In this book I have aimed at completeness in the sense that all
publications known to me, which are wholly or partly devoted to Malay
and Bahasa Indonesia (B.I.), or are important for the study of these
languages, have been included. Popular publications in non-professional
periodicals have been included only exceptionally. All the publications
mentioned in the text are incorporated in the Bibliography (p. 91-157).
The countless articles in four post-war, semi-professional periodicals
in: '1alaya and Indonesia, Dewan Bahasa, Pembina Bahasa Indonesia. 11:1
edan Bahasa, Bahasa dan Budaja, are not mentioned separately in the
Bibliography, but sections 33 to 36 contain a survey, as complete and
systematic as possible, of the contents of these periodicals in so far
as they pertain to the Malay language; nor have I discussed in the text
or incorporated in the Bibliography several hundreds of titles of
practical textbooks or school-books of Malay or B.I. which are of no
importance to the scientific study of these language. These titles have
been entered in a separate Appendix (p. 158--171). The fact that
completeness was aimed at certainly does not mean that it has been
achieved. Especially various recent writings from Indonesia and Malaya
may have escaped my attention. Experience has also proved that
publications on Malay sometimes appear in the most unexpected places.
The qualification above: "publications ... devoted to ..., or impor-
tant for the study of" Malay and B.I. has been taken in a wide sense.
