“Buckingham Palace, March 24, 1879.
Sir,
I am commanded by the Queen to enquire if the Managers of the Birmingham Library will accept from Her Majesty the volumes, a list of which I enclose.
Not being certain to whom I should address myself, I have ventured to trouble you with this letter, in the hope that you will communicate the Queen’s offer in the proper quarter.
I have the honour to be, Sir,
Your obedient servant,
HENRY F. PONSONBY.”
“The Mayor of Birmingham.”
The books offered were:
Lepsius, (C. R.)—Denkmaeler aus Aegypten und Aethiopien. 12 vols., large folio.