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will show, and further investigation will confirm. Holding these strong opinions of 

 its value, it would be illiberal and unjust if we did not take this opportunity of pub- 

 licly expressing our obligations to the Gentleman by whom it has been compiled — 

 Mr. James Yeovtell, of 13. Myddelton Place, St. John's Street Road. The great 

 care and attention which he has bestowed upon its compilation can scarcely be imagined 

 by those who have not attempted some such work. 



One word more. We believe that for an Index there is nothing like an alpha- 

 betical arrangement. This Index is therefore strictly alphabetical ; but in the general 

 alphabet are included, for reasons too obvious to require explanation, the following 

 classified headings : — 



Anonymous Works. Epigrams. Junius. Quotations. 



Books, notices of new. Epitaphs. Photography. Reprints suggested. 



Coins. Folk Lore. Popiana. Shakspeare. 



Documents, ineditsp. Inscriptions. Proverbs. Songs and Baixads. 



Lastly, despite our pride in the distinguished names which figure in the columns 

 of Notes and Queries, we have not included such names in our Index. To have 

 done so would have been to double the size and expense of the work. "While, con- 

 sidering how large a proportion of contributors choose to write anonymously or under 

 pseudonyms, the utility of such an immense addition to our many thousand items 

 would have been too limited to compensate for such counterbalancing disadvantages. 



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