2 INTRODUCTION 



Journals are, however, not included, excepting 

 in one case. Works written before the inven- 

 tion of printing are placed under the year in 

 which it ma)'- be presumed they were written. 

 It would be absurd, for instance, to place Xeno- 

 phon after Juliana Barnes, or Gwyllame Twici 

 after Bracy Clarke. The same work is only 

 again mentioned when it has been entirely recast, 

 or a new compilation is made, such as the Rei 

 riisticcB scriptores. In the alphabetical arrange- 

 ment of names, I have had to meet the usual 

 difficulty of foreign double names, such as : — 

 Esprit Paul de la Font Pouloti, Franz Max 

 Freiherr von Bouwinghausen von Wallmerode, 

 Francisco de Cespedes y Velasco, &c." 



Under "Horses and Equitation" Huth has 

 included everything appertaining to the horse. 

 Fiction is excluded, and generally all books of 

 which only a part relates to horses. He finishes 

 his Preface with these rather touching words, 

 proving that he realised so much that he was 

 humbled by his knowledge of the big subject he 

 had taken up : — 



"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, there- 

 fore, 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 



