Compound Names. Names with Prefixes. Greek and Roman Names.
=Rendering of the Names of Foreign Authors. Compound= =Names.
Changed Names. Foreign Compound Names.= =Names with
Prefixes. Short Entries. Title-Entries.= =Foreign Names
with Prefixes. Greek and Latin= =Authors.=
We shall not have proceeded very far with the work of cataloguing
before problems in connection with the varying forms of personal names
will arise. Translations of works by foreign authors will, at times,
have varieties of renderings of their names, making it necessary to
hunt out and decide which is the vernacular form or transcription of
the name, and, therefore, the right one to adopt. An instance of a
troublesome name of the kind is that of the Russian novelist, rendered
upon title-pages as Turgenev, Turgénieff, Tourguéneff, Turgueniev, and
Tourgénief.
Another source of worry is that of compound names, or their equivalent
hyphenated-surnames, that is to say, names compounded without the
authority of a deed-poll, or even without obligations as beneficiaries
under a will. It is a growing affectation, to which many persons
are partial, especially if their surnames happen to be among those
most common. A person is born, say, Smith, and having the maternal
surname as a second Christian name, he compounds with it, and Thomas
Jackson Smith in time becomes T. Jackson-Smith. Generally speaking,
the simplest and most convenient plan is to enter all such names, if
English, under the last name. When authors have undoubtedly changed or
added to their names, and have written under both forms, this may be a
good reason for entering under the first part of a double name, though
the necessity for it can be obviated by the ever-useful reference.
Whatever method of entry may be adopted, the latest form of the name
must be given, particularly in the case of those who have written under
both forms. The Dean of Gloucester, for example, who has written some
historical works under his name of H. D. M. Spence, has now published a
guide to Gloucester Cathedral, under the name of H. D. M. Spence-Jones.
If the entries are retained under the first form of name, the "Jones"
must be added to all entries--subject as well as author; if the new
name is taken, it should be dealt with after the manner shown in the
next paragraph.
To enter under the last name will not be strictly in accordance with
the orthodox rules, but it will prove by far the most convenient method
for all concerned. Accordingly the undermentioned books are so entered,
and not under the double names of Eardley Wilmot, Betham Edwards, and
Collison Morley, although these writers may at times be spoken of by
their double names.
WILMOT, Sir S. Eardley. Forest life and sport in
India, pp. viii., 324, illus. 1910
EDWARDS, Matilda Betham. Unfrequented France
by river, and mead, and town. pp. x., 204,
illus. 1910
MORLEY, L. Collison-. Modern Italian literature.
pp. viii., 356. 1911
The hyphen may be put in, as shown in the last entry, but this is not
essential, at any rate in short-entry catalogues. Full catalogues give
the references
EARDLEY-WILMOT, Sir S. _See_ Wilmot.
BETHAM-EDWARDS, Matilda. _See_ Edwards.
COLLISON-MORLEY, L. _See_ Morley.
The cataloguer sometimes comes across a name which he may remember
as a decidedly changed name from his point of view, when there is no
alternative but to adopt the newer form. A writer, for example, who at
one time was known as F. H. Perry Coste, has now become Perrycoste,
and, unless the cataloguer's memory serves him well, this author's
books will be entered under Coste and Perrycoste.
The subject-entries of the foregoing books are as follows:--
=India=:
_Travel and Description._
Wilmot, Sir S. E. Forest life and sport in
India. 1910
As this book is for the most part concerned with state forestry in
India, it is likely to be serviceable in connection with forestry as a
subject, though not specifically upon it, the meaning of the rules may
be liberally interpreted to include the entry
=Forestry=:
Wilmot, Sir S. E. Forest life, &c., in India.
1910.
At the time of publication the author was a C.I.E., but later, becoming
a K.C.I.E., the "Sir" is added to his name.
=France=:
_Travel and Description._
Edwards, M. B. Unfrequented France. 1910
=Italian Literature=:
Morley, C. L. Modern Italian literature.
1911
The last book, not being upon literature in the universal sense or
in the abstract, is entered under its definite subject of Italian
literature as shown. Here the serviceable covering reference again
removes all possible doubt.
=Literature.=
_See also the names of national literatures as_
English, Italian, Spanish.
To enter compound names under the last name, as recommended, does not
by any means imply that the first part of the hyphenated name should
be reduced to initials in the _principal entry_ of even a short-form
catalogue, and, therefore, the briefest style for these names is
Wilmot, Sir S. Eardley; Edwards, M. Betham; Morley, L. Collison.
If the codes of rules which stipulate for entry under the first part of
a compound name are followed, the names are given after this fashion,
to take one of the above books in illustration,
BETHAM-EDWARDS, Matilda. Unfrequented France
by river, and mead, and town. pp. x., 204,
illus. 1910
=France=:
Betham-Edwards, M. Unfrequented France.
1910
The reverse form of reference then becomes necessary, as
EDWARDS, Matilda Betham. _See_ Betham-Edwards.
The Dewey numbers for the classified catalogue of these three books are
respectively 915.4 (Geography and Travels--India), 914.4 (Geography and
Travels--France), and 850.9 (Literature--Italian Literature--History).
The index entries are
Wilmot, Sir S. E. Forest life in India, 915.4
India (Travels) 915-4
Edwards, M. B. Unfrequented France, 914.4
France (Travels) 914.4
Italian Literature (History), 850.9
Morley, L. C. Mod. Italian literature, 850.9
Compound names are a greater source of worry where foreign authors are
concerned, and, irrespective of the rules, it is an excellent plan
to use a _native_ biographical dictionary to ensure correctness of
entry. A rule of a general character may be laid down to the effect
that foreign names are subject to the opposite method of treatment to
that for English names, and the first part of the name is taken. It is
said, though the statement is not vouched for, that in France, and, no
doubt, elsewhere, such names are obtained in an odd way. A person say
of the name of Saluste lives in a small town and on the left bank of
the river running through it. In order that he may not be confused with
another person of the same name living in another part, he is spoken of
as Saluste of the Left Bank, and in course of time this distinguishing
name is absorbed by his family, its patronymic eventually becoming
Saluste de la Rive Gauche.
However this may be, the following represent the correct forms for such
names:--
BARBEY D'AUREVILLY, Jules. Ce qui ne meurt pas.
2 v. _Paris_, n.d.
LEROY-BEAULIEU, Pierre. La rénovation de l'Asie:
Sibérie, Chine, Japon. pp. xx., 482. _Paris_,
1900
CANTACUZÈNE-ALTIERI, Princesse Olga. Responsable.
2me éd. pp. 349. _Paris_, 1897
Foreign names of this kind rarely require references from the latter or
other part of the name, but they may be given in very doubtful cases.
The first and third of these books being works of fiction, require no
subject-entries. Works of this class receive instead an entry under
the first word of the title, other than an article (a "title-entry"),
because people often remember and ask for such works by their titles
without knowing the author's names. These will be
Ce qui ne meurt pas. Barbey d'Aurevilly, J.
2 v. n.d.
Responsable. Cantacuzène-Altieri, Princesse.
1897
While it is altogether against the principle of the dictionary
catalogue to gather novels together under a heading "Fiction" or
"Novels" in any part of it, yet there can be no objection to furnishing
a guide to the authors of fiction in a particular foreign language
contained in the catalogue after this style
French Fiction. _See the names of the following
authors_: Barbey d'Aurevilly, Cantacuzène-Altieri.
The second of the above books needs not only a subject-entry under
Asia, but also one under the names of the three countries dealt with in
it, as
=Asia, Eastern=:
Leroy-Beaulieu, P. La rénovation de l'Asie.
1900
=Siberia=:
Leroy-Beaulieu, P. La rénovation de l'Asie.
1900
with similar entries under "China" and "Japan," and references, binding
the whole together, in this way
East, The Far. _See_ Asia, Eastern.
=Asia, Eastern.=
_See also_ China. Japan. Siberia.
It is hardly necessary to say that the translation of works by
a foreign author in no way alters the form of name. Because M.
Leroy-Beaulieu's name is attached to a book in English, it does not
bring him under the rules for English compound names, any more than it
makes an Englishman of him. This last book in translation, therefore,
appears as
LEROY-BEAULIEU, Pierre. The awakening of the
East: Siberia, Japan, China; transl. by
Richard Davey, with a preface by [Sir] Henry
Norman. pp. xxviii., 299. 1900
The fullest form of catalogue will have references under the translator
and the writer of the preface, thus
DAVEY, Richard (_Transl._) _See_ Leroy-Beaulieu,
Pierre.
NORMAN, Sir Henry. _See also_ Leroy-Beaulieu,
Pierre.
The average catalogue will not only dispense with these references,
but may make them impossible by omitting to mention the names in the
main-entry.
It may be said in passing that it is customary to give works in the
original precedence over translations in the order of arrangement and
altogether irrespective of the alphabetical order of the titles. The
subject-entries for this work, being the same as before, need not be
repeated except to give both books under one of them to show this order
=Asia, Eastern=:
Leroy-Beaulieu, P. La rénovation de l'Asie.
1900
-- The awakening of the East. 1900
The classified catalogue entry for the book will be marked 950
(History--Asia), although each of the countries named has a separate
number. The novels will fall into 843.89 (Literature--French
Fiction--Later 19th Century). Though this sub-division may be of
service on the shelves, it is more convenient in the catalogue to
arrange French fiction, or any other fiction, under a general number
(in this case 843), and place the entries in one alphabetical sequence
by authors' names without regard to their period. As a rule, however,
both on the shelves and in the catalogues fiction receives special
treatment.
Names with prefixes are also troublesome, and call for variation in
treatment according to nationality. In all British names the entry is
made under the prefix and not under the name following. Accordingly the
Fitzes, the Macs, the Aps, and the O's attached to names are regarded
as being embodied in them, as FitzHerbert, McColl, Ap John, O'Brien,
and all with similar prefixes are brought together. This statement also
applies to those surnames preceded by "St." The following are examples
of all these:--
FITZ-GERALD, S. J. Adair. Stories of famous
songs. pp. xviii., 426. 1898
The style in which the author prints his name in the book should be
adhered to by the cataloguer, though whether printed as Fitz-Gerald,
Fitz Gerald, or Fitzgerald, all are regarded as alike, and arranged
together for alphabetical position in the catalogue.
MCCABE, Joseph. The Iron Cardinal: the
romance of Richelieu. pp. xii., 389, ports.
1909
Here also the alphabetical order remains the same whether the prefix
is spelled Mac, Mc, or M', this name being arranged as if Maccabe. As
the illustrations to the book consist exclusively of portraits, this
is stated by "ports." instead of "illus." given with the collation. If
the illustrations consist of portraits, pictures, and maps, they are
separately named, as shown in the "St. John" entry below.
AP JOHN, Lewis. William Ewart Gladstone: his
life and times. pp. 329, port. 1887
The preliminary pages in this book are marked i. to xvi., and the
succeeding pages 17 to 329, and these are given as above instead of as
pp. xvi., 313.
O'GRADY, Standish. The story of Ireland.
pp. viii., 214. 1894
ST. JOHN, Charles. Short sketches of the wild
sports and natural history of the Highlands.
New ed., with ... memoir by M. G.
Watkins. pp. xxiv., 319, port., illus., map.
1893
The author's name in this entry is according to the title-page, but a
full catalogue will either give it in full--Charles William George St.
John--or with initials, as Charles W. G. St. John.
In the sorting of this and similar entries for alphabetical order,
the procedure of taking the prefix as part of, and one with, the name
following does not apply. The others were regarded as Fitzg, Macc,
Apj, and Obr respectively, but in this case the "St.," besides being
taken as "Saint" in full, stands isolated from the rest of the name,
when it falls into place among all names with a similar prefix and then
in the alphabetical order of the main name. Accordingly St. John, or
Saint-Simon, or Saint-Yves come _before_ Sainta or Sainte-Beuve.
Before proceeding further, these books may be completed for the
dictionary catalogue and assigned their places in the classified.
=Songs=:
Fitz-Gerald, S. J. A. Stories of famous
songs. 1898
If but a single book appears on the subject a title-entry suffices
Songs, Famous, Stories of. Fitz-Gerald, S. J. A.
1898
This is better and less clumsy than
Songs, Stories of famous. Fitz-Gerald, S. J. A.
1898
=Richelieu, Cardinal=:
McCabe, J. The Iron Cardinal. 1909
In full form catalogues the heading can be given at length
=Richelieu, Armand-Jean Du Plessis=, _Cardinal_
(1585-1642).
The title "The Iron Cardinal" must be so given, and not as "The iron
cardinal," although it may be a fanciful title made use of by this
author alone.
=Gladstone, William Ewart=:
Ap John, L. Gladstone: his life and times.
1887
In arranging the order it is the correct and better plan to put the
books _by_ a person before those _upon_ him, and it is an advantage to
print the latter in smaller type. The books in the extract from the
Manchester catalogue given on pages 11 and 12 would be better arranged
in this order:--
GLADSTONE (W. E.) Gleanings of past years.
-- Homer.
-- Impregnable Rock of Holy Scripture.
Biography of, by Russell.
Biography of, by Smith.
Character of.
Essay on, by Brown.
This meagre, telegraphese style of catalogue can never be satisfactory,
so it is not surprising to learn that Mr. C. W. Sutton, the Manchester
Librarian, has superseded it by the classified form.
=Ireland=:
_History._
O'Grady, S. The story of Ireland. 1894
=Scotland=:
_Natural History, &c._
St. John, C. Wild sports and natural history
of the Highlands. 1893
Highlands, Scottish. _See_ Scotland.
There is no occasion to give a title-entry for any of these books as
they are adequately catalogued as shown. It may be assumed that any
person who wants them will remember either the authors' names or the
subjects. To give entries under "Stories," "Iron Cardinal," "Story of
Ireland," "Short sketches," would be both futile and wasteful.
In the classified catalogue the main-entries given above would
be numbered and arranged, the book on songs, 821.04 (English
Literature--Poetry--Lyric, Ballads), Richelieu as 923.2 (Biography
of Sociology--Statesmen)--rather than 922.2 (Biography of
Religion--Cardinals)--and the Gladstone would be the same number,
923.2. It is a convenience in the case of biographies in a classified
catalogue to lead off with, and arrange by, the name of the subject of
the biography, in which case the entries are changed to this form:--
=923.2 Biography of Sociology--Statesmen.=
Gladstone, William Ewart: his life and times,
by Lewis Ap John. pp. 329, port. 1887
Richelieu, Cardinal. The Iron Cardinal, by
Joseph McCabe. pp. xii., 389, ports.
1909
It is still more convenient to throw all the works of biography into a
single alphabet of the names of the subjects without any sub-division.
This enables the consulter of the catalogue to find a biography
without having to stop and consider whether the person was a cardinal
or a statesman.
The story of Ireland is 941.5 (History--Ireland), it being a
general history, and not one upon a particular period. The book
on the Highlands deals with the fish, birds, and animals, and is
therefore allocated to 591.941 (Science--Zoology--Geographical
Distribution--Scotland).
The index entries are
Fitz-Gerald, S. J. A. Famous songs. 821.04
Songs and Ballads (Literature) 821.04
McCabe, J. Iron Cardinal (Richelieu) 923.2
Richelieu, Cardinal, 923.2
Ap John, L. Gladstone, 923.2
Gladstone, William E. (biographies) 923.2
O'Grady, S. Story of Ireland, 941.5
Ireland (History), 941.5
St. John, C. Wild sports of the Highlands, 591.941
Scotland (Zoology), 591.941
Highlands, Scottish (Zoology), 591.941
Other prefixes, mostly of foreign origin, as De, De la, Le, Van, become
the entry-word when attached to British surnames, as in the following
examples:--
DE MORGAN, William. Alice-for-Short.
DE LA WARR, Constance, Countess. A twice
crowned queen: Anne of Brittany. 1906
LE FEUVRE, Amy. A bit of rough road.
VAN DYKE, Henry. The blue flower.
All these are alphabetized as if the prefixes were part of the names
following, as Demor, Delawa, Lefeu, Vandyke.
The illustrative entries worked out from this point onwards will be
curtailed to the limits of an average or short-entry catalogue, upon
the supposition that most of those who use this book will require
compressed entries, the style for full-entry catalogues having been
already sufficiently indicated. It is easier to give entries in full
than to condense them without the loss of any information of moment.
In the following pages an endeavour will be made to show reasonable
condensation of entries or other economies that may be effected and
adopted. Putting this into practice, it will be observed that the
collation has been left out of these entries, and that the dates of
publication are not given in three of them. This latter omission
is because they are works of fiction, and books in this class of
literature are frequently worn out in popular libraries. The editions
replacing them are seldom of the same date, therefore it serves no
particular purpose to give the dates; the great majority of persons
wanting such books are not in the least concerned as to when the book
was published, unless it be that it is the "latest out."
The title-entries for these same three books are
Alice-for-Short. De Morgan, W.
Bit of rough road, A. Le Feuvre, A.
Blue flower, The. Van Dyke, W.
It is often a puzzle where properly to introduce the articles a, an,
and the, in titles turned about to bring the word following into place;
under no circumstances should entries be given under the articles.
Generally they fall into place to read easily and correctly if brought
in before the possessive or at the end. Guidance must be largely a
matter of sight or sound, as no definite rule can be laid down. It is
incorrect to omit them altogether, because the sense of the title
is often changed or spoiled. Under the author-entry the articles
should be left in their place, as shown, and not twisted about, as is
occasionally seen, after this fashion.
DEEPING, Warwick. Bertrand of Brittany.
-- Lame Englishman, The.
-- Red Saint, The.
-- Woman's war, A.
Under the author-entry the books are placed in alphabetical order by
the word following the article. Some rules recommend that this be
emphasised by the use of a capital initial to it, in this way
DEEPING, Warwick. Bertrand of Brittany.
-- The Lame Englishman.
-- The Red saint.
-- A Woman's war.
This point is further referred to and illustrated in Chapter XII.
Every article when part of a title (apart from the initial one) is
taken into account for alphabetising purposes, as
Story of a play.
Story of Aline.
Story of an African farm.
Story of Leah.
Story of the Gadsbys.
The historical biography yet remains for attention and requires a
title-as-subject entry.
Anne of Brittany. A twice crowned queen. De
la Warr, Countess. 1906
A title-entry may be given if desired, but it cannot be said to be of
much use.
Twice crowned queen, A: Anne of Brittany. De
la Warr, Countess. 1906
For the classified catalogue the works of fiction, in a "free library"
at any rate, will hardly be marked 823 (Literature--English Fiction),
but will be treated as a class apart; all the entries being arranged
alphabetically by author's names, not by the periods in which the books
were written, or the nationalities of the authors. It is true there are
other possibilities in arranging works of fiction in the classified
catalogue, though they introduce an element of obscurity and hinder
ready reference. Historical fiction can be kept apart and arranged
under the countries and periods, or the idea can be carried further and
the books sub-divided under such headings as Human Careers, Adventures
Abroad, America, English Life, Irish Life, Scottish Life, Short Stories
and Sketches, Detectives and Crime. It is conceivable that there are
people who would appreciate a division of this kind, though it would
not suit the general convenience. To bring all the works of fiction
together under a heading "Novels" in the dictionary catalogue, as said
previously, is foreign to its nature, and should not be attempted.
The foregoing illustrations were examples of Anglicized foreign
prefixes. When the prefixes are to genuine foreign names they require
careful consideration and varying treatment according to their
character. If "De" is part of a name undoubtedly French, it is not
the entry word, but the name which follows or precedes it. If a
prefix embodies the definite article in it, as "Du," then that is the
entry-word, whether the name be English or French, so also is the
definite article of "de la", as shown in the de la Brète item below.
The above points are all illustrated in the following examples:--
HARCOURT, Louis d'. Le sabre du notaire.
MAUPASSANT, Guy de. Fort comme la mort.
DU BOISGOBEY, Fortuné. La loge sanglante.
LA BRÈTE, Jean de. Mon oncle et mon curé.
LE ROUX, Hugues. Le fils à papa.
When the prefix is embodied as part of the surname, then the whole name
is regarded as a single one, and comes under the ordinary rule. It is
as well to give examples of these also.
DECOURCELLE, A. Un homme d'argent.
DELABORDE, Vicomte Henri. La gravure: précis
élémentaire. [1882]
All the above are works of fiction, the last excepted, and therefore
receive the usual first-word title-entries in the dictionary catalogue,
the rules governing the use of the article remaining the same for
foreign fiction. To prevent misunderstanding, the correct form for such
entries is here shown
Sabre, Le, du notaire. Harcourt, L. d'.
Fort comme la mort. Maupassant, G. de.
Loge sanglante, La. Du Boisgobey, F.
Mon oncle et mon curé. La Brète, J. de.
Fils à papa, Le. Le Roux, H.
Homme d'argent, Un. Decourcelle, A.
Whatever economy may be effected by leaving out the articles in
English titles, it is better and more correct not to attempt it in
French. The last of the books is on engraving, which word becomes the
subject-heading, as under no circumstances should the name of any
subject be given in any form but English in the catalogue unless, as
happens in remote cases, there is no equivalent in English for the
subject. Accordingly the entry is
=Engraving=:
Delaborde, Vicomte H. La gravure. [1882]
The instruction that when the definite article is a prefix, or part
of a prefix, to a name it becomes the entry word must not be blindly
followed in all cases, as there are exceptions. If it were the
middle part (conjunction) of a double name, for example, it is not
the entry-word. To name some instances of this Viollet-le-Duc is so
entered, and not as Le Duc; Verdy du Vernois, and not Du Vernois;
Leconte de Lisle, and not Lisle or De Lisle; and Puvis de Chavannes,
not Chavannes or De Chavannes. Such names require to be treated with
knowledge and discretion.
The inexperienced and the young cataloguer, they are not necessarily
the same, need to exercise due care lest they blunder stupidly if
unwittingly. Perhaps they have a book by, say, J.-H. Rosny le Jeune one
day, and on another one by J.-H. Rosny Ainé, when it need hardly be
said the entry-names are not Le Jeune or Ainé, or even Rosny le Jeune
or Rosny Ainé, but
ROSNY, J.-H., _ainé_.
ROSNY, J.-H., _le jeune_.
and in this order. This note of warning is not unnecessary, as might be
supposed.
Much the same principles govern Italian and Spanish names with
prefixes. In German and Dutch "von" and "van" are not the entry-words,
except in Anglicized names as already shown, or if clearly embodied in
the surname. This latter remark applies to "van," as "von" is seldom,
if ever, so found.
It is customary in entering books by the Greek and Latin classical
authors to adopt the name contained in some modern standard dictionary,
such as Smith's "Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography." This is
usually the Latin form, as Virgilius, Homerus, and while it is wise in
the case of a college or other library to follow this, it is better for
a public library to adopt the English style, as Homer, Horace, Ovid,
Pliny, Virgil; at the same time taking care to adhere to the English
forms throughout and to see that all the books are entered under that
adopted, no matter what may be the languages of the various editions.
The author's name as the entry-word must, of course, be turned into
the nominative, and not left in the case in which it appears on the
title-page, though this difficulty does not arise when the English
renderings of the names are chosen.
The following examples are given to elucidate the matter as well as
emphasise it. The title-pages of the four books selected for the
purpose read:--
Q. Horati Flacci Opera Edited by T. E. Page,
M.A. London Macmillan & Co. 1895
Sophoclis Tragoediae Edited by Robert Yelverton
Tyrell. London Macmillan & Co. 1897
P. Vergili Maronis Bucolica Georgica Aeneis
Edited by T. E. Page, M.A. London Macmillan
& Co. 1895
M. Tullii Ciceronis De Finibus Bonorum et
Malorum Libri Quinque With Introduction
and Commentary by W. M. L. Hutchinson.
London Edward Arnold 1909
The first three books have on the preliminary title-pages "The
Parnassus Library of Greek and Latin Texts." To revert to the style of
the full form of entry, these would appear as
HORATIUS FLACCUS, Quintus. Opera; ed. by T. E.
Page. (_Parnassus lib. of Greek and Latin
texts._) pp. xxii., 252. 1895
SOPHOCLES. Tragoediae; ed. by Robert Y. Tyrrell.
(_Parnassus lib. of Greek and Latin texts._)
pp. xxvi., 272. 1897
VIRGILUS MARO, Publius. Bucolica, Georgica,
Aeneis; ed. by T. E. Page. (_Parnassus lib. of
Greek and Latin texts._) pp. xxii., 376. 1895
CICERO, Marcus Tullius. De finibus bonorum et
malorum; with intro. and commentary by
W. M. L. Hutchinson, pp. xxxii., 238. 1909
It should be noted that the form of words of the _titles_ of the books
is not altered or amended, the dipthongs in "Tragœdiæ" and "Æneis"
being taken from the books, as it is the rule to follow the wording of
a title-page literally, even to the extent of copying obvious mistakes.
References are required from the names of the various editors
PAGE, T. E. (_Ed._) _See_ Horatius. Virgilius.
TYRRELL, Robert Y. (_Ed._) _See_ Sophocles.
HUTCHINSON, W. M. L. (_Ed._) _See_ Cicero.
For "an average catalogue"--by which is meant one that is intended for
the use of all classes, learned or unlearned--the popular form of names
is not only more suitable but is more convenient The entries, then,
would be
HORACE. Opera; ed. by T. E. Page. (_Parnassus
lib._) 1895
SOPHOCLES. Tragoediae; ed. by R. Y. Tyrrell.
(_Parnassus lib._) 1887
VIRGIL. Bucolica, Georgica, Aeneis; ed. by T. E.
Page. (_Parnassus lib._) 1895
CICERO. De finibus bonorum et malorum; ed. by
W. M. L. Hutchinson. 1909
The fact that the titles of the books are given in Latin would in
itself be a sufficient indication to the observant that the works are
in the original and not translations.
Apart from the references from editor's names, the above would be the
sole entries in any style of catalogue, as most classical authors,
certainly the Greek and Latin, do not have subject-entries, or anything
corresponding thereto, probably upon the supposition that the contents
of their works are so well known by those who read them that further
entries are uncalled for.
In the classified catalogue most of the classic authors have a specific
place, those above being respectively 874.5 (Literature--Latin Lyric
Poetry--Horace), 882.2 (Literature--Greek Dramatic Poetry--Sophocles),
873.1 (Literature--Latin Epic Poetry--Virgil), and 875.4
(Literature--Latin Oratory--Cicero--Philosophical Works.)
In all subsequent illustrations the position in the Dewey
Classification will be shown by the number attached to each principal
entry, as if it were the shelf ("finding" or "location") number in
the dictionary catalogue, and this will obviate the necessity for any
separate statement relating to the classified catalogue unless it seems
to be required.