ACCOUNTS, &C., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM, 



VII. — GrENERAL PROGRESS. 



The new building erected from funds bequeathed by Mr. William White having been 

 completed, rooms in it on the ground and first floors, on the south side, have been 

 occupied by the Department of Manuscripts, in one of which readers consulting the 

 select MSS. are accommodated. 



The Gallery, built from the same fund, in which the Mausoleum Sculptures have been 

 placed, has been opened to public visitors ; and the room from which these Sculptures 

 were removed has been used for the purpose of exhibiting the figured columns and 

 architectural remains of the Temple of Diana at Ephesus, excavated some years since 

 by Mr. J. T. Wood, and now, for the first time, brought together. 



The collection of Antiquities of the Middle Ages, including Armour, Ivories, Metal 

 Work, Limoges Enamels, Watches, Matrices of Seals, and other objects, have been 

 arranged In one of the rooms previously used for the exhibition of Mammalia. The room 

 has been opened to public visitors. 



An extensive and very valuable collection of Oriental Porcelain presented by 

 Mr. A, W. Franks, Keeper of the Department of British and Medijeval Antiquities, has 

 been removed from Bethnal Green Museum, where it was on loan, and arranged in 

 another of the jjrevious Mammalian rooms. 



The arrangement of the Ethnological collection in the cases of the long gallery 

 formerly occupied by the Bird collection is now nearly completed. 



Additional table accommodation has been provided in the Reading Room to meet the 

 increasing numbers of readers ; and a Catalogue, with press-marks, has been prepared of 

 the selected books placed in the lower gallery of the room. 



In connection with the Quincentenary VV^ycliffe Commemoration, a selection of Manu- 

 scripts, showing the progress of translation of the scriptures into English from the earliest 

 time to the completion of the Wycllffite versions, together with manuscripts of tracts 

 attributed to Wycliffe, and with printed copies of his works, has been exhibited in the 

 King's Library. A printed guide contains a full description of the collection. 



Museum publications, electrotypes of Ancient Coins, and autotype reproductions 

 of engravings, have been presented to Free Libraries and other institutions in the 

 United Kingdom. 



A selection of duplicate engravings has been lent for temporary exhibition at Wolver- 

 hampton. 



Duplicate Geological and Mineral specimens have been presented to 20 institutions. 

 The Photogi'aphic Studio has been re-built on an enlarged scale. 

 The following are the publications of the year : — 



General Catalogue of the British Museum Library: Folio. 



Parts: — Aristotle; Ant. — Arc; Ba:i. — Bah,; Bah. — Bal.; Bal. — Bar,; Barb, — 

 Barn.; Barn. — Bart.; Bart. — Banc; Baud. — Bdij. ; Be. — Bed.; Bed. — Bel. 

 Bern. — Bess,; Boyd.— Brah. ; Bud. — Bun.; Bun. — Bur.; V, — -Val, ; Vam. — Vat 

 Vir,— Uni. ; Von.— Uzz. ; W.— Wag. ; Wag.— Wal. ; Wal.— War. ; War.— Wat, 

 AVes.— Whi. ; Whi.— VViL ; Wil, (1st pt.),— Wil. (2nd pt,) ; Woo,— Wzz, ; Z,— 

 Zeh; Zel.— ZZ. 



Catalogue of Accessions to the Library, Ate. Continuations of the following 

 sections : — 



A, and B, — New English and Foreign Books, 14 parts, 



C. — Old English Books, and works in Foreign Languages printed in England, 

 2 parts. 



D. — Old Foreign Books, 6 parts, 



F. — Ci'oss-References, 2 parts. 



Catalogue of Maps.— Progress has been made with the printing to the letter R. 



Catalogue of Books in the Library of the British Museum, printed 

 in England, Scotland, and Ireland, and of Books in En2;lish printed abroad, to the 

 year 1640. Three vols. 8vo. 



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