The author's name in this entry is according to the title-page, but a full catalogue will either give it in full—Charles William George St. John—or with initials, as Charles W. G. St. John.
In the sorting of this and similar entries for alphabetical order, the procedure of taking the prefix as part of, and one with, the name following does not apply. The others were regarded as Fitzg, Macc, Apj, and Obr respectively, but in this case the "St.," besides being taken as "Saint" in full, stands isolated from the rest of the name, when it falls into place among all names with a similar prefix and then in the alphabetical order of the main name. Accordingly St. John, or Saint-Simon, or Saint-Yves come before Sainta or Sainte-Beuve.
Before proceeding further, these books may be completed for the dictionary catalogue and assigned their places in the classified.
Songs:
Fitz-Gerald, S. J. A. Stories of famous
songs. 1898
If but a single book appears on the subject a title-entry suffices
Songs, Famous, Stories of. Fitz-Gerald, S. J. A.
1898
This is better and less clumsy than
Songs, Stories of famous. Fitz-Gerald, S. J. A.
1898
Richelieu, Cardinal:
McCabe, J. The Iron Cardinal. 1909
In full form catalogues the heading can be given at length
Richelieu, Armand-Jean Du Plessis, Cardinal
(1585-1642).