While the rules recommend reference from the name of the See, it serves no very useful purpose, and would multiply entries largely if always given. The form when used would be
Bristol, Bishop of. See Browne, G. F.
It has already been shown that the offices held by a writer and his academical or other honours are ignored by the cataloguer unless for the special purpose of distinguishing between authors of the same name. If the title is so used, it is given as
Smith, Rev. John.
if the degree, as
Smith, John, M.A.
and not in the form occasionally seen, of
Smith, M.A., John.
Anything required to distinguish between authors may be used, even the name of the place with which a man is identified. A good example of four authors, sometimes mixed for want of this, is
Taylor, Isaac, Baptist minister, Calne.
Taylor, Isaac, Canon of York.
Taylor, Isaac, Indep. minister, Ongar.
Taylor, Isaac, of Stanford Stevens.