Intended for advanced undergraduate and graduate students who desire a useful research tool, this bibliography cites the works of and about British novelists, beginning with Joseph Conrad and terminating in 1950. The listings are selective with proper emphasis given to less celebrated but distinctive writers. A preface explaining the numerous abbreviations used throughout the guide is followed by lists of "Bibliographies,""Reference Works,""Literary Histories,""Histories of the Novel,""Period Studies of the Novel,""Studies of Theory,""Studies of Form and Narrative,""Studies of Genre and Theme,""Collections of Studies: Twentieth-Century Novel," and "British Novelists." Some of the modern British novelists include Joyce Cary, Graham Greene, D. H. Lawrence, Iris Murdoch, and Virginia Woolf. (RB)