Part 1. Historical 1.The Foundation 2. Montagu House and the First Fifty Years 3. New Wine and an Old Bottle 4. Two Public Enquiries: Growth and Dissension (1835-50) 5. The Reading Room and the Iron Library: Panizzi, Principal Librarian (1851-66) 6. Interlude: Winter Jones, Principal Librarian (1866-79) 7. Bond, Principal Librarian: Printing the General Catalogue (1979-88) 8. Maunde Thompson, Director and Principal Librarian (1888-1911) 9. The Last Thirty Years Part 2. The Collections and their Catalogues 10. The Printed Books 11. The Manuscripts 12. The Oriental Printed Books and Manuscripts.