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Another valuable Shelley autograph, his poem " To Jane 

 — The Kecollection," dated 2 February, 1822, was presented 

 by Lieut.-Colonel C. F. Call and Mrs. Call. The latter 

 inherited it from her father E. J. Trelawny, to whom it was 

 given by " Jane " (Mrs. Williams). 



Mr. C. Fairfax Murray presented the autograph first 

 draft of a considerable part of " Sigurd the Volsung," by 

 William Morris, with the laudable intention that it might 

 be preserved with the autograph fair copy, which was acquired 

 by purchase earlier in the year ; and to this he added the 

 autograph of the dedication, prologue, and other portions of 

 " The Earthly Paradise." Morris is therefore now represented 

 in the Museum by MSS. of his two finest poems. An 

 interesting letter of Keats to B. W. Haydon, referring to 

 " Endymion " and " Hyperion," was also received from the 

 same generous donor, to accompany the autograph of 

 " Hyperion," purchased in 1904. 



The acquisitions by purchase include a long Greek papyrus 

 roll from Antinoopolis, containing the record of a disputed 

 inheritance dated in A.D. 612, with a marriage contract on 

 the back relating to the same place. An interesting group 

 of over thirty Greek papyri, for the most part in exceptionally 

 good condition, has also been acquired from Syene (Assouan). 

 They include contracts and legal documents of various kinds 

 between A.D. 549 and 613, most of the parties concerned 

 being soldiers of corps stationed at or near Syene. Another 

 purchase of exceptional interest is a large Latin Psalter, 

 Hymnary, etc., with a partial Anglo-Saxon gloss, written in 

 the South of England (possibly at Canterbury) in the latter 

 part of the 10th century, and decorated with fine ornamental 

 initials. It belonged successively to Archbishop Cranmer, 

 Henry FitzAlan, Earl of Arundel, and John, Lord Lumley, 

 and was perhaps at one time in the Royal Library, in which 

 Lord Lumley's collection was absorbed after his death in 1609. 



Among other acquisitions, by purchase, donation, or be- 

 quest are the following : — 



Wooden book, composed of eight tablets fastened together 

 by silk cords ; with writing in Greek of a grammatical 

 character, of the 3rd cent., on seven of the pages. Found in 

 Egypt, and no doubt intended for school use. 



Wooden tablet, whitened and ruled with lines, inscribed 

 with Greek grammatical exercises for school use in Egypt ; 

 3rd cent. 



Life and miracles of St. Cosmas and Damian, in Greek ; 

 10th--llth cent. A hitherto unknown recension. 



The Four Gospels, in Greek, written by the scribe 

 Xenophon ; early 13th cent. Two volumes. 



Lexicon Tironianum : a collection of the Latin shorthand 

 symbols originally invented by M. Tullius Tiro, freedman of 



