EXPLANATION OF ABBREVIATIONS AND SIGNS. 



For abbreviations of titles of periodicals used in Sections III. and IV., 

 seepages 1159-1164. 



* prefixed to a title indicates a work in the private library of the 

 editor. 



-|- following a date signifies current at that date. 



II following a date signifies publication discontinued. 



111. illustrated. 



PL plates. 



Fob, 4to, 8vo, etc. The sizes given are only approximate ; having 

 been taken largely from catalogues the rules of the American Library 

 Association could not be observed 



Pagination is given only of those works personally examined. 



Cross-references in a given Section refer to works in the same Section 

 unless otherwise stated. 



