H. W. D.

_Library of the Church of Westminster_ (Vol. iii., p. 152.).--The statement

here quoted from the _Delices de la Grande Bretagne_ is scarcely likely to

be correct. We all know how prone foreigners are to misapprehension, and

therefore, how unsafe it is to trust to their observations. In this case,

may not the description of the _Bibliotheque Publique_, which was open

night and morning, during the sittings of the courts of justice, have

originated merely from the rows of booksellers' stalls in Westminster-hall?

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