INTRODUCTION 



In the compilation of this series of catalogues the aim has been to 

 include in each bibliography everything, printed or in manuscript, relat- 

 ing to the family of languages to which it is devoted: books, pamph-' 

 lets, articles in magazines, tracts, serials, etc., and such reviews and 

 announcements of publications as seemed worthy of notice. 



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

 ject and tribal indexes, references to libraries, etc., being included in 

 one alphabetic series. The j)rimary arrangement is alphabetic by 

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

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

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

 and in the case of printed books each work is followed through its 

 various editions before 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 when entered under an author, and from the 

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

 not. Manuscrij)ts 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 i)ersons of 

 the same surname have also the same initials. 



All titular matter, including cross-reference 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 capitals have been used in titular matter in 

 only two cases: first, for proper names; and second, when the word 



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