21 impossible to decipher even the title of a book without understanding the alphabet in which it is written, unless, indeed, the title is also given in some other language, such as English or Latin, which, no doubt, sometimes, though not always, is the case. It is certainly more than ever was promised for Mr Repp, either by himself or his friends in Denmark, that he should be acquainted with all these alphabets. It affords him, however, much pleasure to be able distinctly to aver, that he has so competent a knowledge of at least twenty systems of characters, that he is able to read books in which they are used; and that his knowledge of the languages themselves farther enables him to ascertain the contents of every book written in them. It may be said, that the cases in which this extent of knowledge is required are not numerous—and they certainly are not very numerous, but they increase in number with the increas- ing size of the Library. Besides, it is surely desirable that a learned establishment should not possess many books respecting which some one of its librarians should not be able to give information. If a foreigner arrives here who has not thought of ac- quiring English before his arrival in this country, (and Mr Repp has seen in the Advocates’ Library many such, particularly from Italy and France,) it likewise appears advisable that,1 in the Advocates’ Library at least, he should find some one with whom he can converse. Mr Repp has never yet met with any foreigner with whom he could not carry on a mutually intelligible conversa- tion. In respectfully offering these suggestions, Mr Repp does not mean in the least degree to disparage the qua- lifications of any of the other officers of the library, or to insinuate that any one of them is not able to perform the duties of his own department. In now bringing this statement to a conclusion, Mr Repp has only to express his sincere and unaffected regret that he should have been the unfortunate cause of any difference of opinion, either in the Faculty or among the Curators. He has endeavoured throughout the remarks which he has now thought it his duty to submit, to express himself in such a manner as cannot reasonably

(1) Band
(2) Band
(3) Saurblað
(4) Saurblað
(5) Blaðsíða 1
(6) Blaðsíða 2
(7) Blaðsíða 3
(8) Blaðsíða 4
(9) Blaðsíða 5
(10) Blaðsíða 6
(11) Blaðsíða 7
(12) Blaðsíða 8
(13) Blaðsíða 9
(14) Blaðsíða 10
(15) Blaðsíða 11
(16) Blaðsíða 12
(17) Blaðsíða 13
(18) Blaðsíða 14
(19) Blaðsíða 15
(20) Blaðsíða 16
(21) Blaðsíða 17
(22) Blaðsíða 18
(23) Blaðsíða 19
(24) Blaðsíða 20
(25) Blaðsíða 21
(26) Blaðsíða 22
(27) Saurblað
(28) Saurblað
(29) Saurblað
(30) Saurblað
(31) Band
(32) Band
(33) Kjölur
(34) Framsnið
(35) Kvarði
(36) Litaspjald