"This sampling of entries from Shaw's Music has been especially bound for book reviewing purposes. The entries are excerpted from the three volumes comprising the set, each volume containing over 900 pages ... The sample pages contain the actual page numbers found in the three volumes and are arranged by volume, with the title page of the volume indicated leading off each section. Also included are the editor's Note and introduction by Dan. H. Laurence, as well as an example of the biographical and general indexes." - v. 1, prelim. p. [3]