DEPARTMENT OF MSS. 29 



Autograph letter of Shelle}^ to Mrs. Williams, 4 July 1822, 

 one of the last letters written by the poet. Presented by 

 Lt.-Col. and 2Irs. C. F. Call. 



The large collection of papers of the Earls of Liverpool, pre- 

 sented in 1911, has been supplemented by the purchase of 

 eighteen more volumes, containing original letters of George 111., 

 George IV., and other members of the Royal Family, Pitt, 

 Canning, Castlereagh, Peel, and other statesmen, and papers 

 relating to the trial of Queen Caroline. 



Among other acquisitions during the year, by purchase or 

 donation, are the following : — 



Acts and Epistles in Greek, written A.D. 1312. 



Prudentius, Peristephanon, Uth cent. 



Epistolae canonicae, 12th cent. 



Origen on Numbers, Joshua, Judges and Kings, in Latim.. 

 Written in Italy, with initials in colours, 12th cent. 



Benedictional of an Abbey near Cambrai, 12th cent. 



Latin psalter, executed in Scotland, 14th cent., with initials 

 of Celtic type. Purchased from the Bridgewater Fund. 



Johannes Andreae, Novella super sexto, with miniature and 

 initials of French work, A.D. 1345. 



York breviary, incom.plete. Early loth cent. 



Spiegel der Maechden, Dutch version of the Speculum Vir- 

 ginum. Early loth cent. 



Horae of Paris use, with miniatures and borders. First half 

 of 15th cent. 



Constitutiones Ordinis Heremitarum S. Augustini. 15th 

 cent. 



Breviary of the'Brigittine Order of Genoa, written in 1470. 



Seven psalms composed by Petrarch and miscellaneous, 

 prayers, written in Poland for Alexander, afterwards |King of 

 Poland, in 1491. 



Feudal aid-book of Norfolk, 1347. 



Book of drafts of letters by the Latin Secretary of James I.,. 

 1620-1623. 



Petitions in the Court of Requests, 1638. 



Rolls of Sir Spencer Compton as Paymaster of the Forces 

 1721-1723 and as Paymaster of Chelsea Hospital 1725. 

 Presented hy Charles Dalton, Esq. 



Journal of Gen. Boyd's headquarters during the siege of 

 Gibraltar, 1781-1783. Two volumes. 



Record of the Westminster Committee, 1780-1785 ; partly 

 in the hands of Fox and Sheridan. 



