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added below in a note ; such as the fact that the 

 book is one of fifty copies on large paper, or has 

 the author's autograph on the fly-leaf. In many 

 cases it is found desirable to add a list of the con- 

 tents of the work ; and if it be a book of miscel- 

 laneous essays, each essay often has an additional 

 entry on a card of its own. 1 



These details make up the sum of what is en- 

 tered on the body of the long card ; but in addi- 

 tion to all this, the left-hand margin contains the 

 date of reception of the book, the fund to which 

 it is charged, or the name of the donor, and the 

 all-important " shelf-mark," which shows where 

 the book is to be found; while on the right-hand 

 margin is written a concise description of the ap- 

 pearance of the book (i.e. "5 vol., green cloth"), 

 and a note of its price. When all this is finished, 

 the book is regarded as catalogued, and is sent, 

 with its card in it, to the principal assistant for 

 revision. From the principal assistant it is passed 

 on to me, and it is the business of both of us to 

 see that all the details of the work have been 

 done correctly. A pencil-note on the margin of 

 the card shows the class and sub-class to which 



1 Where the essays are by different authors, a separate entry for 

 each is of course always necessary, though this is not always made 

 on the long cards. 



