"The following monumental inscriptions were copied ... in 1913-14, before the war. Those of Barbados were printed in a separate volume in 1915. The present collection completes the memorials of the Leeward Ilands, those of antigua having been included in a history of that island, published in 1894-99. the Virgin Islands were not visited, and only a few relating to the Windward Islands, Trinidad and British Guiana are given."--Pref.