and the examination of its catalogues; and he hopes that his execution of this task was such as to give them no reason to blame him for want of zeal, accuracy, knowledge, or faithfulness. This being a subject of more than ordinary consequence, Mr Repp begs leave to recapitulate that part of the history of this library with which he is acquainted. The Spanish, or, as it is sometimes called, the Astorga Library, having been bought in London of Mr Thorp, a bookseller, and brought to Edinburgh in 1825, was at first deposited in the Faculty’s warehouse in the Royal Exchange, in the boxes in which it had been sent from London. Soon after Mr Repp’s arrival in Scotland, many questions were put to him by members of Faculty respecting this library, such as, Flow large it was ? What it contained ? Why it was not placed ? Why some part of it, at least, was not placed f Whether he had seen the catalogue of it ? Whether it was rich in Spanish poetry and novels ? Whether the historical part was extensive ? &c. To these, and many questions of the same kind, coming naturally from gentlemen who knew that they had paid for the collection three thousand pounds, Mr Repp could give no answer, never having seen the collection. To the question, why this library was not placed ? it certainly never occurred to him to answer “ that there was no room,” in as much as several places could have been pointed out in the library, where temporary shelves and presses might have been put up; indeed, Mr Repp believes that he was the first person who pointed out the room where it actually was placed some years after. The demand for placing it was very general, and in 1827 repeatedly urged by the Curators. It is certain that Mr Repp never shewed the smallest reluctance to undertake this duty. It turned out, how- ever, that at this time the original catalogue of the collection, according to which it had been sold, could no where be found, although, as Mr llepp was given to understand, Mr Kinloch, the convener of a committee appointed to inquire into several matters relative to the library, ordered every search to be made for it; and as it appeared unadvisable to place the collection without a catalogue, the learned keeper himself proceeded to the compilation of one from the collection itself; and at this

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