ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. 



'TPHE editor is under obligations to the following authors 

 ■'■ and publishers for prompt response to his calls upon 

 their generosity ; and while others might well be mentioned, 

 he must not omit to express special indebtedness to Mr. A. J. 

 Rudolph, First Assistant Librarian of the San Francisco Free 

 Public Library, for skilled assistance in the proof-reading, and 

 in the preparation of the index. 



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