Bulwer-Lytton (E. L.) writ-
ings of, 23, 174
Burnham (T. O. H. P.), 44
Bury, Richard de, 292
Buying of books, 33-49
methods of, 36-37
Calf binding, 55
Campbell (John), 45
Capitals, how to be used in
catalogues, 378, 387
Card catalogue system, 393
its defects, 393-4
how obviated, 394-6
Cards, for catalogues, 393
Carlyle (Thomas)
life of Cromwell, 148
on librarians, 249
on reading, 171
Carnegie (Andrew)
gifts to libraries, 315
Catalogue of all books print-
ed in the U. S. 1804, 478-9
Catalogues, 373-399
abridging titles, 382-3
accession, 386
auction, 38-9
application of, 366
Bibliothèque nationale, sys-
tem of, 368
British museum, system of,
368
Brunet's system of, 367
close classification, 364-5
conflict of systems, 362-3
Crunden's verses on, 430
Cutter, system of, 369
Dewey, system of, 370
Fletcher, system of, 372
fixed shelf location, 371
Library of Congress, sys-
tem of, 368
Cleaning books, 103-4, 127-130
Clergymen, some book-abus-
ing, 138, 140
Cleveland public library
fiction experience, 27
methods of selections, 31
Cogswell (J. G.), 35
Collation, 61, 379
Collier, J. Payne, as a cata-
loguer, 385
Congressional library-see Li-
brary of Congress
Copy tax, origin of, 400
rationale of, 406, 409
Copyright and libraries, 400-
Copyright-
duration of, 413
foundation of, 402, 412
history of, 403
in the Constitution, 401
international, why, 412-13
origin of, 401
perpetual, 402, 413
provisions of, 414
Counting a library, 350, 386
Courtesy, in libraries, 250, 261
Croton bug, 109
Crowding of books on shelves,
116-17
Crunden (F. M.) verses on
classification, 430
Cutter (C. A.) Boston Athen-
aeum catalogue, 485
classification, 430
rules for catalogue, 375
Sabin's Bibliotheca Amert-
cana, 485
Cutting edges, 60-61, 67
Damage to books, see Injuries
Damp, an enemy of books, 104
Dates, errors in, 210-12
Dates of books, ancient ex-
pression of, 391-393
Decimal system, 370, 390
Denis (F.) Nouveau manuel
de bibliographie, 468-9
Dewey (Melvil) classification,
370
remark by, 433
Dictionary catalogues, 373-5,
383-4
Dictionary of national biog-
raphy, 197, 497
Dime novels, 21, 281
Documents (U. S. public)
catalogues, 492
Dogs-earing books, 114
"Dont's," list of proper warn、
ings, 134
Duplicates in libraries, 31,
Durrie (D. S.) Bibliographia
genealogica Americana,
Dust, in libraries, 101-103
to remove from books, 103
Duyckink's Cyclopaedia of
American literature, 490
Eames (W.) continuation of
Sabin's Bibliotheca Amer-
icana, 485
Editions, to be always noted,
387
first, 46, 388, 452
Education, 245, 282-3
Egypt, libraries of, 287-9
Elzevirs, 424, 457
Emerson (R. W.) cited, 172,
scope and limitations of,
14, 197-9, 245
Enemies of books, 101-118
English catalogue, 1835-1899,
383, 495
uses dictionary form, 383
Errors in books, 210-212, 255
in librarians, 256-7
Essays, 9, 17
Facsimile reproduction, 132-
134
Fiction, 12, 18-28, 179
Fires, in libraries, 106-8, 131,
297
destruction of books by,
448-9
First editions, 46, 388, 452
Fletcher (W. I.), classifica-
tion, 372
index to periodicals, 169
Force (Peter) historical li-
brary of, 304
rich in pamphlets, 150
Formation of libraries, 357-
collections of Frankliniana,
456
his manuscripts, 489
on Philadelphia library, 299
French language, need of,
246-8, 257
Furnishings of libraries, 326
Gas, an enemy of books, 105
Genealogy, bibliographies of,
491-2, 500
George IV, library of, 212
Georgi (T.) Allgemeinas Eu-
ropäisches bücher-lexi-
kon, 465
Gesner (C.) Bibliotheca uni-
versalis, 465
Gould (Jay) History of Dela-
ware county, N. Y., 453
Gowans (William), 43
Graesse, Trésor des livres
rares et précieux, 468
Grangerising, 450
Greece, libraries of, 288-9
Griffin (A. P. C.) indexes of
American local history,
Humboldt (Baron von), 449
Humors of the library, 430-
443
Hurst (J. F.) on choice books,
15
Illustrated books, 279, 450,
451, 453-4
Immoral books, 20, 22, 453
Index expurgatorius, 448, 470
Indexes, use of, 205-6
how to make, 388-9
substitutes for, 207
Injuries to books, See Crowd-
ing, Cutting, Dogs-earing,
Enemies, Ink, Margins,
Mutilations, Soiling, Trac-
ing, Torn leaves
Ink, use of, 113
how removed, 128-9
Inquiries, innumerable, 191-
as preserver and restorer of
books, 120-1
benefits to, of inquiries, 202
high standard for, 272
indispensable, how to be-
come, 200, 203
intercourse with readers,
librarian's dream, 417
qualifications of, 242-274
accuracy, 254
business habits, 249, 258
courtesy, 250, 261
energy and industry, 262
foreign languages, 246-248
good temper, 250
habits of order, 257-260
health, 251
impartial liberality, 264-5
knowledge of books, 248
love of his work, 253
patience inexhaustible, 261
sound common sense, 252
tact unfailing, 262
reserve in recommending
books, 213
"who reads is lost," 242, 274
woes of a, 441-443
Librarianship, attractions of,
193, 268-271
drawbacks attending, 266-8
opens avenues to growth,
269
school of human nature, 270
Libraries.
ancient, of clay, 287-8
and copyright, 400-416
and schools, 275 282
and universities, 282, 293
annual reports of, 349-356
catalogues of, 373-399
classification of, 362-372
exaggeration of volumes in,
212-13
formation of, 357-362
founded by individual gift,
311-13
Libraries, history of, 287-320
list of, over 100,000 vols.,
309-10
mercantile, 319
monastic, 290-292
picture of ancient, 273
poetry of, 417-430
prompt service in, 341-2
readers in, 186, 285-6
special report on, 1876, 309
state libraries, 316-17
statistics of American, 308
subscription libraries, 360
ten largest, 293
travelling libraries, 319-20
uses of, 275-286
Library, how to count a, 350
386
Library, humors of the, 430
Library, poetry of the, 417
Library advertising, 353-356
Library association of United
Kingdom, 499
Library buildings and fur-
nishings, 321-333
See Buildings
Library bulletins, 353
Library commissioners, 345
Library committees, 333-340,
360
Library donations, 361
Library Journal, N. Y., 1876-
99, 499
Library laws (State), 357, 359
Library of Congress
and copyright books, 404-
411, 416
appointments in, 338
joint committee on, 340
our national conservatory
of books, 181-2
restriction of MSS. and
rare books, 225
sketch of its history, 303-5
Library regulations, 341-349,
433-4
Library reports, 349
Library science schools, 338
Library trustees or boards of
managers, 333-340
Literature, history of, 12-14
Loudon (A.) History of In
dian wars, 476
Lowndes (W. T.) Bibliog-
rapher's Manual, 494
Macaulay (T. B.) memory,
Maittaire (M.) Annales typo
graphici, 467
Marbling, 68
Margins, writing or marking
on, 114, 124-5, 136
Mazarin Bible, 46, 445
Memory, the faculty of, 226-
241
attention and association,
its corner-stones, 236-7
cardinal qualification of a
librarian, 226-7
discursive reading impairs
it, 240-1
improvement of, 236-240
intuitive memory, 230
local memory, 229
verbal memory, 228
Migne (J. P. abbé) Patrologie,
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