XXXIV 
INTRODUCTION. 
IV. 
DISTRIBUTION OF THE COLLECTIONS. 
The whole of these accumulated treasures are 
at present arranged in thirty eight rooms, of the 
contents of which the following are the general 
titles: 
Lower Floor. 
Rooms Page 
I. —XII. Library of printed Books .... 1 
Upper Floor. 
* 
J. Modern Works of Art ..*. 3 
II. The Reading Room .. 4 
III. Lansdown Manuscripts. 4 
IV. Sloanean and Birch’s Manuscripts.. 5 
V. Harleian Manuscripts . 6 
VI. Harleian MSS. and additions....». 6 
VII. Royal and Cottonian MSS. 9 
Grand Saloon, Minerals..... 10 
VIII. Minerals. 11 
IX. Shells, Fossils, and Herbals. 2/ 
X. Insects, Worms, Corals, and Vegetables .... 32 
XI. Birds and Quadrupeds, stuffed. 36 
XII; Quadrupeds, Snakes, Lizards, and Fishes, in 
spirits .. 41 
