A Guide to the Use of the Beading Boom. 



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during the course of the Eevokition, he can obtain the 29 vokimes 

 labelled Mirabeau " by a simple reference to the index portion of 

 this list. 



Catalogue of the Printed Maps, Chaets and Plans in the 

 British Museum. 2 vol. 1885. 



An interleaved copy of this Catalogue in 46 volumes is placed 

 in the Beading Eoom. Circle 43. b.-45. b. 



The latest additions to the Catalogue will be found in the 

 Accession Parts " on the desk at the end of Circle 33. 



The arrangement of the Map Catalogue is geographical, while 

 a second entry is 'made under the name of the designer or map- 

 maker when known. 



General Atlases will be found under the heading World. 

 Other Atlases, Maps, Plans or Views are catalogued under the 

 name of the Continent, Country, Province, Town, Sea, River, etc., 

 to which they relate. For the Map Room, see below, p. 26. 



Music Catalogues. 



There are two Catalogues of the Printed Music in the Library. 



The first is the Catalogue of Printed Music, Published 

 between 1487 AND 1800, now in the British Museum." 2 vol. 

 1912. (Circle 54. b. and Circle 87. a.) 



The second is a Catalogue of Music, Printed since 1800." 

 This consists of 334 volumes, the contents of which are composed 

 of movable slips, partly transcribed and partly printed. The 

 Cata,logue will be found in Circles 73-83. 



The latest " Accessions to the collection of Music " are placed 

 on the desk at the end of Circle 34. 



Band-parts, Music Hall songs and the less important Colonial 

 and American pieces of music received under the Copyright Act 

 are not entered in the Music Catalogue. They can be seen on 

 application to the Superintendent of the Reading Room, by giving 

 the name of the composer (or title of the work, if anonymous), and 

 the approximate year of publication. 



In both of the Catalogues of Music the same system is followed. 

 Music is catalogued under the name of the composer, with (in the 

 case of vocal music) a cross reference from the name of the 

 composition. 



In the case of songs, cross-references are made from the first 

 word of the title : in longer pieces (such as Operas, Oratorios, etc.) 

 from the entire title. Anonymous works are catalogued under the 



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