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’THE HOYAL LIBRARY. 
whole forming a monument worthy the judgment, the 
taste, and the liberal mind of the Royal Founder, and 
also of the unparalleled munificence of his late Majesty, 
King George the Fourth, who by the following 
Letter, addressed to the late Lord Liverpool, presented 
this Library to the British Nation. 
Pavilion, Brighton, Jan. 15, 1823. 
DEAR LORD LIVERPOOL, 
The King, my late revered and excellent Father, hav¬ 
ing formed, during a long series of years, a most valuable 
and extensive Library, I have resolved to present this I 
Collection to the British Nation. 
Whilst I have the satisfaction by this means of ad¬ 
vancing the literature of my Country, I also feel that I 
am paying a just tribute to the memory of a Parent, 
whose life was adorned with every public and private j 
virtue. 
I desire to add, that I have great pleasure, my Lord, 
in making this communication through you. 
Believe me. 
With great regard, 
Your sincere Friend, 
G. R. 
The Earl of Liverpool, R. G., &c., &c., &c. 
The Books are systematically arranged in 304? Presses, 
according to subjects, as correctly as could be accom¬ 
plished in placing them according to their sizes upon I 
their appropriate shelves. 
On the right side of the Room as you enter through . 
the Library of Manuscripts, are deposited the whole of 
the extensive range of works relating to the Class PIis- i 
tory, beginning with Geography and Universal History, j 
Voyages and Travels; then follow Ancient History, and 1 
Ecclesiastical History. The History of particular Coun¬ 
tries 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* 
