sity, negotiations were entered into with a view to secure for the Mitchell Library his valuable collection of books. These were happily successful; and it must ever be matter for congratulation that the first practical step towards giving effect to Mr. Mitchell's enlightened and benevolent intentions was the purchase of a library so rich in works of standard value; and in particular that a public library which gives promise of becoming of national importance started with securing so many rare works in Scottish history, biography, genealogy, and antiquities.

Professor Innes was the editor of many of the important cartularies and other works issued by the Bannatyne, Maitland, and Spalding Clubs. He passed Advocate in 1822, was elected Sheriff of Morayshire, 1840, and appointed to the Chair of History in the University of Edinburgh, 1846. He was the author of several antiquarian works which are so widely known and appreciated as to render their separate mention unnecessary. He died at Killin on 31st July, 1874, aged seventy-six. His library was rich in all works relating to charter lore and the constitutional history of Scotland. It consisted of nearly 2,000 volumes and pamphlets. Some of the leading works may be named :—

Six of the important works edited by Dr. William Fraser-The Chiefs of Colquhoun, History of the Carnegies, The Red Book of Grandtully, The Maxwells of Pollok, Memorials of the Montgomeries Earls of Eglinton, and the Stirlings of Keir; Baronial and Ecclesiastical Antiquities of Sootland, by Billings; Anderson's Scottish Nation; Lindsay's Coinage of Ireland, of the Parthians, of the Heptarchy; his Greek, Roman, and Anglo-Saxon Coins; Remarkable Medieval Coins, and other of his works; Drayton's PolyOlbion, 1613; Camden's Britannia, 1695; Rotuli Scotiae in Turri Londinensi, &c., 1814-19; George Buchanan, Opera Omnia, Ruddiman's fine edition, 1715; Anderson, Diplomata et Numismata Scotiae, 1739; Facsimiles of National Manuscripts, 7 volumes, folio: Moreri, Dictionnaire Historique, 6 volumes, folio, Paris, 1732; Bayle, Dictionnaire Historique et Critique, 4 volumes, folio, Amsterdam, 1730; Stow's Survey of London, 1618; Delrio, Disquisitionum Magicarum, 1617; Raleigh's Historie of the World, 1628; Rushworth's Historical Collections, 7 volumes, folio, 1659-1701; Boccaccio's

Decameron, Florence, 1573; M'Pherson's Antiquities of Kertch; a large number of volumes of the publications of the Bannatyne Club, Abbotsford Club Spalding Club, Maitland Club, Roxburghe Club, and the Spottiswoode Society; R. W. Cochran-Patrick's Scottish Coins; some volumes of the Irish Archæological Society's publications; Innes's Essay on the Inhabitants of Scotland; Leslie, De Origine Moribus et Rebus Gestis Scotorum, Rome, 1675; Skene's Memorialls for the Government of Royal Burghs, Aberdeen, 1685; Cameron, De Scotorum Fortitudine, Paris, 1631; Scott, Fasti Ecclesia Scoticanae; The Arbuthnot Missal; Scotorum Historiae a prima Gentis, Hector Boethius, Paris, 1526 or 1527, the rare first edition; Smith's Iconographia Scotica; The Bruces and the Comyns; The Miscellanea Scotica; Sinclair's Statistical Account of Scotland; Jervise's Lands of the Lindsays, and his Antiquities of Angus and Mearns; Lord Lindsay's Lives of the Lindsays; Stuart's Records of the Priory of the Isle of May; Marwick's History of the High Constables of Edinburgh; Lyon's History of St. Andrews; Miller's Arbroath and its Abbey; Dalzel's History of the University of Edinburgh; Seton's Heraldry in Scotland, Regiam Majestatem Scotiae, &c., folio, Edin., 1609; Sir George Mackenzie's Laws and Customs of Scotland, Edin., 1699; Chalmers's Caledonia; many volumes relating to the Crawford and Lindsay Peerage case; White's Archeological Sketches in Kintyre; Wyntoun's Cronykil of Scotland, 2 volumes, 1795; several volumes relating to the Sutherland Peerage case; Shaw's History of Moray, 1775; Burnet's Memorials of the Dukes of Hamilton, 1677; Acts of the Parliaments of Scotland, 10 volumes, folio; Hofman, Lexicon Universale, Basil, 1677-83.

Under power of the sixth article of the constitution, which provides that collections may be placed apart from the general library and known by the name of the donor or possessor, the Innes books have been kept together. It may be of interest to mention that in the set of the reprinted Acts of the Parliaments of Scotland were placed loose the last sheets of the index of that great work, which he prepared for the press shortly before his death.

The Committee also about this time secured a set of the publications of the Bannatyne Club, which they purchased from Mr. James Maidment, the well-known antiquary.

Shortly afterwards the magnificent library of the late Rev. William Stevenson, Professor of Church History in Edinburgh University, was dispersed by

auction. This was one of the most important private libraries in Scotland-rich in rare works, probably unrivalled in works concerning church controversies, admirable in condition, and containing many thousand volumes. From this source were obtained 2,350 volumes, including many of much value. Professor Stevenson was the author of "Legends and Commemorative Celebrations of St. Kentigern." Amongst other important works secured were :—

Faber's Lives of the Saints, 43 volumes, 1847-56; Memorie of the Somervilles, 2 volumes; Muir's Life of Mahomet, 4 volumes; Strype's Historical and Biographical Works, 27 volumes; Histoire Literaire de la France, 15 volumes, Paris, 1865-9; Baines's History of the County Palatine, 2 volumes, London, 1868-70; Clinton's Fasti Hellenici; the same writer's Fasti Romani; Scott's Edition of Swift's Works, 19 volumes, Edinburgh, 1814; Lord Lindsay's History of Early Christian Art; Smith's History of the World; Wodrow Society publications, 28 volumes; Collected Works of Dugald Stewart, edited by Sir W. Hamilton, 11 volumes; Histoire du Consulat et de l'Empire, par Thiers, 21 volumes; Wharton, Anglia Sacra, 1691; Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe's Etchings; Scottish Burgh Record Society publications; Hume's House of Douglas and Angus, 2 volumes; Laing's Early Metrical Tales; Works of Mrs. Hemans, 7 volumes; Pinkerton's Scottish Poems, Ballads, &c.; Notes and Queries, 1849-72; Dyce's edition of Beaumont and Fletcher ; Calvin's Commentaries (Latin), 7 volumes, Berlin, 1833-4; Southey's Book of the Church, with Replies, &c., 12 volumes; Lane's edition of the Arabian Nights' Entertainment; Smeaton's Historical and Biographical Tracts; Sir J. Y. Simpson's Archaeological Essays; Pinkerton, Vitae Antiquae Sanctorum Scotiae; Maidment and Gracie's Templaria; Hook's Lives of the Archbishops of Canterbury; Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 1832-72; Lingard's History of England; Series of 89 pamphlets on Papal Aggression, 1847-55; about 350 other pamphlets on various subjects; O'Donovan's Annals of the Kingdom of Ireland, 7 volumes; Universal History, 25 volumes; the Foulis edition of the Works of Cicero, 20 volumes; Retrospective Review; Richardson's Works; Reformation Society publications; Evans's Old Ballads; Joseph Ritson's Works; Palgrave's Histories of Normandy and England; Parker Society publications, 55 volumes; Lloyd's Historie of Cambria; Theiner, Codex Diplomaticus Dominii Temporalis S. Sedis; Old Northern Runic Monuments, by Stephens; Mabillon, De re Diplomatica; Petrie's Monumenta Historica Britannica; Picart, Cérémonies et Coutumes Religieuses, &c., 12 volumes; Maitland's History of

Edinburgh; Works of James I., 1616; Grose's Antiquities, 12 volumes; Platonis Opera Omnia (Bekker), 11 volumes, 1826; O'Halloran's History of Ireland; Britannia Sancta; Wilson's Vishnu Purana; Crowe's History of France; Bunsen's Christianity and Mankind, 7 volumes; Celtic Society publications; Registrum Monasterii de Cambuskenneth; Archæologia Scotica; Blackwood's Magazine, 1817-73; Dublin University Magazine, 1837-73; Brunet's Manuel du Libraire, 1860-5; Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 1788-1872; Allibone's Dictionary of English and American Authors; Acta Sanctorum, 61 volumes, folio, Paris, 1845-69; Richard et Giraud, Bibliothèque Sacrée, 29 volumes; and The Bee, edited by Anderson, 18 volumes, Edinburgh, 1791-93.

Before this time the University of Glasgow had become possessed, by bequest, of the very important general library formed by the distinguished Glasgow collector, the late William Euing, one of the most generous donors to Stirling's Library, and founder of the Euing Musical Library in Anderson's University. Naturally many of the works in the extensive collection bequeathed to the University Library were duplicates of books already there; and from these about 1,800 volumes were selected for the Mitchell Library, at a valuation.

The more important of them may be mentioned

Dibdin's Bibliotheca Spenceriana; Biographia Britannica; Smith's Dictionary of the Bible; Archæological Journal, 1845-58; Horsley's Britannia Romana; King's Munimenta Antiqua; Gordon's History of the Earls of Sutherland; Lye's Dictionarium Saxonica; Sir Wm. Stirling-Maxwell's Annals of the Artists of Spain; Waagen's Treasures of Art in Great Britain; Weale's Early Masters in Christian Decoration; Humboldt et Bonpland's Voyage, ou Vues des Cordillères; Child's English and Scottish Ballads; Beloe's Anecdotes of Literature and Scarce Books; Hain's Repertorium Bibliographicum; Crania Britannica, by Davis and Thurnam; Halliwell's Account of New Place, Stratford-on-Avon; Collier's History of English Dramatic Poetry; Memorabilia of Glasgow, 1868; Early English Text Society's publications; Transactions of the Social Science Association; Bibliotheca Sacra, 1844-71; Reports of the British Association for the Advancement of Science; Edinburgh Review; Punch; Dalyell's Powers of the Creator in the Creation, and Rare Animals of Scotland; Panzer, Annales Typographici; D'Orbigny, Dictionnaire Universel d'Histoire Naturelle, 16 volumes; Restituta, by Brydges; Morrison's Dictionary of the Chinese Language; Life and Typo

graphy of Caxton, by Blades; Brulliot, Dictionnaire des Monogrammes; and MacGeorge's Armorial Insignia of Glasgow.

These three purchases-Innes, Stevenson, and Euing duplicates together with a few donations, comprised nearly 5,000 volumes, and were temporarily stored in an upper room at the City Chambers.

As there was no suitable public building available, the Town Council resolved to commence in temporary premises. A very liberal offer was received from Councillor (now Bailie) Neil to give for the purposes of the library the free use for five years of the second floor of a large building recently erected by him in Ingram Street for business purposes. The Council cordially accepted this offer. It was soon found that the space would be insufficient, and an arrangement was made with Mr. Neil to take for a similar period the floor below in addition, at a rent fixed by the official assessor. These two floors, each about 100 feet by 40, form the premises in which the library has up to the present time remained. The period of five years first arranged for expired 31st May, 1882; but Bailie Neil very generously intimated that he does not wish to alter the terms of occupancy for the present; and the library thus continues to enjoy the free use of the upper floor.

CHAPTER VII.

Appointment of Mr. F. T. Barrett as Librarian-Other Officers-Catholicity and Comprehensiveness aimed at in the Purchase of Books-Gift of Books from the University of Glasgow-Arrangement of the BooksThe Catalogue.

THE question of premises thus temporarily settled, the next step was the appointment of a librarian.