New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-01-11
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The publication Of the thlId volume OF t!C
Brooklyn Library Catalogue brings to a Close a
gleat undertaking which has ahcady received
our hcarticst EXPIRE sions of approval. The
work as completed contains LILO double
column pages, with one general alphabet OF
authols titles, and subjects, embracing $4,000
entries. 5000 analytical subject references,
10000 topical cross-rcfcrcuccs, and 5000
cross references from specific topics to general
classes. The general alphabetical arrangcmt mt
is cO11pletc for the 6O,0GO volumes IN Tie
library ard the periodical literature Of the LAST
twenty five years. so that any reader who knows
either the title or the authors name is directed
at once 10 the shelf where the book can be found.
But where there is one reader who knows PIE
cisc!y what he wants, there are nineteen who
do not, and for the benefit Of this large majority
the titles and topics are brought together in class
divisions precisely as the books would be logic
ally distributed on the shelves. There are 100
of these class headings, with 5000 subdivisions
alphabetically arranged interviewer with one
another and with the general alphabet in Il
network Of cross-refercnces. The consequence
is that student who wishes to investigate any
subject pcrccivc- at d glance all the information
which he has at his command and inasmnCh as
the contents of collections and miscellaneous
works are carefully Analysed, he can make his
study as specific rs he wishes. This topical
classification with the analytical work that lies
behind il renders this the best working cala-
logue of Il wcll-cquippcd popular library which
we have ever seen.
There are thousands of patron of circulating
Libraries who lave no use tOI an index of thus
kind. They are satisfied if they can get the
latest novel or some popular work which a
chance acquaintance has recommended a. in
teIrstng. These are the idlers who merely
dawdle over the counter of the library and
waste their time IN reading what they Go read
The genuine WORKERS who make study of
books, will find this catalogue not only a useful
guide and great convenience, but Il tune-sav-
ing apparatus Il gives them an intelligent
choice Of materials and prevent, n I'm wasting
their time i'll reading what viii be- IF no use to
them and IN obtaining information from inferior
sources. 1t not only aTrangcs the boot on the
shelves in orderly groups and brings before the
eye the titles and the authors names, but It
opens the tables of contents and in many in
stances indexes the books. lna,much rs this
Brooklyn collection j, u typical public library
nearly all the works in ordinary circulating
Libraries are indcxcd IN this catalogue. It
can ne used so widely that it may not be too
much to say thar the compiler has placed
readers ard students throughout the country
under pressing obligations to HIM foG his IN
dcfatigable industry.
We can speak approximately Of this clta-
loeuc, for what Mr. Moves lls done for tnc
public Libraries we are doing oursclyr, for the
press of the country. Every year IN elaborate
INDEX OF $50 Of more dOublc-cOlumu pages is
published in order TO render the content, Of the
daily flies OF TIE TRIBUNE accessible to the
public at all times; AID this volume in al
matters of CuIICut news serves rs a guide TO the
files OF all the principal journals Of the country.
This annual is published ut considerable cx-
prnsc rs it is one mans work throughout the
year to edit il, and pains are taken to make
it as complete rs possible. 1t commands of
necessity a restricted sale, bat We consider it a
public duty to provide our readers and OK
changes with key to the volumnous history