9 . ▁ ▁W alf ord ▁had ▁project ed ▁in ▁ 1 8 7 7 ▁' A ▁New ▁General ▁Catalogue ▁of ▁English ▁Liter ature ,' ▁and ▁in ▁that ▁and ▁succeed ing ▁years ▁d ang led ▁the ▁project ▁before ▁the ▁Library ▁Association . ▁But ▁the ▁enter prise ▁col lapsed ▁with ▁the ▁repr int ▁of ▁his ▁paper ▁on ▁' Some ▁Pract ical ▁Point s ▁in ▁its ▁Pre par ation .' ▁An ▁undert aking ▁more ▁feas ible ▁in ▁scope ▁was ▁his ▁proposed ▁' C yc lop ædia ▁of ▁Period ical ▁Liter ature ▁of ▁Great ▁Britain ▁and ▁Ireland ▁from ▁the ▁Ear liest ▁Period ,' ▁which ▁he ▁pur posed ▁compiling ▁in ▁conj unction ▁with ▁Dr . ▁West by - G ib son . ▁In ▁ 1 8 8 3 ▁he ▁issued ▁an ▁outline ▁of ▁the ▁scheme . ▁But ▁no ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁collections ▁was ▁published . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 8 7 9 ▁W alf ord ▁issued ▁a ▁' History ▁of ▁G ild s ,' ▁repr int ed ▁from ▁volume ▁v . ▁of ▁the ▁' In sur ance ▁Cy c lop ædia ,' ▁and ▁in ▁ 1 8 8 1 ▁his ▁paper ▁before ▁the ▁Statist ical ▁Society ▁on ▁' De ath s ▁from ▁Acc ident , ▁Neg lig ence , ▁& c .' ▁was ▁published ▁separately . ▁He ▁printed ▁for ▁private ▁circul ation ▁in ▁ 1 8 8 2 ▁a ▁treat ise ▁on ▁' K ings ' ▁Br ief s : ▁their ▁Pur poses ▁and ▁History ,’ ▁and ▁began ▁in ▁the ▁same ▁year ▁in ▁the ▁‘ Ant iqu