A CONTRIBUTION 



TO 



MALAYAN BIBLIOGRAPHY 



[Introductory Note. — The nonexistence of any compre- 

 hensive catalogue of works referring to Malayan matters has sug- 

 gested to the compiler that the following results of between two 

 and three years' labour in that direction may be of value to the 

 members of the Society. 



The catalogue is necessarily imperfect, and as such is merely 

 designated a " contribution" to the cud in view, which can only be 

 accomplished by united effort. Still it is probably the most com- 

 plete yet published, aided as it has been by the willing help of 

 friends and embracing as it does the titles to be found in the British 

 Museum Library, Eoyal Asiatic Society's, Baffles', Marsden's and 

 other catalogues ; those of works on the shelves of the Eaffles and 

 Logan Libraries ; and such as are to be found in the publishers' 

 lists of Triibner, Quaritch, Allen, and others who make such works 

 their specialities. 



It may be well to define the geographical limits I have ob- 

 served, which are those laid down by the late Mr. Logan as com- 

 prehending the district of " Indonesia." They are as follow : — A 

 line drawn across the Malay Peninsula at the Siamese boundary 

 line to the North point of Borneo ; thence in a North by West 

 direction to the Coast of Luzon, following its Northern shore and 

 returning to the East Coast of Mindanao, from the South point of 

 which island it strikes across to New Guinea, at Point D'Urvilie. 

 Thence following the contour of the Coast (and without including 

 any portion of the island) it makes a South-East curve to include 



