THE ROYAL LIBRARY. 
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Jurisprudence follow next in order, and embrace a 
curious and useful assemblage of Books on Feudal Civil 
Law, and British Law. This class is succeeded by an 
extensive range of Books on Intellectual, Moral, Poli¬ 
tical, Natural and Mathematical Philosophy. The 
Presses between and behind the granite columns are oc¬ 
cupied for the most part by various costly editions of the 
ancient Classic Writers. The systematic order is then 
again resumed, and Works on the Fine Arts, Trades, 
Sports and Pastimes, occupy nearly the whole remaining 
Presses in this central portion of the Room. In the class 
Literature, which immediately succeeds, will be seen 
some of the best Works on Philology and Criticism, and a 
very numerous collection of Grammars and Dictionaries 
of most of the various languages in the world. Works 
on the theory and practice of Eloquence follow; and 
Poetry, in its various kinds, ancient and modern, suc¬ 
ceeds. The Productions of miscellaneous Writers, and 
the best editions of their collected Works, terminate this 
class. In the last three Presses of this side of the Room, 
are deposited the few Manuscript Volumes which be¬ 
longed to the Royal Founder of this truly valuable 
Library. In the Presses on the left of the door, at the 
end of this Room, are deposited Cases, enclosing a 
great variety of single Plays, being for the most part the 
productions of some of the earliest Italian, French, 
and English Dramatic Writers. The Tracts which 
follow, also enclosed in Cases, form a numerous series, 
and are highly interesting, as connecting, in some in¬ 
stances, the chain of historical events, and in others, 
elucidating particular facts and subjects of every de¬ 
scription. 
On the right side of the Room, entering it as before 
mentioned, are deposited the works relating to the Class 
History, beginning with Geography and Universal His¬ 
tory, Voyages and Travels; then follow Ancient History, 
and Ecclesiastical History. The History of particular 
Countries succeeds in the following order:—The United 
Kingdoms of England and Ireland, France, Spain, Por¬ 
tugal, Italy, Germany. 
The series of Historians is here interrupted, partly by 
an assemblage of various editions of the Greek and Ro- 
