FOOT-NOTES
The style in foot-notes is so varied that we shall consider only one or two points involved.
Superior figures in the text have taken the place almost altogether of the star, dagger, etc., both because they are less conspicuous and because they can be extended in number.
The lower-case superior italic letters are sometimes used instead of, or together with, superior figures, as in the Bible.
In ordinary work, the superior figures or letters follow the word or group of words concerning which the reference is made. In the Bible the figures and letters precede such word or words.
The figures before the notes corresponding to the figures in the text are generally superior figures; but the ordinary figures are sometimes used, because, as each number begins a paragraph, the superior figures are too small to look well.
The punctuation of foot-notes, and other details of their composition, are treated differently by different writers. A single illustration will serve to show a well-recognized style of composing such notes:
130. 5 Morris Schaff, “The Battle of the Wilderness,” Atlantic Monthly, June, 1909.
130-1. 5 Morris Schaff, The Battle of the Wilderness, Vol. ii, p. 204.
No. 130 specifies foot-note No. 5, and refers to an article in a magazine, which is named.
No. 130-1 refers to a book, the volume and page being indicated.
These foot-notes often appear in the following form:
130-2. 5. Schaff, Morris: The Battle of the Wilderness.
Foot-notes are often extensively used in scientific periodicals and books; and the larger establishments that print such matter usually have their style-cards, which should be followed by authors submitting manuscripts to such establishments.
The lower-case italic letters, “a,” “b,” and “c,” and sometimes the superior letters, are used to indicate the first, second, and third parts of a verse, paragraph, or page referred to by an accompanying figure. For instance, Romans vi, 5a means the first part of verse 5 of Romans vi.