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Maps. — 108 atlases, 96 parts of atlases, and 1,599 maps in 

 6,480 sheets have been added to the collection during the 

 year. Of these, 26 atlases, 31 parts of atlases, and 497 maps 

 were presented; 11 atlases and 681 maps received by Copj- 

 right ; 7 atlases and 16 maps by Colonial Copyright ; and 64 

 atlases, 65 parts of atlases^ and 405 maps acquired by pur- 

 chase. 



Music. — 12,140 musical publications have been added to 

 the collection during the year. Of these, 52 pieces were pre- 

 sented ; 8,287 books and pieces, and 2,044 parts, received by 

 Copyright ; 522 pieces by Colonial Copyright ; and Qo books 

 and 1,170 parts acquired by purchase. 



Newspapers. — The number of newspapers published in the 

 United Kingdom, received under the provisions of the Copy- 

 right Act, during the year, was .3,439, comprising 234,428 

 single numbers. Of these newspapers, 1,213 were published in 

 London and its suburbs ; 1,669 in other parts of England and 

 Wales and in the Channel Islands ; 315 in Scotland -, and 242 

 in Ireland. Five sets, comprising 613 single numbers, were 

 received by Colonial Copyright ; 260 sets, comprising 37,824 

 single numbers of Colonial and foreign newspapers, have been 

 presented ; and 80 sets, comprising 16 volumes and 14,045 single 

 numbers of current Colonial and foreign newspapers, have been 

 purchased. 



Miscellaneous. — 4,494 articles not included in the foregoing 

 paragraphs have been received in the Department. These 

 consist of Parliamentary papers, single sheets, and other 

 miscellaneous items. 



The total number of articles enumerated above, as having 

 been received in the Department during the year, exclusive 

 of newspapers, is 113,988. 



Acquisitions of Special Interest. — One hundred and twenty- 

 seven English books printed before 1640, and sixty-six 

 Incunabula (books printed before the year 1501), have been 

 added to the Library during the year 1909. 



Among the most interesting of the English books are the 

 following : — 



Sixty-four " Year Books," contemporary law reports ex- 

 tending from the reign of Edward I. to that of Henry VIII., 

 and printed by Richard Pynson, Robert Redman, William 

 Middleton, Henry Smyth, Thomas Berthelet, and other printers 

 of the sixteenth century. The total number of printed Year 

 Books known to exist, including different issues and editions, is 

 443, and of these the British Museum now possesses 277. 



" Promptuarium Parvulorum," Wynkyn de Worde, London, 

 lolO. 



Whitford, Richard, known as " the Wretch of Syon " {i.e., 

 Syon House, Isleworth) : " the Pype or Tonne of the Lyfe of 



