from the titles of all novels and plays and of poems likely to be asked for by their titles; (1t
from noticeable words in anonymous titles, especially from the names of subjects of anonymous biographies; (1v
from the names of editors of periodicals, when the periodicals are generally called by the editor’s name; (1w
from the names of important translators (especially poetical translators) and commentators; (1x
from the title of an ecclesiastical dignitary, when that, and not the family name, is used in the book catalogd; (1y
and in other cases where a reference is needed to insure the ready finding of the book. (1z
[note] 70. C. A. Cutter, S. H. Scudder, C. B. Tillinghast. Reprinted from the _Library journal_, 8: 251–254. The rules of the Library Association of the United Kingdom were printed in the _Library journal_, 6: 315–316. The Bodleian cataloging rules are given in the _Library journal_, 8: 298–301.[/note]
In the heading of titles, the names of authors are to be given _in full_, and in their _vernacular_ form, except that the Latin form may be used when it is more generally known, the vernacular form being added in parentheses; except, also, that sovereigns and popes may be given in the English form. (2a
English and French surnames beginning with a _prefix_ (except the French de and d’) are to be recorded under the prefix; in other languages under the word following; (2b
English _compound_ surnames are to be entered under the last part of the name; foreign ones under the first part; (2c
Designations are to be added to _distinguish_ writers of the _same name_ from each other; (2d
Prefixes indicating the _rank_ or _profession_ of writers may be added in the heading, when they are part of the usual designation of the writers. (2e
Names of places to be given in the English form. When both an English and a vernacular form are used in English works, prefer the vernacular. (2f
The title is to be an exact transcript of the title-page, neither amended, translated, nor in any way altered, except that mottoes, titles of authors, repetitious, and matter of any kind not essential, are to be _omitted_. Where great accuracy is desirable, omissions are to be indicated by three dots (...). The titles of books especially valuable for antiquity or rarity may be given in full, with all practicable precision. The phraseology and spelling, but not necessarily the punctuation, of the title are to be exactly copied. (3a