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Excerpt from General Index to the Library Journal, Vol. 22 of 1: Official Organ of the American Library Association; Chiefly Devoted to Library Economy and Bibliography; September, 1876 December, 1897 Both compilers deprecate having their work compared with the ideal library standard of indexing, in view of the limitations necessarily imposed upon them in their work. It is hoped, however, both by them and by the editor of the Library Journal that, however imperfect the work may be, tested by such standards, it will prove acceptable, within the confine of its limitations, to the users of the Library yaurnal, and to those interested in libraries. The story of the origin of the Library Journal has been told briefly in "A Twenty Years' Retrospect" in the number for January, 1896, and the discussion in succeeding numbers. The consultation between Mr. Leypoldt, Mr. Dewey, and the present writer, which led to the starting of the Library Journal, had more far-reaching consequences, because it led also to the first meeting of the American Library Association, and to how much that has led every user of this index should have reason to know. It was prophesied at the start that there would not be enough library material to fill more than four numbers a year, if so many; but the growing bulk of the volumes year by year has shown how mistaken was this prophecy. The successive volumes of the Journal have in fact a special interest in showing the remarkable development, since 1876, of the library profession almost into one of the "learned professions." The editor takes this occasion to thank the library profession for its support of the Library Journal - a support that has been always generous in sympathetic appreciation, if necessarily limited on the pecuniary side - and to hope that the continuance and increase of support may make possible in the future a library journal worthy of the calling which it seeks to represent. 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.