232 A Proposed Bibliography of Wiitshire. 
If, however, the work is to be divided into parts, J think, roughly 
speaking, it should consist of the following :— 
1. Works relating to the county generally, histories, directories, 
maps, arranged in chronological order. 
2. Works relating to the different localities, arranged alphabeti- 
cally, in chronological order. 
3. Alphabetical indexes of (a) authors, (2) printers and publishers. 
Great store, I think, should be set by chronological arrangement 
where possible, 
I am not at all sure, that it might not be advisable, as a step 
towards the larger work being taken in hand thoroughly, to publish 
a brief list of all the works at present known of, from the printed 
and other sources, which I have indicated. This, I think, might 
possibly be my contribution towards the work ; at present I cannot 
see my way towards offering to undertake anything more. 
SHouLD ALL Worxs By Wittsuirte AvuTHoRS BE INCLUDED? 
I must now refer to a question which is likely to be raised, viz., 
are ald works by Wiltshire authors, whether natives or residents, to 
be included in the bibliography of the county ? f 
I am very doubtful whether they ought to be, for it would be 
difficult to know where to begin, and to leave off: ¢.g., should all 
the publications of all the Bishops of Salisbury be included in works 
by Wiltshire authors ? 
No doubt there would be cases where one would feel no difficulty, 
and we should, I believe, rightly include the works of such a man 
as Richard Jefferies, nearly every work from whose pen is stamped 
with the love for, and knowledge of that part of Wilts, which under 
a thin veil he has so admirably described. 
I am aware that Messrs. Boase and Courtney’s Bibliotheca 
Cornubiensis comprises a catalogue of the writings of Cornish men, 
and that one of the objects of the Essex Bibliographical Committee 
is to form a bibliography of works “ that have been written by, or 
about, prominent natives of, or residents in, the county together 
with all works that have been published within its borders.” 4 
1] hear from Mr, Fitch, January, 1892, that, for the Essex Bibliography, the 
