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Initials.

Pseudonyms.

Editors.
Collections.

Publishing! bodies. Periodicals.

Anonymous books.

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LANGUAGE OF TITLE AND IMPRINT.

8. These title and imprint entries are to be as far as possible in the language of the title, corrections and additions being enclosed in square brackets.

CONTENTS AND NOTES.

9. Contents of volumes are to be given when expedient.

10. Notes explanatory or illustrative, or descriptive of bibliographical and other peculiarities, including imperfections, to be subjoined when necessary. Tables of contents and notes to be in smaller type.

Books are to be entered

HEADINGS.

11. Under the surnames of authors when stated on the title-page or in any other part of the book, with the fore-name in brackets. 12. Under the initials of authors' names when these only are known, the last initial being put first.

13. Under the pseudonyms of the writers when the real names do not appear.

14. Under the names of editors of collections, with cross-references from the catch-titles of such collections; each separate item to be at the same time sufficiently catalogued under its own heading, as a cross-reference to the main entry.

15. Under the names of countries and cities, societies, or other bodies which are responsible for their publication.

16. Under the first word, not an article, of the titles of periodicals.

17. Under the chief subject-word of the titles of anonymous books, and, where advisable, with a cross-reference under any other noticeable word.

18. Commentaries with the text, and translations, are to be taries, Trans- entered under the heading of the original work; but commentaries without the text under the name of the commentator.

lations.

Bible.

Liturgies.

Several

authors.

Translators,

Commenta

19. The Bible, or any part of it in any language, is to be under the word Bible, the separate parts classed in the order of the authorized version, polyglots and original texts coming first, followed by English translations; the other versions in alphabet of lan

guages.

20. Service and Prayer-books used by any Church or religious community are to be placed under the head of Liturgies, with a sub-head of the Church or religious community.

21. Books having more than one author or editor, are to be entered under the one first named in the title, with a cross-reference under each of the others.

22. Names of translators, commentators, editors and preface tors, Editors, writers, if they do not occur in the title-page, are to be added within square brackets, a cross-reference being made in each case.

Preface

Writers.

Theses.

23. The respondent or defender of an academical thesis is to be

considered as the author, unless the work unequivocally appears to

be the work of the præses.

24. Reports of civil actions are to be entered under the name of Trials. the party to the suit which stands first on the title-page. Reports of criminal proceedings are to be entered under the name of the defendant. Admiralty proceedings relating to vessels are to be entered under the name of the vessel.

25. Catalogues are to be entered under the name of the insti- Catalogues. tution, or owner of the collection, with a cross-reference to the

compiler.

26. Noblemen are to be entered under the family name, a cross- Noblemen. reference under the title being made in every case.

27. Ecclesiastical dignitaries, unless popes or sovereign princes, Ecclesiastics. under their surnames; the highest title to be added, with a crossreference from the title employed in the book.

Sovereigns, 28. All persons generally known by a fore-name are to be so Popes, Princes, entered, the English form being used in the case of sovereigns, Orientals, popes, ruling princes, oriental writers, friars, and persons canonized. Friars, Saints. 29. Married women and other persons who have changed their Married names to be put under the last authorized form, unless they women. continue to be known in literature only under their original Change of

names.

name.

30. In the heading of titles, the names of authors are to be given Names in full. in full, and in their vernacular form; authors generally known under their Latin or Latinized names are to be entered under those Latinized. names, the vernacular name being added after the first entry and a cross-reference being made.

31. English and French surnames beginning with a prefix Prefixes. (except the French de and d') are to be recorded under the prefix; in other languages under the word following.

32. English compound surnames are to be entered under the last Compound part of the name; foreign ones under the first part; cross-references names. being given in all instances.

33. When an author has been known by more than one name, Several references should be inserted from the name or names not used as names. headings to the one used.

34. A society is to be entered under the first word, not an article, Societies. of its corporate name, with references from any other name by which it is known, and from the name of the place where its head-quarters are established.

SIZE.

35. The following are to be the only denominations of size used:-La. f ("large folio"), f° ("folio"), sm. fo("small folio"), la. 4° ("large quarto "), 4° (“quarto"), sm. 4° (“small quarto "), la. 8° (" large octavo "), 8° ("octavo "), sm. 8° ("small octavo "), 12° ("duodecimo"), 18° ("decimo-octavo "), and m° ("minimo"), with the addition for unusual size of sq. ("square"), nar. ("narrow"), ob. ("oblong").

36. The following are to be the superior limits in height for each

Measurements of size.

size, the inferior limit of each size being the superior limit of the

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37. Where the size of a book has been altered from one of the above sizes to another by cutting down or inlaying, the original size is to be given with the altered size added in square brackets.

MISCELLANEOUS.

38. The heading is not to be repeated; a single indent or dash indicates the omission of the preceding heading or title. A dash following a number signifies continuation.

39. Entries under the surname only are to precede fuller entries under the same name; where the initials only of the pre-names are given, they are to precede full entries with the same initials. The prefixes M' and Me are to be arranged as if written in full Mac. 40. The works of an author are to be arranged in the following order :

:

(a.) Collected works.

(b.) Partial collections.
(c.) Individual works.

(d) Translations in the same order, in alphabetical order of languages.

41. Cross-references are to be given from the subjects of biographies to their writers, and from the writers of books illustrating the lives or works of individuals, to the names of such persons.

42. The order of alphabetization is to be that of the English alphabet.

43. In composite headings, the first word is alone to be considered.

44. Names of persons are to precede similar names of places. 45. Headings and titles in foreign characters may be transliterated.

46. The German ae, oe, and ue are always to be written ä, ö, ü, and arranged as a, o, u.

47. Arabic figures are to be used rather than Roman; but Roman figures may be used after the names of sovereigns, princes, and popes, and may be used to designate the number of a volume followed by a page number.

48. Designations are to be added to distinguish writers of the same name from each other.

49. The languages in which a book is written are to be stated Language. when there are several, and the fact is not mentioned in the title

page.

LIBRARY NOTES.

The Library Journal for June announces that with this number, and until further notice, the periodical will be suspended as a separate publication, and its practical features merged in the Publishers' Weekly, commencing with the first number, July 3rd, of Vol. XVIII. of that periodical. The publisher is forced to this course by the inadequacy of the support of the Journal, which has made its publication almost a continuous loss from the beginning. Arrangements have been made for the continuation in the Publishers' Weekly of the departments of Bibliography and of Pseudonyms and Anonyms, under their respective special editors; and it is intended to group these departments, the reports from the Library Associations, and the shorter articles of practical value, in the first issue of the Publishers' Weekly for each month, while the general notes and like matter will be continued in that periodical as "Library Notes" from issue to issue.

The Publishers' Weekly will accordingly be supplied to subscribers to the Library Journal to the end of 1880, and the difference in price will be made up by sending to all subscribers to the Library Journal a copy of the report of the Conference of 1880, which it is proposed to issue in a similar style to the Library Journal, so that it may be bound up as part of Vol. V. In a footnote, it is stated that another mode of adjusting is now under consideration. This is, to supply present subscribers, at the end of the year, with a reprint of the library matter in the Publishers' Weekly, similar in type with the Journal, thus with title and index virtually completing the volume.

The members of our Association must deeply regret the suspension of the Library Journal as a separate publication, and we must all hope that the expectations of the publisher, as regards the revival of the Journal, may be realized. From its foundation, in September, 1876, the Library Journal has done a good work for our profession, and the enterprise and public spirit of its conductors, Mr. Melvil Dewey and Mr. R. R. Bowker, deserve the highest praise.

Mr. A. COTGREAVE, of the Wednesbury Free Library, and the inventor of an Indicator which he described at the Meeting of our Association at Manchester, has been appointed Librarian of the new Public Library at Richmond.

Professor WILMANNS, the head of the University Library of Göttingen, is now in England visiting our great libraries and

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studying their arrangements, with the view of selecting the best system for the new Göttingen Library.

The Conference at Washington, of the American Library Association, will probably take place in December next.

NOTICES OF BOOKS.

Catalogue of Books and Papers relating to Electricity, Magnetism, the Electric Telegraph, &c., including the Ronalds Library. Compiled by Sir Francis Ronalds, F.R.S. With a Biographical Memoir of the Author. Edited by Alfred J. Frost, Librarian of the Society of Telegraph Engineers. London, E. and F. N. Spon, 1880. 8vo, pp. 564.

An author catalogue, comprising the titles of about 13,000 books and papers, including about 4,000 titles of books not in the library, and forming an extensive bibliography of Electricity and Magnetism. Books not in the library are denoted by a distinguishing mark, and brief notes of the date of birth and death of authors are appended wherever it has been possible. A memoir of Sir F. Ronalds has been prefixed by the editor.

Catalogue of the Library of the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain. Third edition. Compiled by John William Knapman, Librarian. Appended is the Catalogue of the Library of the North British Branch. London, printed for the Society, 1880. 8vo, pp. 445.

A dictionary catalogue of a library of about 7,000 volumes and pamphlets on pharmacy, materia medica and the accessory sciences, as botany, chemistry, physics, &c. Authors and subjects are arranged in one alphabet, and distinguished by difference in type. The number of pages in single volumes is carefully noted. Sizes of volumes are not noted.

The Free Libraries of Scotland. By an Assistant Librarian. Glasgow, John Smith and Son, 129, West George Street, 1880. 8vo, pp. 32.

An interesting sixpenny pamphlet, giving a short account of the progress of the Free Library movement in Scotland, with statistics and particulars as to each free library.

Aggravating Ladies: Being a List of Works Published under the Pseudonym of "A Lady." With Preliminary Suggestions on the Art of Describing Books Bibliographically. By Olphar Hamst. [Pseud., i.e. Ralph Thomas.] London, B. Quaritch, 1880. 16mo, pp. 58.

Containing the titles of 151 works during the present century, under the pseu donym of "A Lady," preceded by short dissertations on the principal points in the description of books, and on the means of identifying the authors of anonymous publications.

London: TRÜBNER & CO., Ludgate Hill. Single Numbers, Threepence each. Annual Subscription, post free, 38. 6d.

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