TO CATALOGUE OF 1880. 



'Knowing I lov^d my books, he furnish' d me, 

 From my own library, with volumes that 

 I prize above my dukedom." 



"Me, poor man, my library 



Was dukedom large enough." .... 



Shakespeare, " The Tempest," I. ii. 

 'Look, Lucius, here's the book I sought for so." 



" Julius Caesar," IV. iii. 

 "A book? O rare one!" 



" Cymbeline," V. iv. 



"That place that does contain 

 My books, the best companions, is to me 

 A glorious court, where hourly I converse 

 With the old sages and philosophers; 

 And sometimes, for variety, I confer 

 With kings and emperors, and weigh their counsels; 

 Calling their victories, if unjustly got, 

 Unto a strict account, and, in my fancy, 

 Deface their ill-plac'd statues." 



Beaumont and Fletcher's " The Elder Brother," I. ii. 



The Melbourne Public Library was founded in the year 1853. 



Before the passing of the Act of Parliament in December, 1869, under 

 which the Institution is now governed, the administration was committed to 

 five Trustees; namely 



(a) His Honor Mr. Justice Barry. 



(6) The Honorable William Foster Stawell, Esquire, Attorney-General. 



(c) The Honorable James Frederick Palmer, Esquire, Speaker of the House 



of Assembly. 



(d) The Honorable Hugh Culling Eardlet Childers, Esquire, Collector of 



Her Majesty's Customs. 



David Charteris McArthur, Esquire, J.P. 



The Honorable Sir Francis Murphy, Speaker of the House of Assembly, was 

 appointed in the place of the Honorable Hugh Culling Eardley Childers, 

 by a Proclamation published in the Victoria " Government Gazette," 

 bearing date, September 4th, 1863 ; he resigned in December, 1876. 



(a) Now Sir Redmond Barry. 



(6) Now Sir William Foster Siawell, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. 



(c) Afterwards Sir James Frederick Palmer, President of the Legislative Council 



d0 Now Minister for War on the Gladstone Ministry of England, 1880 ; he resigned September 4, 1803. 



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