X. Preface. 



Sedan pleasantly disputing^ in which Peacham mentions 

 that coaches do not exceed four miles an hour, describes 

 how they are built, are laced, fringed, and gilded, and have 

 leather curtains, and says among other things that the 

 English were the most backward nation in horse-breeding. 

 A few other fictions, by men well acquainted with horses, 

 have also been admitted. 



In conclusion I must confess with regret that the Index 

 is far from perfect, and I probably could go on adding to it 

 for the rest of my natural life ; in that case however it 

 would possibly never see the light at all, and perhaps it is 

 better therefore to publish it as it is. I do not think many 

 important works have escaped me, but the smaller catch- 

 penny fry are legion ; they appear, live their short life, and 

 disappear leaving scarcely a trace behind them. I hope at 

 least that others will be saved some of the time this Index 

 has taken me in preparation. 



FREDK H. HUTH, 



Beck ford House, 



Lansdown Crescent, 

 Bath. 



