16 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Chinese statue in glazed pottery, presented by the same Fund and 

 other donors ; and the unique silver penny of the Welsh King 

 Howel Dda (913-948), purchased with the assistance of several 

 private benefactors. 



Arranged by Departments, tlu^ most notable accessions are as 

 follows : — 



Fnnted Books. — Caxton's " Dictes and Sayings of the Philo- 

 sophers," 3rd ed., 1489. 



Dialogas lingua3 et ventris, l)y W. Horman, Vice-Provost of 

 Eton, printed by Pynson (c. 1494). 



Life of Petronylla, printed by Pynson (c. 1495j. 



Wiirzburg Missal of 1509. Presented hij Mr. Camphell Dodgson, 

 Mr. C. H. St. John Hornhij^ and Mr. M. Rosenheim. 



Private Prayers of Queen Elizabeth, 1563. 



Fifteen volumes from the sixth portion of the Huth sale. 



Thirteen musical works by Bach, Handel, &c., from the 

 Oummings sale. 



A set of 567 trench maps, forwarded by the Ordnance Survey, 

 as a first instalment. 



Manuscripts. Correspondence and political papers of Sir Robert 

 Peel. Presented hy the Hon. George Peel. 



The Zouche MSS., a collection of 91 Western and 103 Oriental 

 MSS. Bequeathed hy the late Baroness Zouche. 



Autographs of Charles I (after Naseby), Charles II, Louis XI 

 of France, Michael Angelo, Philip de Comines, W. Hogarth, 

 William Cowper, Charles Lamb, Danton, Lafayette, several of 

 Napoleon's Marshals, etc., from the Morrison sale. 



A collection of Gypsy Stories by C. G. Leland, and of drawings 

 of gypsies by Mr. Joseph Pennell. Presented by Mr. and Mrs. 

 Pennell. 



Letters and collections of Bishop Percy. Presented hy Mrs. A. 

 Broadwood. 



Fourteen musical MSS. by Purcell, Croft, Mendelssohn, etc., 

 from the Cummings sale. 



A collection of MS. Music of the 17th century for viols and 

 lute. Bequeathed hy Dr. 7'. L. Southgate. 



Sixty-one letters of Sir F. Seymour Haden. Presented hy 

 Mr. C. D. Sherhorn. 



A volume of Middle English religious pieces in prose and verse, 

 early 15th century. Purchased ivith the assistance of contributions 

 collected by Prof. I. Gollancz in memory of the late Mr. H. B. 

 Wheatley. 



Holograph letter of the Duke of Wellington, begun before 

 and finished after Waterloo, Presented hy R. F. Norton, Esq., 

 K.C. 



Prints and PJrawings. The Lucas Collection ; about 4,400 prints, 

 selected from the collection at Wrest Park, of all schools, but 



