Transcriber's Note: - - signifies italic text; ^ or ^{} signifies a superscript. [=] signifies a letter with a macron accent (straight line over); [~] signifies a letter with a tilde over. Both macron and tilde sometimes indicate an omitted letter. This is a collection bibliographical notes on old books. In the older books there are many instances of the long 's', printed as 'ſ', and used mostly in the middle of words. A final 's' was printed as 's', as it is now. A final double-'s' was usually printed as 'ſs'. An exception is on Psge 41: 'Odyſſ'. "Finis duodecim libri Hom. Odyſſ. Opus nouem dierum," Occasionally, 'ſſ' in the middle of a word, was printed as 'ſs'. Some examples of the use of 'ſ' and 'ſs': 'Paradiſe loſt' (Paradise lost), 'The Pilgrims Progreſs' (The Pilgrims Progress), 'Odyſses' (Odysses), etc The letter 'w' was often printed as 'vv', and 'W' as 'VV'. 'J/j' was often printed as 'I/i', and 'I/i' as 'J/j'. Thus 'The Rich Jew of Malta' appears in this book as 'The Rich Ievv of Malta'. 'v' was often printed as 'u', and 'u' as 'v' thus, "God ſaue the Queene" for "God save the Queen". Also: "vntill this preſent tyme" for "until this present time". In the earlier books, people wrote what they heard. All spelling variants, if they make sense, and are not obvious printing errors, have been retained. Spelling rules did not exist until the later part of the 19th century. Some words and names (e.g. Church-yard/Churchyard) are hyphenated on some pages, unhyphenated on others. All have been retained. Punctuation is not nessarily consistent, is not always present, and sometimes occurs where we would not expect it (e.g. 'the price of .ii. Shyllynges the piece'; '.xiii Articles'; 'and before the yere ,M,iiiiC, and .ix', etc.). A colon (:) was sometimes used instead of a full stop. Apostrophes were sometimes conspicuous by their absence (e.g. 'Le Morte Darthur' for 'Le Morte D'Arthur'), and opened brackets were not always closed. There are some instances of quotations enclosed in double quotes nested inside quotations similarly enclosed in double quotes, leading to the occasional paragraph ending in ."" This would appear to have been the printing style of the time, and has been retained. The Author has included a list of corrections on Page 221, at the end of the book and before the Index. These corrections have been implemented, as listed. The rest of the Transcriber's Note is at the end of the book. * * * * * The committee on Publications of the Grolier Club certifies that this copy of "Bibliographical Notes on One Hundred Books Famous in English Literature" is one of three hundred and five copies printed on French hand-made paper, and three on vellum, during the year nineteen hundred and three. * * * * * BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTES