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v IAHHSVHJEIFREE PUBLUJIJBRARY _
N` page was taken in full, including pub- §
\ lisher’s name, date and place of publica— t E
` · tion. Each title, contents, etc., were l
\` placed on tickets usual in making a cata— {
logue, and at the close of each day’s
work these tickets were placed in boxes
\` in the numerical order of the books.
This preliminary work lasted one full l
. year, at the end of which all but two of p
the ladies were discharged. The librari- 1
2 an then read every ticket in the boxes K
v and marked, either by underscoring a word
é or the back of the ticket, the cross-
, references to be made. In this way all i
, books relating to any subjects whatever
3 1 are collected under that subject. Where
f l any title—page was defective the librari-
@ an compared it with the book itself to
» A secure accuracy. The tickets, as fast as
‘ read and marked, were handed to the two
ladies, who made the cross—references as §~
g directed, and finally arranged the tick- ;
A ets in alphabetical order. This work T
; required about six months, when the cata- Q
logue was ready for printing, no tran-
scribing of tickets being necessary. The
librarian did not urge the publication of
l the catalogue, as he desired before doing ,
. so to have at least 20,000 more books
T i added to the library, representing sub-
jects that would have been noticeably
/t absent had the catalogue been printed.
/ The catalogue, as finished, would make a
I royal octavo volume of more than one {
thousand pagos.(22)
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