Baron Tauchnitz early felt that the general title of the series, “Collection of _British_ Authors,” was a misnomer, which might even give offence to an important branch of the English-speaking race; for, though Bulwer and Dickens led off in the Collection, “Pelham” being the first volume issued and “The Pickwick Papers” the second, the fourth volume, added at the beginning of the second year of publication, in 1842, was Fenimore Cooper’s “The Spy,” followed in the same year by a second volume of the same author. Furthermore, the year 1843 opened with Washington Irving’s “Sketch Book,” immediately followed by a third novel by Cooper; and, though it was not till 1850 that another American work gained admittance into this charmed circle, not fewer than three of Irving’s books succeeded one another in the single twelvemonth. In 1852, Hawthorne was welcomed with “The Scarlet Letter” and Mrs. Stowe with “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”; from that time on, scarcely a year has passed without some new American book being included in the Collection, and under the present routine each year’s issue, comprising some seventy-five volumes, includes several American works. In fact, the representation of American authors in the “Tauchnitz Edition” is now so considerable that the list calls for a place by itself at the end of this volume, where it presents an interesting evidence of the growth of the popularity of American literature in Europe. The reader will notice that there are cases where some of the best works of an author are not included in the “Tauchnitz Edition.” The cause of these omissions is sometimes other than taste or choice. But the catalogue is suggestive just as it stands. The “Memorial Volumes” form a little series of special issues published at turning-points. This Manual has been made a Memorial Volume out of compliment to American literature and is dedicated, with his permission, to President Roosevelt. In this way, the present Baron Tauchnitz has striven to show his high appreciation of the group of American authors in the Edition, and to follow in the footsteps of his high-minded father.