Show Aixeie Manuscripts London 12Thc late Earl of Ash jurnhama collectiou of manuscripts is offered for said to the British Museum They have an unequaled range extendIng extend-Ing from the Saxon period to the letters of Cromwell including the refusal of Hampton and others to pay ship money There are 4000 volumes The price will probably bo x 160000 The Times points out that if Great Britain hesitates to purchase tho collection America is certainly ready to do so that Chicago holds a bequest for the purchase of the library and a German has already been treating for the purchase of the manuscripts manu-scripts |