| Richard Towneley, 1702, | Frontispiece |
| | | PAGE |
| Everard Green, Rouge Dragon. By G. W. Eve, | x |
| PLATE |
| I. | Sir Thomas Isham. By Loggan, | 9 |
| II. | Francis de Malherbe, | 25 |
| III. | Sir Nicholas Bacon, | 27 |
| IV. | Sir Thomas Tresham, 1585, | 29 |
| V. | Gore. By Burghers, | 35 |
| VI. | Marriott. By Faithorne, | 37 |
| VII. | St. Albans Grammar School, | 41 |
| VIII. | Charles James Fox, | 45 |
| IX. | Thomas Knatchbull, 1702, | 51 |
| X. | Sir Thomas Hare, 1734, | 61 |
| XI. | James Brackstone, 1751, | 63 |
| XII. | Bishop of Kilmore, 1774, | 67 |
| XIII. | Birnie of Broomhill, | 71 |
| XIV. | Gift by George i. to Cambridge, 1715, | 77 |
| XV. | George Lambart. By Hogarth, | 80 |
| XVI. | John Wiltshire, | 83 |
| XVII. | Dr. William Oliver, | 85 |
| XVIII. | Dr. Thomas Drummond. By Sir R. Strange, | 89 |
| XIX. | Lady Bessborough. By Bartolozzi, | 93 |
| XX. | William Hewer, 1699, | 101 |
| XXI. | The Record Office in the Tower of London, | 105 |
| XXII. | Southey. By Bewick, | 111 |
| XXIII. | Gift-Plate to Buxheim Monastery, | 115 |
| XXIV. | Ebner. By Albert Dürer. 1516, | 119 |
| XXV. | Paulus Speratus, | 123 |
| XXVI. | 'È Bibliotheca Woogiana,' | 129 |
| XXVII. | Electoral Library of Bavaria, 1618, | 133 |
| XXVIII. | Charles de Sales, | 139 |
| XXIX. | Amadeus Lulin. By B. Picart, 1722, | 145 |
| XXX. | Michael Lilienthal, | 165 |
| XXXI. | David Garrick, | 169 |
| XXXII. | Lady Bath, 1671, | 187 |
| XXXIII. | Countess of Oxford and Mortimer. By Vertue, | 191 |
| XXXIV. | Frances Anne Hoare, | 197 |
| XXXV. | Bishop Hacket. By Faithorne (Portrait), | 201 |
| XXXVI. | Sir Christopher Musgrave, | 205 |
| XXXVII. | Francis Carington, 1738, | 207 |
| XXXVIII. | Benjamin Adamson, 1746, | 209 |
| XXXIX. | William Oliver, 1751, | 211 |
| XL. | Samuel Pepys. By R. White (Portrait), | 217 |
| XLI. | Francis Perrault (Portrait), | 219 |
| XLII. | Robert Bloomfield, 1815, | 229 |
