Podianus, Prosper, a mighty book-hunter, 168-170 Pollard, Alfred William, on the title-page, 198 Poole's Index to Periodicals, 9 Ribeiro dos Sanctos, Portuguese bibliographer, 118 Roscoe, William, 290 Ruiz de Montoya, Antonio, author of books printed in Paraguay, 133 Rye, William Brenchley, Keeper of Printed Books, his services to the classification of the Museum Library, 211 Rylands, Mrs., her public spirit, 25 Sande, Eduardus de, author of the second book printed by Europeans in China, 120 Sainsbury, William Noel, his calendar of the papers of the East India Company, 119 Satow, Sir Ernest Mason, K.C.B., on printing in Japan, 121, 122 Scientific Papers, subject indexes to, 225-233 Serrano, Father Jose, his translation of Father Nieremberg into Guarani, the first book printed in Paraguay, 131, 132 Sliding-Press, the, at the British Museum, 262-271 Sparrow, Mr., locksmith at the British Museum, 267, 271 Spira, the brothers, early printers at Venice, 149, 203, 205 Stevens, Henry, of Vermont, his paper on Photo-Bibliography, 16, 239; memoir of, 325-334 Sweynheym and Pannartz, early printers at Rome, 143, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152 Telautographic writing telegraph, 256 Telegraph, writing, advantage of introduction of, into Reading Room of British Museum, 254, 257 Thompson, Sir E. M., K.C.B., on use of blotting paper in the Middle Ages. Universal Catalogue projected by Sir Henry Cole, 83, 84, 109-114 Venetian book-trade, 153, 156 Vera, Juan de, first printer in the Philippines, 122 Virgo, Mr., his ingenuity, 266, 279 Watts, Thomas, Keeper of Printed Books, British Museum, advocated printing the catalogue in 1855, 15; founder of the system of classification followed at the British Museum, 211 Whitelock, General, prints proclamations in Monte Video, 137 Wolfenbuttel Library, 189 Yapuguai, Nicolas, author of books printed in Paraguay, 133 Zaehnsdorf, Mr., bookbinder, his device for the protection of books against fire, 259-261 THE END Printed by BALLANTYNE, HANSON & CO. Edinburgh & London TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES Variations in spelling and hyphenation remain as in the original. Ellipses match the original. The following corrections have been made to the original text: Page 152: publication is greatly lowered.[original has a comma] Page 172: the Rome of the seventeenth[original has "seventeeth"] century Page 321: the staunch[original has "stanch"] persistence with which Page 341: Bible, the foundation of the system of classification[original has "classifiation"] adopted Page 342: Photography, advantages of its introduction[was split across a line break without a hyphen] as an official department of the British Museum, 16, 17,[original has a semi-colon] 85, 86,[original has a semi-colon] 234-252