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As +however, the essential points to be attended to, in the proper +description of a book, are little understood, I thought it would be +desirable to prefix to the list a few suggestions on the way to supply +correct information. These gradually developed, so that I soon found the +subject required more space, more time, and more consideration than I at +first imagined. + +In the hope that I might obtain assistance from others, and with a view +to getting hints and exciting discussion, I wrote an article for “Notes +and Queries,” which was printed in the numbers for January and April of +1872, entitled, “How to describe a Book.” I now go more fully into the +matters that I consider require attention in the proper description of a +book. + +An explanation of the title of this essay will no doubt be looked for in +the preface. It is very simple. In my searches for the Authors’ names, +the ladies in this list have resisted all enquiry in the most +aggravating manner. Therefore I took the title of Aggravating Ladies as +being concise and appropriate. + +The information asked for relates only to English Literature of the 19th +century, to which period I confine myself entirely. The anonymous and +pseudonymous writers during this century being more than sufficient to +occupy a whole life of laborious application. + +I have not included in the list any phrases such as:—A Lady of Rank—A +Lady of Distinction—A Lady of Hebrew faith—A Banished Lady—A Young +Lady—A too generous Young Lady—nor, A Lady of distinction, who has +witnessed and attentively studied what is esteemed truly graceful and +elegant amongst the most refined nations of Europe (!) The pseudonym of +the author of The Mirror of the Graces, or an English lady’s costume +[treating of] ... taste ... grace; modesty ... dress ...; rank ... in +life; ... of accomplishments; ... the mind ... means of preserving +beauty ...; by a lady, &c. London, Crosby & Co., 1811. + +On the other hand I have inserted some titles which have been entered in +different catalogues as by “a lady,” when those words do not occur on +the title. Such works probably being really written by a lady, the +publisher naturally desired they should go forth with that impress of +good faith and with all the prestige attaching to that talismanic little +word. + +As I have already explained, my list comprises only works published in +the present century, whose authors are unknown to me. I have a longer +list of works by “a lady,” whose names are known, and who have therefore +ceased to be aggravating. I do not give the title when I know the name +of the author because I am now seeking not supplying information. + +Another list as long as that I give at the end I have not printed, not +having been able to see the books themselves so as to describe them from +actual inspection. + +I shall be grateful for information as to any of the works, or the lives +of these Aggravating Ladies. + + + 38, Doughty Street, W.C. + + July, 1880. + +------------------------------------------------------------------------ + + + + + PRELIMINARY REMARKS. + + ------- + + What’s in a name? + + Ask the booksellers, and they will tell you, _much_ in + the title-page of a new book.... + + The making up of a taking title-page, seems to have been + the peculiar province of the bookseller, time out of + mind.—_Fly leaves.... London_ [published and edited + by] _John Miller_, 1854. + + +After a perusal of my list I think every gentleman will agree with me +that Ladies really are very aggravating. It would be curious to hear the +exclamation of any lady who has written as “A lady,” upon looking it +over. She would probably exclaim that when she wrote as “A lady,” she +thought she was the only one, or at all events one of the first. + +The authoress of: “How to dress on £15 a year as a lady, by a lady,” +would no doubt be surprised to find such a long list for the present +century alone. I mention this flowing and somewhat vigorously written +little work; but it is of too recent a date for me to make any enquiry +for the author’s name, especially as it is a secret that, from the +present popularity of the book, is not likely to be long kept.[1] For I +have remarked that though these ladies do not like placing their names +on their books, yet there is little desire to disguise the authorship, +and enquiries are generally soon satisfied if a work has attained any +success. They like to see themselves in print, so long as there is no +infringement of the patent of modesty. + +Footnote 1: + + Since this was written (1875) the author’s name has been divulged, and + there has also been a Chancery Suit in relation to the work. I have + put the book in the list which follows as an illustration of some of + my remarks. + +The inference from this is that my list is composed chiefly of works +that have not become famous or popular, which is the fact. If secresy +were their object, it has to the present time been attained, for they +have defied my researches. Nevertheless I believe that to some one of +the author’s friends or relations she has been known, but “no man is a +prophet in his own country,” and friends and relations very often care +too little for what literary ladies are doing to follow Captain Cuttle’s +advice and “make a note” of an author’s name. Knowledge is often the +greatest enemy to the recording of facts. People often know so well whom +a book is by, that they are not even aware of its pseudonimity. The +majority of novel readers never know the name of the author, nor do they +care to enquire, and much prefer reading a novel “By the author of” some +previous work which has interested them. + +In many cases I am asking for information which the authoresses do not +conceal, and which is well known though unknown to me. + +Thus I ascribe my not knowing the name of the author rather to the fact +of there being no one to make a note of it when found, than any desire +on the fair writer’s part to remain unknown. When a lady has written her +first work as “a lady” she seldom adopts that denomination in her second +work; but more frequently uses the term “By the author of” the previous +work, or “By a lady, author of,” etc. + +------------------------------------------------------------------------ + + + + + HOW TO DESCRIBE A BOOK. + + ------- + + “If you are troubled with a pride of accuracy, and + would have it completely taken out of you, print a + catalogue.” (Author unknown). + + Dr. Aikin used to say, that nothing is such an obstacle + to the production of excellence as the power of + producing what is pretty good with ease and rapidity. + _The Circulator_ [1825] quoted in the Manual of + Laconics by John Taylor, 1838, p. 361. + + +Practice is the best, if not the only way to learn how to describe a +book. Simply reading descriptions of what to do is of little use. Indeed +practice is found to teach so much, that we often find authors of +bibliographical books cancelling the early portions of their works in +order to correct those defects and deficiencies which experience has +brought forcibly to their notice. Such was the case with the first part +of Quérard’s France Littéraire, which was called in and cancelled; and +the Bibliotheca Cornubiensis of Boase and Courtney, published by +Longmans in 1874. + +Every one must be guided by their particular requirements; but must +never lose sight of the absolute necessity there is of following a +system rigidly, and of being accurate. + +With these preliminary remarks I will now proceed to give some hints +derived from my own experience. + +------------------------------------------------------------------------ + + + + + CATALOGUING. + + ------- + + “The sheet-anchor of cataloguing-work, as of all other + true work that a man has to do, is accuracy.”—_Edward + Edwards_ (Memoirs of Libraries, 1859, vol. II. 868). + + ... “l’exactitude est le meilleur fondment du succès + des livres de bibliographie.”—Quérard, Omissions et + bévues du livre intitulé La Littérature Française + contemporaine ... 1848, p. xv. + + “As bibliographers, we cannot indeed but wish, that the + catalogue of every library were a bibliographical + dictionary of its books.... There is no species of + literary labor so arduous, or which makes so extensive + demands upon the learning of the author, as that of + the preparation of such works.”—Smithsonian Report on + the construction of catalogues.... By C. C. Jewett.... + 1853, p. 10. + + “It is impossible to labor successfully, without a rigid + adherence to rules. Although such rules be not + formally enunciated, they must exist in the mind of + the cataloguer and guide him, or the result of his + labors will be mortifying and unprofitable.”—Ibid, p. + 17. + + +I have used the word Bibliography, but I must warn the student that it +is meaningless, or, rather, its meanings are so numerous and varied, +being used for every sort of thing connected with books, that for any +scientific purpose the word is useless. Bibliotheca also is used amongst +other things to express a miscellaneous collection of titles; whether +good, bad, or indifferent, matters little. + +What is wanted is a short word which shall express that a book is +accurately described. The word catalogue is worse for its indefinite +meaning than bibliotheca or bibliography. The science or art of +describing books has no technical term.[2] + +Footnote 2: + + The reader can refer to Notes and Queries, 4 Series IX, p. 8, for some + remarks on the inconvenient length of bibliographical words. + +In describing books, accuracy is the one thing to attain. And the object +should be so to describe the book, that anybody else shall be certain +from the description that a particular book they have in hand is the one +described. + +So difficult did Prof. De Morgan consider this, with regard to early +printed books that he said if he had to do his work on “Arithmetical +Books” over again he would invariably describe some defect or error in +the printing. + +I now propose to give some hints on this subject, premising that there +is at present no “Grammar” of Bibliography—nothing settled, no +recognized authority. + +Supposing a person were about to make a catalogue of a library, or even +of a few books, the first thing to do is to lay down certain rules, to +be strictly adhered to, or adopt rules laid down by another for that +purpose. This has been done for many years past by the librarians of our +National Library. So that there at least we have a Catalogue that we can +depend upon so far as it goes: how far that is the rules inform us. +Several of them simply provide against the prevailing loose notions of +cataloguing. Rules for example to tell us that titles are written +straight on as they are found, or in the language in which the book is +written and not in another, read like satires on ignorance. And yet how +necessary they are. + +These rules, invaluable as a guide to every catalogue maker, will be +found printed in the: Catalogue of printed books in the British Museum, +volume 1. London, printed by order of the trustees, MDCCCXLI, in folio; +the Preface is signed by the editor Sir Antonio Panizzi, and examples of +the rules will be found in: A handbook for Readers at the British +Museum, by Thomas Nichols, assistant in the British Museum, London, +Longman, 1866, p. 51. This useful little work unfortunately has no +index. A catalogue drawn up according to the rules of the Museum will be +found in: “A list of the books of reference in the Reading room of the +British Museum.” + +The rules are ninety-one in number but for small libraries where +provision is not required for every language under the sun, a smaller +number would be sufficient.[3] + +Footnote 3: + + Since the above was written a most exhaustive and useful work + rendering a reference to any other almost superfluous has been + published, entitled “Rules for a printed dictionary catalogue by + Charles A. Cutter,” forming part II of the Special Report on public + libraries in the United States, Washington, 1876. + +Whatever rules are determined upon should be printed in the catalogue, +so that those who consult it may know at once whether or not they are +likely to find what they want and how. + + ------- + +The first question that arises is the amount of title page information +to be given. To abbreviate or not abbreviate becomes the difficult +question. It generally resolves itself into one of expense, and +abbreviated titles are determined upon. + +I now therefore treat of the matter as it is, and not as it should be, +for if I treated it as it should be, namely with full titles, I should +have little to say. + +He must have been a bold man who first began to abbreviate titles for a +catalogue. It is a most unsatisfactory practice, though now having long +precedent for its use. It is like cutting off a leg or an arm, the body +can still go on, it is true, but it is nevertheless mutilated. + +The more title page information a bibliotheca gives the greater will be +its usefulness. Everything, however, is subordinate to the proper +description of the book. If that is done upon certain principles and +rules, the cataloguer will at least be consistent, which few of the +present day are. + +Every word of a title may be given and yet be inaccurate, on the other +hand half the title may be left out and yet be accurate[4] though not +perfect as I shall presently show. + +Footnote 4: + + Instead of “inaccurate” and “accurate,” I had written the words + “unbibliographical” and “bibliographical,” but as I have already + explained that word does not at present necessarily include accuracy, + which word will better explain what I wish to impress on the student. + +The ordinary and most popular way of referring to or describing a book +is to reverse everything and alter the title. For example, let us +suppose it is stated that in 1868 Messrs. Longman published an octavo +volume of 800 pages by George Brown, entitled a Treatise on the best +mode of ventilation. Here everything is topsy turvy, besides being +incorrectly called a treatise instead of an essay.[5] The proper title +being: An historical essay on ventilation, by George Brown, London, +Longman, 1868, octavo, pp. xv. 786. + +Instances of this kind of thing the student will find at every turn, in +every publication, periodical or otherwise. + +Footnote 5: + + Refer to the remarks of Bolton Corney “On the new general Biographical + dictionary”, p. 33. + +Another bad practice is cutting short the title page and explaining in a +note what the book is about almost in the words of the author, so that +all the necessary information is given, only incorrectly instead of +correctly, an example of which, taken from Lowndes, will be found in my +list. + +The difficulty is not to find instances of looseness in describing +books, but to find instances where they are properly described. I know +of few bibliothecas, English or foreign, that can be relied on. + +Probably these will appear to some trivial matters. Yet what thought and +anxious consideration do most authors give to the titles of their works, +before they finally suit their fancy; frequently, indeed, not being +satisfied with them as sent forth to the world. How has the author +considered whether he will put his own name, or whether he will write +under a fictitious name, or his initials, or simply call himself “A +Gentleman,” or designate himself by the office he holds as “A +Magistrate.” Then, with what difficulty has he at last settled upon a +publisher, and for what a number of reasons may he have done so. And yet +some ruthless barbarian, who is totally ignorant of all the trouble that +has been taken, and who knows nothing of the subject, cuts down our +author’s title without hesitation. Or perhaps, what is still more +astonishing, an author himself, although he has given the matter so much +thought, will sometimes on being asked, send a list of his works, in +which not a single title shall be correct, in which he will leave out +all the first words, erroneously state the subject as in the book +instead of as it appears on the title page: omit to say when published, +whether with his own name or not; and, finally, and almost invariably, +leave out the publisher’s name, which cost him so much pains to decide +on. + +------------------------------------------------------------------------ + + + + + OF DIFFERENT DESCRIPTIONS OF BOOKS. + + ------- + + Catalogues must have nothing to do with distinctions + between celebrity and obscurity. They must aim at + serving the tyro no less than the professor.—_Edward + Edwards_ (Memoirs of Libraries, 1859, II., p. 836). + + +Books may be classed under four heads, namely (1) Autonymous—(2) +Polyonymous—(3) Pseudonymous, and—(4) Anonymous. + +1. Autonymous, the first and most common is with the author’s name +either on the title-page, or if not on the title-page, signed to a +preface, introduction, letter, or dedication, or in some part of the +book, or at the end. Speeches though usually anonymous with regard to +the reporting or editing, are frequently catalogued under the name of +the speaker as autonymous. + +2. Polyonymous, is with several authors’ names. It is usual to enter +them under the name of the first author, with cross references from the +others. + +3. Pseudonymous, without the author’s name, but with a fictitious name +or designation, thus giving some indication as to the author, though +possibly a very slight one. No matter in what part of the book the +pseudonym appears, the work is pseudonymous.[6] + +In cataloguing, the pseudonym should no more be left out, than the +author’s name. If an author uses a pseudonym on the title, but gives his +real name in the book, it is not pseudonymous, but must be catalogued as +autonymous. In this case, as in all others, the pseudonym should be +given, even if the title is abbreviated. In fact the pseudonym for +bibliographical purposes takes the place of the author’s name. I have +not space here to enumerate the different classes of pseudonyms, of +which there are many varieties.[7] + +Footnote 6: + + For a curious instance see the Handbook of Fictitious Names, p. 94. + One who is BUT an attorney; and One who thinks for himself _i.e._ T. + Truewit. + +Footnote 7: + + A list, unfortunately containing many errors, will be found at the end + of “A notice of the life and works of J. M. Quérard by Olphar Hamst: + London, J. R. Smith, 1867.” This list is adopted by John Power in his + “Handy-book about books,” with all my errors and a good stock of his + own to boot. There is an extended treatise on pseudonyms in the + introduction to either edition of Quérard’s “Supercheries Littéraires + Devoilées.” The subject is also treated of in M. Octave Delepierre’s + “Supercheries littéraires, pastiches,” Londres, Trübner, 1872. + Probably the earliest treatise is that entitled “Auteurs déguisez,” + Paris, 1690, by Adrien Baillet, but published without his name. + +4. Lastly an Anonymous book is one without the author’s name, whether on +the title page, or any part of the book. The word anonymous has been and +still is very indiscriminately used to include pseudonymous. The +cataloguer must be careful not to be betrayed into this error so +fruitful of inaccuracy. This class of books has resisted the most +strenuous efforts of the learned to bring it within rules, every rule +for cataloguing such books requiring an exception. With anonymous works +having simple titles, such as “Aggravating Ladies” (supposing a work to +be published anonymously with such a title) the task is easy. Though +even this example will illustrate the difficulty of the subject, for +there are only two words and there are two ways of cataloguing, each +having advantages. By one system it would come under “Aggravating” and +by the other under “Ladies.” According to the system of Audiffredi[8] +and of Barbier[9] and of a similar work on English authors[10], it would +be catalogued by the first word, and for such works this is the most +approved method[11]. According to the Rules of the British Museum it +would be catalogued under Ladies. + +Footnote 8: + + Audiffredi’s work, referred to in the Report on the British Museum + (1850, p. 469), it is entitled “Bibliothecæ Casanatensis catalogus + librorum typis impressorum,” tom 1-4, A-K. Roma, 1761-1788, fol., and + is quoted by Barbier at p. xlviii of the work referred to in the next + note. + +Footnote 9: + + Dictionnaire des ouvrages anonymes et pseudonymes ... par A. A. + Barbier ... Paris, 1806, 4 vols, 8o. It is curious to note that + Barbier had not settled in his own mind at the date of the above the + first edition, what was an anonymous work. He describes it as one upon + the title page of which the author is not named, and he then states + that sometimes the author’s name is found in the work; but he says it + is the custom to class them all as anonymous and not to distinguish + different degrees of anonymity. In the second edition in 1826 he very + properly eliminated so far as he was able such works as contained the + authors’ names. For many things the first edition is better than the + second, in which many of the titles we are told were abbreviated. In + the third and last and best edition, part of which was published in + 1872, his son, (see p. xxix., note) has so far as he was able, + re-instated such titles because so many editors and others still + continue to consider a work anonymous if the author’s name does not + occur on the title page. This is a step backwards, and the sooner M. + Olivier Barbier throws the editors and others overboard the better. + +Footnote 10: + + A prospectus was issued in 1872, with the title: A dictionary of the + anonymous and pseudonymous literature of Great Britain by the late + Samuel Halkett.—See Notes and Queries 4 s. IX., p. 403. + +Footnote 11: + + And is recommended in a pamphlet entitled: Hints on the formation of + small libraries, by W. E. A. Axon, London, Trübner [1869] reprinted + in: A handy book about books, by J. Power, Lond., J. Wilson, 1870, p. + 156, and he adopts it in: The literature of the Lancashire dialect, a + bibliographical essay, by W. E. A. Axon, 1870. + +It affords matter for consideration when we find it stated that “An +anonymous work is seldom read with confidence or quoted as an +authority.”[12] + +Footnote 12: + + Bolton Corney, “On the new general Biographical dictionary,” 1839, p. + 15. + +Many publications intended expressly for youth, and therefore requiring +some guarantee that they are fit for the purpose, are published without +the author’s name, though frequently with an indication of sex. + +It may probably be that little as is the credit given to the anonymous +or pseudonymous work, for in the above quotation both are meant, it +would obtain less if it had the author’s real name[13]. + +Footnote 13: + + For examples see Notes and Queries 3rd s. XII, 394, and the Handbook + of Fictitious Names. + +To shew that a book was published without the author’s name, whether +anonymous or pseudonymous, some bibliographers have put an asterisk or +star at the beginning of the title. I am not aware that this, or indeed +any plan has systematically been adopted in any English work, except +within the last few years. In his learned Essay On the Literature of +Political economy, p. x, J. R. McCulloch says: “When the name of the +author of a work is included between brackets, it shows that it was +published anonymously.” He uses anonymous here in the sense of without +the author’s name, and to include pseudonymous. I made use of the star +in the Handbook of Fictitious Names in 1868, but only to indicate +anonymity, and not as Quérard uses it. In Notes and Queries for the 6th +April, 1872, I suggested the adoption of a line — to shew that a book +was published pseudonymously. And I made use of both signs in my +Bibliographical list of Lord Brougham’s publications. These signs have +the advantage of attracting the eye, and declaring at once the class of +book. On the other hand they cannot be used for foot notes, are likely +to be overlooked in printing, and there is always great difficulty in +getting readers to find out what signs mean. On the whole after much +consideration I have determined for the future to use simply +abbreviations of the words anonymous and pseudonymous which everybody +understands without explanation. + +As in describing a book the principal object is to enable the student to +identify it, so that there may be no doubt that the cataloguer’s remarks +upon a certain book apply to that for which the reader is searching. It +is less important that autonymous works should be catalogued so fully as +anonymous, because the author’s name is at once a guide. For though two +autonymous works bear the same title their authors’ names would be +different. But not so with two anonymous works having the same title. + +Pseudonymous works, in which the pseudonym is a name and not a phrase or +denomination, would come in the same category. + +For anonymous, and frequently for pseudonymous works it is not only +desirable to give the full title, but to supplement it with any further +information that will help identification. As for example, if the book +is printed at a different place to that of sale or publication[14] or if +dated and addressed from what would appear to be the author’s residence, +or if there is any allusion in the work or the advertisements[15] to +other publications of the same author. Examples of all will be found in +my list. Though a book be anonymous so far as the title page informs us, +yet if pseudonymous from the preface or introduction being signed with a +fictitious name, or with initials or denomination, or other +qualification, it should be catalogued as pseudonymous. Thus following +the rule with regard to autonyms. Except when signed:—The Author, The +Editor, The Translator, Himself, or Herself, of which it is best to take +no notice, even if on the title. Such works should be considered +anonymous without even giving cross-references from those words. + +Footnote 14: + + Many London publishers have printing houses out of town, in such cases + the place of printing is no guide. + +Footnote 15: + + Advertisements should generally be preserved. If, however, a book has + been through a binder’s hands there is little chance of their + surviving. Never send a book to the binder without special + instructions to preserve the advertisements and covers or wrappers, + and mark every page intended to be kept, otherwise there is a + barbarous custom amongst binders, arising from ignorance or cupidity, + of denuding every pamphlet of the covers and advertisements which + frequently teem with matter useful in after years. Binders like to + treat books like convicts, and shave their heads. + +Of whatever description, whether autonymous, or anonymous, or +pseudonymous, the first words of the title, or the half title, should be +quoted correctly, and exactly as they occur, and to this rule there +should be no exception, whether for bibliographical lists, or for the +purpose of citation as an authority. For in the latter case, however +familiar the work cited may be, there are sure to be readers unfamiliar +with it, to whom a loose reference will cause trouble. The half title or +any abbreviation of the title, if used by the author of the book may be +adopted. + +Few things cause greater waste of time amongst literary men than the +habitually careless manner in which they give references. Not only +should a book be correctly described, but the edition or date and page +ought to be added. Bibliographers (which term I here use to mean persons +who have concerned themselves with the description of books) have sinned +terribly in this respect by giving descriptions of books at second, or +even third-hand, and repeating the mistakes and blunders of the original +authority. Title pages are like rumours, the oftener they are repeated +the more incorrect they become. The student should never rely upon a +catalogue for the description of a book, unless the compiler has adhered +strictly to rules. A statement in bibliothecas, biographical +dictionaries, or catalogues, that a work is anonymous, can never be +relied upon[16]. + +Footnote 16: + + Those who desire to see examples of several classes of errors to be + avoided can refer to the following works. On the new general + Biographical dictionary: a specimen of amateur criticism in letters + [signed Bolton Corney] to Mr. Sylvanus Urban [motto] London: Shoberl, + 1839, 8o. A remarkable piece of criticism indispensable to every + biographer or bibliographer. + + Arithmetical books ... being brief notices of a large number of works + drawn up from actual inspection by Augustus de Morgan ... London, + 1847. See the preface and introduction to this valuable and + interesting work. The English catalogue of books, 1864, makes an + edition of this work with the date 1853, at 2s 6d. Being desirous of + possessing this, I wrote to the learned Professor to know where it was + to be obtained, and what difference there was, he replied:—“The + difference between the 1st and 2nd edition of my Arithmetical Books, + is the difference between something and nothing, which, let Hegel say + what he will, is a very great difference. There is not any second + edition, nor I think, will be.” Refer also to an article by De Morgan + in the Companion to the Almanac for 1853, entitled “On the difficulty + of correct description of books,” pp. 5 to 19, full of various and + useful matter. + + Handbook of Fictitious names of authors of the XIXth Century ... by + Olphar Hamst ..., 1868, p. xi. + + Dictionnaire des ouvrages anonymes par A. A. Barbier, 3e. ed., 1872, + see the note by Olivier Barbier on the second page of the + advertisement to the first volume. + +After the first few words of the title every abbreviation or omission +should be indicated by three dots ... close together not thus. . . . +This is a better method than using an “etc.,” a sign which from the +carelessness of authors is frequently found on title-pages of books, and +if used by both authors and cataloguers we should never know which. As +few authors could explain the meaning of an “&c.” on the title, it is +not likely that readers can guess. + +It has been customary to omit mottoes without any indication of the +omission, and this has been done in one of the most bibliographical +works published in England[17]. I only know of one work of importance +where special notice is taken of such omissions.[18] + +Footnote 17: + + A descriptive catalogue of Friends’ books, ... by Joseph Smith, in two + vols, ... 1867. + +Footnote 18: + + This is the: Catalogue of the Manchester free library, reference + department, prepared by A. Crestadoro, ... 1864, where the omission is + indicated by three stars. + + In my “List of works on Swimming,” I give full titles, including + mottoes of all the books I was able to see. In my “Bibliographical + list of Lord Brougham’s publications,” I indicate the place of the + motto on the title. + +If a title page has a motto its omission should be shewn thus [motto]. + +To print mottoes when numerous or lengthy in an extensive work seems +quite out of the question. When short it is a luxury the bibliographer +may occasionally indulge in. I confess that this is one of the points I +have felt extremely puzzled about. I never abbreviate or omit anything +from a title-page without fear and trembling, which is intensified in +the case of mottoes. They frequently in one short verse, or sentence, +give the pith of a book, and my fear is that some one in the future +should wonder how I could be so stupid as to suggest their omission. + +All additions should be indicated with the same care by placing them +between brackets [ ]. Additions in titles should be as few and as +short as possible, all explanatory matter can be given in a note. + +Sometimes authors use brackets or parentheses on the title pages. When +this is the case, if of no use or unimportant, they should be left out +by the cataloguer. For instance, when an author has the words [Reprinted +from, &c.] in the title. To omit the brackets is the least misleading, +for if left in it would look as if this information were not supplied by +the author, and if (_sic_) were put it would not be understood as +referring to the brackets. + +------------------------------------------------------------------------ + + + + + MATTERS TO BE ATTENDED TO IN CATALOGUING. + + ------- + + In arranging a number of rules, it is difficult to + please every reader. I have frequently been unable to + satisfy myself; and therefore, cannot expect that the + arrangement which I have at last adopted will give + universal satisfaction.—W. LENNIE, The principles of + English grammar ... 34th ed., Edinb., 1854, p. 4. + + Cataloguers may comment upon, but should never alter + what it has been deemed right to state on the title + page of a book by those who have framed it.—Art of + making catalogues, &c. [by A. Crestadoro], 1856, p. + 14. + + +In cataloguing or describing a book six points at least should be kept +in view as necessary to its identification.[19] + +(1.) Title. + +(2.) Name of author, and sometimes description. + +(3.) Place of publication. + +(4.) Publisher’s name, and sometimes address. + +(5.) The date of publication. + +(6.) The size. + +Footnote 19: + + The student may refer to the useful little pamphlet above quoted, + entitled: The art of making catalogues of libraries, or a method to + obtain in a short time, a most perfect, complete, and satisfactory + printed catalogue of the British Museum library, by a reader therein + [Dr. Crestadoro], Lond. 1856, p. 38. + +If full titles (that is, an exact transcript of the title from beginning +to the end), are given, it will only be necessary for the cataloguer to +supply in its proper, or most suitable place, such of the above +information as is not on the title-page. + +If abbreviations be adopted several considerations arise. + +(1.) As to so much of the title as occurs before the author’s name we +have already said that the first few words should be copied word for +word, and afterwards every omission should be denoted by dots. + +(2.) The name of the author should not be abbreviated, if it renders it +difficult to distinguish between two with the same initials. If the +author’s qualifications are omitted or abbreviated, dots ... of omission +should be inserted. A description after a name is often very important +and useful in determining the degree of credit to be attached to the +work, but they are frequently so numerous that they are too long for +most catalogues. + +Works in more than one volume generally have the number on the title, as +“In three volumes, vol 1.” Take no notice of “Vol I.,” but invariably +state the number of volumes in the order in which it occurs on the +title-page. The number of volumes, however, is not always stated; in +some works each volume simply has “Vol I,” or “Vol II,” on the title, +when this is so, the number of volumes should be stated after the date +thus: “1873, in three volumes, octavo.” The reader would then know +whether the number of volumes was stated on the title or not. + +There will be cases where this rule will not sufficiently indicate the +fact, as for instance, when the first does not, but the second does, +state the number of volumes. A note will meet this case, if necessary. + +It may appear to some that so trifling a matter is unworthy of note, but +with this the cataloguer has nothing to do. His business is to note +facts however trivial, whether anybody should ever require them is not +in his province. + +(3.) Place of publication. Several places of publication are frequently +given in the imprint of a book, when this is the case, the first place +should, at all events, be given, and if the book is not printed as well +as published there, the place where it is printed should be stated. + +(4.) The Publisher’s name we seldom find in any list of books. I never +recollect to have seen it in any catalogue of a library, and in very few +bibliographical works. And yet it is often of great importance. In +cataloguing works without the author’s name it should seldom if ever be +omitted, however much the title is abbreviated. The publisher’s address +may often be added with advantage, especially in cases where he is +little known. For many firms who have been issuing works from the same +house for a century or even longer, it seems superfluous.[20] + +Footnote 20: + + I must remind the student that I am only writing for present century + books, I have no experience of cataloguing old books. + +Both name and address of publishers may be abbreviated without marks of +omission, a rule having been made to that effect, so that the reader may +be apprised of the fact. Some small elementary works have as many as ten +or fifteen places and double that number of publishers in the imprint, +these of course would not be given in full unless with some special +object. + +The publisher’s name when well known is also important as frequently +giving a character, or guarantee, if not of the literary worth of a +book, at all events of its sincerity. + +If the publisher is also the author, but does not signify that fact, the +book must be considered anonymous. The publisher’s name (that is the +author’s) must be repeated, as would be the case if written by another +person. + +Privately printed[21] works are frequently issued without the name of a +publisher or bookseller, though less frequently without that of a +printer, which if not on the title should be supplied in parenthesis or +in a note. + +Footnote 21: + + For examples the student can refer to the only English work on the + subject, of which two editions have been issued, viz., Martin’s + Bibliographical catalogue of privately printed books. It is necessary + to have both editions in consequence of the death of the author, + unfortunately interrupting the completion of the second. + +(5.) The date of publication, if not on the title, will like the +author’s name, be frequently found in some other part of the book. It +should then be supplied after the last word on the title in parenthesis. +If not in the book, it should be put between brackets [ ], and if +uncertain with a note of interrogation. + +Stereotyped books are generally without dates of publication for certain +commercial reasons. Only superficial readers are duped by the artifice, +for the first object of the literary student would be to determine +approximately the date of issue. When the preface is not dated it is no +doubt as often through thoughtlessness as intention. + +In quoting a work that has passed through numerous editions, it is often +useful to give the date of the first. + +There is a practice amongst publishers of post dating books issued +towards the end of a year.[22] This practice will account for the dates +of books in some bibliothecas, biographies and catalogues, sometimes +being a year earlier than the date on the book. The title having been +copied from an advertisement or a review of the work apparently before +publication. When known to the cataloguer the actual year of issue +should be supplied in brackets immediately after the date of the title. + +Footnote 22: + + See the article referred to (p. 19) by Prof. De Morgan, in the + Companion to the Almanac. + +(6.) With the different descriptions of sizes of books Professor De +Morgan was so exasperated that after giving descriptions of how the +sheets of a book are folded he says, “The words _folio_, _quarto_, +_octavo_, _duodecimo_, _decimo-octavo_, refer (in his book) entirely to +size, as completely as in a modern sale catalogue, the maker of which +never looks at the inside of a book to tell its form. All the very +modern distinctions of _imperial_, _royal_, _crown_, _atlas_, _demy_, +&c., &c., &c., I have relinquished to paper-makers and publishers, who +alone are able to understand them.”[23] + +Footnote 23: + + Arithmetical Books, p. xii. + +All the words in use to describe sizes are useless. They convey no +definite idea to the reader, for the simple reason that nothing definite +as to size is meant. The only definite meaning is that the paper is +folded into certain divisions, and not that the paper or print is of a +particular size. A quarto is often the size of an octavo, and an octavo +the size of a quarto, duodecimo, or anything else. Nevertheless though +not certain, the terms do in most cases, enable us to guess at the +probable or approximate size. The only way to be certain of the size is +to state it in inches.[24] Probably few literary men would put up with +the trouble of measuring. + +Footnote 24: + + This plan is advocated in a work I cannot too strongly recommend. It + is indispensable to every librarian. The learned author thoroughly + studied all the various systems in vogue, and founds almost a code for + the cataloguer upon them. It is the:—Smithsonian Report on the + construction of catalogues of libraries and their publication by means + of separate stereotyped titles, with rules and examples, by Charles C. + Jewett, Librarian of the Smithsonian Institution, second edition. + Washington, published by the Smithsonian Institution, 1853, 8vo, pp. + xii., 96. Since the above was written Mr. Cutter’s Rules have appeared + (see p. 11), and should be referred to. + +Compilers of Catalogues of modern books may content themselves in most +cases with the terms at present in use.[25] + +Footnote 25: + + For what these are, and how to know them, I must refer the reader to + the Smithsonian Report, previously quoted, or to a note by Charles + Naylor on “the size of a book” in Notes and Queries for 10 Feb., 1872, + 4th s., ix. p. 122. + +Novels are generally described in the advertisements as “post octavo,” +which is not octavo at all, but duodecimo. The mis-description is of +little importance, for everybody knows about the size of the modern +three volume novel, a little larger now than at the beginning of the +century. + +It is annoying that so small a matter as the size of a book should +occupy so much space. It has always been a subject of difficulty. A +bookseller as such, in his sale catalogues, will describe a book as +12mo, but when he compiles a bibliographical list he will describe it +correctly as octavo, though the actual size is what is looked upon as +duodecimo. + +These points are strictly necessary for ordinary catalogues, but they +will not satisfy all enquiries, for we cannot tell from them whether it +is a book or a pamphlet that is described. It is therefore desirable to +add the number of pages. In the paging we have as much variety as in the +sizes, authors, publishers, and printers, not having the slightest +thought for bibliographers, and the infinite trouble of collation. + +A book should be paged in as simple a manner as possible. This is a rule +that has never been attended to, and so long as authors do not know +their own minds never can be. If the printer begins the paging +regularly, and the author thinks irregularly, and recollects something +that has been left out, irregular paging will be the result.[26] + +Footnote 26: + + The most disorderly book I know in this respect is:—A universal + alphabet grammar and language, ... by George Edmonds, ... [1856] + quarto:—The following is the collation. Its length would generally + preclude its being given in a bibliotheca. First we have the preface + vii pages, then a table of contents vii pages; the introduction 34 + pages, a half-title unpaged, then 152 pages, then another half-title + unpaged, then pp. 44 and iii., then corrigenda pp. ix., then a + half-title and “the Dictionary,” forming a third of the book entirely + unpaged, then the addenda paged separately pp. 3. Sometimes the + figures of paging are at the side, sometimes in the middle, sometimes + at the top and sometimes at the bottom! Timperley in his “Printer’s + Manual” (1838) p. 18, says, “Running titles may be set to an index, + but folios are seldom put unless with a view to recommend the book for + its extraordinary number of pages; for as an index does not refer to + its own matter by figures, they are needless in this case.” When the + trouble that a variety of pagings gives the bibliographer, is + considered, it is to be hoped that the simplicity I recommend will be + adopted as much as possible. + +Always count from the very first printed page belonging to the book, +excluding advertisements. Give the paging as printed, that is, in the +same characters. If leaves occur unpaged, either before those paged or +after, use arabian numerals to denote those unpaged. + +Sometimes an octavo book begins with, say xii. numbered pages and then +occur four unnumbered, and then we have page 1 on signature B, numbered +consecutively to page 253, and three pages of appendix and errata +beyond. Describe it thus: octavo pp. xii., and 4, and 253, and 3. But if +4 and 3 are numbered with roman numerals, it should be thus:—octavo, pp. +xii., and iv., 253, iii., because this is more accurate. We use the same +kind of numerals used in the book. It is, however, not a matter of much +moment, provided the correct number of pages is given in the collation. + +I do not use the sign plus (xii.+iv.+iii.) because it makes the figures +look more uninteresting, and signs enough occur in the titles +themselves. + +The price at which a book is published is often unascertainable, and it +is useful to insert it, though it has nothing to do with its literary or +scientific value. But in this as in every other particular it is +impossible to say what the student may require, and its omission might +make a man of genius waste precious hours which it is the special object +of the true bibliographer to save. + +If the price is mentioned on the title page, accuracy requires that it +be given in its regular order, whether at the beginning or end of the +title. Instances will be found in the list of works by a lady at the +end. + +------------------------------------------------------------------------ + + + + + STYLE OF PRINTING. + + ------- + + +I now come to a few minor points of printing, for in a catalogue nothing +is so trivial as not to require attention. + +In the previous observations I have treated of things that are +invariable, they must be attended to, in any list of books, there is no +room for exercise of taste, they go to the very root of a good +catalogue, and are laws dictated by accuracy. + +But the manner in which a title is printed in a list or catalogue, or +biography is a matter of taste, and we therefore give the following +hints merely as suggestions[27], hoping that they will commend +themselves to all who print title-pages. Have as few capitals as +possible in the title, none except for names of persons or places. +Titles of persons may well be printed without capitals, as prince, +marquess, lord, not Prince, Marquess, Lord. + +Footnote 27: + + Most of which have been acted on, if not carried to their fullest + extent in my study, already referred to: “A bibliographical list of + lord Brougham’s publications,” printed in Lord Brougham’s Works, ... + Edinb., A. and C. Black, 1873, vol XI., pp. 463 to 486. + +Take for example the following title, which, printed according to the +usual method would be:— + +“Speeches by the Lord Chancellor; Lord Brougham, Lord Cottenham; and +Lord Campbell, in The House of Lords, on Tuesday the 9th, August, 1842, +at giving Judgment in the Appeal, the Rev. John Ferguson and others, +Appellants, against the Earl of Kinnoull, and the Rev. R. Young, +Respondents, with the Judgments appended, from Mr. Gurney’s Shorthand +notes,” &c. + +I prefer this title-page for catalogue purposes to be printed thus: + +Speeches by the lord chancellor [Lyndhurst], lord Brougham, lord +Cottenham, and lord Campbell in the house of lords, on tuesday the +9th august, 1842, at giving judgment in the appeal, the rev. John +Ferguson and others, appellants, against the earl of Kinnoull and +the rev. R. Young, respondents; with the judgment appended from Mr. +Gurney’s shorthand notes. Edinb. James Gall and son [1842], 8o, pp. +36, 1s. The improvement in appearance of this title and the facility +in reading, counterbalance all such objections as that we are +accustomed to Lord, and not lord, or Tuesday, and not tuesday. The +compilers of the [English] Law List have long since discarded +capitals for the names of streets with great advantage, for example +they print, “gray’s-inn-square,” not Gray’s Inn Square: “court of +exchequer”; “house of lords,” &c. The Catalogue of the Advocates +library, lately printed, is a good example; refer for instance to +the title under Bullion, vol I., 1867, p. 763, a title that in +ordinary catalogues would bristle with capitals. + +------------------------------------------------------------------------ + + + + + PUNCTUATION. + + ------- + + +The punctuation should also be carefully considered. Everything in +bibliography is at present very much over punctuated, half, if not two +thirds, might be dispensed with to the lessening of the expense, and the +great advantage in the appearance. + +Imagine you are copying a sentence instead of a title page, and +punctuate and put capitals accordingly. If writing that a work was by an +author, nobody would write By, neither need it have a capital for a copy +of a title. + +Mr. Henry Stevens has advocated and adopted this method in his later +catalogues and notably in the:—“Bibliotheca geographica and historica or +a catalogue of a nine days sale of rare & valuable ... books ... et +cetera ... with an essay upon the Stevens system of photobibliography by +Henry Stevens GMB [_i.e._ gatherer of musty books] ... [with a +photograph of] Ptolemy’s World by Mercator 1578 Part I. to be dispersed +by auction by Messrs Puttick and Simpson ... London Henry Stevens at the +Nuggetory 4 Trafalgar square July 25 1872.” + +The title, which I have abbreviated nearly one third, has upwards of two +hundred words in it without a single mark of punctuation, except after +“Part I.” where it seems to have got in by accident. Throughout his +titles, he uses stops very sparingly. Any word which is complete +requires no stop. Thus: “vols” requires no stop after it, because it is +a finished abbreviation, but vol. does[28]. + +Footnote 28: + + Mr. Stevens’ work contains an essay on catalogues, teeming with useful + suggestions, as indeed might be expected from one who has had such + long and varied experience. + +------------------------------------------------------------------------ + + + + + THE BEGINNING AND THE END. + + ------- + + The unwise seem to be of opinion that any fool can + index, but we have already seen that the wise think + differently.—Wheatley’s What is an index? 1879, p. 41. + + +The beginning of every book should be a table of contents, or an +analytical table, or both, and the end a good index. + +I can scarcely over estimate the importance which I attach to the index. +A book may almost as well be unwritten, as be without an index. + +The publications by “a lady,” are exceedingly deficient in indexes. It +is amazing that authors who must have felt the want of indexes in the +works of others should publish their own without such helps. + +It would occupy too much space to give all the opinions I have collected +of different authors entreating others never to publish a book without +an index. Allibone never loses an opportunity, in his Dictionary of +English Literature, of impressing upon his readers the importance of +indexes. See more particularly an article of absorbing interest under +the name of Samuel Ayscough of the British Museum, celebrated for his +most useful indexes to Shakespeare, to that grand storehouse of +information “The Gentleman’s Magazine” (obit. 1868), to “the Monthly +Review,” and other works. Of such importance indeed does Allibone +consider indexes, that, not content with insisting on them throughout +his three ponderous volumes, he, on the very last page, gives a note +“Concerning Indexes.” Often a good index obtains for a book a prominent +position it might not otherwise obtain; as, for example, Godfrey +Higgins’s “Anacalypsis,” which is said to be in the reading room of the +British Museum, from its containing[29] “thousands of statements cited +from all quarters, and very well indexed.” What would Watt’s Bibliotheca +Britannica be without its two volumes of index to two volumes of +authors. Bibliographical and biographical works beyond everything +require the most minute indexes. + +Footnote 29: + + Athenæum, 2 Aug. 1856, p. 953, quoted by Allibone in his Dictionary, + p. 843. See also p. 3140, and refer also to Ayscough, Mary Cowden + Clarke, Godfrey Higgins, John Nichols, and other articles in Allibone + and to his Alphabetical Index to the New Testament, Phil. [1868], + published under his initials only. + +Formerly I was in love with the scientific look of a number of indexes, +but I am now convinced that two heads are not better than one in this +case and that one index is more useful than two. A person who consults +an index wants to find something as quickly as possible, if there is +only one index he cannot consult the wrong one first. + +It has been suggested by Prof. De Morgan that historians by having no +indexes, think to oblige their readers to go through their works from +beginning to end. The contrary being the result. + +If book buyers made a rule of not buying a book without an index, +authors and publishers would then supply that want. + +Beware, however, of snares, for such there are in this as in all else, +big books with lean, lanky, and starved indexes. + +Since the above was written the “Index Society” has come into existence, +and published an indispensable little work, entirely devoted to this +subject entitled: What is an index? a few notes on indexes and indexers +by Henry B. Wheatley ... [motto] London, Longmans 1879. Besides being +useful this is a most amusing book. + +------------------------------------------------------------------------ + + + + + OF ERRORS. + + ------- + + What still remains to be taken notice of are the + _errata’s_,... Sometimes they are put by themselves on + the even side of a leaf, so as to face the title. But + though this is very seldom done, it is a pity that it + should ever have come into the thoughts of anyone to + do it at all; for it is a maxim to bring errata’s into + as narrow a compass as we conveniently can, and to put + them in a place where they can make no great show: + since it is not to the credit of a book, to find a + catalogue of its faults annexed. It is therefore wrong + policy in those who make errata’s appear numerous and + parading, in hopes of being thought very careful and + accurate; when they only serve to witness an author’s + inattention at a time when he should have been of the + opposite inclination. But the subterfuges that are + used by writers upon this occasion, are commonly + levelled at the printer, to make him the author of all + that is amiss; whereas they ought to ascribe it to + themselves: ... whoever has any ideas of printing, + must consequently know that it is impossible to + practice that art without committing errors; and that + it is the province of an author to rectify them. For + these several reasons it will appear how material + it is not to make an erratum of every trifling + fault....—John Smith’s Printer’s grammar, 1755, quoted + in Timperley’s Printer’s Manual, 1838, p. 19. + + Le nouvel _Errata_, je le répète, est long, d’une + longueur inaccoutumée. Les auteurs semblent avoir + honte d’avouer les fautes qu’ils ont commises, ou + qu’on commet pour eux; je n’ai pas cette pudeur + menteuse; je confesse les fautes de mon livre.—A. JAL: + préface de la seconde édition du Dict. Crit. de + Biographie et d’histoire, 1872. + + +It is next to impossible to avoid errors, more especially in +bibliographical works, with numbers of names and figures. All that can +be done to avoid them, of course, should be; but with the most minute +and constant supervision errors will creep in and oversights occur. + +This, however, is no reason for adopting eccentricities. For example, +Professor De Morgan in his “Arithmetical Books,” adopted the singular +plan of giving the dates twice, in figures and in words, the latter +being abbreviated, and after all, as he himself shows, he was still +liable to commit the very errors he desired to provide against. + +His plan never has been, and I hope, never will be adopted by any one +else. It is original, but highly inconvenient and unbibliographical in +the extreme. It is to be hoped that if a new edition is ever published +we shall have proper title page information in a proper manner, and be +spared such eccentricities as beginning the title-page from the bottom +instead of the top. + +I may here remark that the learned Professor went upon the right +principle, he excluded no book on the ground of unimportance, or +worthlessness. He described no book unless he had seen it, which was +also J. R. McCulloch’s plan in his “Literature of Political Economy” +(1845), but he unfortunately described only select works, without even +giving a brief list of what he considered rubbish, simply saying, “We +have proceeded on a principle of selection; and neglecting the others, +have, with exceptions, noticed those works only which appear to have +contributed to develop sound principles, or to facilitate their +adoption.” The consequence is if we find a book unmentioned by him, it +at once becomes a question whether he excluded it because it was +worthless, or because he had not seen it. + +There is a large class of errors arising from the habit of one writer +copying another, instead of each going to original sources. + +The errors prevalent in biography and bibliography were pointed out by +Mr. Bolton Corney years ago. I think it is unnecessary for me to give +here any further criticisms on the method which should be pursued. The +student who wishes to go deeper into the subject can refer to Bolton +Corney’s pamphlet: “On the New General Biographical Dictionary,” already +noticed. + +The work I have quoted above by M. Jal is a large volume consisting +almost entirely of articles in correction of those existing in other +works. + +No statement of any former writer should be taken for granted, if there +is any more original source. Compilers of Dictionaries sin greatly in +this respect. The reason is probably that to be correct requires so much +time and research that it does not pay to be accurate if much time is +consumed. + +The safest way to avoid errors would be to compare the proof of every +title page with the book itself, but the labour would be enormous, and I +doubt if it is practicable in most cases. Nevertheless, it is the surest +way. At the same time I would not discourage anybody from attempting a +catalogue or bibliotheca, although nobody can expect to do anything of +much value without accuracy, the greater the accuracy the greater the +value. + +Nothing is satisfactory but actual inspection of the books themselves. +We have quite enough of descriptions of books at second, third, or +fourth hand, in nearly all existing works, and it is time now to go upon +“a new and improved principle.” Mr. W. Carew Hazlitt in the preface to +his “Collections and Notes,” 1876, has some interesting remarks on this +subject to which the student can refer. + +------------------------------------------------------------------------ + + + + + ON THE MEANS OF IDENTIFYING THE AUTHORS OF ANONYMOUS AND PSEUDONYMOUS + PUBLICATIONS. + + ------- + + +It constantly happens that “a lady,” in one of her later publications +will mention a former one. In this case it is necessary to look at the +publication so referred to, when it will be ascertained if it is +anonymous. Works are also advertised at the end of others, either as +published, or forthcoming, and these works themselves must all be looked +at. + +A most extensive library is requisite for references such as these. +Indeed, it frequently happens that the works required cannot be found +even in the enormous library of the British Museum. + +To take the following as an example, in Mrs. H. Mozley’s: Louisa, or the +bride, by the author of the fairy bower [motto]. London, James Burns, +Portman street, and Henry Mozley & sons, Derby, 1842, 12o, pp. 302. + +It is pseudonymous. We find advertised at the end by the same author: +Bessie Gray, or the dull child. Hymns for children on the Lord’s Prayer, +our duty to God and scripture history. Robert Marshall, or the cleverest +boy in the school. The Stanley Ghost. The old Bridge. Some published, +others in the press, none of them, however, have I (1872), been able to +find in the Catalogue of the Library of the British Museum[30]. They may +be there nevertheless. + +Footnote 30: + + I have lately (May 1880) searched again, but still do not find them. + +As another example, I have traced the following works to the same +author, without, however, ascertaining the author’s name. + +Spain yesterday and to-day, by a lady, London, Harvey and Darton +[1829?], sm. 8o.—Portugal, or the young travellers, ... 1830.—The new +estate, or the young travellers in Wales and Ireland, by the author of +Portugal, ... 1831.—The East Indians at Selwood, or the orphans’ home, +by the author of Portugal; the new estate, &c., &c., Lond. Darton and +Harvey, 1834, small 12o.—Gleanings from many fields, by the author of +Portugal, the new estate, &c., &c., Lond., Darton and Harvey, 1834, 12o. + +Sometimes it is possible to make a tolerably certain guess at the +author, from the similarity in style, or some trick of the author, as in +the punctuation, or the use of italics, as by Archbishop Whately, or the +constant use of the dash, as in the works of James Flamank. + +But in all cases corroborative evidence is necessary. For how wrong a +guess of this kind may be has been amply illustrated in Notes and +Queries. + +Every celebrated man has had numerous publications attributed to him by +people who professed themselves quite certain of the authorship, from +the style and subject matter. + +There is at present no book which will give any help in an investigation +like the present. In the “Handbook of Fictitious Names,” at pages 7 and +8, only seven real names of ladies are revealed, with a note to the +effect that there were upwards of fifty works unknown. + +The very useful series of catalogues published by Messrs. Bent, Hodgson, +and Sampson Low, the English Catalogue of the latter being the best of +the kind, afford great assistance. + +The London catalogue of books, 1814-1851, has a classified index, and in +this anonymous works are frequently attributed to their real authors, +though without any indication of their anonymity. + +The British catalogue also has a subject index. + +The following include the majority of publications from 1800 to the +present time, except pamphlets and privately printed works. + +The London catalogue of books ... since the year 1800 to March 1827, +Lond. pub. for the executor of the late W. Bent by Longman &c. 1827, 8o. + +The London catalogue ... 1814 to 1846. + +The London catalogue ... 1816 to 1851, Lond., Thomas Hodgson 13 +Paternoster row and sold by Longman &c., 1851, 8o. + +The classified index to the London catalogue ... 1816 to 1851, London T. +Hodgson 1853, 8o. + +The British catalogue of books published from oct. 1837, to dec. 1852 +... by Sampson Low, vol. 1. general alphabet, Lond. S. Low & son, 1853. + +In this the dates of publication were added for the first time. The +author published an Index to the above in 1858, in which he acknowledges +the assistance of Dr. Crestadoro. + +The English catalogue of books, published from january, 1835, to +january, 1863, comprising the contents of the “London” and the “British” +catalogues, and the principal works published in the United States of +America and Continental Europe ... compiled by Sampson Low [and +assistants], London, S. Low Son & Marston, 1864, r. 8o. And +continuations to the present time. So that we thus have names of authors +and index of subjects from 1814 to the present time. For the years from +1800 to 1814, Watt’s Bibliotheca Britannica can be referred to. + +I will now give an illustration. + +Information we will say, for example, is sent to the following effect:— + +“Sir,—Seeing that you are collecting, with a view to publication, names +of authors of the nineteenth century, I beg to say that I was well +acquainted with Miss Seaman, who died about the year 1830, a notice of +whom you will find in the Ryde papers. She wrote ‘Some Observations on +Girl’s Schools and Boarding Schools,’ but whether with her name or not I +forget. Also, about 1822, was published, by Smith of London, an +interesting religious tale called Lily, and in 16o, 1825, a capital +little work on the choice of books, with advice about Miss Edgeworth’s +Novels.” + +It will be evident to anyone that the whole of the above requires +verification, a labour of hours, perhaps days, which might have been +saved by a little bibliographical knowledge on the part of our +informant. + +On investigation it appears, then, that our informant has scarcely given +a single date or title correctly.—1. Miss Seaman died in 1829, not +1830.—2. The reference to the Ryde papers is useless, as too wide for +verification, and inaccessible.—3. The title of each of her works is +given from recollection, or rather, from no recollection, and they are +all incorrect.—4. The titles are made up.—5. Words not in the +title-pages are interpolated without notice.—6. The size of the book is +placed before the date—_i.e._ it is interpolated, and in fact everything +is reversed. + +The above information might be best put in this form. + +SEAMAN (Lucy) the daughter of a Captain in the Royal Navy, born at Ryde, +the 23 May, 1801, wrote several works which are held in high estimation, +and died of consumption on the 15 September, 1829. The following are the +only publications I know of from her pen; but as she published without +giving her name, there are probably others that are unknown. + +(1.) Remarks on education, as at present conducted, especially with +reference to private tuition and the system of boarding schools for +young ladies, London (printed at Ryde), for the author, 1822, 12mo, pp. +iv. 33, anon. + +The authoress says, that her father’s early death making her, while very +young, acquainted with the routine of teaching, was the cause of her +publishing these remarks. + +(2.) Little Lily, a moral tale for children, by a lady, author of +Remarks, &c., Lond. J. Smith, 1823, 8o, pp. 115, 2s 6d, pseudon. + +This is the first edition of this excellent little book, the second and +subsequent editions of which were published with her name. + +We observe that a book entitled “Little Lily’s travels, Lond. Nelson, +1860,” has been published; but it is a different work to the above. + +(3.) Miss Maria Edgeworth’s tales compared with other works of fiction; +to which is added advice for the selection, and a list of works most +suitable for children, by the author of Little Lily, &c., Lond., J. +Smith, 1826 [1825], 18o, pp. xi and 200, 3s, auton. + +In this she complains of her failing health, and expresses her great +respect for the writings of her friend Miss Edgeworth. + +Here it will be observed that the first work is strictly anonymous, as +the abbreviation “anon,” indicates, that is to say, it has no name on +the title-page, nor any name, pseudonym, nor initials to the preface; +and has in fact no clue whatever as to who is the author, as the +reference to her in the imprint cannot be considered such. But from the +book being printed at Ryde for the author, though published in London, +it may be inferred that she resided at Ryde at the time. + +The second work is pseudonymous, as the abbreviation “pseudon,” +indicates. + +The third work would appear also by the title-page to be pseudonymous, +it is not so, as the preface is signed by the authoress, and the +abbreviation “auton,” warns us that it is autonymous. + +In conclusion, I hope that my observations will not dishearten the +student who is ambitious of being bibliographical. Let every one strive +to do his best. But let no man suppose he can make a good catalogue +simply from his desire to do so and without previous study. It is no use +saying a man must be accurate, he cannot until he has studied the art of +bibliography, and learned what has already been done in that science; so +that by taking note of the errors of his predecessors, he may attempt a +catalogue on the most modern and improved principles, and thereby +contribute towards the advancement and improvement of bibliography. + +------------------------------------------------------------------------ + + + + + LIST OF WORKS BY A LADY. + + ------- + + “Bibliography is a dry occupation,—a caput mortuum,—it + is a borrowed production, which brings very little + grist to the mill; and so difficult and tedious is the + object, of laying before our eyes all the real or + reported copies or editions of the works enumerated, + that almost every line of our reports may be suspected + of falsehood.”—James Atkinson, Medical Bibliography, + 1834, 8o [he stopped with letter B]. + + It is probable that every great national library + contains more works without authors’ names than with + them. Of these anonymous books, a considerable + proportion will, doubtless, belong to authors whose + names are either known to, or conjectured, more or + less plausibly, by the learned bibliographer. But if + conjecture be allowed to govern the _place_ of a book + in a catalogue, all reliability on it ceases.—Edward + Edwards, in the Encyclopædia Britannica, eighth + edition, 1857, Art. Libraries, p. 378. + + +1. An account of the celebration of the jubilee, on the 25th oct. 1809, +being the 49th anniversary of the reign of Geo. III. ... collected and +published by a lady. Birmingham [1809], 4o. + + I should observe that I have not, out of regard to space, put in the + pagination, price, &c., and that nearly all the places of + publication are abbreviated. I have seen every book which I here + describe, mostly in the Library of the British Museum. + +2. Ailzie Grierson ... by a lady. Edin. Johnstone 1846, 16o. + +3. Almeda, or the Neapolitan revenge, a tragic drama, by a lady. Lond. +Symonds 1801, 8o. + + This is in five acts and in verse. The advertisement states that + part of the plot, which relates to the revenge of the Countess + (Almeda) was taken from the “Life of Rozelli.”—The author’s name + was not known to the editors of the Biographia Dramatica 1812. + +4. An alphabet of animals, by a lady. Lond. 1865. + +5. An anecdotal memoir of the princess royal of England from her birth +to her marriage [with prince Frederick William of Prussia] by a lady. +Lond. Houlston 1858, small 12o. + + Prefixed are some verses signed “Mary Bennett.” + +6. Anecdotes of animals selected by a lady for the amusement of her +children. Lond. Darton and Harvey 1832, square 16o. + +7. An appeal to the women of England to discourage the stage, by a lady. +Lond. Joseph Masters 1855, 24o. + +8. The arithmetical class-book, or preparatory studies in arithmetic, by +a lady; for the use of schools, and particularly designed as an +assistant for female teachers. Lond. Harvey and Darton 1824, 12o, pp. +IV. 62. + + In the preface, dated from “Clapham road place,” the authoress says + she has had long experience. This little work is not mentioned by + De Morgan in his list of Arithmetical books. + +9. The Astrologer, a legend of the Black Forest, by a lady [motto] in +two volumes. Lond. Saunders & Otley 1846. + +10. The beauties of scripture history for the use of young persons +learning English, by a lady. Paris, Ch. Duniol, 29 rue de Tournon 1855. + +11. Beauty, what it is, and how to retain it, by a lady: a companion +volume to [but not by the authoress of] How to dress on £15 a year.... +Lond. Warne [1873] 12o. + +12. The book of costumes, or annals of fashion ... by a lady of rank, +illustrated ... new edit. Lond. Colburn 1847. + +13. The boy’s own text book, containing a text from the old and new +Testaments ... selected by a lady [motto] Lond. J. F. Shaw 1857. + + I need scarcely say that this has nothing in common with “_The_ + Boys’ Own Book,” as to which I had a note in “Notes & Queries” of + 27 April, 1878, p. 329. See no. 71. + +14. A brief guide to happiness [through religion] by a lady, 2nd edit. +revised. Lond. Hope & Co. 1851. + +15. Buds and blossoms, or stories of children, by a lady. Lond. Hatchard +[1842?]. The same work, only anonymous, was also published by +Groombridge 1852. + +16. Caroline and her mother ... principally upon entomological subjects, +by a lady [mottoes] Lond. Hatchard 1827. + +17. Catechism for the use of young people [motto] by a lady. Paris, +published by Galignani 1834. + +18. A catechism of the history of England, by a lady. Lond. Dolman 1850. + + One of a series called Dolman’s [Catholic] catechisms. The history + of France and Germany in the same series are written by A. M. S., + and are attributed, with a query, at the British Museum, to Agnes + M. Stewart. + +19. Cato, or interesting adventures of a dog, interspersed with real +anecdotes, by a lady, author of Infant’s friend—Easy rhymes, &c. [motto] +3rd edition. Lond. J. Harris, St. Pauls’ churchyard [1820?] 12o, pp. +175. + + Dedicated to “my little girl,” by her mother. “Easy rhymes” appears + to be the only one of the above three works in the London + Catalogue. + +20. The child’s guide to knowledge ... by a lady. + + The 2nd edit. 1828, the 39th edit. Lond. Simpkin, 1866. + +21. The child’s manual of prayer, by a lady ... Lond. Dolman 1849. +Approved ✠ by Nicholas, bishop of Melipotamus. + +22. The child’s own book on New-church doctrine, by a lady. Lond. 1837. + +23. The child’s pathway through the history of England, by a lady, +second edition. Lond. Jarrold (Norwich printed) [1858?] + + The preface is signed Ida, Nottingham, 1855, and I think it may + safely be assumed that the authoress lived there. + +24. The child’s treasure, or reading without spelling effectually +simplified ... by a lady. Lond. C. H. Law, 1851. + +25. Choice descriptive poetry ... selected by a lady. Lond. Whittaker, +Birmingham (printed) [1852]. + +26. Chollerton ... by a lady. Lond. Ollivier 1846, 8o, pp. 381. + +27. The christian’s daily preacher ... by a lady [motto] Weymouth, 1826. + +28. Christmas 1846 and the new year 1847 in Ireland, letters from a +lady; edited by W. S. Gilly ... price one shilling: the proceeds of the +sale to be given towards relieving the distress in Ireland. Durham, +Andrews, 1847, 12o. + + “A lady,” not wishing her name published, the editor puts his as a + guarantee of good faith. + +29. A compendium of ancient geography, compiled for the young princess +M. L. B*N*P**TE de M⸺T, intended as a sequel to the abbé Gaultier’s +excellent Modern geography, as a companion to “Tales of the Classics,” +and inscribed to governesses ... by a lady. Lond. Hailes, 1835. + +30. A compendium of British geography, with questions, by a lady, the +author of First lessons in geography. Lond. Hailes 1828(?) + +31. Compendium of universal history, by the author of 1000 questions on +the old and new Testaments. Lond. Jarrold 1844. + + In both the London and English Catalogues, said to be by “a lady,” + but those words do not occur on the title. + +32. Conversations on important scriptural subjects by, a lady. Lond. +Ford, Islington 1837, 16o, pp. 102. + +33. Conversations on the lord’s prayer, by a lady [motto] Lond. +Simpkin—Benson and Barling. Weymouth [1851?] + + The illustration is signed E. J. P. + +34. Cookery made easy, by a lady [1841?] 11 edit. 1854. + + We have from this author: Cheap, nice, and nourishing cookery, or + how working people may live well upon a small income ... by the + author of “Cookery made easy.” Lond. Dean [1841]. + +35. The cottage home ... by a lady. Lond. [1864]. + +36. The cottager’s assistant, or the wedding present, 2nd edit., ... by +a lady, price 2s. 6d. with plates. Lond. Rodwell & Martin 1824, 12o, pp. +VIII. & 47. + + Inscribed to the Viscountess Cremorne. + +37. A course of ... prayers ... selected by a lady. Lond. Lyntot, price +2s. 6d., 1804, 8o. + +38. Cousin Rachel’s visit, by a lady. Wellington, Salop, printed by and +for Houlston, London 1827. + +39. The Cousins, being amusing and instructive lessons in the French +language, 2 parts. Lond. Derby, printed [1850]. + +40. Craigh-Melrose priory; or memoirs of the Mount Linton family, a +novel in four vols, by a lady. Lond. Chapple 1815. + +41. The crucifixion, a poem ... by a lady. Lond. Cadell 1817. + +42. Daily bread, or a text of scripture ... selected by a lady. 2nd +edit.... Liverpool 1821. + + The same published by Seeley, Lond. and Grapel, Liverpool, 1840. + +43. Dartmoor legends and other poems, by a lady. Exeter, Roberts 1857. + + Dedicated to her father’s friend Arthur Howe Holdsworth. + +44. Dates of the kings of England, in easy triplets, by a lady. Lond. +[1874]. + +45. Domestic economy and cookery, for rich and poor ... English, Scotch, +French, Oriental and other foreign dishes ... by a lady. Lond. John +Murray 1827, 12o. + + Several editions to the present time, and if not the first, at all + events one of the earliest was published by Longmans. + +46. An earnest address to young communicants, by a lady. Lond. +Rivingtons 1865. + + Dedicated by permission to the bishop of Oxford. + +47. Easy and familiar sermons for children, by a lady. Lond. printed for +the author, Crew and Spencer, 27 Lamb’s conduit street and Simpkin and +Marshall 1830. + +48. Easy lessons in the history of England, by a lady, third edit. Lond. +Harvey & Darton 1839. + +49. Easy questions and answers from the Pentateuch ... by a lady [1855]. + +50. Economical cookery for young housekeepers ... by a lady. Lond. 1824, +4th edit. R. Clarke 1839. + +51. Educational outlines and other letters on practical duties, to which +is added a journal of a summer’s excursion made by the author and her +pupils, by a lady. Lond. Groombridge 1850, 8o, pp. 8 and 116, with an +illustration of Versailles. + +52. Edward Beaumont, or the efficacy of prayer, a narrative founded on +facts, by a lady. [motto] Dublin, S. B. Oldham,—Whittaker, Lond. 1844. + +53. Effie’s and the Doctor’s tales ... by a lady, with (five) +illustrations by the same. Lond. Darton [1859] + +54. Eight days’ journey to Matlock, by a lady. Wakefield, printed for +John Robinson, Express Office 1860. + +55. An elementary compendium of music for the use of schools, by a lady. +Lond. John Murray 1835, quarto, pp. VII. and 72, price 12s. + +56. Emily Trevor, or the Vale of Elwy, by a lady. Lond. Simpkin, Denbigh +(printed by) T. Gee 1850. + + This is inscribed to Mrs. Maconochie of Meadow-bank house. + +57. English history, in the way of question and answer, by a lady, new +edit. Lond. [1839?]. + +58. The English mother, or early lessons on the church of England, by a +lady [mottoes] Bath (printed) W. Pocock. Lond. Simpkin 1840, 8o, pp. +xii, 84: list of subscribers. + +59. Enquiries for the truth between the divided church militant +denominated Roman and Protestant, by a lady. Canterbury (printed by) +Henry Ward. Lond. Hatchard 1851. + +60. Esthwaite water, a poem in three parts ... by a lady. Lond. +Whittaker: Kendal (printed by) J. Hudson 1854, 8o, pp. 44, with an +engraving signed W. Banks, _sc._ Edin. + +61. Every lady her own cook; or a few practical hints as to how the +patent Crimean cooking stove can be used to the best advantage, by a +lady. Dublin, McGlashan 1857. + +62. Every lady’s guide to her own greenhouse ... by a lady. Lond. Orr +1851. + +63. An explanation of the ten commandments, by a lady; revised by a +clergyman of the church of England. Lond. Tabart 1802, small 12o, pp. +40. + +64. An explanation of the two sacraments and the occasional rites and +ceremonies of the church of England, in a series of dialogues between a +mother (Mrs. Vernon) and her daughters (Louisa and Mary) intended for +the use of young persons. Lond. John Murray 1828, 8o. pp. XI. and 1 and +271. + + Inscribed to Mr. Justice Parke. + + As catalogued by Lowndes in the “British Librarian,” p. 782, this + little work well illustrates some of my previous observations. + Lowndes gives part of the title, and afterwards puts a note in the + words of the rest of the title. His date is later than mine, but + he does not say it is a new edition. The following is a copy of + Lowndes’ entry:—“629. An Explanation of the Two Sacraments and the + occasional Rites and Ceremonies of the Church of England, by a + Lady, London, 1831, sm. 8vo, publ. at 5s. 6d. A series of + dialogues between a mother and her daughters, intended for the use + of young persons.” + +65. Extracts of letters to a christian friend, by a lady, with an +introductory essay by Thos. Erskine, esq., advocate, author of “Remarks +on the internal evidences for the truth of revealed religion,” etc., +etc. R. B. Lusk Greenock. Glasgow 1830. + +66. Familiar dialogues, on interesting subjects ... by a lady. Lond. +Rivington 1821. + + It might occur to any one that the publishers would give the + author’s name, my enquiries from this source were so constantly + and uniformly unsuccessful that I never resort to publishers now. + +67. Flora and Thalia, or germs of flowers and poetry; being an +alphabetical arrangement of flowers, with appropriate poetical +illustrations [selected from various authors] embellished with coloured +plates (M. Spratt del.): by a lady [motto] Lond. Washbourne 1835, small +12o, pp. XII. 200. + + Dedicated by permission to the duchess of Kent and the princess + Victoria. The preface is addressed from “King’s road Chelsea.” + +68. Florence Nightingale and the Russian war, a poem, by a lady. Lond. +Hatchard 1856. + + The authoress says “she had the honour of being nearly connected + with one of the greatest naval commanders of the age in which he + lived.” + +69. Footprints for little christians, by a lady, price sixpence. +Salisbury. Lond. Simpkin [1860]. + +70. Garden of language [motto] London, Fisher son & co. Newgate street +1835, 16o, pp. 31, with illustrations. + + This is a sort of English grammar, and is said in the London + Catalogue to be by a lady. + +71. The girls’ own text book, containing a text ... for every morning +and evening in the year: selected by a lady. Lond. J. F. Shaw 1858, 32o, +see no 13. + +72. Glimpses of natural history, by a lady [motto] London, Darton & +Harvey (1843) [afterwards bought by R. Clarke] square 16o, pp. VI. 199, +with illustrations, some signed J. B. + +73. A glimpse of Oriental Nature, pictures with verses by a lady, with a +preface by ... G. R. Gleig. Lond. Dean & Son 1865, 4o. + +74. Grandmamma’s first catechism, by a lady, second edition. Oxford +(printed) and London, J. H. Parker 1854, 24o, pp. 23. + +75. “Guess if you can”! a collection of enigmas and charades in verse, +together with 50 in the French language, by a lady. Lond. Bogue 1851, +8o. + +76. A guide for the sick chamber, consisting of prayers, hymns and +portions of scripture selected ... by a lady. Edinburgh 1837, 12o. + +77. Harp of Salem, a collection of historical poems from the scriptures, +together with some reflective pieces, by a lady. Edinb. James Taylor, +Smith & co. Hunter square 1827, 12o, pp. v. 224. + +78. The history of David the King of Israel, in two parts, by a lady +[motto] London, printed by H. Teape, Tower hill, sold by Blanchard, City +road; Kent, Hamilton; and Keene, Dublin 1817, 12o, pp. 4 and 184. + + The advertisement states that this was originally written for the + Youths Magazine, and that the first part appeared in the tenth + volume of that publication. + +79. The home book, or young housekeeper’s assistant, forming a complete +system of domestic economy and household accounts, with estimates of +expenditure, &c., &c., in every department of housekeeping founded on +forty-five years’ experience, by a lady [motto] London, Smith, Elder & +co. 1829, 12o, pp. VII. 175. + + Starts upon the assumption that the lady’s husband has not less than + £1000 a year. + +80. Hours with the Leslies, a tale for children, and Phantasie’s +birthday, a fairy tale, by a lady. London, Hope & co. 16 Great +Marlborough street 1853 [1852] large 16o, pp. 4 and 200. + +81. How to dress on £15 a year as a lady, by a lady [Mrs. Millicent +Whiteside Cook] Lond. Warne 1873. + + This little work was the subject of a Chancery suit, Warne the + original publisher against Routledge, the publisher of a second + edition before Warne’s was exhausted. Mrs. Cook’s royalty was one + penny per copy sold, and Warne very shortly paid her £100.—See Law + Reports. Master of the Rolls 12 June 1874 xviii. 497. + +82. Hymns and thoughts for the sick and lonely, by a lady. London. +Nisbet [Bath 1848] 12o. + + New edition Nisbet 1859. + +83. Hymns for times of sickness and sorrow selected from various authors +by a lady, the profits of the work will be given to the Cholera orphan +home, Ham Common near Richmond ... London, Wertheim and Macintosh 24 +Paternoster row [1849] small 12o, pp. 34. + + Inscribed to rev. Joseph Brown, rector of Christ church, Surrey, + dated from Keythorpe Hall. + +84. Ines, and other poems [motto] London, printed for Allman 1816, 8o, +pp. 4 and 208. + + The London Catalogue says this is by a lady, but those words do not + occur on the title. + +85. Jesus the Messiah, or the Old testament prophecies fulfilled in the +New testament scriptures, by a lady, the profits to be devoted to +charitable purposes. London, Seeley and Burnside 1828, 12o, pp. XIX. +264. + + Dedicated to the right rev. Charles Richard lord bishop of + Winchester. + +86. The juvenile gardener written by a lady, for the use of her own +children, with a view of giving them an early taste for the pleasures of +a garden and the study of botany [motto] Lond. printed for Harvey and +Darton and sold by John Rodford, Hull 1824, 12o, pp. 126. + +87. Kaisersworth Deaconesses, including a history of the Institution: +the ordination service and questions for self examination, by a lady. +Lond. Masters 1857, 12o. + +88. The ladies’ guide to life assurance: briefly shewing the necessity +for its more extended practice amongst the female community, by a lady. +Lond. Partridge, Oakey & co. 34 Paternoster row 1854, 18o, pp. 32. + + It is dedicated by permission to the duchess of Hamilton and + Brandon. The preface is signed J. B. and dated Greenwich 24 Nov. + 1854. + +89. The lady’s guide to the ordering of her household and the economy of +the dinner table, by a lady. London, Smith & Elder 1861, 8o, pp. XVI. +500. + +90. Letters on confirmation, a manual of moral and religious duties, +designed for the young of her own sex in the upper ranks of society, by +a lady. London, Cleaver 1846, 16o. + +91. Letters to my unknown friends, by a lady. Lond. printed for Longman, +&c. 1846, 8o, pp. VI. 294; also 1849 and 1853. + + Also author of Some passages in Modern history. + +92. The life of Mary, mother of our Lord ... by a lady. Lond. 1851, 8o. + +93. Lilias, or fellowship with God ... by a lady [with an introduction +by ... C. B. Tayler] Edin. 1859, 8o. + +94. Lines addressed to prince Leopold of Saxe-Cobourg on the death of +his consort the princess Charlotte of Wales, by a lady. Colchester, +printed and sold by Swinborne and Walter; Hatchard, London 1817, 8o, pp. +7. + +95. Little Christian’s sunday alphabet, by a lady, woodcuts. 1849, 16o. + +96. Mandeville, or the Lynmouth visitors, Barnstaple printed by +Brightwell & son, sold also by Longman & co., Whittaker & co., Lond.; +Roberts, Exeter; Nettleton, Plymouth 1839, 8o, pp. VII. 164. + +97. Mary Queen of Scots, an historical ballad with other poems by a +lady. Lond. printed for John Stockdale, Piccadilly 1800, 16o, pp. 89, +2s. 6d. + +98. Method for teaching plain needlework in schools, by a lady (second +edition). London, Robert Hardwicke 192 Piccadilly [1861] 8o. + + The title page is lithographed. The preface is signed M. E. B., + Decr. 1861. I have not seen the first edition of 1857. The + authoress says she received her information thirty years before + 1861. + +99. Metrical remembrances, by a lady [motto from Isaiah xl. 29] London +1832, 16o. + + No publisher’s name, S. Bagster, Junr. printer. + +100. Modern household cookery, a new work for private families, by a +lady, with an introduction on the philosophy of cookery. London, Nelson +1860, 8o, pp. XV. 396, and plates. + +101. The modern cookery, written upon the most approved and economical +principles, and in which every receipt has stood the test of experience, +by a lady, second edition, with considerable additions by the author. +Derby, printed by and for Henry Mozley 1820, 12o. + +102. Murray’s modern cookery book. Modern domestic cookery based on the +well-known works of Mrs. Rundell, but including all the recent +improvements in the culinary art: founded on principles of economy and +practical knowledge and adapted for private families, by a lady, with +illustrative woodcuts. Lond. John Murray 1851, 8o, XXVIII. 675. + + “The arrangement of the whole work, previously enriched with the + valuable contributions of the late Miss Emma Roberts (whose + receipts are marked E. R.) has been placed under the careful + inspection of a lady well versed in the art of which it treats. + The book has had the further advantage of being thoroughly revised + by a professional gentleman of great repute in London, who has + also supplied several valuable receipts.”—Preface. + +103. Moral maxims from the wisdom of Jesus the son of Sirach, or the +Ecclesiasticus, selected by a lady, and enriched with six engravings +from drawings of her own. Lond. Harris 1807. + +104. My Norske note book; or a month in Norway, by a lady. Lond. +Westerton 1860 [1859] 8o. + +105. Natural history of quadrupeds, for children ... by a lady, 2nd +edit., with plates. Lond. Harvey and Darton 1824, 12o, 4s. 3rd edit. +182‒? + +106. The new estate, or the young travellers in Wales and Ireland, by +author of Portugal, &c. Lond. printed for Darton and Harvey 1831, 12o, +pp. VII. 302, with illustrations. + + The same names and persons occur in “The young travellers in + Portugal.” The authoress acknowledges having availed herself of a + small work called “Fairy Legends” [by Croker] in speaking of + popular superstitions. The “New Estate” is in Ireland. + +107. The Orb of light; or the Apocalyptic vision (with the text of the +Revelation) by a lady. Lond. Wertheim, 1860, 8o. + +108. Original fables [in verse] by a lady; dedicated to her royal +highness the princess Charlotte of Wales, embellished with fifty-four +elegant engravings on wood. Lond. printed for B. Crosby & co. 1810; 12o, +other editions 1812 and 1815. + +109. Outlines of truth by a lady. London, Hatchard 1825, 12o. + +110. The philanthropist, or selfishness and benevolence illustrated: a +tale, by a lady [mottoes] London, Wm. Ball 1836, 8o, pp. VI. 389. + + Announced as by the same author ‘The spirit of sectarianism,’ 8o, + pp. 75, 1s. 6d. This is a different work to the Philanthropist by + P. S. Goss. + +111. Plain lectures on Genesis for family reading, by a lady. Lond. +Pickering 1841, 8o. + +112. Poems for children, by a lady. Lond. Darton and Harvey 1834, 12o, +pp. IV. 66. + +113. A poetical picture of America, being observations made during a +residence of several years at Alexandria and Norfolk in Virginia ... +1799 to 1807, by a lady. London, printed for the author and sold by +Vernor Hood & Sharpe 31 Poultry 1809, small 8o, pp. 14 and 177. + + W. Wilson, printer, St. John’s square. It has a list of subscribers. + +114. Portions of Scripture, with ... a view to promote the observance of +the Lord’s day, by a lady. Lond. J. Hatchard & Son 1837, price 3d, or 2s +6d a dozen, 12o, pp. 12. + +115. Portugal, or the young travellers, being some account of Lisbon and +its environs, and of a tour in the Alemtéjo; from a journal kept by a +lady during three years’ actual residence. Lond. Darton & Harvey 1830, +12o. + +116. Private memoirs of the Court of Louis XVIII. by a lady, 2 vols +Lond. Colburn 1830, 8o. + +117. Prayers, hymns, and texts, by a lady. Lond. Seeley 1846, 12o. + +118. Ravensdale, a tale by a lady [of Dublin] 2 vols. Dublin, Curry & +co.; Lond. Longman 1845, 12o. + +119. Recollections of a seven years’ residence at the Mauritius or Isle +of France, by a lady. London, James Cawthorn 1830, 8o, pp. XI. 208. + + The work is dedicated to Ellen & Mary. The preface is signed by + their “Mother.” She speaks of her daughters as orphans. + +120. The Redeemed Rose, or Willies rest, by a lady. Lond. 1853, 8o. + +121. A residence at Sierra Leone, described from a journal kept on the +spot and from letters written to friends at home, by a lady [edited by +the Hon. C. E. S. Norton] Lond. 1849, 16o. + + One of Murray’s Home and Colonial Library. + +122. The restoration of the works of art to Italy, a poem by a lady +[motto] Oxford, printed by W. Baxter for R. Pearson High street, Oxford, +and J. Ebers, Old Bond street, London 1816, 8o, pp. 23. + +123. Return to my native village; and other poems chiefly on sacred +subjects, by a lady. Oxford and Lond. Parker 1853, 16o. + +124. The Rev. Jabez Bunting, or begging; with other poems by a lady, +printed at the request of friends of the authoress. William Illingworth, +printer, top of Kirkgate, Leeds 1833; entered at Stationers’ Hall, 12o, +pp. 14. + +125. The rich old bachelor, a domestic tale [in verse] in the style of +Dr. Syntax [by W. Combe] by a lady [motto] Ward, Printer, Canterbury +1824, 8o, pp. 312. + +126. The Sceptic, by a lady. Lond. J. Russell Smith 1850, 8o, pp. VIII. +168. + + Crewkerne (Somersetshire) printed by G. P. R. Pulman, Market-place. + +127. A scriptural guide to the duties of every-day life ... compiled by +a lady. Lond. Saunders and Otley 1846, 12o. + +128. Selina, a novel, founded on facts, by a lady, in three volumes. + + ⸺ Is there not a hand, + Which operates unseen, and regulates + The vast machine we tread on? Dr. Hurdis. + +Lond. printed for C. Law Ave maria lane, by Bye and Law, St. +John’s-square, Clerkenwell 1800, 12o. + + The authoress’s first work. + +129. A series of reflections on the sacred oratorio of the Messiah [by +Handel] by a lady. London, Hatchard 1812, 8o. + + For full title see the British Critic, XL. 201. + +130. The siege of Mansoul a drama in five acts [and in verse] the +diction of which consists altogether in an accommodation of words from +Shakespeare and other poets, by a lady [motto] Bristol, sold by W. +Bulgin No. 3 Wine street, sold also by Matthews, strand. Longman, &c., +Lond.; and S. Hazard, Bath 1801, 8o, VI. 82. + + “The composition of a lady now deceased.” Part of the preface is + written by the Rev. H. Sulger. It is not in Baker’s Biog. + Dramatica, 1812. + +131. Sketch of ancient geography, by a lady for the use of her own +pupils. Brighton & Lond. Whittaker 1857, 8o. + +132. Spain yesterday and to-day, by a lady. Lond. Harvey & Darton [1829] +sm. 8o. + +133. The stepping stone to astronomy, by a lady. Longmans 1858, 16o. + +134. Suspirium sanctorum, or holy breathings, a series of prayers for +every day in the month, by a lady. Lond. Saunders & Otley 1826, 8o. + +135. Tales from the German, by a lady. Lond. Anderson [1825?] 8o. + +136. Tales of the classics, a new delineation of the most popular +fables, legends and allegories commemorated in the works of poets, +painters and sculptors, selected and written by a lady for the amusement +and instruction of her own daughters [mottoes] in three volumes. London, +Colburn and Bentley, 1830, 12o, vol I. XXIV. 302, vol. II. IV. 302, vol +III. 370 the pagination of the appendix is continuous. + + Dedicated to H.R.H. the princess Victoria of Kent, dated from + “Wadlands,” July 1829. + +137. A text book [religious] for the sick and afflicted, selected by a +lady. Lond. J. F. Shaw 1858, 16o. + +138. Tales original and translated from the Spanish, by a lady, +embellished with eight engravings on wood. London J. J. Stockdale, 41 +Pall Mall 1810, 8o, pp. 391. + + Dedicated by the publisher to Anna Eliza Chandos, Countess Temple. + The advertisement dated from Whitchurch, Hampshire, states that + these are the production of a young lady unknown in the + metropolis, and unused to writing for the public. + +139. Thoughts on our national calamity in a letter to a friend in +Ireland, by a lady [motto] London, Rivington 1817, 8o, pp. 66. + + On the death of the princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales. + +140. Translations and sketches of biography from the German, Italian, +Spanish, Portuguese, and French languages, by a lady. Lond. Saunders & +Otley 1839, 8o. + +141. Twelve years ago, a tale, by [a lady] the author of Letters to +unknown friends. Lond. Longman 1847, 16o. + +142. Twice Married, my own story, by a lady. Lond. Ward & Lock 1855, 8o. + +143. Two fairy tales in a dramatic form, by a lady [Miss Clode formerly +of Wooton under Edge?] Lond. A. Hall 1851, 12o. + +144. Variety, a collection of original poems, by a lady. London, printed +by J. Davison, White-friars, for James Wallis, Paternoster row, and +Christopher and Jennet, Stockton 1802, small 8o, pp. VIII., 167 and 1. + +145. “Vater Unser,” a tale for children, illustrative of the Lord’s +prayer, translated freely from the German, by a lady. Lond. Whittaker & +Co. 1844, 12o, pp. 48. + + Dedicated to A**** M***** B******, a child of seven years old, by + her mother. + +146. Village incidents, or religious influence in domestic scenes by a +lady. London, Hatchard 1828, 12o, pp. VIII. 145. + +147. Woman as a virgin, wife, and mother, by a lady. Lond. Mitchell +[1838] 16o, 1s. 6d. + +148. A word in favor of female schools, addressed to parents guardians +and the public at large, by a lady [motto] London, Longman 1826, 24o, +pp. 74, 2s. 6d. + +149. Workwoman’s guide; containing instructions in cutting out and +completing those articles of wearing apparel, etc., which are actually +made at home, etc. Lond. Simpkin, Birmingham, print. 1838, 4to. + + New edit. Simpkin 1840, 4to, 21s. + +150. Ward’s illustrated geography in question and answer, a sequel to +“First lessons in geography by a lady.” Lond. Ward [Bungay printed 1853] +12o, 4 edit. 1859. + +151. The young lady’s friend, by a lady. Glasgow, W. R. McPhun 1857, +16o, pp. 128. + + A book of advice and etiquette. The English catalogue 1835-1862 p. + 855 gives a work with this title published by Parker & son 1852. + +------------------------------------------------------------------------ + + + + + ADVERTISEMENTS. + + + WORKS BY THE AUTHOR. + + ------- + + +A martyr to bibliography: a notice of the life and works of Joseph-Marie +Quérard, bibliographer. 1867. Only 200 copies printed: price 3s 6d. + + ------- + +Handbook of fictitious names, being a guide to authors chiefly in the +lighter literature of the XIXth century, who have written under assumed +names, and to literary forgers, impostors, plagiarists, and imitators, +1868. + + This work is out of print. + + “A useful and amusing guide, especially to English authors of the + lighter literature of this century.”—Encyclopædia Britannica, + ninth edition. 1875, vol III. p. 658. + + “A slight and tentative, though useful production, is the only work + yet published on the anonymous and pseudonymous literature of + Britain.”—Chambers’ Cyclopædia, London, 1874, vol. II. p. 84. + + I could quote numerous other notices. Articles have also been + written since this work was published on the subject, mostly + acknowledging the source of their information. + + I have now determined to limit my collections on this subject, with + the end of the year 1879. I have been so many years engaged in + obtaining materials that I think there will be more chance of + publishing if I confine myself to revising and correcting what I + have already collected. I make this declaration so that any body + else who may be inclined may take up the subject where I leave + off, as the presumption that I am collecting might deter others + from doing so. + + This period, 1800-1879 is alone sufficient to occupy a lifetime. + + ------- + +A bibliographical list of lord Brougham’s publications arranged in +chronological order. 1873. Only 100 copies separately printed. Price 1s. + + ------- + +A few words on Swimming, with practical hints, by R. Harrington; to +which is added a bibliographical list of works on swimming by Olphar +Hamst. Price one shilling. + + I had a few thick paper copies of the list struck off separately + with the following title:— + + Swimming: a bibliographical list of works on swimming, by the author + of the handbook of fictitious names, 1868. + + I put the word “Swimming” at the head and used a phrase for + pseudonym, so that it might be catalogued under the subject at the + British Museum instead of being buried under my name. + + ------- + +Catalogue of the Etchings and Drypoints of J. A. M. Whistler. 1874, with +an etching by Percy Thomas of Whistler, after a portrait by himself. +Only fifty copies printed. One guinea each. + +------------------------------------------------------------------------ + + + + + INDEX. + + + (Pub. = Publisher.) + + ------- + + + Accuracy in bibliography, 10, 11, 12. + + Abbreviation discussed, 12; + should be indicated, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23. + + Additions in cataloguing titles should be indicated, 20. + + Advertisements in books should be preserved, 17. + + Advocates Library catalogue of, 28. + + Aggravating ladies, why this title taken, 6; + anonymous work, 15; + list of works by, 40. + + Aikin, Dr., 9. + + Ailzie Grierson, 40. + + Alemtéjo, 49. + + Alexandria, 49. + + Allibone, Dictionary of English Literature, 30; + index to New Testament, 31. + + Allman, pub., 46. + + Almeda, 40 + + Alphabet of animals, 40. + + America, Public Libraries in, 11; + Picture of, 49. + + Anacalypsis, 30. + + Anderson, pub., 50. + + Andrews, pub., 42. + + Anecdotes of Animals, 41. + + Anonymous works, 14; + cataloguing, 17; + Dictionary of, 15, 16, 19; + means of identifying authors of, 35; + not read with confidence, 16; + proportion of, in libraries, 40; + statement that work is anon, not to be relied on, 18. + + Arithmetical books, list of, 11, 19, 33, 41. + + Arithmetical class-book, 41. + + Astrologer, the, 41. + + Astronomy, 50. + + Atkinson’s medical bibliography, 40. + + Audiffredi, G. B., 15. + + Auteurs Déguisez, 15. + + Autonymous books, 14, 17. + + Apocalyptic vision, 48. + + Axon, W. E. A., 16. + + Ayscough, 30, 31. + + Bachelor, rich old, 49. + + Baillet, A., 15. + + Ball, pub., 48. + + Banks, W., 44. + + Barbier, A. A., 15. + + Barbier, Olivier, 16, 19. + + Beauty, 41. + + Bennett, Mary, 40. + + Benson & Barling, pub., 42. + + Bent, publisher, 36. + + Bessie Gray, 35. + + Bibliographers, have been careless in their descriptions, 18. + + Bibliography, too many meanings to the word, 10, 12. + + Bibliotheca Cornubiensis, 9. + + Bibliotheca geographica, 29. + + Biographia Dramatica, 40. + + Black Forest, legend of the, 41. + + Boase & Courtney’s Bibliotheca Cornubiensis, 9. + + Bogue, pub., 45. + + Book of Costumes, 41. + + Book, how to describe a, 5, 9, 37; + different descriptions of, 14; + Handy-book about books, 15, 16. + + Book paging should be simple, 25. + + Bookbinders tear away advertisements, 17. + + Botany, study of, 46. + + Boy’s own book, 41. + + British Almanac, 23. + + British Catalogue, the, 36, 37. + + British Critic, 50. + + British geography, 42. + + British Librarian, the, 44. + + British Museum catalogue, 11, 35, 41, 53; + report on, 15; + rules, 16; + Library, 35, 40. + + Brougham, Lord, publications, 17, 19, 27, 52. + + Brown, George, an imaginary author cited as an example, 12. + + Brown, rev. J., 46. + + Buds & blossoms, 41. + + Bunting, Rev. Jabez, 49. + + Cadell, pub., 43. + + Capital letters in titles, 29. + + Caroline and her mother, 41. + + Catalogues, 10, 14; + not to be relied on, 18; + should not alter titles, 21; + Art of making, 21. + + Catechism, a, 41, 45. + + Cato, a tale, 41. + + Cawthorn, pub., 49. + + Chambers Cyclopædia on the Handbook of Fictitious names, 52. + + Chapple, pub., 43. + + Charades, 45. + + Charlotte, princess, 47, 48, 51. + + Child’s Guide, 42. + + Child’s Manual, 42. + + Child’s Own Book, 42. + + Child’s Pathway, 42. + + Child’s Treasure, 42. + + Cholera orphan home, 46. + + Chollerton, 42. + + Christian’s preacher, 42. + + Christian’s Sunday alphabet, 47. + + Christmas in Ireland, 42. + + Christopher, pub., 51. + + Clarke, pub., 43, 45. + + Clarke, M. Cowden, 31. + + Cleaver, pub., 47. + + Colburn, pub., 41, 50. + + Combe, W., 49. + + Commandments, the ten, 44. + + Communicants, address to, 43. + + Companion to the almanac, 19. + + Confirmation, on, 47. + + Cook, Mrs., 46. + + Cookery, 42, 43, 44, 47, 48. + + Corney, Bolton, 12, 16, 18, 33. + + Cottage Home, 42. + + Cottager’s Assistant, 43. + + Cousin Rachel’s visit, 43. + + Cousins, The, 43. + + Craigh-Melrose Priory, 43. + + Cremorne, viscountess, 43. + + Crestadoro, A., 19-21, 37. + + Crimean Cooking, 44. + + Croker, J. W., 48. + + Crosby, pub., 48. + + Crew & Spencer, pub., 43. + + Crucifixion, The, 43. + + Cutter, C. A., 11, 24. + + Cuttle, Captain, advice quoted, 8. + + Dartmoor Legends, 43. + + Darton & Harvey, publishers, 35, 36, 41, 43, 44-45-46, 48, 49, 50. + + David, history of, 46. + + Dean, pub., 45. + + Delepierre, O., 15. + + De Morgan, Professor, his Arithmetical books, referred to, 1, 11, 19, + 24, 41; + article in the Companion to the Almanac, 23; + on sizes of books, 24; + on errors, 33. + + Dictionaries, compilers of copy one another, 33. + + Dictionary catalogue, 11; + of anonymous authors, 15, 16. + + Dolman, pub., 41, 42. + + Domestic economy, 43, 46. + + Dots of omission, 22. + + Duniol, pub., 41. + + East Indians, 36. + + Easy rhymes, 41. + + Ebers, pub., 49. + + Ecclesiasticus, 48. + + Edgeworth, Miss, fictitious reference to her, 37, 38. + + Edmonds G., 25. + + Edward Beaumont, 44. + + Edwards (Edward), 10, 14, 40. + + Effie’s tales, 44. + + Elwy, vale of, 44. + + Emily Trevor, 44. + + Encyclopædia Britannica on anonymous works, 40; + on the Handbook of Fictitious Names, 52. + + England, Church of, 44. + + England, history of, 41, 42, 43, 44. + + English Catalogue, the, 19, 36, 37, 42, 51. + + English cookery, 43. + + English grammar, Lennie’s, 21. + + Enigmas, 45. + + Errors, difficult to avoid, 32. + + Erskine, T., 45. + + Esthwaite water, 44. + + Etchings, 53. + + Fairy Tales, 48, 51. + + Familiar Dialogues, 45. + + Fictitious names of authors, Handbook of, 5, 14, 16, 19, 36, 52. + + Fisher, pub., 45. + + Flamank, J., 36. + + Flora & Thalia, 45. + + Ford, pub., 42. + + France Littéraire (La), 9. + + Frederick William, Prince, 40. + + French Biography, 51. + + French Cookery, 43. + + French, enigmas in, 45. + + Friend’s books, 19. + + Galignani, pub., 41. + + Garden, Pleasures of a, 46. + + Garden of Language, 45. + + Gaultier’s Geography, 42. + + Genesis, 48. + + Gentleman’s Magazine, 30. + + Geography, Ancient, 50. + + Geography, British, 42. + + Geography, First lessons in, 42, 51. + + Geography, Modern, 42. + + George III. jubilee, 40. + + German Biography, 51. + + Gilly, W. S., 42. + + Girl’s Text Book, 45. + + Gleanings from many fields, 36. + + Goss, P. S., 48. + + Greenhouse, guide to, 44. + + Grammar of bibliography, there is none, 11. + + Grammar of English, 21, + Universal, 25. + + Groombridge, pub., 41, 43. + + Hailes, pub., 42. + + Halkett, S., 16. + + Hall, pub., 51. + + Hamilton, duchess of, 47. + + Hamst, Olphar, 15, 52. + + Handbook of fictitious names, 5; + criticisms on, author determined to stop collecting with the year + 1879, 52. + + Handel, 50. + + Happiness, Guide to, 41. + + Hardwicke, pub., 47. + + Harp of Salem, poems, 45. + + Harris, pub., 41, 48. + + Harvey see Darton. + + Hatchard, pub., 41, 44, 45, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51. + + Hazlitt, W. C., 34. + + Hegel, G. W. F., 19. + + Higgins, G., 30, 31. + + History, Modern, 47. + + History, Universal, 42. + + Hodgson, publisher, 36. + + Holdsworth, A. H., 43. + + Hope & Co., pub., 41, 46. + + Houlston, pub., 40-43. + + Housekeeper’s assistant, 46. + + How to dress on £15 a year, 7, 41, 46. + + Hurdis, Dr., 50. + + Hymns, 35, 46, 49. + + Ida, 42. + + Index, necessity for an, 30; + one better than two, 31; + bad, 31; + Society, 31. + + Ines and other poems, 46. + + Infant’s friend, 41. + + Ireland, 51; + distress in, 42; + Travellers in, 48. + + Italian Biography, 51. + + Italy, works of art, 49. + + Jal, A., 32, 33. + + Jarrold, pub., 42. + + Jesus the Messiah, 46, 48. + + Jewett, C. C., 10, 24. + + Johnstone, pub., 40. + + Kaisersworth Deaconesses, 47. + + Kent, duchess of, 45. + + Laconics, manual of, 9. + + Lancashire dialect, Literature of, 16. + + Law, pub., 42. + + Law List, 28. + + Lennie, W., 21. + + Leopold, prince, 47. + + Leslies, the, 46. + + Letters to my unknown friends, 47. + + Life assurance, guide to, 47. + + Linton, Mount, family, 43. + + Lisbon, 49. + + Literary men, careless in their references, 18. + + Little Lilly, a moral tale, a supposititious publication, 38. + + Little Lilly’s Travels, a real book, 38. + + London Catalogue, the, 36, 42, 46. + + Longman, pub., 36, 47, 49, 50, 51. + + Lord’s Prayer, on the, 42. + + Louis XVIII., court of, 49. + + Low, publisher, 36, 37. + + Lowndes, W. T., 13, 44. + + Lusk, pub., 45. + + Lynmouth Visitors, 47. + + Lyntot, pub., 43. + + Maconochie, (Mrs.), 44. + + Manchester free library catalogue, 19. + + Mandeville, 47. + + Martin’s Catalogue of privately printed books, 23. + + Mary, queen, 47. + + Mary, Virgin, 47. + + Masters, pub., 41, 47. + + Matlock, Journey to, 44. + + Mauritius, 49. + + McCulloch, J. R., 16, 33. + + McGlashan, pub., 44. + + McPhun, pub., 51. + + Mansoul, siege of, 50. + + Memoirs of Libraries, 10, 14. + + Messiah, The, 50. + + Metrical Remembrances, 47. + + Miller, John, his Fly Leaves, 5. + + Mirror of the graces, 6. + + Mitchell, pub., 51. + + Moral Maxims, 48. + + Motto, on title page, 19. + + Mozley, pub., 48. + + Mozley, Mrs., works by, 35. + + Murray, pub., 43, 44, 48, 49. + + Music for schools, 44. + + My Norske note Book, 48. + + Natural history, 45, 48. + + Naylor, C., 24. + + Needlework, 47. + + Nelson, publisher, 38, 47. + + New-church doctrine, 42. + + New Estate, The, 36, 48. + + Nicholas, Bishop of Melipotamus, 42. + + Nichols, John, 31. + + Nichols, T., 11. + + Nightingale, F., 45. + + Nisbet, pub., 46. + + Norfolk, 49. + + Norton, hon. C. E. S., 49. + + Norway, month in, 48. + + Notes and Queries, 5, 10, 16, 17, 24, 36, 41. + + Old Bridge, the, 35. + + Orb of Light, 48. + + Oriental Cookery, 43. + + Oriental Nature, a glimpse of, 45. + + Original Fables, 48. + + Orr, pub., 44. + + Outlines of Truth, 48. + + Oxford, bishop of, 43. + + Panizzi, Sir A., 11. + + Parke, Justice, 44. + + Parker, pub., 45, 49, 51. + + Partridge, pub., 47. + + Pentateuch, questions from the, 43. + + Phantasie’s birthday, 46. + + Philanthropist, the, 48. + + Pickering, pub., 48. + + Pocock, pub., 44. + + Political economy, literature of, 16, 33. + + Polyonymous books, 14. + + Portugal, a tale, 35, 48, 49. + + Portuguese Biography, 51. + + Power, John, 15, 16. + + Prefaces not dated, 23. + + Printing, style of, 27. + + Privately printed books, 23. + + Protestant Church, 44. + + Pseudonymous books, 14, 17; + means of identifying authors of, 35; + list of, 40, 52. + + Public libraries in the United States, report on, 11. + + Publication, place of, 22; + date of, 23. + + Publisher’s names not often found in book lists, 22; + when important, 23. + + Punctuation of titles, 29. + + Quérard, J. M., 9, 15, 17, 52. + + Ravensdale, 49. + + Redeemed Rose, the, 49. + + Revelation, 48. + + Rivingtons, pub., 43, 45, 51. + + Robert Marshall, 35. + + Roberts, pub., 43, 47. + + Roberts, Emma, 48. + + Robinson, pub., 44. + + Rodwell & Martin, pub., 43. + + Roman Church, 44. + + Routledge, pub., 46. + + Rozelli, Life of, 40. + + Rules for cataloguing, 10, 11. + + Ryde, 37, 38. + + Sacraments, the Two, 44. + + Saunders & Otley, pub., 41, 50, 51. + + Sceptic, The, 50. + + Scotch Cookery, 43. + + Seaman, Miss, a fictitious name used for the purpose of illustration, + 37; + supposed works of, 38. + + Seeley, pub., 46, 49. + + Selina, a novel, 50. + + Sermons for children, 43. + + Shaw, pub., 41, 45, 50. + + Sierra Leone, 49. + + Simpkin, pub., 42, 43, 44, 45, 51. + + Shakespeare, indexes to, 30; + words from, 50. + + Smith, pub., 45, 46, 47. + + Smith, J., fictitious publisher’s name, 38. + + Smith, John, Printer’s manual, 32. + + Smith, John Russell, pub., 50. + + Smith, Joseph, 19. + + Smithsonian Report, 24. + + Spain yesterday and to-day, 35, 50. + + Spanish Biography, 51. + + Spelling simplified, 42. + + Spratt, M., 45. + + Stanley Ghost, 35. + + Stereotyped books, 23. + + Stevens, H., on catalogues, 29. + + Stewart, Agnes M., 41. + + Stockdale, pub., 47, 51. + + Sulger, H., 50. + + Supercheries Littéraires, 15. + + Swimming, list of works on, 19, 53. + + Symonds, pub., 40. + + Syntax, Dr., 49. + + Tabart, pub., 44. + + Tales of the Classics, 42, 50. + + Titles from the German, 50. + + Titles from the Spanish, 51. + + Taylor, pub., 45. + + Taylor, J., Manual of Laconics, 9. + + Temple, countess, 51. + + Testament, Old and New, 42, 46. + + Thomas, Percy, portrait of Whistler by, 52. + + Timperley’s Printer’s manual, 25, 32. + + Title page, 12, 13, 18. + + Truewit, T., pseud., 14. + + Twelve years ago, 51. + + Twice married, 51. + + Urban, Sylvanus, pseudonym of the editors of the Gentleman’s Magazine, + 18. + + Vater Unser, a tale, 51. + + Ventilation, an essay on, supposititious title given as an + illustration, 12. + + Vernon, Mrs., 44. + + Versailles, 43. + + Victoria, princess, 45, 50. + + Village incidents, 51. + + Virginia, 49. + + Wales, Travellers in, 48. + + Wallis, pub., 51. + + Ward, pub., 44, 49, 51. + + Warne, pub., 41, 44, 46. + + Washbourne, pub., 45. + + Wertheim, pub., 46, 48. + + Whately, Arch., 36. + + Wheatley, H. B., on indexes, 31. + + Whistler, catalogue of his etchings, 52. + + Whittaker, pub., 42, 44, 47, 50, 51. + + Woman, 51. + + Workwoman’s guide, 51. + + Winchester, Bishop of, 46. + + Youth’s magazine, 46. + +------------------------------------------------------------------------ + + + + + Transcriber’s Notes + + +This file uses _underscores_ to indicate italic text. + +There were significant errors and inconsistencies in the printed index; +to address these, ditto marks and some dashes have been expanded, and +punctuation in the index, including for entries and sub-entries, has +been silently corrected and standardized. Some entries that were +originally out of alphabetical order have been reordered. + +In the list of works, all punctuation has been retained as printed, +except for a few apparent printer’s errors. + +Itemized changes from the original text: + + • Table of Contents: Corrected page number for section “Of different + descriptions...” from 15 to 14 to match actual pagination + • p. 16, n. 12: Missing comma supplied after “Bolton Corney” + • p. 17: Corrected “bcause” to “because” + • p. 25, n. 26: Opening quotation mark omitted before “A universal + alphabet...” + • p. 32: Corrected “lankey” to “lanky” + • p. 38: Supplied period after “1” to match other list entries + • p. 41: Supplied period after “by a lady” in entry 44 + • p. 41: Replaced center dot with period after “by a lady” in entry 17 + • p. 47: Supplied period apparently omitted by printer after “Lond” in + entry 92. + • p. 51: Supplied period apparently omitted by printer after “Countess + Temple” in entry 138. + • p. 52: Corrected “Twelve years a go, atale” to “Twelve years ago, a + tale” in entry 141 + • p. 52: Corrected “Encyclopœdia Brittanica” to “Encyclopædia + Brittanica” + • p. 53: Added dividing line before “A few words on Swimming” for + consistency + • p. 58: Corrected “Arithmetical class book” to “Arithmetical + class-book” in index to match reference in text + • p. 54: Corrected “different discriptions of” to “different + descriptions of” + • p. 55: Corrected “Fictious names of authors” to “Fictitious names of + authors” + • p. 57: Corrected “Spain yesterday and to day” to “Spain yesterday and + to-day” + • p. 58: Corrected “Truewitt, T.” to “Truewit, T.” in index to match + reference in text + +Ditto marks in the index have been replaced with text. + +New original cover art included with this eBook is granted to the public +domain. + + + +*** END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 75849 *** diff --git a/75849-h/75849-h.htm b/75849-h/75849-h.htm new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b4d2699 --- /dev/null +++ b/75849-h/75849-h.htm @@ -0,0 +1,3634 @@ +<!DOCTYPE html> +<html lang="en"> + <head> + <meta charset="UTF-8"> + <title>Aggravating Ladies | Project Gutenberg</title> + <link rel="icon" href="images/cover.jpg" type="image/x-cover"> + <style> + body { margin-left: 8%; 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As however, the essential +points to be attended to, in the proper description of +a book, are little understood, I thought it would be desirable +to prefix to the list a few suggestions on the way to +supply correct information. These gradually developed, so +that I soon found the subject required more space, more +time, and more consideration than I at first imagined.</p> + +<p class='c010'>In the hope that I might obtain assistance from others, +and with a view to getting hints and exciting discussion, +I wrote an article for “Notes and Queries,” which was +printed in the numbers for January and April of 1872, +entitled, “How to describe a Book.” I now go more fully +into the matters that I consider require attention in the +proper description of a book.</p> + +<p class='c010'>An explanation of the title of this essay will no doubt +be looked for in the preface. It is very simple. In my +searches for the Authors’ names, the ladies in this list +have resisted all enquiry in the most aggravating manner. +Therefore I took the title of Aggravating Ladies as being +concise and appropriate.</p> + +<p class='c010'>The information asked for relates only to English Literature +of the 19th century, to which period I confine myself +entirely. The anonymous and pseudonymous writers +during this century being more than sufficient to occupy +a whole life of laborious application.</p> + +<p class='c010'><span class='pageno' id='Page_6'>6</span>I have not included in the list any phrases such as:—A +Lady of Rank—A Lady of Distinction—A Lady of Hebrew +faith—A Banished Lady—A Young Lady—A too generous +Young Lady—nor, A Lady of distinction, who has witnessed +and attentively studied what is esteemed truly graceful and +elegant amongst the most refined nations of Europe (!) The +pseudonym of the author of The Mirror of the Graces, or an +English lady’s costume [treating of] … taste … grace; modesty +… dress …; rank … in life; … of accomplishments; … the mind +… means of preserving beauty …; by a lady, &c. London, +Crosby & Co., 1811.</p> + +<p class='c010'>On the other hand I have inserted some titles which have +been entered in different catalogues as by “a lady,” when +those words do not occur on the title. Such works probably +being really written by a lady, the publisher naturally desired +they should go forth with that impress of good faith +and with all the prestige attaching to that talismanic little +word.</p> + +<p class='c010'>As I have already explained, my list comprises only works +published in the present century, whose authors are unknown +to me. I have a longer list of works by “a lady,” whose +names are known, and who have therefore ceased to be aggravating. +I do not give the title when I know the name of +the author because I am now seeking not supplying information.</p> + +<p class='c010'>Another list as long as that I give at the end I have not +printed, not having been able to see the books themselves +so as to describe them from actual inspection.</p> + +<p class='c010'>I shall be grateful for information as to any of the works, +or the lives of these Aggravating Ladies.</p> + +<p class='c011'>38, Doughty Street, W.C.</p> +<p class='c012'>July, 1880.</p> + +</div> + +<div class='pbb'> + <hr class='pb c004'> +</div> + +<div><span class='pageno' id='Page_7'>7</span></div> +<div class='chapter' id='prelim'> + +<div> + <h2 class='c005'>PRELIMINARY REMARKS.</h2> +</div> +<hr class='c006'> + +<p class='c013'>What’s in a name?</p> + +<p class='c014'>Ask the booksellers, and they will tell you, <em>much</em> in the title-page +of a new book.…</p> + +<p class='c014'>The making up of a taking title-page, seems to have been +the peculiar province of the bookseller, time out of mind.—<cite>Fly +leaves.… London</cite> [published and edited by] <cite>John +Miller</cite>, 1854.</p> + +<p class='c009'>After a perusal of my list I think every gentleman will +agree with me that Ladies really are very aggravating. It +would be curious to hear the exclamation of any lady who +has written as “A lady,” upon looking it over. She would +probably exclaim that when she wrote as “A lady,” she +thought she was the only one, or at all events one of the +first.</p> + +<p class='c010'>The authoress of: “How to dress on £15 a year as a +lady, by a lady,” would no doubt be surprised to find such +a long list for the present century alone. I mention this +flowing and somewhat vigorously written little work; but it +is of too recent a date for me to make any enquiry for the +author’s name, especially as it is a secret that, from the present +popularity of the book, is not likely to be long kept.<a id='r1'></a><a href='#f1' class='c015'><sup>[1]</sup></a> +For I have remarked that though these ladies do not like +placing their names on their books, yet there is little desire +to disguise the authorship, and enquiries are generally soon +satisfied if a work has attained any success. They like +to see themselves in print, so long as there is no infringement +of the patent of modesty.</p> + +<p class='c010'><span class='pageno' id='Page_8'>8</span>The inference from this is that my list is composed chiefly +of works that have not become famous or popular, which is +the fact. If secresy were their object, it has to the present +time been attained, for they have defied my researches. +Nevertheless I believe that to some one of the author’s +friends or relations she has been known, but “no man is a +prophet in his own country,” and friends and relations very +often care too little for what literary ladies are doing to +follow Captain Cuttle’s advice and “make a note” of an +author’s name. Knowledge is often the greatest enemy to +the recording of facts. People often know so well whom a +book is by, that they are not even aware of its pseudonimity. +The majority of novel readers never know the name of the +author, nor do they care to enquire, and much prefer reading +a novel “By the author of” some previous work which has +interested them.</p> + +<p class='c010'>In many cases I am asking for information which the +authoresses do not conceal, and which is well known though +unknown to me.</p> + +<p class='c010'>Thus I ascribe my not knowing the name of the author +rather to the fact of there being no one to make a note of it +when found, than any desire on the fair writer’s part to remain +unknown. When a lady has written her first work as “a +lady” she seldom adopts that denomination in her second +work; but more frequently uses the term “By the author of” +the previous work, or “By a lady, author of,” etc.</p> + +<hr class='c016'> +<div class='footnote' id='f1'> +<p class='c010'><a href='#r1'>1</a>. Since this was written (1875) the author’s name has been +divulged, and there has also been a Chancery Suit in relation to the +work. I have put the book in the list which follows as an illustration +of some of my remarks.</p> +</div> + +</div> +<div class='pbb'> + <hr class='pb c004'> +</div> + +<div><span class='pageno' id='Page_9'>9</span></div> +<div class='chapter' id='howtodesc'> + +<div> + <h2 class='c005'>HOW TO DESCRIBE A BOOK.</h2> +</div> +<hr class='c006'> + +<p class='c013'>“If you are troubled with a pride of accuracy, and would +have it completely taken out of you, print a catalogue.” +(Author unknown).</p> +<p class='c017'>Dr. Aikin used to say, that nothing is such an obstacle to +the production of excellence as the power of producing +what is pretty good with ease and rapidity. <cite>The Circulator</cite> +[1825] quoted in the Manual of Laconics by John +Taylor, 1838, p. 361.</p> + +<p class='c009'>Practice is the best, if not the only way to learn how to describe +a book. Simply reading descriptions of what to do is of +little use. Indeed practice is found to teach so much, that we +often find authors of bibliographical books cancelling the early +portions of their works in order to correct those defects and +deficiencies which experience has brought forcibly to their +notice. Such was the case with the first part of Quérard’s +France Littéraire, which was called in and cancelled; and the +Bibliotheca Cornubiensis of Boase and Courtney, published +by Longmans in 1874.</p> + +<p class='c010'>Every one must be guided by their particular requirements; +but must never lose sight of the absolute necessity there is +of following a system rigidly, and of being accurate.</p> + +<p class='c010'>With these preliminary remarks I will now proceed to give +some hints derived from my own experience.</p> + +</div> +<div class='pbb'> + <hr class='pb c004'> +</div> + +<div><span class='pageno' id='Page_10'>10</span></div> +<div class='chapter' id='catalog'> + +<div> + <h2 class='c005'>CATALOGUING.</h2> +</div> +<hr class='c006'> + +<p class='c013'>“The sheet-anchor of cataloguing-work, as of all other true +work that a man has to do, is accuracy.”—<cite>Edward Edwards</cite> +(Memoirs of Libraries, 1859, vol. II. 868).</p> +<p class='c017'>… “l’exactitude est le meilleur fondment du succès des +livres de bibliographie.”—Quérard, Omissions et bévues +du livre intitulé La Littérature Française contemporaine +… 1848, p. xv.</p> +<p class='c017'>“As bibliographers, we cannot indeed but wish, that the +catalogue of every library were a bibliographical dictionary +of its books…. There is no species of literary labor so +arduous, or which makes so extensive demands upon the +learning of the author, as that of the preparation of such +works.”—Smithsonian Report on the construction of catalogues.… +By C. C. Jewett.… 1853, p. 10.</p> +<p class='c017'>“It is impossible to labor successfully, without a rigid +adherence to rules. Although such rules be not formally +enunciated, they must exist in the mind of the cataloguer +and guide him, or the result of his labors will be mortifying +and unprofitable.”—Ibid, p. 17.</p> + +<p class='c009'>I have used the word Bibliography, but I must warn the +student that it is meaningless, or, rather, its meanings are +so numerous and varied, being used for every sort of thing +connected with books, that for any scientific purpose the +word is useless. Bibliotheca also is used amongst other +things to express a miscellaneous collection of titles; whether +good, bad, or indifferent, matters little.</p> + +<p class='c010'>What is wanted is a short word which shall express +that a book is accurately described. The word catalogue +is worse for its indefinite meaning than bibliotheca or bibliography. +The science or art of describing books has no +technical term.<a id='r2'></a><a href='#f2' class='c015'><sup>[2]</sup></a></p> + +<p class='c010'><span class='pageno' id='Page_11'>11</span>In describing books, accuracy is the one thing to attain. +And the object should be so to describe the book, that anybody +else shall be certain from the description that a particular +book they have in hand is the one described.</p> + +<p class='c010'>So difficult did Prof. De Morgan consider this, with regard +to early printed books that he said if he had to do his work +on “Arithmetical Books” over again he would invariably +describe some defect or error in the printing.</p> + +<p class='c010'>I now propose to give some hints on this subject, premising +that there is at present no “Grammar” of Bibliography—nothing +settled, no recognized authority.</p> + +<p class='c010'>Supposing a person were about to make a catalogue of a +library, or even of a few books, the first thing to do is to lay +down certain rules, to be strictly adhered to, or adopt rules +laid down by another for that purpose. This has been done +for many years past by the librarians of our National Library. +So that there at least we have a Catalogue that we can depend +upon so far as it goes: how far that is the rules inform +us. Several of them simply provide against the prevailing +loose notions of cataloguing. Rules for example to tell us +that titles are written straight on as they are found, or in +the language in which the book is written and not in another, +read like satires on ignorance. And yet how necessary they +are.</p> + +<p class='c010'>These rules, invaluable as a guide to every catalogue +maker, will be found printed in the: Catalogue of printed +books in the British Museum, volume 1. London, printed +by order of the trustees, MDCCCXLI, in folio; the Preface is +signed by the editor Sir Antonio Panizzi, and examples of the +rules will be found in: A handbook for Readers at the British +Museum, by Thomas Nichols, assistant in the British Museum, +London, Longman, 1866, p. 51. This useful little work unfortunately +has no index. A catalogue drawn up according +to the rules of the Museum will be found in: “A list of +the books of reference in the Reading room of the British +Museum.”</p> + +<p class='c010'>The rules are ninety-one in number but for small libraries +where provision is not required for every language under the +sun, a smaller number would be sufficient.<a id='r3'></a><a href='#f3' class='c015'><sup>[3]</sup></a></p> + +<p class='c010'><span class='pageno' id='Page_12'>12</span>Whatever rules are determined upon should be printed +in the catalogue, so that those who consult it may know at +once whether or not they are likely to find what they want +and how.</p> + +<hr class='c018'> + +<p class='c010'>The first question that arises is the amount of title page +information to be given. To abbreviate or not abbreviate +becomes the difficult question. It generally resolves itself +into one of expense, and abbreviated titles are determined +upon.</p> + +<p class='c010'>I now therefore treat of the matter as it is, and not as it +should be, for if I treated it as it should be, namely with +full titles, I should have little to say.</p> + +<p class='c010'>He must have been a bold man who first began to abbreviate +titles for a catalogue. It is a most unsatisfactory practice, +though now having long precedent for its use. It is +like cutting off a leg or an arm, the body can still go on, it +is true, but it is nevertheless mutilated.</p> + +<p class='c010'>The more title page information a bibliotheca gives the +greater will be its usefulness. Everything, however, is subordinate +to the proper description of the book. If that is +done upon certain principles and rules, the cataloguer will +at least be consistent, which few of the present day are.</p> + +<p class='c010'>Every word of a title may be given and yet be inaccurate, +on the other hand half the title may be left out and yet be +accurate<a id='r4'></a><a href='#f4' class='c015'><sup>[4]</sup></a> though not perfect as I shall presently show.</p> + +<p class='c010'>The ordinary and most popular way of referring to or +describing a book is to reverse everything and alter the title. +For example, let us suppose it is stated that in 1868 Messrs. +Longman published an octavo volume of 800 pages by George +Brown, entitled a Treatise on the best mode of ventilation. +Here everything is topsy turvy, besides being incorrectly +called a treatise instead of an essay.<a id='r5'></a><a href='#f5' class='c015'><sup>[5]</sup></a> The proper title +being: An historical essay on ventilation, by George Brown, +London, Longman, 1868, octavo, pp. xv. 786.</p> + +<p class='c010'>Instances of this kind of thing the student will find at +every turn, in every publication, periodical or otherwise.</p> + +<p class='c010'><span class='pageno' id='Page_13'>13</span>Another bad practice is cutting short the title page and +explaining in a note what the book is about almost in the +words of the author, so that all the necessary information is +given, only incorrectly instead of correctly, an example of +which, taken from Lowndes, will be found in my list.</p> + +<p class='c010'>The difficulty is not to find instances of looseness in describing +books, but to find instances where they are properly +described. I know of few bibliothecas, English or foreign, that +can be relied on.</p> + +<p class='c010'>Probably these will appear to some trivial matters. Yet +what thought and anxious consideration do most authors +give to the titles of their works, before they finally suit their +fancy; frequently, indeed, not being satisfied with them as +sent forth to the world. How has the author considered +whether he will put his own name, or whether he will write +under a fictitious name, or his initials, or simply call himself +“A Gentleman,” or designate himself by the office he holds +as “A Magistrate.” Then, with what difficulty has he at +last settled upon a publisher, and for what a number of +reasons may he have done so. And yet some ruthless barbarian, +who is totally ignorant of all the trouble that has +been taken, and who knows nothing of the subject, cuts down +our author’s title without hesitation. Or perhaps, what is +still more astonishing, an author himself, although he has +given the matter so much thought, will sometimes on being +asked, send a list of his works, in which not a single title +shall be correct, in which he will leave out all the first words, +erroneously state the subject as in the book instead of as it +appears on the title page: omit to say when published, +whether with his own name or not; and, finally, and almost +invariably, leave out the publisher’s name, which cost him +so much pains to decide on.</p> +<hr class='c016'> +<div class='footnote' id='f2'> +<p class='c010'><a href='#r2'>2</a>. The reader can refer to Notes and Queries, 4 Series IX, p. 8, +for some remarks on the inconvenient length of bibliographical words.</p> +</div> +<div class='footnote' id='f3'> +<p class='c010'><a href='#r3'>3</a>. Since the above was written a most exhaustive and useful +work rendering a reference to any other almost superfluous has been +published, entitled “Rules for a printed dictionary catalogue by +Charles A. Cutter,” forming part II of the Special Report on public +libraries in the United States, Washington, 1876.</p> +</div> +<div class='footnote' id='f4'> +<p class='c010'><a href='#r4'>4</a>. Instead of “inaccurate” and “accurate,” I had written +the words “unbibliographical” and “bibliographical,” but as I have +already explained that word does not at present necessarily include +accuracy, which word will better explain what I wish to impress +on the student.</p> +</div> +<div class='footnote' id='f5'> +<p class='c010'><a href='#r5'>5</a>. Refer to the remarks of Bolton Corney “On the new general +Biographical dictionary”, p. 33.</p> +</div> + +</div> +<div class='pbb'> + <hr class='pb c004'> +</div> + +<div><span class='pageno' id='Page_14'>14</span></div> +<div class='chapter' id='ofdiff'> + +<div> + <h2 class='c005'>OF DIFFERENT DESCRIPTIONS OF BOOKS.</h2> +</div> +<hr class='c006'> + +<p class='c013'>Catalogues must have nothing to do with distinctions +between celebrity and obscurity. They must aim at serving +the tyro no less than the professor.—<cite>Edward Edwards</cite> +(Memoirs of Libraries, 1859, II., p. 836).</p> + +<p class='c009'>Books may be classed under four heads, namely (1) Autonymous—(2) +Polyonymous—(3) Pseudonymous, and—(4) +Anonymous.</p> + +<p class='c010'>1. Autonymous, the first and most common is with the +author’s name either on the title-page, or if not on the title-page, +signed to a preface, introduction, letter, or dedication, +or in some part of the book, or at the end. Speeches though +usually anonymous with regard to the reporting or editing, +are frequently catalogued under the name of the speaker as +autonymous.</p> + +<p class='c010'>2. Polyonymous, is with several authors’ names. It is +usual to enter them under the name of the first author, with +cross references from the others.</p> + +<p class='c010'>3. Pseudonymous, without the author’s name, but with +a fictitious name or designation, thus giving some indication +as to the author, though possibly a very slight one. No +matter in what part of the book the pseudonym appears, the +work is pseudonymous.<a id='r6'></a><a href='#f6' class='c015'><sup>[6]</sup></a></p> + +<p class='c010'>In cataloguing, the pseudonym should no more be left out, +than the author’s name. If an author uses a pseudonym on +the title, but gives his real name in the book, it is not pseudonymous, +but must be catalogued as autonymous. In this +<span class='pageno' id='Page_15'>15</span>case, as in all others, the pseudonym should be given, even if +the title is abbreviated. In fact the pseudonym for bibliographical +purposes takes the place of the author’s name. I +have not space here to enumerate the different classes of +pseudonyms, of which there are many varieties.<a id='r7'></a><a href='#f7' class='c015'><sup>[7]</sup></a></p> + +<p class='c010'>4. Lastly an Anonymous book is one without the author’s +name, whether on the title page, or any part of the book. +The word anonymous has been and still is very indiscriminately +used to include pseudonymous. The cataloguer must +be careful not to be betrayed into this error so fruitful of +inaccuracy. This class of books has resisted the most strenuous +efforts of the learned to bring it within rules, every +rule for cataloguing such books requiring an exception. With +anonymous works having simple titles, such as “Aggravating +Ladies” (supposing a work to be published anonymously +with such a title) the task is easy. Though even this +example will illustrate the difficulty of the subject, for there +are only two words and there are two ways of cataloguing, +each having advantages. By one system it would come +under “Aggravating” and by the other under “Ladies.” +According to the system of Audiffredi<a id='r8'></a><a href='#f8' class='c015'><sup>[8]</sup></a> and of Barbier<a id='r9'></a><a href='#f9' class='c015'><sup>[9]</sup></a> +<span class='pageno' id='Page_16'>16</span>and of a similar work on English authors<a id='r10'></a><a href='#f10' class='c015'><sup>[10]</sup></a>, it would be +catalogued by the first word, and for such works this is the +most approved method<a id='r11'></a><a href='#f11' class='c015'><sup>[11]</sup></a>. According to the Rules of the +British Museum it would be catalogued under Ladies.</p> + +<p class='c010'>It affords matter for consideration when we find it stated +that “An anonymous work is seldom read with confidence or +quoted as an authority.”<a id='r12'></a><a href='#f12' class='c015'><sup>[12]</sup></a></p> + +<p class='c010'>Many publications intended expressly for youth, and therefore +requiring some guarantee that they are fit for the purpose, +are published without the author’s name, though frequently +with an indication of sex.</p> + +<p class='c010'>It may probably be that little as is the credit given to the +anonymous or pseudonymous work, for in the above quotation +both are meant, it would obtain less if it had the author’s +real name<a id='r13'></a><a href='#f13' class='c015'><sup>[13]</sup></a>.</p> + +<p class='c010'>To shew that a book was published without the author’s +name, whether anonymous or pseudonymous, some bibliographers +have put an asterisk or star at the beginning of the +title. I am not aware that this, or indeed any plan has +systematically been adopted in any English work, except +within the last few years. In his learned Essay On the Literature +of Political economy, p. x, J. R. McCulloch says: +“When the name of the author of a work is included between +brackets, it shows that it was published anonymously.” He +<span class='pageno' id='Page_17'>17</span>uses anonymous here in the sense of without the author’s +name, and to include pseudonymous. I made use of the star +in the Handbook of Fictitious Names in 1868, but only to +indicate anonymity, and not as Quérard uses it. In Notes +and Queries for the 6th April, 1872, I suggested the adoption +of a line — to shew that a book was published pseudonymously. +And I made use of both signs in my Bibliographical +list of Lord Brougham’s publications. These +signs have the advantage of attracting the eye, and declaring +at once the class of book. On the other hand they +cannot be used for foot notes, are likely to be overlooked +in printing, and there is always great difficulty in +getting readers to find out what signs mean. On the whole +after much consideration I have determined for the future +to use simply abbreviations of the words anonymous and +pseudonymous which everybody understands without explanation.</p> + +<p class='c010'>As in describing a book the principal object is to enable +the student to identify it, so that there may be no doubt that +the cataloguer’s remarks upon a certain book apply to that for +which the reader is searching. It is less important that autonymous +works should be catalogued so fully as anonymous, +<a id='tn-because'></a>because the author’s name is at once a guide. For though +two autonymous works bear the same title their authors’ +names would be different. But not so with two anonymous +works having the same title.</p> + +<p class='c010'>Pseudonymous works, in which the pseudonym is a name +and not a phrase or denomination, would come in the same +category.</p> + +<p class='c010'>For anonymous, and frequently for pseudonymous works +it is not only desirable to give the full title, but to supplement +it with any further information that will help identification. +As for example, if the book is printed at a different +place to that of sale or publication<a id='r14'></a><a href='#f14' class='c015'><sup>[14]</sup></a> or if dated and addressed +from what would appear to be the author’s residence, +or if there is any allusion in the work or the advertisements<a id='r15'></a><a href='#f15' class='c015'><sup>[15]</sup></a> +to other publications of the same author. Examples of +<span class='pageno' id='Page_18'>18</span>all will be found in my list. Though a book be anonymous +so far as the title page informs us, yet if pseudonymous from +the preface or introduction being signed with a fictitious +name, or with initials or denomination, or other qualification, +it should be catalogued as pseudonymous. Thus following +the rule with regard to autonyms. Except when signed:—The +Author, The Editor, The Translator, Himself, or Herself, +of which it is best to take no notice, even if on the title. +Such works should be considered anonymous without even +giving cross-references from those words.</p> + +<p class='c010'>Of whatever description, whether autonymous, or anonymous, +or pseudonymous, the first words of the title, or the +half title, should be quoted correctly, and exactly as they +occur, and to this rule there should be no exception, whether +for bibliographical lists, or for the purpose of citation as an +authority. For in the latter case, however familiar the work +cited may be, there are sure to be readers unfamiliar with it, +to whom a loose reference will cause trouble. The half title +or any abbreviation of the title, if used by the author of the +book may be adopted.</p> + +<p class='c010'>Few things cause greater waste of time amongst literary +men than the habitually careless manner in which they give +references. Not only should a book be correctly described, +but the edition or date and page ought to be added. Bibliographers +(which term I here use to mean persons who have +concerned themselves with the description of books) have +sinned terribly in this respect by giving descriptions of books +at second, or even third-hand, and repeating the mistakes +and blunders of the original authority. Title pages are like +rumours, the oftener they are repeated the more incorrect +they become. The student should never rely upon a catalogue +for the description of a book, unless the compiler has +adhered strictly to rules. A statement in bibliothecas, biographical +dictionaries, or catalogues, that a work is anonymous, +can never be relied upon<a id='r16'></a><a href='#f16' class='c015'><sup>[16]</sup></a>.</p> + +<p class='c010'><span class='pageno' id='Page_19'>19</span>After the first few words of the title every abbreviation or +omission should be indicated by three dots … close together +not thus. . . . This is a better method than using an +“etc.,” a sign which from the carelessness of authors is frequently +found on title-pages of books, and if used by both +authors and cataloguers we should never know which. As +few authors could explain the meaning of an “&c.” on the +title, it is not likely that readers can guess.</p> + +<p class='c010'>It has been customary to omit mottoes without any indication +of the omission, and this has been done in one of the +most bibliographical works published in England<a id='r17'></a><a href='#f17' class='c015'><sup>[17]</sup></a>. I +only know of one work of importance where special notice is +taken of such omissions.<a id='r18'></a><a href='#f18' class='c015'><sup>[18]</sup></a></p> + +<p class='c010'>If a title page has a motto its omission should be shewn +thus [motto].</p> + +<p class='c010'>To print mottoes when numerous or lengthy in an extensive +work seems quite out of the question. When short it +<span class='pageno' id='Page_20'>20</span>is a luxury the bibliographer may occasionally indulge in. +I confess that this is one of the points I have felt extremely +puzzled about. I never abbreviate or omit anything from a +title-page without fear and trembling, which is intensified in +the case of mottoes. They frequently in one short verse, or +sentence, give the pith of a book, and my fear is that some +one in the future should wonder how I could be so stupid as +to suggest their omission.</p> + +<p class='c010'>All additions should be indicated with the same care by +placing them between brackets [ ]. Additions in titles +should be as few and as short as possible, all explanatory +matter can be given in a note.</p> + +<p class='c010'>Sometimes authors use brackets or parentheses on the title +pages. When this is the case, if of no use or unimportant, +they should be left out by the cataloguer. For instance, +when an author has the words [Reprinted from, &c.] in the +title. To omit the brackets is the least misleading, for if +left in it would look as if this information were not supplied +by the author, and if (<span lang="la"><i>sic</i></span>) were put it would not be understood +as referring to the brackets.</p> +<hr class='c016'> +<div class='footnote' id='f6'> +<p class='c010'><a href='#r6'>6</a>. For a curious instance see the Handbook of Fictitious Names, +p. 94. One who is <span class='sc'>But</span> an attorney; and One who thinks for himself +<abbr title='spell'><span lang="fr"><i>i.e.</i></span></abbr> T. Truewit.</p> +</div> +<div class='footnote' id='f7'> +<p class='c010'><a href='#r7'>7</a>. A list, unfortunately containing many errors, will be found at +the end of “A notice of the life and works of J. M. Quérard by +Olphar Hamst: London, J. R. Smith, 1867.” This list is adopted by +John Power in his “Handy-book about books,” with all my errors +and a good stock of his own to boot. There is an extended treatise +on pseudonyms in the introduction to either edition of Quérard’s +“Supercheries Littéraires Devoilées.” The subject is also treated of in +M. Octave Delepierre’s “Supercheries littéraires, pastiches,” Londres, +Trübner, 1872. Probably the earliest treatise is that entitled “Auteurs +déguisez,” Paris, 1690, by Adrien Baillet, but published without +his name.</p> +</div> +<div class='footnote' id='f8'> +<p class='c010'><a href='#r8'>8</a>. Audiffredi’s work, referred to in the Report on the British +Museum (1850, p. 469), it is entitled “Bibliothecæ Casanatensis catalogus +librorum typis impressorum,” tom 1-4, A-K. Roma, 1761-1788, +fol., and is quoted by Barbier at p. xlviii of the work referred +to in the next note.</p> +</div> +<div class='footnote' id='f9'> +<p class='c010'><a href='#r9'>9</a>. Dictionnaire des ouvrages anonymes et pseudonymes … +par A. A. Barbier … Paris, 1806, 4 vols, 8o. It is curious to note +that Barbier had not settled in his own mind at the date of the +above the first edition, what was an anonymous work. He describes +it as one upon the title page of which the author is not named, and he +then states that sometimes the author’s name is found in the work; but +he says it is the custom to class them all as anonymous and not to distinguish +different degrees of anonymity. In the second edition in +1826 he very properly eliminated so far as he was able such works +as contained the authors’ names. For many things the first edition +is better than the second, in which many of the titles we are told +were abbreviated. In the third and last and best edition, part of +which was published in 1872, his son, (see p. xxix., note) has so +far as he was able, re-instated such titles because so many editors +and others still continue to consider a work anonymous if the +author’s name does not occur on the title page. This is a step +backwards, and the sooner M. Olivier Barbier throws the editors +and others overboard the better.</p> +</div> +<div class='footnote' id='f10'> +<p class='c010'><a href='#r10'>10</a>. A prospectus was issued in 1872, with the title: A dictionary +of the anonymous and pseudonymous literature of Great +Britain by the late Samuel Halkett.—See Notes and Queries 4 s. +IX., p. 403.</p> +</div> +<div class='footnote' id='f11'> +<p class='c010'><a href='#r11'>11</a>. And is recommended in a pamphlet entitled: Hints on the +formation of small libraries, by W. E. A. Axon, London, Trübner +[1869] reprinted in: A handy book about books, by J. Power, Lond., +J. Wilson, 1870, p. 156, and he adopts it in: The literature of the +Lancashire dialect, a bibliographical essay, by W. E. A. Axon, 1870.</p> +</div> +<div class='footnote' id='f12'> +<p class='c010'><a href='#r12'>12</a>. <a id='tn-boltoncorney'></a>Bolton Corney, “On the new general Biographical dictionary,” +1839, p. 15.</p> +</div> +<div class='footnote' id='f13'> +<p class='c010'><a href='#r13'>13</a>. For examples see Notes and Queries 3rd s. XII, 394, and the +Handbook of Fictitious Names.</p> +</div> +<div class='footnote' id='f14'> +<p class='c010'><a href='#r14'>14</a>. Many London publishers have printing houses out of town, +in such cases the place of printing is no guide.</p> +</div> +<div class='footnote' id='f15'> +<p class='c010'><a href='#r15'>15</a>. Advertisements should generally be preserved. If, however, +a book has been through a binder’s hands there is little chance of their +surviving. Never send a book to the binder without special instructions +to preserve the advertisements and covers or wrappers, and +mark every page intended to be kept, otherwise there is a barbarous +custom amongst binders, arising from ignorance or cupidity, of denuding +every pamphlet of the covers and advertisements which frequently +teem with matter useful in after years. Binders like to treat books +like convicts, and shave their heads.</p> +</div> +<div class='footnote' id='f16'> +<p class='c010'><a href='#r16'>16</a>. Those who desire to see examples of several classes of errors +to be avoided can refer to the following works. On the new general +Biographical dictionary: a specimen of amateur criticism in letters +[signed Bolton Corney] to Mr. Sylvanus Urban [motto] London: Shoberl, +1839, 8o. A remarkable piece of criticism indispensable to +every biographer or bibliographer.</p> + +<p class='c010'>Arithmetical books … being brief notices of a large number of +works drawn up from actual inspection by Augustus de Morgan … +London, 1847. See the preface and introduction to this valuable and +interesting work. The English catalogue of books, 1864, makes an +edition of this work with the date 1853, at 2s 6d. Being desirous of +possessing this, I wrote to the learned Professor to know where it +was to be obtained, and what difference there was, he replied:—“The +difference between the 1st and 2nd edition of my Arithmetical Books, +is the difference between something and nothing, which, let Hegel +say what he will, is a very great difference. There is not any second +edition, nor I think, will be.” Refer also to an article by De Morgan +in the Companion to the Almanac for 1853, entitled “On the difficulty +of correct description of books,” pp. 5 to 19, full of various and useful +matter.</p> + +<p class='c010'>Handbook of Fictitious names of authors of the XIXth Century … +by Olphar Hamst …, 1868, p. xi.</p> + +<p class='c010'>Dictionnaire des ouvrages anonymes par A. A. Barbier, 3e. ed., 1872, +see the note by Olivier Barbier on the second page of the advertisement +to the first volume.</p> +</div> +<div class='footnote' id='f17'> +<p class='c010'><a href='#r17'>17</a>. A descriptive catalogue of Friends’ books, … by Joseph Smith, +in two vols, … 1867.</p> +</div> +<div class='footnote' id='f18'> +<p class='c010'><a href='#r18'>18</a>. This is the: Catalogue of the Manchester free library, reference +department, prepared by A. Crestadoro, … 1864, where the +omission is indicated by three stars.</p> + +<p class='c010'>In my “List of works on Swimming,” I give full titles, including +mottoes of all the books I was able to see. In my “Bibliographical +list of Lord Brougham’s publications,” I indicate the place of the +motto on the title.</p> +</div> + +</div> +<div class='pbb'> + <hr class='pb c004'> +</div> + +<div><span class='pageno' id='Page_21'>21</span></div> +<div class='chapter' id='matters'> + +<div> + <h2 class='c005'>MATTERS TO BE ATTENDED TO IN CATALOGUING.</h2> +</div> +<hr class='c006'> + +<p class='c013'>In arranging a number of rules, it is difficult to please every +reader. I have frequently been unable to satisfy myself; +and therefore, cannot expect that the arrangement which +I have at last adopted will give universal satisfaction.—<span class='sc'>W. +Lennie</span>, The principles of English grammar … 34th ed., +Edinb., 1854, p. 4.</p> +<p class='c017'>Cataloguers may comment upon, but should never alter +what it has been deemed right to state on the title page +of a book by those who have framed it.—Art of making +catalogues, &c. [by A. Crestadoro], 1856, p. 14.</p> + +<p class='c009'>In cataloguing or describing a book six points at least +should be kept in view as necessary to its identification.<a id='r19'></a><a href='#f19' class='c015'><sup>[19]</sup></a></p> + +<p class='c010'>(1.) Title.</p> + +<p class='c010'>(2.) Name of author, and sometimes description.</p> + +<p class='c010'>(3.) Place of publication.</p> + +<p class='c010'>(4.) Publisher’s name, and sometimes address.</p> + +<p class='c010'>(5.) The date of publication.</p> + +<p class='c010'>(6.) The size.</p> + +<p class='c010'>If full titles (that is, an exact transcript of the title from +beginning to the end), are given, it will only be necessary for +the cataloguer to supply in its proper, or most suitable place, +such of the above information as is not on the title-page.</p> + +<p class='c010'>If abbreviations be adopted several considerations arise.</p> + +<p class='c010'>(1.) As to so much of the title as occurs before the author’s +name we have already said that the first few words should +<span class='pageno' id='Page_22'>22</span>be copied word for word, and afterwards every omission +should be denoted by dots.</p> + +<p class='c010'>(2.) The name of the author should not be abbreviated, if +it renders it difficult to distinguish between two with the +same initials. If the author’s qualifications are omitted or +abbreviated, dots … of omission should be inserted. A description +after a name is often very important and useful in +determining the degree of credit to be attached to the work, +but they are frequently so numerous that they are too long +for most catalogues.</p> + +<p class='c010'>Works in more than one volume generally have the number +on the title, as “In three volumes, vol 1.” Take no +notice of “Vol I.,” but invariably state the number of volumes +in the order in which it occurs on the title-page. The number +of volumes, however, is not always stated; in some works +each volume simply has “Vol I,” or “Vol II,” on the title, +when this is so, the number of volumes should be stated +after the date thus: “1873, in three volumes, octavo.” +The reader would then know whether the number of volumes +was stated on the title or not.</p> + +<p class='c010'>There will be cases where this rule will not sufficiently +indicate the fact, as for instance, when the first does not, +but the second does, state the number of volumes. A note +will meet this case, if necessary.</p> + +<p class='c010'>It may appear to some that so trifling a matter is unworthy +of note, but with this the cataloguer has nothing to do. His +business is to note facts however trivial, whether anybody +should ever require them is not in his province.</p> + +<p class='c010'>(3.) Place of publication. Several places of publication +are frequently given in the imprint of a book, when this is +the case, the first place should, at all events, be given, and +if the book is not printed as well as published there, the +place where it is printed should be stated.</p> + +<p class='c010'>(4.) The Publisher’s name we seldom find in any list of +books. I never recollect to have seen it in any catalogue of +a library, and in very few bibliographical works. And yet +it is often of great importance. In cataloguing works without +the author’s name it should seldom if ever be omitted, +however much the title is abbreviated. The publisher’s +address may often be added with advantage, especially in +cases where he is little known. For many firms who have +been issuing works from the same house for a century or +even longer, it seems superfluous.<a id='r20'></a><a href='#f20' class='c015'><sup>[20]</sup></a></p> + +<p class='c010'><span class='pageno' id='Page_23'>23</span>Both name and address of publishers may be abbreviated +without marks of omission, a rule having been made to that +effect, so that the reader may be apprised of the fact. Some +small elementary works have as many as ten or fifteen places +and double that number of publishers in the imprint, these +of course would not be given in full unless with some special +object.</p> + +<p class='c010'>The publisher’s name when well known is also important +as frequently giving a character, or guarantee, if not of the +literary worth of a book, at all events of its sincerity.</p> + +<p class='c010'>If the publisher is also the author, but does not signify +that fact, the book must be considered anonymous. The +publisher’s name (that is the author’s) must be repeated, as +would be the case if written by another person.</p> + +<p class='c010'>Privately printed<a id='r21'></a><a href='#f21' class='c015'><sup>[21]</sup></a> works are frequently issued without +the name of a publisher or bookseller, though less frequently +without that of a printer, which if not on the title should be +supplied in parenthesis or in a note.</p> + +<p class='c010'>(5.) The date of publication, if not on the title, will like +the author’s name, be frequently found in some other part +of the book. It should then be supplied after the last word +on the title in parenthesis. If not in the book, it should be +put between brackets [ ], and if uncertain with a note of +interrogation.</p> + +<p class='c010'>Stereotyped books are generally without dates of publication +for certain commercial reasons. Only superficial readers +are duped by the artifice, for the first object of the literary +student would be to determine approximately the date of +issue. When the preface is not dated it is no doubt as often +through thoughtlessness as intention.</p> + +<p class='c010'>In quoting a work that has passed through numerous editions, +it is often useful to give the date of the first.</p> + +<p class='c010'>There is a practice amongst publishers of post dating books +issued towards the end of a year.<a id='r22'></a><a href='#f22' class='c015'><sup>[22]</sup></a> This practice will +account for the dates of books in some bibliothecas, biographies +and catalogues, sometimes being a year earlier than +<span class='pageno' id='Page_24'>24</span>the date on the book. The title having been copied from +an advertisement or a review of the work apparently before +publication. When known to the cataloguer the actual year +of issue should be supplied in brackets immediately after +the date of the title.</p> + +<p class='c010'>(6.) With the different descriptions of sizes of books Professor +De Morgan was so exasperated that after giving descriptions +of how the sheets of a book are folded he says, +“The words <i>folio</i>, <i>quarto</i>, <i>octavo</i>, <i>duodecimo</i>, <i>decimo-octavo</i>, +refer (in his book) entirely to size, as completely as in a +modern sale catalogue, the maker of which never looks at +the inside of a book to tell its form. All the very modern +distinctions of <i>imperial</i>, <i>royal</i>, <i>crown</i>, <i>atlas</i>, <i>demy</i>, &c., &c., +&c., I have relinquished to paper-makers and publishers, who +alone are able to understand them.”<a id='r23'></a><a href='#f23' class='c015'><sup>[23]</sup></a></p> + +<p class='c010'>All the words in use to describe sizes are useless. They +convey no definite idea to the reader, for the simple reason +that nothing definite as to size is meant. The only definite +meaning is that the paper is folded into certain divisions, +and not that the paper or print is of a particular size. A +quarto is often the size of an octavo, and an octavo the size +of a quarto, duodecimo, or anything else. Nevertheless +though not certain, the terms do in most cases, enable us to +guess at the probable or approximate size. The only way to +be certain of the size is to state it in inches.<a id='r24'></a><a href='#f24' class='c015'><sup>[24]</sup></a> Probably +few literary men would put up with the trouble of measuring.</p> + +<p class='c010'>Compilers of Catalogues of modern books may content +themselves in most cases with the terms at present in use.<a id='r25'></a><a href='#f25' class='c015'><sup>[25]</sup></a></p> + +<p class='c010'>Novels are generally described in the advertisements as +<span class='pageno' id='Page_25'>25</span>“post octavo,” which is not octavo at all, but duodecimo. +The mis-description is of little importance, for everybody +knows about the size of the modern three volume novel, +a little larger now than at the beginning of the century.</p> + +<p class='c010'>It is annoying that so small a matter as the size of a +book should occupy so much space. It has always been a +subject of difficulty. A bookseller as such, in his sale catalogues, +will describe a book as 12mo, but when he compiles +a bibliographical list he will describe it correctly as octavo, +though the actual size is what is looked upon as duodecimo.</p> + +<p class='c010'>These points are strictly necessary for ordinary catalogues, +but they will not satisfy all enquiries, for we cannot tell +from them whether it is a book or a pamphlet that is described. +It is therefore desirable to add the number of pages. +In the paging we have as much variety as in the sizes, +authors, publishers, and printers, not having the slightest +thought for bibliographers, and the infinite trouble of collation.</p> + +<p class='c010'>A book should be paged in as simple a manner as possible. +This is a rule that has never been attended to, and so long +as authors do not know their own minds never can be. If +the printer begins the paging regularly, and the author +thinks irregularly, and recollects something that has been +left out, irregular paging will be the result.<a id='r26'></a><a href='#f26' class='c015'><sup>[26]</sup></a></p> + +<p class='c010'>Always count from the very first printed page belonging +to the book, excluding advertisements. Give the paging as +printed, that is, in the same characters. If leaves occur unpaged, +either before those paged or after, use arabian numerals +to denote those unpaged.</p> + +<p class='c010'><span class='pageno' id='Page_26'>26</span>Sometimes an octavo book begins with, say xii. numbered +pages and then occur four unnumbered, and then we have +page 1 on signature B, numbered consecutively to page 253, +and three pages of appendix and errata beyond. Describe it +thus: octavo pp. xii., and 4, and 253, and 3. But if 4 and 3 +are numbered with roman numerals, it should be thus:—octavo, +pp. xii., and iv., 253, iii., because this is more accurate. +We use the same kind of numerals used in the book. +It is, however, not a matter of much moment, provided +the correct number of pages is given in the collation.</p> + +<p class='c010'>I do not use the sign plus (xii.+iv.+iii.) because it makes +the figures look more uninteresting, and signs enough occur +in the titles themselves.</p> + +<p class='c010'>The price at which a book is published is often unascertainable, +and it is useful to insert it, though it has nothing +to do with its literary or scientific value. But in this as in +every other particular it is impossible to say what the student +may require, and its omission might make a man of +genius waste precious hours which it is the special object of +the true bibliographer to save.</p> + +<p class='c010'>If the price is mentioned on the title page, accuracy requires +that it be given in its regular order, whether at the +beginning or end of the title. Instances will be found in the +list of works by a lady at the end.</p> +<hr class='c016'> +<div class='footnote' id='f19'> +<p class='c010'><a href='#r19'>19</a>. The student may refer to the useful little pamphlet above +quoted, entitled: The art of making catalogues of libraries, or a +method to obtain in a short time, a most perfect, complete, and satisfactory +printed catalogue of the British Museum library, by a reader +therein [Dr. Crestadoro], Lond. 1856, p. 38.</p> +</div> +<div class='footnote' id='f20'> +<p class='c010'><a href='#r20'>20</a>. I must remind the student that I am only writing for present +century books, I have no experience of cataloguing old books.</p> +</div> +<div class='footnote' id='f21'> +<p class='c010'><a href='#r21'>21</a>. For examples the student can refer to the only English work +on the subject, of which two editions have been issued, viz., Martin’s +Bibliographical catalogue of privately printed books. It is necessary +to have both editions in consequence of the death of the author, +unfortunately interrupting the completion of the second.</p> +</div> +<div class='footnote' id='f22'> +<p class='c010'><a href='#r22'>22</a>. See the article referred to (p. 19) by Prof. De Morgan, in the +Companion to the Almanac.</p> +</div> +<div class='footnote' id='f23'> +<p class='c010'><a href='#r23'>23</a>. Arithmetical Books, p. xii.</p> +</div> +<div class='footnote' id='f24'> +<p class='c010'><a href='#r24'>24</a>. This plan is advocated in a work I cannot too strongly recommend. +It is indispensable to every librarian. The learned author +thoroughly studied all the various systems in vogue, and founds almost +a code for the cataloguer upon them. It is the:—Smithsonian Report +on the construction of catalogues of libraries and their publication by +means of separate stereotyped titles, with rules and examples, by +Charles C. Jewett, Librarian of the Smithsonian Institution, second +edition. Washington, published by the Smithsonian Institution, +1853, 8vo, pp. xii., 96. Since the above was written Mr. Cutter’s +Rules have appeared (see p. 11), and should be referred to.</p> +</div> +<div class='footnote' id='f25'> +<p class='c010'><a href='#r25'>25</a>. For what these are, and how to know them, I must refer the +reader to the Smithsonian Report, previously quoted, or to a note by +Charles Naylor on “the size of a book” in Notes and Queries for 10 +Feb., 1872, 4th s., ix. p. 122.</p> +</div> +<div class='footnote' id='f26'> +<p class='c010'><a href='#r26'>26</a>. The most disorderly book I know in this respect is:—<a id='tn-disorderly'></a>A +universal alphabet grammar and language, … by George Edmonds, … +[1856] quarto:—The following is the collation. Its length would +generally preclude its being given in a bibliotheca. First we have the +preface vii pages, then a table of contents vii pages; the introduction +34 pages, a half-title unpaged, then 152 pages, then another half-title +unpaged, then pp. 44 and iii., then corrigenda pp. ix., then a +half-title and “the Dictionary,” forming a third of the book entirely +unpaged, then the addenda paged separately pp. 3. Sometimes the +figures of paging are at the side, sometimes in the middle, sometimes +at the top and sometimes at the bottom! Timperley in his “Printer’s +Manual” (1838) p. 18, says, “Running titles may be set to an index, +but folios are seldom put unless with a view to recommend the book +for its extraordinary number of pages; for as an index does not refer +to its own matter by figures, they are needless in this case.” When +the trouble that a variety of pagings gives the bibliographer, is considered, +it is to be hoped that the simplicity I recommend will be +adopted as much as possible.</p> +</div> + +</div> +<div class='pbb'> + <hr class='pb c004'> +</div> + +<div><span class='pageno' id='Page_27'>27</span></div> +<div class='chapter' id='style'> + +<div> + <h2 class='c005'>STYLE OF PRINTING.</h2> +</div> +<hr class='c006'> + +<p class='c009'>I now come to a few minor points of printing, for in a +catalogue nothing is so trivial as not to require attention.</p> + +<p class='c010'>In the previous observations I have treated of things that +are invariable, they must be attended to, in any list of books, +there is no room for exercise of taste, they go to the very +root of a good catalogue, and are laws dictated by accuracy.</p> + +<p class='c010'>But the manner in which a title is printed in a list or +catalogue, or biography is a matter of taste, and we therefore +give the following hints merely as suggestions<a id='r27'></a><a href='#f27' class='c015'><sup>[27]</sup></a>, hoping +that they will commend themselves to all who print title-pages. +Have as few capitals as possible in the title, none +except for names of persons or places. Titles of persons may +well be printed without capitals, as prince, marquess, lord, +not Prince, Marquess, Lord.</p> + +<p class='c010'>Take for example the following title, which, printed according +to the usual method would be:—</p> + +<p class='c010'>“Speeches by the Lord Chancellor; Lord Brougham, Lord +Cottenham; and Lord Campbell, in The House of Lords, on +Tuesday the 9th, August, 1842, at giving Judgment in the +Appeal, the Rev. John Ferguson and others, Appellants, +against the Earl of Kinnoull, and the Rev. R. Young, Respondents, +with the Judgments appended, from Mr. Gurney’s +Shorthand notes,” &c.</p> + +<p class='c010'><span class='pageno' id='Page_28'>28</span>I prefer this title-page for catalogue purposes to be printed +thus:</p> + +<p class='c010'>Speeches by the lord chancellor [Lyndhurst], lord Brougham, +lord Cottenham, and lord Campbell in the house of +lords, on tuesday the 9th august, 1842, at giving judgment +in the appeal, the rev. John Ferguson and others, appellants, +against the earl of Kinnoull and the rev. R. Young, respondents; +with the judgment appended from Mr. Gurney’s +shorthand notes. Edinb. James Gall and son [1842], 8o, +pp. 36, 1s. The improvement in appearance of this title and +the facility in reading, counterbalance all such objections +as that we are accustomed to Lord, and not lord, or Tuesday, +and not tuesday. The compilers of the [English] Law +List have long since discarded capitals for the names of +streets with great advantage, for example they print, “gray’s-inn-square,” +not Gray’s Inn Square: “court of exchequer”; +“house of lords,” &c. The Catalogue of the Advocates library, +lately printed, is a good example; refer for instance to the +title under Bullion, vol I., 1867, p. 763, a title that in ordinary +catalogues would bristle with capitals.</p> +<hr class='c016'> +<div class='footnote' id='f27'> +<p class='c010'><a href='#r27'>27</a>. Most of which have been acted on, if not carried to their +fullest extent in my study, already referred to: “A bibliographical +list of lord Brougham’s publications,” printed in Lord Brougham’s +Works, … Edinb., A. and C. Black, 1873, vol XI., pp. 463 to 486.</p> +</div> + +</div> +<div class='pbb'> + <hr class='pb c004'> +</div> + +<div><span class='pageno' id='Page_29'>29</span></div> +<div class='chapter' id='punct'> + +<div> + <h2 class='c005'>PUNCTUATION.</h2> +</div> +<hr class='c006'> + +<p class='c009'>The punctuation should also be carefully considered. +Everything in bibliography is at present very much over +punctuated, half, if not two thirds, might be dispensed with +to the lessening of the expense, and the great advantage +in the appearance.</p> + +<p class='c010'>Imagine you are copying a sentence instead of a title page, +and punctuate and put capitals accordingly. If writing that +a work was by an author, nobody would write By, neither +need it have a capital for a copy of a title.</p> + +<p class='c010'>Mr. Henry Stevens has advocated and adopted this +method in his later catalogues and notably in the:—“Bibliotheca +geographica and historica or a catalogue of a +nine days sale of rare & valuable … books … et cetera … +with an essay upon the Stevens system of photobibliography +by Henry Stevens GMB [<abbr title='spell'><span lang="fr"><i>i.e.</i></span></abbr> gatherer of musty +books] … [with a photograph of] Ptolemy’s World by Mercator +1578 Part I. to be dispersed by auction by +Messrs Puttick and Simpson … London Henry Stevens at +the Nuggetory 4 Trafalgar square July 25 1872.”</p> + +<p class='c010'>The title, which I have abbreviated nearly one third, has +upwards of two hundred words in it without a single mark +of punctuation, except after “Part I.” where it seems to have +got in by accident. Throughout his titles, he uses stops +very sparingly. Any word which is complete requires no +stop. Thus: “vols” requires no stop after it, because it is +a finished abbreviation, but vol. does<a id='r28'></a><a href='#f28' class='c015'><sup>[28]</sup></a>.</p> + +<hr class='c016'> +<div class='footnote' id='f28'> +<p class='c010'><a href='#r28'>28</a>. Mr. Stevens’ work contains an essay on catalogues, teeming +with useful suggestions, as indeed might be expected from one who +has had such long and varied experience.</p> +</div> + +</div> +<div class='pbb'> + <hr class='pb c004'> +</div> + +<div><span class='pageno' id='Page_30'>30</span></div> +<div class='chapter' id='thebegin'> + +<div> + <h2 class='c005'>THE BEGINNING AND THE END.</h2> +</div> +<hr class='c006'> + +<p class='c013'>The unwise seem to be of opinion that any fool can index, +but we have already seen that the wise think differently.—Wheatley’s +What is an index? 1879, p. 41.</p> + +<p class='c009'>The beginning of every book should be a table of contents, +or an analytical table, or both, and the end a good index.</p> + +<p class='c010'>I can scarcely over estimate the importance which I +attach to the index. A book may almost as well be unwritten, +as be without an index.</p> + +<p class='c010'>The publications by “a lady,” are exceedingly deficient +in indexes. It is amazing that authors who must have felt +the want of indexes in the works of others should publish +their own without such helps.</p> + +<p class='c010'>It would occupy too much space to give all the opinions +I have collected of different authors entreating others never +to publish a book without an index. Allibone never loses +an opportunity, in his Dictionary of English Literature, of +impressing upon his readers the importance of indexes. See +more particularly an article of absorbing interest under the +name of Samuel Ayscough of the British Museum, celebrated +for his most useful indexes to Shakespeare, to that grand storehouse +of information “The Gentleman’s Magazine” (obit. +1868), to “the Monthly Review,” and other works. Of such +importance indeed does Allibone consider indexes, that, not +content with insisting on them throughout his three ponderous +volumes, he, on the very last page, gives a note “Concerning +Indexes.” Often a good index obtains for a book a +prominent position it might not otherwise obtain; as, for +example, Godfrey Higgins’s “Anacalypsis,” which is said to +be in the reading room of the British Museum, from its containing<a id='r29'></a><a href='#f29' class='c015'><sup>[29]</sup></a> +<span class='pageno' id='Page_31'>31</span>“thousands of statements cited from all quarters, +and very well indexed.” What would Watt’s Bibliotheca +Britannica be without its two volumes of index to two volumes +of authors. Bibliographical and biographical works beyond +everything require the most minute indexes.</p> + +<p class='c010'>Formerly I was in love with the scientific look of a number +of indexes, but I am now convinced that two heads are +not better than one in this case and that one index is more +useful than two. A person who consults an index wants to +find something as quickly as possible, if there is only one +index he cannot consult the wrong one first.</p> + +<p class='c010'>It has been suggested by Prof. De Morgan that historians +by having no indexes, think to oblige their readers to go +through their works from beginning to end. The contrary +being the result.</p> + +<p class='c010'>If book buyers made a rule of not buying a book without +an index, authors and publishers would then supply that +want.</p> + +<p class='c010'>Beware, however, of snares, for such there are in this as +in all else, big books with lean, <a id='tn-lanky'></a>lanky, and starved indexes.</p> + +<p class='c010'>Since the above was written the “Index Society” has +come into existence, and published an indispensable little +work, entirely devoted to this subject entitled: What is an +index? a few notes on indexes and indexers by Henry B. +Wheatley … [motto] London, Longmans 1879. Besides being +useful this is a most amusing book.</p> +<hr class='c016'> +<div class='footnote' id='f29'> +<p class='c010'><a href='#r29'>29</a>. Athenæum, 2 Aug. 1856, p. 953, quoted by Allibone in his +Dictionary, p. 843. See also p. 3140, and refer also to Ayscough, +Mary Cowden Clarke, Godfrey Higgins, John Nichols, and other +articles in Allibone and to his Alphabetical Index to the New Testament, +Phil. [1868], published under his initials only.</p> +</div> + +</div> +<div class='pbb'> + <hr class='pb c004'> +</div> + +<div><span class='pageno' id='Page_32'>32</span></div> +<div class='chapter' id='oferr'> + +<div> + <h2 class='c005'>OF ERRORS.</h2> +</div> +<hr class='c006'> + +<p class='c013'>What still remains to be taken notice of are the <em>errata’s</em>,… +Sometimes they are put by themselves on the even side of +a leaf, so as to face the title. But though this is very +seldom done, it is a pity that it should ever have come into +the thoughts of anyone to do it at all; for it is a maxim +to bring errata’s into as narrow a compass as we conveniently +can, and to put them in a place where they +can make no great show: since it is not to the credit +of a book, to find a catalogue of its faults annexed. It +is therefore wrong policy in those who make errata’s +appear numerous and parading, in hopes of being thought +very careful and accurate; when they only serve to witness +an author’s inattention at a time when he should have +been of the opposite inclination. But the subterfuges +that are used by writers upon this occasion, are commonly +levelled at the printer, to make him the author +of all that is amiss; whereas they ought to ascribe it to +themselves: … whoever has any ideas of printing, must consequently +know that it is impossible to practice that art +without committing errors; and that it is the province +of an author to rectify them. For these several reasons +it will appear how material it is not to make an erratum +of every trifling fault.…—John Smith’s Printer’s +grammar, 1755, quoted in Timperley’s Printer’s Manual, +1838, p. 19.</p> +<p class='c017'>Le nouvel <em>Errata</em>, je le répète, est long, d’une longueur +inaccoutumée. Les auteurs semblent avoir honte d’avouer +les fautes qu’ils ont commises, ou qu’on commet pour +eux; je n’ai pas cette pudeur menteuse; je confesse les +fautes de mon livre.—<span class='sc'>A. Jal</span>: préface de la seconde édition +du Dict. Crit. de Biographie et d’histoire, 1872.</p> + +<p class='c009'>It is next to impossible to avoid errors, more especially in +bibliographical works, with numbers of names and figures. +All that can be done to avoid them, of course, should be; +but with the most minute and constant supervision errors +will creep in and oversights occur.</p> + +<p class='c010'><span class='pageno' id='Page_33'>33</span>This, however, is no reason for adopting eccentricities. +For example, Professor De Morgan in his “Arithmetical +Books,” adopted the singular plan of giving the dates twice, +in figures and in words, the latter being abbreviated, and +after all, as he himself shows, he was still liable to commit +the very errors he desired to provide against.</p> + +<p class='c010'>His plan never has been, and I hope, never will be adopted +by any one else. It is original, but highly inconvenient and +unbibliographical in the extreme. It is to be hoped that if +a new edition is ever published we shall have proper title +page information in a proper manner, and be spared such +eccentricities as beginning the title-page from the bottom +instead of the top.</p> + +<p class='c010'>I may here remark that the learned Professor went upon +the right principle, he excluded no book on the ground of +unimportance, or worthlessness. He described no book +unless he had seen it, which was also J. R. McCulloch’s +plan in his “Literature of Political Economy” (1845), but +he unfortunately described only select works, without even +giving a brief list of what he considered rubbish, simply saying, +“We have proceeded on a principle of selection; and +neglecting the others, have, with exceptions, noticed those +works only which appear to have contributed to develop +sound principles, or to facilitate their adoption.” The consequence +is if we find a book unmentioned by him, it at once +becomes a question whether he excluded it because it was +worthless, or because he had not seen it.</p> + +<p class='c010'>There is a large class of errors arising from the habit of +one writer copying another, instead of each going to original +sources.</p> + +<p class='c010'>The errors prevalent in biography and bibliography were +pointed out by Mr. Bolton Corney years ago. I think it is +unnecessary for me to give here any further criticisms on +the method which should be pursued. The student who +wishes to go deeper into the subject can refer to Bolton +Corney’s pamphlet: “On the New General Biographical +Dictionary,” already noticed.</p> + +<p class='c010'>The work I have quoted above by M. Jal is a large volume +consisting almost entirely of articles in correction of those +existing in other works.</p> + +<p class='c010'>No statement of any former writer should be taken for +granted, if there is any more original source. Compilers of +Dictionaries sin greatly in this respect. The reason is probably +that to be correct requires so much time and research +<span class='pageno' id='Page_34'>34</span>that it does not pay to be accurate if much time is consumed.</p> + +<p class='c010'>The safest way to avoid errors would be to compare the +proof of every title page with the book itself, but the labour +would be enormous, and I doubt if it is practicable in most +cases. Nevertheless, it is the surest way. At the same time +I would not discourage anybody from attempting a catalogue +or bibliotheca, although nobody can expect to do anything +of much value without accuracy, the greater the accuracy +the greater the value.</p> + +<p class='c010'>Nothing is satisfactory but actual inspection of the books +themselves. We have quite enough of descriptions of books +at second, third, or fourth hand, in nearly all existing works, +and it is time now to go upon “a new and improved principle.” +Mr. W. Carew Hazlitt in the preface to his “Collections +and Notes,” 1876, has some interesting remarks on +this subject to which the student can refer.</p> + +</div> +<div class='pbb'> + <hr class='pb c004'> +</div> + +<div><span class='pageno' id='Page_35'>35</span></div> +<div class='chapter' id='onthem'> + +<div> + <h2 class='c005'>ON THE MEANS OF IDENTIFYING THE AUTHORS OF ANONYMOUS AND PSEUDONYMOUS PUBLICATIONS.</h2> +</div> +<hr class='c006'> + +<p class='c009'>It constantly happens that “a lady,” in one of her later +publications will mention a former one. In this case it is +necessary to look at the publication so referred to, when it +will be ascertained if it is anonymous. Works are also +advertised at the end of others, either as published, or forthcoming, +and these works themselves must all be looked at.</p> + +<p class='c010'>A most extensive library is requisite for references such as +these. Indeed, it frequently happens that the works required +cannot be found even in the enormous library of the British +Museum.</p> + +<p class='c010'>To take the following as an example, in Mrs. H. Mozley’s: +Louisa, or the bride, by the author of the fairy bower +[motto]. London, James Burns, Portman street, and Henry +Mozley & sons, Derby, 1842, 12o, pp. 302.</p> + +<p class='c010'>It is pseudonymous. We find advertised at the end by +the same author: Bessie Gray, or the dull child. Hymns +for children on the Lord’s Prayer, our duty to God and scripture +history. Robert Marshall, or the cleverest boy in the +school. The Stanley Ghost. The old Bridge. Some published, +others in the press, none of them, however, have I +(1872), been able to find in the Catalogue of the Library of +the British Museum<a id='r30'></a><a href='#f30' class='c015'><sup>[30]</sup></a>. They may be there nevertheless.</p> + +<p class='c010'>As another example, I have traced the following works +to the same author, without, however, ascertaining the +author’s name.</p> + +<p class='c010'>Spain yesterday and to-day, by a lady, London, Harvey +and Darton [1829?], sm. 8o.—Portugal, or the young travellers, +<span class='pageno' id='Page_36'>36</span>… 1830.—The new estate, or the young travellers in +Wales and Ireland, by the author of Portugal, … 1831.—The +East Indians at Selwood, or the orphans’ home, by the +author of Portugal; the new estate, &c., &c., Lond. Darton +and Harvey, 1834, small 12o.—Gleanings from many fields, +by the author of Portugal, the new estate, &c., &c., Lond., +Darton and Harvey, 1834, 12o.</p> + +<p class='c010'>Sometimes it is possible to make a tolerably certain guess +at the author, from the similarity in style, or some trick of +the author, as in the punctuation, or the use of italics, as by +Archbishop Whately, or the constant use of the dash, as in +the works of James Flamank.</p> + +<p class='c010'>But in all cases corroborative evidence is necessary. For +how wrong a guess of this kind may be has been amply illustrated +in Notes and Queries.</p> + +<p class='c010'>Every celebrated man has had numerous publications attributed +to him by people who professed themselves quite +certain of the authorship, from the style and subject matter.</p> + +<p class='c010'>There is at present no book which will give any help in +an investigation like the present. In the “Handbook of +Fictitious Names,” at pages 7 and 8, only seven real names +of ladies are revealed, with a note to the effect that there +were upwards of fifty works unknown.</p> + +<p class='c010'>The very useful series of catalogues published by Messrs. +Bent, Hodgson, and Sampson Low, the English Catalogue of +the latter being the best of the kind, afford great assistance.</p> + +<p class='c010'>The London catalogue of books, 1814-1851, has a classified +index, and in this anonymous works are frequently attributed +to their real authors, though without any indication +of their anonymity.</p> + +<p class='c010'>The British catalogue also has a subject index.</p> + +<p class='c010'>The following include the majority of publications from +1800 to the present time, except pamphlets and privately +printed works.</p> + +<p class='c010'>The London catalogue of books … since the year 1800 to +March 1827, Lond. pub. for the executor of the late W. +Bent by Longman &c. 1827, 8o.</p> + +<p class='c010'>The London catalogue … 1814 to 1846.</p> + +<p class='c010'>The London catalogue … 1816 to 1851, Lond., Thomas +Hodgson 13 Paternoster row and sold by Longman &c., +1851, 8o.</p> + +<p class='c010'>The classified index to the London catalogue … 1816 to +1851, London T. Hodgson 1853, 8o.</p> + +<p class='c010'><span class='pageno' id='Page_37'>37</span>The British catalogue of books published from oct. 1837, +to dec. 1852 … by Sampson Low, vol. 1. general alphabet, +Lond. S. Low & son, 1853.</p> + +<p class='c010'>In this the dates of publication were added for the first +time. The author published an Index to the above in 1858, +in which he acknowledges the assistance of Dr. Crestadoro.</p> + +<p class='c010'>The English catalogue of books, published from january, +1835, to january, 1863, comprising the contents of the +“London” and the “British” catalogues, and the principal +works published in the United States of America and Continental +Europe … compiled by Sampson Low [and assistants], +London, S. Low Son & Marston, 1864, r. 8o. And +continuations to the present time. So that we thus have +names of authors and index of subjects from 1814 to the +present time. For the years from 1800 to 1814, Watt’s +Bibliotheca Britannica can be referred to.</p> + +<p class='c010'>I will now give an illustration.</p> + +<p class='c010'>Information we will say, for example, is sent to the following +effect:—</p> + +<p class='c010'>“Sir,—Seeing that you are collecting, with a view to publication, +names of authors of the nineteenth century, I beg +to say that I was well acquainted with Miss Seaman, who +died about the year 1830, a notice of whom you will find in +the Ryde papers. She wrote ‘Some Observations on Girl’s +Schools and Boarding Schools,’ but whether with her name +or not I forget. Also, about 1822, was published, by Smith +of London, an interesting religious tale called Lily, and in +16o, 1825, a capital little work on the choice of books, +with advice about Miss Edgeworth’s Novels.”</p> + +<p class='c010'>It will be evident to anyone that the whole of the above +requires verification, a labour of hours, perhaps days, which +might have been saved by a little bibliographical knowledge +on the part of our informant.</p> + +<p class='c010'>On investigation it appears, then, that our informant has +scarcely given a single date or title correctly.—1. Miss Seaman +died in 1829, not 1830.—2. The reference to the Ryde +papers is useless, as too wide for verification, and inaccessible.—3. +The title of each of her works is given from recollection, +or rather, from no recollection, and they are all incorrect.—4. +The titles are made up.—5. Words not in the title-pages +are interpolated without notice.—6. The size of the +book is placed before the date—<abbr title='spell'><span lang="fr"><i>i.e.</i></span></abbr> it is interpolated, and in +fact everything is reversed.</p> + +<p class='c010'><span class='pageno' id='Page_38'>38</span>The above information might be best put in this form.</p> + +<p class='c010'><span class='sc'>Seaman</span> (Lucy) the daughter of a Captain in the Royal +Navy, born at Ryde, the 23 May, 1801, wrote several works +which are held in high estimation, and died of consumption +on the 15 September, 1829. The following are the only +publications I know of from her pen; but as she published +without giving her name, there are probably others that are +unknown.</p> + +<p class='c010'><a id='tn-remarks'></a>(1.) Remarks on education, as at present conducted, especially +with reference to private tuition and the system of +boarding schools for young ladies, London (printed at Ryde), +for the author, 1822, 12mo, pp. iv. 33, anon.</p> + +<p class='c010'>The authoress says, that her father’s early death making +her, while very young, acquainted with the routine of teaching, +was the cause of her publishing these remarks.</p> + +<p class='c010'>(2.) Little Lily, a moral tale for children, by a lady, +author of Remarks, &c., Lond. J. Smith, 1823, 8o, pp. 115, +2s 6d, pseudon.</p> + +<p class='c010'>This is the first edition of this excellent little book, the +second and subsequent editions of which were published with +her name.</p> + +<p class='c010'>We observe that a book entitled “Little Lily’s travels, +Lond. Nelson, 1860,” has been published; but it is a different +work to the above.</p> + +<p class='c010'>(3.) Miss Maria Edgeworth’s tales compared with other +works of fiction; to which is added advice for the selection, +and a list of works most suitable for children, by the author +of Little Lily, &c., Lond., J. Smith, 1826 [1825], 18o, pp. +xi and 200, 3s, auton.</p> + +<p class='c010'>In this she complains of her failing health, and expresses +her great respect for the writings of her friend Miss Edgeworth.</p> + +<p class='c010'>Here it will be observed that the first work is strictly +anonymous, as the abbreviation “anon,” indicates, that is +to say, it has no name on the title-page, nor any name, pseudonym, +nor initials to the preface; and has in fact no clue +whatever as to who is the author, as the reference to her in +the imprint cannot be considered such. But from the book +being printed at Ryde for the author, though published in +London, it may be inferred that she resided at Ryde at the +time.</p> + +<p class='c010'>The second work is pseudonymous, as the abbreviation +“pseudon,” indicates.</p> + +<p class='c010'>The third work would appear also by the title-page to be +<span class='pageno' id='Page_39'>39</span>pseudonymous, it is not so, as the preface is signed by the +authoress, and the abbreviation “auton,” warns us that it is +autonymous.</p> + +<p class='c010'>In conclusion, I hope that my observations will not dishearten +the student who is ambitious of being bibliographical. +Let every one strive to do his best. But let no man +suppose he can make a good catalogue simply from his desire +to do so and without previous study. It is no use saying +a man must be accurate, he cannot until he has studied +the art of bibliography, and learned what has already been +done in that science; so that by taking note of the errors of +his predecessors, he may attempt a catalogue on the most +modern and improved principles, and thereby contribute towards +the advancement and improvement of bibliography.</p> + +</div> +<hr class='c016'> +<div class='footnote' id='f30'> +<p class='c010'><a href='#r30'>30</a>. I have lately (May 1880) searched again, but still do not find +them.</p> +</div> +<div class='pbb'> + <hr class='pb c004'> +</div> + +<div><span class='pageno' id='Page_40'>40</span></div> +<div class='chapter' id='list'> + +<div> + <h2 class='c005'>LIST OF WORKS BY A LADY.</h2> +</div> +<hr class='c006'> + +<p class='c013'>“Bibliography is a dry occupation,—a caput mortuum,—it +is a borrowed production, which brings very little grist to +the mill; and so difficult and tedious is the object, of laying +before our eyes all the real or reported copies or editions +of the works enumerated, that almost every line of +our reports may be suspected of falsehood.”—James Atkinson, +Medical Bibliography, 1834, 8o [he stopped with +letter B].</p> +<p class='c017'>It is probable that every great national library contains more +works without authors’ names than with them. Of these +anonymous books, a considerable proportion will, doubtless, +belong to authors whose names are either known to, +or conjectured, more or less plausibly, by the learned bibliographer. +But if conjecture be allowed to govern the +<em>place</em> of a book in a catalogue, all reliability on it ceases.—Edward +Edwards, in the Encyclopædia Britannica, +eighth edition, 1857, Art. Libraries, p. 378.</p> + +<p class='c009'>1. An account of the celebration of the jubilee, on the 25th +oct. 1809, being the 49th anniversary of the reign of Geo. <span class='fss'>III.</span> … +collected and published by a lady. Birmingham [1809], 4o.</p> + +<div class='small'> + +<p class='c010'><span class='small'> +I should observe that I have not, out of regard to space, put in the +pagination, price, &c., and that nearly all the places of publication +are abbreviated. I have seen every book which I here describe, +mostly in the Library of the British Museum. +</span></p> + +</div> + +<p class='c010'>2. Ailzie Grierson … by a lady. Edin. Johnstone 1846, 16o.</p> + +<p class='c010'>3. Almeda, or the Neapolitan revenge, a tragic drama, by a +lady. Lond. Symonds 1801, 8o.</p> + +<div class='small'> + +<p class='c010'><span class='small'> +This is in five acts and in verse. The advertisement states that part of +the plot, which relates to the revenge of the Countess (Almeda) was +taken from the “Life of Rozelli.”—The author’s name was not known +to the editors of the Biographia Dramatica 1812. +</span></p> + +</div> + +<p class='c010'>4. An alphabet of animals, by a lady. Lond. 1865.</p> + +<p class='c010'>5. An anecdotal memoir of the princess royal of England from +her birth to her marriage [with prince Frederick William of Prussia] +by a lady. Lond. Houlston 1858, small 12o.</p> + +<div class='small'> + +<p class='c010'><span class='small'> +Prefixed are some verses signed “Mary Bennett.” +</span></p> + +</div> + +<p class='c010'><span class='pageno' id='Page_41'>41</span>6. Anecdotes of animals selected by a lady for the amusement +of her children. Lond. Darton and Harvey 1832, square 16o.</p> + +<p class='c010'>7. An appeal to the women of England to discourage the stage, +by a lady. Lond. Joseph Masters 1855, 24o.</p> + +<p class='c010'>8. The arithmetical class-book, or preparatory studies in arithmetic, +by a lady; for the use of schools, and particularly designed +as an assistant for female teachers. Lond. Harvey and Darton 1824, +12o, pp. <span class='fss'>IV.</span> 62.</p> + +<div class='small'> + +<p class='c010'><span class='small'> +In the preface, dated from “Clapham road place,” the authoress says +she has had long experience. This little work is not mentioned by +De Morgan in his list of Arithmetical books. +</span></p> + +</div> + +<p class='c010'>9. The Astrologer, a legend of the Black Forest, by a lady +[motto] in two volumes. Lond. Saunders & Otley 1846.</p> + +<p class='c010'>10. The beauties of scripture history for the use of young persons +learning English, by a lady. Paris, Ch. Duniol, 29 rue de +Tournon 1855.</p> + +<p class='c010'>11. Beauty, what it is, and how to retain it, by a lady: a companion +volume to [but not by the authoress of] How to dress on +£15 a year…. Lond. Warne [1873] 12o.</p> + +<p class='c010'>12. The book of costumes, or annals of fashion … by a lady of +rank, illustrated … new edit. Lond. Colburn 1847.</p> + +<p class='c010'><a id='list13'></a>13. The boy’s own text book, containing a text from the old +and new Testaments … selected by a lady [motto] Lond. J. F. +Shaw 1857.</p> + +<div class='small'> + +<p class='c010'><span class='small'> +I need scarcely say that this has nothing in common with “<em>The</em> Boys’ +Own Book,” as to which I had a note in “Notes & Queries” of 27 +April, 1878, p. 329. See <a href='#list71'>no. 71</a>. +</span></p> + +</div> + +<p class='c010'>14. A brief guide to happiness [through religion] by a lady, 2nd +edit. revised. Lond. Hope & Co. 1851.</p> + +<p class='c010'>15. Buds and blossoms, or stories of children, by a lady. Lond. +Hatchard [1842?]. The same work, only anonymous, was also +published by Groombridge 1852.</p> + +<p class='c010'>16. Caroline and her mother … principally upon entomological +subjects, by a lady [mottoes] Lond. Hatchard 1827.</p> + +<p class='c010'><a id='tn-catechism'></a>17. Catechism for the use of young people [motto] by a lady. +Paris, published by Galignani 1834.</p> + +<p class='c010'>18. A catechism of the history of England, by a lady. Lond. +Dolman 1850.</p> + +<div class='small'> + +<p class='c010'><span class='small'> +One of a series called Dolman’s [Catholic] catechisms. The history of +France and Germany in the same series are written by A. M. S., and +are attributed, with a query, at the British Museum, to Agnes M. +Stewart. +</span></p> + +</div> + +<p class='c010'>19. Cato, or interesting adventures of a dog, interspersed with +real anecdotes, by a lady, author of Infant’s friend—Easy rhymes, +&c. [motto] 3rd edition. Lond. J. Harris, St. Pauls’ churchyard +[1820?] 12o, pp. 175.</p> + +<div class='small'> + +<p class='c010'><span class='small'> +Dedicated to “my little girl,” by her mother. “Easy rhymes” appears +to be the only one of the above three works in the London Catalogue. +</span></p> + +</div> + +<p class='c010'><span class='pageno' id='Page_42'>42</span>20. The child’s guide to knowledge … by a lady.</p> + +<div class='small'> + +<p class='c010'><span class='small'> +The 2nd edit. 1828, the 39th edit. Lond. Simpkin, 1866. +</span></p> + +</div> + +<p class='c010'>21. The child’s manual of prayer, by a lady … Lond. Dolman +1849. Approved ✠ by Nicholas, bishop of Melipotamus.</p> + +<p class='c010'>22. The child’s own book on New-church doctrine, by a lady. +Lond. 1837.</p> + +<p class='c010'>23. The child’s pathway through the history of England, by a +lady, second edition. Lond. Jarrold (Norwich printed) [1858?]</p> + +<div class='small'> + +<p class='c010'><span class='small'> +The preface is signed Ida, Nottingham, 1855, and I think it may safely +be assumed that the authoress lived there. +</span></p> + +</div> + +<p class='c010'>24. The child’s treasure, or reading without spelling effectually +simplified … by a lady. Lond. C. H. Law, 1851.</p> + +<p class='c010'>25. Choice descriptive poetry … selected by a lady. Lond. +Whittaker, Birmingham (printed) [1852].</p> + +<p class='c010'>26. Chollerton … by a lady. Lond. Ollivier 1846, 8o, pp. 381.</p> + +<p class='c010'>27. The christian’s daily preacher … by a lady [motto] Weymouth, +1826.</p> + +<p class='c010'>28. Christmas 1846 and the new year 1847 in Ireland, letters +from a lady; edited by W. S. Gilly … price one shilling: the +proceeds of the sale to be given towards relieving the distress in +Ireland. Durham, Andrews, 1847, 12o.</p> + +<div class='small'> + +<p class='c010'><span class='small'> +“A lady,” not wishing her name published, the editor puts his as a +guarantee of good faith. +</span></p> + +</div> + +<p class='c010'>29. A compendium of ancient geography, compiled for the +young princess M. L. B*N*P**TE de M⸺T, intended as a +sequel to the abbé Gaultier’s excellent Modern geography, as a +companion to “Tales of the Classics,” and inscribed to governesses +… by a lady. Lond. Hailes, 1835.</p> + +<p class='c010'>30. A compendium of British geography, with questions, by a +lady, the author of First lessons in geography. Lond. Hailes 1828(?)</p> + +<p class='c010'>31. Compendium of universal history, by the author of 1000 +questions on the old and new Testaments. Lond. Jarrold 1844.</p> + +<div class='small'> + +<p class='c010'><span class='small'> +In both the London and English Catalogues, said to be by “a lady,” +but those words do not occur on the title. +</span></p> + +</div> + +<p class='c010'>32. Conversations on important scriptural subjects by, a lady. +Lond. Ford, Islington 1837, 16o, pp. 102.</p> + +<p class='c010'>33. Conversations on the lord’s prayer, by a lady [motto] Lond. +Simpkin—Benson and Barling. Weymouth [1851?]</p> + +<div class='small'> + +<p class='c010'><span class='small'> +The illustration is signed E. J. P. +</span></p> + +</div> + +<p class='c010'>34. Cookery made easy, by a lady [1841?] 11 edit. 1854.</p> + +<div class='small'> + +<p class='c010'><span class='small'> +We have from this author: Cheap, nice, and nourishing cookery, or +how working people may live well upon a small income … by the author +of “Cookery made easy.” Lond. Dean [1841]. +</span></p> + +</div> + +<p class='c010'>35. The cottage home … by a lady. Lond. [1864].</p> + +<p class='c010'><span class='pageno' id='Page_43'>43</span>36. The cottager’s assistant, or the wedding present, 2nd edit., +… by a lady, price 2s. 6d. with plates. Lond. Rodwell & Martin +1824, 12o, pp. <span class='fss'>VIII.</span> & 47.</p> + +<div class='small'> + +<p class='c010'><span class='small'> +Inscribed to the Viscountess Cremorne. +</span></p> + +</div> + +<p class='c010'>37. A course of … prayers … selected by a lady. Lond. Lyntot, +price 2s. 6d., 1804, 8o.</p> + +<p class='c010'>38. Cousin Rachel’s visit, by a lady. Wellington, Salop, printed +by and for Houlston, London 1827.</p> + +<p class='c010'>39. The Cousins, being amusing and instructive lessons in the +French language, 2 parts. Lond. Derby, printed [1850].</p> + +<p class='c010'>40. Craigh-Melrose priory; or memoirs of the Mount Linton +family, a novel in four vols, by a lady. Lond. Chapple 1815.</p> + +<p class='c010'>41. The crucifixion, a poem … by a lady. Lond. Cadell 1817.</p> + +<p class='c010'>42. Daily bread, or a text of scripture … selected by a lady. +2nd edit.… Liverpool 1821.</p> + +<div class='small'> + +<p class='c010'><span class='small'> +The same published by Seeley, Lond. and Grapel, Liverpool, 1840. +</span></p> + +</div> + +<p class='c010'>43. Dartmoor legends and other poems, by a lady. Exeter, +Roberts 1857.</p> + +<div class='small'> + +<p class='c010'><span class='small'> +Dedicated to her father’s friend Arthur Howe Holdsworth. +</span></p> + +</div> + +<p class='c010'><a id='tn-triplets'></a>44. Dates of the kings of England, in easy triplets, by a lady. +Lond. [1874].</p> + +<p class='c010'>45. Domestic economy and cookery, for rich and poor … +English, Scotch, French, Oriental and other foreign dishes … by a +lady. Lond. John Murray 1827, 12o.</p> + +<div class='small'> + +<p class='c010'><span class='small'> +Several editions to the present time, and if not the first, at all events +one of the earliest was published by Longmans. +</span></p> + +</div> + +<p class='c010'>46. An earnest address to young communicants, by a lady. +Lond. Rivingtons 1865.</p> + +<div class='small'> + +<p class='c010'><span class='small'> +Dedicated by permission to the bishop of Oxford. +</span></p> + +</div> + +<p class='c010'>47. Easy and familiar sermons for children, by a lady. Lond. +printed for the author, Crew and Spencer, 27 Lamb’s conduit +street and Simpkin and Marshall 1830.</p> + +<p class='c010'>48. Easy lessons in the history of England, by a lady, third +edit. Lond. Harvey & Darton 1839.</p> + +<p class='c010'>49. Easy questions and answers from the Pentateuch … by a +lady [1855].</p> + +<p class='c010'>50. Economical cookery for young housekeepers … by a lady. +Lond. 1824, 4th edit. R. Clarke 1839.</p> + +<p class='c010'>51. Educational outlines and other letters on practical duties, +to which is added a journal of a summer’s excursion made by the +author and her pupils, by a lady. Lond. Groombridge 1850, 8o, +pp. 8 and 116, with an illustration of Versailles.</p> + +<p class='c010'><span class='pageno' id='Page_44'>44</span>52. Edward Beaumont, or the efficacy of prayer, a narrative +founded on facts, by a lady. [motto] Dublin, S. B. Oldham,—Whittaker, +Lond. 1844.</p> + +<p class='c010'>53. Effie’s and the Doctor’s tales … by a lady, with (five) illustrations +by the same. Lond. Darton [1859]</p> + +<p class='c010'>54. Eight days’ journey to Matlock, by a lady. Wakefield, +printed for John Robinson, Express Office 1860.</p> + +<p class='c010'>55. An elementary compendium of music for the use of schools, +by a lady. Lond. John Murray 1835, quarto, pp. <span class='fss'>VII.</span> and 72, price +12s.</p> + +<p class='c010'>56. Emily Trevor, or the Vale of Elwy, by a lady. Lond. Simpkin, +Denbigh (printed by) T. Gee 1850.</p> + +<div class='small'> + +<p class='c010'><span class='small'> +This is inscribed to Mrs. Maconochie of Meadow-bank house. +</span></p> + +</div> + +<p class='c010'>57. English history, in the way of question and answer, by a +lady, new edit. Lond. [1839?].</p> + +<p class='c010'>58. The English mother, or early lessons on the church of +England, by a lady [mottoes] Bath (printed) W. Pocock. Lond. +Simpkin 1840, 8o, pp. xii, 84: list of subscribers.</p> + +<p class='c010'>59. Enquiries for the truth between the divided church militant +denominated Roman and Protestant, by a lady. Canterbury +(printed by) Henry Ward. Lond. Hatchard 1851.</p> + +<p class='c010'>60. Esthwaite water, a poem in three parts … by a lady. Lond. +Whittaker: Kendal (printed by) J. Hudson 1854, 8o, pp. 44, with +an engraving signed W. Banks, <abbr title='sculpsit'><span lang="la"><i>sc.</i></span></abbr> Edin.</p> + +<p class='c010'>61. Every lady her own cook; or a few practical hints as to +how the patent Crimean cooking stove can be used to the best +advantage, by a lady. Dublin, McGlashan 1857.</p> + +<p class='c010'>62. Every lady’s guide to her own greenhouse … by a lady. +Lond. Orr 1851.</p> + +<p class='c010'>63. An explanation of the ten commandments, by a lady; revised +by a clergyman of the church of England. Lond. Tabart +1802, small 12o, pp. 40.</p> + +<p class='c010'>64. An explanation of the two sacraments and the occasional +rites and ceremonies of the church of England, in a series of dialogues +between a mother (Mrs. Vernon) and her daughters (Louisa +and Mary) intended for the use of young persons. Lond. John +Murray 1828, 8o. pp. <span class='fss'>XI.</span> and 1 and 271.</p> + +<div class='small'> + +<p class='c010'><span class='small'> +Inscribed to Mr. Justice Parke. +</span></p> + +</div> +<div class='small'> + +<p class='c010'><span class='small'> +As catalogued by Lowndes in the “British Librarian,” p. 782, this +little work well illustrates some of my previous observations. +Lowndes gives part of the title, and afterwards puts a note in the +words of the rest of the title. His date is later than mine, but he +does not say it is a new edition. The following is a copy of Lowndes’ +entry:—“629. An Explanation of the Two Sacraments and the occasional +Rites and Ceremonies of the Church of England, by a Lady, +London, 1831, sm. 8vo, publ. at 5s. 6d. A series of dialogues between +a mother and her daughters, intended for the use of young persons.” +</span></p> + +</div> + +<p class='c010'><span class='pageno' id='Page_45'>45</span>65. Extracts of letters to a christian friend, by a lady, with an +introductory essay by Thos. Erskine, esq., advocate, author of +“Remarks on the internal evidences for the truth of revealed +religion,” etc., etc. R. B. Lusk Greenock. Glasgow 1830.</p> + +<p class='c010'>66. Familiar dialogues, on interesting subjects … by a lady. +Lond. Rivington 1821.</p> + +<div class='small'> + +<p class='c010'><span class='small'> +It might occur to any one that the publishers would give the author’s +name, my enquiries from this source were so constantly and uniformly +unsuccessful that I never resort to publishers now. +</span></p> + +</div> + +<p class='c010'>67. Flora and Thalia, or germs of flowers and poetry; being +an alphabetical arrangement of flowers, with appropriate poetical +illustrations [selected from various authors] embellished with +coloured plates (M. Spratt del.): by a lady [motto] Lond. Washbourne +1835, small 12o, pp. <span class='fss'>XII.</span> 200.</p> + +<div class='small'> + +<p class='c010'><span class='small'> +Dedicated by permission to the duchess of Kent and the princess Victoria. +The preface is addressed from “King’s road Chelsea.” +</span></p> + +</div> + +<p class='c010'>68. Florence Nightingale and the Russian war, a poem, by a +lady. Lond. Hatchard 1856.</p> + +<div class='small'> + +<p class='c010'><span class='small'> +The authoress says “she had the honour of being nearly connected with +one of the greatest naval commanders of the age in which he lived.” +</span></p> + +</div> + +<p class='c010'>69. Footprints for little christians, by a lady, price sixpence. +Salisbury. Lond. Simpkin [1860].</p> + +<p class='c010'>70. Garden of language [motto] London, Fisher son & co. +Newgate street 1835, 16o, pp. 31, with illustrations.</p> + +<div class='small'> + +<p class='c010'><span class='small'> +This is a sort of English grammar, and is said in the London Catalogue +to be by a lady. +</span></p> + +</div> + +<p class='c010'><a id='list71'></a>71. The girls’ own text book, containing a text … for every +morning and evening in the year: selected by a lady. Lond. J. F. +Shaw 1858, 32o, see <a href='#list13'>no 13</a>.</p> + +<p class='c010'>72. Glimpses of natural history, by a lady [motto] London, +Darton & Harvey (1843) [afterwards bought by R. Clarke] square +16o, pp. <span class='fss'>VI.</span> 199, with illustrations, some signed J. B.</p> + +<p class='c010'>73. A glimpse of Oriental Nature, pictures with verses by a +lady, with a preface by … G. R. Gleig. Lond. Dean & Son 1865, +4o.</p> + +<p class='c010'>74. Grandmamma’s first catechism, by a lady, second edition. +Oxford (printed) and London, J. H. Parker 1854, 24o, pp. 23.</p> + +<p class='c010'>75. “Guess if you can”! a collection of enigmas and charades +in verse, together with 50 in the French language, by a lady. Lond. +Bogue 1851, 8o.</p> + +<p class='c010'>76. A guide for the sick chamber, consisting of prayers, hymns +and portions of scripture selected … by a lady. Edinburgh 1837, +12o.</p> + +<p class='c010'>77. Harp of Salem, a collection of historical poems from the +scriptures, together with some reflective pieces, by a lady. Edinb. +James Taylor, Smith & co. Hunter square 1827, 12o, pp. v. 224.</p> + +<p class='c010'><span class='pageno' id='Page_46'>46</span>78. The history of David the King of Israel, in two parts, by +a lady [motto] London, printed by H. Teape, Tower hill, sold by +Blanchard, City road; Kent, Hamilton; and Keene, Dublin 1817, +12o, pp. 4 and 184.</p> + +<div class='small'> + +<p class='c010'><span class='small'> +The advertisement states that this was originally written for the Youths +Magazine, and that the first part appeared in the tenth volume of that +publication. +</span></p> + +</div> + +<p class='c010'>79. The home book, or young housekeeper’s assistant, forming +a complete system of domestic economy and household accounts, +with estimates of expenditure, &c., &c., in every department of +housekeeping founded on forty-five years’ experience, by a lady +[motto] London, Smith, Elder & co. 1829, 12o, pp. <span class='fss'>VII.</span> 175.</p> + +<div class='small'> + +<p class='c010'><span class='small'> +Starts upon the assumption that the lady’s husband has not less than +£1000 a year. +</span></p> + +</div> + +<p class='c010'>80. Hours with the Leslies, a tale for children, and Phantasie’s +birthday, a fairy tale, by a lady. London, Hope & co. 16 Great +Marlborough street 1853 [1852] large 16o, pp. 4 and 200.</p> + +<p class='c010'>81. How to dress on £15 a year as a lady, by a lady [Mrs. +Millicent Whiteside Cook] Lond. Warne 1873.</p> + +<div class='small'> + +<p class='c010'><span class='small'> +This little work was the subject of a Chancery suit, Warne the original +publisher against Routledge, the publisher of a second edition before +Warne’s was exhausted. Mrs. Cook’s royalty was one penny per +copy sold, and Warne very shortly paid her £100.—See Law Reports. +Master of the Rolls 12 June 1874 xviii. 497. +</span></p> + +</div> + +<p class='c010'>82. Hymns and thoughts for the sick and lonely, by a lady. +London. Nisbet [Bath 1848] 12o.</p> + +<div class='small'> + +<p class='c010'><span class='small'> +New edition Nisbet 1859. +</span></p> + +</div> + +<p class='c010'>83. Hymns for times of sickness and sorrow selected from +various authors by a lady, the profits of the work will be given to +the Cholera orphan home, Ham Common near Richmond … London, +Wertheim and Macintosh 24 Paternoster row [1849] small +12o, pp. 34.</p> + +<div class='small'> + +<p class='c010'><span class='small'> +Inscribed to rev. Joseph Brown, rector of Christ church, Surrey, dated +from Keythorpe Hall. +</span></p> + +</div> + +<p class='c010'>84. Ines, and other poems [motto] London, printed for Allman +1816, 8o, pp. 4 and 208.</p> + +<div class='small'> + +<p class='c010'><span class='small'> +The London Catalogue says this is by a lady, but those words do not +occur on the title. +</span></p> + +</div> + +<p class='c010'>85. Jesus the Messiah, or the Old testament prophecies fulfilled +in the New testament scriptures, by a lady, the profits to be +devoted to charitable purposes. London, Seeley and Burnside 1828, +12o, pp. <span class='fss'>XIX.</span> 264.</p> + +<div class='small'> + +<p class='c010'><span class='small'> +Dedicated to the right rev. Charles Richard lord bishop of Winchester. +</span></p> + +</div> + +<p class='c010'>86. The juvenile gardener written by a lady, for the use of her +own children, with a view of giving them an early taste for the +pleasures of a garden and the study of botany [motto] Lond. printed +for Harvey and Darton and sold by John Rodford, Hull 1824, 12o, +pp. 126.</p> + +<p class='c010'><span class='pageno' id='Page_47'>47</span>87. Kaisersworth Deaconesses, including a history of the Institution: +the ordination service and questions for self examination, +by a lady. Lond. Masters 1857, 12o.</p> + +<p class='c010'>88. The ladies’ guide to life assurance: briefly shewing the +necessity for its more extended practice amongst the female community, +by a lady. Lond. Partridge, Oakey & co. 34 Paternoster +row 1854, 18o, pp. 32.</p> + +<div class='small'> + +<p class='c010'><span class='small'> +It is dedicated by permission to the duchess of Hamilton and Brandon. +The preface is signed J. B. and dated Greenwich 24 Nov. 1854. +</span></p> + +</div> + +<p class='c010'>89. The lady’s guide to the ordering of her household and the +economy of the dinner table, by a lady. London, Smith & Elder +1861, 8o, pp. <span class='fss'>XVI.</span> 500.</p> + +<p class='c010'>90. Letters on confirmation, a manual of moral and religious +duties, designed for the young of her own sex in the upper ranks +of society, by a lady. London, Cleaver 1846, 16o.</p> + +<p class='c010'>91. Letters to my unknown friends, by a lady. Lond. printed +for Longman, &c. 1846, 8o, pp. <span class='fss'>VI.</span> 294; also 1849 and 1853.</p> + +<div class='small'> + +<p class='c010'><span class='small'> +Also author of Some passages in Modern history. +</span></p> + +</div> + +<p class='c010'>92. <a id='tn-mother'></a>The life of Mary, mother of our Lord … by a lady. Lond. +1851, 8o.</p> + +<p class='c010'>93. Lilias, or fellowship with God … by a lady [with an introduction +by … C. B. Tayler] Edin. 1859, 8o.</p> + +<p class='c010'>94. Lines addressed to prince Leopold of Saxe-Cobourg on the +death of his consort the princess Charlotte of Wales, by a lady. +Colchester, printed and sold by Swinborne and Walter; Hatchard, +London 1817, 8o, pp. 7.</p> + +<p class='c010'>95. Little Christian’s sunday alphabet, by a lady, woodcuts. +1849, 16o.</p> + +<p class='c010'>96. Mandeville, or the Lynmouth visitors, Barnstaple printed +by Brightwell & son, sold also by Longman & co., Whittaker & +co., Lond.; Roberts, Exeter; Nettleton, Plymouth 1839, 8o, pp. +<span class='fss'>VII.</span> 164.</p> + +<p class='c010'>97. Mary Queen of Scots, an historical ballad with other poems +by a lady. Lond. printed for John Stockdale, Piccadilly 1800, 16o, +pp. 89, 2s. 6d.</p> + +<p class='c010'>98. Method for teaching plain needlework in schools, by a lady +(second edition). London, Robert Hardwicke 192 Piccadilly [1861] +8o.</p> + +<div class='small'> + +<p class='c010'><span class='small'> +The title page is lithographed. The preface is signed M. E. B., Decr. +1861. I have not seen the first edition of 1857. The authoress says +she received her information thirty years before 1861. +</span></p> + +</div> + +<p class='c010'>99. Metrical remembrances, by a lady [motto from Isaiah xl. 29] +London 1832, 16o.</p> + +<div class='small'> + +<p class='c010'><span class='small'> +No publisher’s name, S. Bagster, Junr. printer. +</span></p> + +</div> + +<p class='c010'>100. Modern household cookery, a new work for private +families, by a lady, with an introduction on the philosophy of +cookery. London, Nelson 1860, 8o, pp. <span class='fss'>XV.</span> 396, and plates.</p> + +<p class='c010'><span class='pageno' id='Page_48'>48</span>101. The modern cookery, written upon the most approved +and economical principles, and in which every receipt has stood +the test of experience, by a lady, second edition, with considerable +additions by the author. Derby, printed by and for Henry Mozley +1820, 12o.</p> + +<p class='c010'>102. Murray’s modern cookery book. Modern domestic cookery +based on the well-known works of Mrs. Rundell, but including all +the recent improvements in the culinary art: founded on principles +of economy and practical knowledge and adapted for private +families, by a lady, with illustrative woodcuts. Lond. John Murray +1851, 8o, <span class='fss'>XXVIII.</span> 675.</p> + +<div class='small'> + +<p class='c010'><span class='small'> +“The arrangement of the whole work, previously enriched with the +valuable contributions of the late Miss Emma Roberts (whose receipts +are marked E. R.) has been placed under the careful inspection of +a lady well versed in the art of which it treats. The book has had +the further advantage of being thoroughly revised by a professional +gentleman of great repute in London, who has also supplied several +valuable receipts.”—Preface. +</span></p> + +</div> + +<p class='c010'>103. Moral maxims from the wisdom of Jesus the son of Sirach, +or the Ecclesiasticus, selected by a lady, and enriched with six +engravings from drawings of her own. Lond. Harris 1807.</p> + +<p class='c010'>104. My Norske note book; or a month in Norway, by a lady. +Lond. Westerton 1860 [1859] 8o.</p> + +<p class='c010'>105. Natural history of quadrupeds, for children … by a lady, +2nd edit., with plates. Lond. Harvey and Darton 1824, 12o, 4s. +3rd edit. 182‒?</p> + +<p class='c010'>106. The new estate, or the young travellers in Wales and +Ireland, by author of Portugal, &c. Lond. printed for Darton and +Harvey 1831, 12o, pp. <span class='fss'>VII.</span> 302, with illustrations.</p> + +<div class='small'> + +<p class='c010'><span class='small'> +The same names and persons occur in “The young travellers in Portugal.” +The authoress acknowledges having availed herself of a small +work called “Fairy Legends” [by Croker] in speaking of popular +superstitions. The “New Estate” is in Ireland. +</span></p> + +</div> + +<p class='c010'>107. The Orb of light; or the Apocalyptic vision (with the +text of the Revelation) by a lady. Lond. Wertheim, 1860, 8o.</p> + +<p class='c010'>108. Original fables [in verse] by a lady; dedicated to her +royal highness the princess Charlotte of Wales, embellished with +fifty-four elegant engravings on wood. Lond. printed for B. Crosby +& co. 1810; 12o, other editions 1812 and 1815.</p> + +<p class='c010'>109. Outlines of truth by a lady. London, Hatchard 1825, 12o.</p> + +<p class='c010'>110. The philanthropist, or selfishness and benevolence illustrated: +a tale, by a lady [mottoes] London, Wm. Ball 1836, 8o, +pp. <span class='fss'>VI.</span> 389.</p> + +<div class='small'> + +<p class='c010'><span class='small'> +Announced as by the same author ‘The spirit of sectarianism,’ 8o, +pp. 75, 1s. 6d. This is a different work to the Philanthropist by +P. S. Goss. +</span></p> + +</div> + +<p class='c010'>111. Plain lectures on Genesis for family reading, by a lady. +Lond. Pickering 1841, 8o.</p> + +<p class='c010'><span class='pageno' id='Page_49'>49</span>112. Poems for children, by a lady. Lond. Darton and Harvey +1834, 12o, pp. <span class='fss'>IV.</span> 66.</p> + +<p class='c010'>113. A poetical picture of America, being observations made +during a residence of several years at Alexandria and Norfolk in +Virginia … 1799 to 1807, by a lady. London, printed for the author +and sold by Vernor Hood & Sharpe 31 Poultry 1809, small 8o, +pp. 14 and 177.</p> + +<div class='small'> + +<p class='c010'><span class='small'> +W. Wilson, printer, St. John’s square. It has a list of subscribers. +</span></p> + +</div> + +<p class='c010'>114. Portions of Scripture, with … a view to promote the observance +of the Lord’s day, by a lady. Lond. J. Hatchard & Son +1837, price 3d, or 2s 6d a dozen, 12o, pp. 12.</p> + +<p class='c010'>115. Portugal, or the young travellers, being some account of +Lisbon and its environs, and of a tour in the Alemtéjo; from a +journal kept by a lady during three years’ actual residence. Lond. +Darton & Harvey 1830, 12o.</p> + +<p class='c010'>116. Private memoirs of the Court of Louis <span class='fss'>XVIII.</span> by a lady, 2 +vols Lond. Colburn 1830, 8o.</p> + +<p class='c010'>117. Prayers, hymns, and texts, by a lady. Lond. Seeley 1846, +12o.</p> + +<p class='c010'>118. Ravensdale, a tale by a lady [of Dublin] 2 vols. Dublin, +Curry & co.; Lond. Longman 1845, 12o.</p> + +<p class='c010'>119. Recollections of a seven years’ residence at the Mauritius +or Isle of France, by a lady. London, James Cawthorn 1830, 8o, pp. +<span class='fss'>XI.</span> 208.</p> + +<div class='small'> + +<p class='c010'><span class='small'> +The work is dedicated to Ellen & Mary. The preface is signed by +their “Mother.” She speaks of her daughters as orphans. +</span></p> + +</div> + +<p class='c010'>120. The Redeemed Rose, or Willies rest, by a lady. Lond. +1853, 8o.</p> + +<p class='c010'>121. A residence at Sierra Leone, described from a journal +kept on the spot and from letters written to friends at home, by a +lady [edited by the Hon. C. E. S. Norton] Lond. 1849, 16o.</p> + +<div class='small'> + +<p class='c010'><span class='small'> +One of Murray’s Home and Colonial Library. +</span></p> + +</div> + +<p class='c010'>122. The restoration of the works of art to Italy, a poem by a +lady [motto] Oxford, printed by W. Baxter for R. Pearson High +street, Oxford, and J. Ebers, Old Bond street, London 1816, 8o, +pp. 23.</p> + +<p class='c010'>123. Return to my native village; and other poems chiefly on +sacred subjects, by a lady. Oxford and Lond. Parker 1853, 16o.</p> + +<p class='c010'>124. The Rev. Jabez Bunting, or begging; with other poems +by a lady, printed at the request of friends of the authoress. +William Illingworth, printer, top of Kirkgate, Leeds 1833; entered +at Stationers’ Hall, 12o, pp. 14.</p> + +<p class='c010'>125. The rich old bachelor, a domestic tale [in verse] in the +style of Dr. Syntax [by W. Combe] by a lady [motto] Ward, +Printer, Canterbury 1824, 8o, pp. 312.</p> + +<p class='c010'><span class='pageno' id='Page_50'>50</span>126. The Sceptic, by a lady. Lond. J. Russell Smith 1850, 8o, +pp. <span class='fss'>VIII.</span> 168.</p> + +<div class='small'> + +<p class='c010'><span class='small'> +Crewkerne (Somersetshire) printed by G. P. R. Pulman, Market-place. +</span></p> + +</div> + +<p class='c010'>127. A scriptural guide to the duties of every-day life … compiled +by a lady. Lond. Saunders and Otley 1846, 12o.</p> + +<p class='c010'>128. Selina, a novel, founded on facts, by a lady, in three +volumes.</p> + +<div class='small'> + +<div class='lg-container-l'> + <div class='linegroup'> + <div class='group'> + <div class='line in12'>⸺ Is there not a hand,</div> + <div class='line'>Which operates unseen, and regulates</div> + <div class='line'>The vast machine we tread on? Dr. Hurdis.</div> + </div> + </div> +</div> + +</div> + +<p class='c019'>Lond. printed for C. Law Ave maria lane, by Bye and Law, St. +John’s-square, Clerkenwell 1800, 12o.</p> + +<div class='small'> + +<p class='c010'><span class='small'> +The authoress’s first work. +</span></p> + +</div> + +<p class='c010'>129. A series of reflections on the sacred oratorio of the Messiah +[by Handel] by a lady. London, Hatchard 1812, 8o.</p> + +<div class='small'> + +<p class='c010'><span class='small'> +For full title see the British Critic, <span class='fss'>XL.</span> 201. +</span></p> + +</div> + +<p class='c010'>130. The siege of Mansoul a drama in five acts [and in verse] +the diction of which consists altogether in an accommodation of +words from Shakespeare and other poets, by a lady [motto] Bristol, +sold by W. Bulgin No. 3 Wine street, sold also by Matthews, +strand. Longman, &c., Lond.; and S. Hazard, Bath 1801, 8o, <span class='fss'>VI.</span> 82.</p> + +<div class='small'> + +<p class='c010'><span class='small'> +“The composition of a lady now deceased.” Part of the preface is +written by the Rev. H. Sulger. It is not in Baker’s Biog. Dramatica, +1812. +</span></p> + +</div> + +<p class='c010'>131. Sketch of ancient geography, by a lady for the use of her +own pupils. Brighton & Lond. Whittaker 1857, 8o.</p> + +<p class='c010'>132. Spain yesterday and to-day, by a lady. Lond. Harvey & +Darton [1829] sm. 8o.</p> + +<p class='c010'>133. The stepping stone to astronomy, by a lady. Longmans +1858, 16o.</p> + +<p class='c010'>134. Suspirium sanctorum, or holy breathings, a series of +prayers for every day in the month, by a lady. Lond. Saunders & +Otley 1826, 8o.</p> + +<p class='c010'>135. Tales from the German, by a lady. Lond. Anderson [1825?] +8o.</p> + +<p class='c010'>136. Tales of the classics, a new delineation of the most popular +fables, legends and allegories commemorated in the works of +poets, painters and sculptors, selected and written by a lady for +the amusement and instruction of her own daughters [mottoes] in +three volumes. London, Colburn and Bentley, 1830, 12o, vol <span class='fss'>I.</span> +<span class='fss'>XXIV.</span> 302, vol. <span class='fss'>II.</span> <span class='fss'>IV.</span> 302, vol <span class='fss'>III.</span> 370 the pagination of the appendix +is continuous.</p> + +<div class='small'> + +<p class='c010'><span class='small'> +Dedicated to H.R.H. the princess Victoria of Kent, dated from “Wadlands,” +July 1829. +</span></p> + +</div> + +<p class='c010'>137. A text book [religious] for the sick and afflicted, selected +by a lady. Lond. J. F. Shaw 1858, 16o.</p> + +<p class='c010'><span class='pageno' id='Page_51'>51</span>138. Tales original and translated from the Spanish, by a lady, +embellished with eight engravings on wood. London J. J. Stockdale, +41 Pall Mall 1810, 8o, pp. 391.</p> + +<div class='small'> + +<p class='c010'><span class='small'> +<a id='tn-chandos'></a>Dedicated by the publisher to Anna Eliza Chandos, Countess Temple. +The advertisement dated from Whitchurch, Hampshire, states that +these are the production of a young lady unknown in the metropolis, +and unused to writing for the public. +</span></p> + +</div> + +<p class='c010'>139. Thoughts on our national calamity in a letter to a friend +in Ireland, by a lady [motto] London, Rivington 1817, 8o, pp. 66.</p> + +<div class='small'> + +<p class='c010'><span class='small'> +On the death of the princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales. +</span></p> + +</div> + +<p class='c010'>140. Translations and sketches of biography from the German, +Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, and French languages, by a lady. +Lond. Saunders & Otley 1839, 8o.</p> + +<p class='c010'>141. <a id='tn-atale'></a>Twelve years ago, a tale, by [a lady] the author of Letters +to unknown friends. Lond. Longman 1847, 16o.</p> + +<p class='c010'>142. Twice Married, my own story, by a lady. Lond. Ward & +Lock 1855, 8o.</p> + +<p class='c010'>143. Two fairy tales in a dramatic form, by a lady [Miss Clode +formerly of Wooton under Edge?] Lond. A. Hall 1851, 12o.</p> + +<p class='c010'>144. Variety, a collection of original poems, by a lady. London, +printed by J. Davison, White-friars, for James Wallis, Paternoster +row, and Christopher and Jennet, Stockton 1802, small 8o, pp. +<span class='fss'>VIII.</span>, 167 and 1.</p> + +<p class='c010'>145. “Vater Unser,” a tale for children, illustrative of the +Lord’s prayer, translated freely from the German, by a lady. Lond. +Whittaker & Co. 1844, 12o, pp. 48.</p> + +<div class='small'> + +<p class='c010'><span class='small'> +Dedicated to A**** M***** B******, a child of seven years old, by +her mother. +</span></p> + +</div> + +<p class='c010'>146. Village incidents, or religious influence in domestic scenes +by a lady. London, Hatchard 1828, 12o, pp. <span class='fss'>VIII.</span> 145.</p> + +<p class='c010'>147. Woman as a virgin, wife, and mother, by a lady. Lond. +Mitchell [1838] 16o, 1s. 6d.</p> + +<p class='c010'>148. A word in favor of female schools, addressed to parents +guardians and the public at large, by a lady [motto] London, +Longman 1826, 24o, pp. 74, 2s. 6d.</p> + +<p class='c010'>149. Workwoman’s guide; containing instructions in cutting +out and completing those articles of wearing apparel, etc., which +are actually made at home, etc. Lond. Simpkin, Birmingham, +print. 1838, 4to.</p> + +<div class='small'> + +<p class='c010'><span class='small'> +New edit. Simpkin 1840, 4to, 21s. +</span></p> + +</div> + +<p class='c010'>150. Ward’s illustrated geography in question and answer, a +sequel to “First lessons in geography by a lady.” Lond. Ward +[Bungay printed 1853] 12o, 4 edit. 1859.</p> + +<p class='c010'>151. The young lady’s friend, by a lady. Glasgow, W. R. McPhun +1857, 16o, pp. 128.</p> + +<div class='small'> + +<p class='c010'><span class='small'> +A book of advice and etiquette. The English catalogue 1835-1862 p. +855 gives a work with this title published by Parker & son 1852. +</span></p> + +</div> + +</div> + +<div class='pbb'> + <hr class='pb c004'> +</div> + +<div><span class='pageno' id='Page_52'>52</span></div> +<div class='chapter' id='advert'> + +<div> + <h2 class='c005'>ADVERTISEMENTS.</h2> +</div> + +<div class='nf-center-c0'> +<div class='nf-center c002'> + <div><span class='large'><i>WORKS BY THE AUTHOR.</i></span></div> + </div> +</div> + +<hr class='c020'> + +<p class='c009'>A martyr to bibliography: a notice of the life and works of +Joseph-Marie Quérard, bibliographer. 1867. Only 200 copies +printed: price 3s 6d.</p> + +<hr class='c018'> + +<p class='c010'>Handbook of fictitious names, being a guide to authors chiefly +in the lighter literature of the <span class='fss'>XIX</span>th century, who have written +under assumed names, and to literary forgers, impostors, plagiarists, +and imitators, 1868.</p> + +<div class='small'> + +<p class='c010'><span class='small'> +This work is out of print. +</span></p> + +</div> +<div class='small'> + +<p class='c010'><span class='small'> +“A useful and amusing guide, especially to English authors of the +lighter literature of this century.”—<a id='tn-encyclopaedia'></a>Encyclopædia Britannica, ninth +edition. 1875, vol III. p. 658. +</span></p> + +</div> +<div class='small'> + +<p class='c010'><span class='small'> +“A slight and tentative, though useful production, is the only work +yet published on the anonymous and pseudonymous literature of +Britain.”—Chambers’ Cyclopædia, London, 1874, vol. II. p. 84. +</span></p> + +</div> +<div class='small'> + +<p class='c010'><span class='small'> +I could quote numerous other notices. Articles have also been written +since this work was published on the subject, mostly acknowledging +the source of their information. +</span></p> + +</div> +<div class='small'> + +<p class='c010'><span class='small'> +I have now determined to limit my collections on this subject, with the +end of the year 1879. I have been so many years engaged in obtaining +materials that I think there will be more chance of publishing if I +confine myself to revising and correcting what I have already collected. +I make this declaration so that any body else who may be inclined +may take up the subject where I leave off, as the presumption +that I am collecting might deter others from doing so. +</span></p> + +</div> +<div class='small'> + +<p class='c010'><span class='small'> +This period, 1800-1879 is alone sufficient to occupy a lifetime. +</span></p> + +</div> + +<hr class='c018'> + +<p class='c010'>A bibliographical list of lord Brougham’s publications arranged +in chronological order. 1873. Only 100 copies separately +printed. Price 1s.</p> + +<hr class='c018'> + +<p class='c010'><span class='pageno' id='Page_53'>53</span><a id='tn-overpage'></a>A few words on Swimming, with practical hints, by R. Harrington; +to which is added a bibliographical list of works on +swimming by Olphar Hamst. Price one shilling.</p> + +<div class='small'> + +<p class='c010'><span class='small'> +I had a few thick paper copies of the list struck off separately with the +following title:— +</span></p> + +</div> +<div class='small'> + +<p class='c010'><span class='small'> +Swimming: a bibliographical list of works on swimming, by the author +of the handbook of fictitious names, 1868. +</span></p> + +</div> +<div class='small'> + +<p class='c010'><span class='small'> +I put the word “Swimming” at the head and used a phrase for pseudonym, +so that it might be catalogued under the subject at the +British Museum instead of being buried under my name. +</span></p> + +</div> + +<hr class='c018'> + +<p class='c010'>Catalogue of the Etchings and Drypoints of J. A. M. Whistler. +1874, with an etching by Percy Thomas of Whistler, after a +portrait by himself. Only fifty copies printed. One guinea each.</p> + +</div> +<div class='pbb'> + <hr class='pb c004'> +</div> + +<div><span class='pageno' id='Page_54'>54</span></div> +<div class='chapter' id='index'> + +<div> + <h2 class='c005'>INDEX.</h2> +</div> + +<div class='nf-center-c0'> +<div class='nf-center c002'> + <div><span class='large'><i>(Pub. = Publisher.)</i></span></div> + </div> +</div> + +<hr class='c020'> + +<ul class='index c002'> + <li class='c021'>Accuracy in bibliography, <a href='#Page_10'>10</a>, <a href='#Page_11'>11</a>, <a href='#Page_12'>12</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Abbreviation discussed, <a href='#Page_12'>12</a>; + <ul> + <li>should be indicated, <a href='#Page_19'>19</a>, <a href='#Page_20'>20</a>, <a href='#Page_21'>21</a>, <a href='#Page_22'>22</a>, <a href='#Page_23'>23</a>.</li> + </ul> + </li> + <li class='c021'>Additions in cataloguing titles should be indicated, <a href='#Page_20'>20</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Advertisements in books should be preserved, <a href='#Page_17'>17</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Advocates Library catalogue of, <a href='#Page_28'>28</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Aggravating ladies, why this title taken, <a href='#Page_6'>6</a>; + <ul> + <li>anonymous work, <a href='#Page_15'>15</a>;</li> + <li>list of works by, <a href='#Page_40'>40</a>.</li> + </ul> + </li> + <li class='c021'>Aikin, Dr., <a href='#Page_9'>9</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Ailzie Grierson, <a href='#Page_40'>40</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Alemtéjo, <a href='#Page_49'>49</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Alexandria, <a href='#Page_49'>49</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Allibone, Dictionary of English Literature, <a href='#Page_30'>30</a>; + <ul> + <li>index to New Testament, <a href='#Page_31'>31</a>.</li> + </ul> + </li> + <li class='c021'>Allman, pub., <a href='#Page_46'>46</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Almeda, <a href='#Page_40'>40</a></li> + <li class='c021'>Alphabet of animals, <a href='#Page_40'>40</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>America, Public Libraries in, <a href='#Page_11'>11</a>; + <ul> + <li>Picture of, <a href='#Page_49'>49</a>.</li> + </ul> + </li> + <li class='c021'>Anacalypsis, <a href='#Page_30'>30</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Anderson, pub., <a href='#Page_50'>50</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Andrews, pub., <a href='#Page_42'>42</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Anecdotes of Animals, <a href='#Page_41'>41</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Anonymous works, <a href='#Page_14'>14</a>; + <ul> + <li>cataloguing, <a href='#Page_17'>17</a>;</li> + <li>Dictionary of, <a href='#Page_15'>15</a>, <a href='#Page_16'>16</a>, <a href='#Page_19'>19</a>;</li> + <li>means of identifying authors of, <a href='#Page_35'>35</a>;</li> + <li>not read with confidence, <a href='#Page_16'>16</a>;</li> + <li>proportion of, in libraries, <a href='#Page_40'>40</a>;</li> + <li>statement that work is anon, not to be relied on, <a href='#Page_18'>18</a>.</li> + </ul> + </li> + <li class='c021'>Arithmetical books, list of, <a href='#Page_11'>11</a>, <a href='#Page_19'>19</a>, <a href='#Page_33'>33</a>, <a href='#Page_41'>41</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'><a id='tn-classbook'></a>Arithmetical class-book, <a href='#Page_41'>41</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Astrologer, the, <a href='#Page_41'>41</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Astronomy, <a href='#Page_50'>50</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Atkinson’s medical bibliography, <a href='#Page_40'>40</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Audiffredi, G. B., <a href='#Page_15'>15</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Auteurs Déguisez, <a href='#Page_15'>15</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Autonymous books, <a href='#Page_14'>14</a>, <a href='#Page_17'>17</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Apocalyptic vision, <a href='#Page_48'>48</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Axon, W. E. A., <a href='#Page_16'>16</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Ayscough, <a href='#Page_30'>30</a>, <a href='#Page_31'>31</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Bachelor, rich old, <a href='#Page_49'>49</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Baillet, A., <a href='#Page_15'>15</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Ball, pub., <a href='#Page_48'>48</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Banks, W., <a href='#Page_44'>44</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Barbier, A. A., <a href='#Page_15'>15</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Barbier, Olivier, <a href='#Page_16'>16</a>, <a href='#Page_19'>19</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Beauty, <a href='#Page_41'>41</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Bennett, Mary, <a href='#Page_40'>40</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Benson & Barling, pub., <a href='#Page_42'>42</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Bent, publisher, <a href='#Page_36'>36</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Bessie Gray, <a href='#Page_35'>35</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Bibliographers, have been careless in their descriptions, <a href='#Page_18'>18</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Bibliography, too many meanings to the word, <a href='#Page_10'>10</a>, <a href='#Page_12'>12</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Bibliotheca Cornubiensis, <a href='#Page_9'>9</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Bibliotheca geographica, <a href='#Page_29'>29</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Biographia Dramatica, <a href='#Page_40'>40</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Black Forest, legend of the, <a href='#Page_41'>41</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Boase & Courtney’s Bibliotheca Cornubiensis, <a href='#Page_9'>9</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Bogue, pub., <a href='#Page_45'>45</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Book of Costumes, <a href='#Page_41'>41</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'><a id='tn-bookhow'></a>Book, how to describe a, <a href='#Page_5'>5</a>, <a href='#Page_9'>9</a>, <a href='#Page_37'>37</a>; + <ul> + <li>different descriptions of, <a href='#Page_14'>14</a>;</li> + <li>Handy-book about books, <a href='#Page_15'>15</a>, <a href='#Page_16'>16</a>.</li> + </ul> + </li> + <li class='c021'>Book paging should be simple, <a href='#Page_25'>25</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Bookbinders tear away advertisements, <a href='#Page_17'>17</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Botany, study of, <a href='#Page_46'>46</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Boy’s own book, <a href='#Page_41'>41</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>British Almanac, <a href='#Page_23'>23</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>British Catalogue, the, <a href='#Page_36'>36</a>, <a href='#Page_37'>37</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>British Critic, <a href='#Page_50'>50</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'><span class='pageno' id='Page_55'>55</span>British geography, <a href='#Page_42'>42</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>British Librarian, the, <a href='#Page_44'>44</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>British Museum catalogue, <a href='#Page_11'>11</a>, <a href='#Page_35'>35</a>, <a href='#Page_41'>41</a>, <a href='#Page_53'>53</a>; + <ul> + <li>report on, <a href='#Page_15'>15</a>;</li> + <li>rules, <a href='#Page_16'>16</a>;</li> + <li>Library, <a href='#Page_35'>35</a>, <a href='#Page_40'>40</a>.</li> + </ul> + </li> + <li class='c021'>Brougham, Lord, publications, <a href='#Page_17'>17</a>, <a href='#Page_19'>19</a>, <a href='#Page_27'>27</a>, <a href='#Page_52'>52</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Brown, George, an imaginary author cited as an example, <a href='#Page_12'>12</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Brown, rev. J., <a href='#Page_46'>46</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Buds & blossoms, <a href='#Page_41'>41</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Bunting, Rev. Jabez, <a href='#Page_49'>49</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Cadell, pub., <a href='#Page_43'>43</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Capital letters in titles, <a href='#Page_29'>29</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Caroline and her mother, <a href='#Page_41'>41</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Catalogues, <a href='#Page_10'>10</a>, <a href='#Page_14'>14</a>; + <ul> + <li>not to be relied on, <a href='#Page_18'>18</a>;</li> + <li>should not alter titles, <a href='#Page_21'>21</a>;</li> + <li>Art of making, <a href='#Page_21'>21</a>.</li> + </ul> + </li> + <li class='c021'>Catechism, a, <a href='#Page_41'>41</a>, <a href='#Page_45'>45</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Cato, a tale, <a href='#Page_41'>41</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Cawthorn, pub., <a href='#Page_49'>49</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Chambers Cyclopædia on the Handbook of Fictitious names, <a href='#Page_52'>52</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Chapple, pub., <a href='#Page_43'>43</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Charades, <a href='#Page_45'>45</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Charlotte, princess, <a href='#Page_47'>47</a>, <a href='#Page_48'>48</a>, <a href='#Page_51'>51</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Child’s Guide, <a href='#Page_42'>42</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Child’s Manual, <a href='#Page_42'>42</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Child’s Own Book, <a href='#Page_42'>42</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Child’s Pathway, <a href='#Page_42'>42</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Child’s Treasure, <a href='#Page_42'>42</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Cholera orphan home, <a href='#Page_46'>46</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Chollerton, <a href='#Page_42'>42</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Christian’s preacher, <a href='#Page_42'>42</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Christian’s Sunday alphabet, <a href='#Page_47'>47</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Christmas in Ireland, <a href='#Page_42'>42</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Christopher, pub., <a href='#Page_51'>51</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Clarke, pub., <a href='#Page_43'>43</a>, <a href='#Page_45'>45</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Clarke, M. Cowden, <a href='#Page_31'>31</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Cleaver, pub., <a href='#Page_47'>47</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Colburn, pub., <a href='#Page_41'>41</a>, <a href='#Page_50'>50</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Combe, W., <a href='#Page_49'>49</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Commandments, the ten, <a href='#Page_44'>44</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Communicants, address to, <a href='#Page_43'>43</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Companion to the almanac, <a href='#Page_19'>19</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Confirmation, on, <a href='#Page_47'>47</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Cook, Mrs., <a href='#Page_46'>46</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Cookery, <a href='#Page_42'>42</a>, <a href='#Page_43'>43</a>, <a href='#Page_44'>44</a>, <a href='#Page_47'>47</a>, <a href='#Page_48'>48</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Corney, Bolton, <a href='#Page_12'>12</a>, <a href='#Page_16'>16</a>, <a href='#Page_18'>18</a>, <a href='#Page_33'>33</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Cottage Home, <a href='#Page_42'>42</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Cottager’s Assistant, <a href='#Page_43'>43</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Cousin Rachel’s visit, <a href='#Page_43'>43</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Cousins, The, <a href='#Page_43'>43</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Craigh-Melrose Priory, <a href='#Page_43'>43</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Cremorne, viscountess, <a href='#Page_43'>43</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Crestadoro, A., <a href='#Page_19'>19-21</a>, <a href='#Page_37'>37</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Crimean Cooking, <a href='#Page_44'>44</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Croker, J. W., <a href='#Page_48'>48</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Crosby, pub., <a href='#Page_48'>48</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Crew & Spencer, pub., <a href='#Page_43'>43</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Crucifixion, The, <a href='#Page_43'>43</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Cutter, C. A., <a href='#Page_11'>11</a>, <a href='#Page_24'>24</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Cuttle, Captain, advice quoted, <a href='#Page_8'>8</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Dartmoor Legends, <a href='#Page_43'>43</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Darton & Harvey, publishers, <a href='#Page_35'>35</a>, <a href='#Page_36'>36</a>, <a href='#Page_41'>41</a>, <a href='#Page_43'>43</a>, <a href='#Page_44'>44-45-46</a>, <a href='#Page_48'>48</a>, <a href='#Page_49'>49</a>, <a href='#Page_50'>50</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>David, history of, <a href='#Page_46'>46</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Dean, pub., <a href='#Page_45'>45</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Delepierre, O., <a href='#Page_15'>15</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>De Morgan, Professor, his Arithmetical books, referred to, <a href='#Page_1'>1</a>, <a href='#Page_11'>11</a>, <a href='#Page_19'>19</a>, <a href='#Page_24'>24</a>, <a href='#Page_41'>41</a>; + <ul> + <li>article in the Companion to the Almanac, <a href='#Page_23'>23</a>;</li> + <li>on sizes of books, <a href='#Page_24'>24</a>;</li> + <li>on errors, <a href='#Page_33'>33</a>.</li> + </ul> + </li> + <li class='c021'>Dictionaries, compilers of copy one another, <a href='#Page_33'>33</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Dictionary catalogue, <a href='#Page_11'>11</a>; + <ul> + <li>of anonymous authors, <a href='#Page_15'>15</a>, <a href='#Page_16'>16</a>.</li> + </ul> + </li> + <li class='c021'>Dolman, pub., <a href='#Page_41'>41</a>, <a href='#Page_42'>42</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Domestic economy, <a href='#Page_43'>43</a>, <a href='#Page_46'>46</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Dots of omission, <a href='#Page_22'>22</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Duniol, pub., <a href='#Page_41'>41</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>East Indians, <a href='#Page_36'>36</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Easy rhymes, <a href='#Page_41'>41</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Ebers, pub., <a href='#Page_49'>49</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Ecclesiasticus, <a href='#Page_48'>48</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Edgeworth, Miss, fictitious reference to her, <a href='#Page_37'>37</a>, <a href='#Page_38'>38</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Edmonds G., <a href='#Page_25'>25</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Edward Beaumont, <a href='#Page_44'>44</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Edwards (Edward), <a href='#Page_10'>10</a>, <a href='#Page_14'>14</a>, <a href='#Page_40'>40</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Effie’s tales, <a href='#Page_44'>44</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Elwy, vale of, <a href='#Page_44'>44</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Emily Trevor, <a href='#Page_44'>44</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Encyclopædia Britannica on anonymous works, <a href='#Page_40'>40</a>; + <ul> + <li>on the Handbook of Fictitious Names, <a href='#Page_52'>52</a>.</li> + </ul> + </li> + <li class='c021'>England, Church of, <a href='#Page_44'>44</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>England, history of, <a href='#Page_41'>41</a>, <a href='#Page_42'>42</a>, <a href='#Page_43'>43</a>, <a href='#Page_44'>44</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>English Catalogue, the, <a href='#Page_19'>19</a>, <a href='#Page_36'>36</a>, <a href='#Page_37'>37</a>, <a href='#Page_42'>42</a>, <a href='#Page_51'>51</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>English cookery, <a href='#Page_43'>43</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>English grammar, Lennie’s, <a href='#Page_21'>21</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Enigmas, <a href='#Page_45'>45</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Errors, difficult to avoid, <a href='#Page_32'>32</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Erskine, T., <a href='#Page_45'>45</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Esthwaite water, <a href='#Page_44'>44</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Etchings, <a href='#Page_53'>53</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Fairy Tales, <a href='#Page_48'>48</a>, <a href='#Page_51'>51</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Familiar Dialogues, <a href='#Page_45'>45</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'><a id='tn-fictitious'></a>Fictitious names of authors, Handbook of, <a href='#Page_5'>5</a>, <a href='#Page_14'>14</a>, <a href='#Page_16'>16</a>, <a href='#Page_19'>19</a>, <a href='#Page_36'>36</a>, <a href='#Page_52'>52</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Fisher, pub., <a href='#Page_45'>45</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Flamank, J., <a href='#Page_36'>36</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Flora & Thalia, <a href='#Page_45'>45</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Ford, pub., <a href='#Page_42'>42</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>France Littéraire (La), <a href='#Page_9'>9</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Frederick William, Prince, <a href='#Page_40'>40</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>French Biography, <a href='#Page_51'>51</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'><span class='pageno' id='Page_56'>56</span>French Cookery, <a href='#Page_43'>43</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>French, enigmas in, <a href='#Page_45'>45</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Friend’s books, <a href='#Page_19'>19</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Galignani, pub., <a href='#Page_41'>41</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Garden, Pleasures of a, <a href='#Page_46'>46</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Garden of Language, <a href='#Page_45'>45</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Gaultier’s Geography, <a href='#Page_42'>42</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Genesis, <a href='#Page_48'>48</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Gentleman’s Magazine, <a href='#Page_30'>30</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Geography, Ancient, <a href='#Page_50'>50</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Geography, British, <a href='#Page_42'>42</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Geography, First lessons in, <a href='#Page_42'>42</a>, <a href='#Page_51'>51</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Geography, Modern, <a href='#Page_42'>42</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>George III. jubilee, <a href='#Page_40'>40</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>German Biography, <a href='#Page_51'>51</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Gilly, W. S., <a href='#Page_42'>42</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Girl’s Text Book, <a href='#Page_45'>45</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Gleanings from many fields, <a href='#Page_36'>36</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Goss, P. S., <a href='#Page_48'>48</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Greenhouse, guide to, <a href='#Page_44'>44</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Grammar of bibliography, there is none, <a href='#Page_11'>11</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Grammar of English, <a href='#Page_21'>21</a>, + <ul> + <li>Universal, <a href='#Page_25'>25</a>.</li> + </ul> + </li> + <li class='c021'>Groombridge, pub., <a href='#Page_41'>41</a>, <a href='#Page_43'>43</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Hailes, pub., <a href='#Page_42'>42</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Halkett, S., <a href='#Page_16'>16</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Hall, pub., <a href='#Page_51'>51</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Hamilton, duchess of, <a href='#Page_47'>47</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Hamst, Olphar, <a href='#Page_15'>15</a>, <a href='#Page_52'>52</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Handbook of fictitious names, <a href='#Page_5'>5</a>; + <ul> + <li>criticisms on, author determined to stop collecting with the year 1879, <a href='#Page_52'>52</a>.</li> + </ul> + </li> + <li class='c021'>Handel, <a href='#Page_50'>50</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Happiness, Guide to, <a href='#Page_41'>41</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Hardwicke, pub., <a href='#Page_47'>47</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Harp of Salem, poems, <a href='#Page_45'>45</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Harris, pub., <a href='#Page_41'>41</a>, <a href='#Page_48'>48</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Harvey see Darton.</li> + <li class='c021'>Hatchard, pub., <a href='#Page_41'>41</a>, <a href='#Page_44'>44</a>, <a href='#Page_45'>45</a>, <a href='#Page_47'>47</a>, <a href='#Page_48'>48</a>, <a href='#Page_49'>49</a>, <a href='#Page_50'>50</a>, <a href='#Page_51'>51</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Hazlitt, W. C., <a href='#Page_34'>34</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Hegel, G. W. F., <a href='#Page_19'>19</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Higgins, G., <a href='#Page_30'>30</a>, <a href='#Page_31'>31</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>History, Modern, <a href='#Page_47'>47</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>History, Universal, <a href='#Page_42'>42</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Hodgson, publisher, <a href='#Page_36'>36</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Holdsworth, A. H., <a href='#Page_43'>43</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Hope & Co., pub., <a href='#Page_41'>41</a>, <a href='#Page_46'>46</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Houlston, pub., <a href='#Page_40'>40-43</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Housekeeper’s assistant, <a href='#Page_46'>46</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>How to dress on £15 a year, <a href='#Page_7'>7</a>, <a href='#Page_41'>41</a>, <a href='#Page_46'>46</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Hurdis, Dr., <a href='#Page_50'>50</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Hymns, <a href='#Page_35'>35</a>, <a href='#Page_46'>46</a>, <a href='#Page_49'>49</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Ida, <a href='#Page_42'>42</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Index, necessity for an, <a href='#Page_30'>30</a>; + <ul> + <li>one better than two, <a href='#Page_31'>31</a>;</li> + <li>bad, <a href='#Page_31'>31</a>;</li> + <li>Society, <a href='#Page_31'>31</a>.</li> + </ul> + </li> + <li class='c021'>Ines and other poems, <a href='#Page_46'>46</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Infant’s friend, <a href='#Page_41'>41</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Ireland, <a href='#Page_51'>51</a>; + <ul> + <li>distress in, <a href='#Page_42'>42</a>;</li> + <li>Travellers in, <a href='#Page_48'>48</a>.</li> + </ul> + </li> + <li class='c021'>Italian Biography, <a href='#Page_51'>51</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Italy, works of art, <a href='#Page_49'>49</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Jal, A., <a href='#Page_32'>32</a>, <a href='#Page_33'>33</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Jarrold, pub., <a href='#Page_42'>42</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Jesus the Messiah, <a href='#Page_46'>46</a>, <a href='#Page_48'>48</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Jewett, C. C., <a href='#Page_10'>10</a>, <a href='#Page_24'>24</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Johnstone, pub., <a href='#Page_40'>40</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Kaisersworth Deaconesses, <a href='#Page_47'>47</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Kent, duchess of, <a href='#Page_45'>45</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Laconics, manual of, <a href='#Page_9'>9</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Lancashire dialect, Literature of, <a href='#Page_16'>16</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Law, pub., <a href='#Page_42'>42</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Law List, <a href='#Page_28'>28</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Lennie, W., <a href='#Page_21'>21</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Leopold, prince, <a href='#Page_47'>47</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Leslies, the, <a href='#Page_46'>46</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Letters to my unknown friends, <a href='#Page_47'>47</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Life assurance, guide to, <a href='#Page_47'>47</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Linton, Mount, family, <a href='#Page_43'>43</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Lisbon, <a href='#Page_49'>49</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Literary men, careless in their references, <a href='#Page_18'>18</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Little Lilly, a moral tale, a supposititious publication, <a href='#Page_38'>38</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Little Lilly’s Travels, a real book, <a href='#Page_38'>38</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>London Catalogue, the, <a href='#Page_36'>36</a>, <a href='#Page_42'>42</a>, <a href='#Page_46'>46</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Longman, pub., <a href='#Page_36'>36</a>, <a href='#Page_47'>47</a>, <a href='#Page_49'>49</a>, <a href='#Page_50'>50</a>, <a href='#Page_51'>51</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Lord’s Prayer, on the, <a href='#Page_42'>42</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Louis XVIII., court of, <a href='#Page_49'>49</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Low, publisher, <a href='#Page_36'>36</a>, <a href='#Page_37'>37</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Lowndes, W. T., <a href='#Page_13'>13</a>, <a href='#Page_44'>44</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Lusk, pub., <a href='#Page_45'>45</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Lynmouth Visitors, <a href='#Page_47'>47</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Lyntot, pub., <a href='#Page_43'>43</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Maconochie, (Mrs.), <a href='#Page_44'>44</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Manchester free library catalogue, <a href='#Page_19'>19</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Mandeville, <a href='#Page_47'>47</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Martin’s Catalogue of privately printed books, <a href='#Page_23'>23</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Mary, queen, <a href='#Page_47'>47</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Mary, Virgin, <a href='#Page_47'>47</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Masters, pub., <a href='#Page_41'>41</a>, <a href='#Page_47'>47</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Matlock, Journey to, <a href='#Page_44'>44</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Mauritius, <a href='#Page_49'>49</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>McCulloch, J. R., <a href='#Page_16'>16</a>, <a href='#Page_33'>33</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>McGlashan, pub., <a href='#Page_44'>44</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>McPhun, pub., <a href='#Page_51'>51</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Mansoul, siege of, <a href='#Page_50'>50</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Memoirs of Libraries, <a href='#Page_10'>10</a>, <a href='#Page_14'>14</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Messiah, The, <a href='#Page_50'>50</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Metrical Remembrances, <a href='#Page_47'>47</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Miller, John, his Fly Leaves, <a href='#Page_5'>5</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Mirror of the graces, <a href='#Page_6'>6</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Mitchell, pub., <a href='#Page_51'>51</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Moral Maxims, <a href='#Page_48'>48</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Motto, on title page, <a href='#Page_19'>19</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'><span class='pageno' id='Page_57'>57</span>Mozley, pub., <a href='#Page_48'>48</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Mozley, Mrs., works by, <a href='#Page_35'>35</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Murray, pub., <a href='#Page_43'>43</a>, <a href='#Page_44'>44</a>, <a href='#Page_48'>48</a>, <a href='#Page_49'>49</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Music for schools, <a href='#Page_44'>44</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>My Norske note Book, <a href='#Page_48'>48</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Natural history, <a href='#Page_45'>45</a>, <a href='#Page_48'>48</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Naylor, C., <a href='#Page_24'>24</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Needlework, <a href='#Page_47'>47</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Nelson, publisher, <a href='#Page_38'>38</a>, <a href='#Page_47'>47</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>New-church doctrine, <a href='#Page_42'>42</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>New Estate, The, <a href='#Page_36'>36</a>, <a href='#Page_48'>48</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Nicholas, Bishop of Melipotamus, <a href='#Page_42'>42</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Nichols, John, <a href='#Page_31'>31</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Nichols, T., <a href='#Page_11'>11</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Nightingale, F., <a href='#Page_45'>45</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Nisbet, pub., <a href='#Page_46'>46</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Norfolk, <a href='#Page_49'>49</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Norton, hon. C. E. S., <a href='#Page_49'>49</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Norway, month in, <a href='#Page_48'>48</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Notes and Queries, <a href='#Page_5'>5</a>, <a href='#Page_10'>10</a>, <a href='#Page_16'>16</a>, <a href='#Page_17'>17</a>, <a href='#Page_24'>24</a>, <a href='#Page_36'>36</a>, <a href='#Page_41'>41</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Old Bridge, the, <a href='#Page_35'>35</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Orb of Light, <a href='#Page_48'>48</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Oriental Cookery, <a href='#Page_43'>43</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Oriental Nature, a glimpse of, <a href='#Page_45'>45</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Original Fables, <a href='#Page_48'>48</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Orr, pub., <a href='#Page_44'>44</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Outlines of Truth, <a href='#Page_48'>48</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Oxford, bishop of, <a href='#Page_43'>43</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Panizzi, Sir A., <a href='#Page_11'>11</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Parke, Justice, <a href='#Page_44'>44</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Parker, pub., <a href='#Page_45'>45</a>, <a href='#Page_49'>49</a>, <a href='#Page_51'>51</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Partridge, pub., <a href='#Page_47'>47</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Pentateuch, questions from the, <a href='#Page_43'>43</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Phantasie’s birthday, <a href='#Page_46'>46</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Philanthropist, the, <a href='#Page_48'>48</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Pickering, pub., <a href='#Page_48'>48</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Pocock, pub., <a href='#Page_44'>44</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Political economy, literature of, <a href='#Page_16'>16</a>, <a href='#Page_33'>33</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Polyonymous books, <a href='#Page_14'>14</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Portugal, a tale, <a href='#Page_35'>35</a>, <a href='#Page_48'>48</a>, <a href='#Page_49'>49</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Portuguese Biography, <a href='#Page_51'>51</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Power, John, <a href='#Page_15'>15</a>, <a href='#Page_16'>16</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Prefaces not dated, <a href='#Page_23'>23</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Printing, style of, <a href='#Page_27'>27</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Privately printed books, <a href='#Page_23'>23</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Protestant Church, <a href='#Page_44'>44</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Pseudonymous books, <a href='#Page_14'>14</a>, <a href='#Page_17'>17</a>; + <ul> + <li>means of identifying authors of, <a href='#Page_35'>35</a>;</li> + <li>list of, <a href='#Page_40'>40</a>, <a href='#Page_52'>52</a>.</li> + </ul> + </li> + <li class='c021'>Public libraries in the United States, report on, <a href='#Page_11'>11</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Publication, place of, <a href='#Page_22'>22</a>; + <ul> + <li>date of, <a href='#Page_23'>23</a>.</li> + </ul> + </li> + <li class='c021'>Publisher’s names not often found in book lists, <a href='#Page_22'>22</a>; + <ul> + <li>when important, <a href='#Page_23'>23</a>.</li> + </ul> + </li> + <li class='c021'>Punctuation of titles, <a href='#Page_29'>29</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Quérard, J. M., <a href='#Page_9'>9</a>, <a href='#Page_15'>15</a>, <a href='#Page_17'>17</a>, <a href='#Page_52'>52</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Ravensdale, <a href='#Page_49'>49</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Redeemed Rose, the, <a href='#Page_49'>49</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Revelation, <a href='#Page_48'>48</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Rivingtons, pub., <a href='#Page_43'>43</a>, <a href='#Page_45'>45</a>, <a href='#Page_51'>51</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Robert Marshall, <a href='#Page_35'>35</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Roberts, pub., <a href='#Page_43'>43</a>, <a href='#Page_47'>47</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Roberts, Emma, <a href='#Page_48'>48</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Robinson, pub., <a href='#Page_44'>44</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Rodwell & Martin, pub., <a href='#Page_43'>43</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Roman Church, <a href='#Page_44'>44</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Routledge, pub., <a href='#Page_46'>46</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Rozelli, Life of, <a href='#Page_40'>40</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Rules for cataloguing, <a href='#Page_10'>10</a>, <a href='#Page_11'>11</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Ryde, <a href='#Page_37'>37</a>, <a href='#Page_38'>38</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Sacraments, the Two, <a href='#Page_44'>44</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Saunders & Otley, pub., <a href='#Page_41'>41</a>, <a href='#Page_50'>50</a>, <a href='#Page_51'>51</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Sceptic, The, <a href='#Page_50'>50</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Scotch Cookery, <a href='#Page_43'>43</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Seaman, Miss, a fictitious name used for the purpose of illustration, <a href='#Page_37'>37</a>; + <ul> + <li>supposed works of, <a href='#Page_38'>38</a>.</li> + </ul> + </li> + <li class='c021'>Seeley, pub., <a href='#Page_46'>46</a>, <a href='#Page_49'>49</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Selina, a novel, <a href='#Page_50'>50</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Sermons for children, <a href='#Page_43'>43</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Shaw, pub., <a href='#Page_41'>41</a>, <a href='#Page_45'>45</a>, <a href='#Page_50'>50</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Sierra Leone, <a href='#Page_49'>49</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Simpkin, pub., <a href='#Page_42'>42</a>, <a href='#Page_43'>43</a>, <a href='#Page_44'>44</a>, <a href='#Page_45'>45</a>, <a href='#Page_51'>51</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Shakespeare, indexes to, <a href='#Page_30'>30</a>; + <ul> + <li>words from, <a href='#Page_50'>50</a>.</li> + </ul> + </li> + <li class='c021'>Smith, pub., <a href='#Page_45'>45</a>, <a href='#Page_46'>46</a>, <a href='#Page_47'>47</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Smith, J., fictitious publisher’s name, <a href='#Page_38'>38</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Smith, John, Printer’s manual, <a href='#Page_32'>32</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Smith, John Russell, pub., <a href='#Page_50'>50</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Smith, Joseph, <a href='#Page_19'>19</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Smithsonian Report, <a href='#Page_24'>24</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'><a id='tn-spaintoday'></a>Spain yesterday and to-day, <a href='#Page_35'>35</a>, <a href='#Page_50'>50</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Spanish Biography, <a href='#Page_51'>51</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Spelling simplified, <a href='#Page_42'>42</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Spratt, M., <a href='#Page_45'>45</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Stanley Ghost, <a href='#Page_35'>35</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Stereotyped books, <a href='#Page_23'>23</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Stevens, H., on catalogues, <a href='#Page_29'>29</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Stewart, Agnes M., <a href='#Page_41'>41</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Stockdale, pub., <a href='#Page_47'>47</a>, <a href='#Page_51'>51</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Sulger, H., <a href='#Page_50'>50</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Supercheries Littéraires, <a href='#Page_15'>15</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Swimming, list of works on, <a href='#Page_19'>19</a>, <a href='#Page_53'>53</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Symonds, pub., <a href='#Page_40'>40</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Syntax, Dr., <a href='#Page_49'>49</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Tabart, pub., <a href='#Page_44'>44</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Tales of the Classics, <a href='#Page_42'>42</a>, <a href='#Page_50'>50</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Titles from the German, <a href='#Page_50'>50</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Titles from the Spanish, <a href='#Page_51'>51</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Taylor, pub., <a href='#Page_45'>45</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Taylor, J., Manual of Laconics, <a href='#Page_9'>9</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Temple, countess, <a href='#Page_51'>51</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Testament, Old and New, <a href='#Page_42'>42</a>, <a href='#Page_46'>46</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Thomas, Percy, portrait of Whistler by, <a href='#Page_52'>52</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Timperley’s Printer’s manual, <a href='#Page_25'>25</a>, <a href='#Page_32'>32</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Title page, <a href='#Page_12'>12</a>, <a href='#Page_13'>13</a>, <a href='#Page_18'>18</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'><span class='pageno' id='Page_58'>58</span><a id='tn-truewit'></a>Truewit, T., pseud., <a href='#Page_14'>14</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Twelve years ago, <a href='#Page_51'>51</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Twice married, <a href='#Page_51'>51</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Urban, Sylvanus, pseudonym of the editors of the Gentleman’s Magazine, <a href='#Page_18'>18</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Vater Unser, a tale, <a href='#Page_51'>51</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Ventilation, an essay on, supposititious title given as an illustration, <a href='#Page_12'>12</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Vernon, Mrs., <a href='#Page_44'>44</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Versailles, <a href='#Page_43'>43</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Victoria, princess, <a href='#Page_45'>45</a>, <a href='#Page_50'>50</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Village incidents, <a href='#Page_51'>51</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Virginia, <a href='#Page_49'>49</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Wales, Travellers in, <a href='#Page_48'>48</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Wallis, pub., <a href='#Page_51'>51</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Ward, pub., <a href='#Page_44'>44</a>, <a href='#Page_49'>49</a>, <a href='#Page_51'>51</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Warne, pub., <a href='#Page_41'>41</a>, <a href='#Page_44'>44</a>, <a href='#Page_46'>46</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Washbourne, pub., <a href='#Page_45'>45</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Wertheim, pub., <a href='#Page_46'>46</a>, <a href='#Page_48'>48</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Whately, Arch., <a href='#Page_36'>36</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Wheatley, H. B., on indexes, <a href='#Page_31'>31</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Whistler, catalogue of his etchings, <a href='#Page_52'>52</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Whittaker, pub., <a href='#Page_42'>42</a>, <a href='#Page_44'>44</a>, <a href='#Page_47'>47</a>, <a href='#Page_50'>50</a>, <a href='#Page_51'>51</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Woman, <a href='#Page_51'>51</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Workwoman’s guide, <a href='#Page_51'>51</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Winchester, Bishop of, <a href='#Page_46'>46</a>.</li> + <li class='c021'>Youth’s magazine, <a href='#Page_46'>46</a>.</li> +</ul> + +</div> + +<div class='pbb'> + <hr class='pb c004'> +</div> +<div> + +<p class='c022'></p> + +</div> +<div class='transcribers-notes'> + +<div class='nf-center-c1'> + <div class='nf-center'> + <div><span class='xlarge'>Transcriber’s Notes</span></div> + </div> +</div> + +<p class='c023'>There were significant errors and inconsistencies in the printed index; to address these, ditto marks and some dashes have been expanded, and punctuation in the index, including for entries and sub-entries, has been silently corrected and standardized. Some entries that were originally out of alphabetical order have been reordered.</p> + +<p class='c000'>In the list of works, all punctuation has been retained as printed, except for a few apparent printer’s errors.</p> + +<p class='c000'>Itemized changes from the original text:</p> + <ul class='ul_1'> + <li><a href='#contents'>Table of Contents</a>: Corrected page number for section “Of different + descriptions...” from 15 to 14 to match actual pagination + </li> + <li><a href='#tn-boltoncorney'>p. 16, n. 12</a>: Missing comma supplied after “Bolton Corney” + </li> + <li><a href='#tn-because'>p. 17</a>: Corrected “bcause” to “because” + </li> + <li><a href='#tn-disorderly'>p. 25, n. 26</a>: Opening quotation mark omitted before “A universal + alphabet...” + </li> + <li><a href='#tn-lanky'>p. 32</a>: Corrected “lankey” to “lanky” + </li> + <li><a href='#tn-remarks'>p. 38</a>: Supplied period after “1” to match other list entries + </li> + <li><a href='#tn-triplets'>p. 41</a>: Supplied period after “by a lady” in entry 44 + </li> + <li><a href='#tn-catechism'>p. 41</a>: Replaced center dot with period after “by a lady” in entry 17 + </li> + <li><a href='#tn-mother'>p. 47</a>: Supplied period apparently omitted by printer after “Lond” in + entry 92. + </li> + <li><a href='#tn-chandos'>p. 51</a>: Supplied period apparently omitted by printer after “Countess + Temple” in entry 138. + </li> + <li><a href='#tn-atale'>p. 52</a>: Corrected “Twelve years a go, atale” to “Twelve years ago, a tale” + in entry 141 + </li> + <li><a href='#tn-encyclopaedia'>p. 52</a>: Corrected “Encyclopœdia Brittanica” to “Encyclopædia + Brittanica” + </li> + <li><a href='#tn-overpage'>p. 53</a>: Added dividing line before “A few words on Swimming” for + consistency + </li> + <li><a href='#tn-classbook'>p. 58</a>: Corrected “Arithmetical class book” to “Arithmetical + class-book” in index to match reference in text + </li> + <li><a href='#tn-bookhow'>p. 54</a>: Corrected “different discriptions of” to “different descriptions + of” + </li> + <li><a href='#tn-fictitious'>p. 55</a>: Corrected “Fictious names of authors” to “Fictitious names of + authors” + </li> + <li><a href='#tn-spaintoday'>p. 57</a>: Corrected “Spain yesterday and to day” to “Spain yesterday and + to-day” + </li> + <li><a href='#tn-truewit'>p. 58</a>: Corrected “Truewitt, T.” to “Truewit, T.” in index to match + reference in text + </li> + </ul> +<p class='c000'>Ditto marks in the index have been replaced with text.</p> + +<p class='c000'>New original cover art included with this eBook is granted to the public domain.</p> + +</div> + +<div style='text-align:center'>*** END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 75849 ***</div> + </body> + <!-- created with ppgen.py 3.57e (with regex) on 2025-04-13 10:56:28 GMT --> +</html> + diff --git a/75849-h/images/cover.jpg b/75849-h/images/cover.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..9ac285d --- /dev/null +++ b/75849-h/images/cover.jpg diff --git a/LICENSE.txt b/LICENSE.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b5dba15 --- /dev/null +++ b/LICENSE.txt @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@ +This book, including all associated images, markup, improvements, +metadata, and any other content or labor, has been confirmed to be +in the PUBLIC DOMAIN IN THE UNITED STATES. + +Procedures for determining public domain status are described in +the "Copyright How-To" at https://www.gutenberg.org. + +No investigation has been made concerning possible copyrights in +jurisdictions other than the United States. 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