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titles here given are selected from a collection of bibliographical references relating to the Scandinavian countries of which about two thousand are in the English language. The intention has been to select the titles deemed most important and present them with reasonable fullness. In the original MS. catalogue the exact contents of nearly every work are carefully given. To have printed these contents would have exceeded the space allotted to this bibliographical appendix.

Indications of review notices, and all critical notes as to the relative value of the works catalogued have been omitted in order to keep within the limits of an appendix. To save space the paginations are not given, but care has been taken to indicate, when possible, maps and illustrations.

To avoid a seeming incompleteness a few of the most recent American books of travel have been included although they possess little or no value.

Capital letters are used as seldom as possible, and the punctuation and spelling of the title-pages are adhered to as nearly as possible. The abbreviations are mostly self-explanatory. The English given names are abbreviated according to Mr. Charles A. Cutter's method as follows:—Augustus A:, Benjamin B:, Charles C:, David D:, Edward E:, Frederick F:, George G:, Henry H:, Isaac I:, John J:, Louis L:, Mark M:, Nicholas N:, Otto O:, Peter P:, Richard R:, Samuel S:, Thomas T:, Victor V:, William W:, Charlotte C., Elizabeth E.., Frances F.., Helen H.., Jane J.., Louisa L.., Mary M.., Sarah S.. .

It having been thought desirable to give the titles of all English translations of works of Scandinavian writers, the second part of this bibliography has been devoted to this purpose.