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HANDBOOK TO THE LIBRARY OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM; 

 containing a brief History of its Formation, and of the various Collections of which 

 it is composed ; Descriptions of the Catalogues in present use ; Classed Lists of 

 the Manuscripts, &c.; and a variety of information indispensable for Literary Men; 

 with some Account of the principal Public Libraries in London. By Richard Sims, 

 of the Department of Manuscripts, Compiler of the "Index to the Heralds' 

 Visitations." Small 8vo (pp. 438), with map and plan. Cloth, 5s. 

 It will be found a very useful work to every literary person or public institution 

 in all parts of the world. 



" A little handbook of the Library has book to the Library of the British Museum,' 

 been published, which I think will be most which I sincerely hope may have the suc- 

 useful to the Public." Lord Seymour's cess which it deserves." Letter from Tho. 



lleply in the House of Commons, July, 1854. Wright, Esq., F.S.A., Author of the 'Biogra- 



" 1 am much pleased with your book, and phia Britannica Literaria,' frc. 



find in it abundance of information which " Mr. Sims's ' Handbook to the Library 



1 wanted." Letter from Albert Way, Esq., of the British Museum' is a very compre- 



f.S.A., Editor of the "Promptorium Par- hensive and instructive volume 



vulorum," $~c. I venture to predict for it a wide circula- 



"I take this opportunity of telling you tion." Mr. Bolton Corney, in "Notes and 



how much I like your nice little ' Hand- Queries," No. 213. 



A MANUAL POB THE GENEALOGIST, TOPOGRAPHER, AN- 

 TIQUARY, AND LEGAL PROFESSOR; consisting of a Guide to the various Public 

 Records, Registers, Wills, Printed Books, &c. &c. By Richard Sims, of the British 

 Museum, Compiler of the " Handbook to the Library of the British Museum," 

 " Index to the Pedigrees in the Heralds' Visitations," &c. 



A BIBLIOGRAPHICAL CATALOGUE or ENGLISH WRITERS 



ON ANGLING AND ICHTHYOLOGY. By John Russell Smith. Post 8vo, sewed, Is. 6d. 



B1BLIOTHECA MADRIGALIANA A Bibliographical Account of 



the Musical and Poetical Works published in England during the Sixteenth and 



Seventeenth Centuries, under the Titles of Madrigals, Ballets, Ayres, Canzonets, &c. 



&c. By Edward F. Rimbault, LL.D., F.S A. 8vo, cloth, 5s. 



It records a class of books left unde- furnishes a most valuable Catalogue of 



scribed by Ames, Herbert, and Dibdin, and Lyrical Poetry of the age to which it refers. 



THE MANUSCRIPT RARITIES OF THE UNIVERSITY OP 

 CAMBRIDGE. By J. 0. Halliwell, F.R.S. 8vo, boards, 3s. (original price 10s. 6d.) 

 A companion to Hartshorne's "Book Rarities" of the same University. 



SOME ACCOUNT OP THE POPULAR TRACTS, formerly in the 

 Library of Captain Cox, of Coventry, A. D. 1575. By J. 0. Halliwell. 8vo (only 50 

 printed}, sewed, Is. 



CATALOGUE OP THE CONTENTS OP THE CODEX HOL- 

 BROOKIANUS. (A Scientific MS.) By Dr. John Holbrook, Master of St. Peter's 

 College, Cambridge, 1418-1431). By J. 0. Halliwell. 8vo, Is. 



ACCOUNT OP THE VERNON MANUSCRIPT. A Yolume of Early 

 English Poetry, preserved in the Bodleian Library. By J. 0. Halliwell. 8vo (only 50 

 printed), Is. 



BIBLIOTHECA CANTIANA. A Bibliographical Account of what 

 has been published on the History, Topography, Antiquities, Customs, and Family 

 Genealogy of the County of Kent, with Biographical Notes. By John Russell Smith. 

 In a handsome 8vo volume (pp. 370), with two plates of facsimiles of Autographs of 

 33 eminent Kentish Writers. 5s. (original price 14s.) Lavge Paper, 10s. 6d. 



BIBLIOMANIA in the Middle Ages ; or, Sketches of Book- worm 8, 



Collectors, Bible Students, Scribes, and Illuminators, from the Anglo-Saxon and 

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