PREFACE SINCE the foundation of the Royal Colonial Institute in 1868, two Catalogues of the Library have been published; the first in 1881, and the second (the cost of which was undertaken by Mr. C. WASHINGTON EVES, C.M.G.) in 1886. The rapid increase in the number of Books in the Library, however, has necessitated the publication of a new Catalogue, which is compiled in such a manner as will show the full titles of the works upon each Colony in the order of publication, together with an index of Authors and contents, which makes it historical as well as illustrative in its character. The plan of arrangement may be divided into fourteen headings, viz.: (1) Collections of Voyages; (2) Other Voyages and Circumnavigations; (3) the Australasian Colonies, including New Guinea, Fiji, and the Islands of the South Pacific Ocean; (4) British North America; (5) the African Groups of Colonies; (6) the East Indies and the various British Possessions of the Eastern Seas; (7) the West Indies; (8) the Mediterranean and other outlying Possessions; (9) the British Colonies generally, comprising their history, government, trade, resources, and such subjects as Imperial Federation, Emigration, &c.; (10) Colonial Botany and Flora; (11) Colonial Poems; (12) Transactions of Societies &c. ; (13) Handbooks, Almanacs, &c.; and (14) Parliamentary Publications. These are subdivided into seventy sections, in which the literature of every Colony is so arranged that the works upon any special subject connected with its history, government, trade, and development may be followed from its foundation to the present time. In order to COLLECTIONS OF VOYAGES AND TRAVELS 1 HAKLUYT, PURCHAS, CHURCHILL, HARLEY, HARRIS, DE BROSSES, CALLANDER 2. VOYAGES AND TRAVELS IN VARIOUS PARTS OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE 51 3. THE ARCTIC REGIONS . 6. AUSTRALIAN DISCOVERIES AND EXPEDITIONS, INCLUDING COAST SURVEYS. 7. THE AUSTRALIAN COLONIES GENERALLY 8. NEW SOUTH WALES 74 81 109 124 22. MANITOBA, THE NORTH-WEST TERRITORY, HUDSON'S BAY, &c. 236 26. THE CAPE COLONY, BECHUANALAND, THE TRANSKEI, PONDOLAND, &c. 255 27. NATAL AND ZULULAND 275 30. WEST COAST OF AFRICA, INCLUDING SIERRA LEONE, THE GOLD COAST, LAGOS, THE GAMBIA, NIGER COAST PROTECTORATE, &c. 286 . 32. AFRICAN TRAVEL, EXPLORATION, TRADE, AND DEVELOPMENT 33. MAURITIUS, SEYCHELLES, RODRIGUES, &c. |