_Ex._ For “from the accession of Edward III. to the death of Henry
VIII.,” say [1327–1547].
155. In Short and Medium use initials for all Christian names
introduced in titles, notes, and contents, and omit the initials
altogether for famous men unless there are two of the same name.
_Ex._ Write “Life of L. V. Bell,” “ed. by F. J. Furnivall,” but “Lives
of Cicero, Milton, Tell, Washington;” and distinguish by initials
the Bachs, Grimms, Humboldts, Schlegels. Short may as well omit the
initials of editors, translators, etc.
_E. g._, «Dante.» Divine comedy; tr. by Cayley. London, 1851–54. 4 v. S.
— _Same._ Tr. by Wright. London, _Bohn_, 1854. O.
— _Same._ Tr. by Longfellow. Boston, 1867. 3 v. O. {70}
156. Abbreviate certain common words always, and less common words in a
long title which can not be shortened in any other way.
Abbreviations should suggest the word for which they are used,
and should not, if it can be avoided, suggest any other. When one
abbreviation is used for two words, if the context does not determine
the sense the abbreviation must be lengthened. The most common and
useful are Abp. (Archbishop), a. d. Lat. (aus dem Lateinischen),
add. (additions), Amer. or Am. (American), anon. (anonymous), app.
(appendix), Aufl., Ausg., or even A. (Auflage, Ausgabe), bibl.
(biblical, bibliographical, bibliotheca, etc.), biog. (biographical,
biography), Bp. (Bishop), B. S. L., etc. (Bohn’s scientific
library, etc.), Chr. (Christian), class. (classical), col. or coll.
(collections, college), com. (commerce, committee), comp. (compiled,
compiler), conc. (concerning), dept. (department), dom. (domestic),
ed. (edited, edition, editor), encyc. (encyclopædia), ff. (folios or
leaves), geog., geol., geom. (geology, geography, geometry), ges.
(gesammelte), Ges. or Gesch. (Geschichte), Gr. (Great, Greek), H. F.
L. (Harper’s family library), hrsg. (herausgegeben), imp. (imperfect),
incl. (including), int. (intorno), lib. (library), mem. (memoir),
mis. or miscel. (miscellaneous), nat. (natural), n. d. (no date of
publication), n. p. (no place), n. s. (new series), n. t.-p. (no
title-page), nouv. (nouvelle), obl. (oblong), p. pp. (page, pages),
pseud. (pseudonym, pseudonymous), pt. (part), pub. (published), rec.
(recensuit), rel. (relating, relative), rept. (report), rev. (review,
revised), s. or ser. (series), sämm. (sämmtlich), sm. (small), soc.
(society), t.-p. mut., t.-p. w. (title-page mutilated, wanting),
tr. (translated, traduit, tradotto, etc.), trans. (transactions),
u. (und), übers. (übersetzt), v. (volume), v. (von, but give van in
full), w. (wanting). For others see Appendix V., pp. 119–126.