PREFACE TO THE THIRTEENTH EDITION.

This Guide is intended for the use of those visitors who wish merely to get a general idea of the arrangements and contents of the Natural History Museum.

Special Guides have been published for the use of visitors who wish to make a closer study of the collections; a list of them is given on pages 116–18.

L. FLETCHER,
Director.

British Museum (Natural History).
April, 1913.


STAFF OF THE NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM.

Director
L. Fletcher, M.A., Hon. Ph.D. (Berlin), F.R.S.
Assistant Secretary
C. E. Fagan, I.S.O.
Assistant in Director’s Office
Basil H. Soulsby, B.A., F.S.A.
Clerks in Director’s Office
W. H. R. Holl;
W. J. Anderson.
Assistant in General Library
B. B. Woodward.