Xviii INTRODUCTION. 
quisitive men will now find in it the works of 
the most esteemed authors in Law and Equity^ 
many of them enriched by manuscript annota¬ 
tions of Mr. Hargrave and other eminent Law¬ 
yers.—Nor will a large collection of Original 
Manuscripts, by persons of great weight and 
authority, be found the least important part of 
this addition. 
s.—ADDITIONS MADE BY THE TRUST. 
Thus far have we commemorated the muni¬ 
ficence of our late and present most gracious 
Sovereigns individually, and of the Legislature 
collectively, towards establishing and extending 
this national Institution, which will, no doubt, 
be allowed to reflect great honour upon the 
country at large, and from which men of letters, 
artists, and even mechanics of all descriptions, 
have derived, and continue to derive, most 
essential advantages in their respective pursuits. 
Our next duty is briefly to state what the 
Trustees, in their corporate capacity, have 
effected towards the further increase of the esta¬ 
blishment committed to their care. If in re- 
eording their various acquisitions, we have not 
objects 
