APPENDIX. 



A 



October 27, 1874. 



Sir, — I have lately, as you know, applied to the Trustees of the British 

 Museum with regard, to a pamphlet published in the house of Messrs. 

 "Gilbert and Bivington, but not bearing any publishers' name, which 

 lias been introduced irregularly into the library of the Museum. Those 

 of the Trustees who have responded to me have reefrred the matter to 

 you as chief librarian, and to you I, therefore now appeal. I am anxious 

 that you should understand that my application to you was, and is, en- 

 tirely independent of any proceedings now pending in the Central 

 Criminal Court. I have not included M. Naake among those who 

 have conspired for the publication of this pamphlet. I merely state 

 that, without regard to its contents, he foisted it into the library in a 

 manner which was not only irregular, but quite contrary to the spirit 

 of the rules which govern your institution. What I ask is, not that the 

 contents of the pamphlet should be investigated — the matter is wholly 

 independent of them — but that the manner in which the pamphlet was 

 originally brought into the library should be made the subject of an 

 immediate inquiry, together with the behaviour of M. Naake in con- 

 nexion with the matter when the attention of his superiors was drawn to 

 it, and when it was mentioned before Mr. Newton at the police court. 

 I have no wish to bring any official of the British Museum into my case 

 or to couple any of them with the individuals whom I am commpelkd 

 to prosecute ; and I therefore trust that an independent inquiry on 

 your part may at once do me justice and vindicate the character of the 

 magnificent establishment in which your name represents so much of 

 authority. 



I am Sir, yours, &c, 



J.. Winter Jones, Esq. 



Stefan Poles. 



