Enclosing the dash in brackets is ugly [ — ]; enclosing the title
in brackets is misleading, as if the title were false. Stars (*)
or daggers (†) are sometimes prefixed to the title, but they are
often used for other purposes and they throw the titles out of line.
[_Anon._] may be used between the title and the imprint; † in the same
position would take less room and as soon as accepted would be equally
intelligible; it has occasionally been used.
172. In the preliminary card catalogue enclose in brackets the name of
the author of an anonymous or pseudonymous work. This may be extended
to cases where the name is only implied.
_Ex._ “By the Bishop of Ripon,” “M. Tullii oratio;” meaning M. Tullii
Ciceronis oratio, or Cat. used in old editions for Catullus.
173. In the title-entry of an anonymous work insert the author’s name
in brackets.
_Ex._ «Colloquies» of Edw. Osborne; [by M. A. Manning]. London, 1860.
S.
174. Words like Lord, Gen., Rev., King, ed., tr., occurring in the
title are not to be italicized.
175. When the title is in an alphabet which differs from the English,
transliterate the first few words and add a translation.
_Ex._ [Pisni Russkaho naroda; Songs of the Russian people.]
When the title is in Greek, followed by a Latin translation, it is
customary to use the latter alone, and the same may be done in the
case of other languages. But for identification it is necessary that
some part of the book’s own title should be printed. It is not enough
to give merely a made title or a translation.