18 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



To the Department of British and Mediseval Antiquities 

 have been added several important ivory carvings of early 

 date from the Sneyd collection, and also a morse-ivory tau- 

 cross head elaborately carved, being English work of about 

 the year 1020. In the Ethnographical section of this 

 Department His Majesty the King has been graciously 

 pleased to deposit on loan a remarkable series of feather- 

 work cloaks from the Hawaiian Islands. 



The Department of Coins and Medals, besides many 

 valuable additions to the series of Greek coins, has acquired 

 interesting specimens of Early English and Scottish coins, 

 and, by gift of the Council of the County Borough of 

 Croydon, a large selection from a hoard of Roman coins 

 recently discovered at Croydon. 



Gifts of Museum publications, including reproductions of 

 prints and drawings by Old Masters, have been made to Free 

 Libraries, Local Museums, and Art Schools throughout the 

 United Kingdom, and to institutions in various Colonies. 



The following are the publications issued by the Depart- 

 ments at Bloomsbury during the year : — 



Supplement to the General Catalogue of the Library, 

 quarto, 9 parts, viz. : H. — Henrivaux ; Henry — Hyvernat ; 

 I. — Ilkley ; Illas — Izvyekov ; K. — Kyshe ; L. — Levia ; Leval 

 — Lyutnya ; M. — Mazzoni ; and McC. — Mythology. 



Catalogue of Accessions to the Library, quarto, 26 parts. 



Annals of the Kings of Assyria. The Cuneiform Texts 

 with translations, transliterations, &c., from the original 

 documents in the British Museum. By E. A. Wallis Budge, 

 Litt.D., and L. W. King. Vol. I. Quarto, 11. 



Cuneiform. Texts from Babylonian Tablets, &c., in the 

 British Museum, Parts XVI. and XVIL, 50 photo-lithographic 

 plates each. Foolscap, boards, 7s. Qd. each part. 



Catalogue of Greek Coins in the British Museum : 

 Parthia. By W. W. Wroth. With Map and Autotype Plates. 

 Octavo, 1^ 5s. 



Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British 

 Museum in the years 1894-1899. Octavo, 21. 8s. 



Facsimiles of Royal and other Charters in the British 

 Museum. Vol. I. William I.- — Richard I., 50 plates. Quarto, 

 U. 10s. 



Subject Index of the Modern Works added to the Library 

 of the British Museum in the years 1881-1900. Vol. IL, F— M. 

 Octavo, 11. 10s. 



Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts in the British 

 Museum. Quarto, 11. 10s. 



