PREFACE. IX. 







any hazardous attempt at classification. Their secondary entry will be found under the 

 authors' names, in accordance with the rule regarding anonymous books. 



VII. BIBLES. 



Under this head are included Bibles and parts of the Bible in the original languages ; 

 all translations of the whole and of any part of the Bible, whether prose or poetical, into 

 any foreign language ; and all new translations into English, whether accompanied by 

 a commentary or not. In the case of commentaries accompanied by the authorized 

 version, it has been found impossible to ascertain whether the commentary has been 

 added for the sake of the text, or the text for the sake of the commentary. In all such 

 cases, the work finds its place in the Catalogue in conformity with the title which the 

 commentator has chosen to affix to it. As an illustration of this, Thomas Scott calls 

 his commentary " The Holy Bible... with explanatory notes, &c.", while Matthew Henry 

 calls his " An exposition of the Old and New Testaments ". The two works are identical 

 in character and aim: but the former will be found under the heading, "Bibles", with 

 a cross-reference from Thomas Scott; while the latter will be found under Matthew 

 Henry without any cross-reference at all. Such an arrangement is not only the natural 

 one under the general principles which have been followed, but it is unattended by any 

 practical difficulty or disadvantage : for either under the general heading, " Bibles", with 

 cross-references from the names of the translators, editors, or commentators, or under 

 the names of the latter only, will be found every Bible and every commentary which 

 the Library contains. 



The following is the general arrangement of Bibles : I. Polyglotts. II. Hebrew. 

 III. Greek. The other languages follow each other in alphabetical order. Under these 

 general divisions there are various subdivisions, each marked with a letter of the alphabet 

 for the purpose of easy reference from the editor, translator, commentator, or printer. 

 A single illustration will be sufficient to show the plan which has been followed. 

 Under Charles Henry Hamilton Wright, the following entry will be found : " The Book 

 of Genesis in Hebrew, with a critically revised text. 1859. See BIBLES HEBREW. D." 

 Such is the secondary entry. By following out the reference, the principal entry is 

 found to be " BIBLES HEBREW. D. PARTS OF THE OLD TESTAMENT The Book 

 of Genesis in Hebrew, with a critically revised text, various readings, and grammatical 

 and critical notes, by C. H. H. WRIGHT. London, 1859. 8". 



The other rules which have been followed are so simple, that it will not be necessary 

 to do more than enumerate them, without either explanation or illustration. 



I. Works having more than one author's name on the title-page are entered fully 

 under the first, with a cross-reference from the second. In a few cases, where it seemed 

 desirable, the same principle has been applied to works having more than two authors. 



