Hyphen, Use of, in compound names, 149.
I and J to be kept distinct, 66, 135.
Im Thurn, place of this name in the alphabet, 143.
Index, alphabetical order not at first considered essential, 6;
classification to be abjured in an alphabetical index, 58, 67;
evils of dividing an index into several alphabets, 69;
General or Universal Index (chap. viii.), 206, 223;
history of the word, 7;
use by the Romans, 6;
naturalisation of the word in English, 8;
introduced into English in the nominative case, 10;
How to Set About the Index (chap. vii.), 172-205;
long struggle with the word "table," 7;
soul of a book, Title-page;
one index to each book, 134;
two chief causes of the badness of indexes, 64;
varied kinds of, 5.
Index-learning ridiculed, 2.
Index Society, its formation, 210;
published index to Trevelyan's Life of Macaulay, 95;
amalgamation with the Index Library, 210.
Indexer, chief characteristics of a good indexer, 116;
difference of opinion as to whether the indexer is "born, not made," "not born, but made," or "born and made," 114;
power in his hands, 93;
The Bad Indexer (chap. iii.), 53-84;
The Good Indexer (chap. iv.), 85-117.
Indexes, Amusing and Satirical Indexes (chap. ii.), 25-52;
Different Classes of Indexes (chap. v.), 118-131;
General Rules for Alphabetical Indexes (chap. vi.), 132-171;
list of indexes, 218;
official indexes, 96;
to great authors proposed, 111;
veneration due to the inventor of indexes, 1.