26 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BKITISH MUSEUM. 



A collection of the Military and Naval Orders issued by 

 the United States Officers commanding in Cuba and Puerto- 

 Rico. Presented through B. F. Stevens, Esq. 



Three poems of Lord Tennyson, privately printed: " Th& 

 Sailor Boy," 1861, " The Throstle," 1889, and " The Silent 

 Voices," 1892 ; and a " Leaf out of a Sketch Book," by 

 W. M. Thackeray, privately printed, 1861. Presented by 

 T. J. Wise, Esq. 



Maps. — The following interesting acquisitions have been 

 added to the Library : 



" El gran Rio Maranon o Amazonas, con la Mission de la 

 Compania de Jesus, geograficamente delineado por el 

 Pe. S. Fritz," Quito, 1707. A facsimile of a rare map^ 

 showing the positions of the various Jesuit Missions in the 

 i^egion of the Amazon, 



" Carte generale delAbyssinie et des Provinces equatoriales. 

 Echelle, 1 : 1,000,000. Dessinee par A. Verwest, Brussels^ 

 1898. Showing, in distinctive colours, the routes of recent 

 travellers. 



" Isla de Luzon y sus adyacentes, por D. Enrique d Almonte 

 y Muriel. Escala de 1 : 400,000. Publicado por el Ministerio 

 do Ultramar, bajo la direccion de la Comision de Mapa 

 geologico de Espana," Madrid, 1883. A general map of the 

 island showing especially its orographical and hydrographical 

 features. 



Music. — The additions to the Library of Music include a 

 copy of the " Liber quindecim Missarum electarum," printed 

 at Rome by Andreas Antiquus of Montona in 1516, the first 

 musical work printed at Rome, and the first folio collection 

 of Masses ever published ; the " Flores de Musica " of 

 M. R. Coelho, Lisbon, 1620; the "Liber Passionum " of 

 Esterano de Christo, Lisbon, 1595 ; six part-books of the 

 " Missae Quatuor " of Franciscus Garrus, Lisbon, 1609, a 

 work, so far as is known, unique ; two beautifully engraved 

 collections of organ-pieces by G. Nivers, Paris 1667 ; two 

 volumes of music composed for the Vielle or Hurdy-gurdy ; a 

 number of part-books of rare sixteenth century madrigals, 

 and a copy of Eslava's " Lira Sacro-Hispana," Madrid, 1869, 

 a work in 10 volumes which has become very scarce. 



G. K, Fortescue. 



