Excerpt from Complete Handbook to the National Museum: According to the New Arrangement, With Plants and Historical Sketch of the Building, and an Appendix Relative to Pompell and Herculaneum Mr. Monaco has requested me to write a few words of introduction to this the fourth edition of his English Handbook, in the preparation of which I have again had the pleasure of assisting him. The rapid sale of the last edition is perhaps the best criterion of the kind appreciation extended to the work by the large English speaking public which annually visits these splendid collections. This edition is very much more ample than the former one, and will, we hope, approve itself to archaeologists more even than its predecessor has done; at the same time we have felt that the work is too complete for the ordinary traveller, and accordingly we have marked the principal specimens with a dagger to enable him to identify them in a visit of a few hours. For my own part I desire to thank numerous kind correspondents, many of them much better versed in these matters than myself, who have pointed out errors in the former work, and have suggested improvements for the present edition. Especially am I indebted to Mr. Charles T. Gatty, whose suggestions have been extremely valuable. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.