Intended as a continuation of Roorbach's Bibliotheca Americana.
[Kennett (White).] Bibliothecæ Americanæ Primordia. An Attempt Towards laying the Foundation of an American Library, In several Books, Papers, and Writings, Humbly given to the Society for Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, For the Perpetual Use and Benefit of their Members, their Missionaries, Friends, Correspondents, and Others concern'd in the Good Design of Planting and Promoting Christianity within Her Majesties Colonies and Plantations in the West-Indies. By a Member of the said Society. 4to, pp. (2), xvi, iii, 275, (224).
London: J. Churchill. 1713.
There are copies on large paper. "In this short catalogue will be found about twenty original tracts relating to Newfoundland; above fifty concerning Virginia; one hundred, or more, of New England: and so on in proportion to the colonies."—Preface. "This, as far as it goes, is the best Catalogue of Books relating to America extant, the titles being copied at full length with the greatest exactness, together with name of the printer, and the number of pages in each volume. It unfortunately contains only the books given to the society by White Kennett, Bishop of Peterborough. It is rich in English tracts relating to New England."—Rich. The collection to which it refers has disappeared—some scattered and neglected remains were found a few years since among the archives of the Society at Lambeth.
Kent. Outline of a Course of English Reading, based on that prepared for the Mercantile Library Association of the City of New-York, By the late Chancellor Kent: With Additions by Charles King, LL.D., President of Columbia College, N.Y., and With Further Additions and Notes [by Henry A. Oakley]. 12mo, pp. viii, 120.
New-York: G. P. Putnam and Co. 1853.
[Kernot (Henry).] Bibliotheca Diabolica; a Selection of the most valuable Books relating to the Devil. Chronologically Arranged with Notes, Quotations and Proverbs, and a Copious Index. Imp. 8vo.
[New York.] 1874.
Although the real object of this monograph was the sale of a lot of books, it is none the less valuable as the only monograph of its kind in English.
Kettell (S.) Specimens of American Poetry, with Critical and Biographical Notices. By Samuel Kettell. 3 vols., 12mo, pp. xlviii, 353; x, 408; x, 406.