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Excerpt from A Contents-Subject Index to General and Periodical Literature: To Which Is Added a List of Works on Various Subjects Review of Reviews Index, both of which have been Of great assistance; but these works are expensive, and so beyond the reach of most readers. It is hoped that the price of the present work will meet this difficulty, and be within the means Of all those to whom such a guide would be useful. In this connection there is no question of pecuniary consideration to those who have produced the work, as the price at which it is sold does not cover the cost Of one quarterviii. Of the labour, printing, and other expenses involved. The Public Library Authorities Of West Ham, having decided to publish this index for their own Libraries, agreed, at the request Of the Librarian, to print an extra number of copies, so that readers elsewhere might benefit; while the author, to whom the work was a labour of love, gave almost all his leisure time for some years to its compilation. Otherwise, had the work been dependent upon public sale, the price must have been greatly increased to have even covered the bare expense of bringing it out. In addition to the references, a useful feature not given in other indexes exists in the biographical and other notes, which in themselves alone will often prove of service to those who are not informed on the subjects to which the notes refer. The addition of these notes has almost doubled the labour of compilation. A list of special works on various subjects, in the compilation of which Mr. John Elliott, Public Librarian of Wolverhampton, gave assistance, was, unfortunately, almost entirely destroyed during the disastrous fire at the library in 1899. The portion saved has, however, been inserted, and it is hoped that the loss of the other will be more than compensated for by the increased size of the work, which, instead Of containing, as at first contemplated, only two or three hundred pages, has reached over seven hundred and fifty. Should an error occasionally be found in the Index, its compiler will be glad to be notified thereof, and, in such case, will merely plead that the general utility Of the work may be accepted as some condonation for any shortcomings which exist. Thanks are due to the following gentlemen who have kindly assisted me by reading proofs, etc.: J. Frowde, Public Librarian Of Bermondsey; Seymour, Public Librarian of Kilburn; J. Harrison, Public Librarian of Bromley, Kent; and j. Elliott, Public Librarian, Wolverhampton. Messrs. W. H. Bagguley, C. Whitwell, S. A. Hatcher, and D. Mcdougall, of the West Ham Library staff, have also rendered good service. To the Rev. C. C. Tancoclc, m.a., Head Master of the Skinners' School, Tonbridge. 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.

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