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Aggravating ladies

Chapter 15: INDEX.
By Olphar Hamst
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The essay combines practical guidance on bibliographic description and cataloguing with a compiled list of works issued under the pseudonym a lady whose authorship the compiler could not ascertain. It outlines principles for describing books, including attention to printing style, punctuation, beginnings and endings, errata, and methods for identifying anonymous and pseudonymous writers. Preliminary remarks and a preface explain the compiler's aims, limits, and appeal for assistance, and the volume discusses the challenges of recording nineteenth‑century English publications accurately. The book concludes with advertisements, an index, and notes on cataloguing practice meant to help readers supply correct bibliographic information.

INDEX.

(Pub. = Publisher.)
  • Accuracy in bibliography, 10, 11, 12.
  • Abbreviation discussed, 12;
  • Additions in cataloguing titles should be indicated, 20.
  • Advertisements in books should be preserved, 17.
  • Advocates Library catalogue of, 28.
  • Aggravating ladies, why this title taken, 6;
    • anonymous work, 15;
    • list of works by, 40.
  • Aikin, Dr., 9.
  • Ailzie Grierson, 40.
  • Alemtéjo, 49.
  • Alexandria, 49.
  • Allibone, Dictionary of English Literature, 30;
    • index to New Testament, 31.
  • Allman, pub., 46.
  • Almeda, 40
  • Alphabet of animals, 40.
  • America, Public Libraries in, 11;
    • Picture of, 49.
  • Anacalypsis, 30.
  • Anderson, pub., 50.
  • Andrews, pub., 42.
  • Anecdotes of Animals, 41.
  • Anonymous works, 14;
    • cataloguing, 17;
    • Dictionary of, 15, 16, 19;
    • means of identifying authors of, 35;
    • not read with confidence, 16;
    • proportion of, in libraries, 40;
    • statement that work is anon, not to be relied on, 18.
  • Arithmetical books, list of, 11, 19, 33, 41.
  • Arithmetical class-book, 41.
  • Astrologer, the, 41.
  • Astronomy, 50.
  • Atkinson’s medical bibliography, 40.
  • Audiffredi, G. B., 15.
  • Auteurs Déguisez, 15.
  • Autonymous books, 14, 17.
  • Apocalyptic vision, 48.
  • Axon, W. E. A., 16.
  • Ayscough, 30, 31.
  • Bachelor, rich old, 49.
  • Baillet, A., 15.
  • Ball, pub., 48.
  • Banks, W., 44.
  • Barbier, A. A., 15.
  • Barbier, Olivier, 16, 19.
  • Beauty, 41.
  • Bennett, Mary, 40.
  • Benson & Barling, pub., 42.
  • Bent, publisher, 36.
  • Bessie Gray, 35.
  • Bibliographers, have been careless in their descriptions, 18.
  • Bibliography, too many meanings to the word, 10, 12.
  • Bibliotheca Cornubiensis, 9.
  • Bibliotheca geographica, 29.
  • Biographia Dramatica, 40.
  • Black Forest, legend of the, 41.
  • Boase & Courtney’s Bibliotheca Cornubiensis, 9.
  • Bogue, pub., 45.
  • Book of Costumes, 41.
  • Book, how to describe a, 5, 9, 37;
    • different descriptions of, 14;
    • Handy-book about books, 15, 16.
  • Book paging should be simple, 25.
  • Bookbinders tear away advertisements, 17.
  • Botany, study of, 46.
  • Boy’s own book, 41.
  • British Almanac, 23.
  • British Catalogue, the, 36, 37.
  • British Critic, 50.
  • British geography, 42.
  • British Librarian, the, 44.
  • British Museum catalogue, 11, 35, 41, 53;
    • report on, 15;
    • rules, 16;
    • Library, 35, 40.
  • Brougham, Lord, publications, 17, 19, 27, 52.
  • Brown, George, an imaginary author cited as an example, 12.
  • Brown, rev. J., 46.
  • Buds & blossoms, 41.
  • Bunting, Rev. Jabez, 49.
  • Cadell, pub., 43.
  • Capital letters in titles, 29.
  • Caroline and her mother, 41.
  • Catalogues, 10, 14;
    • not to be relied on, 18;
    • should not alter titles, 21;
    • Art of making, 21.
  • Catechism, a, 41, 45.
  • Cato, a tale, 41.
  • Cawthorn, pub., 49.
  • Chambers Cyclopædia on the Handbook of Fictitious names, 52.
  • Chapple, pub., 43.
  • Charades, 45.
  • Charlotte, princess, 47, 48, 51.
  • Child’s Guide, 42.
  • Child’s Manual, 42.
  • Child’s Own Book, 42.
  • Child’s Pathway, 42.
  • Child’s Treasure, 42.
  • Cholera orphan home, 46.
  • Chollerton, 42.
  • Christian’s preacher, 42.
  • Christian’s Sunday alphabet, 47.
  • Christmas in Ireland, 42.
  • Christopher, pub., 51.
  • Clarke, pub., 43, 45.
  • Clarke, M. Cowden, 31.
  • Cleaver, pub., 47.
  • Colburn, pub., 41, 50.
  • Combe, W., 49.
  • Commandments, the ten, 44.
  • Communicants, address to, 43.
  • Companion to the almanac, 19.
  • Confirmation, on, 47.
  • Cook, Mrs., 46.
  • Cookery, 42, 43, 44, 47, 48.
  • Corney, Bolton, 12, 16, 18, 33.
  • Cottage Home, 42.
  • Cottager’s Assistant, 43.
  • Cousin Rachel’s visit, 43.
  • Cousins, The, 43.
  • Craigh-Melrose Priory, 43.
  • Cremorne, viscountess, 43.
  • Crestadoro, A., 19-21, 37.
  • Crimean Cooking, 44.
  • Croker, J. W., 48.
  • Crosby, pub., 48.
  • Crew & Spencer, pub., 43.
  • Crucifixion, The, 43.
  • Cutter, C. A., 11, 24.
  • Cuttle, Captain, advice quoted, 8.
  • Dartmoor Legends, 43.
  • Darton & Harvey, publishers, 35, 36, 41, 43, 44-45-46, 48, 49, 50.
  • David, history of, 46.
  • Dean, pub., 45.
  • Delepierre, O., 15.
  • De Morgan, Professor, his Arithmetical books, referred to, 1, 11, 19, 24, 41;
    • article in the Companion to the Almanac, 23;
    • on sizes of books, 24;
    • on errors, 33.
  • Dictionaries, compilers of copy one another, 33.
  • Dictionary catalogue, 11;
    • of anonymous authors, 15, 16.
  • Dolman, pub., 41, 42.
  • Domestic economy, 43, 46.
  • Dots of omission, 22.
  • Duniol, pub., 41.
  • East Indians, 36.
  • Easy rhymes, 41.
  • Ebers, pub., 49.
  • Ecclesiasticus, 48.
  • Edgeworth, Miss, fictitious reference to her, 37, 38.
  • Edmonds G., 25.
  • Edward Beaumont, 44.
  • Edwards (Edward), 10, 14, 40.
  • Effie’s tales, 44.
  • Elwy, vale of, 44.
  • Emily Trevor, 44.
  • Encyclopædia Britannica on anonymous works, 40;
    • on the Handbook of Fictitious Names, 52.
  • England, Church of, 44.
  • England, history of, 41, 42, 43, 44.
  • English Catalogue, the, 19, 36, 37, 42, 51.
  • English cookery, 43.
  • English grammar, Lennie’s, 21.
  • Enigmas, 45.
  • Errors, difficult to avoid, 32.
  • Erskine, T., 45.
  • Esthwaite water, 44.
  • Etchings, 53.
  • Fairy Tales, 48, 51.
  • Familiar Dialogues, 45.
  • Fictitious names of authors, Handbook of, 5, 14, 16, 19, 36, 52.
  • Fisher, pub., 45.
  • Flamank, J., 36.
  • Flora & Thalia, 45.
  • Ford, pub., 42.
  • France Littéraire (La), 9.
  • Frederick William, Prince, 40.
  • French Biography, 51.
  • French Cookery, 43.
  • French, enigmas in, 45.
  • Friend’s books, 19.
  • Galignani, pub., 41.
  • Garden, Pleasures of a, 46.
  • Garden of Language, 45.
  • Gaultier’s Geography, 42.
  • Genesis, 48.
  • Gentleman’s Magazine, 30.
  • Geography, Ancient, 50.
  • Geography, British, 42.
  • Geography, First lessons in, 42, 51.
  • Geography, Modern, 42.
  • George III. jubilee, 40.
  • German Biography, 51.
  • Gilly, W. S., 42.
  • Girl’s Text Book, 45.
  • Gleanings from many fields, 36.
  • Goss, P. S., 48.
  • Greenhouse, guide to, 44.
  • Grammar of bibliography, there is none, 11.
  • Grammar of English, 21,
    • Universal, 25.
  • Groombridge, pub., 41, 43.
  • Hailes, pub., 42.
  • Halkett, S., 16.
  • Hall, pub., 51.
  • Hamilton, duchess of, 47.
  • Hamst, Olphar, 15, 52.
  • Handbook of fictitious names, 5;
    • criticisms on, author determined to stop collecting with the year 1879, 52.
  • Handel, 50.
  • Happiness, Guide to, 41.
  • Hardwicke, pub., 47.
  • Harp of Salem, poems, 45.
  • Harris, pub., 41, 48.
  • Harvey see Darton.
  • Hatchard, pub., 41, 44, 45, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51.
  • Hazlitt, W. C., 34.
  • Hegel, G. W. F., 19.
  • Higgins, G., 30, 31.
  • History, Modern, 47.
  • History, Universal, 42.
  • Hodgson, publisher, 36.
  • Holdsworth, A. H., 43.
  • Hope & Co., pub., 41, 46.
  • Houlston, pub., 40-43.
  • Housekeeper’s assistant, 46.
  • How to dress on £15 a year, 7, 41, 46.
  • Hurdis, Dr., 50.
  • Hymns, 35, 46, 49.
  • Ida, 42.
  • Index, necessity for an, 30;
    • one better than two, 31;
    • bad, 31;
    • Society, 31.
  • Ines and other poems, 46.
  • Infant’s friend, 41.
  • Ireland, 51;
    • distress in, 42;
    • Travellers in, 48.
  • Italian Biography, 51.
  • Italy, works of art, 49.
  • Jal, A., 32, 33.
  • Jarrold, pub., 42.
  • Jesus the Messiah, 46, 48.
  • Jewett, C. C., 10, 24.
  • Johnstone, pub., 40.
  • Kaisersworth Deaconesses, 47.
  • Kent, duchess of, 45.
  • Laconics, manual of, 9.
  • Lancashire dialect, Literature of, 16.
  • Law, pub., 42.
  • Law List, 28.
  • Lennie, W., 21.
  • Leopold, prince, 47.
  • Leslies, the, 46.
  • Letters to my unknown friends, 47.
  • Life assurance, guide to, 47.
  • Linton, Mount, family, 43.
  • Lisbon, 49.
  • Literary men, careless in their references, 18.
  • Little Lilly, a moral tale, a supposititious publication, 38.
  • Little Lilly’s Travels, a real book, 38.
  • London Catalogue, the, 36, 42, 46.
  • Longman, pub., 36, 47, 49, 50, 51.
  • Lord’s Prayer, on the, 42.
  • Louis XVIII., court of, 49.
  • Low, publisher, 36, 37.
  • Lowndes, W. T., 13, 44.
  • Lusk, pub., 45.
  • Lynmouth Visitors, 47.
  • Lyntot, pub., 43.
  • Maconochie, (Mrs.), 44.
  • Manchester free library catalogue, 19.
  • Mandeville, 47.
  • Martin’s Catalogue of privately printed books, 23.
  • Mary, queen, 47.
  • Mary, Virgin, 47.
  • Masters, pub., 41, 47.
  • Matlock, Journey to, 44.
  • Mauritius, 49.
  • McCulloch, J. R., 16, 33.
  • McGlashan, pub., 44.
  • McPhun, pub., 51.
  • Mansoul, siege of, 50.
  • Memoirs of Libraries, 10, 14.
  • Messiah, The, 50.
  • Metrical Remembrances, 47.
  • Miller, John, his Fly Leaves, 5.
  • Mirror of the graces, 6.
  • Mitchell, pub., 51.
  • Moral Maxims, 48.
  • Motto, on title page, 19.
  • Mozley, pub., 48.
  • Mozley, Mrs., works by, 35.
  • Murray, pub., 43, 44, 48, 49.
  • Music for schools, 44.
  • My Norske note Book, 48.
  • Natural history, 45, 48.
  • Naylor, C., 24.
  • Needlework, 47.
  • Nelson, publisher, 38, 47.
  • New-church doctrine, 42.
  • New Estate, The, 36, 48.
  • Nicholas, Bishop of Melipotamus, 42.
  • Nichols, John, 31.
  • Nichols, T., 11.
  • Nightingale, F., 45.
  • Nisbet, pub., 46.
  • Norfolk, 49.
  • Norton, hon. C. E. S., 49.
  • Norway, month in, 48.
  • Notes and Queries, 5, 10, 16, 17, 24, 36, 41.
  • Old Bridge, the, 35.
  • Orb of Light, 48.
  • Oriental Cookery, 43.
  • Oriental Nature, a glimpse of, 45.
  • Original Fables, 48.
  • Orr, pub., 44.
  • Outlines of Truth, 48.
  • Oxford, bishop of, 43.
  • Panizzi, Sir A., 11.
  • Parke, Justice, 44.
  • Parker, pub., 45, 49, 51.
  • Partridge, pub., 47.
  • Pentateuch, questions from the, 43.
  • Phantasie’s birthday, 46.
  • Philanthropist, the, 48.
  • Pickering, pub., 48.
  • Pocock, pub., 44.
  • Political economy, literature of, 16, 33.
  • Polyonymous books, 14.
  • Portugal, a tale, 35, 48, 49.
  • Portuguese Biography, 51.
  • Power, John, 15, 16.
  • Prefaces not dated, 23.
  • Printing, style of, 27.
  • Privately printed books, 23.
  • Protestant Church, 44.
  • Pseudonymous books, 14, 17;
    • means of identifying authors of, 35;
    • list of, 40, 52.
  • Public libraries in the United States, report on, 11.
  • Publication, place of, 22;
    • date of, 23.
  • Publisher’s names not often found in book lists, 22;
    • when important, 23.
  • Punctuation of titles, 29.
  • Quérard, J. M., 9, 15, 17, 52.
  • Ravensdale, 49.
  • Redeemed Rose, the, 49.
  • Revelation, 48.
  • Rivingtons, pub., 43, 45, 51.
  • Robert Marshall, 35.
  • Roberts, pub., 43, 47.
  • Roberts, Emma, 48.
  • Robinson, pub., 44.
  • Rodwell & Martin, pub., 43.
  • Roman Church, 44.
  • Routledge, pub., 46.
  • Rozelli, Life of, 40.
  • Rules for cataloguing, 10, 11.
  • Ryde, 37, 38.
  • Sacraments, the Two, 44.
  • Saunders & Otley, pub., 41, 50, 51.
  • Sceptic, The, 50.
  • Scotch Cookery, 43.
  • Seaman, Miss, a fictitious name used for the purpose of illustration, 37;
    • supposed works of, 38.
  • Seeley, pub., 46, 49.
  • Selina, a novel, 50.
  • Sermons for children, 43.
  • Shaw, pub., 41, 45, 50.
  • Sierra Leone, 49.
  • Simpkin, pub., 42, 43, 44, 45, 51.
  • Shakespeare, indexes to, 30;
    • words from, 50.
  • Smith, pub., 45, 46, 47.
  • Smith, J., fictitious publisher’s name, 38.
  • Smith, John, Printer’s manual, 32.
  • Smith, John Russell, pub., 50.
  • Smith, Joseph, 19.
  • Smithsonian Report, 24.
  • Spain yesterday and to-day, 35, 50.
  • Spanish Biography, 51.
  • Spelling simplified, 42.
  • Spratt, M., 45.
  • Stanley Ghost, 35.
  • Stereotyped books, 23.
  • Stevens, H., on catalogues, 29.
  • Stewart, Agnes M., 41.
  • Stockdale, pub., 47, 51.
  • Sulger, H., 50.
  • Supercheries Littéraires, 15.
  • Swimming, list of works on, 19, 53.
  • Symonds, pub., 40.
  • Syntax, Dr., 49.
  • Tabart, pub., 44.
  • Tales of the Classics, 42, 50.
  • Titles from the German, 50.
  • Titles from the Spanish, 51.
  • Taylor, pub., 45.
  • Taylor, J., Manual of Laconics, 9.
  • Temple, countess, 51.
  • Testament, Old and New, 42, 46.
  • Thomas, Percy, portrait of Whistler by, 52.
  • Timperley’s Printer’s manual, 25, 32.
  • Title page, 12, 13, 18.
  • Truewit, T., pseud., 14.
  • Twelve years ago, 51.
  • Twice married, 51.
  • Urban, Sylvanus, pseudonym of the editors of the Gentleman’s Magazine, 18.
  • Vater Unser, a tale, 51.
  • Ventilation, an essay on, supposititious title given as an illustration, 12.
  • Vernon, Mrs., 44.
  • Versailles, 43.
  • Victoria, princess, 45, 50.
  • Village incidents, 51.
  • Virginia, 49.
  • Wales, Travellers in, 48.
  • Wallis, pub., 51.
  • Ward, pub., 44, 49, 51.
  • Warne, pub., 41, 44, 46.
  • Washbourne, pub., 45.
  • Wertheim, pub., 46, 48.
  • Whately, Arch., 36.
  • Wheatley, H. B., on indexes, 31.
  • Whistler, catalogue of his etchings, 52.
  • Whittaker, pub., 42, 44, 47, 50, 51.
  • Woman, 51.
  • Workwoman’s guide, 51.
  • Winchester, Bishop of, 46.
  • Youth’s magazine, 46.