  - Abbas the Great, Shah of Persia, wishes to introduce printing into Persia, 119
- Africa, question as to first introduction of printing into, 123
- Aldrich, Stephen J., of the British Museum, an authority on incunabula, 208
- Ancina, Bishop, his integrity, 169
- Antequera Castro, Joseph, author of a book printed in Paraguay, 133
- Baber, Rev. H. H., his Museum catalogue, 85;
- his plan for an improved catalogue, 90
- Bailey, J. B., on subject indexes to scientific periodicals, 225
- Beresford, General, prints proclamations in Buenos Ayres, 136
- Bethnal Green Library, its contrivance for the accommodation of books, the prototype of the British Museum sliding-press, 267
- Bible, the foundation of the system of classification adopted at the British Museum, 212
- Blades, William, his "Enemies of Books," 283-287
- Bond, Sir Edward Augustus, K.C.B., Principal Librarian of the British Museum, his services to the British Museum Printed Catalogue, 15;
- his negotiations with the Treasury, 65, 73, 94;
- memoir of, 335-339
- Bonifacius, Joannes, author of the first book printed by Europeans in China, 121
- Bradshaw, Henry, 209
- British Museum Catalogue, how far a model for other catalogues, 7
- Canevarius, Antonius, collector of books and amateur of bindings, 164-166
- Carlisle, Nicholas, 312
- Cary, Rev. Henry, 295
- Classed indexes to Museum Catalogue, how to be made, 106
- Classification of Books on the shelves of the British Museum, Library, 211
- Clemente Patavino, early Italian printer, 201
- Cole, Sir Henry, 84, 109
- Collins, C. H., Esq., of Edgbaston, advocates a classified index of scientific papers, 22
- Colophons of the early printers, 197-209
- Cordier, M. Henri, Chinese bibliographer, 121
- Crestadoro, Mr., advocates dictionary catalogues, 46
- Cutter, C. W., his report on catalogues, 46;
- his cataloguing rules, 48
- Dewey, Melvil, on the decimal system of classification, 80
- Douglas, Professor R. K., Keeper of Oriental Books and MSS., his catalogue of the Museum collection of maps, 15;
- supervises catalogue of accession titles, 74
- Duarte y Quiros, founder of a college at Cordova, La Plata, 134
- Dury, John, 175-190, passim
- Edwards, Edward, 320
- Electric Light in British Museum, 253, 254
- Ellis, Sir Henry, his Museum catalogue, 85
- Ewart, William, M.P., founder of free public libraries in Great Britain and Ireland, 36
- Fire, protection of libraries against, 258-261
- Fortescue, G. W., Keeper of Printed Books, his subject indexes to British Museum catalogue, 10
- Foscolo, Ugo, 289
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