. The actual condition of the British Museum :|ba literary expostulation. THE ACTUAL CONDITION OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. A LITERARY EXPOSTULATION. ITH the possible exception of the Vatican the British Museum has probably the most glorious and valuable library in the world ; and, it may be by contagion of coincidences, the two institutions vie with each other in decrees hostile to progress and enlightenment. Mr. Gladstone seems fully competent to deal with the Vatican, though it would seem to be only lately that he has discovered the error of its ways. But as Mr. Gladstone had special reasons for
. The actual condition of the British Museum :|ba literary expostulation. THE ACTUAL CONDITION OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. A LITERARY EXPOSTULATION. ITH the possible exception of the Vatican the British Museum has probably the most glorious and valuable library in the world ; and, it may be by contagion of coincidences, the two institutions vie with each other in decrees hostile to progress and enlightenment. Mr. Gladstone seems fully competent to deal with the Vatican, though it would seem to be only lately that he has discovered the error of its ways. But as Mr. Gladstone had special reasons for investigating the question—"Are these propo- sitions proper to be set forth by the present writer ?"—so perhaps it may be well for a foreigner to explain how it is that he appears as a critic of the British Museum. Thanks to the genial nature of Englishmen, there is no land in which a man may so soon find himself at home as in England, and the first privilege of an acclimatised. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Poles, Stefan.; Poles, Stefan, 1840?-1875. London: Henry Sidney Warr [for] The Author
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