INTRODUCTION 



111 the compilatiou of this catalogue the aim has been to include 

 everythiuj;-, printed or in manuscript, relating to the Athapavscau lan- 

 guages: books, pamphlets, articles in magazines, tracts, serials, etc., 

 and such reviews and announcements of publications as seemed Morthy 

 of notice. 



The dictionary plan has lieen followed to its extreme limit, the sub- 

 ject an<l tribal indexes, references to libraries, etc., being included in 

 one alphabetic series. The jirimary arrangement is alphabetic by 

 authors, translators of works into the native languages being treated as 

 authors. Kiider each author the arrangement is, first, by printed works, 

 and second, by manuscripts, each group being given chronologically; 

 and ill the case of ]>rinted books each work is followed through its 

 various editions l»efore the next in chronologic order is taken up. 



Anonymously printed works are entered under the name of the author, 

 when known, and under the first word of the title, not an article or 

 preposition, when not known. A cross-reference is given from the first 

 words of anonymous titles wIkmi entered under an author and from the 

 first words of all titles in the Indian languages, whether anonymous or 

 not. Manuscripts are entered under the author when known, under 

 the dialect to which they refer when he is not known. 



Each author's name, with his title, etc., is entered in full but once, 

 i. e., in its alphabetic order. Every other mention of him is by sur- 

 name and initials only, except in those rare cases when two persons of 

 the same surname have also the same initials. 



All titular matter, including cross-references thereto, is in brevier, all 

 collations, descriptions, notes, and index matter in nonpareil. 



In detailing contents and in adding notes respecting contents, the 

 spelling of proper names used in the particular work itself has been 

 followed, and so far as possible the language of the respective writers 

 is given. In the index entries of the tribal names the compiler has 

 adopted that spelling which seemed to him the best. 



As a general rule initial cai)itals have been used in titular matter in 

 only two cases: first, for ]>roper names, and second, when the word 

 actually appears on the title-page with an initial capital and with the 

 remainder in small capitals or lower-case letters. In giving titles in the 

 German language the capitals in the case of all substantives have been 

 respected. 



When titles are given of works not seen by the compiler the fact is 

 stated or the entry is followed by an asterisk within curves, and in 

 either case the authority is usually given. 



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