PREFACE 



I HAVE been asked to write a few words by way of 

 Preface to these two small Bibliographies which Miss 

 Moore has been at some pains to compile, and which 

 Mr. Sidney Webb has recommended for publication 

 in an appropriate series. 



Amongst ourselves the subject of Historical Biblio- 

 graphy has been so grievously neglected that almost 

 any essay of this kind should prove acceptable. In 

 the present instance, the select Bibliographies that 

 have been undertaken are such as prove of real value 

 to those who have occasion to study the theory of the 

 auxiliary studies of Palaeography and Diplomatic, or 

 the several branches of early manorial and agrarian 

 history. At the present moment, perhaps the most 

 instructive current bibliography of Palaeography 

 compiled in this country is the periodical list issued 

 to members of the New Palseographical Society, 

 whilst no compendious bibliography of Diplomatic 

 and its kindred subjects is available for English 

 students. Moreover, the " Lists " printed in this 

 volume have been compiled by a student of these 

 subjects for the use of her fellow-students, and some 

 regard should be paid to the practical value of such 

 a method of selection. 



Miss Moore herself has had experience of the require- 

 ments of students in the two tJniversities of London 

 and Edinburgh, whilst in the course of her professional 

 work for the Victoria County History, and of her 

 researches at the Public Record Office and British 

 Museum, she has gained a considerable experience of 

 the requirements of students which she has set herself 

 to supply as far as possible in the following Lists. 



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