Excerpt from Index to the Subject-Matter of the Works Contained in the Catalogue of the Statistical Society, 1886: Completed to 31st December, 1883 The present Volume is an Index to the Catalogue of the Statistical Society, published in J une, 1884, in which the subject-matter of each work comprised in that volume is alphabetically arranged and to a certain extent classed. The two volumes record all Books in the Library at the close of the year 1883. The Preface to the Catalogue explains the system upon which that. Work was prepared. The present Volume furnishes the heads and sub-heads of each subject printed in Egyptian or Roman characters respectively, and the names of Authors, as well as the titles of the Works, as given in the Catalogue, in italics. When both are stated, the latter are generally inserted within brackets. In the majority of cases the year or years to which the work refers are inserted, instead of the date of publication, as furnishing a more useful guide to the inquirer. The Titles of Books have been given in their original language, the subject-matter always in English. The information relating to each Country and Town is given both under those heads, and under the heads of the several subjects. The repetition of the several heads is avoided by the use of the sign and the repetition of sub-heads, and of names of authors and publications, by the use of the letters id. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.