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magazines, and may fairly be used as an argument in favour of 
certain portions of the bibliography of Wiltshire being brought out 
by instalments, if the work cannot be undertaken as a whole. 
(3) The third printed source is contained in ‘‘ 74e Book of British 
Topography, a classified Catalogue of the Topographical Works in the 
Library of the British Museum relating to Great Britain and Ireland,” 
by John P, Anderson, of the British Museum Library, published in 
1881, pages 297 to 208 inclusive. The works catalogued are, first, 
those treating of the county generally, of which there are fifty-eight 
entries, and then those treating of separate places in the county 
arranged in alphabetical order, of which there are upwards of one 
hundred and twenty-four entries. The book is not official, and the 
- entries do not give the full particulars which would be necessary 
in a complete bibliography, but each work is entered under the 
precise heading given to it in the Catalogue of the British Museum, 
which insures its value to the person who wishes to consult there the 
books which are to be more fully described. It is to be noted that 
poll books and sermons are not catalogued, nor Civil War tracts, 
except in a few instances. 
One more printed source ought to be mentioned from whence 
particulars of a certain number of fugitive articles, and sketches in 
the magazines, relating to the county, can be gleaned, I mean Dr. 
William Frederick Poole’s Index of Periodical Literature, 1882. 
Of course there are many English magazines mot included in this 
famous index, in which articles relating to Wiltshire may still be 
lying hid, and I hope these may be brought to light by someone 
interested in the subject of this paper. 
I ought also to mention the fact that Sir Thomas Phillipps, Bart., 
printed at his Middle Hill Press about sixteen separate works relating 
to this county. 
MATERIAL ALREADY IN HAND FOR SUCH A Work. 
What I have been able to do myself, and what remains to be done 
now must be briefly mentioned. 
I have accumulated a considerable number of cuttings from 
catalogues, relating to the county, and these form a handy index 
