time of Queen Elizabeth and King James I.: 
108 volumes of historical collections of Dr. White 
Ken net, Bishop of Peterborough : a consider- 
able number of original, royal, and noble letters 
and papers ; and a great store of historical, juri- 
dical, biographical, heraldical, and miscellaneous 
collections.* 
room in. 
LanscJowa 
MSS. 
FOURTH ROOM. 
SLOANEAN AND BIRCH'S COLLECTIONS OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
A collection of MSS. bequeathed by the late room iv. 
Dr. Birch, consisting of 337 volumes, chiefly on Three Presses 
history, biography, divinity, and literature. * wLlows. 
jrwy j x , 1 , * x Birch's MSS. 
(Vide Introduction, p. xxv.) passes m. 
^ . xxx« 
Sir Hans Sloane's library of MSS. consisting of sioanean mss. 
4100 volumes, principally on physic, natural 
history, and natural philosophy. It also contains 
Kaempfer's MSS.; several journals of voyages ; 
and some oriental MSS. 
In a recess, within this room, are placed Mr. 
Halhed's, and some other collections of oriental 
MSS. ; 
* The repertory to this library being, at present, nothing 
more than a sale catalogue, and, of course, very imperfect, will * 
require to be newly constructed on the enlarged plan of the other 
catalogues belonging to this Institution. Some progress has been 
made in this work j but it must be some time before it can be 
completed. 
