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N bringing this work to a close, I feel that some explanation of the unexpected delay which has taken place in the issue of the several volumes, is due to the subscribers. At the time of my father's death, eight years ago, there came into my hands an enormous mass of materials, comprising, in addition to his own collections, those of Mr Halkett and Mr H. B. Wheatley. No attempt had been made to arrange these materials. In the process of reducing the slips to some rough alphabetical order, I discovered that a large number consisted of merely a word or two of the title, with a reference to one or more authorities. Consequently, those titles had to be completed, references verified, and not infrequently, in the case of duplicate slips drawn from different sources, rival claims of authorship examined.

Moreover, the strict rule laid down by the original projectors of the Dictionary, that no book should be considered anonymous or pseudonymous, if the author's real name was made known anywhere throughout the work, imposed upon me the duty of carefully examining the books themselves in all such cases where the memoranda in my hands were defective, or where it was not clear that the books had already been so examined. I have thus fortunately been able to add an asterisk to many entries which had previously been taken at second hand. It need hardly be said that all this involved much expenditure of time. The Edinburgh libraries which were accessible to me did not contain all the volumes I had to examine, or the bibliographical works it was necessary to consult; nor did my references always tell me where they were to be found. I was therefore obliged to seek information from various libraries throughout the kingdom; and a single incomplete or illegible slip has sometimes caused much correspondence. A few titles, nevertheless, will be found entered in the Dictionary on the authority of sale and booksellers' catalogues, such as Leslie's Cat. and Bliss' Cat. Some of these may not

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be strictly anonymous; but I have' entered them, knowing that it was my father's intention to give them a place in the Dictionary, with this explanation.

Although I have taken every pains to complete this work in a manner worthy of those who originated and carried it on, I am deeply conscious how far I fall short of my aim; and I have to crave the indulgence of those whose superior knowledge will enable them to detect errors or omissions.

There remains for me now only the pleasant duty of acknowledging my obligations to the many librarians and bibliographers to whom I am indebted for assistance. My special thanks are due to Mr J. T. Clark, Keeper of the Advocates' Library, who, besides placing the large stores under his charge at my disposal, has, with great courtesy and kindness, been ready in every difficulty to help me with his valuable information and advice; to Mr T. G. Law of the Signet Library, Edinburgh, whose well-known acquaintance with Roman Catholic literature has been of great service; to Mr H. R. Tedder of the Athenæum Library, London, who has kindly compared with the books all the slips which refer to the Athenæum Catalogue; and to Dr Garnett of the British Museum, and Mr F. Madan of the Bodleian Library, with whom I have had much correspondence, and who, in the midst of their arduous duties, have, with unwearying patience, never failed to afford me the help which their wide knowledge and abundant stores of information enabled them to give.

EDINBURGH, June 1888.

CATHERINE LAING.

N.B.-The numerals in brackets which follow the authors' names are the dates on which the books indiced were published. The figures in brackets following, in several instances, the column references, indicate the number of books by the author in that column.

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London 1830. Octavo. 24sh. [Smith's Cat. of Friends' books, i. 99.]

TIT for tat, a comedy in three acts. Performed at the Theatres Royall Hay-market, Drury-Lane, and CoventGarden. Printed under the inspection of James Wrighton, prompter. Exactly agreeable to the representation. [By George COLMAN, the elder.]

London 1788. Octavo. Pp. 49. b. t. [Biog. Dram.]

TITAN'S Letter to Milo. [By Albert WILLIAMS.]

London: N. D. Octavo. [W.] TITCOMB'S letters to young people single and married. Timothy Titcombe, Esq. [By J. G. HOLLAND.] Low's cheap series of American authors. Fiftieth edition.

London 1873. Octavo, Pp. x. 246.* TITHES indefensible: or, observations on the origin and effects of tithes. Addressed to country gentlemen. [By Thomas THOMPSON.]

York: 1792. Octavo. Pp. 118.* [Bodl.] TITHING (a) table, or a table of tithes and oblations, according to the ecclesiastical laws and ordinances established in the Church of England. By W. C. [Bp. CARLETON.]

London: 1662. Quarto. [Lowndes, Bibliog. Man., p. 2687.]

TITLE (the) of a thorough settlement examined; in answer to Dr Sherlock's Case of the allegiance due to sovereign powers, &c. With an appendix in answer to Dr. Sherlock's Vindication.

[By Dr JENKINS, Master of St. John's College, Cambridge.] London: MDCXCI. 80; append. 12.

Quarto. Pp. 6. b. t.

TITLE (the) of kings proved to be jure divino ; and also that our royall Soveraign King Charles the Second is the right and lawfull heir to the crown of England, and that the life of his father, Charles the First, was taken away unjustly, contrary to the common-law, statute-law, and all other lawes of England. Wherein are laid down several proofs, both of Scripture and law, clearly and plainly discovering that there can be no full and free parliament without a King and House of Lords. By W. P. [William PRYNNE] Esq.

London 1660. Sm. Quarto. [Cat. Lond. Inst., ii. 325.]

TITUS Vespasian: a tragedy. [By John CLELAND.]

London printed for the author MDCCLV. Octavo.* [Lowndes, Bibliog. Man.]

Though not mentioned on the title-page, this tragedy is followed, with continuous pagination, by "The Ladies subscription: a dramatic performance. Designed for an introduction to a dance."

TIVERTON (the) woolcomber's defence. By one unconcerned, but a friend to liberty. [Rev. William DADDO, A.M.] London: 1750. Quarto. [Boase and Courtney, Bib. Corn., i. 102.]

T-L-ND'S invitation to Dismal to dine with the Calves-head Club. Imitated from Horace, Epist. 5. Lib. 1. [By Jonathan SWIFT.]

N. P. N. D. Folio. S. Sh.*
Dismal is Daniel Finch, Earl of Nottingham,
who was nicknamed the Dismal Orator.

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ΤΟ - I said to you a few months ago: See "LETTER on Irish affairs." TO all kings, princes, rulers, governours, bishops and clergy, that profess ChrisChristendom tianity in being distinction between the laws, commandments and ordinances of the higher powers, for the punishment of evil doers, and for the praise of them that do well: and the ordinances, doctrines and commands of men concerning religion and worship, which are not to be touched, tasted nor handled and the hand-writing of ordinances among the Jews, which Christ hath blotted out. By G. F. [George Fox.]

London 1685. Quarto. Pp. 27.* TO all magistrates, teachers, schoolmasters, and people in Christendome, who teach your children the way of the heathen, out of their books, in naming the dayes, and months, and times, and observing your feasts, as followeth. To that intent is this given forth, that you may come off them, and teach your children according to the Scriptures, in which you may see your teaching is different from the Jews, and Christians in old time: but according to the heathen since the apostles dayes in the apostacy. Something concerning the naming of times, dayes, and moneths, &c. And their derivations or etymologies as they call them, which children have been taught, and are taught out of heathenish authors, and from heathenish customs. That parents may see, what their children are taught, and whether they can consent that they be so taught; and consider what benefit they reap by being taught those things, and such authors as treats of those things. [By George Fox.]

London: 1660. Quarto. Pp. 8.* Signed
G. F.

TO all people in all Christendom concerning perfect love, pure wisdome and the holy faith, and who they are that banisheth them, and who they are that entertains them: and how Christendome hath not received this love and this faith to edifie and build them, but hath received envy, and wrath, which sets them on heaps one against another, so not receiving love, they cannot edifie, nor receiving faith they cannot build. Also concerning Christs flesh which was offered, and Adams flesh which was defiled, and concerning the out

ward offerings and sacrifices, and in
what they were held, and concerning
the belief in the outward offerings,
and concerning the belief in Christ the
offering, and concerning Adam in the
fall, and concerning Adam before he
fell, and concerning Christ that doth
never fall, and concerning the eating of
Christs flesh, and drinking his blood,
and who hath life, and who hath not.
[By George Fox.]

N. P. N. D. Quarto. Pp. 8.* Signed
G. F.

TO all that professe Christianity,_are these following particulars. Concerning their name of Christians. Loving enemies. The worship in spirit. Gospel-fellow-ship. Their many heads and baptismes. Their many Churches. Their disagreeing about Scriptures interpretation. By G. F. [George Fox.]

London, 1661. Quarto. Pp. 8.*

TO all the faithful brethren born of the immortal seed of the father of life, and sent forth in the great commission, and power of the king of eternal glory, to gather his elect from the winds of the earth, forth of all nations and kindreds where they are scattered; this to you is the word of God. [By William DEWSBURY.]

London, 1661. Quarto. Pp. 8.* Signed W. D., and dated from York Castle. TO all the nations under the whole heavens and to all those who have ministred the letter, and yet are ignorant, and haue kept others in the ignorance both of the letter and spirit also. From those people who are despitefully called Quakers, who tremble at the word of God in their hearts to which word all the holy men of God haue brought forth their testimony after the same manner (and who are appeared in that which cannot be shaken) as the Scriptures of the Old and New Testament do eminently declare and set forth. G. F. [George Fox.]

London. 1660. Quarto. I sh. [Smith's
Cat. of Friends' books, i. 660.]

TO all who smoke! A few words in defence of tobacco: or, a plea for the pipe. By "Cavendish.” [Samuel BEVAN.]

London: 1857. Octavo. 6 sh. [Smith's
Cat. of Friends' books, i. 262.]

TO farmers. A short account of the cause of the disease in corn, called by

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