PREFACE. IN submitting to the indulgent consideration of the Members of the Royal Institution a New Catalogue of their excellent Library,* the Editor has fulfilled what has been his anxious desire ever since his appointment to his present office in 1849. The Catalogue of Mr. William Harris was first published in 1809, and a second edition appeared in 1821. Upon the latter the present Catalogue is based: the whole work, however, has been revised and re-arranged; and the numerous and important additions to the Library during six-and-thirty years† have been incorporated, and will be found in their respective classes. In many cases the alphabetical order previously adopted has been changed to the chronological, with the object of indicating at once the earliest and latest works on the subject; Marginal Notes have been added; and a separate Index of Subjects is given at the end of the Volume. The List of original Historical Tracts (principally of the seventeenth century), of which the Royal Institution now possesses * The Library was founded in 1803 by the voluntary subscriptions of the Members, amounting, in 1806, to about 6000l. The books were selected and purchased by Sub-Committees, including Dr. Shute Barrington, Bishop of Durham, Earl Spencer, Dr. Charles Burney, Sir Joseph Banks, Count Rumford, and others, eminent in Science and Literature. + Up to July, 1857; see ADDENDA, p. 81. E. g. Chemistry, pp. 215-225. Eighteen Series, in above three hundred volumes, appears for the first time in the present Catalogue. Among the recent numerous and valuable Donations to the Library are a copy of Rosellini's "Monumenti dell' Egitto e della Nubia," presented by His Grace the Duke of Northumberland, President, R.I., in March, 1855; and a copy of Lepsius's "Denkmäler aus Egypten und Ethiopien," presented by William Richard Hamilton, Esq., F.R.S. (late Treasurer, R.I.), in March, 1857. The Institution now possesses the three great works on Egyptthe French, Italian, and German. The ABBREVIATIONS occurring in the work are principally those in common use; but a few others may be mentioned. A capital letter and figure [such as (F 3)] occurring in a title denote that the work will be found in the volume of the series of Tracts marked at the back with the letter: [e. g. (F. 3) in the third volume of Tracts, series F.]: (0. T. F. 8) refers to the eighth volume of the works printed for the Oriental Translation Fund; and (Camd. 9) to the ninth volume of the works of the Camden Society. SYNOPSIS. 7. Biblia Anglo-Saxonica, &c., 3. 8. English Bibles, and Parts thereof, 4. III. APOCRYPHAL WRITINGS, 29. IV. LITURGIES, CREEDS, CATECHISMS, SACRAMENTS, &c., 30. 1. Liturgies, &c., 30. 2. Creeds, Confessions, &c., 33. 3. Catechisms, 34. 4. On the Sacraments, 34. V. ON CHURCH DISCIPLINE AND GOVERNMENT, 35. 1. Defences of Natural and Revealed Religion, 36. 3. Roman Catholic and Protestant Controversy, 41. VII. MISCELLANEOUS THEOLOGY, 45. 1. Theological Summaries, &c., 45. 2. Collected Works, 47. 3. Ecclesiastici Scriptores Græci, 48. VIII. ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY, 56. CLASS II. GOVERNMENT, POLITICS, JURISPRUDENCE, AND COMMERCE. I. GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS, 60. 1. Treatises on Government, 60. 2. Crime and Punishment, 63. 3. Police, &c., 64. 4. On Slavery, 64. 5. Political Economy, 66. 6. On the Post-office, 67. 7. Population, 68. 8. On the Poor, Poor Laws, &c., 69. 9. On Colonization and Emigration, 72. 10. On Money and the Currency, 72. 11. On the National Debt, Taxation, Funding, &c., 73. II. JURISPRUDENCE, 74. 1. Law of Nations, &c., 74. 2. Diplomacy and Treaties, 75. 4. Civil Law, 79. |