"Sir Charles Eliot, whose authorship of the important work on the Near East, 'Turkey in Europe,' by 'Odysseus,' is now an open secret, has produced in 'The East Africa Protectorate,' to be published by Mr. Edward Arnold on March 8th, an account of the country of which he recently resigned the Commissionership."
There is another method of cataloguing anonymous books sometimes seen, viz., bringing them all together under a heading "Anon." It has nothing to commend it unless it be the apparent advantage of having all anonymous books in one place. This is somewhat akin to the practice of grouping all thin books under the comprehensive heading "Pamphlets"—comprehensive because if the idea is carried out logically only two headings are required, "Pamphlets" and "Books."
Another class of anonymous books is that in which they are stated to be "By the Author of" some other book which is named. These are dealt with in the same way as any other anonymous books, except that it is convenient to furnish a list of the books that a library possesses written by such an author, this list being given under the title of the best-known book, if such can be distinguished—if not, the one most frequently named on the title-pages of the rest of the books is taken, when references can be given from the others. Examples are
Laddie.
— Miss Toosey's mission.
— Tip cat.
Miss Toosey's mission, by the Author of
"Laddie."
See also Laddie.
If italics are preferred to quotation marks, the style will be instead
Tip cat, by the Author of Laddie.
See also Laddie.
Instead of grouping the books under "Laddie," a covering note can be appended to each book by the author as
Laddie.
Other books by the same author are Lil, Miss
Toosey's mission, Tip cat.
or the style, if preferred, may be