24 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Westminster Abbey ; Wordsworth's pamphlet deprecating the- 

 construction of the Kendal and Windermere Railway, Kendal, 

 1844 ; and " The Theological Inquirer," 1815, containing a 

 series of reviews with full extracts of Shelley's Queen Mab,, 

 then only privately printed, and a reprint of the first portion 

 of his " Refutation of Deism." 



Among curiosities the most important is a copy of the 

 fourth edition of Governor Pownall's book on the Adminis- 

 tration of the Colonies, 1768, copiously annotated by Burke. 

 A copy of Black's Life of Tasso with MS. notes by Leigh 

 Hunt has also been acquired ; and one of Dr. Baron's 

 " Illustrations of the Enquiry respecting tuberculous diseases,'* 

 with notes by Edward Jenner, the discoverer of vaccination, 

 made shortly before his death. With these may be mentioned 

 a contemporary account of the obsequies at Lisbon of Philip 

 the Second as King of Portugal, where the royal title has 

 been struck out throughout by a patriotic Portuguese ; and 

 a proclamation on the taking of Dominica by the British 

 forces, directing among other things that Scotch names 

 should be bestowed upon all the rivers in the island. 



Donations. — The following are the most important donations 

 received during the year : — 



An extensive collection of Colonial newspapers for the 

 year 1895. Presented by the Colonial Institute. 



Eglisham (G.) Accurata methodus erigendi themata 

 natalitia, a very scarce book. Transferred from the 

 Deioartment of MSS. 



Common Prayer of 1639 with autograph of Izaak Walton, 

 and MS. entries by him of births and deaths in his family. 

 Bequeathed by Miss A. A. Pickering. 



The Works of Shakespeare, 1807, with MS. notes by 

 Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Presented by Miss Watson, of 

 Princes Risborough, Bucks. 



The first edition of Steele's Christian Hero, published 

 anonymously in 1701. Extremely rare. Presented by 

 Colonel Francis Grant. 



Maps. — The following interesting acquisitions have been 

 made : — 



Plan of Exeter, 1587. Isca Damnoniorum Latine Exonia, 

 Anglice Exeancestre vel Exestre, at nunc vulgo Exeter. 

 Opera et impensis J. Hokeri hanc tabella[m] sculpsit 

 R. Hogenbergius. [London ?] 1587. This is the earliest 

 known^ engraved plan of Exeter, and is supposed to be 

 unique. 



Reduced facsimile of the " Ebstorf " Map of the World 

 (circa 1284), coloured according to the original preserved at 

 Hanover and edited by Conrad Miller. Text in " Mappsemundi. 

 Die altesten Weltkarten." Heft. V. Stuttgart, 1896. 4". 



Plan of Durham, 1595. Dunelmu. Duresme. Hanc 

 tabula Reverendo in Xro pati-i Tobise Epo Du. DignissT" 



