10 A(;COUNTS, &C., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



representative collections of pottery, of Japanese and Chinese porcelain, of Prehistoric 

 objects, of Hindu and Buddhist antiquities, and a gallery of Ethnographical illustration. 

 As conspicuous instances of the exercise of his influence in obtaining imj^ortant donations 

 for the Museum the following acquisitions may be referred to: — 



The great collection of Ethnography and Prehistoric and Miscellaneous Antiquities 

 formed by the late Mr. Henry Christy, and to which considerable additions have since the 

 collector's death been made by his trustees, one of whom is Mr. Franks himself.. The 

 money value of the Christy Collection may be approximately estimated at 10,000 /. 



In the year 1868 an extensive and choice collection of glass, prints and other works of 

 Art, was bequeathed to the Museum by Mr. Felix Slade, under the influence, as was 

 well understood, of Mr. Franks, who had assisted him in forming it. This collection 

 cannot be valued at less than 28,000 I. 



In 1878 Mr. John Henderson bequeathed a collection of pottery, glass, metal work, 

 oriental arms, and v/ater-colour drawings, long noted for the beauty and, in many- 

 instances, great rarity of the several objects. Mr. Franks had for many years guided 

 Mr. Henderson in his purchases, as he also did in his ultimate disposal of them. The 

 collection may be valued at 15,000 /. 



In the year 1879 and subsequently numerous vases and other antiquities excavated by 

 the Rev. William Greenwell, Canon of Durham, in British barrows, and a collection of 

 Flint Implements from Norfolk were presented to the Museum by him, under the advice 

 of Mr. Franks, and these donations are estimated at over 4,000/. 



The individual objects which have been presented to the Museum, owing to the assist- 

 ance given by Mr. Franks to collectors, are too many to be enumerated. 



To his direct generosity the Museum is indebted for countless objects valuable in 

 themselves and more so as supplying wants for the collections. Scarcely a meeting of 

 Trustees is held at which donations from Mr. Franks, more or less considerable, are not 

 reported. Collectively, they include British and Anglo- Roman Antiquities; Coins and 

 Medals; Topographical and other drawings ; a large collection of Chinese and Japanese 

 pottery and porcelain, containing the rarest specimens, and valued at not less than 10,000 /. ; 

 Indian antiquities, ethnographical objects in great numbers, and numerous specimens of 

 Italian majolica, Palissy and sgraffiato ware, plaque-, tiles, &c. The value of the various 

 objects presented by him certainly exceeds 20,000/., and that of the collections obtained 

 through his influence cannot be far short of 60,000 /. 



It is not on account of these donations only that the Trustees and the public are 

 indebted to Mr. Franks. His collections are formed with all the advantages of knowledge 

 and experience and therefore with the utmost economy, and the arrangement of them 

 has been carried out with a taste and judgment which greatly add to their value. And 

 this labour of arrangement will be admitted to be of no slight consideration, when it is 

 remembered that every object now exhibited in the extensive space comprised in 

 Mr. Franks' Department has been placed in its position by his own hands, and under the 

 difficulty of having to adapt for the purpose cases and shelving designed for wholly 

 different collections. 



The following are the publications issued from the Departments at Bloomsbury during 

 the year : — 



Continuation of the General Catalogue of the Library: Folio, 37 

 Parts : 



Academies: — IV., V.; Campe. — Caoutch. ; Cat. — Caw.; Caxa. — Chacun. ; 

 Chad. — Char.; Charles — Chekus ; Chelucky — Chiswick ; Chit. — Christ; Cicero; 

 Cleo. — Cobwebs ; Coglio — Coleccion ; Colegate — Coll. ; Colm. — Comly. ; Comm. — 

 Conroy ; Cons. — Coomey ; Coom. — Corn. ; Corn. — Cosquino ; Coss. — Cours. ; 

 Court — Cramouz; Cramp — Critius ; Cruege. — Couzia. ; Cuoco. — Crytel ; Dauer — 

 De-antonia; Dear — Delayto; Delbaere — Denman; Denmark — Descurze; Desde. — 

 Dezwarte ; Difenbach — Diss. ; Dole — Doughty ; Dru.— Ducherow .: Duchesme — 

 Duko. ; Dula.— DuPaz; E.— Eckern ; Periodical Publications, IV., V., VI. 



Catalogue of Accessions to the Library. Folio. 



Sections A. and B. — New English and Foreign Books, 11 Parts. 



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



4 Parts. 

 . D.— Old Foreign Books, 3 Parts. 

 F. — Cross-References to Main Titles from Old Catalogue, 2 Parts. 



Catalogue of Books Placed in the Galleries in the Reading Room of 

 the British Museum. Compiled by Mr. G. W. Porter, Assistant Keeper in the 

 Department of Printed Books, 1886. Octavo. 



Catalogue of Bengali Printed Books in the Library of the British 

 Museum. By J. F.' Blumhardt, 188o. Royal Octavo. 



Ancient Egyptian Texts from the Coffin of Amam in the British 

 Museum. With a translation by the late Samuel Birch, d.c.l.. Folio, 1886. 



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