16 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



the several departments. The most important are summarised 

 here, and particular attention may be called to two notable 

 benefactions, namely, the Barwell bequest of Limoges enamels 

 and other specimens of mediseval art, and the gift of the 

 Arthur Morrison collection of Japanese and Chinese paintings 

 by Mr. W. Gwynne-Evans (now Sir William Gwynne-Evans, 

 Bart.), 



The Department of Printed Books has continued to pay 

 special attention to early printed books, the catalogue of which 

 is making steady progress. Sixty-one incunabula and thirty- 

 eight English books printed before 1640 have been acquired, 

 including exchanges of 31 volumes with the Bodleian Librar}'-, 

 and three with the Law Library of Harvard University, and 

 purchases at the Huth and Dunn sales. An almost unique 

 copy of an early (perhaps pirated) edition of " Robinson 

 Crusoe" also deserves mention. The Department also received 

 ' by bequest the philatelic library of the late Earl of Crawford, 

 believed to be the most complete in existence. 



The Department of Manuscripts likewise made some 

 valuable acquisitions at the Dunn sale, notably three 13th 

 century French Romance MSS. The gifts received by the 

 Department include four remarkable letters of Charlotte 

 Bronte, presented by Mr. Paul Heger. Amonsr the purchases 

 are a protest of the clergy in 1.534 against the jurisdiction of 

 the Pope, John Locke's autograph draft of his treatise on 

 education, and autographs of H. Hallam, Mrs. Gaskell, 

 Sir J. E. Millais, Holman Hunt, Robert Browning, C. S. 

 Calverley, and A. R. Wallace. The Department also received, 

 by bequest from Lady Layard, a large and important collection 

 of Sir H. Layard's diplomatic papers and general correspon- 

 dence ; but the precise terms of the acceptance of the bequest 

 remain under consideration. 



The Western section of the Department of Prints and 

 Drawings succeeded in acquiring two pen-and-ink sketches by 

 Leonardo da Vinci, and several valuable drawings and prints, 

 enumerated below. Some works of the first importance were 

 obtained from the Heseltine collection through the liberality 

 of Mr. Heseltine himself. Viscount Iveagh, and Mr. Walter 

 Morrison. The National Art-Collections Fund continued its 

 valuable services to the Department, which likewise benefited 

 by the generosity of many private benefactors, whose names 

 are set out below. 



The Oriental section of the Department received a gift of 

 quite exceptional value in the Arthur Morrison Collection, men- 

 tioned above, which was probably the finest of the kind in 

 Europe, and greatly enhances the importance of the already 

 fine collection of Oriental Art in the Museum. Three Chinese 

 paintings of great importance were purchased, and the National 

 Art-Collections Fund presented a large painting of the Mogul 

 School, representing the House of Tamerlane. 



The most noteworthy acquisitions of the Department of 

 Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities are the Canopic jars of a 



