228 A Proposed Bibliography of Wiltshire. 
and guide, until one can refer to the books themselves, for the 
particulars requisite for a bibliography. 
Also I have a book containing a number of titles of books, &ce., 
relating to Wiltshire which was put together by Mr. Benjamin 
Broadbere, the bookseller at Mitre House, in the High Street, 
Salisbury, who must be known to many Members of this Society. 
Mr. Broadbere catalogued these as they passed through his hands 
from time to time in the course of his business, and when in J anuary 
last he heard I was interested in the subject he very kindly gave 
me the book to make what use of it I could. 
Naturally these materials over-lap considerably, and therefore the 
sum total of the sources of information FT have named is not so great 
as at first sight might appear, and hardly any of the items in the 
sources indicated are sufficiently fully described to be ready for 
insertion in the bibliography ; that is to say, although there is the 
material indicated as ready to be dealt with, it has yet to be dealt 
with, the books and pamphlets must all be seen and described by 
persons who will agree on a uniform method of description. 
Mr. Henry Brown, bookseller in the Canal, Salisbury, whose large 
stores of second-hand books are well known, has kindly promised to 
allow me to inspect and describe any Wiltshire works which are in 
his stock or shall pass through his hands; and so, altogether, I 
think the position of affairs is hopeful for the work to be taken in 
hand with fair prospect of accomplishment. 
Furtaer STers TO BE TAKEN. 
Several points occur to me now as worthy of mention; we ought 
to obtain a positive assurance from Canon Jackson’s executor that 
the Canon’s collections shall be placed, if possible, at the disposal of 
the Wilts Archzological Society, to which he did such good service 
in life, and which desires to show its appreciation of his labours by 
making more wide use of his collections. 
Then we should approach those gentlemen in the county who are 
known to have private libraries, for permission to catalogue any 
Wiltshire books or tracts they may possess, not otherwise accessible. 
