Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-11-07
CURIOUS ~cATALoaUINe.
Queer Errors which Librarians Make.
'Heine's Songs" and Hens Lays"

Queer Errors which Librarians Make.
"Heine's Songs" and "Hen's Lays
The whole world has heard by THY
time OF the Bostouian's claim 10 have
seen a book catalogue lining tins
entry;
EsoHYI Us; Prometheus Cunbound)
Which, he adds, is quite as good
in its ways us 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" 'LOncle, Tome l." and
'LOncle, Tome H." is also historical,
but hardly more ~deScrvedly SO than
that OF the cataloguer who entered
'Heine's Songs" AS Hens Lays"
Celebrated Criminals Bound in
Morocco appears 10 indicate that a
just rccibution has overtaken a body
Of %neiarous persons among whom ii
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 unplcasantly like a
substitute for profanity.
We IAN appreciate the feelings OF
the cataloguer vino wrote Zone Hun
dred and Fifty Choice Masterpieces"
and failed TO observe in reading his
proofs hat il had been set up as Ono
Hundred and Fifty Choice Mantel-
pieces
Poems by Chaucer very scarce"
states an unGoubted fact; but when a
set of Slerne is entered rs having the
authors signature in nine volumes" to
enhance its value one is disposed 10
suspect thatsOm, one has been imposed
upon.
There is "a perfect Daniel come to
Judgment in the north Of England.
lis entry OF DrougA's ''Falstatf' illus
trated by Cruikshank, S ''Cruik-
shank's Falstatf." written up by
Br0ugli, is eminently just.
The author Of 80 Salads" would
be glad 10 see the volume referred to
as "57l Paines, even though it should
turn out that the works of Paine were
numbered 57i in the catalogue, and
were given n companionable sound
by the oversight of. the proof reader
and the c~usscduess Of the typesetter.
IL is easy 10 picture the cousterna.
ton Of the librarian who found under
the classification Of Works on the
French Capital the volume Parish
Register OF hirkbarton County, York
AN error which finds its parallel in
the gentry Of Paul and Virginia" under
Americana as Virginia Paul and) !"
nor can we exclude here the c~lassiii-
cation of 'Horati Flacci Opera" under
operate works. The 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 Mo-
rocco
One cannot but reflect that the au-
thor would be very angry were he 10
see his work alluded TO as "Fleming's
Rabies" nor can il be gainsaid that the
probably mythical error, Bling Ham
sandwich Islands" for ''Bingham's
Sandwich Islands" would have plung-
ed its author into gulf CT dark de-
spair.
Another probably mythical slip is
the entry of MichaeIis' ancient Mar
bles" under the head of sport; but THE
Emperor Napoleon slightly soiled' is
bona iide.
The Manual of Chirosophy, well
thumbed,' ''Cowes. in half calf" and
Jack Sheppard, with gilt edges" are
mistakes heard Of but not seen; but
the allusion to Mrs. Beeton's Cook
Book, extra illustrated with fine
plates" is in existeuce.-J. X. Bangs
in Harper's Weekly.