. Historical notes : Public Library of New South Wales. ed so largely from the Cotton Collection : it was a passagethat Mr. Mitchell loved, in the stately rendering of Philemon Holland:— I am not destitute of reason whereby I might approve this my purposeto well-bred and well-meaning men who tender the glory of their native country;and moreover, could give them to understand that in the study of antiquity—which is always accompanied with dignity and hath a certain resemblance witheternity—there is a sweet food of the mind well befitting such as are of honestand noble disposition. If any there
. Historical notes : Public Library of New South Wales. ed so largely from the Cotton Collection : it was a passagethat Mr. Mitchell loved, in the stately rendering of Philemon Holland:— I am not destitute of reason whereby I might approve this my purposeto well-bred and well-meaning men who tender the glory of their native country;and moreover, could give them to understand that in the study of antiquity—which is always accompanied with dignity and hath a certain resemblance witheternity—there is a sweet food of the mind well befitting such as are of honestand noble disposition. If any there be, which are desirous to be strangers on theirown soil and foreigners in their own country, they may so continue and thereinflatter themselves. For such like, I have not written these lines nor taken thesepains. Ladies and Gentlemen, I have the pleasure of asking His Excellency, who atpersonal inconvenience has honoured us with his presence to-day, to fulfil the otheipart of his gracious promise, by addressing us and declaring the library THE PUBLIC LIBRARY OF NEW SOUTH WALES. 87 Address by the Governor. His Excellency Lord Chelmsford said:— I regard it as a great privilege to be invited this afternoon to perform theopening ceremony of this Mitchell Library. Professor MacCallum has alluded in hiseloquent speech, and I am glad that he has given us a taste of his quality, to thefact that we have had in the last six months two libraries erected in Sydney, andthis is the second time I have been invited to perform a similar function. There isa broad distinction however between the two occasions. (Cheers.) In the case ofthe L^niversity Library the ceremony had chiefly to do with the building; the libraryitself had been in use, and all that was required by the University was a worthyhome for it, and sufficient accommodation for the students who availed themselvesof the library. But on this occasion, I have not only to declare a fine building open,but I have to make ava
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