PREFACE 



Y I ^HE final letter of the alphabet is reached for the second time in this, the 

 1 eighth volume of the whole series, and the third supplementary volume of 

 the Museum Library Catalogue. 



Thanks for assistance in the preparation of the volume are again due to those 

 persons mentioned in the preface to Volume VII, and also to MESSRS. N. D. RILEY, 

 c. WOOD, F. SAWYER, AND j. MUGFORD. Considerable assistance in the work of 

 compilation and revision has also been given to the Librarian by MISS M. s. 

 SMITH, Cataloguer in the General Library. 



Some cross-references, especially in the earlier part of the volume, will be 

 found referring to entries in a second, as yet unprinted, supplement of the 

 Catalogue. 



If circumstances allow, and if there appears to be a call for it, it is hoped to 

 publish this second supplement at a future date. 



C. FORSTER-COOPER. 



Director. 

 BRITISH MUSEUM (NATURAL HISTOBY) 



8 December 1939. 



