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iv librarians respectively of Bowdoin College and Colby University, has largely contributed to the completeness of the work. Special acknowledgement is due to Mr. John Ward Dean and to Samuel Abbott Green, M. D., both of Boston, for numerous kind offices and encouraging words. He is under great obligation to Mr. J. G. Elder, of Lewiston, not only for free access to his unequaled collection of Maine books and pamphlets, but also for transcripts of numerous titles which otherwise would have escaped notice; to Mr. E. Freeman Duren, of Bangor, for a list of works compiled during his long career as a publisher; and to Mr. Calvin W. Lewis, of Boston, who has been indefatigable in securing a large array of authorities concerning "Lovewell’s Fight."

Although the book may lack some of the characteristics of a technical bibliography, the compiler trusts that it will meet with favorable acceptance. It has been with him a labor of love.


 * Belfast, April, 1896.