A Guide to the Use of the Beading Boom. 45 



SYNOPSIS OF THE EULES OF THE GENEEAL 

 CATALOGUE. 



The Eules for compiling th,e General Catalogue were drawn up 

 in the year 1839. A revised version of these Eules was published 

 in the year 1900 and reprinted in 1906. Copies of this book can 

 be purchased at the British Museum, price Is. (A fresh revision 

 is now in hand and will be published shortly.) 



The following is a synopsis of the revised Eules. 



The General Catalogue is a catalogue of authors in alphabetical 

 order, the arrangement of the entries under each heading being 

 also alphabetical. 



Joint Authors. 



Books by two joint authors are entered under both names. 

 When there are more than two authors the first name only is 

 adopted for the heading, cross-references being made from the 

 names of the other authors. 



Collections or Series. 



Collections or series of books by several writers are entered 

 under the name of the editor, or, if there is no editor, under the 

 title of the collection or series. 



Forms of Personal Names. 



Saints, Sovereigns, Popes and members of Sovereign Houses 

 are entered under the English forms of their names. Peers and 

 Bishops are entered undertheir family names, with cross-references 

 from their titles. 



In foreign names, excepting French, preceded by a preposition 

 or article, or by both, the preposition or article is regarded as an 

 appendage to the Christian name. As Goethe (Johann Wolfgang 

 von), Colonne (Guido delle). French surnames preceded by a 

 preposition follow the same rule, unless the preposition is an 

 inseparable portion of the name. 



In French surnames preceded by an article or by a word 

 composed of a preposition and an article, these prefixes are 

 regarded as part of the name. As Delavigne, Du Moulin, Le 

 Fevre. 



In English surnames of foreign origin beginning with a pre- 

 position or article, the preposition or article is treated as the 

 beginning of the name. As De Vere, Le Fanu, Van Buren. 



Compound surnames are entered under the compound form, 

 with some exceptions. 



