Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-10-12
CURIOUS ~cATALo6ulNG.
Queer Errors Which Librarians Make
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Queer Errors which Librarians Make.
"Iieiue's Songs" and "Hcn's Lays"
The whole world has heard by this
time uf the Bostonian's claim TO have
seen "a book catalogue containing this
rulry
.GarHuus. TrUmathUus Cuubouud)
Whn', be adds, is quite rs good
Ia lis ways gs The entries:
rI on l'e Floss
Do oa ubaty
and I'm" excerpt from the catalogue Of
q country library
Iatu Adeliul
DO Oyster
The French binders error in label.
ing two volumes of Uncle Toms
Cabin, "LOncle, Tome l." and
"LOncle, Tome H." is also historical.
bat hardly more d~cservedly 10 than
hat Of the cdtalogucr who entered
"ileine's Songs" us Hens Lays"
Celebrated Criminals Bound in
Morocco appears to indicate that a
just resibution hes overtaken a body
of nefarious persons among whom it
would be a pleasure to number the
printer who caused the types to make
mention of Professor Beers Thank
less Muse" as the ''The Thankless
Nurse"
French Cathedrals, by Wrinkles"
is possibly a correct entry, but by
Wrinkles" sounds unpleasant like a
substitute for PR 'anity.
We can Apr late the feelings OF
the cataloguer who wrote Zone Hun
dred and Fifty Choice Masterpieces"
and failed to observe in reading his
proofs that it had been set up as "One
Hundred and Fifty Choice Mantel-
pieces"
Poems by Chaucer very scarce"
states an undoubted fact; but when a
sci of Sterne is entered as having ''the
authors signature in nine volumes" TO
enhance its value one is disposed TO
suspect that some one has been imposed
upon.
There is a perfect Daniel come TO
judgment in the north of England.
His entry Of Brough's 'Falstalf" illus
tratcd by Cruikshank, as ''Cruik-
shanks Falstaif," written up by
Bruugh, is eminently Just.
The author of 80 Salads" would
be glad 10 see the volume referred TO
ms '57l Paines, even though il should
turn out that the works of Paine were
numbered j1l in the catalogue, and
were given a companionable sound
by the oversight of the proof reader
and the cusSedncss of the typcsetter.
1t Is easy 10 picture the %consterna.
ton OF the librarian who found under
the classification Of Works on the
French Capital the volume Parish
Register Of kirkbarton County. York"
I'm error which finds its parallel in
theentry of Paul and Virginia" under
Americana as Virginia paul and);"
nor can we exclude here the ~claSsili.
cation of "Horati Flacci Opera" under
operate works. Tire proprielics were
certainly observed when, as we learn
from a recent catalogue, a life Of
Peter the Great was bound in Russia,
which certainly cannot be said OF the
binding of "Burton's Anatomy Of tue
Melancholy in full Salmon Mo
rocco.
One cannot but reflect that the au-
thor would be very angry were he 10
see his work alluded TO rs ''Flemiug's
Rabies, nor can il be gainsaid that the
probably mythical error, ''Bng Ham.
sandwich Islands for "Bingham's
Sandwich Islands would have plung.
ed lis author into gulf of dark dc.
spair.
Another probably mythical slip is
the entry of Michaelis' "Ancient Mar.
bles" under the head Of sport; but "The
Emperor Napoleon slightly soiled' is
bona lide.
The Manual of Chirosophy, we'll
thumbcd," "Cowes, in half calf" and
Jack Sheppard, with gilt edges" are
mistakes heard of but not seen; but
the allusion To Mrs. BcetOn's Cook
Book, extra illustrated with fine
plates" is in eXistence.-J. X. Bangs
in lIarper's Weekly.