



3. ALPHABETICAL LIST OF THE MORE IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTORS TO 



THE COLLECTION OF FOSSILS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY 260 



