| Jevons, Frank B. (Ed.) The makers of Hellas, | |
| by E. E. G. 1903 | 180 |
when the first entry that under "Makers" can be dispensed with. The subject-entry is
| Greece, Ancient: | |
| Philosophy and Religion. | |
| G., E. E. The makers of Hellas. 1903 | 180 |
and a reference, hardly wanted, but better given
Hellas. See Greece, Ancient.
An entry of the above character with a bare initial takes precedence of all the G's in the alphabetical arrangement, and therefore is not placed as Gee but before Gaa, because the letters following the initial are an unknown quantity (G——).
In the event, likely enough, of the name covered by the initials being ascertained, the entry should then be given under the name. Instances of these are
On the banks of the Seine, by A.M.F., Authoress of "Foreign courts and foreign homes." 1900
Days and hours in a garden, by "E.V.B." 1884