CONTENTS

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ADDRESS TO THE LIBRARY ASSOCIATION 1
PUBLIC LIBRARIES AND THEIR CATALOGUES 32
THE PRINTING OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM CATALOGUE 67
THE PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM CATALOGUE 87
THE BRITISH MUSEUM CATALOGUE AS THE BASIS OF A UNIVERSAL CATALOGUE 109
INTRODUCTION OF EUROPEAN PRINTING INTO THE EAST 115
PARAGUAYAN AND ARGENTINE BIBLIOGRAPHY 127
THE EARLY ITALIAN BOOK TRADE 141
SOME BOOK-HUNTERS OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY 161
LIBRARIANSHIP IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY 174
THE MANUFACTURE OF FINE PAPER IN ENGLAND IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY 191
ON SOME COLOPHONS OF THE EARLY PRINTERS 197
ON THE SYSTEM OF CLASSIFYING BOOKS ON THE SHELVES FOLLOWED AT THE BRITISH MUSEUM 210
SUBJECT-INDEXES TO TRANSACTIONS OF LEARNED SOCIETIES 225
PHOTOGRAPHY IN PUBLIC LIBRARIES 234
THE TELEGRAPH IN THE LIBRARY 253
ON THE PROTECTION OF LIBRARIES FROM FIRE 258
THE SLIDING-PRESS AT THE BRITISH MUSEUM 262
ON THE PROVISION OF ADDITIONAL SPACE IN LIBRARIES 272
PREFACE TO BLADES' "ENEMIES OF BOOKS" 283
SIR ANTHONY PANIZZI, K.C.B. 288
THE LATE JOHN WINTER JONES, V.P.S.A. 304
THE LATE HENRY STEVENS, F.S.A. 325
THE LATE SIR EDWARD A. BOND, K.C.B. 335
INDEX 341