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county already on the shelves for him to catalogue and describe, still 
we must take things as we find them, and at present it seems likely 
that the Bibliography of Wiltshire will lead to the formation of 
libraries of Wiltshire works, rather than that the libraries will lead 
to the compilation of the proposed Bibliography. 
I have now, I think, shown how it comes about that I am deputed 
to call attention to the subject matter of this paper, and have 
adduced two reasons, of some weight, why the work should be 
undertaken. I would, however, add one more, and that is, that 
Wiltshire should not be behind other counties in cataloguing the 
materials for its history. 
OtHEeR County BIBLIOGRAPHIES. 
As a matter of fact it is behind many counties in this respect, 
and it may not be amiss to note the special county bibliographies 
which have already been accomplished. They are, so far as I have 
ascertained :— 
1, Bibliotheca Herefordiensis, by John Allen. 1821. 
2. Bibliotheca Cantiana, hy John Russell Smith. 1887. 
3. A Collection of Topographical Works relating to the County of 
Surrey. 18388. 
4. The Norfolk Topographer’s Manual, by Samuel Woodward and 
W. E. Ewing. 1842. 
5. Bibliotheca Devoniensis, by James Davidson. 1852, 
6. Topographia Sussexiana, by G. S. Butler. 1866. 
7. Bibliotheca Cornubiensis, by T. Q. Couch and C. Chorley. 1866. 
8. The Yorkshire Library, by William Boyne. 1869. 
9. Bibliotheca Hantoniensis, by H. M. Gilbert. 1872. 
10. Bibliotheca Cornubiensis, by W. P. Courtney and G. C. Boase, 
three vols. 1874-82. 
ll. The Lancashire Library, by Henry Fishwick. 1875. 
12. An Introduction to the Sources of Salopian Topography, by the 
Rev. Mackenzie E. C. Walcott. 1879. 
13. Bibliotheca Dorsetiensis, by Rev. C. H. Mayo. 1885. 
No doubt there are others. I know that a largely-augmented 
