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THE ROYAL 
LIBRARY. 
Pavilion, Brighton, Jan. 15, 1823. 
DEAR LORD LIVERPOOL, 
The King, my late revered and excellent Father, 
having formed, during a long series of years, a most 
valuable and extensive Library, I have resolved to pre¬ 
sent this 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 
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, K.G., &c. &c. &c. 
The Books are systematically arranged in 804 
Presses, according to subjects, as correctly as could be 
accomplished in placing them according to their sizes 
upon 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 
History, beginning with Geography and Universal 
History, 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, Portugal, Italy, Germany. 
The series of Historians is here interrupted, partly 
by an assemblage of various editions of the Greek and 
Roman Classics, printed by the Alduses, the Ste¬ 
phenses, the Elzevirs, and other more eminent typo¬ 
graphers, and principally by a very costly collection of 
specimens of the productions of the Press during its 
earliest history, most of which, on account of their 
curiosity 
