EXAMPLES OF INDEXES The student of indexing will find it profitable to examine wellmade indexes of various types. Those instanced below as representing good work as well as the examples chosen to illustrate various kinds of type, groupings, punctuation and devices in general use, are often inconsistent with each other and differ in details of treatment from the forms and principles recommended in the preceding pages, which are in accord with the rules and general practice of the New York State Library. The first group represents rather full indexes of good type: Bryce, James. American Commonwealth. Macmillan Merriam, F.A. Birds of Village and Field. Houghton Emerson's Works. See Natural History of Intellect, v. 12 of Riverside ed. Houghton Holmes, O. W. Autocrat of the Breakfast Table. Houghton Example of less close analysis, adequate for the type of book: Lowell, J.R. The Biglow Papers. Houghton Dodgson. Sylvie and Bruno. Macmillan Example of the indexing of voluminous and diverse material, requiring complicated forms of reference: Index to Publications of the New York State Natural History Survey and New York State Museum, 1837-1902, compiled by Miss Mary Ellis. New York State Museum, Bulletin 66 For elaborate indexing of historical sources in which great variety of form is found: Index to Calendar of Council Minutes, 1668-1783. New York State A far more voluminous and complicated example is the twovolume index to the 71 volumes of the Jesuit Relations, Burrows Bros. This work illustrates the application of an elaborate scheme. of classification in an alphabetic index. Among subject indexes to files of periodicals may be cited: Analytical Index to the Educational Review, vol. 1-25, compiled by The last work differs from the ordinary subject index in giving analyses of subject matter under titles of articles indexed. EXAMPLES OF TYPE AND STYLE In estimating the following styles of printing, consider clearness, compactness, simplicity. A style which wastes space or employs varieties of type expensive in combination is justified only by decided gain in ready reference. The judicious use of black face or other peculiar types is helpful in many cases, but too freely employed they may produce a confused impression. From R. K. Shaw's Bibliography of Domestic Economy. raphy Bul. 22 N. Y. State Lib. Bibliog The superior figures tell the exact place on the page in ninths, e. g. 41 means page 41, beginning in the third ninth of the page, i. e. about one third of the way down. The note explaining the superior figures is of course given with both of the indexes quoted above. From Harbottle & Dalbiac's Dictionary of Quotations: French and Italian. Note that the simpler form of Bartlett is quite as clear as the second more elaborate style. From Fiske's Dutch and Quaker France, 1. 24; why they did Hull, Edward, 1. 265. Hunter, Robert, ii. 242-245. Hutchinson, Anne, 1. 182; mur dered by Indians, 186; her Hutchinson, Thomas, ii. 197. Hyde, Edward, see Cornbury, Colonies in America. Houghton non Persecution, causes of, il. 100-104; harmfulness of, 105, 106. Philadelphia, founding of, ii. 156, 157; its literary eminence, 320323. Philip, chief of the Wampanoags ii. 58, 59. From E. B. Andrew's History of the Last Quarter Century in the United States. Scribner KELLOGG, W. P., nominated for Governor in Louisiana, I., 80; his prospects clouded for a time, 83; elected Governor without the returns, 84; declared de facto Governor, 85; his abdication demanded, 155; recognized by the Administration, 157; his explanation of the uprising, 159; orders members of Legislature forcibly removed, 162; signs certificate of Hayes electors, 219. KELLY, "General," in the "Commonwealer" movement, II., 328. KELLY, John, II., 88. "KELLY THE BUM," I., 296. MISSOURI, State of, reënfranchisement From Horace Porter's Campaigning with Grant Century Port Royal, Va., change of Grant's base of supplies to. 125; the base transferred to White House from, 155 Potomac, the river, military movements Powell, Lewis, See PAYNE, LEWIS Profanity, Grant's abhorrence of, 164, Quarles's Ford, Va., military movements at, 145 Quarles's Mills, Va., Grant's head quarters at. 145 Quinine, its value, 151 Railroads, methods of destruction of, 146 Rain, disheartening effect on an army, Raleigh, N. C., Grant goes to, 504 Ramson, Brig.-gen. Matthew W., in battle of Five Forks, 437 Rapidan. the river. the crossing of. 37, 39, 41 et seq.; the country of, 39-41 44; temporary headquarters on 43-48 From E. H. Byington's The Puritan in England and New England. Roberts (Little) CHURCHES, INDEPENDENT, 94; model of Scrooby, 158; Plymouth COFFEE not used, 139. COFFIN, REV. EBENEZER, of Brunswick, note on his life, 375; COMMITTEE OF RELIGION, 74. COMMON SCHOOLS, reasons for, 248; Governor of Virginia dis- From Charles Hemstreet's Nooks and Corners of Old New York. Scribner |