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From the Richards Press, through Mr. John Gawsworth and Mr. G. 

 H. Wiggins : two volumes of correspondence of A. E. Housman with 

 the Richards Press, Ltd., 1927-1936. 



From Miss Maud D. M. Petre : five volumes of correspondence of 

 Baron von Hiigel and Father George Tyrrell, 1897-1909. 



From Mr. Louis C. G. Clarke, through the Friends of the National 

 Libraries : a volume of autographs of Diderot, the Duchesse du Maine, 

 the Comtesse de Beauharnais, etc., from the Morrison Collection. 



From the Princesse Marthe Bibesco : the autograph MS. of Anatole 

 France's ' Histoire de Dona Maria d'Avalos et de Don Fabricio, Due 

 d'Andria,' here called ' Chronique Napohtaine.' 



From Mrs. Helen Thomas through the Edward Thomas Memorial 

 Fund : a volume of autograph poems of Edward Thomas. 



Bequeathed by the artist : two volumes containing the autograph 

 signatures of Mr. P. A. de Laszlo's sitters, 1899-1936. 



From Mr. Thomas H. Russell and Mrs. Alexander Scott : thirty-one 

 volumes of account-books and correspondence of the Russell family of 

 Birmingham, 1762-1856. 



From the Right Hon. Viscount Clifden : eighteen volumes of supple- 

 mentary Hardwicke Papers. 



Oriental Printed Books and Manuscripts. 



Five Arabic manuscripts, including a description of the rites and 

 ceremonies of the Pilgrimage and the shrines in the Mecca district, 

 17th century, a treatise on astronomy, 16th century, and a collection of 

 popular songs in the vernacular from Syria and Egypt, 19th century. 



Three Chinese manuscripts, including notes on the eighty-two Miao 

 tribes in the province of Kweichow, 19th century, and unpubhshed 

 official records of the latter part of the reign of Tao Kuang. 



Two Persian manuscripts, including a treatise on astronomy, copied 

 in A.H. 982. 



Prints and Drawings. 

 By donation : — 

 From the National Art-Collections Fund : Pierre Mongin : Park 

 Scene (Gouache). 



From Mrs. Ambrose McEvoy : Ambrose McEvoy : seventy water- 

 colours and drawings. 



Bequeathed by the artist : Sir Charles John Holmes, K.C.V.O. : 

 Series of 75 sketch-books. 



From Mr. and Mrs. C. H. CoUins Baker : Henry Tonks : sixteen 

 drawings (pencil, pastel and water-colour). 



From Mr. L. G. Esmond Morse in memory of his father, Sydney 

 Morse : Sir J. E. Millais : Illustration to ' A Lost Love ' (water-colour). 



From Miss Nancy Mcintosh : W. S. Gilbert : 197 sketches (original 

 studies for the ' Bab Ballads ') 1898. 



From the National Art-Collections Fund : ten mezzotints from the 

 Erdmann collection. 



