+-------+-----------+-------------+------+------------+---------+ | | | | | | | | Form. | Letter C. | Edition. |Shelf.|Compartment.| Number. | | | | | | | | +-------+-----------+-------------+------+------------+---------+ | 8vo. |Cosmo, &c. |Verona 1519| II. | 7 | 189-192 | | 4to. |Cavendish |London 1802| I. | 5 | 52-55 | | Folio |Colley |London 1760| XI. | 3 |1080-1082| | 12mo |Corneille |Paris 1820| X. | 6 | 920-930 | +-------+-----------+-------------+------+------------+---------+ This will suffice to make it clear to you; and as I know by experience what a difficult matter the arranging of a library is, and how many are the ways of doing it, I send you this scheme, as very well suited to a small collection of books. I could not get a sight of any of the rare books or manuscripts kept here, as the librarian was absent. In a corner I found a very curious drawing of the procession at the great Marlborough's funeral. It is almost incredible how totally the dresses and customs have altered even since that time. The aged clerk who conducted me about, said he remembered when a boy to have seen soldiers with long bag-wigs like those in the picture. About three-quarters of a mile from the Minster, on a hill near to the town, are the romantic ruins of St. Mary's Abbey, overgrown with trees and ivy. The people here have the not very praiseworthy project of erecting a public building on the same hill: they have even begun to dig the foundation; in doing which they have come upon some of the most beautiful remains of the old abbey, as perfect as if executed yesterday. I saw several exquisite capitals still in the earth, and in a neighbouring house, admirable bas-reliefs which have been deposited there while the work is going on. We crossed the river Ouse in a boat, and continued our walk along the top of the old city wall,--a picturesque but rather impracticable way. The surrounding country is very fresh and green; and the numerous Gothic towers of the town give great diversity and beauty to the prospect. After a quarter of an hour's walk, we reached the Micklegate, from which the old barbican has been pulled down, but which has otherwise retained its original form. The gorgeous arms of York and England glittered upon it with knightly splendour.