_Academy, The_, 23. Acanis eruditus, 77, 78. Acts of the Apostles, quoted, 4. Aglossa pinguinalis, 76. Albermarle (Duke of), portrait by Logan, 126. Althorp library, 124. Anderson (Sir C.), 55. Anobium paniceum, 77, 78. Anobium pertinax, 77, 78, 87, 88. Antiquary, The, 54. Antwerp, Monks at, 57, 58. Asbestos fire, 27. Ashburnham House, Westminster, 10. Asiarch, an, 7. Athens, Bookworm from, 81. Atkyns' Origin and Growth of Printing, 126. Auctioneer, story of, 145. Austin Friars, 15. Bagford (John), the biblioclast, r: 18. Balaclava, battle of, 143. Bale, the antiquary, 9. Bandinel (Dr.), 87, 88. Beedham, B., 52. Bible, the first printed, burnt at Strasbourg, 13. -- the "bug" edition, 95. Bibliophile, pleasures of a, 153. Bibliotaph, a, 129. Bibliotheca Ecclesiae Londino-Belgicae, 16. Binder's creed, 31. -- plough, 105. Binding, care to be taken of, 134. -- quality of good, 104. Bird (Rev. -), 55. Birdsall (Mr.), bookbinder, 80. Birmingham Riots, 11. Black-beetles, enemies of books, 94. Black-letter books in United States, 91. Blatta germanica, 65. Boccaccio, 48-50. Bodleian, hookworms at, 87. Bookbinders as enemies of books, 103. Books, absurd lettering, 111. -- burnt at Carthage; at Ephesus, 4. -- burnt in Fire of London, 10. -- burnt by Saracens, 3. -- captured by Corsairs, 18. -- cleaning of, 114. -- deprived of title pages, 118, 119. Books destroyed at the Reformation, Si. -- dried in an attic, 16. -- examination of old covers, 116. -- how to dust them, 134. -- injured by hacking, i x i. -- lost at sea, 17, 18. -- margin reduced to size, 111. -- mildew in, 136. -- from monasteries destroyed, 9. -- restoration when injured, 114. -- restored after a fire, 15. -- scarce before printing, 2. -- sold to a cobbler, 52, 149. -- too tight on shelves, 137. -- their claims to be preserved, 151. -- used to bake "pyes," 10. -- which scratch one another, 134. Book-sale in Derbyshire, 145. Bookworm, the, 67-93. -- attempt to breed, 81-3. -- from Greece, 82. -- in paper box, 89. -- in United States, 91. Bookworms' progress through books, 84. -- race by, 86. Bosses on books, 135. Boys injuring books, 139. -- in library, story of, 140. Brighton, black letter fragments, 59. British Museum, Boccaccio's Fall of Princes, 61. British Museum free from the "worm," 83. -- burnt book exhibited at, 11. Brown spots in books, 24. Bruchium, 3. Burckhardt's Arabic MSS., 77. "Bug" Bible, 95. Burgundy (Duchess of), 130.