Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-11-02
CURIOUS

Queer Errors which Librarians Make.
"TIcine', songs" aud "Iiua's Lays
The whole world has heard by thu
time oG the BoStoman's claim 10 have
seen q book catalogue cons ming tins
entry
.Escun us; Prometheus (unbound)
Which, be adds, is quite as good
in its ways as the entries:
Mil on the Floss.
Do on liberty,
and the excerpt from the catalogue Of
a country library:
Patti Adelina,
DO Oyster
The French binders error in label
ing two volumes of 'Uncle Toms
Cabin" "LOucle, Tome l." and
"L'Oncle, Tome H." is also historical,
but hardly more deScrvedly 5 70 than
that of the c~atalogucr who entered
Holmes Songs" rs Hens Lays"
Celebrated Criminals Bound in
Morocco" appears 10 indicate that a
just restitution has overtaken a body
ol nelarious persons among whom 1t
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
Winkles" sounds u~npleasantly like a
substitute for profanity.
We can appreciate the feelings Of
the cataloguer vino wrote Zone Hun
iIcd 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
set Of Sterne is entered as having the
authors signature in nine volumes to
enhance lis 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 "Falstaif" illus
tratcd by Cruikshank, as "Cruik-
ohank's FalstaiT." written up by
Brough, is eminCntly Just.
The author OF 80 salads would
be glad to see the volume referred 10
as "jTl Paines. even though il should
turn out that the works of Paine were
numbered So ia ;he catalogue, and
were given a companionabIe sound
by the oversight of the proof reader
and the ~cusaedncss Of the typcsetter.
1t is easy To picture the cousterna.
ton of the librarian who found under
the classification of Works on the
French Capital the volume Parish
Register of kirkbarton County, York
AN error which finds its parallel in
the entry of Paul and Virginia" under
Americana as Virginia paul and);"
nor can We exclude here the classifi.
cation of 'Horati Flacci Opera" under
operate works. Tire proprietieS were
certainly observed when, as we learn
from a recent catalogue, n life Of
Peter the Great was bound in Russia,
which certainly cannot be said Of the
binding of 'Burton's Anatomy of the
Melancholy" in full Salmon No
rocco"
One cannot but reflect that the au-
thor would be very angry were he to
see his work alluded TO as "Fleming's
Rabies" nor can it be gainsaid that the
probably mythical error, ''Bing Ham
sandwich Islands" for ''Bingham's
Sandwich Islands would have plung.
ed its author into a gulf oil dark de-
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 tide.
The Manual Of Chirosophy, well
thumbcd," "Cowes, in half calf" and
Jack sheppard, with gilt edges are
mistakes heard Of but not seen; but
the allu.iou to Mrs. Becton's Cook
Book. extra illustrated with fine
Plates is in existence. j. X. Bangs
IN Wrappers Weekly.