neglected to respond to his urgent solicitations for data that would be of service to the work and of interest to readers; information, which their contributors would have gladly furnished. Those authors who have refused to reply, can have no reason for complaint, in case their names or pseudonyms are written incorrectly, or wrong date of birth inserted. This caution is developed the greatest among those who have little reputation in the world of letters, as their willingness to impart information increases in proportion to their literary importance.
With the long list of over 4200 pseudonyms and anonyms, doubtless many errors exist in both true names and literary titles, as even the shortest names are often written from three to eight different ways.
In conclusion, it is proper to remark, that a collection of pseudonyms and anonyms can never be complete, as fresh travelers are every day embarking on the uncertain and perilous highway towards Parnassus and Fame.
EXPLICATION.
The Pseudonyms are intended to be given exactly as written by those who use them, and are indexed from the first letter employed, not excepting those having the prefix of articles, a, an, or the.
When a doubt exists concerning the writer using the pseudonym, the mark of interrogation (?) succeeds it.
The first column of dates indicate the birth, and the second the death, neither of which is noted only on reliable authority.
When the date is known of the first employment of the pseudonym, the year follows the true name with the prefix of pub. or p.
