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DIRECTIONS 
RESPECTING 
THE READING ROOM 
OF THE 
BRITISH MUSEUM. 
The Reading Room of the Museum is open from Ten till Four^ 
every Day, except on Saturdays and Sundays, and for one Week 
at Christmas, Easter, and Whitsuntide; except also on the 30lh 
of January, Ash-Wednesday, Good-Friday, 5th of November, and 
any Fast or Thanksgiving Days. 
Persons desirous of Admission are to send in their Applications 
in writing (specifying their Christian and Surnames, Rank or Pro¬ 
fession, and Places of Abode) to the Principal Librarian, or, in 
his Absence, to the Senior Under Librarian, who will either im¬ 
mediately admit such persons, or lay their Applications before the 
next General Meeting, or Committee of the Trustees. But as it 
might he dangerous^ in so ^pojmlous a Metropolis as Loridon^ to admit 
perfect Strangers^ it is expected that every Person voho applies should 
PRODUCE a Recommendation satisfactory to a Trustee or an Cffficer 
of the House, Applications defective in this respect voill not be at- 
tended to. 
Permission will in general be granted for Six Months ; and at the 
Expiration of this Term, fresh Application is to be made for a 
Renewal. 
