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A Guide to the Use of the Beading Boom. 



English literature. Pending the compilation of a new edition of 

 this Catalogue, it will be necessary for those who wish to study 

 English books of the period to refer also to the General Catalogue. 

 Meanwhile the existing edition is specialty useful on account of 

 the two indexes contained in the third volume. The first of these 

 gives references from titles and subjects to the heading in the 

 Author Catalogue ; the second gives similar references from 

 printers and pubhshers. 



Catalogue of the Pamphlets, Books, Newspapers and 

 Manuscripts relating to the Civil War, the Common- 

 wealth AND Restoration, collected by George Thomason, 

 1640-1661. 2 vol. 1908. Circle 95. a. 



This Catalogue contains the titles of the contemporary books, 

 pamphlets and newspapers collected between the years 1642 and 

 1661, by George Thomason, bookseller, presented to the British 

 Museum by King George III. in 1762. The collection consists of 

 14,942 books and pamphlets, 7,216 numbers of newspapers, and 

 97 manuscript pieces, bound in 2,008 volumes. 



The curious and interesting history of the formation of this 

 collection and of the vicissitudes through which it passed before 

 it was saved from destruction by George III., will be found in the 

 preface to this Catalogue. The titles are arranged as closely as 

 possible in chronological order. A full index containing the names 

 of authors and titles, as well as those of persons, places, historical 

 events and other matter, will be found at the end of the second 

 volume. 



List of the Contents of the Collection of Books, Pamphlets 

 and Journals relating to the French Revolution, 1899. 

 Circle 95. a. 



The three collections of the contemporary books, pamphlets 

 and newspapers relating to the history of the French Revolution, 

 usually known as the " Croker Tracts," were formed by the late 

 Right Hon. John Wilson Croker between the years 1815 and 1856, 

 and were purchased by the Trustees of the British Museum in 

 1817, 1831 and 1856. The collections contain 48,579 books, 

 pamphlets and sets of newspapers, which are bound in 3,420 

 classified volumes. By referring to this list, the entire set of the 

 books or pamphlets relating to each person, event, or period of the 

 Revolution can be obtained. For instance, if a separate speech or 

 other work by Mirabeau were required, it would be found under his 

 name (Riquetti) in the General Catalogue, but if the reader desires 

 to study the contemporary editions of Mirabeau's speeches and of 

 the satires, criticisms and other matter published by or about him 



