Alison’s Europe.—History of Europe from 1815 to 1852, by Sir Archibald Alison, Bart. Index. Edinburgh (Blackwood), 1859. 8vo. title, pp. 319. In one alphabet.
Blomefield’s Norfolk.—Index Nominum; being an Index of Christian and Surnames (with arms), mentioned in Blomefield’s History of Norfolk, arranged in alphabetical order. By John Nurse Chadwick. King’s Lynn (published for the author), 1862. Royal 8vo. pp. 348.
This Index refers to the octavo edition.
Buffon’s Natural History—Index to Buffon’s Planches enluminées. By Thomas Pennant. 1786. 4to.
Burke’s Landed Gentry.—Index of family names in Burke’s Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry—fourth edition 1863, in Bridger’s Index to Pedigrees 1867, pp. 178-258.
Burton’s Scotland.—The History of Scotland from Agricola’s Invasion to the Extinction of the last Jacobite Insurrection. By John Hill Burton, Historiographer-Royal for Scotland. Second edition. Index volume. London and Edinburgh (William Blackwood & Sons), 1873. 8vo. pp. 100, in double columns.
Carlyle.—A General Index to the People’s edition of Thomas Carlyle’s Works. London (Chapman & Hall), 1874. 12mo. pp. 201.
Mr. Carlyle’s vehement denunciation of books without indexes is well known, and his sincerity is proved by this careful compilation.
Dugdale’s York.—Index to the Visitation of the County of Yorke begun A.D. 1665 and finished A.D. 1666 by William Dugdale, Esq. Norroy King of Armes. Compiled by George J. Armytage. Printed by private subscription. London, 1872. 8vo. title, preface 1 leaf, pp. 40.
In one alphabet, with a list of pedigrees in order of pages appended. Dugdale’s Visitation was printed by the Surtees Society in 1859 (vol. 36, their publications).
Encyclopædias.—The Encyclopædia Britannica, or Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General Literature. Eighth edition. Index. [By James Duncan.] Edinburgh, 1860. Pp. vii, 232. In one alphabet.
—— Encyclopædia Metropolitana, or Universal Dictionary of Knowledge ... Index. London, 1845. 4to. pp. iv, 370. In one alphabet.
—— The English Cyclopædia. Synoptical Index to the four divisions of Geography, Biography, Natural History, Arts and Sciences. London, 1862. 4to. pp. iv, 166.
Arranged in four columns.
—— General and Analytical Index to the American Encyclopædia. By T. J. Conant, D.D., assisted by his daughter Blandina. New York (Appleton & Co.), 1878. Pp. viii, 810. 4to. Highly praised in Library Journal, vol. iii. No. 8, p. 303.
*—— Index to Appleton’s Annual Cyclopædia, vol. 1-10.
Criticised adversely in Library Journal, vol. ii. p. 296.
Essayists.—A General Index to the Spectators, Tatlers and Guardians. 1757. Second edition. London (W. Owen), 1760. 12mo. unpaged. In one alphabet.
—— The British Essayists; with prefaces, historical and biographical, by A. Chalmers, F.S.A. Vol. 38. General Index. London, 1823. 12mo. title, pp. 277. In one alphabet.
Gmelin’s Chemistry.—Index to Gmelin’s Handbook of Chemistry. By Henry Watts. London, 1872. 8vo. title, pp. 331.
In one alphabet.
Holme’s Armory.—Index of the Names of Persons contained in the Academy of Armory and Blazon, by Randle Holme; printed at Chester in one volume folio, 1688. London (R. Triphook), 1821. Folio, title, pp. 46.
Only 50 copies printed. In one alphabet, and contains names of places as well as of persons.
Howell’s State Trials.—General Index to the Collection of State Trials, compiled by T. B. Howell and T. J. Howell. By David Jardine. London, 1828. 8vo. title, advertisement 1 leaf, pp. 345.
Part 1, Names; Part 2, Miscellaneous Contents. Appended is “A Table of Parallel References from Howell’s State Trials to the folio edition by Hargrave.” The references are given as 15 vol. instead of vol. 15.
Hume’s England.—Biographical Index to the History of England; consisting of an Alphabetical Arrangement of all the titles and proper names of persons in Hume’s History of England, with Biographical Articles attached. By the Rev. S. Y. McMasters, LL.D. Alton (printed at the Courier Office), 1854. Pp. 672.
Madox’s Exchequer.—A compleat Index to Mr. Madox’s History of the Exchequer, serving as a Glossary to explain uncommon words, to illustrate the original of families and customs, and the antiquities of the several counties in England. London, Printed for Francis Gosling at the Crown and Mitre against Fetter Lane, Fleet Street, 1741. Folio, unpaged, sheets A to Hhh 1, in twos.
This Index was made by the editor of Madox’s Baronia Anglica, 1741, and was issued with that work. It was reprinted in the second edition of the History of the Exchequer. 2 vols. 4to. 1769. In one alphabet.
Oke & Stone.—A Pocket Index to Oke and Stone. By an Essex Justice [Andrew Johnston]. Gloucester (John Bellows), 1877. 12mo. pp. vii, 56.
This is an Index to “Oke’s Magisterial Synopsis: a Practical Guide for Magistrates, their Clerks, Solicitors and Constables. Twelfth edition by T. W. Saunders. London, 1876.” 2 vols. 8vo. And to “The Justice’s Manual or Guide to the ordinary duties of a Justice of the Peace, by the late Samuel Stone, the eighteenth edition edited by George B. Kennett. London, 1876.” 8vo.
There is no clue in this Index to the titles of the books indexed.
Parliamentary History.—A General Index to the twenty-three volumes of the Parliamentary or Constitutional History of England. London (W. Sandby), 1761. 8vo. pp. 712.
Pennant’s London.—Copious Index to Pennant’s Account of London. By T. Downes. 1814. 4to. pp. 52, in double columns.
Pictorial History.—Index to the Pictorial History of England, forming a complete chronological key to the civil and military events, the lives of remarkable persons and the progress of the country in religion, government, industry, arts and sciences, literature, manners, and social economy. By H. C. Hamilton. London (Orr & Co.), 1850. Roy. 8vo. pp. iv, 280.
In one alphabet. Dates are largely introduced into the references.
Richardson’s Novels.—A Collection of the moral and instructive sentiments, maxims, cautions, and reflexions contained in the Histories of Pamela, Clarissa and Sir Charles Grandison, digested under proper heads, with references to the volume and page, both in octavo and twelves, in the respective histories. London (S. Richardson), 1755. 12mo. pp. x, 410.
There is a separate alphabet for each novel.
Southcott’s Writings.—A General Index to the Writings of Joanna Southcott, the Prophetess. London, no date. 8vo. pp. 88.
—— Index to the Divine and Spiritual Writings of Joanna Southcott. By Philip Pullen. London, 1815. 8vo. pp. 240.
Strype’s Works.—A General Index to the Historical and Biographical Works of John Strype, A.M. [By the Rev. R. French Lawrence.] Oxford (Clarendon Press), 1828. 2 vols. 8vo. Vol. 1, pp. iv, 406; Vol. 2, title, pp. 404.
In one alphabet.
Tytler’s Scotland.—History of Scotland. By Patrick Fraser Tytler. Third edition. Index. Edinburgh (Black), 1850. 8vo. title, pp. 128. In one alphabet.
Warton’s English Poetry.—An Index to the History of English Poetry. By Thomas Warton, B.D. London, 1806. 4to.
In double cols. Six separate Indexes, viz. vol. 1, pp. 21. Dissertation prefixed to vol. 1, 10 pp. vol. 2, pp. 20. vol. 3, pp. 27. Gesta Romanorum (prefixed to vol. 3), pp. 6. Fragment of the fourth vol. pp. 6.
Wellington Despatches.—The Index to the Despatches of F. M. the Duke of Wellington. By Lieut.-Colonel Gurwood. London, 1839. 8vo. pp. 235, in double cols.
Wesley’s Journals.—A complete and classified Index (to suit all editions) of the Journals of the Rev. John Wesley, M.A. By the Rev. Henry Skewes, M.A. London (Elliott Stock, 62 Paternoster Row, E.C.), 1872. 8vo.
Contents, one page; Index of Places, pp. 1-38; Index of Persons, pp. 39-43; Index of Books, pp. 44-48; Miscellaneous Index, pp. 49-64.