CONTENTS.Page.PREFACE,vREPORT.COPY OF A LETTER,viiiREPORT OF COMMISSIONERS,ixSMITHSONIAN CATALOGUE SYSTEM.Difficulties in publishing catalogues,3Plan for obviating these difficulties,5Application of the plan for the formation of a general catalogue,5Advantages to be derived from the proposed system,6Distinction between a catalogue and a bibliographical dictionary,10The same titles to serve for general and particular catalogues,11Form of the catalogue,13Necessity of rules for the preparation of catalogues,17Duties of collaborators and superintendent,19Printing and Stereotyping,23Preservation and use of the plates,24Construction of new catalogues,25RULES.Titles.I.To be transcribedin full,29II.To be transcribedwith exactness,31III.To be repeated for every edition,34IV.Books without title-pages,35V.Academical dissertations,36VI.Sermons,36VII.Periodical publications,36VIII.Number of volumes, how to be specified,37IX.Imprint,38X.Designation of size,39XI.Number of pages,43XII.Additions to titles,44Headings.XIII.To be, generally, the name of author,45XIV.Names variously spelled,46XV.Prefixes to names,46XVI.Compound surnames,48XVII.Names changed,48XVIII.Cases in which the first name is to be used,49XIX.Surnames of noblemen, &c.,50XX.Joint productions of several authors,50XXI.Works of several authors in one series,50XXII.Works issued by collective bodies,52XXIII.Translations,53XXIV.Commentaries,53XXV.The Bible,54XXVI.Reports of Trials,54XXVII.Theses,54XXVIII.Pseudonymous publications,54XXIX.Anonymous publications,55Cross-References.XXX.From one heading to another,57XXXI.From headings to titles,58Arrangement.XXXII.Order of headings,59XXXIII.Order of titles,59XXXIV.Order of titles under name of author,601. Collection of all the works,60a.Without translations,60b.With one, or several translations,60c.Translations without the text,602. Partial collections,603. Selections, or collected fragments,604. Separate works,615. Entire portions of a separate work,61XXXV.Order of titles under names of collective bodies,61XXXVI.Cross-references,61XXXVII.Special rule for entries under "Bible,"61XXXVIII.Maps, Engravings, Music,62XXXIX.Exceptional cases,64EXAMPLES.REMARKS ON THE EXAMPLES,67EXAMPLES,69INDEX OF SUBJECTS,91EXPLANATIONS OF INITIALS,94LOCAL INDEX,95