of information to which the kindness of those interested in the undertaking has given him access, and believes he has been enabled to produce a volume that will be useful to librarians and of interest to the general reader. Notification of errors or omissions, or any information that would add to the value of the work, will be gladly received by the undersigned. Ост. 1, 1885. 18 WENDELL STREET, CAMBRIDGE, MASS. WILLIAM CUSHING. INITIALS AND PART I. EXPLANATORY NOTE. In order to avoid confusion in regard to the method of indexing the Initial Letters, the reader will notice that when Initials are used that represent the real names of authors, the last Initial is placed first in See page 2, where A., A. H. is used for Andrew Hilliard the Index. Atteridge. When Initials are used that do not represent real names, they are placed in their regular order. See page 2, where A. C. I. G. is used for A Cornishman in Gloucestershire. of information to which the kindness of those interested in the undertaking has given him access, and believes he has been enabled to produce a volume that will be useful to librarians and of interest to the general reader. Notification of errors or omissions, or any information that would add to the value of the work, will be gladly received by the undersigned. Ост. 1, 1885. WILLIAM CUSHING. INITIALS AND PSEUDONYMS. PART I. Henry Ward Beecher, in the New York" Independent," author of "The Star Papers." N.Y. 1855. Rev. Benjamin Franklin De Costa, in his letters to " The Advertiser" (Boston), during 1861-62. Charles Fenno Hoffman. His signature in the New York "American," in which he published a series of brilliant articles. *** William Kelynack Dale. Mammon; a poem. By... Penzance, 1856. ***. Rev. Benjamin Franklin De Costa, in his letters to "The Advertiser" (Boston), during 1861-62. ***, a Magistrate in the Countrey. Sir Francis Grant, Lord Cullen. A letter... giving a new historical account of designs, through the Christian world ... Edinb. 1701. ***, Américain. M. Paul Ulrich Dubuisson. Abrégé de la Revolution de l'Amérique anglaise. Paris, 1778. pole. John Hall Ster2d ed. L. 1783. Sir Robert Wal *g, ****s ***n, Esq. Charles John Darling. Scintillæ juris. L. 1877. ******** M. A., Fellow of New College. Thomas Le Mesurier. Translations, chiefly from the Italian, of Petrarch and Metastasio. Oxf. 1795. John H. B. Latrobe. Three great battles. Baltimore, 1863. The Honourable Mr. Wil liam Coombe. The auction: a town eclogue. By... L. 1778. , Esq., Member of Parliament for the County of Sir John Sinclair. Lucubrations during a short recess... L. 1782. Lady. Lady Wallace. A letter to a friend, with a poem called "The ghost of Werter." By... L. 1788. A. William Henry Davenport Adams. The desert world ... L. 1869. A. Wilkes Allen, in "The Polyanthos" (Boston), 1806-07. A. Mrs. Allenby. The starling of the spire; or, a bird's-eye view of the church as it was. [In verse.]... L. 1866. A. Mr. Anthony. Irwell, and other L. 1843. poems. A. Matthew Arnold. The strayed reveller. L. 1849. Empedocles on Etna. L. 1852. A. Benjamin Brierley. Goin' to Cyprus. By A. Manchester, 1879. A. Rev. John Keble, one of the contributors to "Tracts for the Times." L. 1840-48. A. Bishop Zachary Pearce. Miscellaneous observations upon authors ancient and modern. L. 1731-32. A. Alexander Pope. See "Bavius." A. John Smith. His signature to papers in the "Microcosm," published at Eton College. 1786 et seq. A. Joshua Smith. Scandal [in verse]; by the biographer of Anacreon. Norfolk, 1827. Holt, A. Mrs. Caroline Anne Bowles Southey. Chapters on churchyards, in "Blackwood's Magazine," commenced April, 1824. These contributions to "Blackwood" were published separately in 1829, and 2d ed. in 1841. A. Ann Taylor. The wedding among the flowers. [In verse.] ... L. 1808. A., A. Adam Anderson. Jim Blake's tour from Clonave to London. Illustrated with sketches by E. N., A. R. A. [Erskine Nicol.] Preface and notes by A. A. Dublin, 1867. A., A. Mrs. Anna Atkins. The colonel: a story of fashionable life, 1853. A page from the peerage, 1863. The perils of fashion, 1852. A., A. A. Hon. Alvey A. Adee. Bacon's Promus. By.. In the "Republic," Washington, Feb., March, May, 1883. A., A. H. Andrew Hilliard Atteridge. Islam. L. 1878. A., A. S. A. S. Atcheson. The bread of life... 1849. A., B. Benjamin Antrobus. blossoms of piety... 2d ed. Buds and L. 1691. A. B. Benjamin Franklin. Proposed new version of the Bible; one of the bagatelles (written about 1778). A. B. Matthew Hole. An antidote against the poison of some late pamphlets. Oxf. 1717. A. B. A signature which has been attributed to Junius (q.v.). See Letter to the "Public Advertiser," Nov. 5, 1771, etc. A. B. Joseph Skidmore, Senior. An essay on the Vth of Matthew, from verse 33rd to 37th... L. 1713. A. B. Jonathan Swift. See "A Person of Quality." A., G. B. Sir George Biddell Airy, in his contributions to the "Athenæum." L. A. B. Philologer. Laurence Sterne. "I happened to be acquainted," says Sterne, "with a young man from Yorkshire, who rented a window in one of the paved alleys near Cornhill, for the sale of stationery. I hired one of the panes of glass from my friend, and stuck up the following advertisement with wafers: "Epigrams, anagrams, paragrams, chronograms, monograms, epitaphs, epithalamiums, prologues, epilogues, madrigals, interludes, advertisements, letters, petitions, memorials on every occasion, essays on all subjects, pamphlets for and against ministers, with sermons upon any text, or for any sect, to be written here on reasonable terms, by "A. B. Philologer. "The uncommonness of the titles occasioned numerous applications, and at night I used privately to glide into the oflice to digest the notes or heads of the day, and receive the earnest, which was directed always to be left with the memorandums, the writing to be paid for on delivery, according to the subject."- Percy Anecdotes. A., C. Miss Charlotte Adams, in contributions to "The Art Age." N.Y. A., C. Charlotte Anley. Miriam; or, the power of truth, 1826. The prisoners. of Australia, 1841. A., C., Esq. Christopher Anstey. Britain's genius: a song. Bath, 1797. A., C. B. C. C. B. C. Amicus. Hints on life; and how to rise in society. By.. L. 1845. A., C. E. Clementine Edith Aiken. The days we live in. B. 1876. A., C. F. Cecil Frances Alexander. Hymns for little children ... L. 1862. A. C. I. G. (A Cornishman in Gloucestershire.) John White. The humorous adventures of Tim Trevail, related in the pure, unadulterated vernacular. L. 1872. A. D. C., The. Francis Cowley Burnand. Being personal reminiscences of |