A major component of the bibliography is the recording of recently-published titles, as a complement to the lists published by Roland Hall in the annual Locke Studies. I will continue to add any new items that I discover or of which I am informed. The entries will be cumulated. A chronological list of items added to the bibliography over the past 12 months can be found in the “Recent additions to the bibliography.”

I welcome comments on this bibliography, as well as suggestions for inclusion. The latter should also be sent to Roland Hall for inclusion in The Locke Newsletter.

This bibliography is organized into two parts. Part One, “Works by John Locke,” is an updated version of my The Works of John Locke, which was published by Greenwood Press in 1985. This part is now a complete checklist of editions and translations (although some entries need to be corrected and some publications since 1985 have yet to be added). Researchers seeking more detailed information on editions and translations published before 1800, should consult Jean S. Yolton’s John Locke : a descriptive bibliography (Thoemmes Press, 1998).

Part Two, “Writings about Locke,” is divided into twelve topical chapters. Arrangement in each chapter is by date of publication and then by author’s name. In two chapters (3, “Philosophy,” and 7, “Politics and Government“), there are separate pages for each year. There are three indexes: “Name/Title” and “Subject” cover the entire bibliography; the “Language Index,” only translations of Locke’s works. I have provided a variety of hypertext links between related entries and between entries in the bibliography and the index. There are also hypertext navigational aids at the top and bottom of each “page.”

The John Locke Bibliography is encoded using HTML version 4.0. It makes extensive use of Cascading Style Sheets version 1 (CSS). It therefore requires the use of version 4.0 (or later) of either Microsoft Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator. (It was designed using Navigator, but tested with both browsers.) Displays in earlier versions of these browsers will be unpredictable and probably unsatisfactory. The rollover navigation buttons at the bottom of each page (as well as a few text elements) require use of JavaScript.

Typeface and type size have been specified for virtually every bit of text on the site. The basic typeface is Garamond, which gives the text an “old style” look. Font sizes are always specified as percentages of the browser default; if the text appears too large or too small, you can adjust this by changing your browser’s default text size.

The master graphic used throughout this site is my own rendering of Locke’s “paraph” — the cryptic design that Locke inscribed in some of the books in his library. See The library of John Locke / by John Harrison and Peter Laslett. – 2nd ed. – Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1971. – p. 41-42.

The site was created using various versions of the HotDog® HTML editing program from Sausage Software. The Javascript rollover navigation buttons were created using Dreamweaver® from Macromedia Software, as was the initial creation of the Cascading Style Sheet. Graphics were created with Paint Shop Pro®.

The site consists of two main sections: a chronological listing of individual manuscript pieces, and a guide to manuscript collections arranged by repository. Name and Title indexes are provided. A general link between the John Locke Manuscripts and the John Locke Bibliography is included in a button at the foot of each page on both sites.

A major feature of the chronological listing for each manuscript piece is a list of publications in which transcriptions of the piece (or of translations) have appeared. These lists are linked to the corresponding items in the John Locke Bibliography. Distinctive linking colors are used: links to the John Locke Bibliography are in brown; links to the John Locke Manuscripts are in green. For an example, see the listing for Locke’ paper “For a Generall Naturalization,” which is cross-linked with a number of items in the John Locke Bibliography.

For more information, including how to subscribe, see the Locke Studies home page at http://www.luc.edu/philosophy/LockeStudies/.