THE JOURNAL OF THE 

 BEDFORD LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE AND GENERAL LIBRARY. 



LITERATUR E 



SCIENCE 



ARCH/EOLOGY 



ART 



"POSCES LIBRUM CUM LUMINE." HOR. 



Vol. I. No. 1. 



MARCH, 1891. 



Price Twopence. 



Contents^ 



PAGE 

 1 



Editorial 



Introductory, by J. S. Phillpotts, M.A., B.C.L 2 



Officers of the Institution 4 



Annual Meeting 4 



Astronomy Extraordinary, by H. M. D 4 



Correspondence 7 



A History' of the Bedford Literary and Scientific 

 Institute & General Library, by Thos. Gwyn Elger, 



F.R.A.S. Part L— The Old Bedford Library 8 



Reports of Meetings of the Council 13 



Arch^ological and Natural History Section 15 



Memoranda » 16 



Published at the 



TBetiforli General litirarp, l£)arpur Street, iBeDforti, 



Printed at the " Mercury " Press, Bedford. 



