Mr. B Micholson, s, when known; I have sent to the ies, or other bodies Bodleian Lizny lately by way of the Smithsonian Instatute a city of the Catalogue of the Beston Athenaeum from the Trustees of ал a the Athenaum è entered under the relating to a per ular form. French er D; by de or d', ed as a component lages, surnames are entered under the ntered under their bethe, for example, ent dash the omisnged in form. for instance, will Metals. But it treatises on special is on Aragon must Aragon. Cross refes; as the inquirer other hand, referLate headings to be See, for exambliography (p. 249, he same author, or scribe them, have a is is not usually rertain what "opere" aldinucci (p. 191). Oliver, the first titles are Cromwell's own works, the titles beginning ABBREVIATIONS. Ed., edition, editor; n.d., no date; n.p., no place; n.s., new series; n.t.p., 1 t.p.mut., title-page mutilated; t.p.w., title-page wanting; v., volume; add.itions, conc.erni egeben, including, int.orno, mem.oir, rel.ative, resp.ecting, pub.lished, tr.anslated, und, etc. EXPLANATIONS. AUTHORS. Books are entered in the following catalogue under the names of authors, when known; under the initials of the authors' names, when these only appear, the last initial being put first; under the pseudonyms of the writers, when the real names are not ascertained; under the names of editors of collections; under the names of countries, cities, societies, or other bodies which are responsible for their publication. If no such name appears they are entered under the first word of the title not an article or a preposition; but an anonymous work relating to a person, city, or subject is put under the name of the person, city, or subject. In the headings of titles, the names of authors are given in their vernacular form. French surnames preceded by Le, La, or L', are entered under L; by Du or Des, under D; by de or d', under the name following this prefix. In English names, the prefix is treated as a component part of the surname, as in De Quincey, Van Lennep. In all other languages, surnames are entered under the name following the prefix. Foreign compound surnames are entered under the first part of the name. British noblemen and ecclesiastical dignitaries are entered under their family names; all other noblemen, under their titles. In headings the German diphthongs ä, ö, ü, are written ae, oe, ue; Goethe, for example, occurs in alphabetical order before Goldsmith, not after it. A single dash indicates the omission of the preceding heading; a subsequent dash the omission of a subordinate heading. Brackets inclose words added to titles or changed in form. SUBJECTS. Works are entered under the most specific subject; a book on the dog, for instance, will be found under Dog, not under Zoology; one on iron, under Iron, not under Metals. But it must be remembered that there are often important, and sometimes the best, treatises on special subjects in general works. He who wants to see all that the Library contains on Aragon must of course consult the works enumerated under Spain as well as those under Aragon. Cross references have not in general been made from these specific subjects to general ones; as the inquirer can usually see without difficulty what the including subject would be; on the other hand, references have been made very freely from general subjects to the various subordinate headings to be found in the Catalogue; as well as to co-ordinate and to illustrative subjects. See, for examples, the references at the end of Agriculture (p. 32); Architecture (p. 129); Bibliography (p. 249, 1st col.). Books containing works by several authors, or several works by the same author, or works on several subjects collected under a title which does not sufficiently describe them, have a list of their contents given under the author's name. For economy of room this is not usually repeated with the subject-entry; thus, under Arts (p. 146, 2d col.), to ascertain what "opere" BALDINUCCI has written about art one must turn to the main entry under Baldinucci (p. 191). TYPE. to dis The heavy type is used for the main alphabet of authors, subjects, and titles; tinguish the authors in the enumeration of the contents of collections (see, for example, page 67, etc.); and, in references, to call attention to the word referred to, as "Birds. See Ornithology"; or "Bancroft, G. Character of Franklin. (In Boston book, 3d col.)" -- The SMALL CAPITALS are used in the secondary alphabet for the authors who write about any subject, as, under Architecture, ALBERTI, ALDRICH, ASHPITEL, ATKINSON; So, under Cromwell, Oliver, the first titles are Cromwell's own works, the titles beginning ACCOUNT, ANIMADVERSIONS, BANKS, BETHEL, BRIEF, CARLYLE, etc., are of works about Cromwell. Often a short sketch is briefly noted in this way, merely the name of the subject, of the author, and some indication where the sketch is, being given; as, 'Crespet, Pierre. NICERON, J. P. (In his Mém., v. 29. 1724)", which means that there is a life of Crespet by Niceron in the 29th volume of Niceron's Mémoires. 66 The smaller type is used for notes, contents, references; also for the titles of pamphlets contained in five series of pamphlet-volumes (marked A 1, A 2, A 3, B 1, B 2, etc.), which cannot be taken out of the library. ABBREVIATIONS. Ed., edition, editor; n.d., no date; n.p., no place; n.s., new series; n.t.p., no title-page; t.p.mut., title-page mutilated; t.p.w., title-page wanting; v., volume; add.itions, conc.erning, herausg.egeben, including, int.orno, mem.oir, rel.ative, resp.ecting, pub.lished, tr.anslated, u.nd, etc. |
