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of codexes in the present book without explicitly mentioning the mistakes. Anyhow it should be borne in mind that Vreede’s and Juynboll’s catalogues still remain valuable sources of information on Javanese literature after the appear ance of the present book. “Literature of Java” and the older catalogues should be used side by side, as far as possible. But then, the last codex registered in cat. Juynboll II is no. 5620 and the present book runs to 11.103, so it stands to reason that many texts are not discussed in the older catalogues, not to mention the manuscripts belonging to other public collections in The Netherlands. Though Vreede’s and Juynboll’s catalogues start from a systematic classifi cation of Javanese literary works, neither discussions of groups of texts (epics, history etc.) nor clear explanations of the system of classification are found in the books. In this respect the present “Literature of Java”, containing a “Synopsis of Javanese Literature” with introductory remarks to groups of texts, has a wider scope than Vreede’s and Juynboll’s catalogues have. Unlike the older catalogues, Dr J. Brandes’s “Beschrijving der Javaansche, Balineesche en Sasaksche Handschriften aangetroffen in de nalatenschap van Dr H. N. van der Tuuk, en door hem vermaakt aan de Leidsche Universiteitsbiblio theek , in four volumes, Batavia 1901-1926, does not start from a systematic classification. It is arranged alphabetically according to names of texts. For a catalogue of Javanese manuscripts this method offers difficulties, because not a few Javanese texts are known under several names, and many minor texts have no names at all. So Brandes’s “Beschrijving” contains many cross-references, and the fourth volume consists of descriptions of texts of which the names are not known. Brandes s Beschrijving is of outstanding importance because of the circum stantial descriptions of codexes, mentioning beginnings and conclusions of texts and initial lines of cantos. As many Javanese texts are written in verse, lists of initial lines of cantos are useful expedients in collating manuscripts. Moreover the “Beschrijving” contains notes on the texts written by Van der Tuuk. Two indexes are appended to the fourth volume. The first one, “Bladwijzer A”, contains numbers of manuscripts registered in the “Beschrijving”, no. 1-1658, with references to the codex numbers of the Library collection (LOr) and the pages of Juynboll’s catalogues (I, II and III) where the codexes are discussed. The second index, Bladwijzer B”, is only concerned with the nameless texts in volume Four. Starting from Library codex-numbers (LOr) it refers to pages of Juynboll’s catalogues (I, II and III) where the codexes are discussed, and to manuscript numbers in the Beschrijving”, volume Four. In the present book the numbers of the manuscripts in Brandes’s “Beschrijving” aie mentioned in the descriptions. The 1658 items of the Legacy van der Tuuk (see 50.004, collection XIII) correspond with LOr 3265-3270, LOr 3358-3364 and r 3577-4717. Several codexes, being compilations of texts, are registered under