mere sight of the outside of books cannot con¬ 
vey either instruction or amusement*. 
j 
In the First Room, where the names of the Vi¬ 
sitors are entered, upon the table, within a glazed 
frame, is one of the originals of Magna Charta , 
belonging to the Cottonian Library; at the side, 
there is an Engraving of it in fac-simile, by Pine. 
The Entrance Hall contains, 
A statue of Shakespeare, by Roubilliac. Be¬ 
queathed to the British Museum , after the death 
of his Widow , by David Garrick, Esq. 
A gilt figure of Gaudma, a Burmese idol; 
and the symbolical representation of his foot. 
Both presented by Capt. Marry at, R.N . 
Six Arabic Inscriptions on basalt. Pre¬ 
sented by Col. Franklyn . 
Against the pier between the iron gates which 
lead to the great staircase, is a specimen of 
Hindoo sculpture, discovered, in 1809, near 
the banks of the sacred river Nerbudda; a 
fragment, probably, of an ancient temple. Pre- 
sented by D. D. Inglis , Esq. 
On the other side of the pier, is a statue in 
marble, of the Hon. Anne Seymour Darner, 
holding in her hands a small figure of the 
* An alphabetical Catalogue of this Library was printed in the 
year 1787, in two volumes folio; and a new Edition published, in 
seven volumes 8vo, 1813—1819, containing the accessions to the 
latter year. A Catalogue of the Royal Library, given to the Mu¬ 
seum in 1823, was printed in five volumes folio, and privately distri¬ 
buted, by order of his late Majesty King George the IVth. 
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