the inverted Baconian arrangement of the St. Louis Library has been
followed. The author has no desire to claim original invention for any
part of his system where another has been before him, and would most
gladly make specific acknowledgment of every aid and suggestion were
it in his power to do so. With these general explanations and
acknowledgments he submits the scheme, hoping it may prove as useful to
others as it has to himself.

AMHERST COLLEGE LIBRARY,

June 10th, 1876.

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Those interested will find fuller explanations and remarks in the Library
volume now being printed by the Bureau of Education at Washington.




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