13 period he reported of the collection to the Faculty, under date March, 1827, as follows : — “ In our preparations for an alphabetical catalogue of all the printed works in the library, we have made great progress ; but the completion of this formidable task has been retarded by the recent purchase of a large collec- tion of books, chiefly in the Spanish language, and formerly belonging to the Marquis of Astorga. This collection consists of about seven thousand volumes, and, as has been asserted, is the best Spanish library that is to be found beyond the limits of Spain. So far as I am capable of forming any opinion, it appears to be a great acquisition to the Faculty and to the country; and the purchase of it cannot but be regarded as an act equally spirited and laudable. When so important an object is in view, the rules of ordinary and calculating caution must not be too rigidly followed : such another oppor- tunity, if this had been suffered to escape, might not have occurred for several generations. The library has thus acquired many curious and many valuable books, which we could scarcely have hoped to collect in the ordinary method, and in a country which has always been very scantily supplied with Spanish publications. But this sudden accumulation, so desirable in itself, has increased our labour, and delayed the completion of the catalogue. Of the Spanish library I have now begun to make a catalogue, and am proceeding with as much despatch as my other avocations, sufficiently numerous and variegated, will permit. It is not a little to be regretted that no accommodation can at present be found in the library for so extensive a selection of books. It must be satisfactory for the Faculty to learn, that of these books a very large proportion, so far as I have already examined them, belongs to the departments of history and jurisprudence. There is likewise an ample collection of Spanish poetry; and the collection of Span- ish theology, whatever may be its intrinsic merit, is not the least curious part of this library.” In the following year, the compilation of the catalogue being finished, the Spanish library was again deposited in its old place in the boxes which formerly contained it, where it still was found by a new body of Curators, who had come into office subsequent to the 8th of July, 1829.

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