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THE ROYAL 
LIBRARY. 
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 Elo¬ 
quence follow; and Poetry, in its various kinds, an¬ 
cient and modern, succeeds. 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 belonged 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 instances, the 
chain of historical events, and in others, elucidating 
particular facts and subjects of every description. 
The Books deposited in the Galleries follow, ac¬ 
cording to subjects, nearly in the same systematic order 
as those arranged in the Presses below. 
The Tables on the Floor of the Room are occupied 
by a most curious, splendid, and useful collection of 
Geography. In the 124 Cases entitled General At¬ 
las, is contained, topographically arranged, Maps of 
every part of the Globe, and numerous Plans of 
Towns, Buildings, Gardens, Sic. Sic. 
GALLERY 
