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Catalogue of the Raffles Library, Singapore, 1901-1910 CORNELL UNIVERSITY LIBRARY ""'"ersily 1 niTT r,.9?''1*i' Library Z 955.R13 1901-10 3 1924 024 049 052 Cornell University Library The original of tiiis book is in tine Cornell University Library. There are no known copyright restrictions in the United States on the use of the text. http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924024049052 : Catalogue OF THE Raffles Library, Singapore. 1901-1910. SiNGAPOKE Printkd at the Methodist Publishing Hou.sb:, 1911. ; — "The Baffles Library, the older and to the Singapore European resident the more important half of the Raffles Library and JIuseum, is an ofEspring of the ' Singapore Library ' founded in the year 18i4 as a Proprietary Library. When in 1874 Government decided to establish a Public Library and :Museum—thenoe forward on the suggestion of H. E. the late Sir Andrew Clarke the then Governor called the ' Raffles Library and Museum '-^the 'Singapore Library' was trans- ferred to the new institution, Government merely paying its debts of about $500 and allowing the Proprietors to become Life Jlembers. The Library then contained only about 3000 volumes, the acquisition of thirty years, whilst during the last thirty years it has grown to more than 26000 volumes." Extract from Catalogue, 1900. The present catalogue is arranged on a plan that differs slightly from previous ones, as cross-reference has been facilitated, inasmuch as both Titles and Authors have been classified and not Authors only as was formerly the ease. There are three sections : 1. Fiction (a) Titles, (p. 1). (b) Authors, (p. 78). 2. Miscellaneous (a) Titles, (p. 170). (b) Authors, (p. 246). 3. A short classified Index of Subjects and Authors, (p. 329). It has been thought advisable to retain foreign particles in their position at the beginnings of titles of books, but, according to custom, English particles have been transposed in Sections I (a) and II (a). The perfect subject catalogue has yet to be devised. Some works are so indefinite or have so wide a range that no system can be scientifically satisfactory ill all cases. The third section of this catalogue should be regarded as containing suggestive lists rather than exhaustive references. C. F. C Ayhb Acting Director, Raffles Library and Museum. Singapore. Jacuary, 1911 Part I (a) WORKS OF FICTION Alphabetically arranged underTitles. I. FICTION. (a) Titles. Abandoned, W. Clark Russell S 8878 Abbess op Vlate, The, Stanley J. Weyman S 9054 Abbots Vehney, E. Macaulay s 9589 About Some Fellows, by an Eton Boy, Anon s 2295 Above all Things, W. T. Shore s 10,243 According to Maeia, Mrs. John Lane s 10,450 According to Plato, F. Frankfort Moore s 8177 Accused and Accuser, Adeline Sergeant s 8990 Act in a Backwater, An, E. F. Benson s 9114 Actions and Eeactions, Eudyard Kipling s 10,306 Adam Grigson, Mrs H. de la Pasture s 10.006 Advanced-Guard, The, S. C. Grier s 8698 Adventurer, The, Lloyd Osbourne s 9969 Adventurer in Spain, The, S. E. Crockett s 8884 Adventures op Alicia, The, Katherine Tynan s 9445 Adventures of Captain Jack, The, Max Pemberton s 10,240 Adventures op Downy v. Green, The, G. Caledron s 8639 Adventures op Elizabeth in Eu^gen, The, Anon s 8938 Adventures op Gerard, A. Conan Doyle s 8811 Adventures op Harry Eevel, The, A. T. Quiller-Coueh s 8705 Adventures op Louis Blake, The, Louis Becke s 10,094 Adventures op M. D'Haricot, The, J. Storer Clouston s 8734 Adventures op Miranda, The, L. T. Meade s 9009 Appair op Dishonour, An, Wm. de Morgan s 10,627 Afpair op the Envelope, The, Eirene Wigram s 10,571 Afield and Afloat, F. R. Stockton s 8230 After all, Beatrice Whitby s 9034 Agatha Page, Isaac Henderson s 5202 ( 2 ) Aim of Hee Life, The, L. T. Meade S 9966 Alarums akd Excursions, H. B. M. Watson S 8806 Alice-por-Short, William de Morgan S 9714 Alice op Old Vincenj^es, - M. Thompson S 8299, Alien, The, F. F. Montr^sor S 8375 Alien Sisters, The, Mabel Dearmer S 9900 Aliens op the West, Hal Godfrey S 9047 Alix op the Glen, Curtis Yorke S 9245 All for Greed, 2 Vols. Anon S 37-8 All Moonshine, Eichard Whiteing S 9811 Almayer's Folly, Joseph Conrad S 9511 Alternative, The, A. F. Slade S 10,150 Alton of Somasco, Harold Bindloss S 9289 AmaLia, Graham Hope S 9628 Amat, a Novel, 3 Vols. Anon. S 2818-20 Amateur Emigrants, The, Thomas Cobb S 9604 Ambassadors, The, Henry James S 8791 Amblers, The, B. L. Farjeon S 8981 American Duchess, An, Arabella Kenealy S 9418 American Prisoner, The, Eden Phillpotts S 9134 Among the Syringas, Mary E. Mann S 8222 Amusement Only, Eichard Marsh S 8150 Anastasius, 2 Vols. Thomas Hope S 281-2 Andersons, The, S. MacNaughtan S 10,665 Andrew Eamsay, 3 Vols, Anon. S 47-9 Angel, B. M. Croker S 8366 Angel Jim, A. G. Hales S 8699 Angel of Forgiveness, The; Eosa N. Carey S 9795 Angel of Pain, The, B. F. Benson S 9413 Angels, Devils, and Man, Winifred Graham S 8925 Angel's Portion, An, Algernon Gissing S 8812 Anglo-Americans, Lucas Cleeve S 8754 Anna of the Five Towns, Arnold Bennett S 8654 Anna the Adventuress, E. P. Oppenheim S 8933 Ann Veronica, H. G. Wells S 10,320 Anne Furness, 3 Vols. Francis E. Trollope S 50-2 Anne Kempburn, Truthseeker-, M. Bryant S 10,647 Anne Mainwaring, Alice Eidley S 8180 Anne Page, Netta Syrett S 9949 ( 3 ) Anne Seveein, 3 Vols. Anon. S 53-5. Annette, 2 Vols. Anon. S 2124-5 Anthea's Way, Adeline Sergeant s 8652 ' Anthony Cuthbbet, Eichard Bagot s 10,012 Anthony Wilding, E. Sabatini s 10,458 Antonio, Ernest Oldmeadow s 10,209 Apparition, The, Anon. s 3877 Aeaminta, J. C. Snaith s 10,130 Arbitratoe, The, Lucas Cleeve s 10,160 Arethusa, F. Marion Crawford 9797 Aristocrats, The, Lady Helen Pole s 8251 Armchair Adventurer, An, Harold Avery s 8866 Arminel op the West, John Trevena s 9680 Arncliffe Puzzle, The, Gordon Holmes s 9494 Arne, Bjornstjerne Bjornson s 1605 Arrow of the North, The, E. H. Porster s 9356 Arrows of Fortune, Algernon Gissing s 9082 Artful Miss Dill, The, F. Frankfort Moore s 9401 Artist and Craftsman, Anon. s 59 As a Watch in the Night, Mrs. Campbell Praed s 8115 As Common Mortals, Anon s 6549 As It Happened, Ashton Hilliers s 10,168 As the Twig is Bent, Lucas Cleeve s 8160 As We Forgive Them, W. Le Queux s 8913 As Ye Have Sown, Dolf Wyllarde s 9549 Ashes of Passion, Mrs. Coulson Kernahan s 10,206 Astray in Arcady, Mary E. Mann s 10,623 s 8490 At Sunwich Port, W. W. Jacobs 2 cop., -! s 8477 At the Back of the World, L. T. Meade s 8987 At the Call op Honour, A. W. Marchmont s 10,516 At the Moorings, Eosa N. Carey s 9017 At the Villa Eosb, A. E. W. Mason s 10,625 Atoms of Empire, Cutcliffe Hyne s 9064 Audrey, Mary Johnston s 8463 Aunt Jane and Uncle James, Dorothea Conyers s 10,053 Aunt Maud, Ernest Oldmeadow s 9985 Aunt Phipps, Tom Gallon s 9145 Avenging Ohildben, Mary E, Mann s 10,258 ( 4 ) Awakening op Helena Richie, The, Margaret Deland S 9470 Ayesha, H. Rider Haggard S 9295 Aynslby's Case, G. Manville Penn S 9356 Babes in the "Wood, B. M. Oroker S 10,652 Babs the Impossible, Sarah Grand S 8192 Baccaeat, Frank Danby s 9060 Bachelor Girls, The, Keble Howard s 9710 Bachelor in Arcady, A, Halliwell SutcUffe S 8991 Back o' the Moon, Oliver Onions S 9591 Background, The, W. J. Eccott S 10,276 Baliol Garth, Algernon Gissing S 9190 Ball, The, A. S. Baxendale S 8518 Ballast : A Novel, Myra Swan S 8207 Banished Lady, A, Sarah Tytler S 10,092 Banner op Blue, The, S. E. Crockett S 8676 Baptist Eing, The, Weatherby Chesney S 8753 Bar, The, Margery Williams S 9913 Barbara Ladd, C. G. D. Roberts S 9162 Barbara Resell, Mrs. Belloc Lowndes S 9301 Barbara's Money, Adeline Sergeant S 8528 Barbary Sheep, Robert Hichens S 10,184 Barham of Beltana, W. E. Norris S 9152 Barlasch of the Guard, H. S. Merriman S 8801 Barnaby, R. Ramsay S 10,600 Barnaby Lee, John Bennett S 8617 Barnaby's Bridal, S. R. Keightley S 9438 Baton Sinister, The, George Gilbert S 8756 Baxter Family, The, Alice and Claude Askew S 9577 Bay op Lilacs, The, Paul Waineman S 9739 Bayard from Bengal, A, F. Anstey S 8532 Bayard's Courier, B. K. Benson S 8618 Beatrice op Venice, Max Pemberton S 9032 Beau Brocade, Baroness Orczy S 9863 Beaujeu, H. C. Bailey S 9333 Beautiful Savage, A, Mrs. Coulson Kernahan S 8947 Beauty for Ashes, Desmond Coke S 10,413 Beauty-Shop, The, Daniel Woodroffe S 9367 Bees op the Woods, Warwick Deeping S di5i ( 5 ) Before Adam, Jack London 8 9947 Before the Dawn, J. A. Altsheler S 8732 Behind the Throne, W. Le Queux S 9233 Belfoeest, 2 vols., Anne Manning S 85-6 Belinda Treherne, L. T. 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