INDEX.

N.B.—The references are to the sections, not to the pages.

Abbreviated entries, 90, 97, 101

Abbreviated words, Arrangement of, 115

Abbreviated words, List of, Appendix A

Abbreviations, 17

Additions to title, 68

Alphabetical order. See Arrangement

Amateur cataloguing, 4

Annotations, 27

Anonymous books, 38, 39

Anthologies, 65, 92

Arrangement of entries, Alphabetical, &c., 37, 41, 52, 58, 113-116

⸻ Classified catalogues, 112

⸻ Author-entry, tabulated, 114

Articles (a, an, the), Use and transposition of, 99

⸻ Arrangement of, 116

Artists, 65, 67

Author-entry, The, 13-68

⸻ Arrangement of, 114

⸻ Artists, 65

⸻ Composers, 60

⸻ Compound names, 54, 55

⸻ defined, 8

⸻ Initialisms, 36

⸻ Noblemen, 44, 45

⸻ Order of information given, 13

⸻ Oriental names, 56

⸻ Patronymic, or other prefix, 51-53

⸻ Pseudonyms, 33-35

⸻ Saints, 43

⸻ Sovereigns, princes, &c., 42

⸻ Surname to lead, 14

⸻ Women with changed names, 50

Authors of same name, 28, 31

Authors, Joint, 57

Authors’ surnames only, 101

Barrett, Mr. F. T., on dictionary and classified catalogues, 9

Bible, The, 71

Bible commentaries, 72

Biographical dictionaries, 32

Biographies, 93

Brown, Mr. J. D., on classified catalogues, 9

Brown’s adjustable classification applied, 108-110

Buildings, Monographs on, 85

Canonized persons, 43

Capitals, Use of, 18

Card catalogues, 10

Catalogues, Amateur, 4

⸻ Early forms, 6

⸻ Need for rules, 5

⸻ Popular notions of, 1

⸻ Requirements of, 3, 5

⸻ Varieties of, 2

Christian names, Fullest, 29

⸻ Initials of, 30

⸻ Place of, 14

⸻ used for author-entry, 42

Church councils, 69

Classical works, contents not indexed, 105

Classified v. dictionary catalogues considered, 9, 107

Classified catalogue, Form of entry, with examples, 108-110

⸻ Arrangement of entries, 112

⸻ Index to, 111

Collation, The, 15, 28

Collected essays & works, 61-63

⸻ Indexing, 103-104

Compilations, 65

Compilers, 73

Composers, Music, 60

Composite books, 64

Compound names, 54, 55

Contents, Setting out and indexing, 61-63, 103-105

Corporate bodies, 69

Cross-references. See References

Cutter’s Rules, 7

Dash, Repetition, Use of, 59, 102

Dates of publication, 24

⸻ Earliest and latest, 28

⸻ Not given (n.d.), 15

⸻ Omitted in works of fiction, 24

⸻ Original, in reprints, 25

⸻ Roman numerals, 20

Degrees, University, 46-47

Descriptive notes, 23, 27

Dewey’s Classification applied, 108-110

Dictionary catalogue, Merits of, 8

⸻ Development of, 6

⸻ Information it will and will not supply, 8

⸻ v. Classified catalogue, 9, 107

⸻ General compilation of, 13-106

⸻ List of subject-headings for, Appendix E

Distinction between authors of similar names, 31

Dramas, 95

Dutch names, 53

Ecclesiastical dignities, 46

Ecclesiastical titles, Changes in, 49

Editors, 61, 64, 73

“England” as subject-heading, 83

Entry, Form of, 15

Errors in cataloguing, 16

Essays, Collected, 61-62

⸻ Indexing, 103-105

⸻ as subject-heading, 92

Explanatory notes, 27

Fiction, Works of, in classified catalogues, 110

⸻ Dates of publication, 24

⸻ Proper names in titles of, 100

Figures and dates, Transcription of, 21

Fiske, Prof., on catalogues, 1

Foreign works under English headings, 88

Form of principal entry, 15

French names with prefixes, 52

Geographical subject-headings, 83

German names, 53

Government publications, 69

Greek title-pages, 22

⸻ names, 40

Handwriting, 11

Headings. See Subject-headings

Illustrators, 65, 67-68

Indexing contents (Authors), 61-62

⸻ (Subjects), 103-104

Indexing classified catalogue, 111

Initialisms, 36, 37

Initials for Christian names, 29, 30

Introductions, 74

Jewett’s Construction of catalogues, 7

Joint-authors, 57

Ladies’ names changed by marriage, 50

Language of title-page, 22

Latin names, 40

Library Assoc. Report on size-notation, 26; Appendix B

Librettists, 60

Linderfelt’s Eclectic card catalog rules, 7

Local pamphlets, 97

Madeley’s book-size scale, 26

Marriage names of ladies, 50

Materials for cataloguing, 10

Mistakes, How made, 16

Monarchs’ names, 42

⸻ Arrangement of, 113

Monographs in societies’ transactions, 69

Music, Composer of, 60

Names, Compound, 54-55

⸻ Oriental, 56

⸻ as titles, 100

⸻ Arrangement, 113

Newspapers, 70

Noblemen, Titles and family names of, 44-45

Notes, Descriptive, &c., 23, 27

Numbers, Transcription of, 20, 21

Numbers in title, Arrangement of, 115

Official publications, 69

Omissions, 68

Order of entries. See Arrangement

Oriental names, 56

Pamphlets, 96-97

Patronymics, 51

Periodicals, 70

Phrase-names, 34

Place of publication, 15

Plays, Need for index to, 106

Poems, poetical works, 92

Popular terms for subject-headings, 84

Portraits, Need for index to, 106

Potentates, Names of, 42

Prefatory essays, 74

Prefixes to names, 51-53

⸻ Arrangement of, 114

Princes, Names of, 42

Principal entry, The, 13-74

⸻ Order in which particulars are given, 13

Printers and catalogues, 13

Printing, Preparation for, 117-123

⸻ Specification for, 121

Proof-reading and correction, 122-123

Proof, Specimen, with corrections, Appendix D

Pseudonyms, 33-35

⸻ List of, Appendix C

Publication, Dates of. See Dates

Publication, Place of, 15

Publication societies, 69

Punctuation, 18

References and cross-references, Forms of, 54, 65, 66, 68, 76, 79, 86, 88, 89

⸻ Use of, tabulated, 88

Religious societies, 69

Repeat dash, 59, 102

Reprints, Original dates to, 25

Revised editions, 73

Roman numerals, 20

Sacred books, 71

Saints, Names of, 42-43

Scientific terms for subject-headings, 84

“See” and “See also”, Difference between (Author) 66, (Subject) 79

Series entry defined, 8

Series entries, 75, 89

Sermons, 94

⸻ Need for index to, 106

Sheaf catalogues, 10

Short entries, 90, 101

Signs and abbreviations, 17

Sizes and styles of catalogues, 119-120

Sizes of books, 26

⸻ Table of, Appendix B

Social changes, Necessity for noting, 48

Societies’ transactions, &c., 69

Sovereigns, Names of, 42

Specification for printing a catalogue, 121

Subject entries defined, 8

Subject-headings, Alternative, 80

⸻ Choice of, 80, 91

⸻ Concentration of, 86

⸻ Curtailment of entry under, 79

⸻ Errors of, 87

⸻ Exact, 75

⸻ Foreign works, 88

⸻ Forms of, 77, 90

⸻ Grouping, 86

⸻ Illustrative examples, 77, 79-83, 89, 91

⸻ Importance of, 75

⸻ List of, for a dictionary catalogue, Appendix E

⸻ Method of regarding books for, 91, 92

⸻ Reduction to title-entry, 77

⸻ Scientific v. popular terms for, 84

⸻ Sub-division of, 81, 83

⸻ Synonymous, 76

Surnames, Similar, 31

⸻ with prefixes, 51-53

Synonymous subject-headings, 76

Title-as-subject entries, 98

Title-entry defined, 8

Title-entries, 98-101

⸻ as principal entries, 35

Title-pages, 13-15

⸻ Abbreviation of, 97

⸻ Additions, 68

⸻ Numbers on, 20-21

⸻ Omissions, 68

⸻ Peculiar, 18

⸻ Prolix, 97

⸻ Transcription of, 16

⸻ Translations of, 22-23

Titles of honour, &c., 46

Transactions, &c., of societies, 69

Translations of title-pages, 22-23

Translators, 73

Types for printing, Styles of, 119-120

⸻ Marking for, 118

⸻ Specimens tabulated, 119

Typewriter, The, 12

Volumes, Number of, 28

Wheatley’s How to catalogue, 7

Word entries, Erroneous, 87

Writing, Style of, 11

⸻ Specimens of, page 16