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 THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 
 
 In submitting to the Commissioners on the British Museum this 
 specimen of a proposed Catalogue of the royal library, it may 
 be convenient to recapitulate that part of my evidence out of which 
 the proposition arose. 
 
 Accustomed to consider the non-existence of a printed catalogue of 
 the entire collection of books as one of the most serious obstacles 
 which studious men have to contend with, and after earnestly reflecting 
 on the bibliographic plans which have been pursued in the establish- 
 ment for the last ten years, I was led to suggest, in order to remedy 
 the evil with as much despatch as might be practicable, I. That the 
 octavo catalogue of messieurs Ellis and Baber should continue to be 
 made the nucleus of the collection. II. That the folio catalogue of 
 the royal library should be reprinted in the octavo size ; and 
 U- 1, That the additional articles of the interleaved catalogue, in 
 seventy-eight folio volumes, should be forthwith transcribed and sent 
 to press— the twenty-six letters of the alphabet being proceeded with 
 simultaneously. 
 
 I also stated my opinion that a verbatim reprint of the catalogue 
 of the royal library would be discreditable to the officers of the 
 Museum, and that, cleared of its-redundancies, it might be comprised 
 in three volumes; points which I shall now endeavour to establish in 
 an alphabetical series of articles and critical notes. 
 
 Abdollatiphi Historic JEgypti compendium, Arabiee et Latine 
 
 edendum curavit J[osephus]. White, s.t.p. Oxonii , 1800. 4°. 
 
 [In the folio catalogue of the royal library, to which this and the 
 subsequent notes refer, the learned editor is mis-calied Joannes White 
 M Sdrestre de Sacy writes Abd-allatif: oriental names embarrass the 
 readers of alphabetical biography and bibliography.] 
 
 Abu Mohammed Alkasim. [Hariri.] Six assemblies; or, ingenious 
 conversations of learned men among the Arabians — translated 
 by Leonard Chappelow, b.d. Cambridge, 1767. 8°. 
 
 [This celebrated work appears twice: vide Abi Mohammed Alcasim and 
 
 Chappelow. The two entries occupy thirty-three lines.] I n A <> ffc i 
 
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 Withdrawn from Crerar y ' 7 1 117 
 
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 Addisonian a. [ London , 1803.] Sm. 8°. 2 vol. 
 
 [This compilation appears twice, with a fictitious title : vide Addison and 
 Ana. The two entries occupy eighteen lines.] 
 
 Anacreon. — Anacreontis Teii odse [Graece]. Ab Henrico Stephano 
 luce et latinitate nunc primum donatae. 
 
 Lvtetl®. Apud H. Stephanum. m.d.liiii. 4°. 
 
 The works of Anacreon, Sappho, etc. — Translated by 
 
 [F. Fawkes, Broome, etc.] London , 1760. 12°. 
 
 [The librarian— so I shall designate the compiler of the catalogue — has 
 fabricated a title for the editio princeps of Anacreon, which bears no 
 resemblance to that of Henri Estienne. I fancy he dipped into Frabicius.] 
 
 Ancient critical essays upon English poets and poesy. Edited by 
 Joseph Haslewood. London , 1811-15. 4°. 2 vol. 
 
 [This valuable publication, of which I give the title entire, appears twice : 
 vide Essays and Haslewood. It is also referred to under Poetce Anglici — under 
 Edmund Bolton, Thomas Campion, Samuel Daniel, George Gascoigne , etc. 
 The various entries amount to sixty-one lines.] 
 
 Arvieux (Laurens d’). Voyage dans la Palestine — par M. de la Roque. 
 
 Amsterdam , 1718. 12°. 
 
 [This curious narrative appears under the name of M. de la Roque. It 
 should have been given to the chevalier d' Arvieux.] 
 
 Barbe-Marbois (Francois). Complot d’ Arnold et de sir Henry Clin- 
 ton contre les Etats-unis d’Amerique — (Anon.) Paris. 1816. 8°. 
 
 [This work appears twice: vide America and Complot. The entries occupy 
 ten lines. The author is not named. Consult M. Durozoir.] 
 
 Barrow (John), f.r.s. A chronological history of voyages into the 
 arctic regions — London , 1818. 8°. 
 
 [The librarian, by some additions of his own, has extended the title of the 
 above popular work to fifteen lines!] 
 
 Beattie (James), ll.d. — Scoticisms, arranged in alphabetical order 
 — \_Anon.~\ Edinburgh , 1787. 8°. 
 
 [This pamphlet appears under Scoticisms. I restore it to its undoubted 
 author. Consult sir W. Forbes.] 
 
 Beste (George). A trve discovrse of the late voyages of discouerie, 
 for the finding of a passage to Cathaya, by the northweast, vnder 
 the conduct of Martin Frobisher generall — 
 
 London , by H. Bynnyman, 1578. 4°. 
 
 [This very rare work appears under the name of Frobisher! We search in 
 vain for that of its author, captain George Beste.'] 
 
 Biblia Sacra. The Holy Bible, containing the Old and New Testa- 
 ments — [Edited by Benjamin Blayney, d.d.] Oxford, 1769. 4°. 
 
 Novum Testamentum Graece. Lectiones variantes — 
 
 adjecit Josephus White, s.t.p. Oxonii , 1808. Sm. 8°. 2 vol. 
 
 [The above standard edition of the Bible is said to be in two volumes, and 
 on large paper. It is in one volume, and, as I conceive, on the ordinary 
 paper. The annexed letter of the editor, on which our librarian bestows 
 half-a-dozen lines, has been cut out of a magazine! — The Greek Testament, 
 in splendid binding, is imperfect.] 
 
 Birch (Thomas), m.a., f.r.s. An historical view of the negotiations 
 between the courts of England, France, and Brussels — 1592- 
 1617. London , 1749. 8°. 
 
 [This work appears three times : vide Bacon, Birch, and Edmondes. The 
 entries amount to twenty-six lines.] 
 
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 Brocquiere (Bertrandon de la). The travels of Bevt^ndon^cle la 
 Brocquiere — to Palestine, in 1432-3. Translated, "by Thomas 
 Johnes. At the Hufbdf ) ressj 1897. 8°. 
 
 [This work appears three times: vide Brocquiere, Le Grand d’Aussy, and 
 Johnes. The entries occupy thirty-two lines. In each instance, the copy is 
 erroneously described as on large paper.] 
 
 Bunbury (Henry). An academy for grown horsemen — by Geoffrey 
 Gambado , Esq. Second edition. London , 1788. 4°. 
 
 [This work is erroneously ascribed to captain Grose. I have unquestion- 
 able authority for assigning it as above. The librarian also errs in ascribing 
 to captain Grose the Annals of horsemanship . ] 
 
 Calendarium rotulorum chartarum et inquisitionum ad quod dam- 
 num. [Edited by John Caley.] 
 
 [ London , Record Commission,] 1803. Fol. 
 
 | This work appears twice in the same column : vide Calendarium and 
 Caley. It also appears twice elsewhere. The various entries amount to 
 seventeen lines.] 
 
 Capell (Edward). Notes and various readings to Shakespeare [with 
 The school of Shakespeare . ] London , 1779-80. 4°. 3 vol. 
 
 [The title of this work, with spurious additions, occupies sixteen lines. 
 The date is omitted. It is not referred to under Shakespeare.'] 
 
 Catalogue de la bibliotheque de feu M. Falconet, medecin consultant 
 du roi — Paris , 1763. 8°. 2 vol. 
 
 [This catalogue appears twice, under a fictitious title : vide J. M. Barrois 
 and Catalogus. The entries occupy twenty lines.] 
 
 Chauncy (Sir Henry). The historical antiquities of Hertfordshire — 
 
 London , 1700. Fol. 
 
 [The title of the above work, much mutilated, occupies fifteen lines. This 
 is useless detail. Upcott, in his English Topography, devotes six pages to a 
 description of it.] 
 
 Delandine (M.). Couronnes acad£miques, ou recueil des prix pro- 
 poses par les societes savantes — Paris , 1787. 8°. 2 vol. 
 
 [This work appears twice: vide Academics and Delandine. The entries 
 occupy seventeen lines. Another work by the same author appears under 
 the name of F. A. Landine /] 
 
 Discovery (The) of New Brittaine. Began August 27. Anno Dom. 
 1650. — London , J. Stephenson, 1651. 4°. 
 
 [This work appears three times in the same volume: vide Bland, Brewster, 
 and Britain. There are also two references to it. The various entries 
 occupy twenty-four lines. It is anonymous] 
 
 Emerson (W.). The elements of trigonometry. — Second edition. 
 
 London , 1764. 8°. 
 
 [The mathematical works of this eccentric man occupy two columns. The 
 above work, alone, occupies nine lines.] 
 
 Ercilla y Zuniga (Alonso de). La Araucana. Madrid , 1776. 8°. 2 vol. 
 
 [The librarian has fabricated a Spanish title for this poem, which occupies 
 seven lines. He calls it La Araucana, parte i y n. — Now, the poem is com- 
 plete: it is in three parts. The words parte i y n, relate to the volumes.] 
 
 Fenn (John), p.s.a. Three chronological tables, exhibiting a state of 
 the society of antiquaries — 1572-1784. [. London ,] 1784. 4°. 
 
 [This short tabular history appears twice: vide Academics and sir John 
 Fenn. The entries occupy twenty-two lines.] 
 
 UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS 
 
 LIBRARY 
 
Field* (Nat' :). A woman is a weather-cocke. A new comedy — 
 
 W r t <r , c‘. j \ London , 1612. 4°. 
 
 — - A dLi ends for ladies. — A comedy. London , 1639. 4°. 
 
 [The above plays are in the order of publication. To adopt the alphabetical 
 order, would be to set literary history and biography at defiance.] 
 
 Forme (The) of cury, a roll of ancient English cookery — [Edited by 
 S. Pegge, ll.d.] London , 1780. 8°. 
 
 [This work appears three times : vide Cookery, Cury, and Pegge. The 
 entries occupy twenty-two lines.] 
 
 Garnier (Robert). Les tragedies de Robert Gamier conseiller dv 
 roy — A Roven , 1618. 12°. 
 
 Pompey the Great, his faire Cornelia tragedie — 
 
 translated by Thomas Kid. London , N. Ling, 1595. 4°. 
 
 [Garnier died in 1601, and Brunet notices more than twenty-five editions 
 of his tragedies anterior to that of 1618. — Pompey his Cornelia appears twice, 
 and the entries occupy ten lines. The play, after all, is imperfect. The title 
 and argument are in the hand-writing of Isaac Reed.] 
 
 * Garrick (David). A manuscript catalogue of the plays in his col- 
 lection. 4°. 
 
 [In the above title, I follow the librarian. I must add, that the catalogue is 
 an autograph of Garrick ; and comprises, in alphabetical order, twelve hun- 
 dred and ninety-three plays.] 
 
 Gough (Richard). The life of sir John Fastolff. 
 
 \London,~\ Fol. pp. 14. 
 
 [The librarian, in describing the above article, commits two errors. He 
 states it to be from the sixth volume of the Biographia Britannica, and that all 
 the copies of that volume were burnt. Now, it is contained in the fifth volume, 
 published in 1793 ; and three copies of the sixth, as far as printed, have 
 been preserved. I have seen one of them, and have a note of its contents.] 
 
 Guyton (De), etc. A translation of the table of chemical nomen- 
 clature, proposed by De Guyton, Lavoisier, Berthollet, and De 
 Fourcroy ; with explanations, etc. [by George Pearson, m.d.] 
 Second edition. London , 1799. 4°. 
 
 [This work appears six times: vide Berthollet, Chemia, Fourcroy, Guyton , 
 Lavoisier, and Pearson. The various entries amount to fifty-seven lines.] 
 
 Heliodorus. — Heliodori historian sethiopiese libri decern [Greece], 
 nunquam antea in lucem editi. 
 
 Basiled ex officina Hervagiana an. m.d.xxxiiii. 4°. 
 
 The adventures of Theagenes and Chariclea. A 
 
 romance. Translated from the Greek of Heliodorus. [By Court 
 Dewes ?] Low don, 1789. 12°. 2 vol. 
 
 [The editio princeps of Heliodorus is announced under a spurious title. — 
 I ascribe the translation to a Mr. Dewes on private information, but am 
 uncertain as to his identity with Mr. Court Dewes.] 
 
 Hunter (The rev. Joseph). Who wrote Cavendish’s Life of Wolsey? 
 \_Anon.~\ London , 1814. 4°. 
 
 [This ingenious disquisition appears three times, and is in each instance 
 imperfectly described : vide Cavendish, Hunter, aud Wolsey. I assign it, with 
 pleasure, to the historian of Hallamshire.] 
 
 Ives (Edward). A voyage from England to India, in the year 1754. 
 — etc. London , 1773. 4°. 
 
 [The title of this work, though much mutilated by the librarian, occupies 
 fourteen lines. The entire title would have occupied twenty lines !] 
 
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 Joinville (De). Memoirs of John lord de Joinville, grand seneschal 
 of Champagne, written by himself — translated by Thomas Johnes. 
 
 At the Hafod press, 1807. 4°. 2 vol. 
 
 [This work appears twice within three pages: vide Johnes and Joinville. 
 The entries occupy twenty- four lines. In one instance, the copy is erro- 
 neously described as on large paper.] 
 
 Journals (The) of all the parliaments during the reign of queen 
 Elizabeth — collected by sir Simonds d’Ewes. London , 1682. Fol. 
 
 [This work appears three times : vide Bowes , 1? Ewes, and Parliaments. 
 The entries occupy eighteen lines.] 
 
 Knight (E, Cornelia). A description of Latium or la Campagna di 
 Roma. [Anon.] London , 1805. 4°. 
 
 [The librarian ascribes this work to a miss Letitia Knight— an error the 
 more remarkable, as the volume is dedicated to the queen.] 
 
 Kyd (Thomas). The Spanish tragedy: or, Hieronimo is mad againe. 
 [A non.] London , 1633. 4°. 
 
 [There are six editions of The Spanish tragedy, of earlier date than the 
 above. The entry occupies seven lines.] 
 
 Linschoten (John Hvighen van) his discours of voyages into ye 
 Easte and West Indies. [Translated by W. Phillip.] 
 
 London, , by I. Wolfe. [1598.] Fol. 
 
 [The librarian neither names the translator of this fine volume, nor gives 
 it a date. Now the initials of the translator appear three times in it, and so 
 does the date. There is no doubt as to identity. Phillip announced the 
 translation, some months before, in a dedication to sir James Scudamore.] 
 
 Lysons (The rev. Daniel). Account of Hampton-Court palace. 
 
 [London,] Fol. 
 
 [This article is from the Middlesex Parishes, pp. 58-72. The vignette, plan, 
 and seven views, are coloured. It should not appear under Mr. Samuel 
 Lysons, though he bore the expense of the separate impression.] 
 
 Monnoies des barons de France. Recueillies par M. de Boze. 
 
 [Paris,] 4°. 45 plates. 
 
 [This rare work is from the collection of M. de Lamoignon, No. 4952 — 
 which article the librarian has copied! . His Frangois de Boze is a nonentity. 
 We owe the work to M. Claude Gros de Boze, garde des medailles du cabinet 
 du roi, etc.] 
 
 Muller (G. P.). Voyages et decouvertes faites par les Russes le 
 long des cotes de la Mer Glaciale — etc. Traduits par C. G. F. 
 Dumas. Amsterdam , 1766. 12°. 2 vol. 
 
 [This work appears twice: vide Dumas and Muller. The entries occupy 
 nineteen lines. G. P. Muller is an error of the translator. M. Depping 
 names him Gerard Frederic Muller.] 
 
 Neve (Philip). Cursory remarks on some of the ancient English 
 poets, particularly Milton. [Anon.] London, 1789. 8°. l.p. 
 
 [This work appears twice: vide Milton and Neve. It is not stated to be 
 anonymous. I ascribe it to Philip Neve, on the authority of a manuscript 
 note of James Bindley, Esq.] 
 
 Ossian. Temora, an ancient epic poem — translated by James Mac- 
 pherson. London, 1763. 4°. l.p. 
 
 [This poem appears twice — perhaps without much impropriety : vide 
 Macpherson and Ossian. The entries occupy twelve lines.] 
 
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 P. (H.) The mastive, or young-whelpe of the olde-dogge. Epigrams 
 and satyrs. London , R. Meighen, etc., 4°. 
 
 [This work appears three times : vide Mastive , H. P., and Poetce. The 
 entries occupy nine lines. In one instance it is described as dateless ; in 
 another, it is dated 1615. In fact, the imprint is mutilated.] 
 
 Peckham (Sir George). A trve reporte of the late discoueries, and 
 possession, taken in the right of the crowne of Englande, of the 
 Newfound Landes : by that valiaunt and worthye gentleman, sir 
 Humfrey Gilbert knight. — London , I. Hinde, 1583. 4°. 
 
 [The above rare work appears under the name of sir Humfrey Gilbert. It 
 was written by sir George Peckham : vide the dedication and Hakluyt. This 
 copy is imperfect. The librarian, I fear, was no hand at collation.] 
 
 Pellicer (Juan Antonio). Tratado historico sobre el origen y pro- 
 gresos de la comedia y del histrionismo en Espana — por D. 
 Casiano Pellicer. Madrid , 1804. Sm. 8°. 2 vol. 
 
 [I ascribe this work as above, on the manuscript authority of Pellicer him- 
 self, and of J. P. Kemble, Esq. — D. Casiano Pellicer, who lent his name on 
 this occasion, was a nephew of the author.] 
 
 Quatremere-de-Quincy (M.). Le Jupiter Olympien, ou l’art de la 
 sculpture antique — Paris , 1815. Fol. 
 
 [The title of the above volume is given incorrectly. Though shortened, 
 it occupies eight lines. The work is not referred to under Sculptura.~\ 
 
 Ralegh (Sir Walter). A report of the trvth of the fight about the 
 lies of Azores — [Anon.] London , W. Ponsonbie, 1591. 4°. 
 
 [This article appears twice : vide Armada and Reports. The entries occupy 
 nine lines. The author is not named. It was “ penned,” says Hakluyt, “ by 
 the honourable Sir Walter Ralegh, knight.”] 
 
 Ripa (Cesare). Iconology; or, a collection of emblematical figures — 
 by George Richardson. London , 1778-9. Fol. 2 vol. 
 
 [This work appears twice within six pages: vide Richardson and Ripa. 
 The entries occupy seventeen lines.] 
 
 Robert of Gloucester’s Chronicle. Transcrib’d, and now first 
 publish’d, from a Ms. in the Harleyan Library, by Thomas 
 Hearne, m.a. Oxford, 1724. 8°. l.p. 2 vol. 
 
 — [ London , 1810 ] 8°. l.p. 2 vol. 
 
 [Each edition of this work appears twice : vide Hearne and Robert of 
 Gloucester. The four entries amount to thirty-two lines.] 
 
 Rousseau (J. B. L. J.). Description du pachalik de Bagdad — 
 [A non.~\ Paris , 1809. 8°. 
 
 [This work appears three times : vide Bagdad , M. * * * , and Silvestre de 
 Sacy. The entries amount to twenty-three lines. The author is not 
 named.] 
 
 Six old plays, on which Shakspeare founded his Measure for measure , 
 etc. [Edited by J. Nichols.] London , 1779. Sm. 8°. 2 vol. 
 
 [This publication appears three times : vide Nichols, Poetce, and Shakspeare. 
 The entries occupy seventeen lines.] 
 
 Smith (William) and William Webb. The vale-royall of England, 
 or, the county palatine of Chester illustrated. — London, 1656. Fol. 
 
 [This work appears three times : vide King, Smith and Webb. The entries 
 occupy fourteen lines. It is not referred to under Chester.] 
 
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 Smithes (Sir Thomas) voiage and entertainment in Rushia. 
 [Anon.] London , 1605. 4°. 
 
 [This anonymous work appears under sir Thomas Smith, secretary of state 
 — who died in 1577. It relates to the embassy of sir Thomas Smith, 
 Governor of the East-India company, in 1604.] 
 
 Spenser (Edmund). Complaints. Containing sundrie small poemes 
 of the worlds vanitie — By Ed. Sp. Lond. W. Ponsonbie, 1591. 4°. 
 
 [The librarian has extended the title of the above volume to nine lines. 
 He omits to state that it does not bear the name of Spenser.] 
 
 *Thorkelin (G. J.). A catalogue consisting of 2085 books relative 
 to the Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, and Icelandic literature and 
 philology, written by the natives, and published within the borders 
 of Scandinavia. — A collection made for purpose during a time 
 of more than twenty years. Fol. pp. 225. 
 
 [This classed catalogue seems to be in the hand-writing of professor 
 Thorkelin. — The librarian curtails the title, and erroneously adds: ( now 
 deposited in this library .) The fact is, about eight hundred articles were 
 purchased, and they are entered in a separate catalogue. The transaction 
 took place in 1788.] 
 
 Tytler (A. F.). Essay on the principles of translation. [Anon.] 
 
 London , 1791. 8°. 
 
 [This article appears twice: vide Essay and Translation. “It may be 
 considered,” says Alison, “ as one of the standard works of English criticism”; 
 but our librarian could not discover the name of its author.] 
 
 Villiers (George). The works of his grace George Villiers, duke of 
 Buckingham — with memoirs, etc., by T. Evans. 
 
 London , 1775. Sm. 8°. 2 vol. 
 
 [These volumes are ascribed to John Sheffield, duke of Buckingham. There 
 is a reference to Villiers under Buckingham — but the name is omitted. The 
 humble compilers of sheet catalogues seldom commit such errors.] 
 
 Umfreville (Edward). The present state of Hudson’s Bay. — 
 
 London , 1790. 8°. 
 
 [The title of this work, though somewhat curtailed by the librarian, 
 occupies eight lines.] 
 
 Walker (John). A critical pronouncing dictionary and expositor 
 of the English language. — London , 1791. 4°. 
 
 [As a relief from criticism, I give the above title as it appears in the 
 catalogue. The entire title would have occupied more than twelve times the 
 space, which proves the necessity of occasional curtailment.] 
 
 Wingfield (Col. Anthony). A trve coppie of a discourse written 
 by a gentleman, employed in the late voyage of Spaine and 
 Portingale — [Anon.] London , T. Woodcock, 1589. 4°. 
 
 [This narrative appears twice: vide Discourse and Drake. The entries 
 occupy fifteen lines. The author is not named. I ascribe it to Col. Wingfield 
 on the authority of Hakluyt.] 
 
 Xenophon. The science of good husbandry — translated by R. 
 Bradley, f.r.s. London , 1727. 8°. 
 
 [This work appears twice : vide Bradley and Xenophon. The entries 
 occupy eight lines.] 
 
 Young, a.m. (The rev. George) and John Bird. A geological 
 survey of the Yorkshire coast — Whitby , 1822. 4 . l.p. 
 
 [The above meritorious volume was a joint production. Bird should there- 
 fore have been named here, with a cross-reference in the order of the alpha- 
 bet. This was the subscription copy on royal paper.] 
 
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 oroastre. Zend-Avesta, ouvrage de Zoroastre — traduit par m. 
 Anquetil du Perron. Paris , 1771. 4°. 2 vol. 
 
 [This work appears twice: vide Anquetil du Perron and Zoroastre. The 
 entries occupy twenty lines.] 
 
 I leave this specimen to its fate, designing to explain it elsewhere. 
 In estimating its claims, the admission of cross-references is to be as- 
 sumed, and the articles marked with an asterisk are to be excluded. 
 
 On reviewing my memoranda, I am compelled to declare that this 
 splendid catalogue teems with faults of the worst nature — with errors 
 in names — with errors in the ascription of works— with spurious titles 
 — with redundant titles — and with the most absurd repetitions. 
 
 Errors in names. We have Aiken for Aikin, Alkin for Aiken, Capel for 
 Capell, Coneybeare for Conybeare, Hatchard for Hatcher, Moss for Moses, 
 Schobel for Shoberl, Wheatley for Whately, Whiteworth for Whitworth, etc. 
 
 Errors in the ascription of works. To the works mis -ascribed, I can add 
 Advice to the British army , the Account of Greenwich Hospital, the Catalogue of 
 the London Institution , etc. 
 
 Spurious titles. I have already noticed some spurious titles ; and on com- 
 paring various articles of this catalogue with other catalogues on which I can 
 rely, am led to conclude that no dependance can be placed on its fidelity. I 
 will instance the Ariosto of 1584, and Memoirs of the able Edgeworth, 1815. 
 
 Redundant titles. The most common works sometimes occupy twelve or 
 fourteen lines: vide N. Atcheson, D. E. Baker, J. Egerton, D. De Foe. H. Le- 
 moine, etc. — I have noticed about fifty articles which occupy from fifteen to 
 twenty-five lines, and three which exceed that number ! 
 
 Repetitions. The following articles appear three times, verbatim or with 
 slight alterations : The antiquarian cabinet, The antiquarian repertory, The hys- 
 torie of prynce Arthur , A battle- door to learn singular plural, A collection of pro- 
 logues and epilogues. The Turkish spy, etc. — To conclude: whole columns, whole 
 classes, are repeated ! Examine Ana, Hearne, Ritson, and Catalogus : the latter 
 class, exclusive of repetitions, occupies sixty columns ! 
 
 Believing that the Commissioners will not advise a reprint of this 
 catalogue, I shall repeat my opinion that ,it might be comprised in 
 three octavo volumes. The 438 manuscripts would require only a brief 
 notice, as they are described in a catalogue of recent date. 
 
 There is, however, a collection of 20,000 'pamphlets which form part 
 
 qf the library. They are uniformly half-bound, and the titles are en- 
 tered in an interleaved catalogue of the books, in ten volumes. Of 
 this collection, I would suggest a one-line catalogue, in the order of 
 
 time; and without any attempt to name the authors of the anonymous 
 
 ivorks. Such a catalogue might be expeditiously compiled, and it 
 would require only an additional volume.