26 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRlTlSli MUSEUM. 



1898. 4'\) Privately ^printed and presented hy the Right 

 Hon. the Earl of Crawford, K.T. 



Music. — The only musical work of importance acquired 

 during the year is a copy of J. H. A. Farrenc's " Le Tresor 

 des Pianistes," a great collection of pianoforte music from the 

 16th to the 19th century ^^ published in 21 volumes from 1861 

 to 1872. Acquisition has also been made of a MS. Catalogue 

 of part songs, glees, madrigals, &;c., from the earliest period 

 of English music to 1897, a work containing nearly 30,000 

 entries, which has been compiled by Mr. D. Baptie, of 

 Glasgow. 



R, Garnett. 



