The first systematic article-level index to the subject matter of 19th century periodicals. Originally published in six volumes between 1882 and 1908, the Index began in 1848 as the project of Yale student, William Frederick Poole.
An author, subject and illustrator index to the material in fifty-one periodicals (1003 volumes), an index to the book reviews and a title index to the short stories, novels, plays and poems.