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LIBRARY ADMINISTRATION

Example.

Speranza, Yacht. The Log of the Speranza, &c. Edward Jones: London, 1887. 8vo.

When the foregoing rules (a-c) do not apply, the heading is —

(d) The name of a person or place forming a necessary part of the title, except when merely indicating a date.

Example.

Dickens (Charles). Report of the Dinner given to Charles Dickens in Boston. Boston (Mass.), 1842. 8vo.

Exception.

History. A History of Painting, from Fra Angelico to Velasquez.

(e) Or the first substantive in the title.

Examples.

Art. Le livre intitule Part de bien mourir. Antoine Verard: Paris, 1492. fol.

Book. The Extraordinary Black Book, &c. London, 1831. 8vo.

(f) Or the first word other than an article.

Examples.

What. What are we Going to Fight for ? &c. Darlington, [1878.] 8vo.

To. To Love and to be Loved. By the author of "I've been Thinking." London, 1855. 8vo.

Notes.

(i) A compound expression formed with an adjective derived from a proper name is in general taken as a heading equally with the name from which it is derived, such expressions when in a foreign language being translated into English, but the proper name itself may be substituted for