6
Courtesy, in libraries, 250, 261
Croton bug, 109
Crowding of books on shelves, 116-117
Crunden (F. M.) verses on classification, 430
Cutter (C. A.) Boston Athenaeum catalogue, 485
classification, 430
rules for catalogue, 375
Sabin's Bibliotheca Americana, 485
Cutting edges, 60-61, 67

Damage to books, _see_ Injuries
Damp, an enemy of books, 104
Dates, errors in, 210-212
Dates of books, ancient expression of, 391-393
Decimal system, 370, 390
Denis (F.) Nouveau manuel de bibliographie, 468-469
Dewey (Melvil)
classification, 370
remark by, 433
Dictionary catalogues, 373-375, 383-384
Dictionary of national biography, 197, 497
Dime novels, 21, 281
Documents (U. S. public) catalogues, 492
Dogs-earing books, 114
"Dont's," list of proper warnings, 134
Duplicates in libraries, 31, 167-168
Durrie (D. S.) Bibliographia genealogica Americana, 491
Dust,
in libraries, 101-103
to remove from books, 103
Duyckink's Cyclopaedia of American literature, 490

Eames (W.) continuation of Sabin's Bibliotheca Americana, 485
Editions,
to be always noted, 387
first, 46, 388, 452
Education, 245, 282-283
Egypt, libraries of, 287-289
Elzevirs, 424, 457
Emerson (R. W.) cited, 172, 185
Encyclopaedia Britannica, scope and limitations of, 14, 197-199, 245
Enemies of books, 101-118
English catalogue,
1835-1899, 383, 495
uses dictionary form, 383
Errors
in books, 210-212, 255
in librarians, 256-257
Essays, 9, 17

Facsimile reproduction, 132-134
Fiction, 12, 18-28, 179
Fires,
in libraries, 106-108, 131, 297
destruction of books by, 448-449
First editions, 46, 388, 452
Fletcher (W. I.),
classification, 372
index to periodicals, 169
Force (Peter) historical library of, 304
rich in pamphlets, 150
Formation of libraries, 357-362
Franklin (B.)
collections of Frankliniana, 456
his manuscripts, 489
on Philadelphia library, 299
French language, need of, 246-248, 257
Furnishings of libraries, 326

Gas, an enemy of books, 105
Genealogy, bibliographies of, 491-492, 500
George IV, library of, 212
Georgi (T.) Allgemeines Europaeisches buecher-lexikon, 465
Gesner (C.) Biblio