THE

LIFE AND CORRESPONDENCE

OF

SIR ANTHONY PANIZZI KCB

LATE PRINCIPAL LIBRARIAN OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM
SENATOR OF ITALY ETC

BY LOUIS FAGAN

OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PRINTS AND DRAWINGS BRITISH MUSEUM

IN TWO VOLUMES

AUTHORISED AMERICAN EDITION

TO WHICH IS APPENDED A THIRD VOLUME CONTAINING

TWENTY YEARS PERSONAL AND BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REMINISCENCES OF
PANIZZI AND THE BRITISH MUSEUM

BOSTON HOUGHTON MIFFLIN AND COMPANY K

RIVERSIDE CAMBRIDGE & ASTOR PLACE NEW-YOR

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B2016.5

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Harvard College Library

Nov. 10, 1914
Gift of

Luther S. Livingston,
of Cambridge

(2 vols.)

The Reminiscences Copyright 1881
by HENRY STEVENS of Vermont
All rights reserved

THE

LIFE AND CORRESPONDENCE

OF

SIR ANTHONY PANIZZI KC B

ELL knowing that Sir Anthony Panizzi entrusted most of his literary articles and reviews to you for re-publication in America under your editorship; and

aware that he gladly availed himself of

your co-operation in adding to the store of American history and literature in the British Museum, I feel that your assistance will be of great advantage in promoting an American edition of my work.

The addition of your Twenty years personal and bibliographical Reminiscences of Panizzi and the British Museum' cannot but add interest to the new edition, hence I heartily