read his own books, 18
--his learning, 19.

Medici, library of the, 198 _et seq._

Men of the Time, printers' blunders in, 75.

Menzies, Mr, valuable American collection of, 189 _note_.

Metaphysics, origin of name, 127.

Monkbarns as a book-hunter, 165 _et seq._
--his description of Snuffy Davie's prowlings, 221 _et seq._

Nathalan, St, anecdote of, 395.

Newgate Calendar, interest of, 148.

New York, private libraries of, 177 _et seq._

Nomenclature, Greek, abuses and merits of, 2.

Noy, Attorney-General, and the Histrio-Mastix, 130.

Oelrichs, John Charles Conrad, rare work by, 207.

Old writers, their careful disclaiming of original ideas, 117.

Olio, Grose's, extract from, 54 _note_.

Onslow, Mr, and naming of members of Parliament, 131.

Owen's Parallelograms, the nature of, 13
--biographical notice of Owen in Men of the Time, 75 _et seq._

Oxford, Bishop of, biographical notice of, in Men of the Time, 75.

Palaeographist, meaning of the name, 3.

Palimpsest, meaning of, 3.

Pamphlets, careful preservation of, enforced, 339.

Panel, meaning of, in England and in Scotland, 138.

Papaverius, Thomas, 32 _et seq._
--his unpunctuality, 33
--his costume, _ib. et seq._
--his eloquence, 35, 36
--on vagrancy, 38
--his irresponsibility in pecuniary matters, 39
--his charity, 41
--as a philosopher of human nature, 42
--as a book-hunter, _ib. et seq._
--as a borrower of books, 43 _et seq._
--his acute sensibility, 45.

Peignot, his Dictionnaire de Bibliologie, 127 _note_, 207
--his dictionary of condemned books, 208
--as a vagabond bibliographer, 239 _et seq._

Philobiblion of Richard of Bury, 199
--extract from, 220 _note_.

Photius, curious history of the Bibliotheca of, 236.

Picts, St Columba among the, 377.

Pinkerton, John, description of, 285.

Playbills, collection of, a phase of bibliomania, 64.

Poems and plays as relics of pure literature, 217 _et seq._

Popular authors objects of competition among publishers, 260 _et seq._

Preservation of literature, 205 _et seq._
--politics and religion, with reference to, 208
--wars and revolutions with reference to, 209
--books in the midst of fire, 210.

Pretenders, 161 _et seq._
--generally bargain-hunters, 162
--their devices, 163.

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