CHAPTER III.

_INTRODUCTION TO BOOK III (continued):—GROWTH, PROGRESS, AND INTERNAL

ECONOMY, OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM DURING THE PRINCIPAL-LIBRARIANSHIP OF

SIR ANTONIO PANIZZI._

_The Museum Buildings.—The New Reading-Room and its History.—The

House of Commons’ Committee of 1860.—Further Reorganization of

the Departments.—Summary of the Growth of the Collections in the

years 1856–1866, and of their increased Use and Enjoyment by the

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