A P P E N D IX C.
B IB L IO G R A P H Y O F R U S S I A N C E N T R A L A S IA .
A SH O R T description of the method in which the
following lists of books have been compiled will be
interesting, I trust, to general readers, and perhaps useful
also to any who may attempt the like hereafter. Remembering
that “ as extensive a knowledge as can possibly be
obtained of all literature bearing upon his subject is nowadays
the first requisite for an author attempting a standard work,
I made my way to the British Museum, asking for books
upon Russian Central Asia. By the courtesy of Dr. Bond
and Mr. Garnett, I was taken to the modern books of
geography and travel in Asia, in the general library, and
found myself before 12 presses, some 30 feet high, each
containing about 18 shelves a yard long, or as many
volumes, say, as would fill a shelf 600 feet in length.
These I examined, my amanuensis meanwhile copying the
particulars of all such books as treated of the aforesaid
region ; after which departmental libraries of the Museum
were looked through. A similar process was repeated
subsequently on various occasions at 80 shelves of the
library of the Royal Society, 30 at the India Office, and
so on, until I had visited four-and-twenty libraries*
A s a next step, I proceeded to search various library
» B r i t i s h M u s e u m : ; N a t u r a l H i s t o r y M u s e u m :
G e n e r a l L i b r a r y . M i n e r a l o g i c a l D e p a r t m e n t .
D e p a r t m e n t o f O r i e n t a l M S S . G e o l o g i c a l d o .
D e p a r t m e n t o f C o i n s . , B o t a n i c a l d o .
Z o o l o g i c a l D e p a r t m e n t . C a m b r i d g e U n i v e r s i t y L i b r a r y .
E t h n o l o g i c a l d o . ' I n d i a O f f i c e L i b r a r y
catalogues * and bibliographical works,f taking as a help
certain catch-words,J under which it was expected might be
found the information required, and in this way I prosecuted
the search, finally, to the indexes of periodical publications
and the transactions of learned societies. §
The result these researches brought to my net was nearly
700 titles, which were copied, so as to give as far as possible
the author’s name ; title of book or article , date of the
U n i t e d S e r v i c e I n s t i t u t i o n L i b r a r y .
T h e R o y a l S o c i e t y L i b r a r y .
R o y a l A s i a t i c d o . d o .
R o y a l A s t r o n o m i c a l d o . d o .
R o y a l G e o g r a p h i c a l d o . d o .
A n t h r o p o l o g i c a l d o . d o .
G e o l o g i c a l d o . d o .
* T h e L o n d o n L i b r a r y C a t a l o g u e .
R o y a l G e o g r a p h i c a l S o c i e t y d o . d o ,
L o n d o n I n s t i t u t i o n d o . d o .
E a s t I n d i a C o m p a n y ’ s d o . d o .
M a n c h e s t e r F r e e d o . d o .
f W a t t s “ B i b l i o t h e c a B r i t a n n i c a . ”
T h e E n g l i s h C a t a l o g u e .
L e y p o l d t ’ s A m e r i c a n C a t a l o g u e .
P o r t e r ’ s “ H a n d - l i s t o f B i b l i o g r a p h i e s
i n t h e B r i t i s h M u s e u m . ”
P u b l i c a t i o n s o f C a u c a s u s b r a n c h o f
R u s s i a n G e o g r a p h i c a l S o c i e t y .
Z u c h o l d s “ B i b l i o t h e c a h i s t o r i c o - g e o -
g r a p h i c a . ”
T e r n a u x C o m p a n s , “ B i b l i o t h è q u
A s i a t i q u e . ”
D e n i s a n d P i n c o n ’ s “ M a n u e l d e B i b l
i o g r a p h i e . ”
J a c k s o n s ‘ e L i s t e d e b i b l i o g r a p h i e s
L i n n e a n S o c i e t y ’ s L i b r a r y .
M e t e o r o l o g i c a l d o . d o .
Z o o l o g i c a l d o . d o .
S o c i e t y o f A n t i q u a r i e s d o .
K e w G a r d e n s L i b r a r y .
T h e L o n d o n d o .
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B o s t o n B a t e s H a l l L i b r a r y C a t a l o g u e .
I M r . W y l i e ’ s d o . d o .
B o s t o n A t h e n a e u m d o . d o .
B o s t o n P u b l i c d o . d o .
I N e w Y o r k S t a t e ( S u b j e c t I n d e x ) d o . d o .
L o r e n z , C a t a l o g u e d e l a l i b r a i r i e
f r a n ç a i s e .
M e j o w ’ s . “ R e c u e i l d u T u r k e s t a n . ”
C a t a l o g u e d e s R u s s i c a .
R e c o r d o f T r a n s l a t i o n s r e l a t i n g t o
C e n t r a l A s i a .
L i s t o f R u s s i a n b o o k s a t t h e F i s h e r i e s
E x h i b i t i o n .
L i s t o f b o o k s i n : —
H o w o r t h ’ s “ H i s t o r y o f t h e M o n g
o l s . ”
H u t t o n ’ s “ A r y a n t o C o s s a c k . ”
M a r v i n ’ s “ M e r v . ”
Y u l e ’ s “ M a r c o P o l o . ”
g é o g r a p h i q u e s . ”
K * S u C ^ a s : A s i a ( C e n t r a l ) , B o k h a r a , K a l m u k s , F e r g h a n a , H i , J a x a r t e s . K i r g h e s e
K h j v a , K h o k a n d , K o p a l , I C u l d j a , O m s k , O x u s , S a m a r k a n d , S e m i p o l a t i n s k ’
S i b e r i a ( W e s t ) , S t e p p e s , S y r - d a r i a , T a j i k s , T a s h k e n d , T u r k o m a n s , T u r k i s t a n
U z b e g s , V i e r n y , Z a r a f s h a n . I u r K j S C a n >
§ I n d e x t o Publications o f the Academy o f S t, Petersburg
, , Journal o f the Royal Geographical Society,
, , P e t e r m a n n ’ s Geographische Mittheilungen.
, , B e h m ’ s Geographisches Jahrbuch.
, , L A nnêe géographique.
, , The Zoological Record.
| p Oriental Church Magazine.