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The money to found a British Museum was raised by a lottery in the
middle of the last century. Sir Hans Sloane having offered his
books and museum of natural history to Parliament, for less than
half its value (20,000 .), it was purchased, together with the
famous Harleian and Cottonian MSS., and deposited in Montague
House, Bloomsbury, which had been bought of the Earl of Halifax,
for the sum of 10,250 . Of the present British Museum this
beginning forms a very insignificant part. The nucleus was
established however; and soon eminent men, who valued their
literary and scientific collections as storehouses that should be
accessible to all classes of students, began to turn their
attention to the collections in Montague House. Foremost among the
donors George the Second should be mentioned, as having made over
to the nation the royal library, together with the right of
demanding a copy of every book entered at Stationers' Hall.
Successively, the libraries of Sir Joseph Banks, Dr. Birch, Sir
John Hawkins, Dr. Burney and Garrick, and the Royal, Arundel,
Lansdowne, Bridgewater, and other MSS. were added to the great
store. Captain Cook returned home with additions to the museum of
natural history; ...] A guide to London's most famous museum.
Originally published in 1852.
A guide to London's most famous museum. Originally published in
1852.
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This book is part of the TREDITION CLASSICS series. The creators of
this series are united by passion for literature and driven by the
intention of making all public domain books available in printed
format again - worldwide. At tredition we believe that a great book
never goes out of style. Several mostly non-profit literature
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tredition donates a portion of the proceeds from each sold copy. As
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Containing The Story Of A Feather, And Cakes And Ale.
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
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William Blanchard Jerrold (1826 -1884) was an English journalist
and author. He was the founder and president of the English branch
of the International Literary Association for the assimilation of
copyright laws. Four of his plays were successfully produced on the
London stage, including the popular farce, Cool as a Cucumber
(1851). Jerrold divides the museum into four sections giving a
brief description of each area. The first day includes Southern
Zoological Room, Southern Zoological Gallery, Mammalia Saloon,
Eastern Zoological Gallery, Northern Zoological Gallery, and the
British Zoological Room. The second day includes Northern Mineral
and Fossil Gallery, The Egyptian Room, The Bronze Room, Etruscan
Room, and Ethnographical Room. The third visit includes the
Egyptian Saloon, the Lycian Room, and the Nimroud Room. The final
day includes Townley Sculpture, Phigaleian Saloon, Elgin Saloon.
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy
Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive
selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to
reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional
imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor
pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues
beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving and promoting the world's literature.
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
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