viii. Preface. 



notice, for I consider that the meaorre and abrideed form 

 so often found in catalogues, either from want of space or 

 information, often does not suffice to acquaint the searcher 

 with the contents of the book, and the similarity which 

 must obviously occur in the abbreviated headings of some 

 thousands of works on one subject, bears me out in this 

 view, and points to the necessity of the fullest description 

 of the title page. 



In the present Index I have adopted the chronological 

 system of arrangement generally, and when there are 

 several works published in the same year, they are arranged 

 alphabetically in order of the authors names. Later editions 

 and translations are put under the same heading as the 

 first edition, with their size, place of publication and date, 

 while a general list of authors, with the dates of their works 

 will be found at the end of the book, and also the names of 

 those who have written on each subdivision of the subject, 

 such as Anatomy, Natural History, the Veterinary Art, 

 Cavalry, Equitation, Driving, Shoeing, Bitting, etc., etc., 

 etc., and which serves as an Index to the body of the work. 



By far the greater number of books collected in these 

 pages are monographs on the Horse ; but I have not 

 thought it wise to exclude other works on Natural History 

 dealing with the Horse, Ass, or Mule in any very distinct 

 degree. Magazine articles or articles from Sporting 

 Journals are however not included, excepting in one case. 

 Works written before the invention of printing, are placed 

 under the year in which it may be presumed they were 



