VALUABLE BEQUESTS.

Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19899, 30 May 1936, Page 7

VALUABLE BEQUESTS.

THE KINSEV COLLECTION. ._ l OFFERED TL’RNBL‘LL LIBRARY. . NOTED ANTARCTIC BOOKS. ‘ (By I'ehwrnnh—-Pre« Algnnllqnn“ WELLINGTON. Saturday. The Turnbuil Library is about to benefit by a bequest which as re—gards beauty and value or books runs the ’l‘urnbull Collection itself a good second. It is the noted Warrlloo Library. a collection or the late Sir John Kinsey. now offered by Lady Kinsey to he houscd in the Turnbull Library. it contains a Butler collection at least equal to. if not better than. the collection at st. John's and also the famous Antarctic Library, containing editions of the recent Antarctic \‘oyv Ages autographed. not only by the leaders and chief omcers. but in some instances by every member of the Expedition. Besides original pictures and reprodurtious by Dr, Edward \Vilson il. contains two pages from the diary kept h)‘ (laptain R, F. Scott while he lay dying. .\lniosi tho last thing Scott wrote was his message to Fir Joseph Kinscy and this was of so personal il nature that. the pages were cut out in linplunrl and sent to him. The- collection is full or editions of mnrlm-n literature that. will in time lwuome valuable and a complement to tho onrly lilernturc cditions now in tho 'l‘urnlmll iiollct-timL itcsiilcs this gift to the Turnbull Library Lam Kinsey is giVln: Sir .lusoph's colloclion of Maori tlkls, nu‘ros. vita. and tho soul-ion nl‘ i‘crc—mics to the National .\l‘l Linllt‘ry and Museum. —————.