_Ex._ In a title-entry
«How» to observe. H. Martineau 9287
and in a subject-entry
«Horse.» CARVER, J. Age of the. Phila., 1818. 12º 9077
MURRAY, W. H. The perfect. Bost., 1873. 8º 1694
If this is thought too disagreeable, use an initial for the heading
when it is repeated in the title; as:
«Horse.» CARVER, J. Age of the H. Phila., 1818. 12º 9077
MURRAY, W. H. The perfect H. Bost., 1873. 8º 1694
SIMPSON, H. H. portraiture. N. Y., 1868. 12º 7407
159. In cataloguing different editions of a book avoid the repetition
of the title by using “_Same_.”
_Ex._ «Chaucer», G. Canterbury tales; [ed.] by T. Tyrwhitt. London,
1822. 5 v. 8º.
— _Same._ Ed. by T. Wright. London, 1847–51. 3 v. 8º.
The word following _Same_ should generally begin with a capital.
160. Retain under the author only what is necessary to distinguish the
work from other works of the same writer, but under the subject what is
needed to state the subject and show how it is treated.
The preface of an excellent catalogue remarks that “the primary object
of subject-entries is to inform the reader _who_ have written upon a
given topic rather than _what_ has been written.” This is a mistake.
The inquirer wishes to know both; in fact he wants to know who have
written about it because their character will suggest to him what they
have written. {71}