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On the other hand, separate headings have been made for 

 works on the following subjects, which will consequently be found 

 under such headings and not under the names of the various 

 countries : — Agriculture, Architecture, Art, Ballads, Biography, 

 Birds, Botany, Capital and Labour, Drama, Education, Local 

 Fauna (under Zoology) and Flora (under Botany), Fish, Folk- 

 Lore, Forestry, Geology, Heraldry and Genealogy, Land Tenures, 

 Law (Criminal, Commercial, Ecclesiastical, Maritime, Military 

 and Naval), Law Eeports, Meteorology, Mineralogy, Music, 

 Numismatics, Painting, Palaeontology, Police, Eailways, Sports, 

 Succession and Probate, Typography. 



Art Galleries, Exhibitions and Libraries have been grouped 

 together under the headings Exhibitions " and Libraries," and 

 have not been placed under the countries or towns in which they 

 are situated. 



Arrangement of Entries under each Heading. 



In arranging the entries under each heading a chronological 

 order has been followed whenever it has been possible, as under 

 the history of each country, province, town or subject. When no 

 such arrangement has been practicable, as in the case of works 

 on an abstract science or other subject incapable of historical 

 treatment, the entries have been arranged thus : — In the twenty 

 year Index (1881-1900) according to the year of publication. 

 In the two subsequent quinquennial Indexes (1901-1905 and 

 1906-1910) the entries have been arranged in the alphabetical 

 order of the names of the authors. In the latest volumes the 

 names of publishers of books in the English language are given, 

 while the imprints London or Paris and the size of books 

 priated in octavo are omitted. 



The pagination of each book, if in a single volume, is given in 

 order to enable the reader to ascertain at a glance whether he is 

 dealing with a book or a pamphlet. 



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