WHAT TO INDEX_The Author's Desk Book Being a Reference Volume upon Questions of the Relations of the Author to the Publisher, Copyright, The Relation of the Contributor to the Magazine, Mechanics of the Book, Arrangement of the Book, Making of the Index, Etc.

The closeness with which a book is to be indexed depends partly upon

the nature of its contents and partly upon the ideas of the author

or publisher. Some indexes contain only the page references; some

are so analytical that a reader can gain an excellent idea of the

subject-matter itself. These, however, represent the two extremes. The

ordinary index aims to give every reference necessary to enable the

reader to locate easily the subject-matter for which he searches, but

not a synopsis of that subject-matter. The entries should cover, then,

with more or less minuteness, as desired, the following:

(_a_) Proper names, whether of persons, places, religious or political

bodies, etc.

(_b_) Events and periods.

(_c_) Titles of books to which reference is made.

(_d_) Specific topics or subjects.

(_e_) Definitions.

(_f_) Vital statements.

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