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118 charters, mostly dated, from Tournai, of the 13th and 

 early 14th centt. 



15 charters relating to Staffordshire, 1333-144G. Presented 

 by 3Irs. Town Attree. 



57 charters, including many wills, 1539-1806. Presented 

 hy L. A. Lawrevce, Esq. 



About 150 charters, lGth-19th centt., relating to various. 

 English counties. Presented hy A. IV. Marks, Esq. 



Minutes of the '' Virtuosi of St. Luke," an artistic lottery 

 society, 1698-1743. 



Minutes of the Art Union of London, 1837-1847. Presented 

 hy the Society. 



Correspondence of the St. Mark's, Venice, Committee,, 

 founded in 1880. Presented hy Henry Wallis, Esq., B.W.S. 



Facsimile of a Mexican MS. (Codex Rickards). Presented 

 hy Miss A. Breton. 



" The Oeconomy of Human Life " : a treatise written in 

 shorthand by John Brown, 1778. Presented hy J. Sterry, Esq. 



" Internacional Proverbs," by the late Abbe Marchand, 

 inventor of the artificial language "Dilpok." Presented hy 

 T. G. Kyne, Esq. 



• Viol sonatas by W. Young, transcribed from a rare edition 

 at Upsala. 



Litany by Domenico Feo and other music. Presented hy 

 If'. Barclay Squire, Esq. 



By the kindness of Lady Scott the Department has been 

 able to place on exhibition in the Grenville Library the auto- 

 graph Antartic journals of Captain R. F. Scott, R.N., 1910-1912. 

 Among the pages shown are the record of his arrival at the 

 South Pole and his last " Message to the Public." 



The Department has also taken charge, on deposit, of a 

 valuable collection of autograph and other music belong- 

 ing to the Royal Philharmonic Society, including scores by 

 Beethoven, Haydn, Mendelssohn, Spohr, Weber and others. A 

 catalogue of this collection has been printed. 



/. P. Gilson. 



