Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1899 edition. Excerpt: ...as they are not books upon Chester or Canterbury. Therefore the form is Chester, The Cathedral Church of. Hiatt, C. 1897 Canterbury, The Church of St. Martin. Routledge, C. F. 1898 or in shorter fashion: Chester Cathedral. Hiatt, C. 1897 Canterbury, St. Martin's Church. Routledge, C. F. 1898 Upon the same principle a history of a London parish is not entered under "London," but under its particular name with a cross-reference from London to the places, as London. See also the names of parishes, as Chelsea, Kensington, Southwark, Westminster. Monographs upon buildings of national importance in foreign countries are however always entered under the name of the city where situated and not under the name of the building. Works upon St. Mark's, Venice, or Notre Dame de Paris being entered under Venice and Paris respectively, as Venice, St. Mark's. Paris, Notre Dame. To give heed to details of this kind is not "hairsplitting," as the novice may be disposed to imagine--it is the very essence of good cataloguing. Even with most careful attention the cataloguer may well congratulate himself if at the conclusion of his work, and especially when in print, it comes out faultless, because the perfect catalogue absolutely free from error has not yet been seen. CHAPTER IX. SUBJECT, TITLE, AND SERIES ENTRIES (continued). 86.--There remain other varieties of double or treble entries to consider. A book such as Baker, W. R. Intemperance the idolatry of Britain. 3rd ed. pp. 62. sm. 80. n.d. has no appearance of difficulty, as it is so obviously upon intemperance, but the question of concentration of books pro and con upon such a subject as this must be looked int0. It is most undesirable to send an inquirer to a number of headings to...