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compiling the material for this volume was done entirely by him. He was assisted in the work for the succeeding volumes by Miss Ida Stewart and by Miss C. E. Dyett, who gradually took almost entire charge of the routine compilation and the preparation of copy for the printer.
The mass of information contained in the first ten volumes of this series was sifted together, rearranged in alphabetical order and combined with the important part of the English publication with the same title, in the four volumes, 'Auction Prices of Books,' published in 1905.
From 1898 to 1901 he was a regular contributor to The Bookman. Most of his articles appeared under the department headings, 'The Book Hunter' and 'The Book Mart.' He also wrote two series on 'The First Books of some American Authors' and 'The First Books of some English Authors.' A few of these were reprinted in separate form. Stevenson's 'An Object of Pity, or The Man Haggard,' was prepared for publication in this magazine but a change in editorial policy led to the decision not to use it, after it was in type, and so it was issued independently in a limited edition.
