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Excerpt from Catalogue of the Books, Pamphlets, Pictures, and Maps in the Library of Parliament to September, 1911 The Decimal Classification, devised by Mr. Melvil Dewey has been retained and extended. A brief description of the system will be found on a subsequent page. The Committee has continued its policy of devoting special attention to works connected with Australasia. This section has been greatly extended by the acquisition of the Petherick collection, which, how ever, is not included in this Catalogue. Although, by means of the system of classification and of the Subject Index, the users of this Catalogue may find, to a large extent, what the Library contains on any particular subject, it is impossible in. An Author List of any sort to give such information fully. The Dictionary Catalogue kept on cards in the Library will be found to give any further particulars in this direction that may be required. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.