The following is a list of books, arranged according to the chapters of this story, which may serve to disclose any particular part of the subject to readers who wish to make a detailed study. In general articles in the various periodicals give the first, and often most complete, publication of each development. This list represents only a limited number of the books and publications consulted, but the principal titles are included: GENERAL TERRY RAMSAYE. _A Million and One Nights._ New York, 1926. A standard history of the motion picture and a special source of material on Edison, Muybridge, Armat, Latham and other early American experimenters. JOSEPH ANTOINE FERDINAND PLATEAU. “Bibliographie des principaux phénomenes subjectifs de la vision depuis les temps ancients jusqu’à la fin du XVIII siècle,” _Mémoires_. Académie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux Arts de Belgique. Brussels, 1877–1878. A most complete, annotated list of works on vision. LYNN THORNDIKE. _History of Magic and Experimental Sciences._ New York, 1923–41. A monumental reference work of particular interest to scholars. HENRY V. HOPWOOD. _Living Pictures_: their history, photo-reproduction and practical working. London, 1899. ROBERT BRUCE FOSTER. _Hopwood’s Living Pictures._ London, 1915. The original edition of this book and the revised edition both include a general review of early activity plus a valuable bibliography of the period from 1825 to 1898. G. MICHEL COISSAC. _Histoire du Cinématographe_ de ses origines jusqu’à nos jours. Paris, 1925. The first half of this book is an important historical work, written from the French point of view. An appendix lists French cinema patents issued from 1890 to 1900. MAJOR GENERAL JAMES WATERHOUSE. “Notes on the early history of the camera obscura,” _Photographic Journal_, Vol. XXV, No. 9. London, May 31, 1901. GEORGES POTONNIEE. _Les Origines du Cinématographe._ Paris, 1928. WILFRED E. L. DAY. _Illustrated Catalogue of the Will Day Historical Collection of Cinematograph and Moving Picture Equipment._ London. SIMON HENRY GAGE AND HENRY PHELPS GAGE. _Optic Projection._ Ithaca, N. Y., 1914. This book has a good historical bibliography. Periodicals which contain important papers include: _Philosophical Transactions._ Royal Society of London. London. _Journal._ Royal Institution of Great Britain. London. _Comptes-rendus._ Académie des Sciences (Institut de France). Paris. _Cosmos_; revue des sciences et de leurs applications. (Also known as _Les Mondes_). Paris. _La Nature._ Paris. _Scientific American._ New York. _U. S. Patent Office Gazette._ Washington, D. C.