Animadversions on the library and catalogues of the British Museum. A reply to Mr. Panizzi's statement; and a correspondence with that officer and the Trustees.
- Nicholas Harris Nicolas
- Date:
- 1846
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Animadversions on the library and catalogues of the British Museum. A reply to Mr. Panizzi's statement; and a correspondence with that officer and the Trustees. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.
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![(IG fusion wliich was shown by liis subordinates, it is fair to conclude tliat ho would not have evinced more intelligence himself. The j)ost of a Librarian is, however, as ])roj)orly in a Library as a General’s on a field of battle; and though the General and his Siibaltenis may be blunderers alike, the Public, who pay the General and the Librarian, expect to find them where they ought to be. AVhen si.t' Attend- ants cannot discover a book, though they hove both the J*ress-mark and the Title^—and when their Chief writes a pamphlet to prove that they '‘‘■vtery pro- pei'ly” did not, and ought not to be expected to find it, —nay, more, when he attacks with ])ersonal abuse the individual who may think that they should have done so, some amendment is assuredly necessary. Sup])osing that my correspondence with Mr. J^anizzi had closed with his note of the 20th of May, I was rather surprised at the disclosure of his mental uneasiness in the following letter two days afterwards;— TO SIR N. HARRIS NICOLAS. llritish Museum, May 22nd, 1846. My peak Sir, The Trustees meet to-morrow, (Saturday, May 23d,) at one o’clock, p. m. Our correspondence shall be sub- mitted to them simply with a request on my part that they be pleased to inquire into all the circumstances to which it refers. I shall consider it a favour if you will bring before them all the charges you have to make against me, and be ready to substantiate them. Believe me, Yours Very faithfully, A. Pamzzi. Of this letter Mr. Panizzi says that he therein](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28038988_0074.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
